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The Option — 139 episodes
Episode 139: Paramount & Netflix Cut Their Animation Pact
Episode 138: Jimmy Kimmel's Budget Squeeze at ABC
Episode 137: NBCUniversal Goes Independent
Episode 136: Fox's $22B Roku Deal Hits DOJ Speed Bump
Episode 135: AMC's $120M Walking Dead Settlement
Episode 134: Netflix UK Price Hike: Ad Tier Up a Third
Episode 133: France & Korea's $1.16B Screen Industry Fund
Episode 132: CAA Signs Sydney Sweeney — and Scooter Braun's Role
Episode 131: Tom Cruise, 30 Movies, and the Paramount-WBD Bet
Episode 130: Range Media's Paramount First-Look Deal
Episode 129: Letterboxd's $1 Billion Question
Episode 128: Banijay Absorbs All3Media, Holland Named UK CEO
Episode 127: UTA's War With Variety
Episode 126: RedBird's $250M Bet on Puck
Episode 125: Ruffalo, Paramount, and The Antisemitism Debate
Episode 124: Mike Schur Says the Paramount-WBD Merger Kills Writers
Episode 123: Versant's Post-Bundle Strategy Takes Shape
Episode 122: The ParaBros Relocation Threat and the AG Who Won't Fold
Episode 121: All Three Chains Back Paramount-WBD Settlement
Episode 120: BlackRock & Oaktree Take Control of a Hollywood Supplier
Episode 119: Netflix Out-Lobbies All of Hollywood
Episode 118: Unwell's $500M Valuation and the Whitesell Bet
Episode 117: Endeavor Buys 17 Broadway and West End Theaters
Episode 116: Fox Tells the NFL: Not Yet
Episode 115: Netflix Doubles Ad Commitments, Women's World Cup Nearly
Episode 114: Disney's Ryan Murphy Problem
Episode 113: FCC Kills the 39% Broadcast Ownership Cap
Episode 112: David Ellison Goes to the New York Times
Episode 111: Disney Consumer Products Moves Under Studios
Episode 110: Warner Bros. Racing the Clock on Barbie 2
Episode 109: Universal Music Shares Plunge 25% on Streaming Fears
Episode 108: Disney Sells A+E Stake to Hearst in $1B+ Deal
Episode 107: Ari Emanuel Goes to the Wall Street Journal
Episode 106: HFPA Sues PMC Over Golden Globes Acquisition
Episode 105: Canal+ MultiChoice Deal Delivers $4.88B H1
Episode 104: The Odyssey Eyes $1B as Spider-Man Looms
Episode 103: Providence Equity Buys Out The Team (fka Wasserman)
Episode 102: EU Clears Paramount-Warner Deal, U.S. Courts Still Loom
Episode 101: Disney Cuts Hundreds: Pixar and Nat Geo Hit Hardest
Episode 100: AMC Posts Best Quarter in 106 Years on Odyssey Windfall
Episode 99: Netflix Confirms $587M Ben Affleck AI Acquisition
Episode 98: Netflix Slides 9% on Mixed Q2, WBD Hangover Lingers
Episode 97: Lionsgate Courts European Buyers at $4B Valuation
Episode 96: Zaslav Sells $59.5M in WBD Stock Mid-Merger
Episode 95: Ellison's Federal Film Tax Play Amid Warner Antitrust War
Episode 94: Department M Buys Into Neon, Launches Neon TV
Episode 93: Oregon AG Moves to Block Paramount-WBD Close
Episode 92: CAA vs. Meta's Muse: The Consent Fight Begins
Episode 91: Sun Valley 2026: Comcast's Second Split and the WBD Deal
Episode 90: Comcast's Spinoff and the End of the Cable-Hollywood Bet
Episode 89: Sky Buys ITV Networks for $2.13B, Studios Left Standalone
Episode 88: Getty-Shutterstock $3.7B Merger Is Dead
Episode 87: Paula Reid Exits CNN for MSNOW Amid Paramount-WBD Merger
Episode 86: Dish DBS Files Chapter 11 as AT&T Spectrum Deal Stalls
Episode 85: Paramount Denies Ellison's CNN Deal with Trump
Episode 84: A24 and Google DeepMind's $75M AI Venture
Episode 83: MSNBC's Next Owner
Episode 82: Amazon Kills Its Sam Altman Film
Episode 81: Netflix Denies Lionsgate, But the M&A Clock Is Running
Episode 80: NBCU Merges UCP & UIS Into Universal Global Television
Episode 79: NFL Media Rights Inflation Hits a Crossroads
Episode 78: Roku In Acquisition Talks, Stock Hits 4-Year High
Episode 77: Ellisons Sell Showcase Cinemas for $30M
Episode 76: Netflix Unscripted VP Jeff Gaspin Steps Down
Episode 75: DGA Closes 4-Year Deal, Labor Cycle Complete
Episode 74: Tucker Carlson, Red Seat Ventures, and Tubi's Creator Bet
Episode 73: Accenture Song Buys Whalar in Creator Economy's Biggest Deal
Episode 72: Reed Hastings Exits Netflix After 29 Years
Episode 71: Ackman Exits Universal Music After Rejected Bid
Episode 70: Peacock's First Profit, Six Years In
Episode 69: Barry Diller's $18B Bid to Take MGM Private
Episode 68: UMG Rejects Ackman's $64 Billion Bid
Episode 67: Skydance Remakes 60 Minutes From the Top Down
Episode 66: Byron Allen's Weather Channel Gambit
Episode 65: The Paramount-WBD Debt Trap
Paramount's $110B Warner Deal Legal Defense Takes Shape
Ari Emanuel & Mark Shapiro Buy Into the Las Vegas Raiders
The Streaming Microdramas Threat
Bad Robot's New York Exodus
Sony's Quiet Restructuring
Paramount-Skydance's Gulf Money Problem
The NBA's Regional Rights Crisis
The DOJ's NFL Problem
The Super Mario Galaxy Effect — Why Nintendo Owns the Box Office
Disney's Project Imagine — D'Amaro's First Restructuring
The WGA's AI Licensing Victory
Netflix's $2.8 Billion Consolation Prize
Theatrical Window Wars — 45 Days Is the New Normal
The Animation Wage Gap — Why Cartoon Paychecks Keep Shrinking
The Streaming Password Endgame — What Comes After the Crackdown
Warner Bros. Discovery's Cable Spinoff — The Assets Nobody Wants
UK Production Hits $6.8 Billion — The Incentive Math That Beats Hollywood
The VFX Arms Race — How AI Changes Post-Production Math
SAG-AFTRA's 2026 Fight — AI Round Two
ESPN's $30 Bet — Can Sports Streaming Find Its Price?
The $9.6 Billion Question — Can Theatrical Hit a Post-COVID Record?
Endeavor's Rebrand — Why WME Dropped the "Endeavor"
Private Equity's Entertainment Shopping Spree
Disney's Post-Iger Blueprint
Hollywood's Layoff Math
The DOJ's Netflix Problem
WBD Deadline Week — Paramount's Final Offer Due February 23
Virtual Production: The Invisible Cost Revolution
YouTube Is The Biggest Streamer In The World
Why Mid-Budget Comedies Died (And Why They Might Return)
Video Games Are The New Comic Books
The End of the RSN: Who Owns Local Sports Rights Now?
TikTok's U.S. Survival: The Joint Venture Solution
Discovery Global: The Spinoff Nobody Wants
Oscar Economics: Why "Sinners" Leading Noms Matters
Paramount's Deadline: The Clock Is Ticking
The WGA's Antitrust Gambit: Can Writers Block Netflix-WBD?
London Is the New Hollywood
Josh D'Amaro Is Disney's Next CEO
Dana Walden: Disney's First Chief Creative Officer
Ted Sarandos Goes to Washington
Why David Ellison Skipped the Senate Hearing
TikTok's U.S. Joint Venture: What It Means for Hollywood
Discovery Global: The Spinoff Nobody's Talking About
Oscar Economics: Why "Sinners" Getting 16 Nominations Is a Business Story
Paramount's February 20 Deadline: What Happens Next
The WGA's Antitrust Gambit: Can Writers Block Netflix-WBD?
Private Equity's $80 Billion Bet on Hollywood
Why Morgan Stanley's James Gorman Now Runs Disney's Board
Congress Takes Aim at Streaming Mergers
Netflix Goes All-Cash for WBD
Paramount's Lawsuit Gets Tossed—Now What?
What Netflix-WBD Means for Independent Content
The Great Re-bundling
Paramount Skydance's Hostile Bid for WBD
Awards Shows Are Marketing Campaigns, Not Merit Systems
Why Libraries Matter More Than New Content
Why Media Mergers Keep Underperforming
Why Studios Cancel Profitable Shows
Why Streaming Is Becoming Cable 2.0
Disney's Succession Crisis: Who Replaces Bob Iger?
Why Talent Agencies Are More Powerful Than Ever
The Skydance-Paramount Merger: Oracle Money Enters Hollywood
Netflix's $72 Billion Play for Warner Bros.