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The Ringer

The Town with Matthew Belloni

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to recap the year in streaming and nominate their clear winners and losers as well as some under-the-radar services that deserve more love or criticism (01:59). Matt finishes the show by recapping the Best Picture nominations for the 2025 Golden Globes and predicting who he thinks will take home the top award for Best Motion Picture–Drama and Best Motion Picture–Musical or Comedy (26:16).

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Host: Matt Belloni
Guest: Lucas Shaw

Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez
Theme Song: Devon Renaldo
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Winners and Losers of 2024 in Streaming

Matt is joined by the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming exec, to sort through the mirky waters of streaming data and find out which streaming tv shows were actually hits, which were major flops, which were underrated successes, and which were bigger bombs than anyone thought (02:57) Matt finishes the show with an opening weekend box office prediction for ‘Kraven the Hunter’ (29:10).

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Host: Matt Belloni
Guest: Entertainment Strategy Guy

Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez
Theme Song: Devon Renaldo
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Which Streaming Shows Hit and Bombed in 2024?

Matt is joined by the Entertainment Strategy Guy to help find out which TV shows were the most important to their streaming service in 2024 before revealing which movies actually performed well on streaming and which largely disappointed. He runs through the biggest movie releases of the year on streaming and reveals just how successful or disappointing they were (01:26). Matt and Craig finish the show by tasting the famous Tom Cruise coconut bundt cake (26:56).

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Host: Matt Belloni
Guest: Entertainment Strategy Guy

Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez
Theme Song: Devon Renaldo
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Which Movies Actually Popped (and Flopped) on Streaming in 2024?

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss why Warner Bros. Discovery is planning to separate its TV networks unit from movies and streaming and what this could signal for the company moving forward. Later they discuss ABC News’ decision to settle Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit for $15 million and whether Disney will operate any differently under the Trump administration (02:55). Matt finishes the show with a prediction about the sports bundle Venu (26:24).

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Host: Matt Belloni
Guest: Lucas Shaw

Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez
Theme Song: Devon Renaldo
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The Fate of Warner Bros in 2025, and Iger’s Trump Capitulation

Matt is joined by Mark Roesler, founder and chairman of CMG Worldwide, to discuss how AI has added a new twist to how the rights of dead famous people are being exploited. They discuss how incredibly valuable these rights are and how new technology is changing the way name, image, and likeness are being enabled to resurrect dead stars. They highlight a few recent examples, including James Earl Jones in the new ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ film, as well as Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. in a commercial for a new brand of gin. Mark explains how these deceased celebrities are protected in the age of AI and who is making the decision to exploit these rights (02:33). Matt finishes the show with an opening weekend box office prediction for ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ and ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ (26:20).

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Host: Matt Belloni
Guest: Mark Roesler

Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez
Theme Song: Devon Renaldo
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Making Millions on Dead Celebrities in the AI Age

Matt is joined by Michael O’Leary, CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) to discuss their pledge to spend $2.2 billion to modernize and upgrade theaters, what that actually means, and what these new “entertainment centers” will actually look like. They also talk about the biggest successes of the year in moviegoing, how theaters can improve for the modern audience, how theaters and studios are getting along these days, and more (03:13). Matt finishes the show with a prediction on the upcoming Netflix film ‘Electric State,’ starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt (29:29).

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Host: Matt Belloni
Guest: Michael O’Leary

Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez
Theme Song: Devon Renaldo
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The Multi-Billion-Dollar Plan to Improve Going to the Movies

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Introducing ‘The Town With Matthew Belloni’

In our first episode, Matt Belloni is joined by Puck colleague Ben Landy to run through the latest industry news from the weekend, including HBO Max and Discovery+ merging into one app and the ongoing fallout after Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s handling of the new Florida “Don’t Say Gay” legislation. Then, media analyst Jeff Bock joins the show to discuss the increase in ticket price for ‘The Batman’ as well as what we can expect the 2022 moviegoing experience to look like.

Host: Matt Belloni
Guest: Ben Landy, Jeff Bock

Producer: Craig Horlbeck
Theme Song: Devon Renaldo
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'The Batman' Ticket Upcharge and the Future of Moviegoing

Matt leads off with the bizarre news of movie theater chain AMC buying stock in a gold mine, as well as Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s 2021 pay package totaling over $240 million. Then, senior strategy analyst Julia Alexander joins the show to discuss Netflix beginning to curtail the ability to share a password with multiple users, and whether or not a streaming service like Netflix can produce a lasting movie franchise.

Host: Matt Belloni
Guest: Julia Alexander

Producer: Craig Horlbeck
Theme Song: Devon Renaldo
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Netflix’s Password Crackdown and Their Struggle to Make Movies People Care About

Matt is joined by chief media analyst of Variety Intelligence Platform Andy Wallenstein to discuss Amazon’s $6.5 billion purchase of MGM Studios and what this means for Amazon's future in the movie and television industry, how this will affect Amazon prime members, and how this will play out in Hollywood.

Host: Matt Belloni
Guest: Andy Wallenstein

Producer: Craig Horlbeck
Theme Song: Devon Renaldo
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Amazon Closes Deal to Acquire MGM. Now What?

Are the middlemen who have dominated Hollywood for decades in trouble? Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the future for Hollywood intermediaries, the ongoing turmoil at Disney, and Rachel Zegler of 'West Side Story’ not receiving an invitation to the Oscars.

Host: Matt Belloni
Guest: Lucas Shaw

Producer: Craig Horlbeck
Theme Song: Devon Renaldo
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Do Stars Still Need Agents? Plus, Iger vs. Chapek, and Oscar Drama Begins!

Do Stars Still Need Agents? Plus, Iger vs. Chapek, and Oscar Drama Begins!

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