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    The Business

    Making TV the Amazon Studios Way

    Amazon Studios Director Roy Price and X-Files creator Chris Carter on making TV shows the Amazon Studios' way.

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    KCRW placeholderBy John Horn • Apr 19, 2014 • 29m Listen

    Kim Masters talks with Roy Price, Director of Amazon Studios about that company's approach to creating TV shows and its bid to be a rival to Netflix. Then Michael Schneider sits down with X-Files creator Chris Carter who is making his return to "TV" with a recently picked up series for Amazon, The After.

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 1:21

      Hollywood News Banter

      John Horn and Michael Schneider, who's sitting in for Kim Masters, banter about top entertainment news stories of the week.

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      7 min
    2. 8:19

      Roy Price: Amazon Studios

      Kim Masters talks with Roy Price, Director of Amazon Studios about how this tech company approaches the creation of original scripted series. Having grown up in the business as the son of a studio chief, Price has a unique vantage point on the intersection of Hollywood and "tech land."

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      14 min
    3. 22:39

      Chris Carter

      Michael Schneider sits down with Chris Carter to discuss his return to television via his new Amazon series, The After . It's Carter's first series order since his hit show, The X-Files, went off the air over a decade ago. He talks about why he's at Amazon and how he likes their open pilot process.

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      7 min
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      John Horn

      Los Angeles Times

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      Michael Schneider

      Senior editor at Variety

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Darby Maloney

      Producer

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    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 1:217 min

      Hollywood News Banter

    2. 8:1914 min

      Roy Price: Amazon Studios

    3. 22:397 min

      Chris Carter

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