SONY PICTURES TV'S STEVE MOSKO NATPE HOT PICKS Page 10 Page 34 TBIvision.com December 2013/January 2014 TBI OFC DecJan14.indd 1 13/01/2014 18:43 pIFC Televisa DecJan14.indd 1 09/01/2014 10:04 p01 Contents DecJan14scJWscFINAL.qxp 13/1/14 18:24 Page 7 TBI CONTENTS DECEMBER 2013/JANUARY 2014 10 6 6 2013-2014REVIEW 18 A look at what happened in the TV world in 2013 and some crystal ball gazing on 2014 10 TBI INTERVIEW:STEVE MOSKO Sony Pictures Television has risen from the ashes and is coming off its best ever year. SPT boss Steve Mosko tells Stewart Clarke how it will maintain its hot streak 18 CREATIVES SPEAKING:RON D. MOORE 28 Sci-fi TV scribe par excellence Ronald D. Moore tells Jesse Whittock about his new series, Helix and Outlander, and shares his views on the TV business 28 US HISPANIC TV TBI examines the trend of increased original programming on US Hispanic networks and looks at why channels are reaching out to Latino viewers with English-language fare 34 NATPE HOT PICKS As the Miami programming fest rolls around, TBI checks out the best new shows launching this time out, from glitzy reality series to Spanish period dramas and Latin zombie shockers 32 CONTENTSDECEMBER 2013/JANUARY 2014 REGULARS 2 Editor’s note 8 People 14 A+E 16 Extant • 20 Kids 22 Formats 24 4K TV 26 Dutch indies 4o Last word: Stuart Carter, Pioneer Productions For the latest in TV programming news visit TBIVISION.COM TBI December 2013/January 2014 1 p02 Ed Note DecJan14scJWfINALEY.qxp 13/1/14 19:02 Page 10 EDITORS NOTE STEWART CLARKE he vibrant Spanish language TV sector continues to grow in who is behind a new Sony television series, Helix. He tells us about terms of volume and vibrancy. Meanwhile, a growing swathe the show and also about why tension between writers, networks and T of programme makers and talent including Jennifer Lopez are studios still lingers. placing bets that the way to reach US Latinos – and mainstream view- Elsewhere, Jesse Whittock speaks to Mickey Fisher, a writer who ers – is with Latin-influenced English-language fare. Multihyphenate may well be about to become a household name after penning the Lopez is working with US net Nuvo and others are joining the party. massively sought-after script for Under the Dome’s younger cousin Lionsgate is making TV series, formats and movies based on Extant, which bows on US net CBS this summer. Televisa source material, Univision is teaming with Disney and Robert From a business perspective the show is creating a buzz too. With Rodriguez on English initiatives and we speak to all concerned in a CBS committing to a full series and a streaming partner on board run-down of how the US Hispanic scene is changing and diverging. before broadcast, it represents a change in production economics and Elsewhere, we speak to Steve Mosko about the company over which a big shift from the costly piloting model. he presides, Sony Pictures Television. He has built the business back With the first major programming confab of the year, NATPE, upon up after major cutbacks in a largely under-the-radar manner. That’s all us, we also run through the hottest shows launching at the Miami about to change after a meet-the-investors get-together in which TV market, from tequila-fuelled ob-docs to Spanish period dramas to was loudly and proudly touted as the growth engine of the studio’s Ecuadorian zombies and a Three Musketeers adaptation. entertainment business. 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However, amid the apprehension around the threat of over- the-top streaming services, it is these platforms that are now stepping in to save dramas that would otherwise be cancelled or are contributing crucial chunks to budgets to allow series that would otherwise not get made to come to life K pubcaster the BBC recently that enabled us to bring The Killing back for a That’s not enough for a mainstream confirmed it is looking at third season, said David Madden, president of commercial broadcaster that needs to deliver a partnerships that could enable the show’s producer Fox Television Studios, at mass of eyeballs to its advertisers, but it is a the axed Ripper Street to return the time. Fast-forward to November 2013 and the great marketing story and hook if ad revenues “but at better value to licence fee streaming service is going it alone with a six- are not part of the picture. Upayers. That is understood to be BBC speak for episode final season in 2014. So, why not bring back something like, for a deal with Amazon’s Lovefilm, with the pair As well as stumping up money for shows, example, The X Files? The ultimate fanboy talking about whether they can work together to OTT services are also allowing viewers to keep series has had its day on network TV, but it has save the Tiger Aspect-produced period cop up with serialised dramas and find them an a loyal set of fans and male lead David drama. That news came a week after the audience in territories where a series has faltered Duchovny is about to find himself with some broadcaster announced it was cancelling the on TV. Breaking Bad scribe Vince Gilligan has spare time after Showtime said it would not series, which was getting hammered in the said streaming services saved his show. In the order any more Californication beyond the ratings by reality show I’m a Celebrity… on arch- UK, Netflix showed the super-buzzy final eps of upcoming seventh season (which might itself rival ITV, provoking a social media storm from Breaking Bad just a day after they air in the US be another salvage candidate). An fans of the acclaimed drama show. and the platform has scored international rights announcement of any show in The X Files Netflix, meanwhile, is already experienced in to spin-off Better Call Saul, meaning it will be on universe would be enough to make Comic Con the salvage business. Its most notable Netflix in Europe and Latin America soon after spontaneously combust. The same could be resurrection act has been Arrested its debut on AMC in the US. said of other shows and there are various online Development. Its new 13x30mins season seven Saving cancelled shows is not a new petitions canvassing support. years after the series wound down may not have phenomenon in the US – DirecTV rescued Amazon will be stepping into unchartered won over the show’s hardcore fans, but showed Damages, NCIS antecedent JAG moved from territory if it does save Ripper Street, but it is its willingness to buy into franchises that were NBC to CBS and Third Rock from the Sun from already influencing what gets made on off air but still in the zeitgeist.