Yes, scripted is getting TKO’d. Plus: Inside whispers about Q2’s big deals and what's coming
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Comedies, dramas, animationand reality may be Hollywood’s bread and butter, but when it comes to what Americansactually watch the most, it’s live sports — and now, an avalanche of shoulder programming to support it. As ESPN, NBCU and Amazon spend $76 billion on NBA games alone over the next 11 years,Manningcast spawns imitators and sports docs and series eat up spaceonce reserved for scripted,Elaine Low,Sean McNulty andNatalie Jarvey reveal the aftershocks to traditional TV (hint: grab the hot dogs and peanuts). ThenDealmakers’Ashley Cullins dives into the wild state of entertainment M&A right now, including whyinsiders are hyped aboutHailey Bieber’s $1 billion Rhode sale, andwhat they’re saying about investors’ sudden interest in management companies, who’ll win the old media Hunger Games, and what in the world happens with Lionsgate.