TV Tales: How ‘The Traitors’ Broke Through & Upended Reality
Ankler Agenda18 Juni 2025

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 man who brought it to both the U.K. and U.S. Originally a Dutch format, Traitors landed in Cotton’s hands when he snapped up the rights and then “took that idea and helped supersize it for a U.K. and U.S. audience,” as he puts it. Cotton shares how the show’s contestants get sucked into the game, why his team takes a “hands-off approach” to let the drama develop — and what might lie ahead for Peacock’s breakout hit. “What I love about this show is it’s a really rich world,” Cotton says. “We can take inspiration from murder mysteries, from thrillers, from horror movies, and we’re constantly thinking of what we can do different.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Avsnitt(247)

The Clock Strikes Midnight for Warner Bros.

The Clock Strikes Midnight for Warner Bros.

How long before Warner Bros. becomes another studio swallowed up by David Ellison? With final bids for WBD due this week, all eyes remain on Paramount Skydance — despite the Comcast and Netflix red he...

20 Nov 202534min

BONUS EP: ‘The Rushfield Lunch’ with Mike De Luca & Pam Abdy on Making Box Office History in the Face of ‘Surreal’ Criticism

BONUS EP: ‘The Rushfield Lunch’ with Mike De Luca & Pam Abdy on Making Box Office History in the Face of ‘Surreal’ Criticism

In this special bonus Ankler Agenda episode, Richard Rushfield chats with Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-chairs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy about their journey to Warners, their record-break...

16 Nov 202556min

AI Warning Signs — and How Hollywood Invited the Enemy Inside

AI Warning Signs — and How Hollywood Invited the Enemy Inside

Hollywood had its eyes on Web Summit Lisbon this week — where Tilly Norwood creator Eline van der Velden joined Ankler Media EIC Janice Min to showcase her AI “actress.” But Wild Sheep Content CEO Eri...

13 Nov 202536min

Bari Weiss, MS Now & the Sad Battle for the Last TV News Viewer (Age: 70)

Bari Weiss, MS Now & the Sad Battle for the Last TV News Viewer (Age: 70)

Election Day had New York City’s Gen Z cheering in the streets as proud socialist Zohran Mamdani crushed the Democratic establishment (in the form of disgraced state governor-turned-flop independent c...

6 Nov 202542min

Hollywood Alarm as Recession Indicators Rack Up

Hollywood Alarm as Recession Indicators Rack Up

Thousands of jobs lost at Paramount Skydance and Amazon, quiet panic on the Warner Bros. Discovery lot, shoot days in L.A. on a continued decline — all while streaming churn, anecdotally, is becoming ...

30 Okt 202532min

Coming Soon: "Ankler Agenda with Elaine Low"

Coming Soon: "Ankler Agenda with Elaine Low"

This Thursday, "The Ankler Podcast" relaunches as "Ankler Agenda," hosted by Elaine Low. Elaine, author of Ankler Media’s popular “Series Business” newsletter, will be joined weekly by her Ankler coll...

30 Okt 202551s

Emergency Pod: WBD’s Endgame Era Begins

Emergency Pod: WBD’s Endgame Era Begins

Another week, another industry-warping Hollywood shake-up. As Warner Bros. Discovery plants a “For Sale” sign in its yard, a Streaming Wars endgame is being unleashed. Is the billionaire class going t...

22 Okt 202533min

The Shocking Revenge of Reality TV

The Shocking Revenge of Reality TV

A show filmed in real time, airing almost daily, and pulling in billions of viewing minutes a week? Prestige TV could never. But Love Island USA and other reality juggernauts are proving America is en...

16 Okt 202529min

Populärt inom Business & ekonomi

badfluence
framgangspodden
varvet
rss-jossan-nina
rss-borsens-finest
svd-tech-brief
uppgang-och-fall
rss-svart-marknad
avanzapodden
dynastin
borsmorgon
rss-dagen-med-di
rss-kort-lang-analyspodden-fran-di
24fragor
fill-or-kill
ekonomiekot-extra
lastbilspodden
rss-den-nya-ekonomin
tabberaset
rss-veckans-trade