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The Town with Matthew Belloni — 643 episodes
The Biggest Winners and Losers of 2026 So Far
Why Attendance Tells a Better Story Than Box Office
Will the Comcast-NBCU Split Lead to Another Huge Hollywood Deal?
How Larry Ellison’s Trump Bromance Is Helping WarnerMount
Amazon Won’t Release Its Sam Altman Movie. Will Anyone?
The Secret Industry That Makes Movies Go Viral
Have Platforms Unseated Content as King in Hollywood?
Fox Is Buying Roku for $22B. Is It Now a Streaming Power Player?
Bonus Episode! Matt Risks His Life Eating Wings With Sean Evans of ‘Hot Ones.’
The ‘Obsession’ Windfall and How Indie Hits Pay Out
The Gen Z Box Office Boom and What They Think of Spielberg, Marvel, and Star Wars
Is the ‘60 Minutes’ Blowup a Threat to Ellison’s Empire?
'Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons on Bursting into Hollywood, Internet Fandom, and Old IP
Is This Hollywood’s First Practical Solution to Control AI?
The Right and Wrong Lessons From ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’
Peter Chernin on ‘Backrooms’ and Where the Smart Money Is Going in Hollywood
IMAX Suitors and Why Netflix Put Fincher in Theaters
Spencer Pratt, Karen Bass, and Why California Politicians Suddenly Love Hollywood
Hollywood’s Inevitable Pivot to Vertical Video Is Here
The Hollywood Jealousy Draft: What Each Studio Would Steal From Its Rivals
Who Won (and Lost) TV’s Annual Billion-Dollar Cash Grab
What Makes Good TV Writers (and Execs), With David E. Kelley
Disney vs. Trump in the D’Amaro Era Looks Different
A Sit-Down With Blake Lively’s Lead Litigator
SubwayTakes, Tiktok Vs. YouTube, and New Late-Night TV With Kareem Rahma
Hell Has Frozen Over: Netflix To Release Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ Exclusively in Theaters
The 2026 Summer Blockbuster Confidence Ranking
'Michael’s' Big Win, the Reshoot Drama, and Sequel Hurdles with Lionsgate’s Film Head
Peacock’s Battle for Survival and the Catch 22 of Streaming
WarnerMount One Step Closer and the Bizarre ‘Michael’ Backstory
What Scares Hollywood’s Top Producers the Most About the State of Movies
Could Hollywood Actually De-Monopolize?
Nolan, Spielberg, Ellison, Cruise(!), and the CinemaCon Studio Power Ranking
Jon Favreau on the Future of Star Wars, AI, and New Filmmaking Technology
The 3 Biggest Stories in Music: Bieber’s Payday, Ye’s Comeback, and $64B for Universal Music Group
The ‘Lorne’ Director on Two Years of Exclusive ‘SNL’ Access
The A-List Filmmakers Evangelizing Movie Theaters
Does the Surprise Writers Guild Deal Mean Labor Peace in Hollywood?
Are Movies Actually Getting Longer? We Found Out.
Why Hollywood Needs Books More Than Ever
Netflix’s Price Hike and Opening Day Debut. Plus, HBO's ‘Harry Potter’ and the Millennial Nostalgia Era.
Can D.C. Save Hollywood? Senator Adam Schiff on Bringing Production Home.
Sora Is Dead: What Does That Mean for Disney? Plus, ‘The Bachelorette’ Scandal.
Gosling, MBJ, Timmy, and the Biggest Movie Stars Under 50 Power Ranking
Secrets to Commercial Filmmaking With 'The Housemaid' Director Paul Feig
The NFL's Billion-Dollar Cash Grab and Whether There’s Any Left for Film and TV
Oscars Winners and Losers, and Universal’s Pivot to Keep Movies in Theaters Longer
How to De-Age the Oscars with Amelia Dimoldenberg
Why the Biggest Oscar Party Is Cutting Its Guest List in Half
Oscars Preview! Timmy Trouble, a ‘Sinners’ Surge, and a Big Lead for 'One Battle'
Why Netflix Bought Ben Affleck’s AI Company, and If Hollywood Should Worry
How to Chart a Career Path in Modern Hollywood, With Rachel Sennott
Investor Gerry Cardinale on Why WarnerMount Will Work, Middle East Money, and Layoffs
How David Ellison Plans to Mash Two Major Studios Into One
Emergency Pod! Paramount Outbids Netflix and Wins Warner Bros.
The Retro Innovation of ‘The Pitt,’ With Lead Producer John Wells
Part 2: Sony Film CEO on Marvel’s Decline and Hollywood’s Originality Crisis
Sony Film CEO on Losing ‘Sinners’ and the Endless Big Tech Battle
Why the Former Sony Head Blames Himself for the Infamous Hack
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos Makes the Case for Buying Warner Bros.
The Casey Wasserman Scandal, and Who Wants to Buy His Agency
Should Hollywood Take the Microdrama Boom Seriously?
Jeff Probst on What It Takes to Produce ‘Survivor’
Netflix in the Senate Hot Seat, and Disney’s Demographic Problem
The Behind-the-Scenes Jockeying for $10M Super Bowl Ads
What Disney’s CEO Choice Reveals About Its Next Chapter
Netflix's Growth, Peacock's Struggles, and the New Streaming Hierarchy
How a YouTuber Took His Self-Financed Movie Wide Without a Studio
The Life of a ‘White Lotus’ Producer, and the ‘Jury Duty’ Sequel Revealed
Sundance ’26 Bidding Wars and ‘Melania’ Box Office Prospects
Oscar Noms ‘26! Five Big Takeaways and Industry Narratives.
The Last Sundance (in Park City) and Why Boulder?
The 2026 Box Office Draft
Actors vs. Studios, and the Existential AI War, With SAG-AFTRA Lead Negotiator
'Zootopia 2,' China, AI, and the Battle for Originals With the Head of Disney Animation
The Shameless Golden Globes, and Paramount Takes Warner Bros. to Court
Is Hollywood Broken? A Savvy Investor’s View of 2026.
The 2025 Box Office Year in Review: Sydney and Timmy, Superheroes vs. Horror, and Studio Power Rankings
2026 Burning Questions: Another Strike? Is 'Avengers: Doomsday' Doomed? And David Ellison’s Movie Taste.
Who Won (and Lost) the Year in Streaming?
The End-of-Year Exec Survey: Next Disney CEO, Where to Sell Your Movie, and Worst Media Exec
The Townies, Part 2: Who Won the Year in Hollywood?
The Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2025
Paramount Isn’t Giving up Warner Bros. to Netflix Just Yet
A Warner Bros. Antitrust Debate With Senator Elizabeth Warren, and the Oscars Go to... YouTube
Why Iger Gave OpenAI the Keys to Disney’s Vault
Ariana in Wicked and How to Cast a Billion-Dollar Movie
The Ellison Empire Strikes Back: Paramount Goes Hostile
Netflix Buys Warner Bros. Emergency Pod!!!
Is Film School Still Worth It? With a Top Dean.
Why the NFL (and Everything Else) Keeps Breaking Ratings Records
Would Netflix Really Embrace Theaters to Buy Warner Bros.?
Commercial Vs. Arthouse, Going Marvel, and Notes From Spielberg With ‘Hamnet’ Director Chloé Zhao
Part 2: James Cameron on ‘Avatar 4’ and ‘5,’ Movie Biz Fears, 3D, Netflix, and Aliens
Part 1: James Cameron on Avatar Misconceptions, AI’s Skynet Moment, and His Elon Musk Friendship
Did Hollywood Ever Have a Chance Against YouTube?
The Brewing Backlash to Hollywood Consolidation
The Fall Box Office Crisis: A Phase, a Fluke, or the Future?
Why Anime Is Becoming Undeniable in Hollywood
Tubi Takes on YouTube, and a Michael Jackson Movie Update
YouTube vs. Disney: Who Needs Whom More?
Mailbag! 'Star Wars' and Soderbergh, the Best Home for Warner Bros., and Netflix vs. Theaters.
The 2025 Movie Franchise Draft
Will Big Tech and AI Save or Kill Hollywood?
The Risks and Rewards of Self-Distributing Movies, With Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman
Savvy or Desperate? NBCU Poaches Taylor Sheridan From Paramount.
Do Standing Ovations at Film Festivals Mean Anything? The Town Investigates.
Warner Bros. Is Officially for Sale. It's Paramount vs. ... Whom?
Netflix Adds Podcasts and Makes a Deal With AMC Theatres. Why?
Is the “Netflix of AI” App a Friend or Foe to Hollywood?
Apple's True Intentions in Hollywood—With Top Exec Eddy Cue
The Hollywood Stock Market: The Rock, Louis C.K., Kevin Feige, Sora 2, and More!
Part 2: What Ari Emanuel Talks About With Trump and the Rock
Part 1 With Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro: AI, Live Events, and the Four-Day Work Week
David Ellison’s $150M Bet on Bari Weiss and a New-Look CBS News
The 'Smashing Machine’ Bomb and A24’s Big-Budget Burden
Sora 2, AI Actors, and How Hollywood Can Fight Back
The Return of the Spec Script—Is There Hope for Original Screenplays in Hollywood?
One Box Office Battle After Another for PTA
Where the Money Is Spent in Hollywood and How It's Changing
Kimmel Is Back, But Disney vs. Trump Is Just Beginning
Kimmel’s Return, Disney’s Decision, and Iger’s Legacy
Jimmy Kimmel vs. the FCC: Can Disney Escape This Mess?
Is the Rotten Tomatoes Formula Fresh or Rotten?
David Ellison Bought Paramount. Now He Wants Warner Bros. Plus, the 2025 Emmys Recap.
The Emmys vs. the Audience: Which Shows People Actually Watch
The Murdoch Succession War is Over, and Fox Crowns its Next Leader
YouTube’s NFL Debut, A Surprise Box-Office Hit at the Sphere, and Warner Bros. Merger Candidates
Why Gen Alpha Prefers the Big Screen Over Their Phones
How To Save Movies With the CEO of AMC Theatres
The Summer Box Office Report Card: Surprise Hits, Big Flops, and Key Takeaways
Venice, Sundance, and the New Film Festival Hierarchy
Why ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is a Fascinating Hollywood Experiment
‘The Traitors’ and How to Craft Hit Reality TV in 2025
Why Fox Is Finally Entering the Streaming Wars
The 10 Worst Things to Happen to Hollywood Since 2010
Paramount’s New Playbook Unveiled and the Taylor Swift Podcast Bounce
The Power and Peculiar Psychology of ‘Disney Adults’
Paramount’s UFC Knockout and Amazon’s Podcast Flameout
Could Movies Start Skipping Netflix to Go Straight to YouTube?
ESPN Jumps Into Bed With the NFL. What About Everyone Else?
Paramount’s New Team, Fantastic Four’s Nosedive, YouTubers in Theaters, and Peacock’s Future
Why It’s Harder Than Ever to Make a Studio Comedy, With Seth MacFarlane
Why IMAX Is Becoming Bigger Than the Movie
Paramount Now Belongs to David Ellison. What Will He Do With It?
The F-You ‘South Park’ Episode and the Precarious State of Comedy in 2025
‘Fantastic Four’ Pressure, Marvel’s Next Steps, and Kevin Feige’s Future
Colbert’s Next Home, and Netflix Earnings Flexes and Anxieties
Colbert Is Cancelled. Is the Late-Night Dam Bursting?
The 2025 Emmy Nomination Awards: Winners, Snubs, and Thirstiest Campaigns
'Superman,' Marvel vs. DC, and the Studio Head Hot Seat
News and Deal Buzz From Inside Sun Valley’s Billionaire Summer Camp
After a Historic Hollywood Tax Break, Is Moviemaking Coming Back to California?
Why the Paramount-Skydance Merger is "F*cking Up ‘South Park’"
Bribe? Surrender? Both? Unpacking the Trump-Paramount Settlement.
Jason Blum Opens Up About the 'M3GAN 2.0' Flop, the Blumhouse Slump, and Bouncing Back
Apple’s ‘F1’ Win and Big Tech’s Streaming vs. Theaters Debate
The Case for Netflix Pillaging YouTube Creators
Marvel’s Decline, Hollywood Vs. AI, and the Most Under-Covered Stories of 2025 So Far
Tales From the Test-Screening Trenches
The ‘Sinners’ Deal, the Manosphere, and the Biggest Overreactions of the First Half of 2025
How to Get an Emmy Nomination (...for Matt??)
Running a Major Talent Agency in 2025 With the New CEO of UTA
Warner Bros. Discovery Is Splitting Up. What's Next?
Chalamet, Cruise, and the New Celebrity Press Tour Playbook
Clooney’s Big Broadway Bet, and How to Make Real Money in Theater
The Real Winners of the Taylor Swift Masters Mega-Deal
John Mulaney on SNL50 Hijinks and Getting Away With His Late-Night Netflix Show
The New Path to Stand-Up Fame and Fortune With Mike Birbiglia
Part 2: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg on Rejecting Tim Cook, Pitching Ice Cube, and Plans for More ‘The Studio’
Part 1: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Wild Stories From the Set of ‘The Studio’
The New Late Night with ‘Hot Ones’ Host Sean Evans
Is Streaming Killing Music—or Saving It? With a Top Spotify Exec
The Five Biggest Stories in TV: HBO Max Is Back, NFL Goes Global, and Netflix’s Franchisification
How YouTube Quietly Took Over TV, With CEO Neal Mohan
Hollywood Q1 Report: Disneyland in Abu Dhabi, a Warner Bros. Spinoff, and Streaming is … Stable?
The 2025 Summer Blockbuster Power Ranking
A Revealing Ranking of the Biggest Movie Stars: Tom Holland's Surprise Rise, Zendaya’s Stronghold, and Glen Powell’s Struggle
Trump's Movie Tariff Bombshell and Hollywood’s Freak-Out
The Future of HBO (and Max?). Part 2 With CEO Casey Bloys.
What Is the HBO Brand in 2025? Part 1 With CEO Casey Bloys
Can Paramount Solve Its Impossible Trump Problem?
How the Oscars’ Best Stunt Category Will Work (and Why Stars Are Still Doing Their Own)
Can Netflix Become a Trillion-Dollar Company?
How Did ‘Sinners’ Really Do This Weekend?
What Streamers Really Want From Their Sitcoms, With a Netflix Showrunner
David Zaslav and the Dying Era of Media Moguls
The Trump Tariff Pain Index: Who Suffers the Most in Hollywood?
Coachella and the Changing Music Festival Hierarchy
Director Eli Roth Will Kill You On-Screen for $1 Million
A ‘Minecraft’ Megahit and the Studios Best Suited for Gen Z and Beyond
Tom, Leo, Gosling (!), and the CinemaCon Studio Power Ranking
Agents, Managers, and the Shifting Power Dynamics of Representation
Four Industry Experts Debate Hollywood’s Moviegoing Crisis
Amazon’s Studio Head Firing and the Prime Video 7-Year Report Card
Why YouTubers Are Having a Hollywood Moment
The Most Important Movie for Each Studio in 2025
Apple’s Hollywood Identity Crisis: Who Do They Want to Be?
Trump 2.0: Should Hollywood Be Panicking?
The Four Hottest Topics Around Town: ‘Mickey 17’, Warner Bros., Trump, and Apple TV+
Lively Vs. Baldoni and the Legal Stakes With Baldoni’s Lawyer
Is Netflix Spending its $18 Billion Content Budget Correctly?
An AI Studio Making 'Quality' Movies for Dirt Cheap: Revolutionary or Dystopian?
How the Hell Do Nielsen Ratings Actually Work?
How YouTube Became TV (While TV Struggles to Be YouTube)
2025 Oscars: Sneaky Winners and Losers. Plus, Neon CEO Tom Quinn on a Big Night for 'Anora'
Does an Oscar Matter More or Less Than Ever?
Inside Tips to Predict the 2025 Oscar Winners
Amazon and James Bond: What Could Go Wrong?
'Severance’: When a Hit Show Goes Over Budget, Who Pays?
SNL’s Fate After Lorne, and Streaming’s Most Overpriced Platforms
What’s Next at Netflix With Content Chief Bela Bajaria, Part 2
Netflix vs. Everyone With Content Chief Bela Bajaria, Part 1
Can the ‘Emilia Pérez’ Oscars Implosion Be Salvaged?
New Trouble for the Paramount Sale
NFL and Streaming: A Super Bowl Data Dive
What Worries Directors: AI, Peaked TV, and Baldoni-Gate
Inside the 2025 Grammys: Beyoncé's Win, Chappell’s Speech, and Kendrick’s Sweep
The Secrets to Success in Producing, With Marc Platt of ‘Wicked’
Irving Azoff on His A-List L.A. FireAid Concert, and Six Decades in the Music Business
Is There a Netflix Bubble?
Narratives Surrounding the Oscar Nominations
Changes to the 2025 Grammys and the Complicated State of Music
The 2025 Box Office Draft
Is Hollywood Assistant Life Still Insane?
Why Broadcast Television Won’t Die
How Hollywood (and Awards Season) Can Help Rebuild Los Angeles
The Magical (and Profitable) World of Disney Cruises
Golden Globes Takeaways and the Biggest Questions for 2025
The Townies, Part 2: Who Won the Year in Hollywood?
The Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2024
Turning Music Rights Into a Bob Dylan Biopic
A Holiday Grab Bag: Blake Vs. Baldoni, NFL on Netflix, Disney’s Next CEO, and UFC's Next Home
The Multi-Billion-Dollar Plan to Improve Going to the Movies
Making Millions on Dead Celebrities in the AI Age
The Fate of Warner Bros in 2025, and Iger’s Trump Capitulation
Which Movies Actually Popped (and Flopped) on Streaming in 2024?
Which Streaming Shows Hit and Bombed in 2024?
Winners and Losers of 2024 in Streaming
ESPN on Disney+, Cable’s Spinoff Moment, and Who Would Buy CNN?
Equal Pay, Equal Stake: A Filmmaking Experiment
Does Disney Have Its Movie Mojo Back?
‘Dune’ Director Denis Villeneuve on Plans for Part 3, ‘Star Wars’ Interest, and Art Vs. Commerce
The Young Movie Star Draft
‘Anora’ Actress Mikey Madison. Plus, ‘Wicked’ Vs. ‘Gladiator II’!
Secrets of the NBA-TNT Divorce Settlement With Bill Simmons
Disney’s Streaming Turnaround and Netflix’s Boxing Debut
Digital TV Giants: Amazon, Google, and … Roku?
Martha Stewart and When a Celeb Disavows Their Doc—With the Director!
Netflix’s Greta Gerwig Situation, a Buried Clint Eastwood Movie, and Streaming’s Good Week
Winners and Losers of Hollywood Under Trump 2.0
How Much Money a Hit TV Show Can Make (and How It’s Changed)
The Existential Crisis of the Cable Juggernauts
Is There a Right Way to Use AI to Make Movies?
FX’s John Landgraf on Resisting the Algorithm, Green-lighting ‘Shogun’, and ‘The Bear’ S3
FX Chief John Landgraf on Silicon Valley’s Effect on Hollywood
The Post-Pandemic Life of a Hustling Screenwriter
Netflix: Unstoppable or Overvalued?
The New Era of ‘SNL,’ 50th Plans, and ‘Saturday Night’
The Secret Recipe For an Indie Horror Hit
The Hollywood Stock Market: Travis Kelce, J.Lo, DC Studios, Prime Video, Todd Phillips, and More!
Is Hollywood Screwing Up Male Characters?
The 'Joker 2' Mega Flop and a New CEO at Sony Pictures
Burning Questions for the Most Uncertain Oscar Race in Years
The End of the $20M TV Host Era
How Should Movie and TV Stars Be Paid?
Lionsgate, Meta, and a Wild Week in AI
How to Make Your Own TV Show (and Get Netflix to Buy It)
Biggest Takeaways From Netflix’s New Data Dump
The War Over the Secret Nine-Hour Prince Documentary
The Screenwriter Struggle and How to Break Through
The Real Winners and Losers of the Emmys With the ‘Hacks’ Creators!
The Dire State of Movie Development
Seth Meyers on Late Night’s Future, 'SNL' 50, and Lorne’s Successor
Five Burning Hollywood Questions for the Rest of 2024
How to Choose the Right Festival to Premiere Your Movie
Who's to Blame for the ESPN Blackout?
Should Someone Step In to Save Warner Bros. Discovery?
Summer Box Office Winners, Losers, and Head-Scratchers
The Billionaire Battle for Paramount and the Return of 'Ted Lasso'
Are Expensive Showrunner Deals Worth It?
The Arms Race Behind Where Movies Shoot
A New Setback in Hollywood's Cable Crisis
The Legacy of the Infamous Sony Hack, 10 Years Later
Kamala’s Hollywood Connections: Do They Help or Hurt?
Why Can’t Apple Figure Out Movies?
The Biggest Losers of Hollywood’s Cable-pocalypse
Disney’s Streaming Profits and Parks Problem
Has the Music Industry Peaked?
The 2024 Intellectual Property Draft
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ and Marketing Disney’s First R-Rated Marvel Movie
WBD’s Billion-Dollar War on the NBA
The High Stakes of Broadcasting the Olympics
Is Netflix or YouTube the King in Streaming?
Warner's M&A Options and an NBA Rights Scoop
The 'Star Wars' Ratings Problem and What To Do Next
Does Hollywood Need Deregulation?
Betting on Theaters, Embracing Tech, and ‘Wicked’ With Director Jon M. Chu
Burning Questions About the Future of Paramount
Skydance’s David Ellison on His Plans for Paramount
The NFL's $15B Sunday Ticket Problem
The Biggest Over- and Underreactions of the First Half of 2024
Will the Debate Debacle Revive TV News?
How Much Kevin Costner Stands to Win or Lose on ‘Horizon’
Is Hollywood Really That Effed Up?
Hollywood’s Big Big Tech Problem
Sony Bought a Movie Theatre Chain. Plus, Pixar’s Big Comeback
Jon Stewart on AI Fears, Election Plans, and ‘Daily Show’ End Date
Jon Stewart Talks Apple Split, Corporate Constraints, and Media’s Regression
Paramount-Skydance Is Dead. What Now?
Will Smith’s Comeback and the Butts-in-Seats Star Ranking
The Science of Green-Lighting Movies
Is Netflix Fumbling Ads?
The 2024 Summer Concert Tour Draft
TV Viewers Are Getting Old. Do Advertisers Care?
The Memorial Day Box Office Meltdown
Everyone Hates Ticketmaster, but Is It a Monopoly?
Scarlett Johansson Vs. OpenAI: Does She Have a Case?
A War Is Coming Over Hollywood Pay
NFL on Netflix, and Big Tech’s TV Upfronts Takeover
Latinos See More Movies Than Anyone. Why Is Hollywood Ignoring Them?
Disney+ and Max Have Bundled, Who’s Next?
Are Producers in Hollywood Nearing Extinction?
The Year of Peacock?
‘The Fall Guy’ Swung and Missed … Should We Panic?
The 2024 Summer Blockbuster Confidence Scale
The Fight for the Last NBA Rights With Bill Simmons
A CEO Firing, and the Chaos at Paramount
The Rise of Tubi and If “Free” Is Really the Future of Entertainment
Aaron Sorkin, Live From D.C.
Which Bidder Is Best for Paramount?
Netflix’s Backtrack on Transparency
Taylor Swift’s Questionable Return to TikTok
Hollywood’s Struggle to Reinvent Itself
The Best and Worst Media Mergers of the 21st Century
Can IMAX Save Movie Theaters?
Hollywood vs. Big Tech in the Age of Consolidation
Early Winners and Losers of 2024
Why Documentaries Are Better and Worse Than Ever With Sheila Nevins
A WWE Business Smackdown With Nick Khan
The Disney Proxy War: Does Peltz Have a Shot Against Iger?
Inside TMZ’s Cozy Relationship With Hollywood
The Battle for Attention: Streaming Vs. Social
How AI Is Already Transforming Moviemaking
Lemon, Tucker, and the Cable News Star Turned Influencer
The Juice List: The Most Powerful People in Hollywood
‘The Holdovers’ Plagiarism Claim and How to Protect Your Script
Inside Netflix’s Calculated Sports Strategy
Oscar Winners and Losers and the Updated Movie Studio Power Rankings
Insider Tips to Predict the Oscar Winners
The Money and Power Behind the Oscars’ Red Carpet
New Film Heads and a New Direction for Netflix and Disney
The Awards Season Awards: Which Oscars Campaigns Worked (and Didn’t)
Will AI Video Replace Hollywood?
Panic Time for Max and Warner Bros. Discovery?
The Harsh Data Behind ‘Barbie’ and Taylor Swift’s Success
Peacock-Paramount+ Merger Rumors, Questions, and What-Ifs
How to Win Best Picture on a Budget, With Neon’s Tom Quinn
Hopeful or Hopeless? Takeaways From 2024's Bleak Box Office Beginning
Live From Las Vegas: Oscars Pressure, Late-Night TV, and the Vegas Sports Boom With Jimmy Kimmel
Did Disney Get Its Magic Back?
Will the New All-in-One Sports App Finally Kill Cable?
Five Major Music Business Questions After the Grammy's
TikTok vs. Universal Music: Why Taylor, Drake and Others Were Yanked
The Politics of Studios and Movie Stars
A Wild Week at Netflix: Stuber’s Out, WWE Is In, and Subs Are Up
A Top Dealmaker’s Media M&A Predictions
Can Sundance Save Indie Film? With CEO Joana Vicente
The 2024 Box Office Draft
The 'SNL' Succession Sweepstakes
Peacock’s NFL Debut and the Viability of Streaming-Only Sports
The Billionaire Blueprint to Buy Paramount
The McAfee Hail Mary and ESPN's Search for Answers
Four Burning Hollywood Questions to Kick Off 2024
Are the Golden Globes Unkillable?
The Young Movie Star Power Rankings
The Townies, Part 2: Who Won the Year in Hollywood?
The Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2023
Warner Bros. and Paramount Are Talking. Should They Merge?
The Biggest Debacles of 2023: Studio Screwups, Executive Misfires, and Underrated Disasters
The Animation Arms Race With Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri
Ted Sarandos on Netflix’s New Era of Data Transparency
Are Streamers Helping or Hurting the Movie Business?
The Companies Most Likely to Be Bought or Sold in 2024
The Murky Metrics of Podcast Success
The Biggest Streaming Power Moves of 2023
Hollywood’s Star-making Problem, with a Top Casting Director
Who Will Buy Paramount?
Does Big Tech Belong in Hollywood?
Unexpected Winners and Losers of the Hollywood Labor Strikes
Potential Backfires in the Actors AI Deal
Rupert’s Retirement and Fox’s Place in Hollywood
Bob Iger’s Year One: Highs, Lows, and Marvel Woes
The End of the Actors Strike With Duncan Crabtree-Ireland
How the Strike Derailed Oscar Season
Why Batman and Everything Else Is Coming to Netflix
Should Reality Stars Have a Union? With Bethenny Frankel
The Reboot Era and TV’s IP Obsession
How Screwed Is the 2024 Movie Calendar?
Town Hall: Hasan Minhaj, a SAG Stalemate, and Apple’s Scorsese Bet
Marvel’s Post-‘Avengers’ Mismanagement
There Is Netflix, and There Is Everyone Else
NBA TV Rights and Players Owning Teams With Rich Paul
How Long Can the Live Concert Boom Last?
The Hollywood Stock Market: Travis Kelce’s Media Career, Netflix With Ads, Mega Music Docs, and More!
Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, and the Fights Over Song Credits
Price Hikes and the Streaming Class System
Live Sports on Max, and the Inevitable All-In-One App
Influencers Don’t Need Hollywood Anymore
The Post-Strike State of TV and Movie Writing
Lessons From the ‘Must-See TV’ Era, with Warren Littlefield
What the Writers Guild Won, With a Negotiator
The Writers Strike Is Over. Can We All Be Friends Again?
The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Empire
From Sports to Hollywood With Casey Wasserman
The Strike’s Permanent Damage: Who Will Suffer the Most?
Why Can’t Bob Iger Find a Successor?
A WWE and UFC Tag Team, With Endeavor’s Mark Shapiro
CAA’s New Billionaire Owner and the (Over)Value of Talent Agencies
Fall Festival Buzz and the Beginning of Oscar Season With the Head of TIFF
Disney’s ESPN Fight and Taylor’s Movie Takeover
The Summer Box Office Awards Show
The Growing Power of IMAX, With Its CEO
The Three Biggest Hold-ups in the Writers Strike
Is Apple’s Sports Experiment Working?
Justin, Ariana, and the Scooter Braun Mess
Predicting Hollywood’s September Surprises
How Much Money Does a Hit Movie Really Make (and a Flop Really Lose)?
EDisney’s ESPN Dilemma: to Sell or Not to Sell?
The Doomsday AI Scenario In Hollywood
Everyone Running Hollywood Is Old. Does That Matter?
Will Anyone Budge on Data Transparency in Hollywood?
Checking in on Warner Bros. Discovery and the Max Platform
The Barbie Effect on Female Filmmakers
Villains, Saviors, and Developments Three Months Into Hollywood’s Shutdown
Selling ‘Barbie’: Inside the Marketing Phenomenon
How 'Sound of Freedom' Outperformed 'Mission: Impossible'
Has Netflix Officially Won the Streaming War?
‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer's’ Epic Weekend Face-Off
Bob Iger’s Fire Sale: The Fate of ESPN, ABC, and Hulu
Inside the Actors Strike With Its Top Negotiator
BREAKING: Actors Go on Strike
The State of R-Rated Comedies, With Evan Goldberg
Amazon’s Spending Spree Under Scrutiny
Town Hall: Bob Iger’s Legacy, Summer Flops, and Streamer Mega-Mergers
Is David Zaslav Misunderstood?
What Will Bring Gen Z to Theaters?
How Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is Becoming the Most Successful in History
The 2023 Executive Draft
It’s Time to Break Up Hollywood
Is the Superhero Era Finally Ending?
Has Pixar Lost its Magic Touch?
'The Flash' and Marketing a Movie With a Controversial Star
Netflix Top 10 Lists and the Era of Streamer Manipulation
What the Writers Really Fear About AI in Hollywood
CNN’s Messy Chris Licht Era Is Over, Now What?
Hollywood’s Stealth Winners and Losers of the First Half of 2023
Who Is on the Studios' Side in the Writers Strike?
Cannes Winners, Losers, Scandals, and Big Takeaways
Disney’s Prickly Theme Parks Problem
How to Pull Off a Real-Life Mockumentary
Netflix Crashes TV’s Ad Party
The NBA Team Blowing Up Sports TV
EHollywood’s China Problem
EBob Iger’s Six-Month Report Card at Disney
EThe Struggle of the Modern TV Writer With Mike Schur
The Weird State of Media and Hollywood’s Role in It
The 5 Biggest Narratives After Week 1 of the Writers Strike
The 2023 Summer Blockbuster Confidence Scale
Inside the Writers Strike With a WGA Negotiator
EThe Writers' Strike Deadline Is Here. What Will Happen?
60 Is the New 30: The Revealing Ranking of Biggest Movie Stars
Ben Winston Refuses to Declare Late-Night TV Dead
Another Executive Sex Scandal? How NBCU Can Pick Up the Pieces
One Year After the Crash: Is the New Netflix Working?
Inside Fox’s $787M Settlement With Dominion and the Future of Fox News
Is ‘Air’ a Hit? Why That's Harder Than Ever to Answer
Inside Rupert Murdoch’s Succession Drama
How the Fox News Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Will Unfold
One Year After the Merger: Is Warner Bros. Discovery Actually Working?
EDisney vs. DeSantis: Who Will Win
From Viral Videos to Hit TV With Dave Burd
EWWE Sells, Netflix Pulls Back, and the Oscars' Bold Bid on Theaters
Has Hollywood Finally Figured Out Video Games?
Marvel’s Bad CGI and the Firing of a “Kingmaker”
EApple’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Movie Theaters
Lionsgate Film Chief Joe Drake on ‘John Wick’ and the Modern Independent Studio
BET and the Future of Small Streamers
Is the Franchise Model Starting to Fatigue in Hollywood?
Matt’s Year One Prediction Report Card
Michael B. Jordan and How to Build a Modern Movie Star Career
The Oscar Bump: Which Young Stars Won Awards Season?
EAcademy CEO Bill Kramer on the New and Improved (?) Oscars
Tips, Trends, and Storylines to Help You Bet on the Oscars
EThe End of Peak TV Is Finally Here
The Ploys and Tactics Behind Oscar Campaigning
How F--ked Is Fox News?
EThe Perfect Storm for a Writers Strike
Watching Your Favorite Team Is About to Get Harder
EThe 2023 Box Office Draft
EThe Companies Most Likely to Be Sold or Acquired in 2023
The Soap Opera Fight Over Paramount and CBS
Will Bob Iger Sell Hulu or ESPN?
How to Write a Hit Rom-Com
True Crime Is Murdering Documentaries
The Death and “Rebirth” of Showtime
DC Is Going Big, but Can It Catch Marvel?
The Future of Live Events and Late Night TV With Grammys EP Ben Winston
Peacock’s Promising Start to 2023 Might Not Be a Fluke
How an Indie Film Becomes an Oscar Winner
Is the Sundance Dream Still Alive?
How the Shocking Andrea Riseborough Oscar Nomination Happened
EInside the Netflix Executive Shake-up
EMaking Movie Stars Younger With AI
Should Disney Be Afraid of Nelson Peltz?
EAround the World With Netflix’s Head of TV
E‘M3GAN,' and How to Market a Movie to Young People
Vince McMahon’s Return and the WWE’s Most Intriguing Suitors
EThe New Black List and the Original Screenwriting Recession
Why Audiences Have Given Up on Awards Movies
The Townies Part 2: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2022
EThe Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2022
EWhy YouTube Landed NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’
2022 Debacles Part 2: The 2023 Hot Seat and Hollywood’s Biggest Loser
2022 Debacles Part 1: Movie Bombs, Executive Misfires, and Secret Disasters
EThe Stranglehold of Streaming, With United Talent Agency CEO Jeremy Zimmer
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ With Producer Jon Landau
EThe Biggest Flexes of the Year in Hollywood
EJohn Skipper on the Rise of the Sports Documentary and Bob Iger’s Big Plans
Rob McElhenney on Merging Soccer, Celebrity, and a TV Empire
Smoke or Fire? The Most Troubled Hollywood Companies
EThe Streaming Year-End Review: Biggest Hits, Misses, and Questions
The Big Business of Christmas Movies
Disney’s Five Biggest Dilemmas in the New Bob Iger Era
The Taylor Swift Ticketmaster Debacle, Explained
A Major Disney Shake-up: Former CEO Bob Iger Is Back
Oscars Watch Begins: Front-Runners, Story Lines, and the ‘Top Gun’ Debate
EThe Secrets of Marvel’s Magic
EThe 2022 Directors Draft
ETown Hall: Apple Buying Disney? 'SNL's Host Problem, and a Ryan Murphy Apology
Predicting the Opening Weekend for ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
EWhat a Wall Street Meltdown Means for the Consumer
ENetflix vs. HBO: The TV Rivalry of the Century
Why Are Movies Longer Than Ever?
TikTok Killed the Pop Star
EAd-Supported Television Was the Past, and It Might Be the Future
Can James Gunn Deliver as New Head of the DC Universe?
The Riskiest Hollywood Bets for the Rest of 2022
Netflix Is Back, Baby!
The Looming NBA Rights Bonanza
EThe Best and Worst Deals of the Past 10 Years in Entertainment
EEndeavor President Mark Shapiro
The Unfunny Decline of Comedy Central
ETom Cruise and an Explosive Scientology Book
EAngelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt Goes Nuclear
E‘House of the Dragon’ vs. ‘The Rings of Power,’ Who Is Winning?
ECan ‘SNL’ Get Back to Making Stars?
Hollywood’s (Still) Embarrassing Gender Gap
EMillions Are Watching the NFL on Amazon Prime. Is This the Future?
ETown Hall: Star Wars Missteps, Top Gun’s Oscar Potential, and Where Is James Bond?
E‘Don’t Worry Darling’ and How Controversy Impacts the Box Office
EDid a $200M Direct-to-Streaming Movie Ever Make Sense?
EIs TV Saving or Killing College Football?
HBO’s Reassertion, Quinta Brunson’s Breakout, and More Emmy Takeaways
EA Status Check on Disney and CEO Bob Chapek
EThe Summer Box Office Reckoning
The Biggest Threat to YouTube’s World Domination
Florence Pugh or Pete Davidson? Buying or Selling Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Under 30, Part 2
Chalamet or Holland? Buying or Selling Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Under 30
The Troubled Coexistence of Movie Theaters and Streaming
Winners and Losers of NBC Axing an Hour of Prime-Time TV
MoviePass CEO Stacy Spikes On Reinventing Moviegoing (Again)
David Zaslav Doesn’t Care About Your Favorite HBO Shows
The 2022 Showrunner Draft
EThe Wackiest CEO in Entertainment
EThe Lawsuit Striking Fear Into Fox News (Plus 'LOTR' Predictions)
EShould Disney Sell ESPN?
EDisney+ and the Streaming Price Hike
TikTok’s Dominance and Hollywood’s Place in the Creator Economy
ESpringsteen and the Scourge of Concert Ticket Pricing
EThe Great TV Purge Is Coming
EWhy Warner Bros. Just Made the $90M ‘Batgirl’ Movie Disappear
EWill Smith's Apology and Apple’s Predicament
ETown Hall: Writers vs. Hollywood, an 'E.T.' Legacy Sequel, and Apple’s Animation Bet
EThe 2022 Intellectual Property Draft
EHow the Metaverse Could Transform the Entertainment Industry
ERelease the Snyder Article
EIs the Netflix Movie Model Broken?
EThe Uncertain Futures of Netflix, Hulu, and Apple
ESnubs, Surprises, and Industry Takeaways From the 2022 Emmy Nominations
EA New Look at Harvey Weinstein and Hollywood’s Enablers
EThe 10 Nicest Stars in Hollywood
EPredictions for Sun Valley’s Summer Camp for Billionaires
ECAA and the New Reality of Talent Agencies
EProducer Jason Blum on Money vs. Creativity
EThe 2022 Half-Year Hollywood Awards
EYou Will Pay More for Disney Parks and You Will Like It
EHow the Pandemic Changed the Way You Consume Entertainment
EWho Survives at the New CNN?
The ‘Stranger Things’ vs. ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Value War
EWhat the Heck Is Going On at Disney?
NBA Finals Ratings and ESPN's Future in Sports Television
E‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ and A24’s Mystique
ETown Hall: Tom Cruise’s Pay Day, ‘LOTR’ Buzz, and HBO’s Secrets
EJohnny Depp Wins: Inside the Verdict and the Fallout
E‘Top Gun: Maverick’: Fluke or Future of the Summer Box Office?
The Summer Blockbuster Confidence Scale
ECan Lorne Michaels Reinvent ‘SNL’ One Last Time?
EThe Hollywood Stock Market: Netflix, Star Wars, Harry Styles, Pete Davidson, and More!
EWhat Happened to Comedy in Hollywood?
EAmber Heard Testifies: How Did It Go?
EYou May Not Be Watching, but Broadcast TV Still Makes Billions
EDisney vs. Netflix: The Deathmatch of Streaming
EDoes Marvel Have a Quality Problem?
EThe 2022 Streaming Service Draft
EA Scientology Star in the Spotlight
EDid Johnny Depp Really Lose ‘Pirates’ Because of Amber’s Op-Ed?
EHave We Finally Reached the End of Peak TV?
EDoes Jerry West Have a Case Against HBO’s ‘Winning Time’?
EThe Legal Loophole That Could Strip Marvel of Its Superheroes
EThe New Netflix (With Ads!) and How to Get People Back In Theaters
EWhy the Late Night Talk Show Is Dead, and ‘SNL’ After Lorne
ENetflix’s Crash and the Company's Future in Streaming
ECoachella’s Dominance, and Why You Are Paying More Than Ever for Concert Tickets
EIs Rupert Murdoch the Most Dangerous Man in the World?
EFilm Producer Neal Moritz on Video Games as Movies, the 'Fast & Furious' Franchise, and Theaters vs. Streaming
E‘Ambulance’ and the Death of Original Action Movies, Plus Apple TV+’s MLB Debut
EWhy Was Bruce Willis Still Working?
EWarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar on HBO Max, What’s Next for Streaming, and His Resignation
EWinners and Losers of the 2022 Grammys
EWill Smith Resigns From the Academy
EThe 2022 Grammy Awards and the State of the Music Industry
EWWE President Nick Khan
EThe Oscars Aftermath
ELive From Inside the Oscars: The Will Smith-Chris Rock Slap
EHow to Gamble on the Oscars
EDo the Oscars Need to Be Saved?
EThe NFL Sunday Ticket Bidding War and How Peyton and LeBron Went Hollywood
EDo Stars Still Need Agents? Plus, Iger vs. Chapek, and Oscar Drama Begins!
EAmazon Closes Deal to Acquire MGM. Now What?
ENetflix’s Password Crackdown and Their Struggle to Make Movies People Care About
E'The Batman' Ticket Upcharge and the Future of Moviegoing
EIntroducing ‘The Town With Matthew Belloni’