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How To Surf The Indie TV Series Wave: 5 Tips From The Troughs

A HFF Takeover by Shane Snow

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Shane Snow
Jul 09, 2026
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If making it in the FKAFilmBiz is a game, then making an independent television series is playing on Hard Mode.

But important stories want to be told the way they want to be told, and sometimes 90 minutes ain’t enough.

Besides, series are the rage right now. Have you heard? You know what’s cooler than the engagement metrics on a movie? The engagement metr…

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Shane Snow
former journo (wired, fastco, GQ), current producer (film, theatre), business builder and author (3 books, 2 on the way)
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