World fiction is still led by drama, according to GECA

The last report of Teleform, the International Observatory of Trends and television formats of Geca, shed light on the production of fiction worldwide in 2021.

The report stands out Two great relevance data before stopping in a detailed analysis of some of the most prominent markets of fiction production. The first is that the Drama remains the dominant genre worldwide, while the second key is that Fiction production has declined slightly with respect to 2020.

Focusing attention on USA, Geca Underline the animation becomes the genre with the greatest presence, followed by drama and comedy. The number of animated productions increases 70% compared to 2020 and a 110% since 2018. The production of dramas and sitcoms also grows remarkably in 2021, with twice as many premieres as the previous year. It also shows an appreciable increase in anthological series and a significant decrease in comedies (almost half that in 2019 and 2020). The miniseries remains the minority genre, with only four productions in 2021.

With respect to Spain, after 2020 with a large increase in series, 2021 is a setback to previous figures. Tellormat points out that this situation causes a lower variety of genres, with the drama still as the main genre. Other keys to the Spanish market is a very pronounced increase of the genre dramedia, which before had very little presence in the market; as well as a large increase in fiction productions for platforms, which take two thirds of production.

European panorama

Drama production, main fiction engine German, has shot in 2021 until reaching a 52%quota. Comedy and dramedia, which are, respectively, the second and third genre most represented, add up to the same number of premieres a year ago. The proportion of premieres on platforms and the Internet is also constant, around 40%. Jumping to United Kingdom, highlights the decrease in series production in general with respect to previous years with approximately 20% less premieres. The main gender remains the drama while it seems that the effects of the decrease in production have been suffered more comedies, dramedias and others.

In France, 2021 has meant a strong impulse for the production of series, with the usual genres as predominant. The drama is maintained as the most powerful genre, although there is increasingly a greater diversity of genres when telling stories, with productions of miniseries and dramedias. The comedy quota remains present over the years and in recent months it has grown considerably, with nine titles in 2021. It is also possible to highlight the presence of animation series. For its part, Italia He has seen again how his fiction production has increased. The drama gains ground lately and remains the genre with the greatest presence, followed in 2021 of the miniseries and comedies. Dramedia's genre descends slightly in the last year and the total number of series produced experiences a slight ascent.

Finally, in Netherlands 26 new productions have been released, which is the highest number of the last four years. It is worth noting the drama of the drama (less than half that in the previous two years) in the last year. It ceases to be the most produced gender while comedy, miniseries and dramedia gain ground considerably. On the other hand, this year the animation disappears and there is only one premiere of the anthology genre.

Fiction in Latin America

Brazil 2021 concludes with the 24 -series premiere, a considerably lower amount compared to the previous years. The descent in productions of the Drama genre is striking, although it remains the preferred option of chains. Comedy also experiences a decrease over the years, while miniseries and animation remain more or less stable.

In Colombia, fiction production has experienced a considerable fall that has been especially accentuated in dramas. The predominant genre of the last three years has seen its production in 2021 reduced by 50% compared to the previous year. This decrease would be 100% if we focus exclusively on linear TV, since all dramas released this year carry the seal of a digital platform. The soap opera production, on the other hand, has returned, after the downturn experienced in 2019 and 2020, to the 2018 levels.

Mexico continues to bet decisively for soap operas. These fictions are erected as the genre with more premieres of the year, followed very and closely to the drama that remains stable compared to last year. During 2021, other forgotten genres have also broken in recent years, such as animation, anthology and miniseries, although with little presence. Finally, Argentina. The drama remains the genre with the greatest presence in 2021 followed by the dramedia that grows in number of premieres with respect to 2020. It is worth highlighting the drop in premieres of comedy productions with respect to the previous year. The soap opera remains stable.