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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.

The 2022 Directors Draft

32 mins; November 14, 2022

Town Hall: Apple Buying Disney? 'SNL's Host Problem, and a Ryan Murphy Apology

31 mins; November 10, 2022

Predicting the Opening Weekend for ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

32 mins; November 09, 2022

What a Wall Street Meltdown Means for the Consumer

32 mins; November 07, 2022

Netflix vs. HBO: The TV Rivalry of the Century

33 mins; November 03, 2022

Why Are Movies Longer Than Ever?

32 mins; November 02, 2022

TikTok Killed the Pop Star

29 mins; October 31, 2022

Ad-Supported Television Was the Past, and It Might Be the Future

32 mins; October 27, 2022

Can James Gunn Deliver as New Head of the DC Universe?

26 mins; October 26, 2022

The Riskiest Hollywood Bets for the Rest of 2022

31 mins; October 24, 2022

Netflix Is Back, Baby!

32 mins; October 19, 2022

The Looming NBA Rights Bonanza

30 mins; October 18, 2022

The Best and Worst Deals of the Past 10 Years in Entertainment

33 mins; October 17, 2022

Endeavor President Mark Shapiro

39 mins; October 14, 2022

The Unfunny Decline of Comedy Central

31 mins; October 11, 2022

Tom Cruise and an Explosive Scientology Book

33 mins; October 06, 2022

Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt Goes Nuclear

21 mins; October 05, 2022

‘House of the Dragon’ vs. ‘The Rings of Power,’ Who Is Winning?

31 mins; October 03, 2022

Can ‘SNL’ Get Back to Making Stars?

50 mins; September 30, 2022

Hollywood’s (Still) Embarrassing Gender Gap

32 mins; September 28, 2022

Millions Are Watching the NFL on Amazon Prime. Is This the Future?

26 mins; September 26, 2022

Town Hall: Star Wars Missteps, Top Gun’s Oscar Potential, and Where Is James Bond?

28 mins; September 22, 2022

‘Don’t Worry Darling’ and How Controversy Impacts the Box Office

30 mins; September 21, 2022

Did a $200M Direct-to-Streaming Movie Ever Make Sense?

31 mins; September 19, 2022

Is TV Saving or Killing College Football?

27 mins; September 16, 2022

HBO’s Reassertion, Quinta Brunson’s Breakout, and More Emmy Takeaways

29 mins; September 13, 2022

A Status Check on Disney and CEO Bob Chapek

31 mins; September 12, 2022

The Summer Box Office Reckoning

31 mins; September 08, 2022

The Biggest Threat to YouTube’s World Domination

34 mins; September 06, 2022

Florence Pugh or Pete Davidson? Buying or Selling Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Under 30, Part 2

26 mins; September 02, 2022

Chalamet or Holland? Buying or Selling Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Under 30

31 mins; September 01, 2022

The Troubled Coexistence of Movie Theaters and Streaming

30 mins; August 31, 2022

Winners and Losers of NBC Axing an Hour of Prime-Time TV

23 mins; August 29, 2022

MoviePass CEO Stacy Spikes On Reinventing Moviegoing (Again)

40 mins; August 26, 2022

David Zaslav Doesn’t Care About Your Favorite HBO Shows

28 mins; August 24, 2022

The 2022 Showrunner Draft

37 mins; August 22, 2022

The Wackiest CEO in Entertainment

32 mins; August 18, 2022

The Lawsuit Striking Fear Into Fox News (Plus 'LOTR' Predictions)

31 mins; August 17, 2022

Should Disney Sell ESPN?

29 mins; August 16, 2022

Disney+ and the Streaming Price Hike

31 mins; August 11, 2022

TikTok’s Dominance and Hollywood’s Place in the Creator Economy

27 mins; August 10, 2022

Springsteen and the Scourge of Concert Ticket Pricing

25 mins; August 08, 2022

The Great TV Purge Is Coming

30 mins; August 05, 2022

Why Warner Bros. Just Made the $90M ‘Batgirl’ Movie Disappear

30 mins; August 03, 2022

Will Smith's Apology and Apple’s Predicament

31 mins; August 01, 2022

Town Hall: Writers vs. Hollywood, an 'E.T.' Legacy Sequel, and Apple’s Animation Bet

27 mins; July 27, 2022

The 2022 Intellectual Property Draft

35 mins; July 25, 2022

How the Metaverse Could Transform the Entertainment Industry

35 mins; July 21, 2022

Release the Snyder Article

28 mins; July 20, 2022

Is the Netflix Movie Model Broken?

27 mins; July 18, 2022

The Uncertain Futures of Netflix, Hulu, and Apple

37 mins; July 15, 2022

Snubs, Surprises, and Industry Takeaways From the 2022 Emmy Nominations

29 mins; July 12, 2022

A New Look at Harvey Weinstein and Hollywood’s Enablers

35 mins; July 11, 2022

The 10 Nicest Stars in Hollywood

36 mins; July 07, 2022

Predictions for Sun Valley’s Summer Camp for Billionaires

25 mins; July 05, 2022

CAA and the New Reality of Talent Agencies

29 mins; July 01, 2022

Producer Jason Blum on Money vs. Creativity

38 mins; June 29, 2022

The 2022 Half-Year Hollywood Awards

38 mins; June 27, 2022

You Will Pay More for Disney Parks and You Will Like It

31 mins; June 23, 2022

How the Pandemic Changed the Way You Consume Entertainment

30 mins; June 21, 2022

Who Survives at the New CNN?

37 mins; June 16, 2022

The ‘Stranger Things’ vs. ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Value War

28 mins; June 13, 2022

What the Heck Is Going On at Disney?

28 mins; June 09, 2022

NBA Finals Ratings and ESPN's Future in Sports Television

25 mins; June 08, 2022

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ and A24’s Mystique

29 mins; June 06, 2022

Town Hall: Tom Cruise’s Pay Day, ‘LOTR’ Buzz, and HBO’s Secrets

28 mins; June 03, 2022

Johnny Depp Wins: Inside the Verdict and the Fallout

29 mins; June 01, 2022

‘Top Gun: Maverick’: Fluke or Future of the Summer Box Office?

21 mins; May 31, 2022

The Summer Blockbuster Confidence Scale

36 mins; May 26, 2022

Can Lorne Michaels Reinvent ‘SNL’ One Last Time?

31 mins; May 25, 2022

The Hollywood Stock Market: Netflix, Star Wars, Harry Styles, Pete Davidson, and More!

25 mins; May 23, 2022

What Happened to Comedy in Hollywood?

32 mins; May 19, 2022

Amber Heard Testifies: How Did It Go?

26 mins; May 18, 2022

You May Not Be Watching, but Broadcast TV Still Makes Billions

20 mins; May 16, 2022

Disney vs. Netflix: The Deathmatch of Streaming

28 mins; May 12, 2022

Does Marvel Have a Quality Problem?

30 mins; May 11, 2022

The 2022 Streaming Service Draft

36 mins; May 09, 2022

A Scientology Star in the Spotlight

28 mins; May 05, 2022

Did Johnny Depp Really Lose ‘Pirates’ Because of Amber’s Op-Ed?

29 mins; May 04, 2022

Have We Finally Reached the End of Peak TV?

17 mins; May 02, 2022

Does Jerry West Have a Case Against HBO’s ‘Winning Time’?

22 mins; April 28, 2022

The Legal Loophole That Could Strip Marvel of Its Superheroes

24 mins; April 27, 2022

The New Netflix (With Ads!) and How to Get People Back In Theaters

20 mins; April 25, 2022

Why the Late Night Talk Show Is Dead, and ‘SNL’ After Lorne

34 mins; April 21, 2022

Netflix’s Crash and the Company's Future in Streaming

31 mins; April 20, 2022

Coachella’s Dominance, and Why You Are Paying More Than Ever for Concert Tickets

19 mins; April 18, 2022

Is Rupert Murdoch the Most Dangerous Man in the World?

24 mins; April 14, 2022

Film Producer Neal Moritz on Video Games as Movies, the 'Fast & Furious' Franchise, and Theaters vs. Streaming

25 mins; April 13, 2022

‘Ambulance’ and the Death of Original Action Movies, Plus Apple TV+’s MLB Debut

21 mins; April 11, 2022

Why Was Bruce Willis Still Working?

23 mins; April 07, 2022

WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar on HBO Max, What’s Next for Streaming, and His Resignation

26 mins; April 06, 2022

Winners and Losers of the 2022 Grammys

24 mins; April 04, 2022

Will Smith Resigns From the Academy

10 mins; April 01, 2022

The 2022 Grammy Awards and the State of the Music Industry

25 mins; March 31, 2022

WWE President Nick Khan

30 mins; March 30, 2022

The Oscars Aftermath

23 mins; March 28, 2022

Live From Inside the Oscars: The Will Smith-Chris Rock Slap

12 mins; March 27, 2022

How to Gamble on the Oscars

27 mins; March 25, 2022

Do the Oscars Need to Be Saved?

37 mins; March 24, 2022

The NFL Sunday Ticket Bidding War and How Peyton and LeBron Went Hollywood

23 mins; March 23, 2022

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