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)
Four Burning Hollywood Questions to Kick Off 2024
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Are the Golden Globes Unkillable?
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The Young Movie Star Power Rankings
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The Townies, Part 2: Who Won the Year in Hollywood?
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The Townies: Hollywood’s Best and Worst of 2023
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Warner Bros. and Paramount Are Talking. Should They Merge?
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The Biggest Debacles of 2023: Studio Screwups, Executive Misfires, and Underrate...
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The Animation Arms Race With Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri
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Ted Sarandos on Netflix’s New Era of Data Transparency
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Are Streamers Helping or Hurting the Movie Business?
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The Companies Most Likely to Be Bought or Sold in 2024
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The Murky Metrics of Podcast Success
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The Biggest Streaming Power Moves of 2023
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Hollywood’s Star-making Problem, with a Top Casting Director
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Who Will Buy Paramount?
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Does Big Tech Belong in Hollywood?
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Unexpected Winners and Losers of the Hollywood Labor Strikes
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Potential Backfires in the Actors AI Deal
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Rupert’s Retirement and Fox’s Place in Hollywood
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Bob Iger’s Year One: Highs, Lows, and Marvel Woes
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The End of the Actors Strike With Duncan Crabtree-Ireland
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How the Strike Derailed Oscar Season
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Why Batman and Everything Else Is Coming to Netflix
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Should Reality Stars Have a Union? With Bethenny Frankel
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The Reboot Era and TV’s IP Obsession
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How Screwed Is the 2024 Movie Calendar?
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Town Hall: Hasan Minhaj, a SAG Stalemate, and Apple’s Scorsese Bet
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Marvel’s Post-‘Avengers’ Mismanagement
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There Is Netflix, and There Is Everyone Else
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NBA TV Rights and Players Owning Teams With Rich Paul
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How Long Can the Live Concert Boom Last?
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The Hollywood Stock Market: Travis Kelce’s Media Career, Netflix With Ads, Mega...
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Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, and the Fights Over Song Credits
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Price Hikes and the Streaming Class System
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Live Sports on Max, and the Inevitable All-In-One App
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Influencers Don’t Need Hollywood Anymore
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The Post-Strike State of TV and Movie Writing
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Lessons From the ‘Must-See TV’ Era, with Warren Littlefield
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What the Writers Guild Won, With a Negotiator
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The Writers Strike Is Over. Can We All Be Friends Again?
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The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Empire
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From Sports to Hollywood With Casey Wasserman
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The Strike’s Permanent Damage: Who Will Suffer the Most?
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Why Can’t Bob Iger Find a Successor?
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A WWE and UFC Tag Team, With Endeavor’s Mark Shapiro
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CAA’s New Billionaire Owner and the (Over)Value of Talent Agencies
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Fall Festival Buzz and the Beginning of Oscar Season With the Head of TIFF
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Disney’s ESPN Fight and Taylor’s Movie Takeover
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The Summer Box Office Awards Show
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The Growing Power of IMAX, With Its CEO
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