The Existential Crisis of the Cable Juggernauts

The Existential Crisis of the Cable Juggernauts

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss Comcast's exploration of spinning off its cable assets into a separate company, which could potentially mark the wider restructuring of its NBCUniversal division. They talk about how legacy media companies are struggling with how to handle their linear television business, what a division of assets might look like for Comcast, and whether a streaming partner makes sense for NBC and Peacock (02:43). Matt finishes the show with a ratings prediction for the 2024 presidential election (26:05). For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ click here. Email us your thoughts! thetown@spotify.com Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Lucas Shaw Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Winners and Losers of NBC Axing an Hour of Prime-Time TV

Winners and Losers of NBC Axing an Hour of Prime-Time TV

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss NBC considering eliminating their 10 p.m. programming slot and giving it back to the affiliates. Linear broadcast TV networks are in decline, but th...

29 Aug 202223min

MoviePass CEO Stacy Spikes On Reinventing Moviegoing (Again)

MoviePass CEO Stacy Spikes On Reinventing Moviegoing (Again)

Matt is joined by CEO and co-founder of MoviePass Stacy Spikes to talk about the upcoming relaunch of MoviePass—the disruptive movie subscription service phenomenon that swept the nation in the late 2...

26 Aug 202240min

David Zaslav Doesn’t Care About Your Favorite HBO Shows

David Zaslav Doesn’t Care About Your Favorite HBO Shows

Matt is joined by Julia Alexander from Parrot Analytics and Puck to discuss the vanishing of television shows on the HBO Max platform. They discuss Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s quest to s...

24 Aug 202228min

The 2022 Showrunner Draft

The 2022 Showrunner Draft

In movies, the director is king. But in television, it's the showrunner. In the past 15 years we’ve seen the rise of the showrunner as perhaps the most important job in the industry. Today Matt and Bl...

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The Wackiest CEO in Entertainment

The Wackiest CEO in Entertainment

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Felix Gillette to discuss his latest piece on the antics of Hollywood’s most interesting CEO, Adam Aron. Aron is the CEO of AMC Entertainment and has turned his company i...

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The Lawsuit Striking Fear Into Fox News (Plus 'LOTR' Predictions)

The Lawsuit Striking Fear Into Fox News (Plus 'LOTR' Predictions)

Matt is joined by Puck’s legal expert, Eriq Gardner, to discuss Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit against Fox news, which states that Fox aired false, far-fetched, and exaggerated claims about Dominion...

17 Aug 202231min

Should Disney Sell ESPN?

Should Disney Sell ESPN?

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss ESPN’s value to Disney and whether Disney should explore shopping the worldwide leader in sports. Cord cutting and the shift to streaming threaten t...

16 Aug 202229min

Disney+ and the Streaming Price Hike

Disney+ and the Streaming Price Hike

Matt is joined by Jessica Reif Ehrlich, an analyst at B of A Securities, to break down the state of the streaming world after Disney's announcement that it will be raising the Disney+ subscription fee...

11 Aug 202231min

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