TCA: FX's John Landgraf Once Again Shows Us How Its Done

At the start of his session Landgraf reminded us that FX takes a relatively unique approach to assessing the impact of programming and scheduling one that allows for the importance of the press quotFor about 15 years FX has compiled a count of all domestic US critics39 inclusions for best TV shows of the yearquot he began quotWe track 39best overall program39amp160lists not lists like 39best new shows39amp160or 39best shows in a single genre39amp160like scifi or horror or something like that or lists of classic shows that are no longer in their first run We then tally up all shows included in any list from a known critic or publication Then we take an even more elite accounting of all shows ranked in the Top 10 programs of the year Finally we tally up all shows named the No 1 best program of the year We then allocate these inclusions by media company brand or streaming service and the ten most acclaimed individual programs overall Disney had the most total inclusions on all lists more than 500 and the most Top 10s a little over 250 followed by Warner Bros Discovery at No 2 That is a flip of the script from last year when Warner Bros Discovery was No 1 and Disney was No 2 Disney way more than doubled the next closest companies Apple TV and Netflix which landed in the No 3 and No 4 positionsquotDisney absolutely dominated this year in number onesquot he continuedamp160quotWith 34 almost four times as many inclusions as Warner Bros Discovery and more than double the secondplace competitor which was AMC I remember when Disney first acquired Fox CEO Bob Iger talked about his belief in the importance of powerful brands as engines of excellence that would fuel television as they had done for Disney in film As far as quality was concerned last year his thesis was absolutely correctquotBroken down by brand HBO led the pack and FX came in secondquot he added quotYet FX more than doubled HBO39s tally of number ones Of the top 10 brands in television Disney had four Hulu Disney ABC and FX Several years ago I predicted that very few brands were going to successfully make the transition to streaming and it looks like that39s coming truequotFurther Landgraf continued quotOf the 10 most acclaimed individual shows of the year on these yearend best lists Disney had an amazing five of the top 10 most acclaimed shows in America including The Bear Andor Abbott Elementary Reservation Dogs and Atlantaamp160 while HBO had three and Apple TV and AMC each had one As I said it was an excellent year qualitativelyquotThe hits just kept coming for FX Networks with new shows like The Bear FXX39s mostwatched single season of a comedy ever The Old Man FX39s mostwatched single season of any program in its historyamp160and Welcome To Wrexham the mostwatched unscripted show in FX historyLandgraf noted that the linear series39 FX is releasing in 2023 include the final seasons of Snowfall and Mayans MC season threeamp160of Dave season 16 of It39s Always Sunny in Philadelphia season five of What We Do In the Shadows season four ofamp160Breeders season two of The Old Man season 14amp160of the animated hitamp160Archeramp160season 12 ofamp160American Horror Story and season two of Welcome to WrexhamNew series on FX will include Dear Mama a fivepart unfiltered look at the lives of Tupac and mother Afeni Shakur as told by those closest to themamp160the limited series Justified City Primeval andamp160a fifth installment of FargoFX on Hulu will see a second season of The Bear and thirdamp160seasonsamp160of American Horror Storiesamp160and Reservation Dogsamp160along with new limited series Great Expectations Class of 3909 The Full Monty Retreat Sterling Affairsamp160and the epic undertaking of Shogun based on the James Clavell novel quotWe39ve never made a show like Shogun on this scale beforequot Landgraf noted quotI39m incredibly grateful for the support Disney and DGE have given to FX to increase our investment in original programmingquotThat39s 23 shows for 2023quot he concluded still staying with the numbers quotnot including our recurring documentaries under The New York Times Presents bannerquotAlsoamp160coming to FX39s branded platforms in the future with pending airdates are a second installment ofamp160American Crime Story the premiere ofamp160American Sports Story focusing on New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez and a television adaptation of the existing IP Alien which is actively in preproductionClick the social buttons to share this story with colleagues and friendsThe opinions expressed here are the author39s views and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet

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