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The Option — 139 episodes

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Episode 139: Paramount & Netflix Cut Their Animation Pact

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Episode 138: Jimmy Kimmel's Budget Squeeze at ABC

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Episode 137: NBCUniversal Goes Independent

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Episode 136: Fox's $22B Roku Deal Hits DOJ Speed Bump

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Episode 135: AMC's $120M Walking Dead Settlement

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Episode 134: Netflix UK Price Hike: Ad Tier Up a Third

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Episode 133: France & Korea's $1.16B Screen Industry Fund

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Episode 132: CAA Signs Sydney Sweeney — and Scooter Braun's Role

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Episode 131: Tom Cruise, 30 Movies, and the Paramount-WBD Bet

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Episode 130: Range Media's Paramount First-Look Deal

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Episode 129: Letterboxd's $1 Billion Question

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Episode 128: Banijay Absorbs All3Media, Holland Named UK CEO

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Episode 127: UTA's War With Variety

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Episode 126: RedBird's $250M Bet on Puck

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Episode 125: Ruffalo, Paramount, and The Antisemitism Debate

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Episode 124: Mike Schur Says the Paramount-WBD Merger Kills Writers

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Episode 123: Versant's Post-Bundle Strategy Takes Shape

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Episode 122: The ParaBros Relocation Threat and the AG Who Won't Fold

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Episode 121: All Three Chains Back Paramount-WBD Settlement

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Episode 120: BlackRock & Oaktree Take Control of a Hollywood Supplier

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Episode 119: Netflix Out-Lobbies All of Hollywood

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Episode 118: Unwell's $500M Valuation and the Whitesell Bet

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Episode 117: Endeavor Buys 17 Broadway and West End Theaters

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Episode 116: Fox Tells the NFL: Not Yet

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Episode 115: Netflix Doubles Ad Commitments, Women's World Cup Nearly

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Episode 114: Disney's Ryan Murphy Problem

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Episode 113: FCC Kills the 39% Broadcast Ownership Cap

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Episode 112: David Ellison Goes to the New York Times

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Episode 111: Disney Consumer Products Moves Under Studios

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Episode 110: Warner Bros. Racing the Clock on Barbie 2

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Episode 109: Universal Music Shares Plunge 25% on Streaming Fears

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Episode 108: Disney Sells A+E Stake to Hearst in $1B+ Deal

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Episode 107: Ari Emanuel Goes to the Wall Street Journal

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Episode 106: HFPA Sues PMC Over Golden Globes Acquisition

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Episode 105: Canal+ MultiChoice Deal Delivers $4.88B H1

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Episode 104: The Odyssey Eyes $1B as Spider-Man Looms

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Episode 103: Providence Equity Buys Out The Team (fka Wasserman)

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Episode 102: EU Clears Paramount-Warner Deal, U.S. Courts Still Loom

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Episode 101: Disney Cuts Hundreds: Pixar and Nat Geo Hit Hardest

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Episode 100: AMC Posts Best Quarter in 106 Years on Odyssey Windfall

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Episode 99: Netflix Confirms $587M Ben Affleck AI Acquisition

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Episode 98: Netflix Slides 9% on Mixed Q2, WBD Hangover Lingers

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Episode 97: Lionsgate Courts European Buyers at $4B Valuation

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Episode 96: Zaslav Sells $59.5M in WBD Stock Mid-Merger

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Episode 95: Ellison's Federal Film Tax Play Amid Warner Antitrust War

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Episode 94: Department M Buys Into Neon, Launches Neon TV

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Episode 93: Oregon AG Moves to Block Paramount-WBD Close

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Episode 92: CAA vs. Meta's Muse: The Consent Fight Begins

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Episode 91: Sun Valley 2026: Comcast's Second Split and the WBD Deal

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Episode 90: Comcast's Spinoff and the End of the Cable-Hollywood Bet

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Episode 89: Sky Buys ITV Networks for $2.13B, Studios Left Standalone

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Episode 88: Getty-Shutterstock $3.7B Merger Is Dead

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Episode 87: Paula Reid Exits CNN for MSNOW Amid Paramount-WBD Merger

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Episode 86: Dish DBS Files Chapter 11 as AT&T Spectrum Deal Stalls

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Episode 85: Paramount Denies Ellison's CNN Deal with Trump

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Episode 84: A24 and Google DeepMind's $75M AI Venture

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Episode 83: MSNBC's Next Owner

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Episode 82: Amazon Kills Its Sam Altman Film

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Episode 81: Netflix Denies Lionsgate, But the M&A Clock Is Running

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Episode 80: NBCU Merges UCP & UIS Into Universal Global Television

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Episode 79: NFL Media Rights Inflation Hits a Crossroads

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Episode 78: Roku In Acquisition Talks, Stock Hits 4-Year High

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Episode 77: Ellisons Sell Showcase Cinemas for $30M

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Episode 76: Netflix Unscripted VP Jeff Gaspin Steps Down

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Episode 75: DGA Closes 4-Year Deal, Labor Cycle Complete

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Episode 74: Tucker Carlson, Red Seat Ventures, and Tubi's Creator Bet

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Episode 73: Accenture Song Buys Whalar in Creator Economy's Biggest Deal

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Episode 72: Reed Hastings Exits Netflix After 29 Years

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Episode 71: Ackman Exits Universal Music After Rejected Bid

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Episode 70: Peacock's First Profit, Six Years In

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Episode 69: Barry Diller's $18B Bid to Take MGM Private

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Episode 68: UMG Rejects Ackman's $64 Billion Bid

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Episode 67: Skydance Remakes 60 Minutes From the Top Down

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Episode 66: Byron Allen's Weather Channel Gambit

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Episode 65: The Paramount-WBD Debt Trap

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Paramount's $110B Warner Deal Legal Defense Takes Shape

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Ari Emanuel & Mark Shapiro Buy Into the Las Vegas Raiders

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The Streaming Microdramas Threat

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Bad Robot's New York Exodus

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Sony's Quiet Restructuring

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Paramount-Skydance's Gulf Money Problem

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The NBA's Regional Rights Crisis

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The DOJ's NFL Problem

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The Super Mario Galaxy Effect — Why Nintendo Owns the Box Office

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Disney's Project Imagine — D'Amaro's First Restructuring

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The WGA's AI Licensing Victory

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Netflix's $2.8 Billion Consolation Prize

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Theatrical Window Wars — 45 Days Is the New Normal

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The Animation Wage Gap — Why Cartoon Paychecks Keep Shrinking

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The Streaming Password Endgame — What Comes After the Crackdown

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Warner Bros. Discovery's Cable Spinoff — The Assets Nobody Wants

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UK Production Hits $6.8 Billion — The Incentive Math That Beats Hollywood

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The VFX Arms Race — How AI Changes Post-Production Math

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SAG-AFTRA's 2026 Fight — AI Round Two

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ESPN's $30 Bet — Can Sports Streaming Find Its Price?

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The $9.6 Billion Question — Can Theatrical Hit a Post-COVID Record?

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Endeavor's Rebrand — Why WME Dropped the "Endeavor"

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Private Equity's Entertainment Shopping Spree

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Disney's Post-Iger Blueprint

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Hollywood's Layoff Math

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The DOJ's Netflix Problem

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WBD Deadline Week — Paramount's Final Offer Due February 23

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Virtual Production: The Invisible Cost Revolution

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YouTube Is The Biggest Streamer In The World

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Why Mid-Budget Comedies Died (And Why They Might Return)

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Video Games Are The New Comic Books

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The End of the RSN: Who Owns Local Sports Rights Now?

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TikTok's U.S. Survival: The Joint Venture Solution

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Discovery Global: The Spinoff Nobody Wants

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Oscar Economics: Why "Sinners" Leading Noms Matters

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Paramount's Deadline: The Clock Is Ticking

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The WGA's Antitrust Gambit: Can Writers Block Netflix-WBD?

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London Is the New Hollywood

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Josh D'Amaro Is Disney's Next CEO

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Dana Walden: Disney's First Chief Creative Officer

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Ted Sarandos Goes to Washington

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Why David Ellison Skipped the Senate Hearing

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TikTok's U.S. Joint Venture: What It Means for Hollywood

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Discovery Global: The Spinoff Nobody's Talking About

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Oscar Economics: Why "Sinners" Getting 16 Nominations Is a Business Story

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Paramount's February 20 Deadline: What Happens Next

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The WGA's Antitrust Gambit: Can Writers Block Netflix-WBD?

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Private Equity's $80 Billion Bet on Hollywood

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Why Morgan Stanley's James Gorman Now Runs Disney's Board

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Congress Takes Aim at Streaming Mergers

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Netflix Goes All-Cash for WBD

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Paramount's Lawsuit Gets Tossed—Now What?

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What Netflix-WBD Means for Independent Content

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The Great Re-bundling

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Paramount Skydance's Hostile Bid for WBD

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Awards Shows Are Marketing Campaigns, Not Merit Systems

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Why Libraries Matter More Than New Content

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Why Media Mergers Keep Underperforming

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Why Studios Cancel Profitable Shows

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Why Streaming Is Becoming Cable 2.0

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Disney's Succession Crisis: Who Replaces Bob Iger?

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Why Talent Agencies Are More Powerful Than Ever

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The Skydance-Paramount Merger: Oracle Money Enters Hollywood

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Netflix's $72 Billion Play for Warner Bros.