Number of TV series in US declined in 2020 for first time
published : 30 Jan 2021 at 08:45
NEW YORK: The number of television series that broadcast or streamed new episodes in the United States in 2020 was down on the previous year for the first time since the tally began, analysts said Friday.
Last year, some 493 episodic fiction programs were offered on traditional television or online platforms, a decline of seven percent in a year, said FX Research, a subsidiary of the Disney group.
But 2019 was a…