FX boss says TV's golden age has turned into "the gilded age of television," thanks to "narrative exhaustion

Variety

FX CEO John Landgraf, who's built a reputation for counting the number of scripted series each year, says there have been 319 scripted series that have premiered so far in 2018, up 5% over last year. At the TV press tour, Landgraf said he worried about "narrative exhaustion," where everything "feels vaguely familiar." “Profusion of stories is very good if you want to talk about innovation and diversity," he said, adding that thanks to that same profusion, “it’s very hard if you’re talking about trying to surprise the audience and delight the audience.” ALSO: Landgraf accuses Netflix of overspending, likening their strategy to "fishing" with "hand grenades."