Vince McMahon’s Return and the WWE’s Most Intriguing Suitors
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss Vince McMahon’s unceremonious return to the WWE, his plan to help facilitate a sale before agreeing to a new TV rights deal, and the front-runners m...
9 Tammi 202332min
The New Black List and the Original Screenwriting Recession
Matt is joined by Franklin Leonard, a film executive and the founder of the Black List, a yearly publication featuring Hollywood's most popular unproduced screenplays, to discuss the market for origin...
5 Tammi 202332min
Why Audiences Have Given Up on Awards Movies
Awards season is in full swing, and besides 'Avatar,' the critically acclaimed movies are more or less tanking. Today Matt is joined by Kevin Goetz—founder and CEO of Screen Engine/ASI, a leader in co...
3 Tammi 202328min
The Townies Part 2: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2022
It’s Part 2 of podcasting’s most exclusive event of the year, the first-annual Townie Awards. In Part 2, Matt and Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw give out the Mea Culpa Award, the Suck Haters I Was Right Award...
28 Joulu 202235min
The Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2022
It’s podcasting’s most exclusive event of the year, the first annual Townie Awards. This is a show made up of awards created by us, based on our own interpretations of the weirdest year in Hollywood. ...
27 Joulu 202234min
Why YouTube Landed NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’
This week YouTube closed on a multi-billion dollar deal to take over NFL ‘Sunday Ticket,’ marking the next major sign of sports television's inevitable transition to streaming. Matt is joined by Ben M...
23 Joulu 202232min
2022 Debacles Part 2: The 2023 Hot Seat and Hollywood’s Biggest Loser
In Part 2 of our biggest debacles of the year conversation, Matt welcomes back Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to nominate the executive on the hot seat in 2023 and make the case for the biggest debacle of the...
20 Joulu 202230min
2022 Debacles Part 1: Movie Bombs, Executive Misfires, and Secret Disasters
This entire year was arguably a debacle for most in Hollywood, the content bubble has seemingly burst, the streaming model may be broken, and companies are frantically trying to create a business mode...
19 Joulu 202230min
