The Business

This week, a new report bodes ill for TV’s 10 o’clock hour.  Plus, the author of a young adult novel is the last know her book is soon to be a major motion picture.

With 3-D movies seemingly raking in the dough, why are theaters so slow to upgrade? Plus, the hair-raising world of Hollywood fundraising and Hollywood power wives.

Does Jay Leno’s move to 10pm mean the death of broadcast television’s hour-long drama?  Plus, walking the red carpet at the Streamy Awards, the Oscars for web TV.

Did you love Juno or Slumdog Millionaire? Then you should be worried about independent film as money dries up and the studios are giving up on art house movies. We talk with a man at the center of it all – John Cooper, the newly appointed head of the Sundance Film Festival. Plus, indie film may be facing tough times, but film festivals haven't got the memo.

We talk to Fox reality czar Mike Darnell about changes to that American TV behemoth, American Idol.

Kim Masters joins the show as host today. A scary question for the Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios: will DVD sales ever bounce back? Plus, the sweeps week dinosaur.  Why do they still exist?

The Los Angeles Times fights to be the newspaper of record in our “company town.” Plus, the epic battle over the Star Wars-fan movie Fanboys.

Assumptions may make an *%$@! out of you and me…but not during the Academy Awards.  We talk about how once again the safe bets paid off on Oscar night.  Plus, the SAG saga, Part Duh…will the actors ever have a contract?

We go inside the secret world of media mogul Rupert Murdoch,  “the man who owns the news”…and a lot of Hollywood.

This week, we talk about the Oscars' sci-tech awards and ask: Why do Hollywood's techo geeks have to sit at the kid's table? Plus, producer Dean Devlin uses technology to lead TV into the digital future. His new TNT show, Leverage, is 100% digital, from camera to finished product.

Getting famous isn't all its cracked up to be. Just ask Peter Jacobson, aka Dr. Chris Taub on the Fox hit, House. Plus, Sumner's discontent: who is the aging head of Viacom, and what does that mean for the future of his company?

This week, two smart but naive ad guys from Chicago make it in TV, despite themselves. We talk to the creators of the new TNT drama, Trust Me.

The networks have just finished their dog and pony show for the TV critics. We take a peek inside what's known as the TCA's. Plus, celebrity publicist Howard Bragman helps you find your 15 minutes.

This week on The Business, a Hollywood lawyer predicts a rough road ahead for what used to be a recession-proof business. Plus, video games…go indie!

The Hollywood Reporter's 17th annual "100 Most Powerful Women in Hollywood" list. What does is say about the progress of women in the business? How do power lists in general reveal Hollywood's insecurities?

2008 was a roller-coaster of a year for show business.  What’s in store for the industry in 2009?  It's the Hollywood year-to-be with Lauren Schuker of the Wall Street Journal and Scott Collins of the Los Angeles Times.

As Princess Leia, she was saved from the Empire by Luke, Han and Chewy.  As Carrie Fisher, she's had to rely on a higher power to save herself from drugs and alcohol. Plus, going to the big show, Showest.

We revisit our favorite feature stories of 2008: the woes of a video-game reviewer, going to the movies with babies, Hollywood's fascination with swag, and what it's like to be a lady in the testosterone fueled world of the paparazzi.

The ups, the downs, the all arounds of the business of show in 2008.  We talk with Lauren Schuker of the Wall Street Journal and Scott Collins of the Los Angeles Times.

Laura Bickford, the producer of Steven Soderbergh's new epic Che, on themaking and marketing a four-hour movie in an age of multi-tasking and quick cutting. Plus, a female in the testosterone-fueled world of the Hollywood paparazzi?