Netflix’s Identity Non-Crisis, the Wild Awards Season Ahead and How the Strikes Hit Animation

No one knows what a Netflix show is, and maybe that's fine [Netflix shows]( [For Netflix, a Lack of Identity Could Be an Asset | Analysis]( By Scott Mendelson Netflix seems to be tired of people asking, “What is a Netflix show?” In a letter to shareholders Wednesday, it attempted an answer. What it came up with is that a hit Netflix show is, well, a hit Netflix show. You know, like, “Beef, “Queen Charlotte,” “Love Is Blind” or “The Night Agent” — any show that “super-serves the audience,” as the company put it. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [strike-wrap-sign]( [How the SAG-AFTRA and WGA Strikes Could Devastate Awards Season]( By Steve Pond The SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes are on the verge of transforming both the Emmy and Oscar seasons this year, dealing another blow to an awards landscape that over the past three years has been rocked by declining ratings, pandemic-fueled cancellations and delays and the near-collapse of one of the best-known awards shows, the Golden Globes. The strikes have already changed the face of the Emmys’ phase 2 voting, with the show date in limbo and actors and writers unable to do any kind of campaigning for their nominated shows. This week, one high-profile film, Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers,” pulled out of its opening-night slot at the Venice Film Festival rather than hold a high-profile premiere that its actors would not be allowed to attend. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Will Elio go on strike?]( [Animation Is No Longer Immune to Hollywood’s Labor Unrest]( By Drew Taylor Amid all of this year’s upheavals, the animation sector had been an island of calm, thanks to the field’s distinctive structure within Hollywood. Now that SAG-AFTRA has gone on strike, Hollywood’s wave of labor unrest is swamping it too. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Olivia Metzger for TheWrap's Office With a View (Photo Credit: TheWrap)]( [How Olivia Metzger Broke Out of ‘Big Agency’]( [Box Aaron Levie TheWrap TheGrill]( [Box CEO Aaron Levie Talks AI’s Business Potential]( [Barbie Movie Trailer Margot Robbie]( [‘Barbie’ Nabs Huge $22.3 Million at Thursday Box Office]( [AnnaSophia Robb (R) joins SAG-AFTRA members on the picket line in front of Netflix and Warner Bros on July 19, 2023 in New York City.]( [AMPTP Offers Its Own Account of SAG-AFTRA Proposals]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Wrap Pro logo] Discover why entertainment executives and professionals rely on the WrapPRO platform daily for exclusive coverage, analysis, deeper reporting, and access to VIP events & screenings throughout the year. [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( TheWrap | 2034 Armacost Ave Los Angeles, CA 90025 [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](