Boom to Bust

Name: Boom to Bust
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ISBN: 9780520412873

How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers

Miranda Banks, Kate Fortmueller

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University of California Press
14 April 2026

Films, movies & cinema; Television production: technical & background skills; TV & society; Media, information & communication industries

A timely investigation into the rise of Peak TV and the perfect storm that caused a rapid decline in Hollywood work

When Hollywood writers and actors went on strike in 2023, they drew attention to the rapidly changing nature of film and television production. In Boom to Bust, media industry experts Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller combine economic and cultural analysis and interviews with industry workers to capture the lived experience of Hollywood in crisis. Tracking major disruptions of the preceding decade—including the transformation of streaming services into studios, the overproduction of series during Peak TV, as well as #MeToo and COVID—the authors explain how the conflicting interests of studio executives, creative workers, and workers' unions compelled a renegotiation of the terms of work. Grounding readers in the history of Hollywood labor negotiations, the authors provide a road map to make sense of Hollywood’s present—and what comes next.

By: Miranda Banks, Kate Fortmueller
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
ISBN: 9780520412873
ISBN 10: 0520412877
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 14 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Introduction 1. Tech Matters: Economics and Data 2. Distribution and Deal Disruptions 3. Cultivating Creativity 4. Work Convergences 5. (Not) Safe for Work 6. Humans Matter: The Dual Strikes of 2023 Conclusion Acknowledgments Glossary List of Interviews Notes Selected Bibliography Index

Miranda Banks is Professor of Film, Television, and Media Studies at Loyola Marymount University, author of The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild, and coeditor of Production Studies. Kate Fortmueller is Associate Professor of Film and Media History at Georgia State University and author of Below the Stars: How the Labor of Working Actors and Extras Shapes Media Production and Hollywood Shutdown: Production, Distribution, and Exhibition in the Time of COVID.