Mitäs Hollywood-agentuurit oikeastaan tekevätkään? – while movie studios slash costs, television is booming, creating big opportunities for the agencies and their clients. WME2, which put together shows such as Lost, packaged more than half of the 80 scripted drama and comedy pilots commissioned this year by America’s TV networks. CAA, meanwhile, helped its client Simon Cowell negotiate the transfer of his UK show The X Factor to the US . ICM has a growing TV business, acting for, among others, Shonda Rhimes, producer of network hit Grey’s Anatomy, and David Shore, who created House MD, which has topped ratings in Europe and the US. UTA, which put together acclaimed shows for HBO, such as The Sopranos and Six Feet Under, recently scored again with the vampire series True Blood.
