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HOLLYWOOD

Almost 10 years after it first arrived on the streamer, Netflix is saying goodbye to Arrested Development.

Netflix’s “Arrested” Development

The rise, fall, resurrection, and now disappearance of one series traces the course of Netflix’s evolution over a decade.
Julia Alexander • February 14, 2023
Eriq Gardner • February 13, 2023
Is This the End for the NCAA?
The saga of Jaden Rashada, one of the nation’s top football recruits, has illuminated what the future of NCAA might look like.
Colleges are losing the battle over student-athlete pay. Now come the bigger legal challenges, over wages, unionization, and multi-million dollar deals that will transform the competitive landscape. Can the NCAA survive?
Matthew Belloni • February 13, 2023
A “Catastrophic” Sundance for the ‘Cat Person’ Movie
Emilia Jones and Nichols Braun in ‘Cat Person’ by director Susanna Fogel.
The film version of the mega-viral New Yorker story is struggling with lowball offers, according to an email circulating around town.
The ’07 WGA strike in Los Angeles and the accompanying solidarity march.
Jonathan Handel • February 13, 2023
What Hollywood’s Writers Actually Want
As the WGA consults its angry members on big demands ahead of negotiations, here are the likely theaters of war—and what could drive a walkout.
Matthew Belloni & William D. Cohan • February 10, 2023
Disney’s ‘Everything on the Table’ Era Begins 
The inside conversation about Iger’s gangbusters fourth quarter, the Peltz detente, the Hulu question, and more.
We’ve entered the “churn chapter” of the streaming wars, a moment defined by the effort to keep customers happy and engaged, all while prices are increasing, content is oversaturated, and cancellation is easy.
Julia Alexander • February 7, 2023
Streaming’s “Capital Efficiency” Wars
Hollywood’s “arms race” era, when everyone was singularly focused on building up their own exclusive libraries, is over. Welcome to the age of “capital efficiency.”
Shari Redstone, Paramount Global’s controlling owner, is facing not one but two advanced shareholder lawsuits over how she melded CBS and Viacom a few years ago.
Eriq Gardner • February 6, 2023
Shari Redstone’s Secret Letter
Two lawsuits and a “careless” private email promise an inside look at Paramount’s M&A ambitions—including, potentially, Shari’s plans for CBS.
The prospect of A.I. taking human jobs has escalated rapidly, so it’s no surprise that it’s caught the attention of Hollywood guilds, which are about to negotiate new overall deals with studios.
Eriq Gardner • February 6, 2023
ChatGPT Is Coming for Hollywood
Artificial intelligence is already threatening to replace animators, impersonate actors, and make thousands of jobs obsolete. The industry’s biggest union just took its first step to fire back.
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David T. Friendly • February 6, 2023
Hollywood’s Off Year for Movies
A veteran producer (and voting Academy member) on how the film business lost sight of audiences, and how getting back to fundamentals can win them back.
Ben Winston, executive producer for the 2023 Grammys.
Matthew Belloni • February 6, 2023
Will Late-Night TV Outlive TV?
A candid conversation with Grammys executive producer Ben Winston about television’s most difficult live show, the future of late night, and managing the biggest egos in the business.
Paramount Global C.E.O. Bob Bakish says the collapse of Showtime as we’ve known it is a rebirth, not a gutting—a sentiment that has raised eyebrows.
Matthew Belloni • February 3, 2023
A Eulogy for Showtime
We all knew this day was coming. The collapse of a one-time HBO rival into Paramount+ was the guillotine drop that employees and fans had feared for months, if not years. The accompanying layoffs, I’m told, are likely just weeks away.
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Julia Alexander • February 1, 2023
Peacock’s Double-Edged Sword
Long derided as a streaming afterthought, Peacock has hit 20 million subscribers and doubled revenue. But does it have enough promise, and does NBCU have enough cash, to make it Comcast’s future in the D.T.C. space?
The Bulgari family in 2009. The daughters are now embroiled in an intrafamily legal fight.
Eriq Gardner • January 30, 2023
Bulgari’s Billion-Dollar Family Feud
A contentious divorce, dueling heirs, a mysterious banker, and a secret marriage? Enter David Boies…
Superlawyer David Boies’ latest target is Mark Cuban, who announced a sponsorship deal in October 2021 that made Voyager the official crypto partner of the Dallas Mavericks.
Eriq Gardner • January 30, 2023
Mark Cuban’s Crypto Garbage & Boies v. Brady
David Boies opens up about his novel legal stratagem to sue the bejesus out of Tom Brady, Gisele, and Larry David over FTX’s collapse—and why he’s coming for Mark Cuban next.
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Matthew Belloni • January 30, 2023
Will the Academy Address Riseborough-gate?
Disqualifying the ‘To Leslie’ actress would invite more scrutiny on all Oscar campaigns, something the board of governors definitely doesn’t want. But that doesn’t mean the rules won’t need to change.
Did the effort to secure To Leslie star Andrea Riseborough an Oscar nomination violate campaign rules?
Matthew Belloni • January 27, 2023
Was the Andrea Riseborough Oscar Campaign Illegal?
The shock nom has created a brewing shitshow within the Academy, which is said to be looking at whether the team behind “To Leslie” violated the rules with their aggressive grassroots lobbying.
Greg Peters, newly minted Netflix co-C.E.O. alongside Ted Sarandos.
Julia Alexander • January 24, 2023
The Post-Reed Era of Netflix
A timely investigation into what the leading streamer is doing right and what it should probably fix as Hastings cedes control to co-C.E.O.s Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos.
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Eriq Gardner • January 23, 2023
S.B.F.’s Judge & Baldwin’s Secret Weapon
News and notes on Bankman-Fried’s mystery financial backers, Baldwin’s manslaughter case, and the Biden administration’s legal war with Hollywood.