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Will out-of-control episode costs kill Peak TV?

  • Peak TV costs these days are coming with shocking price tags: $5 million per episode of The Tick. $10 million per episode of The Crown and $80 million for Woody Allen’s six-episode Amazon series Crisis in Six Scenes. “Everyone’s migrating to TV because that’s where the money is,” says Maureen Ryan. “But will all that cash —and the relentless pursuit of it — kill what made it entrancing in the first place?”

    TOPICS: Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Crisis in Six Scenes, The Crown, The Tick, Peak TV