New TV Season, New TV World; Taking Hollywood's Temperature
The Business
KCRW
4.6 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2009
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
NBC rolls out its new season with the help of a new programming consultant -- the advertisers. We talk to network co-chair Marc Graboff. Plus, massive changes in the way the business does business is causing even more stress than usual in a stress-filled town. The therapist who has his finger on the pulse of Hollywood says it's definitely racing.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business. |
| 0:06.6 | You listen, if you listen and learn, then you're going to be able to do anything you want next time. |
| 0:12.2 | Everybody takes your business, really, really, all white life. |
| 0:18.1 | What's with him? |
| 0:20.7 | Oh, I'm afraid he's gone Hollywood. |
| 0:23.4 | This week on the business, NBC Entertainment co-chair Mark Graboff talks about his network's latest attempt to emerge from the ratings basement. |
| 0:32.0 | Plus, a therapist who works with show business creative types reports that the Hollywood stress level has been |
| 0:37.6 | raised to red. But first, the Hollywood news banter. Big Summer box office, bad financial news. |
| 0:44.7 | It's the business from KCRW. |
| 0:47.4 | I can imagine Hollywood everything is really driven by making money. |
| 0:54.6 | What's with him? |
| 0:55.4 | Oh, I'm afraid he's gone to Hollywood. |
| 0:59.1 | Hollywood. |
| 0:59.1 | I'm joined in the studio by the business producer Matt Hulsman. |
| 1:03.0 | Okay, so Matt, what's the top story? |
| 1:05.0 | Well, the economy has hit Hollywood hard. |
| 1:07.7 | Walt Disney Studios reported a drop in quarterly operating income of 97%. Whoa. |
| 1:14.4 | And meanwhile, Fox Studios look solid, but the rest of News Corp doesn't look as solid. They took a hit with operating income plunging 47% from a year ago. |
| 1:23.9 | What's interesting is how differently the heads of these companies have reacted to the news. |
| 1:28.6 | Yes, Bob Iger, who collected a huge payday, turned around and slammed his own studio, saying it is not the marketplace, it's our slate. |
| 1:37.0 | So he's laying those problems at the feet of the studio, which had some movies that didn't perform that well, the race to which mountain, bedtime stories, |
| 1:46.5 | and even the Jonas Brothers turned out not to be exactly Hannah Montana. |
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