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As it promised last month, Amazon has launched its serialized fiction Kindle Vella store that lets you unlock episodic, self-published stories via in-app purchases. The new platform is a way for ...

Serialized vertical mini-series are entering a more defined phase of development, with creators increasingly distinguishing the ...

To say “South Park” has broached some bold topics in its first 18 seasons is akin to saying Cartman is a sociopath — neither statement tells the full story. But to encompass all of the experimental ...

Now that the latest season of Game of Thrones has ended, fans may be feeling a little untethered — and some publishers would like to fill that gap with serialized books. As TV dramas get better and ...

The current era of Peak TV owes much of its existence to the increasing sway of serialized storytelling. The availability of TV seasons on DVD and then streaming allowed TV creators to think in ...

Webtoon, the company behind the storytelling platform Wattpad and its namesake online comics portal, launched a new app on Thursday offering serialized fiction that readers can purchase and read one ...

The upfronts are over. Broadcast networks and cable stations have paraded out their best new shows for advertisers who shelled out an estimated $25 billion (including for digital) to push their ...

Remember when TV’s biggest thrill was seeing what creature, villain, or supernatural horror awaited us every week? Shows like The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Supernatural built entire fan ...