The Billionaire Battle for Paramount and the Return of 'Ted Lasso'

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Matt is joined by Puck’s William D. Cohan to discuss the never-ending battle for control of Paramount, which has been further complicated by an 11th-hour offer for Paramount from billionaire Edgar Bronfman Jr. Matt and Bill explain who Bronfman is, simplify the complicated details of his pitch, and decide whether Bronfman's or David Ellison’s deal is better (03:33). Matt finishes the show by breaking some news about the return of the hit Apple TV+ show ‘Ted Lasso’ and making a prediction about its lead character in Season 4 (23:49). For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ click here. Email us your thoughts! [email protected] Host: Matt Belloni Guest: William D. Cohan Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, it's Matt here. Before you skip ahead, I wanted to remind you that if you like this
0:04.5	podcast, you'll probably love Puck, where I write a newsletter twice a week called What I'm Hearing.
0:09.8	It's got tons of inside analysis, tidbits about what's really going on in Hollywood. It's where I
0:14.6	break news and I go deeper on the biggest topics, exclusive stuff that we don't get into on the town.
0:19.8	It's all part of Puck, which is like a
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1:43.6	It is Monday, August 26th.
1:46.6	This battle for control of Paramount is like the worst kind of summer movie.
1:51.6	You think it's over, but then there's three more endings.
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