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January 01, 1990 - November 18, 2012 + The Business
Got an Idea for a Great TV Show? 
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Fox TV chief Kevin Reilly tells it like it is about the high-stakes game that is pilot season: the chemistry of casting, going with your...
The Worst Movie of the Decade
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Battlefield Earth recently won the Razzie for being the "worst picture of the decade." The two credited screenwriters on that film -- J.D. Shapiro and...
Clash of the 3-D Titans
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Three-D movies are all the craze, but is all 3-D movie-making created equal? Do movie-goers care? We talk to the producer of two of the...
The Inside Scoop on Outside Financing Scandals
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Producer David Bergstein seems to have pulled the financial wool over Hollywood's eyes. We get answers to the question "how does this keep happening?" with...
Digital Future, Video Past; Mr. Wells Goes to Washington
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Netflix, Redbox, Hulu, iTunes…they're all competing to win the digital horse race. And, we go on a tour of the video store, that old gray...
Betting on the Box Office; Movie Music
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It's a gamble every time you buy a movie ticket. But a new financial market will make it possible to actually bet on the box...
Producing the Oscars
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This week, the Academy Awards…and the thankless job of producing the Oscar telecast. We talk to the co-producer of this year's show, film producer and...
Dissecting Distribution
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It's tough to get distribution for indie movies these days. But just what is distribution, and what can you do if you have a great...
Oscar's Foreign Film Front-runner?; Spirit Awards' Spirit
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It's a big awards weekend in Hollywood. We hear what it's like for a movie executive whose company has three of the five films in...
Exposing Hollywood Neverland
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Peter Pan's not just a fairy tale character. He could be the mascot of an industry obsessed by youth. This week, we talk to two...
Blockbusting; Blowing Off ‘Hurt Locker’
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A hefty new book conceived by director George Lucas examines the DNA of 300 American blockbusters. We examine how the book was made and what...
Nick Hornby Writes the Songs; Star Maps; Falling Stars
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New music from pop star Ben Folds, popular novelist Nick Hornby and William Shatner. Plus, we check out those star maps that point out houses...
Directing 'Idol'
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We go behind the scenes and into the control room of American Idol.
Hollywood's Legal Eagles; About a Writer
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If we've learned anything from the Leno/Conan debacle, it's the value of a well written contract. We talk to one entertainment lawyer and find out...
All TV Things Considered; Here Comes Sundance
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The television business is crazier than ever. We try to make sense of it all with two veteran TV journalists. Plus, a look at the...
