Our spring sale is now live — get full access for just $2/week, 50% OFF for 12 months. Lock in your rate before the offer ends. Greetings!In this newsletter: a supersized edition including AI invading TV shows, our Cannes preview, upfronts and how the streamers stacked up. TV writers are increasingly exorcising their anxieties and thoughts on AI through plots in their shows. Lately, we are seeing AI explored on “Hacks,” “The Comeback,” "Scarpetta" and more. AI is being discussed in the medical field, Hollywood, schools and between everyday people through characters on TV. As our Loree Seitz and Kayla Cobb write in their lead story today, TV shows have always served as a medium for mainstream audiences to be exposed to new ideas. “The Comeback” explored how the rise of reality TV would impact Hollywood during its first season in 2005, and now features one of the most nuanced and interesting conversations about this new technology. As Lisa Kudrow's character tries to keep the secret that her new sitcom is written by AI, she finds herself vilified by actors and writers, and teetering between survival and guilt... | ||||||||||||
