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# TV comedy’s collapse: Ankler maps the decade-long crash in scripted laughs
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/tv-comedys-collapse-ankler-maps-the-decade-long-crash-in-scripted-laughs-2/
- Published: 2026-10-15T18:47:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-15T18:47:20.000Z
- Description: The Ankler’s Lesley Goldberg reports that U.S.-produced scripted comedies fell from 210 series in 2021 to just 122 in 2025, a nearly 30 percent drop in share since that peak.
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Streaming, Lesley Goldberg, Ankler feature on TV comedy genre crisis

**Why it matters.** Emerging comedy writers and showrunners face a shrinking pool of greenlights, with studios increasingly betting only on established names rather than developing new talent.

*Signal from* [*The Ankler*](https://theankler.com/?ref=medianexis.com) *·* [*Lesley Goldberg*](https://www.medianexis.com/tag/by-lesley-goldberg/) *·* [*read the original*](https://theankler.com/tvs-comedy-crisis-a-tragedy-in-3-acts-unfolding/?ref=medianexis.com)*.*