TV Tales: How ‘The Traitors’ Broke Through & Upended Reality
In the final edition of this season’s Hollywood Stories, Richard Rushfield got to talk about "The Traitors" — a show of which he is an unapologetic superfan — with executive producer Mike Cotton, the ...
18 Juni 202533min
Creator Coup: CEO Neal Mohan on YouTube Beating Netflix Without Buying a Single Show
Live from Cannes Lions, Ankler Media CEO Janice Min hosts a rollicking, wide-ranging conversation with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan about the platform’s growing dominance — both on TV screens and across cul...
18 Juni 202538min
Swipe, Pay, Cry: A $5 Billion Boom in 60-Second Soaps
Green shoots are rare in Hollywood these days, but some writers and actors are cashing six-figure checks in a format as questionable as its new Luigi Mangione series. Welcome to the world of microdram...
13 Juni 202530min
TV Tales: 'Penis, Penis, Penis, Me' — Comedy Legend Nell Scovell Tells All
In this week’s Hollywood Stories, Richard Rushfield sits down with TV comedy legend Nell Scovell — creator of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and writer for everything from The Simpsons to Late Night with D...
11 Juni 202539min
TV’s Top Directors: ‘High Potential,’ ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ & ‘Hacks’
In this bonus episode of The Ankler podcast, recorded live on May 18 at L.A.'s DGA Theater, The Ankler and the Directors Guild of America bring you a series of funny and memorable conversations — pres...
9 Juni 202550min
Now Renting: 8 Million Sq Ft of Sadness
L.A. may have lost its crown as the world’s production capital, but it’s still sitting on 8 million square feet of sound stages. So what to do with all that excess space? Think bar mitzvahs, weddings,...
6 Juni 202531min
The 'American Idol' Pastor Who Helped Katharine McPhee and More Stars Shine
In this episode of Hollywood Stories: Tales From Television, Richard Rushfield takes us back to the heyday of the original “American Idol” in the aughts and early 2010s, when the Fox juggernaut domina...
4 Juni 202534min
