What podcasts say about Hayes Hamilton Davenport

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What Hayes Hamilton Davenport has said on podcasts

31 statements · 9 positive · 17 negative · 2 mixed · 3 neutral

on Los Angeles shoot daysNegativeSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Los Angeles shoot days fell to roughly half their 2016 level.
“So that is half of what it was in 2016.”
Listen at 4:54
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on Streaming televisionPositiveSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Streaming expansion increased the number of television shows.
“There were more shows on Netflix and Amazon, entire new networks being built.”
Listen at 5:26
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on Network and cable television productionNegativeSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Network and cable television production declined during streaming expansion.
“And at the same time... a decline in the number of network productions. And cable. Cable was shrinking around the same time.”
Listen at 5:37
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on Hollywood workersNegativeSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Many Hollywood workers are struggling after production cuts.
“people are struggling for sure.”
Listen at 7:07
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on Los Angeles influencer economyPositiveSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Los Angeles influencers bring global subscriber money into the local economy.
“But the influencer network is absolutely part of the economy. Okay. It is taking money. from subscribers around the world and like putting it into the local economy. And so it's really, really important.”
Listen at 7:48
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on New York social media culturePositiveSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
New York social media culture is being exported across the country.
“It tells a story about New York that is exporting it to the rest of the country.”
Listen at 9:03
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on Los Angeles social-media cultural influenceNegativeSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Los Angeles no longer dominates social-media cultural influence as before.
“But we don't own it the same way as we did.”
Listen at 9:35
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on Film production tax incentivesNeutralSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Film productions relocate to jurisdictions offering tax breaks.
“It followed the tax break.”
Listen at 10:48
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on Studio real estateNegativeSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Studio real estate faces problems because production demand has weakened.
“And the demand is not exactly what it was. And so we're seeing issues in the studio real estate.”
Listen at 12:12
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on Single-writer prestige televisionPositiveSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Single-writer prestige television is cheaper for studios.
“A lot of prestige shows are kind of written by one person. The studio's like that. It is cheaper.”
Listen at 13:06
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on Large television writing staffsNegativeSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Large television writing staffs like Family Guy’s 30-person room will not return.
“Family Guy had 30 writers when I was there. That does not exist anymore and never, ever will again.”
Listen at 13:26
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on Television writers’ roomsNegativeSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Television writers’ rooms are continuing to shrink.
“So like the rooms are getting smaller and smaller.”
Listen at 14:12
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on Single-person writing for comedy showsNegativeSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
One person cannot effectively write shows like Great News or Family Guy.
“with a show like Great News, with a show like Family Guy, it is almost impossible to write a show like that as one person”
Listen at 14:33
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on Television content librariesNegativeSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Existing television libraries compete with newly released shows.
“The entire library. uh is is competition not just what's on the other network at the same time”
Listen at 19:21
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on Family Guy and The OfficePositiveSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Family Guy and The Office continue to command high licensing prices.
“individual shows are definitely still really valuable Family Guy, The Office, like those will still command like a big price.”
Listen at 19:46
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on Television content librariesNegativeSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Some large portions of television libraries are losing value.
“some big chunks of the library, I think, are also becoming less and less valuable as well.”
Listen at 20:04
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on Los AngelesNegativeSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Los Angeles is among the least generative-AI-friendly U.S. cities.
“I think this is one of the least AI-friendly cities in the country, I would guess, when it comes to generative AI.”
Listen at 20:23
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on Below-the-line production jobsNegativeSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Below-the-line production jobs face immediate AI-related disruption.
“that is sort of on an immediate precipice when it comes to AI.”
Listen at 21:27
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on Los Angeles production job lossesNegativeSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Production job losses have large ripple effects across Los Angeles’ economy.
“That level of job loss is a huge issue. It does like. I worked in City Hall for a while. It has huge ripple effects on the rest of the economy.”
Listen at 21:39
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on AI replacement of writers’ roomsNeutralSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Studios have not yet replaced writers’ rooms with AI.
“But it has not come for writers' rooms in the same. Studios aren't saying, like, we got this. We're just going to have AI take care of this. So far.”
Listen at 22:47
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on Horror film genrePositiveSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Horror is currently Hollywood’s most active genre.
“the genre that is the most alive in Hollywood right now is horror.”
Listen at 23:27
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on Mid-budget horror filmsPositiveSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Mid-budget horror films can be commercially viable and profitable.
“You can make a mid-budget movie that is commercially viable, that a studio will put out because they know it will make more money.”
Listen at 23:55
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on Generative AI in film genresMixedSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
AI handles genres other than comedy more easily.
“Comedy is hardest for AI to do, but it can do other genres more easily.”
Listen at 24:20
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on Generative AIPositiveSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Generative AI can currently produce film or television outlines.
“It can do outlines right now.”
Listen at 24:29
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on Generative AI in television writingPositiveSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
AI will soon be able to perform additional television writing tasks.
“it's right there. It's not in the distant future that it'll be able to do that stuff.”
Listen at 24:41
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on Hollywood comedy productionNegativeSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Comedy production is declining in Hollywood.
“Comedy is in decline in terms of the productions that are getting done, for sure.”
Listen at 24:50
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on AI-generated entertainmentNegativeSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
AI-generated entertainment is more expensive than free user-generated content.
“AI being cheaper. It is not as cheap as free.”
Listen at 26:44
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on Hollywood and the Los Angeles economyNeutralSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Hollywood represents about 20% of Los Angeles’ economy and is closely connected to it.
“Hollywood is not L.A. and it's not the L.A. economy. It's like 20% of the economy or something. But it's not a silo. It is very, very... closely connected.”
Listen at 28:18
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on Los Angeles restaurantsNegativeSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Declining production pushed some Los Angeles restaurants into failure.
“I watched restaurants that had been taken right to the edge by the shutdown get shoved over by the decline in production.”
Listen at 28:38
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on Los Angeles nightlife and eventsMixedSep 25, 2026· Odd Lots
Los Angeles nightlife and events are still recovering.
“The recovery is still happening when it comes to nightlife and events.”
Listen at 31:28
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