Adani Shockwaves, Showtime’s Vanishing Act, Godwin’s Hot Seat

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon compendium of the latest news from Puck.

Today, we start off with Bill Cohan’s close look at the presumptive elevation of Harvey Schwartz to C.E.O. of The Carlyle Group, and other succession dramas unfolding on Wall Street. Plus, lessons from the Gautam Adani saga and notes on JPow’s latest inflation smoke signals.

Then, below the fold: Matt Belloni chats with affable Grammys E.P. Ben Winston about the show’s herculean production requirements and the future of late night. Baratunde Thurston contemplates the broken systems of policing complicit in the tragic killing of Tyre Nichols. Dylan Byers distills the industry murmurs on the future of ABC chief Kim Godwin. And on The Powers That Be, Peter Hamby and Jon Kelly sort through Showtime’s metamorphosis from HBO clone to Paramount+ shingle.

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WILLIAM D. COHAN

News and notes on the inside conversation on Wall Street: Carlyle’s surprise move, the Adani shockwaves, and JPow’s smoke signals.

MATTHEW BELLONI

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.

BARATUNDE THURSTON

We are overdosing on fear in America. The answer lies in community, an openness to new forms of policing, a new conception of justice, and love.

DYLAN BYERS

At last, the T.J. Holmes-Amy Robach fiasco has come to an end. And so have the industry murmurs about the future of ABC chief Kim Godwin. But a bigger curiosity is now coming into focus.