The End of the Actors Strike With Duncan Crabtree-Ireland
On Wednesday night, SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP reached a tentative deal on a three-year contract valued at over $1 billion, ending the longest strike in the union’s history at 118 days. Matt is joined by...
9 Nov 202337min
How the Strike Derailed Oscar Season
Matt is joined by New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan to discuss the upended awards season in the wake of the actors strike, how it has stripped actors of participating in all of the usual promotional activ...
8 Nov 202331min
Why Batman and Everything Else Is Coming to Netflix
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss how the non-Netflix streaming services can survive in a Netflix-dominated world. They discuss Warner Bros. Discovery's licensing of a large collecti...
7 Nov 202332min
Should Reality Stars Have a Union? With Bethenny Frankel
Matt is joined by entrepreneur, media personality, and former Bravo star Bethenny Frankel to discuss the abusive and oppressive working conditions on reality shows, the mistreatment of their participa...
2 Nov 202339min
The Reboot Era and TV’s IP Obsession
Matt is joined by former NBC and Fox executive Preston Beckman to discuss if the TV revival is a viable option for TV networks nowadays. Do networks see pre-branded properties like 'Frasier' as more i...
1 Nov 202332min
How Screwed Is the 2024 Movie Calendar?
Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss how the strikes have affected the 2024 movie calendar after several studios have pushed the releases of several blockbuster films, including Disney’...
30 Okt 202332min
Town Hall: Hasan Minhaj, a SAG Stalemate, and Apple’s Scorsese Bet
Welcome back to Town Hall! Matt and Craig answer a slew of listener questions about why Hasan Minhaj lost the 'Daily Show' job, stories from inside the strike negotiation rooms, whether Hollywood woul...
27 Okt 202332min
Marvel’s Post-‘Avengers’ Mismanagement
Matt is joined by The Ringer’s Joanna Robinson to talk about the reasons behind Marvel’s decline and whether the superhero era in general has reached its natural end or whether a resurgence is possibl...
25 Okt 202332min
