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'Severance’: When a Hit Show Goes Over Budget, Who Pays?
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Matt is joined by Chris Rice, cofounder and co-CEO of Fifth Season, and producer of Apple+’s ‘Severance,' to discuss what happens when a TV show goes over budget and how to manage, who ends up footing the bill, reasons for overages, setting the budget for seasons of TV, and the current state of financing and producing independent television (02:55). Matt finishes the episode with an opening weekend box office prediction for ‘The Monkey’ (28:02).
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Host: Matt Belloni
Guest: Chris Rice
Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez
Theme Song: Devon Renaldo
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