The Ankler x Wakeup Summer Box Office Finale

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 Juni 202347min

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 Juni 202353min

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 Juni 202350min

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 Juni 202333min

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 Maj 202335min

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 Maj 202336min

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 Maj 202347min

With an impasse over everything from quotas to AI, the first week of the strike has revealed an entirely different playing field than the one from 2007-2008. Richard Rushfield and Elaine Low join Sean...

5 Maj 202353min