Will "Longer, Shorter, Cheaper" SAVE the Movies!?

Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back — and this week someone finally said the quiet part loud. Sony chairman Tom Rothman walked into CinemaCon, stood in front of a room full of theater owners, and told them to their faces that THEY are the reason people aren't going to the movies. His three-word fix: longer windows, shorter pre-shows, cheaper tickets. The gang breaks down which demand would actually get YOU back in that seat — and Angelo finally gets his chance to go OFF on 30 minutes of pre-show ads.

THEN: Streamers are now renewing shows before a single viewer has seen a single episode. Is this a vote of confidence — or just a marketing trick? PLUS: Euphoria returns after FOUR years, The Comeback is back after a decade, and Malcolm in the Middle drops a revival twenty years later — all in the same week. Is there such a thing as coming back too late?

ALL THAT PLUS: Is Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Ted Lasso, Shrinking, and now the most-watched HBO comedy in a decade, Rooster) the closest thing television has right now to a guaranteed hitmaker? British Corner, personal picks from the whole gang, and much MUCH more!

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The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.