Matt is joined by writer Bruce Eric Kaplan (Girls, Seinfeld, Six Feet Under) to discuss the life of a TV writer and how it has changed over the…
Read more The Post-Pandemic Life of a Hustling ScreenwriterMatt is joined by New York Times awards season reporter Kyle Buchanan to preview the 2024-25 Oscar race now that the table is mostly set. Kyle sets the…
Read more Burning Questions for the Most Uncertain Oscar Race in YearsMatt is joined by Justine Bateman—writer, director, producer, and SAG-AFTRA negotiation committee consultant on the use of AI—to check in on the latest developments on AI in entertainment.…
Read more Lionsgate, Meta, and a Wild Week in AIIt’s fall festival season! Matt is joined by Peter Kujawski, the chairman of Focus Features, to discuss the science of premiering a movie at a film festival. Peter…
Read more How to Choose the Right Festival to Premiere Your MovieMatt is joined by Lesley Goldberg, former TV editor of The Hollywood Reporter, to look at the most costly showrunner deals of the peak TV era and determine…
Read more Are Expensive Showrunner Deals Worth It?Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s latest comments from the Sun Valley conference, during which he advocated for less…
Read more Does Hollywood Need Deregulation?Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to look at what the future holds for Paramount now that David Ellison has purchased the legacy media company from Shari…
Read more Burning Questions About the Future of ParamountMatt is joined by Wall Street Journal reporter Isabella Simonetti to discuss an article she wrote that focuses on the older ages of television viewers and how it…
Read more TV Viewers Are Getting Old. Do Advertisers Care?Matt is joined by Puck’s Eriq Gardner to discuss the U.S. government’s monopoly lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation Matt is joined by Puck’s Eriq Gardner to discuss…
Read more Everyone Hates Ticketmaster, but Is It a Monopoly?Matt is joined by Lucas Shaw to discuss the ousting of Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish, why it happened now, and whether it affects a potential deal moving…
Read more A CEO Firing, and the Chaos at ParamountIn a special live episode, Matt and Puck colleague Peter Hamby are joined by screenwriter, playwright, and film director Aaron Sorkin to discuss the current state of Hollywood,…
Read more Aaron Sorkin, Live From D.C.Matt is joined by IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond to discuss the complicated state of movie theaters and the growing importance of premium large-format screens like IMAX. Rich reveals…
Read more Can IMAX Save Movie Theaters?Matt is joined by Van Lathan to discuss the complicated and nuanced relationship between TMZ and Hollywood. As a former TMZ employee, Van walks us through how the…
Read more Inside TMZ’s Cozy Relationship With HollywoodMatt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to craft The Town’s first ever Hollywood Power List: their definitive (and subjective!) ranking of who has the most “juice” a.k.a.…
Read more The Juice List: The Most Powerful People in HollywoodMatt is joined by Jeremiah Reynolds, partner at Eisner LLP and copyright law expert, to untangle the recent plagiarism accusation by screenwriter Simon Stephenson over Alexander Payne’s The…
Read more ‘The Holdovers’ Plagiarism Claim and How to Protect Your ScriptMatt is joined by Julia Alexander from Puck and Parrot Analytics to discuss what is and isn’t working in Netflix’s foray into live sports and sports-adjacent programming, and…
Read more Inside Netflix’s Calculated Sports StrategyMatt is joined by The New Yorker’s Michael Schulman to parse through the endless campaigns from the 2024 Oscar season and give out their own awards for the…
Read more The Awards Season Awards: Which Oscars Campaigns Worked (and Didn’t)Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss Peacock’s strong start to 2024 and the prospect of a possible joint venture or “commercial partnership” with Paramount+, as…
Read more Peacock-Paramount+ Merger Rumors, Questions, and What-IfsPhoto by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images Matt and James Andrew Miller talk about whether Lorne Michaels will step down and, if so, who could replace him Matt…
Read more The ‘SNL’ Succession SweepstakesMatt is joined by Brooks Barnes from The New York Times to discuss the long and messy path of the Golden Globes as we gear up for the…
Read more Are the Golden Globes Unkillable?
