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The Town with Matthew Belloni

Puck founding partner Matthew Belloni takes you inside Hollywood, using exclusive reporting and insight to explain the backstories on everything from Marvel movies to streaming wars. Multiple times each week, Matt is joined by major executives, dealmakers, and journalists, to discuss what is getting made and why, who is winning and losing, and what people in show business are actually talking about.

Winners and Losers of 2024 in Streaming

32 mins; December 09, 2024

ESPN on Disney+, Cable’s Spinoff Moment, and Who Would Buy CNN?

33 mins; December 06, 2024

Equal Pay, Equal Stake: A Filmmaking Experiment

32 mins; December 05, 2024

Does Disney Have Its Movie Mojo Back?

32 mins; December 02, 2024

‘Dune’ Director Denis Villeneuve on Plans for Part 3, ‘Star Wars’ Interest, and Art Vs. Commerce

41 mins; November 27, 2024

The Young Movie Star Draft

41 mins; November 25, 2024

‘Anora’ Actress Mikey Madison. Plus, ‘Wicked’ Vs. ‘Gladiator II’!

26 mins; November 22, 2024

Secrets of the NBA-TNT Divorce Settlement With Bill Simmons

41 mins; November 20, 2024

Disney’s Streaming Turnaround and Netflix’s Boxing Debut

32 mins; November 18, 2024

Digital TV Giants: Amazon, Google, and … Roku?

32 mins; November 15, 2024

Martha Stewart and When a Celeb Disavows Their Doc—With the Director!

32 mins; November 13, 2024

Netflix’s Greta Gerwig Situation, a Buried Clint Eastwood Movie, and Streaming’s Good Week

32 mins; November 11, 2024

Winners and Losers of Hollywood Under Trump 2.0

33 mins; November 07, 2024

How Much Money a Hit TV Show Can Make (and How It’s Changed)

42 mins; November 06, 2024

The Existential Crisis of the Cable Juggernauts

32 mins; November 04, 2024

Is There a Right Way to Use AI to Make Movies?

31 mins; October 31, 2024

FX’s John Landgraf on Resisting the Algorithm, Green-lighting ‘Shogun’, and ‘The Bear’ S3

34 mins; October 29, 2024

FX Chief John Landgraf on Silicon Valley’s Effect on Hollywood

38 mins; October 28, 2024

The Post-Pandemic Life of a Hustling Screenwriter

33 mins; October 25, 2024

Netflix: Unstoppable or Overvalued?

36 mins; October 21, 2024

The New Era of ‘SNL,’ 50th Plans, and ‘Saturday Night’

36 mins; October 17, 2024

The Secret Recipe For an Indie Horror Hit

32 mins; October 15, 2024

The Hollywood Stock Market: Travis Kelce, J.Lo, DC Studios, Prime Video, Todd Phillips, and More!

34 mins; October 11, 2024

Is Hollywood Screwing Up Male Characters?

32 mins; October 09, 2024

The 'Joker 2' Mega Flop and a New CEO at Sony Pictures

32 mins; October 07, 2024

Burning Questions for the Most Uncertain Oscar Race in Years

34 mins; October 04, 2024

The End of the $20M TV Host Era

32 mins; October 02, 2024

How Should Movie and TV Stars Be Paid?

32 mins; September 30, 2024

Lionsgate, Meta, and a Wild Week in AI

32 mins; September 27, 2024

How to Make Your Own TV Show (and Get Netflix to Buy It)

32 mins; September 25, 2024

Biggest Takeaways From Netflix’s New Data Dump

31 mins; September 23, 2024

The War Over the Secret Nine-Hour Prince Documentary

35 mins; September 20, 2024

The Screenwriter Struggle and How to Break Through

32 mins; September 18, 2024

The Real Winners and Losers of the Emmys With the ‘Hacks’ Creators!

32 mins; September 16, 2024

The Dire State of Movie Development

35 mins; September 12, 2024

Seth Meyers on Late Night’s Future, 'SNL' 50, and Lorne’s Successor

38 mins; September 11, 2024

Five Burning Hollywood Questions for the Rest of 2024

31 mins; September 09, 2024

How to Choose the Right Festival to Premiere Your Movie

32 mins; September 06, 2024

Who's to Blame for the ESPN Blackout?

32 mins; September 03, 2024

Should Someone Step In to Save Warner Bros. Discovery?

32 mins; August 29, 2024

Summer Box Office Winners, Losers, and Head-Scratchers

41 mins; August 27, 2024

The Billionaire Battle for Paramount and the Return of 'Ted Lasso'

32 mins; August 26, 2024

Are Expensive Showrunner Deals Worth It?

35 mins; August 23, 2024

The Arms Race Behind Where Movies Shoot

35 mins; August 21, 2024

A New Setback in Hollywood's Cable Crisis

32 mins; August 19, 2024

The Legacy of the Infamous Sony Hack, 10 Years Later

33 mins; August 15, 2024

Kamala’s Hollywood Connections: Do They Help or Hurt?

32 mins; August 14, 2024

Why Can’t Apple Figure Out Movies?

32 mins; August 12, 2024

The Biggest Losers of Hollywood’s Cable-pocalypse

36 mins; August 09, 2024

Disney’s Streaming Profits and Parks Problem

32 mins; August 07, 2024

Has the Music Industry Peaked?

32 mins; August 05, 2024

The 2024 Intellectual Property Draft

35 mins; July 31, 2024

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ and Marketing Disney’s First R-Rated Marvel Movie

32 mins; July 29, 2024

WBD’s Billion-Dollar War on the NBA

29 mins; July 26, 2024

The High Stakes of Broadcasting the Olympics

36 mins; July 24, 2024

Is Netflix or YouTube the King in Streaming?

32 mins; July 22, 2024

Warner's M&A Options and an NBA Rights Scoop

39 mins; July 19, 2024

The 'Star Wars' Ratings Problem and What To Do Next

33 mins; July 17, 2024

Does Hollywood Need Deregulation?

32 mins; July 15, 2024

Betting on Theaters, Embracing Tech, and ‘Wicked’ With Director Jon M. Chu

32 mins; July 11, 2024

Burning Questions About the Future of Paramount

32 mins; July 09, 2024

Skydance’s David Ellison on His Plans for Paramount

39 mins; July 08, 2024

The NFL's $15B Sunday Ticket Problem

31 mins; July 03, 2024

The Biggest Over- and Underreactions of the First Half of 2024

37 mins; July 01, 2024

Will the Debate Debacle Revive TV News?

32 mins; June 28, 2024

How Much Kevin Costner Stands to Win or Lose on ‘Horizon’

32 mins; June 26, 2024

Is Hollywood Really That Effed Up?

32 mins; June 24, 2024

Hollywood’s Big Big Tech Problem

36 mins; June 20, 2024

Sony Bought a Movie Theatre Chain. Plus, Pixar’s Big Comeback

32 mins; June 17, 2024

Jon Stewart on AI Fears, Election Plans, and ‘Daily Show’ End Date

28 mins; June 14, 2024

Jon Stewart Talks Apple Split, Corporate Constraints, and Media’s Regression

34 mins; June 13, 2024

Paramount-Skydance Is Dead. What Now?

36 mins; June 12, 2024

Will Smith’s Comeback and the Butts-in-Seats Star Ranking

32 mins; June 10, 2024

The Science of Green-Lighting Movies

32 mins; June 07, 2024

Is Netflix Fumbling Ads?

32 mins; June 05, 2024

The 2024 Summer Concert Tour Draft

33 mins; June 03, 2024

TV Viewers Are Getting Old. Do Advertisers Care?

29 mins; May 31, 2024

The Memorial Day Box Office Meltdown

32 mins; May 28, 2024

Everyone Hates Ticketmaster, but Is It a Monopoly?

32 mins; May 24, 2024

Scarlett Johansson Vs. OpenAI: Does She Have a Case?

32 mins; May 22, 2024

A War Is Coming Over Hollywood Pay

32 mins; May 20, 2024

NFL on Netflix, and Big Tech’s TV Upfronts Takeover

32 mins; May 16, 2024

Latinos See More Movies Than Anyone. Why Is Hollywood Ignoring Them?

29 mins; May 15, 2024

Disney+ and Max Have Bundled, Who’s Next?

32 mins; May 13, 2024

Are Producers in Hollywood Nearing Extinction?

36 mins; May 09, 2024

The Year of Peacock?

30 mins; May 08, 2024

‘The Fall Guy’ Swung and Missed … Should We Panic?

31 mins; May 06, 2024

The 2024 Summer Blockbuster Confidence Scale

41 mins; May 03, 2024

The Fight for the Last NBA Rights With Bill Simmons

34 mins; May 01, 2024

A CEO Firing, and the Chaos at Paramount

32 mins; April 30, 2024

The Rise of Tubi and If “Free” Is Really the Future of Entertainment

32 mins; April 29, 2024

Aaron Sorkin, Live From D.C.

29 mins; April 25, 2024

Which Bidder Is Best for Paramount?

31 mins; April 24, 2024

Netflix’s Backtrack on Transparency

32 mins; April 22, 2024

Taylor Swift’s Questionable Return to TikTok

31 mins; April 18, 2024

Hollywood’s Struggle to Reinvent Itself

31 mins; April 17, 2024

The Best and Worst Media Mergers of the 21st Century

38 mins; April 15, 2024

Can IMAX Save Movie Theaters?

32 mins; April 11, 2024

Hollywood vs. Big Tech in the Age of Consolidation

36 mins; April 10, 2024

Early Winners and Losers of 2024

32 mins; April 08, 2024

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