Welcome to Part 2 of our year-end round-up of the low moments, mistakes, missteps, days from hell and downward spirals that made the entertainment industry a thrill ride of a year. If you missed Part 1, catch up here.
Without further adieu, a countdown, picking up at the halfway mark, of who topped the chart of Hollywood Lows 2022:
50. David Zaslav‘s takeover of Warners leads to one of the most heated rumor mills in recent times as the town attempts to figure out whom he will put in charge of the place. At various points, Bryan Lourd, Tom Rothman, Tom Staggs, Peter Rice, Scott Stuber and Kevin Mayer all were said to have locked up the job. In the end, he hires no one and chooses to run the place himself.
49. In one of his first acts post-merger, Zaslav pulls the plug on CNN+ just three weeks after its very terrible launch, accepting a $100 million loss on the project.
48. Amid layoffs, Zaslav offers company-branded vests to employees, prompting backlash at divisions in the crosshairs.
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