The Town
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Winners and Losers of Hollywood Under Trump 2.0
Will the new president go after big tech?
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How Much Money a Hit TV Show Can Make (and How It’s Changed)
John Mass of Content Partners joins to break down differences in the industry over the last 10 to 15 years
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The Existential Crisis of the Cable Juggernauts
Lucas Shaw joins Matt to discuss Comcast
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Is There a Right Way to Use AI to Make Movies?
Matt is joined by Tobias Queisser, CEO of Cinelytic, to make the case for AI as a tool and not the enemy in Hollywood
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FX’s John Landgraf on Resisting the Algorithm, Green-Lighting ‘Shogun,’ and ‘The Bear’ S3
Matt sits down with the CEO of FX to talk the state of television
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FX Chief John Landgraf on Silicon Valley’s Effect on Hollywood
Matt and Lucas Shaw are joined by John Landgraf for a conversation about the state of television
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The Post-Pandemic Life of a Hustling Screenwriter
Matt is joined by writer Bruce Eric Kaplan (‘Girls,’ ‘Seinfeld,’ ‘Six Feet Under’) to discuss the life of a TV writer, how the industry has changed over the years—particularly coming out of the pandemic—and more!
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Netflix: Unstoppable or Overvalued?
Takeaways from the streamer’s recent earnings report
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The New Era of ‘SNL,’ 50th Plans, and ‘Saturday Night’
Matt is joined by ‘SNL’ expert, author, and journalist James Andrew Miller to assess the state of the iconic series
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The Secret Recipe for an Indie Horror Hit
Chris McGurk joins Matt to talk about the recent boom in low-budget horror movies, the indie horror marketing playbook, and more
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The Hollywood Stock Market: Travis Kelce, J.Lo, DC Studios, Prime Video, Todd Phillips, and More!
Live from Bloomberg’s Screentime event, Matt and Lucas decide whether to buy the dip or sell high on some of the biggest entities across Hollywood
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Is Hollywood Screwing Up Male Characters?
Matt is joined by Fergus Navaratnam-Blair to discuss the evolution of male characters on-screen in Hollywood and what the next generation wants to see from male archetypes
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The ‘Joker 2’ Mega Flop and a New CEO at Sony Pictures
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ flop and its ramifications for Warner Bros. Discovery and the DC Universe before getting into the latest shakeup at Sony Pictures
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Burning Questions for the Most Uncertain Oscar Race in Years
Matt is joined by New York Times awards season reporter Kyle Buchanan to preview the 2024-25 Oscar race now that the table is mostly set
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The End of the $20M TV Host Era
Matt is joined by Dylan Byers to discuss the economic realignment that is coming to television and the beginning of the end of the on-air star system in television
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How Should Movie and TV Stars Be Paid?
It’s also time to announce the results of the 2024 Concert Tour Draft!
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Lionsgate, Meta, and a Wild Week in AI
Matt is joined by Justine Bateman—writer, director, producer, and SAG-AFTRA negotiation committee consultant on the use of AI—to check in on the latest developments on AI in entertainment
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How to Make Your Own TV Show (and Get Netflix to Buy It)
Matt is joined by Mark Duplass to discuss the process of independently financing your own television show, as he did with his new show ‘Penelope’ on Netflix
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Biggest Takeaways From Netflix’s New Data Dump
Matt and Lucas parse the numbers from Netflix’s recent data dump revealing its most popular shows and movies from the first half of 2024
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The War Over the Secret Nine-Hour Prince Documentary
Matt is joined by Sasha Weiss to talk about the battle over the nine-hour multipart Prince documentary helmed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Ezra Edelman
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The Screenwriter Struggle and How to Break Through
Matt is joined by The Black List founder Franklin Leonard to dig into the state of screenwriting in Hollywood and how the landscape has changed over the past five years and since the strike
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The Real Winners and Losers of the Emmys With the ‘Hacks’ Creators!
The show creators join to talk about their big win for Outstanding Comedy Series, how they pitched the show to HBO, and more
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The Dire State of Movie Development
Matt is joined by producer David Beaubaire to discuss the troubled state of movie development at the studio level
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Seth Meyers on Late Night’s Future, ‘SNL’ 50, and Lorne’s Successor
Seth Meyers joins Matt to talk about the state of late-night TV, the new movie ‘Saturday Night,’ and much more!
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Five Burning Hollywood Questions for the Rest of 2024
Matt and Lucas get together to talk about Bob Iger’s succession plan, whether we will lose a streaming service in the new few months, this award season, and more
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How to Choose the Right Festival to Premiere Your Movie
Matt is joined by Peter Kujawski, chairman of Focus Features, to discuss the science of premiering movies at film festivals
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Who’s to Blame for the ESPN Blackout?
Matt is joined by Lucas Shaw to dive into the carriage dispute between Disney and DirecTV
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Should Someone Step In to Save Warner Bros. Discovery?
Media analyst Steven Cahall joins Matt to talk all things Warner Bros. Discovery
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Summer Box Office Winners, Losers, and Head-Scratchers
Matt and Scott Mendelson also look ahead to the most anticipated movie of the fall, ‘Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice’!
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The Billionaire Battle for Paramount and the Return of ‘Ted Lasso’
William D. Cohan joins Matt this week to talk about the continuing battle for control of Paramount as Edgar Bronfman Jr. just made a last-minute bid
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Are Expensive Showrunner Deals Worth It?
Matt is joined by Lesley Goldberg to look at the most costly showrunner deals of the peak TV era and determine which were the best and worst deals for the respective studios
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The Arms Race Behind Where Movies Shoot
Matt also gives a prediction about Travis Kelce’s potential movie career