From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

I hope this series will make people go back and read the book and read that era, that history.

I can't believe I'm calling 9-11 history.

I mean, this is our life.

This is what we went through.

And hopefully, if we know what happened, we're not due to

repeat it. The Hulu series, The Looming Tower, follows FBI agent Ali Sufhan as he struggles to

prevent an al-Qaeda attack on U.S. soil. The real Sufan says watching an actor portray him on

television was kind of weird, but potentially worth it.

Sufan and Lawrence Wright, author of the book on which the Hulu series is based,

talk about the challenges of dramatizing the complex story of the run-up to 9-11.

And Sufant offers his blunt take on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's recent charm offensive in Hollywood.

But first on the news banter, CBS and Viacom.

Can they hug it out?

Stick around.

It's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my colleague in banter, Matt Bellany of the Hollywood reporter.

Hello, Matt.

Hi there.

So Viacom and CBS, this is the thing that is a big confrontation right now. The Redstone family owned Viacom and CBS. Back in the day, it was one big company until Sumner Redstone, who is now 94 years old and essentially not in the picture anymore,

he decided to split the empire. He put Les Moonvez in charge of the one. He put Philippe Domain in charge of the other. And now, with all the pressure, all the consolidation in Hollywood,

Sherry Redstone, daughter of Sumner, is trying to bring these two back together again.

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