The Town with Matthew Belloni
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)
Is the Rotten Tomatoes Formula Fresh or Rotten?
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David Ellison Bought Paramount. Now He Wants Warner Bros. Plus, the 2025 Emmys R...
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The Emmys vs. the Audience: Which Shows People Actually Watch
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The Murdoch Succession War is Over, and Fox Crowns its Next Leader
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YouTube’s NFL Debut, A Surprise Box-Office Hit at the Sphere, and Warner Bros. M...
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Why Gen Alpha Prefers the Big Screen Over Their Phones
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How To Save Movies With the CEO of AMC Theatres
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The Summer Box Office Report Card: Surprise Hits, Big Flops, and Key Takeaways
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Venice, Sundance, and the New Film Festival Hierarchy
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Why ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is a Fascinating Hollywood Experiment
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‘The Traitors’ and How to Craft Hit Reality TV in 2025
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Why Fox Is Finally Entering the Streaming Wars
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The 10 Worst Things to Happen to Hollywood Since 2010
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Paramount’s New Playbook Unveiled and the Taylor Swift Podcast Bounce
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The Power and Peculiar Psychology of ‘Disney Adults’
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Paramount’s UFC Knockout and Amazon’s Podcast Flameout
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Could Movies Start Skipping Netflix to Go Straight to YouTube?
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ESPN Jumps Into Bed With the NFL. What About Everyone Else?
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Paramount’s New Team, Fantastic Four’s Nosedive, YouTubers in Theaters, and Peac...
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Why It’s Harder Than Ever to Make a Studio Comedy, With Seth MacFarlane
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Why IMAX Is Becoming Bigger Than the Movie
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Paramount Now Belongs to David Ellison. What Will He Do With It?
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The F-You ‘South Park’ Episode and the Precarious State of Comedy in 2025
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‘Fantastic Four’ Pressure, Marvel’s Next Steps, and Kevin Feige’s Future
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Colbert’s Next Home, and Netflix Earnings Flexes and Anxieties
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Colbert Is Cancelled. Is the Late-Night Dam Bursting?
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The 2025 Emmy Nomination Awards: Winners, Snubs, and Thirstiest Campaigns
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'Superman,' Marvel vs. DC, and the Studio Head Hot Seat
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News and Deal Buzz From Inside Sun Valley’s Billionaire Summer Camp
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After a Historic Hollywood Tax Break, Is Moviemaking Coming Back to California?
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Why the Paramount-Skydance Merger is "F*cking Up ‘South Park’"
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Bribe? Surrender? Both? Unpacking the Trump-Paramount Settlement.
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Jason Blum Opens Up About the 'M3GAN 2.0' Flop, the Blumhouse Slump, and Bouncin...
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Apple’s ‘F1’ Win and Big Tech’s Streaming vs. Theaters Debate
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The Case for Netflix Pillaging YouTube Creators
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Marvel’s Decline, Hollywood Vs. AI, and the Most Under-Covered Stories of 2025 S...
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Tales From the Test-Screening Trenches
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The ‘Sinners’ Deal, the Manosphere, and the Biggest Overreactions of the First H...
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How to Get an Emmy Nomination (...for Matt??)
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Running a Major Talent Agency in 2025 With the New CEO of UTA
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Warner Bros. Discovery Is Splitting Up. What's Next?
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Chalamet, Cruise, and the New Celebrity Press Tour Playbook
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Clooney’s Big Broadway Bet, and How to Make Real Money in Theater
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The Real Winners of the Taylor Swift Masters Mega-Deal
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John Mulaney on SNL50 Hijinks and Getting Away With His Late-Night Netflix Show
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The New Path to Stand-Up Fame and Fortune With Mike Birbiglia
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Part 2: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg on Rejecting Tim Cook, Pitching Ice Cube, a...
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Part 1: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Wild Stories From the Set of ‘The Studio’
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The New Late Night with ‘Hot Ones’ Host Sean Evans
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Is Streaming Killing Music—or Saving It? With a Top Spotify Exec
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