The Shocking Revenge of Reality TV
A show filmed in real time, airing almost daily, and pulling in billions of viewing minutes a week? Prestige TV could never. But Love Island USA and other reality juggernauts are proving America is en...
16 Okt 202529min
10 Showrunners Shaping TV â Right as GPT-5 Rewrites Everything
The strangest thing about the new iteration of ChatGPT? The sudden and full-throated embrace by once-squeamish execs and writers, says Reel AI columnist Erik Barmick (just ask around about the âGPT-5 ...
9 Okt 202529min
Hollywood's Gen Z Blindspot, Starring Taylor Swift
Forget the government shutdown â President Trump is back to targeting entertainment, from YouTubeâs $24.5 million settlement with him to a floated â100 percent tariffâ on foreign-made films. Host Elai...
2 Okt 202529min
Kimmelgate: 6 Days That Shook Disney
Six days. Thatâs all it took for Jimmy Kimmel to be yanked off the air by Disney under FCC pressure â and then rushed back after Hollywood revolted. Now Trump is circling, affiliates are defying ABC i...
25 Sep 202528min
Emergency Pod: The Kimmel Crisis & Whatâs Next
Late on Sept. 17, the news broke: Disneyâs Bob Iger made the decision to âindefinitelyâ suspend one of its marquee stars, Jimmy Kimmel of Jimmy Kimmel Live! from ABC. The news followed FCC chair Brend...
18 Sep 202534min
The Netflix of Microdramas: Who Gets There First?
Thereâs a multibillion-dollar business growing right under Hollywoodâs nose: microdramas, those soapy, 60-second episodes Gen Z binges on their phones with storylines that can sound like bad 'Twilight...
11 Sep 202532min
Summer Duds, Fest Buzz: What the Hell is Happening to Movies
From Telluride mountaintops to Torontoâs Tim Hortons, awards season is officially here. Before jetting to TIFF, Prestige Junkieâs Katey Rich joined Elaine Low, Sean McNulty and Natalie Jarvey to disse...
4 Sep 202532min
Love, Loss & Drama: Swift, Netflix, Paramount
And here you thought Hollywood might coast into Labor Day. Instead, summerâs final days delivered both the inevitable â Taylor Swift and Travis Kelceâs engagement â and the unexpected: Netflix OG vete...
28 Aug 202529min
