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- THU 10/29/20: NBCU layoffs loom in Nov + Dec / Mindy Kaling + GOOD IN BED / New PEACOCK user #s / Big TED LASSO renewal / COMCAST cord cutter update / SPOTIFY user # update
Today’s HEADLINES:
NBCU TV layoffs looming in Nov + Dec
Mindy Kaling + GOOD IN BED movie + HBOMax
Nicole Kidman + new AMAZON Prime TV series
APPLE TV gives Ted Lasso 2 more seasons
COMCAST cord cutter update
New PEACOCK account #s
SPOTIFY hits pay subscriber high
PINTEREST growth still booming
Ton of TV Series renewals + Casting news, plus moves in the Executive Suite
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “The White Tiger” movie trailer
LISTEN TO/READ:
H.E.R. “Damage” on Spotify
Kim Masters THR read on Jeffrey Katzenberg/QUIBI
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13 min - WED 10/28/20: Jon Stewart + APPLE TV series / NETFLIX Programming Re-Org / JLO + Armie for Lionsgate movie / SONY PICS Marketing Re-Org / MGM delays more movies
Today’s HEADLINES:
Jon Stewart + APPLE TV series
Seth Rogan + Rose Byrne + APPLETV series
JLO + Armie Hammer for Lionsgate movie
John David Washington + Alicia Vikander + Netflix movie
MGM delays more movies
NETFLIX Programming Re-Org executive changes
SONY PICTURES Marketing Re-Org executive changes
TRAILER HOUSE:
PEACOCK SBTB Trailer
LISTEN TO:
“Drink on It” by BLAKE SHELTON on Spotify
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12 min - TUE 10/20/20: MARVEL + Oscar Isaac / MGM + Richard Pryor biopic / Sandler joins NETFLIX space drama / Lebron producing doc @CNN / 60 MINUTES hits ratings high / BUZZFEED out of the red..sorta
Today’s HEADLINES:
Sandler + NETFLIX astronaut drama
Oscar Issac + Marvel + Disney+ TV series
Kenya Barris + Richard Pryor biopic + MGM
Lebron + CNN / HBOMax for 1921 Tulsa docu
HBO + Chris Paul, Antoine Fuqua 2020 sports docu
60 MINUTES hits ratings high on Sunday
BUZZFEED not losing money this year
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “Selena: The Series” trailer
NETFLIX “The Midnight Sky” movie trailer
LISTEN TO/WATCH:
VAN HALEN “Panama” on Spotify
SUPERBAD cast watch party tonight at 9pm
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9 min - MON 10/26/20: WARNER MAX division RIP / CableTV to lose 25 mil subs by 2025 / New ARIANA GRANDE / Jessica Chastain joins HBO mini / THE MEG 2 gets director
Today’s HEADLINES:
WARNER MAX division RIP
Jessica Chastain joins HBO mini
THE MEG 2 gets director
CableTV to lose 25 mil by 2025
New Ariana Grande coming this week
Box Office report
LISTEN TO/READ:
ARIANA GRANDE “Positions” on Spotify
VICE MEDIA dive from Air Mail
Cable bundle dive from CNBC
PMC/Jay Penske dive from BI
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7 min - Writer JOEL STEIN on the 2020 Magazine business, Selling scripts without Agents, and his new Digital Series
My latest interview, with Writer, Columnist and now Digital Video mogul JOEL STEIN.
Catch his new FUNNY OR DIE series BEST PRESIDENCY EVER here
and SOUL PANCAKE author interview series SHOW YOUR SHELF here
and Joel on TWITTER here
29 min - FRI 10/23/20: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA movie set at UNI / Scarlett Johansson gets AppleTV movie / QUIBI sets end date / New TV + Movies to watch this weekend
Today’s HEADLINES:
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA movie set at UNI
Scarlett Johansson + AppleTV movie
QUIBI sets end date
More top WARNER MEDIA Exec exits
TBS renews MIRACLE WORKERS
Links to a lotta New Trailers
New TV + Movies to watch this weekend
TRAILER HOUSE:
UNIVERSAL “News of the World” trailer
SHOWTIME “The Reagans” trailer
NETFLIX “Prom” trailer
LISTEN TO/WATCH:
Billie Elilish concert link Saturday 6pm
SEINFELD reunion link Friday at 8pm
HAPPY DAYS reunion link Sunday
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN “I’ll See You In My Dreams” on Spotify
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10 min - THU 10/22/20: JUSTICE LEAGUE brings back Leto / HBOMAX updates Subscriber #s / CRAWDADS gets a lead actress / GHOSTBUSTERS moves again / DIRECTV loses more TV subs / VARIETY EIC returning
Today’s HEADLINES:
Jared Leto returning for JUSTICE LEAGUE
WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING gets lead actress
GHOSTBUSTERS & CANDYMAN get new release dates
SMOKEY & THE BANDIT getting TV treatment
CBS sets more Fall premiere dates
FIOS loses another 61k TV subs
UTA has new Unscripted TV heads
Variety EIC returning after leave of absence
TRAILER HOUSE:
NETFLIX “Mank” trailer
DISNEY’S “Raya and the Last Dragon” teaser
LISTEN TO:
CXLOE ‘Heavy’ on Spotify
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13 min - WED 10/21/20: FAST & FURIOUS sets end plan / DISNEY+ orders WILLOW TV series / HBO orders Jake Gyllenhaal limited series / SNAP hits new daily user record / NETFLIX subscriber growth update
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
LISTEN TO:
ASHLEY MCBRYDE “Martha Divine” on Spotify
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15 min - TUE 10/20/20: Bradley Cooper adds Jeremy Strong to NETFLIX movie / EUPHORIA adds 2 new eps / New head of WB Television / APPLE MUSIC launches 2020 version of MTV / TNT sets Nov Celebrity Golf faceoff
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
LISTEN TO:
BEABADOOBIE “Worth It” on Spotify
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11 min - MON 10/19/20: HBO bringing back THE VOW / COLBERT + Showtime on Election Night / SNL + Adele, H.E.R. / NY STATE movie theaters to reopen - Not NYC / STAR TREK: DISCOVERY gets Season 4
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:
ABC “Big Sky” trailer
WSJ Zuckerberg profile
BLOOMBERG HULU’s lack of expansion
LISTEN TO:
H.E.R. "Fate" on Spotify
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