The number of unscripted series has plummeted by a third since 2022. As the industry rapidly changes — battered by cable's collapse, YouTube's rise, and relentless consolidation — an era is quietly vanishing.
케이블TV 몰락. 유튜브의 부상: 리얼리티 TV, 냉혹한 현실과 마주하다
케이블 붕괴·유튜브 부상·대형 M&A로 미국 리얼리티 TV 신규·오리지널 시리즈가 2022년 정점 대비 약 3분의 1 줄며, 소수 프랜차이즈만 살아남는 구조적 쇠퇴 국면. 그러나 리얼리티 장르느 유튜브에서 다시 살아나
Jung Han
American reality television is in freefall. Just 794 unscripted series launched new seasons in the United States last year — nearly a third fewer than in 2022, and down 15 percent in a single year alone. What was once the industry's lowest-risk, highest-yield format has been squeezed from three sides at once: the long structural collapse of cable, the unstoppable rise of YouTube as America's default screen, and wave after wave of mergers that have consolidated channels and production studios alike.