Fox Exec: There’s Too Much TV, Decline Coming

Associated Press: John Landgraf, the CEO of FX networks, feels the audience’s pain. “I long ago lost the ability to keep track of every scripted series,” he confessed. Viewers, along with network bosses, can all agree with Landgraf: “This is simply too much television.” Speaking to TV critics, he noted that last year the total of original scripted TV series had swollen to an eye-popping 370 — and he predicted this year the number would likely exceed 400. Adding to the influx, of course, have been program newcomers like Netflix and Amazon. This trend won’t be going on much longer, he warned, saying 2016 will likely represent the programming peak. “We will begin to see declines coming the year after that and beyond.”