Our Top TV Presidents. Plus, Netflix Introduces “Moments,” and Will Peacock Ever Be Profitable?

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4.5 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Chris and Andy talk about a new feature that Netflix is rolling out called “Moments” that allows users to capture and share scenes from their favorite shows in an effort to boost fan-driven marketing (1:00). Then they discuss the news that Peacock lost more than $400 million last quarter despite its popular Olympics coverage and what that means for the streamer and its parent company, Comcast (25:43). Finally, in honor of the upcoming election, they talk about some of their favorite TV presidents, including Jed Bartlet on ‘The West Wing’ and Laura Roslin on ‘Battlestar Galactica’ (41:00). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Producer: Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Brian Curtis from The Ringer, and I want to tell you about the Press Box podcast.
0:06.0	The Press Box is a podcast for anybody who likes news, whether it's about sports or politics or pop culture and wants to understand how that news really gets made
0:17.6	We have new shows every Monday and Thursday. We have long interviews with everyone from John Crackower to Joe Buck.
0:24.0	Your social media feeds are bursting with information every day.
0:27.5	Let us help you sort it out.
0:29.5	Join us on the press box.
0:43.0	I ain't sports to have to clear the room. Stand up and walk now.
0:46.0	Hello and welcome to the watch.
0:48.0	My name is Chris Ryan.
0:49.0	I am an editor at the Ringer.com
0:52.0	and joining me in the studio he's going to
0:55.1	Halloween as a stable adult man it's Andy Greenwald! I don't have my
1:01.0	costume on that your culture is my costume.
1:05.3	What are you doing today? Happy Halloween. I don't dress up because it's all inside my
1:11.0	nagan. Oh, all the fear and terror, all the
1:13.7	all the fear and terror all the thrills and chills I used to what I live this shit
1:17.1	364 other days a year I used to wonder why Halloween was so close to election
1:21.3	Dan this year I get it. I get it. There's
1:24.0	something weird with 2024. Okay. Timing-wise. Did you see like how close
1:28.3	Christmas and Thanksgiving are together and stuff like like it just feels like we're
1:32.3	we're tilted on our axis a little bit
1:34.4	well I mean Christmas is relatively stable. Thanksgiving's late this year okay yeah and
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