The latest Hollywood + Media Business news to know each Weekday Morning in under 10 minutes (usually).
Episodes
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
NETFLIX subscriber growth updates
FAST & FURIOUS sets end plan
DISNEY+ orders WILLOW TV series
WICKED movie director departs
HBO orders Jake Gyllenhaal limited series
SNAP hits new daily user record + Stories usage
Universal Music streaming $$ +22% in 3Q
Netflix top “viewership” report list
TRAILER HOUSE:
HBO Max “The Flight Attendant” trailer
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ASHLEY MCBRYDE “Martha Divine” on Spotify
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Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
Bradley Cooper adds Jeremy Strong to his NETFLIX movie
Ed Helms + Harrison Ford for STX comedy
Channing Dungey to become WB TV Chairwoman
TNT sets another Celebrity Golf match
LEGALLY BLONDE livesteream reunion tonight
APPLE MUSIC launches 24 hour video channel
Netflix drops MA RAINEY/Chadwick Boseman trailer
DIGIDAY gets new EIC
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” trailer
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BEABADOOBIE “Worth It” on Spotify
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Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
HONEST THIEF wins Box Office with.. $4mil
NY State movie theaters to reopen
HBO bringing back THE VOW
SNL + Adele, H.E.R.
COLBERT + Showtime on Election Night
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY gets Season 4
Kate Hudson + Octavia Spencer AppleTV show
TRAILER HOUSE:
BLOOMBERG HULU’s lack of expansion
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H.E.R. "Fate" on Spotify
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Friday Oct 16, 2020
Friday Oct 16, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
Clooney directing Grisham baseball movie
Another NETFLIX exec + NBCU int’l head Axed
EPIX picks up Ed Burns series
New 19 UTA Partners
New stuff to watch this Weekend
TRAILER HOUSE:
APPLE TV+ “Bruce Springsteen Letters To You” trailer
HBO “His Dark Materials” season2 trailer
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ARIANA GRANDE “Into You” on Spotify
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Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
DiCaprio + Jen Lawrence + Adam McKay @ NETFLIX
DEXTER returning
GREASE TV show to PAR+
Ava DuVernay sets NETFLIX movie
Ridley Scott + Joaquin Phoenix for Napoleon movie @ 20th
AMAZON reboots I KNOW WHAT YOU DID…
LAST MAN STANDING, LA’S FINEST cancelled
TONY Noms out
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “Hillbilly Elegy” trailer
SCREEN GEMS/SONY “Monster Hunters” trailer
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OUTKAST “Bombs over Baghdad” on Spotify
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Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
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Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
COMING TO AMERICA 2 to Amazon
MAD MAX : FURIOSA movie set up at WB
MORNING BREW selling controlling stake?
BON APPETIT returns to YT with new talent
CBS sets November series premiere dates
Big Tech buying up NYC Office Real Estate
I, TONYA director + CHIPPENDALES movie
THE CROWN S4 trailer
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “The Crown” teaser
AMAZON “I Am Your Woman” trailer
Big Tech’s big NYC office footprint post Covid NYT article
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BLACKPINK “Ice Cream” on Spotify
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Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
AMC Theaters broke by Dec/early 2021
Sandra Bullock gets next movie at PAR
DISNEY re-org's company to streaming
NBCU Unscripted Prez out
Joshua Jackson is DR DEATH at Peacock
LGF's GREENLAND gets Dec PVOD date
Channing Tatum producing Elon Musk HBO limited series
Facebook bans Holocaust denier content
RANGE MEDIA PARTNERS adds Digital Talent rep partner
Linda Yaccarino elevated at NBCU
Greta Van Fleet returns
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TRAILER HOUSE:
DISNEY/FOX “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” trailer
SPC “Nine Lives” trailer
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GRETA VAN FLEET “My Way, Soon” on Spotify
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Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
2 big NETFLIX Exec departures
GRANDPA takes the US Box Office
PARAMOUNT gets “Cleopatra” Gal Gadot project
John David Washington + David O. Russell movie
Winslet + Scott Z Burns for MGM movie
NETFLIX gets Elf on the Shelf
Google adding shopping tools to YouTube
TRAILER HOUSE:
FOCUS FEATURES “Promising Young Woman” trailer 2
CBS ALL ACCESS “The Stand” trailer
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“Brown Sugar” by Mos Def
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Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
Pixar’s SOUL now a Christmas DISNEY+ release
Huge WARNER MEDIA layoffs looming
Fukunaga directing AppleTV Spielberg/Hanks WW2 mini
Cumberbatch joining next SPIDERMAN movie at Sony
AppleTV renews DICKINSON for Season 3; adds 3 free months to AppleTV+ subscriptions
Charlie Kaufman + director Reed Morano for Amazon movie
New TV + Movies to watch this weekend
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TRAILER HOUSE:
HBOMAX “West Wing” trailer
AMAZON “Invincible” trailer
NETFLIX “Mank” teaser
Watch DAZED AND CONFUSED cast script reading
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Whiskey Glasses by MORGAN WALLEN on Spotify
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Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION on 2 week Covid hiatus
Allison Williams reteams with BLUMHOUSE + UNI
SNL boots Morgan Wallen for partying this weekend
Disney+ HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL Holiday special set
MGM picks up Tate Taylor’s next movie
VIACOMCBS not coming back to office in Jan
GOOP COO departing for a while
FACEBOOK bans political ads after polls close Nov 3
TRAILER HOUSE:
HBOMAX “Chelsea Handler: Evolution” trailer
UNIVERSAL’S “News Of the World” :60 tv spot
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SHAWN MENDES “Wonder” on Spotify
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Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
APPLE TV gets 90’s SUPERMODEL docuseries
HOWARD STERN nearing record SiriusXM deal
Magic Johnson LAST DANCE-esque docuseries gets a director
FACEBOOK bans all QAnon accounts. Finally.
SECOND CITY up for sale
EIC departs THE CUT after 9 years
QUARTZ up for sale
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction” s3 trailer
NETFLIX “Selena: The Series” teaser
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MICHAEL JACKSON/EDDIE VAN HALEN “Beat It” on Spotify
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Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
DUNE moved out of December
NETFLIX ends GLOW
cancels TEEN BOUNTY HUNTERS
GOT spinoff casts lead role
AUDIBLE + Conan O’Brien prod deal
INSTAGRAM adds shopping to IGTV
LA TIMES Exec Editor stepping down
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TRAILER HOUSE:
HULU’s “Totally Under Control” docu trailer
UNIVERSAL’s ‘THE 355’ trailer
DISNEY FOX “Free Guy” trailer
LISTEN TO:
MAREN MORRIS “Better Than We Found It” on Spotify
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
BOND goes to Easter 2021
F9 moves to Memorial Day 2021
REGAL Movie Theaters shutdown again
COBRA KAI gets Season 4
NETFLIX orders Dahlmer series
NETFLIX renews Haddish standup series
DAZED & CONFUSED cast reuniting Sunday
Next SNL hosts in Oct
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “Jingle Jangle” trailer
HULU “Bad Hair” trailer
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MAREN MORRIS “Better than we found it” on Spotify
FOGHAT “Slow Ride” on Spotify
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Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
My chat with Writer and Showrunner JONATHAN TROPPER on:
Season 2 of his Cinemax martial arts series WARRIOR
Looking back at his series BANSHEE and its... passionate fanbase.
A look ahead at Season 2 of AppleTV's Jason Mamoa series SEE.
And his Ryan Reynolds + Shawn Levy movie that's prepping for production.
Catch WARRIOR Friday nights at 10pm on CINEMAX.
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
STX moves GREENLAND to PVOD + HBO
Jamie Foxx returning to SPIDERMAN
Blake Griffin + TruTV prank show
Guy Ritchie + THE GENTLEMAN tv series
THR lays off 50 in VARIETY merger
NBA FINALS set new ratings low
New TV and Movies to watch this weekend
VEEP reunion link
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TRAILER HOUSE:
AMAZON PRIME “Borat” sequel trailer
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“Sober” by CHILDISH GAMBINO on Spotify
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Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
Gyllenhall + Oscar Isaac for GODFATHER movie
Naomi Harris + Mahershala Ali for APPLE TV+ movie
Idris Elba vs lion for UNI movie
MS MARVEL cast at DISNEY+
BORAT trailer coming today
GOOGLE steps up Chromecast efforts
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “Social Distance” trailer
AMAZON “Borat” trailer
LISTEN TO:
“Dreams” by FLEETWOOD MAC on Spotify
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Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
BORAT 2 to Amazon Prime
Sony moves THE CRAFT 2 to PVOD
Barry Jenkins to direct THE LION KING 2
Sam Esmail sets 2 shows at ABC
SPIRIT AWARDS add TV categories
Sam Jay gets HBO Late Night show
DISNEY Parks lay of 28,000 people
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COSMO’S MIDNIGHT “Have It All” on Spotify
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Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
SODERBERGH HBOMax movie + Benicio, Liotta, Hamm
HBO renews MAHER thru 2022
BET orders PAULA PATTON LA lawyer series
SHERRI SHEPHERD comes back to ABC to recur in sitcom
ROKU CHANNEL now a standalone free streaming app
PEACOCK launches offline viewing downloads
PRES DEBATES + MLB Playoffs start tonight
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SPRINGSTEEN “Ghosts” on Spotify
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Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Today’s HEADLINES:
MARVEL + Sam Jackson for DISNEY+ TV show
WONDERY seeking $200mil+ podcast sale?
APPLE TV buys Russo Bros movie
Hemsworth + Teller + Smollett set for NETFLIX pic
TENET gets close to $300mil WW
NBC to shoot JOE EXOTIC & YOUNG ROCK shows in...Australia
NETFLIX picks up 4th TIFF movie
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WIZ KID + H.E.R. “Smile” on Spotify
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