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    The Business

    Hollywood News Banter

    Indiewire executive editor Michael Schneider joins Kim Masters to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week.

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    By Kim Masters • May 20, 2016 • 1 min read

    Indiewire executive editor Michael Schneider joins Kim Masters to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week.

    • Even though the television model is changing, the annual upfronts in New York are still expected to bring in $9 billion worth of advertising money.

    • At the broadcast presentations this year, what's old is new again as the networks turn to familiar intellectual property, hoping to re-do it in some form and make a splash in a crowded landscape. Familiar titles include Lethal Weapon,McGyver,Taken and Prison Break.

    • High points at the presentation included ABC's Designated Survivor and NBC's comedy The Good Place.Shows that look like they could be tough sells are two of ABC's high-concept comedies, Imaginary Mary and Downward Dog.

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Kaitlin Parker

      Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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      Michael Schneider

      Senior editor at Variety

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    The full episode

    1 of 2
    'The Grinder' Rests, but Rob Lowe Does Not
    1. 1:34Hollywood News BanterYou’re reading this
    2. 9:29Rob Lowe: The Grinder
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