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Huff Post"We’ve all been instructed by network executives to amp up drama — cheat this, make her say that at this moment, make that argument look more epic." I know it’s hard to believe with social media users yapping about Season 21 of “The Bachelorette” and the upcoming season of “Love Is Blind.” But on the other side of that black mirror, the people who make these beloved reality shows are being starved out of the business. “Cable networks that used to order 16 episodes are now buying eight,” Deadline’s Peter White reports in an article about the grim reality of unscripted TV. “I called a few companies that I worked for in the past, and they all said the same thing: ‘I’d love to hire you, but we have no work.’” Richard Mailman, a Los Angeles-based reality TV producer and writer, said another factor for the slowdown has to do with the massive amount of programming these companies already own. “While production for the big and small screen has been sluggish this year so far, ProdPro reported that ‘a significant number’ of TV series and feature films are currently in development and on track to start shooting in the third and fourth quarters of 2024.” There is promising news from the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment.
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