Kimmelgate: 6 Days That Shook Disney
Six days. That’s all it took for Jimmy Kimmel to be yanked off the air by Disney under FCC pressure — and then rushed back after Hollywood revolted. Now Trump is circling, affiliates are defying ABC i...
25 Sep 202528min
Emergency Pod: The Kimmel Crisis & What’s Next
Late on Sept. 17, the news broke: Disney’s Bob Iger made the decision to “indefinitely” 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?
There’s a multibillion-dollar business growing right under Hollywood’s 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 Toronto’s Tim Hortons, awards season is officially here. Before jetting to TIFF, Prestige Junkie’s 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, summer’s final days delivered both the inevitable — Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement — and the unexpected: Netflix OG vete...
28 Aug 202529min
How TV Became a 24/7 Sports Bar
Comedies, dramas, animation and reality may be Hollywood’s bread and butter, but when it comes to what Americans actually watch the most, it’s live sports — and now, an avalanche of shoulder programmi...
21 Aug 202531min
‘And Just Like That’... Streamers Want Rom-Coms, Agents Want Creators
It’s the end of an era — again — as the surprise finale of And Just Like That has fans bidding farewell (once more) to Carrie Bradshaw & Co. Elaine Low, Sean McNulty and Natalie Jarvey share their tak...
15 Aug 202530min
Apple's ‘F1’ Brand Slam & Disney+’s Streaming Shakeups
Brad Pitt, fast cars and Expensify receipt management software logos: Three things that go great together… when you’re shoring up millions to fund your F1 movie. On this week’s episode, Dealmakers’ As...
7 Aug 202529min
