All Episodes

Showbiz Sandbox 659: Hollywood Continues To Turn Itself Inside Out

Showbiz Sandbox 658: Searching for Winners at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival

Showbiz Sandbox 657: New Streaming Business Models Require New Measurement Tools

Showbiz Sandbox 656: Yes, People Still Buy Books

Showbiz Sandbox 655: Netflix Stops Sweating (and Reporting) Subscriber Growth

Showbiz Sandbox 654: CinemaCon Promotes A Bright Future for Movie Theatres

Showbiz Sandbox 653: Godzilla and Kong, Once Again, Prove Movie Theaters Aren’t Dead

Showbiz Sandbox 652: Comscore, Nielsen and the Battle Over TV Ratings

Showbiz Sandbox 651: The Next Hit Song May Be Written and Performed by AI

Showbiz Sandbox 650: “Oppenheimer” Gives Christopher Nolan His Oscar Moment

Showbiz Sandbox 649: Hollywood’s Superhero Movie Problem

Showbiz Sandbox 648: Judging This Year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

Showbiz Sandbox 647: Disney Teams Up For Sports Streaming Service

Showbiz Sandbox 646: A Slimmed Down Sundance Still Shines

Showbiz Sandbox 645: Amazon Prime Video Set To Dominate Advertising Market

Showbiz Sandbox 644: The Golden Globes Lose Their Luster

Showbiz Sandbox 643: Linear Television Viewership Sinks to New Lows

Showbiz Sandbox 642: What Netflix Subscribers Really Watch

Showbiz Sandbox 641: Red Sea Film Festival Highlights Emerging Film Market

Showbiz Sandbox 640: Hollywood Has Always Been Addicted To Sequels

Showbiz Sandbox 639: Hollywood Deals With Post-Strike Fallout

Showbiz Sandbox 638: What the Actors Won in Their New Contract

Showbiz Sandbox 637: Spotify Fighting Fraud With New Payment Plan

Showbiz Sandbox 636: Why Streaming Subscriptions Are Getting More Expensive

Showbiz Sandbox 635: Deciphering Hollywood Hits and Misses

Showbiz Sandbox 634: Spotify Gets Book Smart

Showbiz Sandbox 633: Dissecting the New Writers Guild Contract

Showbiz Sandbox 632: Pickets Down – Hollywood Writers Strike A Tentative Deal

Showbiz Sandbox 631: Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals Kick Off Unusual Awards Season

Showbiz Sandbox 630: Resurrecting Silent Films Can Be Profitable (Theoretically)

Showbiz Sandbox 629: Disney vs. Charter Feud Could Finally Unbundle Cable

Showbiz Sandbox 628: An Inside Look at Streaming’s Microscopic Residual Payments

Showbiz Sandbox 627: Linear TV Drops Below 50% In U.S. For First Time

Showbiz Sandbox 626: Will Disney’s Big Wager On Sports Betting Pay Off?

Showbiz Sandbox 625: SAG-AFTRA Concerns Over AI Are Justified

Showbiz Sandbox 624: Hollywood Is Bungling Its Barbenheimer Momentum

Showbiz Sandbox 623: Actors Join Writers In Historic Dual-Strike

Showbiz Sandbox 622: Actors and Writers Agree That AI Ain’t So Smart

Showbiz Sandbox 621: Summer Box Office Is Much Cooler Than Expected

Showbiz Sandbox 620: This Year’s Tony Awards Were Unscripted, Yet Predictable

Showbiz Sandbox 619: Directors Strike Deal for New Contract With Producers

Showbiz Sandbox 618: The 2023 Cannes Film Festival Lives Up to the Hype

Showbiz Sandbox 617: Why the Writers Strike Will Last for Months, Not Weeks

Showbiz Sandbox 616: Movie Theaters Celebrate Recovery at CinemaCon

Showbiz Sandbox 615: Warner Bros. Takes Streaming to the Max

Showbiz Sandbox 614: Streaming Fraud Is Costing Musicians Billions

Showbiz Sandbox 613: Author James Patterson Questions New York Times Best Seller List

Showbiz Sandbox 612: No Easy Cure for Concert Ticket Troubles

Showbiz Sandbox 611: This Year’s Oscars Were Everything Everyone Could Have Asked For

Showbiz Sandbox 610: Hollywood Writers Prep For A Contentious Strike

Showbiz Sandbox 609: Consumers Are Spending A Fortune on Home Entertainment

Showbiz Sandbox 608: The Television Landscape Is Changing FAST

Showbiz Sandbox 607: AMC Sets Sights On Upending Movie Ticket Prices

Showbiz Sandbox 606: Beyoncé Makes Grammy History As Harry Styles Wins Album of the Year

Showbiz Sandbox 605: The Future For This Year’s Sundance Movies

Showbiz Sandbox 604: Which Awards Actually Matter?

Showbiz Sandbox 603: Sports Programming Rules The Ratings In 2022

Showbiz Sandbox 602: Avatar Sequel Makes A Splash at the Box Office

Showbiz Sandbox 601: Middle East Film Industry On Display at Red Sea Film Festival

Showbiz Sandbox 600: The Return of Bob Iger at Disney

Showbiz Sandbox 599: The Grammy Awards Have A Timing Problem

Showbiz Sandbox 598: Streaming Growth Goes International

Showbiz Sandbox 597: Audiobooks Are Changing Our Reading Habits

Showbiz Sandbox 596: The Compact Disc Turns 40 Years Old

Showbiz Sandbox 595: Vinyl Sales and Payola on the Rise in Music Industry

Showbiz Sandbox 594: Fall Film Festivals Set The Stage For Awards Season

Showbiz Sandbox 593: This Year’s Emmy Awards Turns Into A Rerun

Showbiz Sandbox 592: Why Is HBO Max Dumping Content?

Showbiz Sandbox 591: Live Sports Becomes the Costliest Battle of the Streaming Wars

Showbiz Sandbox 590: New Warner Bros. Discovery Strategy Is A Little Batty

Showbiz Sandbox 589: Should Music Be Produced and Sold Like Fine Art?

Showbiz Sandbox 588: Keeping Track of Ever-Shifting Streaming Strategies

Showbiz Sandbox 587: How To Succeed on Broadway After a Global Pandemic

Showbiz Sandbox 586: Tony Awards Help Broadway Get Its Groove Back