The era of peak TV looks to have passed, amid strikes, economic uncertainty and buyer caution. But audience expectations for scripted shows remain as high as ever, producers and distributors tell Screen.
About 18 months ago, Sally Woodward Gentle, the acclaimed producer of series such as Killing Eve and Extraordinary, recalls thinking that the ‘bubble’ in the drama market was about to burst. “The level of spending and the number of shows felt like it was unsustainable,” says Woodward Gentle, founder of Sid Gentle. “Even I could work out that it didn’t all add up.”
