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Are Expensive Showrunner Deals Worth It?

2024/8/23
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The Town with Matthew Belloni

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Matt is joined by Lesley Goldberg, former TV editor of The Hollywood Reporter, to look at the most costly showrunner deals of the peak TV era and determine which were the best and worst deals for the respective studios. They discuss the nine-figure deals that led to zero new shows, and the biggest underperformers of Hollywood’s hyperinflated peak TV era (02:44).

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Host: Matt Belloni

Guest: Lesley Goldberg

Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez

Theme Song: Devon Renaldo

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