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The Fall selling season is finally in top gear — as of this writing, nine new specs had hit the market this week after a slow first half of September. There hasn’t been a ton of sales activity since the last edition of The Scoggins Report, but here are the highlights:
• Buyers have been snapping up thrillers at an unusual pace this year: They now make up over 41% of spec sales in 2011, well ahead of comedies (27%) and action/adventure (18%). In each of the last two years, thrillers and comedies ran neck and neck.
• The agency rankings have shuffled in the past month. Previously, CAA was tied for 2nd with UTA (9 sales each) behind WME (10). As you’ll see from the sellers’ grid, below, CAA has edged into the lead, and ICM’s three sales in the past month have put it back in the hunt as well.
Speaking of rankings, earlier this week we gave a sneak peak of our long-awaited PowerGrid project to attendees of TheGrill, TheWrap’s annual media conference. Here’s a link to TheWrap’s coverage of the presentation. The PowerGrid will debut as an invite-only beta site in a couple of weeks. Scoggins Report subscribers and members of ItsontheGrid.com will get first crack, naturally.
Talk to you in a couple of weeks. And happy new year, everyone.
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If the above is your cup of tea, you'll love the ItsontheGrid.com blog. We post highlights of recent additions and changes to the database throughout the day, including individual posts on every spec that hits the market and roundups of new open writing assignments. Buttons to subscribe to the blog's feeds are right where you'd expect them.
