{"id":10991,"date":"2019-03-28T11:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2019-03-28T14:31:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T18:31:30","slug":"tv-drama-editors-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tv-drama-editors-note\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Drama: Editor’s Note"},"content":{"rendered":"
I am quite used to experiencing uncomfortable stress levels while watching the news or listening to true-crime podcasts (one too many stories about people disappearing without a trace, and you start to get paranoid). I wasn\u2019t expecting that level of anxiety when I sat down to watch Black Mirror: Bandersnatch<\/em>, Netflix\u2019s brilliant but entirely discomfiting interactive film. First, I had to hold the remote control for the entire time. Not relaxing. And then, having to make selections gave me agita because I wanted to know where the other option would take me. So, I watched it over and over again until I had seen all the major endings. Lean-forward entertainment is exhausting.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t get me wrong; I\u2019m all for being invested in and committed to a show, whether that means getting teary-eyed during an emotional scene in A Million Little Things<\/em>, anxious over Killing Eve<\/em>\u2019s thrilling cat-and-mouse game or maddeningly confused about Game of Thrones<\/em>\u2019 million-and-one storylines and characters. I\u2019ll take a layered, complex serialized drama over an episodic procedural every time. But there is something to be said for relaxing, lean-back storytelling that doesn\u2019t require a massive investment of time. That\u2019s why Jeffrey Katzenberg has lined up a $1 billion war chest to spend on \u201cquick bites\u201d of entertainment for the new streaming service Quibi. Sam Raimi and Guillermo del Toro are said to be working on projects for the new platform. It is expected to be another game-changing development in a genre that has seen unprecedented levels of innovation and investment over the last few years.<\/p>\n This edition of TV Drama<\/em> explores two areas of the scripted space that are making a lot of noise today. First, we analyze the booming European drama market, spotlighting creativity from Spain, Scandinavia, Germany, France, Russia and Turkey. Next, we dive into the genre space, looking at sci-fi, fantasy and horror shows being produced around the world. Speaking of fantasy, arguably one of the most highly anticipated shows this year is Amazon and BBC\u2019s Good Omens<\/em>. Its stars, Michael Sheen and David Tennant, talk about working together on the adaptation of the beloved Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett novel. We also hear from Walter Iuzzolino, co-founder and curator of Walter Presents, on how the acclaimed foreign-language drama service has evolved and expanded since its launch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am quite used to experiencing uncomfortable stress levels while watching the news or listening to true-crime podcasts (one too many stories about people disappearing without a trace, and you start to get paranoid). I wasn\u2019t expecting that level of anxiety when I sat down to watch Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Netflix\u2019s brilliant but entirely discomfiting …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":10992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-columns","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n