The Murky Definition of a Hit Show
As streamers remove series and unions fight over residuals, agreeing on metrics is near impossible. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bon...
30 Jun 202351min
Iger, Zaslav and the Hollywood CEO Crisis
Who had the worst week in Hollywood? Was it Bob Iger, whose Disney headaches keep mounting? Or The Flash hype man David Zaslav, who watched his superhero film sputter just days before Steven Spielberg...
23 Jun 202347min
Inside Bob Iger's Ticking Timeline
The most-watched entertainment company in the world, Disney lately is roiled by major exec changes, an animation eclipse from other studios, layoffs and a CEO racing to both name a successor and right...
16 Jun 202353min
The Agency Titans Showdown
Turning Tiffany into Walmart: that’s how Ari Emanuel recently described Bryan Lourd’s stewardship of CAA, putting some harsh, eyebrow-raising words behind the heated rivalry between the Endeavor and C...
9 Jun 202350min
Hollywood Execs' Summer Bummer
In-between the writers and studio/streaming chiefs are Hollywood’s day-to-day working executives, who find themselves in a rare slowdown — and assorted existential crises. This is a public episode....
2 Jun 202333min
Summer's High Stakes Movie Showdown
The box office drought is over. But there are only so many slots for winners. For a transcript, click here. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acces...
26 Mai 202335min
Hollywood's Disappearing ATM Machine
What the death of cable TV has to do with the writers strike. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theankler.com/subs...
19 Mai 202336min
How Writers are Winning the Strike Narrative
How writers have leveraged themes around the gig economy, CEO pay and suspicions about Silicon Valley to their benefit. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers...
12 Mai 202347min
