Sitemap - 2023 - The Ankler.
ICYMI: TV Market 2024; 'Year the Jenga Tower Fell'
Exit Interview #3: A Top Writer-Director
Lineup Announced: Documentary Spotlight
When the Bernsteins Hosted the Black Panthers
When Do H'wood Legacy Business Lines Actually Die?
Exit Interview #2: The Big Producer
Exit Interview #1: The Renown TV Exec
☀️ NETFLIX's Troubling Zack Snyder, MAESTRO Starts; COLOR PURPLE Debuts Big
TV Market Forecast 2024: 'Unsteady', 'Scary', Nostalgic
☀️AQUAMAN 2 Ends '23 on Final 😩 for Comic Book IP; Lionsgate-SPAC Unpacked
ICYMI: Final Thoughts and Gratitude
Oscar's Elimination Round: Points Scored & TKOs
Big Media's Home Renovation Isn’t Over
🎧 The Most Blunder-ful Time of the Year!
Transcript: The Most Blunder-ful Time of the Year!
Receive Only What You Want from The Ankler
The Ankler 100: Dead Reckoning, Part 2
Anti-Trust Hurdles Awaiting 'Warnermount'
Anti-Trust Hurdles Awaiting 'Warnermount'
☀️ WBD...P: What Likely Lives, Dies, Sells in a Merger
'Thanks, I Hate It’: H'wood Creatives Blanch at Potential WBD-Para Merge
'Thanks, I Hate It’: H'wood Creatives Blanch at Potential WBD-Para Merge
Transcript: My Holiday Cure for Greed
Quiz: What Kind of Leader Were You in 2023?
☀️ CAA responds to Ormond, 'Ted Lasso' co-star gets new series
The Ankler 100: Dead Reckoning, Part 1
☀️ What's Hidden in the NETFLIX Data Long Tail
Annette Bening and the Politics of Who's 'Due' an Oscar
☀️WONKA Delivers, and Specialty Shows Life!
ICYMI: New Hollywood Math; State of Animation
A Year-End Ode to Writers Rooms
🎧A Peek Under Netflix's Secretive Hood
Transcript: A Peek Under Netflix's Secretive Hood
☀️ TV, Movie Buys & Casting galore as town begins 2023 wind down
Jamboree: Carville's Last Crusade; Netflix Numerology
Jamboree: Carville's Last Crusade; Netflix Numerology
Disney, Netflix and the Looming Animation Correction
Paramount+'s Frasier is "A Triumphant Return." | FYC
☀️ Streamers Big Year-End Splurges, as APPLE Stays Theatrical
Mark Ruffalo on 'All the Light We Cannot See': 'It's About Humanity'
☀️What the new NETFLIX List is really telling you
Transcript: Get Paid for Doing Nothing
Grand Illusions of Hollywood 2023
☀️PAR 'has discussed' huge 1000-ish Q1 layoff
☀️Streaming Detox Playbook Tactics, 2024 edition
Golden Globes 2.0: Decoding Choices After the Debacle
☀️Bey plummets as Two Japan pics set U.S. Box Office records
ICYMI: What TV Buyers Want; Paramount Whispers
🎧 A Scientist, One Hat, 100+ Locations
Transcript: A Scientist, One Hat, 100+ Locations
Thom Powers & The Ankler Invite You: Documentary Spotlight (FYC)
Jamboree: Paramount Cries & Whispers
🎧 What the Heck is 'Undeniable' TV?
Transcript: What the Heck is 'Undeniable' TV?
☀️CANDLE Debt Concerns after HELLO SUNSHINE 90% Target Miss
War, Election Year & Awards Season: Oh My!
☀️ Sad January Gets Bleaker as Box Office Loses Another Pic
What's Selling, Who's Buying in TV: 'The Ability to Say No Has Never Been Higher'
Transcript: Murder, But Make It Funny
☀️ DISNEY gets new Activist Investor (ish); RIP Norman Lear
A Hollywood Tragedy's Rules of Engagement
☀️ McKay abandons NETFLIX Political pic for Climate pic
Gregg Kilday to Helm New 'Prestige Junkie' Newsletter from The Ankler
☀️Bey and Godzilla Rule, as The Marvels exits Top 10 after 3 wknds at Box Office
ICYMI: The Underground WhatsApp Wars; Iron Law of Opening Weekend
Carters in Pics: When Country, Rock & H'wood Won the White House
🎧 What Movie Audiences Want for the Holidays
Transcript: What Movie Audiences Want for the Holidays
☀️NETFLIX + Amy Schumer makes 2nd Comedy pic buy this week
VENUE CHANGE! Netflix & The Ankler Invite You: 'All the Light We Cannot See'
Le Flop! Foreign-Language Content in America
☀️ Elon Implosion; NASCAR continues +40% Sports Rights Bump 2023 narrative
☀️ NETFLIX 'Leo' Animation record not quite what it seems
Transcript: You Do Me Great Honor
Netflix & The Ankler Invite You: Special FYC Event
☀️ Jeff Shell in talks for Private Equity return
Inside Hollywood's WhatsApp Wars
Inside Hollywood's WhatsApp Wars
Coming Soon: Amazon's Prime Video Ad-ocalpyse
☀️ 'Wish' ends DISNEY's Year To Forget with a whimper
ICYMI: WGA Smacks Amazon; a Bobiversary!
ICYMI: Last Day! Our Black Friday Sale
🎧 In Conversation: Judy Blume & Kelly Fremon Craig
Charlie Chaplin's Life in Exile
In Conversation: Judy Blume & Kelly Fremon Craig (Transcript)
Rushfield: Bob I, The Restoration
☀️ DISNEYFOX slate joins WB in movie sell-off trend
EXCLUSIVE: WGA Threatens Amazon Studios With Lawsuit Over Post-Strike Shows on Ice
EXCLUSIVE: WGA Threatens Amazon Studios With Lawsuit Over Post-Strike Shows on Ice
☀️Studios Double-Down on Franchises Post-Strike; DISNEY's new India record
☀️ 'Hunger Games' does... fine, 'Marvels' hits bottom
ICYMI: Deals, Marvel, Britney, Bela
Transcript: Actors and Their Digital Replicas: Hollywood’s Deal Explained
Why You Can Finally Watch 'Moonlighting' on Streaming
6 Questions with Netflix's Bela Bajaria... and Then Some
🎧 72 Hours With Netflix in Vegas
Transcript: 72 Hours with Netflix in Vegas
☀️Rupert Murdoch got the last great Studio deal ever
Golden Globes' 7-Week Hail Mary
Golden Globes' 7-Week Hail Mary
🎧 Actors and Their Digital Replicas: Hollywood’s Deal Explained
☀️Cable TV Bundle melt rate worsens in Q3
🎧 Success is Contagious. So is Failure
☀️Fincher, SONY Pics slay on NETFLIX Films chart
Transcript: Success is Contagious. So is Failure
☀️CAA's New Investment Bank - What's the Play?
☀️MARVELS tanks, as DISNEY 2023 woes mount
Britney Book Spawns A-List Producer Frenzy
Britney Book Spawns A-List Producer Frenzy
Transcript: Joy, Worry and 'Very Tired Tears'
🎧 Fran Drescher Q&A: How AI Brought Hollywood CEOs to the Brink
Stopping Piracy Before It Starts
Transcript: Fran Drescher Q&A: How AI Brought Hollywood CEOs to the Brink
Secret History of Alan Alda's M*A*S*H Dog Tags
🎧 Joy, Worry and 'Very Tired Tears'
☀️More WBD write-offs, PEACOCK layoffs show austerity isn't over
☀️The DISNEY Plan: Less TV/Movie Spend, More Cash Flow!
Transcript: The Locker Room Encounter
FINALLY: SAG-AFTRA Tentative Deal Ends Historic Dual Strike
'You Didn't Know You Were Being Taken Advantage Of'
☀️WBD Bleed Stops, But It Can't Fix Cable TV in Q3
☀️ Strike Suspense; TKO takes WWE franchise out of Cable Bundle
☀️ Cable Bundle Q3 Melt Continues as DISH Stock Craters
☀️ SAG weighs LBFO deal & options, as 'Freddy's' Plummets in Wknd 2
ICYMI: Best and Final Nailbiter
🎧 Call Her...Oprah? Alex Cooper’s Plan for Gen Z Domination
☀️PAR Austerity = Q3 Greenshoots as Streaming Approach Starts to Work
Alex Cooper is Gen Z's Avatar. Can She Become Hollywood's?
☀️'Yellowstone' Multiplies (Again); Bloys' Mea Culpa
Casey Bloys to Face Reporters Amid Fake Tweets Drama
☀️ 'No Hard Feelings' sets NETFLIX / SONY pic viewership record
☀️The Disappearing Broadcast TV Ad Market
☀️ UNI's Freddy slays records, FLOWER MOON hits headwinds
Transcript: Israel, Gaza and the Maha Brouhaha
Zoey Ashe's Life in the (Future) Panopticon
🎧 Israel, Gaza and the Maha Brouhaha
☀️DISNEY Blackout Barely Registers in CHARTER Q3 Numbers
Details Revealed: Apple-Paramount Wild 'Flower Moon' Deal 💰
☀️PEACOCK now 'only' losing $2.8 Billion in 2023 🥳
Ralph Nader's AI Warning to Hollywood: 'Devastating' and 'Moving Very Fast'
Transcript: Optimism and Gratitude
☀️ R-Rated comedy lives on NETFLIX!
Can Brands Copy the 'Barbie' Model?
12 Real-Life Hollywood Horror Stories
☀️DISNEY close to INDIA deal, as HULU purchase looms, per report
☀️APPLE's Magical $200M 'Killers' Math: The Breakdown
Maha Dakhil's CAA Colleagues Refused Sit-Down Invitation
How Siskel and Ebert Changed Hollywood
Streaming's Next 'Tooth and Nail' Fight
☀️ SAG Strike Hitting 100 Days as 'Clooney Plan' Fizzles
☀️ DISNEY Reveals ESPN Revenue & (declining) Profitability
☀️ NETFLIX Q3: The Good, Bad and Mysterious
Transcript: Star of Your Own Show
Claire in Cannes: Mideast 💰, Israelis Drop-out, Docs Shine, Strike Fallout
☀️ Korea & Tom Cruise lead NETFLIX Films Viewing
Hollywood Watches the Eyeballs Drift Away
☀️ Ad Tiers, Cord-Cutting, Spin: A Q3 Earnings Preview
☀️Taylor Swift Scores... but Falls Short of Expectations
ICYMI: Judy Blume's 50-Year Search for Kelly Fremon Craig
Judy Blume on Why it Took 50 Years to Make 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret?'
Transcript: 'A Culture of Dystopia and Nihilism'
'A Culture of Dystopia and Nihilism'
☀️ WME/CAA, SAG/AMPTP Cap Week of Despair
Next 10 Things the WGA Should Fight For
☀️ NETFLIX Animation Begins Cuts; Bitter SAG Standstill
DGA-WGA in War of Words: 'Transparent Attempt at Face-Saving'
Transcript: Stuck in a Bad Rewrite
☀️Int'l Pics Beat Domestic on NETFLIX Films chart - Again
In Conversation: James L. Brooks, Judy Blume & Kelly Fremon Craig
In the Darkest Hour, the World Needs Hollywood
☀️ ROKU's Surprise Spend; Ridley's 4hr 'Napoleon' APPLE cut
☀️UNI's EXORCIST Falls Short; More Layoffs Hit the Town
Transcript: Hollywood Greenlights Get Harder
The ABC Era: When Hollywood was Hollywood
How 'Airplane!' Changed Comedy Forever
Hollywood Greenlights Get Harder
☀️Dealmaking Return! UNI-Chris Rock Deal Caps Week 1 Flurry
Business Affairs Exec: A Studio Negotiator Responds to the WGA Deal
☀️NETFLIX Exec Shakeup week continues; ESPN sets Tiger & Rory deal
☀️NETFLIX has new Int'l Film hit, sets 2023 Film views record
In Hollywood and DC: Blame the Boomers
☀️ NETFLIX makes 4th CAA-led Indie Pic buy from TIFF
☀️ PAW PATROL delivers as DUMB MONEY crashes
What the Writers Gained By Striking
An Agency's Golden Handcuff Quandary
☀️The Costs of Re-Bundling the Cable TV Bundle
Danger Ahead: Celebrity Production Companies and Private Equity
☀️Studios Un-Freeze TV Deals... but not all are getting extended
CAA Agents Agenting for Bigger Slice of Sale
☀️WGA Gets Big Gains, but Writers still get little data
WGA Deal: How Much Streaming Data & Bonuses do Writers get
☀️AI Expands; SAG-AFTRA Authorizes Video Game Strike
☀️WGA DEAL Next Steps; Box Office Hits New Low
Transcript: A Town Holds its Breath
The Lines that Define our Lives
Bombshell Agency Text Rocks Friday Night as No Deal is Reached
☀️ TURNING POINT: AMAZON's PRIME VIDEO Becomes Ad Tier
Michael Wolff Excerpt: Rupert Murdoch's Family Drama, Brilliance and Brutality
Transcript: Trying to Fire Your Agent
☀️ Rupert hands keys to Lachlan, as FOX loses WWE Smackdown
No-Show Joe: Strikes Turn L.A. Into Dems Fundraising Desert
☀️WBD delivers 2nd Major Cable Bundle blow this week
Paid Subscriber Bonus: Sports Melt the Cable TV Bundle
Rushfield: Why Don't the Legacy Studios Break Off?
☀️DISNEY's MNF Shift Ends Cable-NFL Lock
Mini-Rooms and Hollywood Decision Paralysis
The Ankler 'In Conversation' Live Series to Launch Next Month
☀️Box Office has 2nd Worst 2023 Wknd; HBO Sunday Woes Emerge
Transcript: Lies, Whispers, Rumors: a Strike Struck
Fantasy Culture and the Flight from Reality
Apple Suspends Numerous Overall Deals as Strike Rages On
Lies, Whispers, Rumors: a Strike Struck
☀️🎧 The Disney Succession Challenge; Iger's Inner Circle
Inside the Era of Bob Iger 2.0
The American Viewer: What We Get Wrong About Audience
☀️ DISNEY Joins TV Deal Suspension Pileup
Friend or Foe? Agents, WGA and the Barris/Hawley Rumor Debacle
Transcript: The Clooney Maneuver
☀️NETFLIX Film Chart Bottoms Out Before Huge Fall Spree Begins
Rushfield: Sorry Tale of Two Letters
☀️ Cable TV still screwed as CHARTER wins DISNEY war
☀️Disney-Charter WAR GAMES, Nun II 💰
Transcript: Nightmare Scenario of January 2024
Data Transparency Is a Double-Edged Sword
Nightmare Scenario of January 2024
☀️CAA Sold! CHARTER doubles down on DISNEY blackout
☀️Summer 🎥 Studio Scorecard: Ranking ROI on Every Movie
Inside Hollywood's SBF Mad Scramble
Inside Hollywood's SBF Mad Scramble
☀️WBD & PAR CEOs to Wall St: We Are Not DISNEY
The Ankler x Wakeup Summer Box Office Finale
Transcript: No One is Irreplaceable
Myth of the Hollywood Dream Job
Transcript: Myth of the Hollywood Dream Job
☀️ROKU sets 3rd Layoff in a year, with Multi-Million 💰 write-offs
Rushfield: Time for the Relief Pitchers
Roger Ebert's 10 Best Movies of '99: When Hollywood Was Hollywood
☀️Equalizer 3 rules as Oppenheimer tops Guardians Vol. 3 globally
ICYMI: Brutal Mailbag, Bomb Drop Ends Summer
Erotic Thrillers: Unsung Heroes of Home Video
Transcript: How to Quit Hollywood
☀️CHARTER fires Big Warning Shot at DISNEY & Hollywood Studios 💰
FBI Investigating Suspicious Package Sent to Lionsgate
Max's First 100 Days: Inside Zaslav's Gamble
☀️CAA Sale a few weeks away, per new report
☀️ NETFLIX's Sandler Magic Stumbles in Family Pic
Rushfield: When the Lights Go On Again
Succession | For Your Emmy® Consideration
☀️BARBIE takes 3-day crown in Wknd 6, as DISNEY TV cost-cutting continues
Transcript: 'My Year is Gone Career-Wise'
Rise and Fall of the Brothers Warner
The Rise and Fall of the Brothers Warner
☀️ WB Punts Dune 2 to 2024; OSCAR Kickoff Chaos Looms
Emmy®-nominated SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE is “comedy gold”
'So Bad, So Depressed, So Scared': the Human Toll of Summer's Strike
'So Bad, So Depressed, So Scared': the Human Toll of Summer's Strike
☀️AMC THEATERS Stock Plummets -50% this week, what's afoot...
The Last of Us | For Your Emmy® Consideration
Crying Outside the Studio Gates
Transcript: Crying Outside the Studio Gates
☀️ WGA Hits Back at AMPTP; NETFLIX Films Animation woes continue
How Trust Died in Hollywood. And How to Get it Back
Rushfield: Who's Killing R-Rated Comedies?
☀️How DISNEY+ Price Hikes Get Iger to Profitability-ish
London Sanders Joins The Ankler as Head of Sales
☀️BEETLE flails, STRAYS tanks as Strike PR woes take toll
ICYMI: Lina Khan Looks Inside Our Pandora's Box
Transcript: Leaks, Meetings & Calls. Oh My!
On Vacation: When Hollywood was Hollywood
Transcript: Why We Need to Know What’s Failing
Why We Need to Know What’s Failing
Leaks, Meetings & Calls. Oh My!
FYC | Emmy® Nominated LAST FLIGHT HOME
☀️ The Streamer Q2 Business Rankings
Rushfield: Strike's Grand Finale is Nigh
Succession | For Your Emmy® Consideration
Sports Docs are Shooting Bricks on Streaming
☀️Layoffs keep rolling in at WBD
Emmy®-nominated LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS 'truly excels'
Lina Khan Q&A: Hollywood 'Red Flags', 'Doom Loop' & the Future of M&A
☀️ Gal Gadot opens big on NETFLIX Films chart (but not JLo big)
Emmy® Nominated LAST FLIGHT HOME Will Capture Your Heart
Rushfield: Satan's Plan for Hollywood
☀️Cord Cutting & Rate Hikes - FOX NEWS Case Study reveals Cable TV's fate
☀️UNI's Demeter DOA, as BARBIE's lead on TOP GUN & MARIO grows
Law Firm Investigated CBS News Co-Chief Before Abrupt Exit
Transcript: 'It Will Surprise Us How Fast it Can Disappear'
How to Start a Film Studio in 2023
'It Will Surprise Us How Fast it Can Disappear'
Rushfield Jamboree: The Great Entertainment Semi-Finals
☀️DIS Hikes Prices... again, as Linear TV gets slammed in Q2
Private Equity: Barbarians at the Hollywood Gates
☀️ DISNEY's $2 Billion Gambling Bet; Strikes hit ENDEAVOR's 💰 Numbers
Rushfield: William Friedkin and What Hollywood Has Lost
☀️How PAR's Many Q2 Biz Negatives Resulted in a Wall Street Positive
Death Spiral of Hollywood Monopolies
☀️4 Films top $25+ Mil as MEG, TURTLES beat expectations
Transcript: The Studio Exec Behind ‘Sound of Freedom’
How 2023's Oddest Box Office Hit 'Paid It Forward'
The Studio Exec Behind ‘Sound of Freedom’
WBD and the Struggle of Legacy Studios
Transcript: WBD and the Struggle of Legacy Studios
☀️ APPLE & AMAZON Q2 🤐 on Ent, as Streaming Remains Side Hustle
The Truth About Slow-Grow Hits and TV's Second Seasons
☀️WBD Streaming Growth Stalls, Ad $ Falls, but Cash Abounds in Q2
Hollywood's Brutal Web3 Hangover
☀️WGA & AMPTP to talk; Jackie Chan 2018 rules NETFLIX Film Chart
Rushfield: The Next 100 Days Nightmare
☀️SIRIUSXM sets Market for new DtoC Launch in late 2024
☀️DISNEY Summer Ends with HAUNTED whimper as A24 scores
ICYMI: Even Wall St. Isn't Feeling It
Transcript: Studios, Strikers and a Tense Game of Chicken
Hollywood's Hopes in China Are Fading
Hollywood's China Hopes Are Fading
☀️ ROKU stock jumps +20% on Q2 Revenue increase
Studios, Strikers and a Tense Game of Chicken
☀️PEACOCK loses $651 Mil in Q2, COMCAST stock +7%... here's why
Transcript: A Piece of the Action
Business Affairs Exec: How to Truly ‘Preserve the Writers' Room’
☀️ YOUTUBE $ Growth Returns; WB's Summer 💰Saved (for now)
Rushfield: Flukes in the Ointment
☀️SPOTIFY still can't find a Profit as they beat Q2 Subs projections
‘Idiots’: Wall Street Analysts Unload on Hollywood
☀️BARBENHEIMER nabs 4th Biggest Box Office Wknd Ever, with big IMAX assist
ICYMI: Barbenheimer at the Gates
Transcript: The Raw Deal Point Roiling Hollywood
Netflix's Soft Earnings and the 'Barbenheimmer' Juggernaut
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland: 'It Takes Two to Tango...the Companies Aren't Stepping Up'
Transcript: Duncan Crabtree-Ireland: 'It Takes Two to Tango...the Companies Aren't Stepping Up'
The Raw Deal Point Roiling Hollywood
☀️ BARBENHEIMER Lessons to Remember; Meet Showrunner AI
Hollywood Should Share Profits. Here's How
☀️NETFLIX puts Q2 Strike 💰 Bonanza into... Stock Buybacks
Transcript: The Porn Bellwether
Claire Atkinson Joins The Ankler as a Contributing Editor
☀️ NETFLIX kills US Basic plan; Preview of Q2 Earnings Expectations
Rushfield: Sum of All Fears, 2023
☀️PEACOCK Hikes Price, as Streaming ‘saves’ Fall Broadcast TV
☀️ MI:7 opens... fine, as Jim Caviezel has Summer's massive sleeper hit 🤯
ICYMI: Pit in a Town's Stomach
Transcript: Iger, Ire, Actors: Apocalypse Now
What If Evel Knievel Had Run for President?
Iger, Ire, Actors: Apocalypse Now
☀️ CAA reportedly in majority sale talks
Rushfield: Impeach the Poobahs
☀️ Iger calls Unions Unrealistic as SAG (likely) to Shutdown Town
The Miserable Multitasking Multiverse
Transcript: The Miserable Multitasking Multiverse
Confessions of a Business Affairs Exec
☀️Ari, Bryan & the Feds, oh my! SAG deal goes down to the wire
Rushfield: Genius Summit at Sun Valley
☀️Mid-Summer Studio Movie Biz Scorecard: The 🏆 Goes to…
☀️INSIDIOUS gives SONY 2nd Summer hit, as JOY RIDE stumbles
Hollywood's Real Estate Romance is Over
AI: Yes, Hollywood, You Should Be Afraid
☀️ NETFLIX Films Animation can't find a new hit
Wild Kingdom: Which Hollywood Animal are You?
Transcript: Wild Kingdom - Which Hollywood Animal Are You?
Rushfield: It's Time to Fight Back
☀️INDY Opens to FLASH Numbers in July 4th Wash Out
ICYMI: As the Town Holds its Collective Breath
A Decade of Big Muscles and Bigger Egos
Peak Hustle on the Picket Line
Transcript: The Murky Definition of a Hit Show
☀️ H'wood Purge: PAR+ axes more SHO Series orders from the slate
The Murky Definition of a Hit Show
Exclusive: Writer-Directors Launch Union Solidarity Coalition
Learnings from Disney’s Purge of 100+ TV Shows and Films
☀️PAR sets Mob pic for THE BEAR creator; TCM Reign Pain
Transcript: Never Read the Comments
☀️Advantage JLo: Hemsworth comes up short on NETFLIX Films chart
Rushfield: SAG, WGA and War Games Ahead
☀️ NETFLIX dumps Basic tier in CANADA, why US could be next
☀️ SPIDEY Owns June as FLASH Disaster Grows at the Box Office
ICYMI: A Miserable Week for Moguls
Transcript: Iger, Zaslav and the Hollywood CEO Crisis
New Doc Examines How Vets Are Recruited by Militias
New Doc Reveals How Vets Are Recruited by Militias
Iger, Zaslav and the Hollywood CEO Crisis
☀️ Cue DEFCON 3: Why the 2023 Studios Mantra is now Sell Everything!
The Rehearsal | For Your Emmy® Consideration
Rushfield: 'The Flash' Flop Detectives
☀️MORE Layoffs, Filmmaker Fury: WBD's Very Bad Week Continues
FYC | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Outstanding Talk Series
☀️EXTRACTION can't catch Sandler or JLo on the NETFLIX Films chart
Rushfield: How to Fix the David Zaslav Problem
FYC | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Outstanding Talk Series
☀️WB's DC 2023 issues don't end with The Flash - a look at the numbers ahead
IP Picks🔎: Alien 'Abductions' and an African CIA Assassination
ICYMI: Indie Agony, Movies at Mid-Year
Transcript: Inside Bob Iger's Ticking Timeline
Transcript: Let's-a-Go! How Universal Found a Brand-New Customer
How Universal Found a Brand-New Customer
Let's-a-Go! How Universal Found a Brand-New Customer
Inside Bob Iger's Ticking Timeline
White House Plumbers | For Your Emmy® Consideration
Rushfield: Disney's C-Suite Shuffles, Again
Residuals: The Worst-of-Both-Worlds Scenario
☀️SEARCHLIGHT gets Bradley Cooper, Will Arnett film package; My Ankler-versary! 🍻
Transcript: Delusional and Arrogant
☀️NETFLIX Top Films hit 2023 Low as JLO solidifies All-Time Top 10 position
Rushfield: Invasion of the Globey Snatchers
☀️NETFLIX eyes Live Sports entry with Golf event
Helen Mirren & Harrison Ford "Take Star Power to the Next Level" in 1923
☀️TRANSFORMERS delivers; MERMAID in real global trouble
ICYMI: Agent vs. Agent Throwdown
Transcript: The Agency Titans Showdown
Just Don't Call it 'Reality' TV
☀️ Ryan Reynolds sets his next APPLE / SKYDANCE film
Stallone Has a 'Gift for Comedy' in TULSA KING
Now it's Personal: Ari vs. Bryan
☀️ AMAZON Ad Tier in motion for PRIME VIDEO
☀️Licht Out at CNN; NETFLIX Summer Movie Drought bridged by Int'l Films
Rushfield: After The DGA - The Sound of Silence
☀️Strike #PainPoints: How Wall Street & the Business Calendar could end the strike
☀️SPIDER-MAN shocks with Top Summer opening, as MERMAID troubles mount
ICYMI: DGA Deal; Execs' Awkward Summer
Tribeca and the Evolution of the Film Festival
Transcript: Hollywood Execs' Summer Bummer
Hollywood Execs' Summer Bummer
☀️UNI sets The Rock for a new FAST & FURIOUS pic before FAST X 2
Rushfield: Ariology, Saudis and Maxonomics
Business Affairs: Good Cop/Bad Cop of the Streaming Wars
☀️Streaming Ad Tiers Can't Keep Up with Linear TV Ad Losses
Execs on Eggshells: 'This Puts Us in a Weird Place'
☀️NETFLIX doubles down on Over-40 Female-led action pic muscle
Rushfield: The Rube Goldberg Nightmare of 2023
Last Few Hours! 25% Off The Ankler
☀️ MERMAID shows Int'l trouble, but hits US expectations (mostly)
ICYMI: 2-Day Sale, an Award, and the 6-Month Scenario
Transcript: The Data that Determines What We Watch
The Data that Determines What We Watch
Hurry! A Few Hours Left! 25% Off The Ankler
Summer's High Stakes Movie Showdown
Transcript: Summer's High Stakes Movie Showdown
☀️LIONSGATE Q1 shows the 💰 power of having a Studio-caliber Library
Transcript: Lazy as a Business Model
☀️'Vicious Cycle': Studios Repeating Cable Mi$takes in Streaming - a #MediaNerd special
'Yellowstone' and Hollywood's Quiet Pivot to Showing Gun Safety Onscreen
☀️The NETFLIX Password Crackdown - How will Sub #s shake out
Rushfield: The 6-Month Shutdown Scenario
☀️NETFLIX makes rare North America-only deal for Todd Haynes CANNES pic 🧐
☀️ FAST X hits 3rd biggest franchise opening; Specialty still 👎 going into Summer
ICYMI: Love, War & Our 'Uncensored Lowdown'
Transcript: How Much Free Work Do Writers Do to Get Paid Work?
Transcript: Hollywood's Disappearing ATM Machine
Finding Love on the Picket Lines
How Much Free Work Do Writers Do to Get Paid Work?
Hollywood's Disappearing ATM Machine
☀️How Hollywood 'Killed its Own Golden Goose': a #MediaNerd Special
Disney and Netflix Content Cuts Should Worry the WGA
☀️Deciphering the Fuzzy Math behind Netflix's Ad-Tier Numbers
☀️ JLo's Streaming star is minted at NETFLIX, as ABC goes script-less this Fall
Rushfield: 8 Faultlines for a Long, Hot Summer
☀️A number$ dive into PEACOCK's NFL Sneak as next Streamer to get Excl Games
Transcript: How Writers are Winning the Strike Narrative
☀️BOOK CLUB 2 adds to FOCUS's bad run, as CANNES projects heat up
ICYMI: End of the Streaming Wars, Showrunner Crisis, the Standoff
Is the Superhero Boom Officially Over?
How Writers are Winning the Strike Narrative
☀️NBCU Ad chief out 3 days before Upfronts; Q1 Cable TV bundle melt rate pops +50%
☀️Iger increasing Chapek's DIS+ price hike, adds $1.5 Bil+ to The Great Studio Content Write-off
Showrunner Crisis: 'It's a Sweatshop at the Top'
Transcript: An Email From 'Assistant 3'
☀️PARAMOUNT swings hatchet at Cable Networks, as 9 teams become... 1 group
Strikegeist Daily: Violence at the Gates
Rushfield: The Very Bad Choices That Led Us Here
☀️ Ad Biz losses & DOMINION hit FOX, as SUPER BOWL can't save Q1 profitability
☀️GUARDIANS hits tracking(ish) as SONY is KO'd for 2nd time in 2 weeks
ICYMI: Peter Rice's Next Act, Reality TV in the Strike
How Do You Bring the (Fake) Real Pete Davidson to Life?
Warning Signs from Week One of the Strike
☀️The State of WBD: Reading Between the Q1 Numbers
When Does Linear TV Actually Die?
Peter Rice's Next Act; Prince Harry's 'SNL' Flip-Flop
☀️PAR stock plummets on Q1 results, as Streaming losses grow 12%
On the Ground with the WGA Picketers
Transcript: Vanish and Reappear
☀️WGA Strike will be a long game on Wall Street & Madison Ave
Rushfield: Day One of Hollywood Dystopia
☀️WGA on Strike - what lies ahead in May; VICE preps Bankruptcy
0️⃣ Days to the Abyss: I Warned You
Strike Watch: Reality TV to the Rescue? Not So Fast
☀️Stocks Fell but Top Exec Pay 🚀 in ‘22; EVIL DEAD shows Theatrical power at WBD
Rushfield's CinemaCon: The Scorecard
Transcript: What Really Happened in Vegas
What's to Come in 'The Streaming Wars'
☀️CHARTER confirms Cable TV bundle melt is getting worse, as repercussions mount
Meet Strikegeist, Our New Strike Newsletter
☀️ PEACOCK Q1 losses increase 50% as Subs add 2 Million
Transcript: The Japanese Toilet Paradigm
☀️DISNEY pinkslips hit Marketing & Comms; YOUTUBE $ falls short again
Rushfield at CinemaCon: 'The Punditocracy Pissed on Your Business'
☀️DISNEY Layoffs Day 1 target TV Studios biz, as Shellshock CNBC contract dispute enters fray
☀️Disney Layoffs Begin, as Shell Ousting Details emerge at NBCU
ICYMI: Hollywood Searches for Escape Routes
Transcript: The Dark Underbelly of 'Love is Blind'
Going to the Movies: Still the Best Value Around
The Dark Underbelly of 'Love is Blind'
☀️NETFLIX orders Supernatural series with Stranger Things creators as EP's
☀️UFC piracy tops other major US Sports early Q1 event comps
‘South Park’ Drama: Paramount Files $50M Counterclaim Against Warner Bros.
Where Hollywood Finds New Careers: 'It's Hard to Land Right Now'
☀️Inside NETFLIX's shocking...ly quiet Q1, but a strike? Eh, we're fine.
Transcript: Netflix Earnings: What We Learned
Netflix Earnings: What We Learned
Rushfield: Who'll Blink First?
☀️BLUMHOUSE & McAvoy re-team for new thriller at UNI
☀️Tale of 2 UNIs: MARIO astounds again... as RENFIELD bleeds red ink
ICYMI: Our New Hire, Attack of Max
Transcript: Dr. Pimple Popper Meets Harry Potter
Dr. Pimple Popper Meets Harry Potter
☀️Austerity hits Broadcast TV as more talent is asked to take Fall $$ cuts
Netflix's Worst-Case Scenario, One Year Later
☀️The Cliffs Notes guide to the WBD MAX presentation
Drop the ‘HBO.’ Just ‘Max.’ It’s Cleaner (Wait - Is It?)
☀️Sandler & Aniston still dominate - but Old DWA Family Pics surge on NETFLIX Film Chart
Transcript: 'This TOTALLY Works'
Rushfield: 19 Days to Go - Who Will Move this Industry Forward?
☀️Case Study: UFC-WWE TV 💰 vs. DtoC Streaming 💰
☀️SUPER MARIO smashes records, as Hollywood falls WAY behind on Family film output
ICYMI: Age, Apple + Disney, Our Award Nom!
Transcript: Hollywood's Grey Ceiling
Will the WWE-UFC Merger Amp Up the Streaming Arms Race?
☀️ The Coming Years in IGER: What (May) Lay Ahead for DISNEY
Proof that Studios (and Streamers) NEED to Release Films in Theaters
☀️APPLE gets Keanu & Jonah dark comedy with industry undercurrents
Transcript: Write Yourself Back In
Everyone Who Ran Hollywood Used to be Young. What Happened?
☀️Sandler rules NETFLIX again, as DeNiro sets 2nd TV project in a row
Rushfield: Apple + Disney - Maybe Not So Crazy?
☀️SHO scraps & shops a $90 Mil TV series; APPLE sets SONY deal for Ridley pic
☀️Breaking down the ENDEAVOR / WWE deal, as PAR'S DRAGONS tops expectations
Transcript: Strikes, Firings and the (Possible) Mother of All Mergers
ICYMI: Loyalty, Firings & Force Majeure
Are Video Games the New Comic Books?
Strikes, Firings and the (Possible) Mother of All Mergers
☀️Longtime NETFLIX Film execs out as Stuber streamlines division
☀️WBD top execs get 2022 pay raises; MARVEL ENT Chairman out at DISNEY
Layoffs, Anxiety and the Death of Company Loyalty: 'The Seats We Sit in Are All Rented'
Transcript: A Tale of Two Larrys
☀️NFL sets new REDBIRD partnership for Sunday Ticket commercial rights
Rushfield: Streamers' Catch-22 in a Strike
☀️ APPLE / PARAMOUNT relationship to start in Oct with Scorsese pic
☀️WICK soars as SHAZAM! plummets at the box office
Tom Ryan: The Future of FASTs in Streaming
How Theatrical Exhibition Helps Stave Off Piracy
A Showdown Over Streaming Economics
☀️APPLE commits $1B to Theaters; the state of Theatrical Strategy everywhere else
Netflix's New Fight? Old Shows
☀️HULU is over 50% of DISNEY Streaming's 💰 - a look inside the numbers to help understand its future
Transcript: What Happens in Episode 2?
☀️DISNEY layoffs loom as MARVEL 2023 Series launch timetables get erased
Rushfield: The Writers' Bill of Rights
☀️ DISNEY launches new HULU Movie & Series distro experiments
☀️SHAZAM hits trouble, as CREED III tops previous pics in just 3 weekends
ICYMI: Drugs, 'Gaslighting' and Existential Crises
Is it Worth Working in Hollywood Anymore?
☀️YOUTUBE TV hikes price, more than Doubles cost since launch
How Raising TV's Flat-Rate Residuals Could Backfire
Rich Paul: 'Don't Get Comfortable Having a Lot of Money'
☀️James Gunn sets James Gunn to kick off new DC era with 2025 SUPERMAN pic
The Urgent Need for Ratings Transparency
☀️NETFLIX kills $150 Mil Rom-Com as LUTHER tops Eddie, Reese opening weekends
Martini Shot: Everyone is on Something (Transcript)
☀️NETFLIX begins exploring new Ad Tier tech options outside of MICROSOFT
'It Was a Great Show': Bruce Vilanch Unpacks the Oscars
Rushfield: Seems Like Old Times at the Oscars
☀️SCREAM kills the Box Office, EVERYWHERE takes Everything at the OSCARS
ICYMI: Strike, Streaming's Inflection, Cast Your Last Oscar Vote!
Jeremy Zimmer: I'm Siding With the WGA
The Best Stunts of 2022, Rewarded
Streaming's Reckoning: Industry Titans Speak Up
Tony Vinciquerra: Will Smith, the 'Woman King' Snub & Spider-Man's Future
The Ankler Podcast: Tony Vinciquerra
☀️ Iger speaks! A look into the tea leaves from his latest public comments
☀️SPOTIFY goes TIKTOK meets TINDER for Music in launching new mobile interface
Martini Shot: Hollywood Org Chart
☀️AMAZON gets next Jonathan Majors pic, with Spike Lee circling
Rushfield: 55 Days to the Abyss
☀️ WBD signals global ambitions with HBO Int'l deal renewals, as new Exec bonus structure is set
☀️CREED III blows away tracking for MGM, as ANT-MAN fast descent continues
ICYMI: New Big Names Join Our Lineup
The Drama Behind Hollywood's Biggest Night
Hollywood at War: Now and Then
☀️ True Detective creator sets next series at AMAZON
Bob Iger's First 100 Days: the Report Card
FYC: Sarah Polley’s WOMEN TALKING Nominated for BEST PICTURE & ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Rushfield: Ant-Man, Astrology, Snow & I Spy
☀️ DeNiro does TV for the 1st time at NETFLIX, as ESPN sets new leadership under Pitaro
'Gone With the Wind': The Explosive Lost Scenes
☀️ENDEAVOR talks WME Strike exposure and big $$ targets for 2023
Rushfield: 62 Days to the Abyss
☀️ VICE sets new CEOs, DeSantis swipes DISNEY governing status
☀️ COCAINE and JESUS over perform as ANT-MAN has worst 2nd wknd ever for MARVEL
ICYMI: Our New Hire; Writers' Reckoning; the VF Profile
Will the WGA Strike? Can It Afford Not To?
Richard Rushfield's Star Prom Date
☀️WBD Q4 Earnings reveal what’s coming as Int’l Streaming Growth freezes
☀️NETFLIX adds the NFL to its budding Sports series partnership roster
☀️Studio pics dominate NETFLIX Top 10 Films chart, as REGAL US Theaters get 0 buy offers
Rushfield: 70 Days to the Abyss
☀️Inside ANT-MAN opening #s as Box Office is +50% in 2023 so far
ICYMI: Hollywood Then and Now; Industry Romance; Exec Malaise
The Lost Photos: When Hollywood Was Hollywood
David Thomson on the Magic of Acting
What's Eating Hollywood Execs?
☀️AMC NETWORKS beats Q4 $ expectations, but core Cable biz continues to fade away
Explaining the New Stark 'Un-Order' Economy
☀️PARAMOUNT writing off up to $1.5 Bil in Content, sets P+ price increases
The Squeeze: Execs are Exhausted, Unsettled and Anxious
☀️Reese & Kutcher can't top Jonah & Eddie NETFLIX opening numbers
Rushfield: Jenna Ortega and the A-List Challenge
Tony Vinciquerra, Tom Ryan, Rita Ferro, Jeremy Zimmer to Headline NXStream Global
☀️SHO cuts about 120 people - a look at leader changes as Chris McCarthy merges divisions
A Valentine's Day Hollywood Dating Manifesto
☀️Hollywood dominates SUPER BOWL Ads, as MAGIC MIKE leads big Box Office drop
ICYMI: Truth About Peacock; AI's Coming Impact
Theater: You Can Get Rich, But Making a Living Is Hard
How Hollywood AI Will Make 'Every Creative Job Look Different'
☀️DISNEY Shakeout Day 2; LIONSGATE sets Library Record as STARZ Stumbles in Q4
Secrets of Peacock’s Sudden Subscriber Boom
☀️Analyzing Iger's thrifty future as DIS+ loses Subs for 1st time ever
Rushfield's State of Showbiz: Enough!
Martini Shot: 'You Don't Remember Me, Do You?'
☀️WBD now keeping DISCO+ as a separate service when new HBOMAX launches
Glimpse of the Future: AI in Hollywood
☀️PAR+ creating SHOWTIME MCU, as YELLOWSTONE hits rumored Costner impasse
Glimpse of the Future: The 7 Streamers
☀️M. Night tops Box Office... but 80 FOR BRADY gets bigger audience
ICYMI: 'I Have to Live' Say Actors; Podcast Carnage
Shawn Ryan on Past WGA Negotiations and the Evolving Business
Actors' New Job Anxiety: 'Everyone's Afraid'
☀️NETFLIX Wins the Q4 FAANG Race as YOUTUBE $ Drop ends tough week
How Podcasts’ Gold Rush Crashed and Burned
☀️META has 1st Annual Revenue Loss Ever, but beats Wall Street fears in Q4
Martini Shot: Pitch Room Chit-Chat
The Squeeze: Actors on Shrinking Seasons, Residuals and Leaving L.A.
☀️SNAP stock drops 15% as they still can't find a Profit after a decade
Rushfield: Zaslav's Superhero Hail Mary
☀️SPOTIFY adds most Q4 Users ever, still loses hundreds of Millions $$
☀️OSCAR Nom Box Office bumps; PUSS IN BOOTS owns family market
ICYMI: Oscars, Sundance and Growing Old
Producer Dean Devlin Goes (Back) to Space
How to Age Gracefully in Hollywood
☀️Q4 Cord Cutting +17% so far vs. 2021, a dive into the numbers
How the Popular Kids Save Oscar Ratings
☀️PEACOCK loses $978 Million in Q4, adds 2 Mil subs in Dec to hit 20 Mil
☀️MADONNA-directed biopic shelved at UNI
Rushfield: Oscars + Sundance - A Reason To Believe
☀️NETFLIX & SEARCHLIGHT write big SUNDANCE checks
☀️MISSING delivers for SONY as 2023 Box Office rebound continues. ish.
ICYMI: Sundance Scene, Saved by the Bela, Sony's Greenstein
Rushfield: The Bela-Scott Shuffle at 6900 Feet
PaleyFest's Secret Weapon: Love
What to Know About Netflix's New Co-CEO
☀️NETFLIX overdelivers. again. Inside ARPU, Q4 Subscriber data trends and more
The Disney-Fox Deal: Who's Right?
☀️A NETFLIX Q4 Narratives Guide, plus Bev Hills Cop 4 is not a 2023 thing
Martini Shot: Digital Absolution
☀️NETFLIX drops 49 Film 2023 slate, as GLASS ONION can't catch ADAM PROJECT for 2022 title
Rushfield: Ask Not For Whom the Bela Toils
Why it Worked: The 'Otto' Surprise
☀️SONY wins the OTTO Lotto, blows past tracking sans NY & LA audiences
ICYMI: Disney Drama, Blum & Wan, Winnie the Pooh's Dark Turn, Sundance Soiree
The Heartache and Hope of Ryan Coogler’s BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER | FYC Best Picture
Scientifically Measuring Movie Love
☀️NETFLIX takes CBS / PAR slot at TV Upfronts in May
Who's Gaining in the Race for Top U.S. Streamer?
☀️ GLOBES & College 🏈 Championship ratings hit all time lows
Why it Worked: Jason Blum and James Wan on 'M3GAN'
EMPIRE OF LIGHT a film by Sam Mendes | Screen NOW on the Academy Portal
Martini Shot: One Panic Attack Away
Rushfield: In the Room Where It Kinda Happened
☀️Blum & Wan in excl Wakeup interview, & uh The GLOBES happened 🤷♂️
☀️WBTV sets first big TV deal of the new WBD era with Greg Berlanti
Docs Shakeup! Davis Guggenheim Sets New Leadership Team
Steven Spielberg’s 'The Fabelmans' – For Your Consideration in All Categories Including Best Picture
☀️M3GAN blows away tracking, Box Office +67% vs. 2022 opening
ICYMI: Shawn Ryan vs. the Agent, a Brag, the Globes, Prince Harry
Ankler Poll: The Globes! And More!
☀️McMahon setting return to WWE with eyes to sell
2023: The Year of Churn Baby Churn, and...
☀️AMAZON bumps up planned 2023 layoff count about 80%
Shawn Ryan Pens a Letter to the Editor About a 'Big Agent'
Martini Shot: 'Congrats. I Guess'
☀️GLASS ONION scores biggest week for a NETFLIX Film in 2022
Rushfield: 12 New Year's Resolutions to End the Sad Sack Era