... with apparently, no end within sight:
... FXX already has The Simpsons library and, starting with next season, FX hit Archer, which is migrating to FXX. There are no current half-hour animated pilots in the hopper at FX Networks, but the goal is to launch a new FXX animated series behind Season 9 of Archer in 2018 ...
As Netflix and Amazon are big believers in animated product, both new and recycled, so are a wide variety of cable networks owned by Disney, Time-Warner and the rest of the usual suspects. This means that animation employment should continue to rise, because those scripts, storyboard and design packages have to come from somewhere.
And if you ask why animation shows continue to sprout like mushrooms after a Spring rain, it's because (as mentioned before):
Animated product attracts lots of eyeballs (aprticularly younger ones).
Animated shows enjoy a long shelf-life (witness The Flintstones, The Simpsons, Scooby Doo (Version 67), Family Guy, etc.) and tall profit margins.
Animated half-hours are relatively inexpensive to produce.
In other words, cartoons present a perfect storm of on-going cash flow for hungry conglomerates, so don't expect to see animation dwindle away anytime soon.
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