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Paramount’s UFC Knockout and Amazon’s Podcast Flameout
31 mins; August 11, 2025
Could Movies Start Skipping Netflix to Go Straight to YouTube?
32 mins; August 08, 2025
ESPN Jumps Into Bed With the NFL. What About Everyone Else?
32 mins; August 06, 2025
Paramount’s New Team, Fantastic Four’s Nosedive, YouTubers in Theaters, and Peacock’s Future
32 mins; August 04, 2025
Why It’s Harder Than Ever to Make a Studio Comedy, With Seth MacFarlane
27 mins; July 31, 2025
Why IMAX Is Becoming Bigger Than the Movie
32 mins; July 30, 2025
Paramount Now Belongs to David Ellison. What Will He Do With It?
35 mins; July 28, 2025
The F-You ‘South Park’ Episode and the Precarious State of Comedy in 2025
34 mins; July 24, 2025
‘Fantastic Four’ Pressure, Marvel’s Next Steps, and Kevin Feige’s Future
35 mins; July 23, 2025
Colbert’s Next Home, and Netflix Earnings Flexes and Anxieties
32 mins; July 21, 2025
Colbert Is Cancelled. Is the Late-Night Dam Bursting?
34 mins; July 18, 2025
The 2025 Emmy Nomination Awards: Winners, Snubs, and Thirstiest Campaigns
32 mins; July 16, 2025
'Superman,' Marvel vs. DC, and the Studio Head Hot Seat
29 mins; July 14, 2025
News and Deal Buzz From Inside Sun Valley’s Billionaire Summer Camp
32 mins; July 11, 2025
After a Historic Hollywood Tax Break, Is Moviemaking Coming Back to California?
32 mins; July 09, 2025
Why the Paramount-Skydance Merger is "F*cking Up ‘South Park’"
32 mins; July 07, 2025
Bribe? Surrender? Both? Unpacking the Trump-Paramount Settlement.
27 mins; July 02, 2025
Jason Blum Opens Up About the 'M3GAN 2.0' Flop, the Blumhouse Slump, and Bouncing Back
33 mins; July 01, 2025
Apple’s ‘F1’ Win and Big Tech’s Streaming vs. Theaters Debate
32 mins; June 30, 2025
The Case for Netflix Pillaging YouTube Creators
32 mins; June 25, 2025
Marvel’s Decline, Hollywood Vs. AI, and the Most Under-Covered Stories of 2025 So Far
28 mins; June 23, 2025
Tales From the Test-Screening Trenches
34 mins; June 18, 2025
The ‘Sinners’ Deal, the Manosphere, and the Biggest Overreactions of the First Half of 2025
32 mins; June 16, 2025
How to Get an Emmy Nomination (...for Matt??)
38 mins; June 12, 2025
Running a Major Talent Agency in 2025 With the New CEO of UTA
33 mins; June 11, 2025
Warner Bros. Discovery Is Splitting Up. What's Next?
30 mins; June 09, 2025
Chalamet, Cruise, and the New Celebrity Press Tour Playbook
36 mins; June 05, 2025
Clooney’s Big Broadway Bet, and How to Make Real Money in Theater
33 mins; June 04, 2025
The Real Winners of the Taylor Swift Masters Mega-Deal
30 mins; June 02, 2025
John Mulaney on SNL50 Hijinks and Getting Away With His Late-Night Netflix Show
34 mins; May 29, 2025
The New Path to Stand-Up Fame and Fortune With Mike Birbiglia
36 mins; May 27, 2025
Part 2: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg on Rejecting Tim Cook, Pitching Ice Cube, and Plans for More ‘The Studio’
35 mins; May 23, 2025
Part 1: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Wild Stories From the Set of ‘The Studio’
32 mins; May 22, 2025
The New Late Night with ‘Hot Ones’ Host Sean Evans
34 mins; May 21, 2025
Is Streaming Killing Music—or Saving It? With a Top Spotify Exec
32 mins; May 19, 2025
The Five Biggest Stories in TV: HBO Max Is Back, NFL Goes Global, and Netflix’s Franchisification
32 mins; May 16, 2025
How YouTube Quietly Took Over TV, With CEO Neal Mohan
39 mins; May 14, 2025
Hollywood Q1 Report: Disneyland in Abu Dhabi, a Warner Bros. Spinoff, and Streaming is … Stable?
33 mins; May 12, 2025
The 2025 Summer Blockbuster Power Ranking
51 mins; May 08, 2025
A Revealing Ranking of the Biggest Movie Stars: Tom Holland's Surprise Rise, Zendaya’s Stronghold, and Glen Powell’s Struggle
32 mins; May 07, 2025
Trump's Movie Tariff Bombshell and Hollywood’s Freak-Out
33 mins; May 05, 2025
The Future of HBO (and Max?). Part 2 With CEO Casey Bloys.
29 mins; April 30, 2025
What Is the HBO Brand in 2025? Part 1 With CEO Casey Bloys
34 mins; April 30, 2025
Can Paramount Solve Its Impossible Trump Problem?
32 mins; April 28, 2025
How the Oscars’ Best Stunt Category Will Work (and Why Stars Are Still Doing Their Own)
33 mins; April 24, 2025
Can Netflix Become a Trillion-Dollar Company?
32 mins; April 23, 2025
How Did ‘Sinners’ Really Do This Weekend?
34 mins; April 21, 2025
What Streamers Really Want From Their Sitcoms, With a Netflix Showrunner
34 mins; April 17, 2025
David Zaslav and the Dying Era of Media Moguls
32 mins; April 15, 2025
The Trump Tariff Pain Index: Who Suffers the Most in Hollywood?
32 mins; April 14, 2025
Coachella and the Changing Music Festival Hierarchy
32 mins; April 11, 2025
Director Eli Roth Will Kill You On-Screen for $1 Million
32 mins; April 09, 2025
A ‘Minecraft’ Megahit and the Studios Best Suited for Gen Z and Beyond
31 mins; April 07, 2025
Tom, Leo, Gosling (!), and the CinemaCon Studio Power Ranking
49 mins; April 04, 2025
Agents, Managers, and the Shifting Power Dynamics of Representation
31 mins; April 03, 2025
Four Industry Experts Debate Hollywood’s Moviegoing Crisis
52 mins; April 01, 2025
Amazon’s Studio Head Firing and the Prime Video 7-Year Report Card
36 mins; March 28, 2025
Why YouTubers Are Having a Hollywood Moment
32 mins; March 27, 2025
The Most Important Movie for Each Studio in 2025
32 mins; March 24, 2025
Apple’s Hollywood Identity Crisis: Who Do They Want to Be?
35 mins; March 21, 2025
Trump 2.0: Should Hollywood Be Panicking?
32 mins; March 19, 2025
The Four Hottest Topics Around Town: ‘Mickey 17’, Warner Bros., Trump, and Apple TV+
32 mins; March 17, 2025
Lively Vs. Baldoni and the Legal Stakes With Baldoni’s Lawyer
41 mins; March 13, 2025
Is Netflix Spending its $18 Billion Content Budget Correctly?
31 mins; March 12, 2025
An AI Studio Making 'Quality' Movies for Dirt Cheap: Revolutionary or Dystopian?
35 mins; March 10, 2025
How the Hell Do Nielsen Ratings Actually Work?
30 mins; March 06, 2025
How YouTube Became TV (While TV Struggles to Be YouTube)
32 mins; March 05, 2025
2025 Oscars: Sneaky Winners and Losers. Plus, Neon CEO Tom Quinn on a Big Night for 'Anora'
40 mins; March 03, 2025
Does an Oscar Matter More or Less Than Ever?
38 mins; February 28, 2025
Inside Tips to Predict the 2025 Oscar Winners
37 mins; February 26, 2025
Amazon and James Bond: What Could Go Wrong?
32 mins; February 24, 2025
'Severance’: When a Hit Show Goes Over Budget, Who Pays?
34 mins; February 20, 2025
SNL’s Fate After Lorne, and Streaming’s Most Overpriced Platforms
31 mins; February 18, 2025
What’s Next at Netflix With Content Chief Bela Bajaria, Part 2
35 mins; February 14, 2025
Netflix vs. Everyone With Content Chief Bela Bajaria, Part 1
39 mins; February 13, 2025
Can the ‘Emilia Pérez’ Oscars Implosion Be Salvaged?
36 mins; February 12, 2025
New Trouble for the Paramount Sale
32 mins; February 10, 2025
NFL and Streaming: A Super Bowl Data Dive
32 mins; February 06, 2025
What Worries Directors: AI, Peaked TV, and Baldoni-Gate
32 mins; February 05, 2025
Inside the 2025 Grammys: Beyoncé's Win, Chappell’s Speech, and Kendrick’s Sweep
36 mins; February 03, 2025
The Secrets to Success in Producing, With Marc Platt of ‘Wicked’
36 mins; January 31, 2025
Irving Azoff on His A-List L.A. FireAid Concert, and Six Decades in the Music Business
37 mins; January 29, 2025
Is There a Netflix Bubble?
32 mins; January 27, 2025
Narratives Surrounding the Oscar Nominations
32 mins; January 24, 2025
Changes to the 2025 Grammys and the Complicated State of Music
32 mins; January 23, 2025
The 2025 Box Office Draft
45 mins; January 21, 2025
Is Hollywood Assistant Life Still Insane?
34 mins; January 16, 2025
Why Broadcast Television Won’t Die
32 mins; January 15, 2025
How Hollywood (and Awards Season) Can Help Rebuild Los Angeles
30 mins; January 13, 2025
The Magical (and Profitable) World of Disney Cruises
33 mins; January 09, 2025
Golden Globes Takeaways and the Biggest Questions for 2025
32 mins; January 06, 2025
The Townies, Part 2: Who Won the Year in Hollywood?
49 mins; January 01, 2025
The Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2024
49 mins; December 30, 2024
Turning Music Rights Into a Bob Dylan Biopic
35 mins; December 25, 2024
A Holiday Grab Bag: Blake Vs. Baldoni, NFL on Netflix, Disney’s Next CEO, and UFC's Next Home
32 mins; December 23, 2024
The Multi-Billion-Dollar Plan to Improve Going to the Movies
36 mins; December 20, 2024
Making Millions on Dead Celebrities in the AI Age
32 mins; December 18, 2024
The Fate of Warner Bros in 2025, and Iger’s Trump Capitulation
32 mins; December 16, 2024
Which Movies Actually Popped (and Flopped) on Streaming in 2024?
33 mins; December 13, 2024
Which Streaming Shows Hit and Bombed in 2024?
36 mins; December 12, 2024
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