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The Town with Matthew Belloni

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Puck founding partner Matthew Belloni takes you inside Hollywood, using exclusive reporting and insight to explain the backstories on everything from Marvel movies to streaming wars. Multiple times each week, Matt is joined by major executives, dealmakers, and journalists, to discuss what is getting made and why, who is winning and losing, and what people in show business are actually talking about.

Episodes (670)

Another Executive Sex Scandal? How NBCU Can Pick Up the Pieces

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Apr 24, 202332:29pending

One Year After the Crash: Is the New Netflix Working?

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Apr 20, 202332:28pending

Inside Fox’s $787M Settlement With Dominion and the Future of Fox News

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Apr 19, 202330:50pending

Is ‘Air’ a Hit? Why That's Harder Than Ever to Answer

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Apr 17, 202332:09pending

Inside Rupert Murdoch’s Succession Drama

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Apr 14, 202331:34pending

How the Fox News Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Will Unfold

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Apr 12, 202331:35pending

One Year After the Merger: Is Warner Bros. Discovery Actually Working?

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Apr 10, 202332:28pending

Disney vs. DeSantis: Who Will Win

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Apr 6, 202329:13pending

From Viral Videos to Hit TV With Dave Burd

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Apr 5, 202332:13pending

WWE Sells, Netflix Pulls Back, and the Oscars' Bold Bid on Theaters

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Apr 3, 202332:09pending

Has Hollywood Finally Figured Out Video Games?

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Mar 30, 202334:21pending

Marvel’s Bad CGI and the Firing of a “Kingmaker”

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Mar 30, 202332:26pending

Apple’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Movie Theaters

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Mar 27, 202331:28pending

Lionsgate Film Chief Joe Drake on ‘John Wick’ and the Modern Independent Studio

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Mar 24, 202333:24pending

BET and the Future of Small Streamers

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Mar 23, 202330:50pending

Is the Franchise Model Starting to Fatigue in Hollywood?

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Mar 20, 202332:28pending

Matt’s Year One Prediction Report Card

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Mar 16, 202327:25pending

Michael B. Jordan and How to Build a Modern Movie Star Career

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Mar 15, 202332:28pending

The Oscar Bump: Which Young Stars Won Awards Season?

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Mar 13, 202332:14pending

Academy CEO Bill Kramer on the New and Improved (?) Oscars

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Mar 9, 202334:45pending

Tips, Trends, and Storylines to Help You Bet on the Oscars

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Mar 8, 202331:40pending

The End of Peak TV Is Finally Here

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Mar 6, 202331:46pending

The Ploys and Tactics Behind Oscar Campaigning

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Mar 3, 202332:26pending

How F--ked Is Fox News?

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Mar 3, 202333:50pending

The Perfect Storm for a Writers Strike

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Feb 28, 202332:07pending

Watching Your Favorite Team Is About to Get Harder

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Feb 23, 202332:21pending

The 2023 Box Office Draft

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Feb 21, 202330:50pending

The Companies Most Likely to Be Sold or Acquired in 2023

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Feb 16, 202331:59pending

The Soap Opera Fight Over Paramount and CBS

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Feb 14, 202334:18pending

Will Bob Iger Sell Hulu or ESPN?

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Feb 13, 202331:35pending

How to Write a Hit Rom-Com

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Feb 9, 202331:32pending

True Crime Is Murdering Documentaries

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Feb 8, 202332:25pending

The Death and “Rebirth” of Showtime

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Feb 6, 202332:04pending

DC Is Going Big, but Can It Catch Marvel?

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Feb 2, 202331:37pending

The Future of Live Events and Late Night TV With Grammys EP Ben Winston

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Feb 1, 202332:28pending

Peacock’s Promising Start to 2023 Might Not Be a Fluke

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Jan 31, 202332:00pending

How an Indie Film Becomes an Oscar Winner

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Jan 27, 202327:58pending

Is the Sundance Dream Still Alive?

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Jan 26, 202330:32pending

How the Shocking Andrea Riseborough Oscar Nomination Happened

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Jan 25, 202332:24pending

Inside the Netflix Executive Shake-up

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Jan 23, 202332:54pending

Making Movie Stars Younger With AI

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Jan 19, 202333:30pending

Should Disney Be Afraid of Nelson Peltz?

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Jan 17, 202335:22pending

Around the World With Netflix’s Head of TV

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Jan 13, 202332:28pending

‘M3GAN,' and How to Market a Movie to Young People

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Jan 11, 202332:28pending

Vince McMahon’s Return and the WWE’s Most Intriguing Suitors

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Jan 9, 202332:16pending

The New Black List and the Original Screenwriting Recession

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Jan 5, 202332:13pending

Why Audiences Have Given Up on Awards Movies

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Jan 3, 202328:39pending

The Townies Part 2: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2022

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Dec 28, 202235:27pending

The Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2022

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Dec 27, 202234:52pending

Why YouTube Landed NFL ‘Sunday Ticket’

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Dec 23, 202232:28pending
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