In February, when David Boreanaz signed on for NBC’s latest attempt at rebooting Rockford Files, much was made on social media of the latest coup in the star’s impressive streak of television work — a 27-year run that stretched from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Angel to Bones to SEAL Team.
Less than a month later, Joel Kinnaman (The Killing, Robocop) was a regular on three different shows that premiered within 10 days of each other.
Boreanaz is in many ways a relic of TV’s old business model: 22 episodes per season premiering promptly in September and ending efficiently in May, limiting actors to a single regular small-screen role and the occasional miniseries or guest turn filmed during a hiatus.
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Kinnaman, on the other hand, embodies a new model, with different standards of ubiquity. Few actors can compete with the
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