How Often Do Celebrity Production Companies Launch Hit Shows?

A recurring theme as technology has changed celebrity is that content output goes up and production value goes down. The production value of a Kardashian social media post is orders of magnitude lower than the production value of an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

When the playing field is leveled such that the only content is what people are able to produce themselves, the major advantages that celebrities have disappear: access to professional production resources and distribution through traditional gatekeepers. The remaining differentiators are entertainment value and fun.

“The fact that Netflix has that reach, means they can actually produce hits and franchises at a greater degree on an equivalent quality of other services. That advantage is enormous in a content business.”