Launching a new show, the expansion of live television, storytelling in a time of binge TV, the global marketplace and using data to target today’s audiences were all part of Variety’s exploration of Peak TV during their recent TV Summit. Executives, creatives, marketers and researchers discussed the current state of television as well as what they see coming next.
…Where almost no one will see it because it’s premiering Wednesday, July 25th on the only spottily carried Logo Network.
Twenty years ago ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS introduced the world to Edina (aka Eddy), Patsy (aka Pats) and Saffron (aka Saffy), and sitcoms have never been quite the same. Eddy “PR’d things.” She was into every new fad and fashion imaginable and was often to be found at the bottom of a champagne glass, actually more likely a bottle. Not much has changed. Her best friend Patsy worked in magazines and lived the high life. She still does. Eddy’s daughter Saffy was hard-working, all but ignored by her mother and hated by Patsy. Eddy’s mother was and is, well, her mother.