From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

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Everybody takes your business, really, really, all right life.

He doesn't clean.

What's with him?

Oh, I'm afraid he's gone Hollywood.

Hollywood.

This week on the business, with the fall TV season underway, we look at what it takes to make a good comedy pilot.

Plus, the co-writer, director, and star of movies that have been big hits with Christian audiences, including the just released, Courageous.

But first, it's the Hollywood News banter.

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You can imagine Hollywood everything is really driven by making money.

I'm joined in the studio by my fellow banterer, John Horn of the Los Angeles Times.

Hello, John.

Hello, Kim. So, John, a the Los Angeles Times. Hello, John. Hello, Kim.

So, John, a bold experiment from our friends at Comcast and their own studio, Universal.

Universal is releasing Tower Heist on November 4th, and a mere three weeks after it hits theaters,

people who are Comcast subscribers in Portland and Atlanta can buy the film in the comfort of their own living room for a not too small price of about $60.

Well, $59,99 if you're counting your panics. God, I can't believe I don't live in Portland or Atlanta.

Now, Tower Heist, just to remind those who may not have it on their screen at this time, and their mental screen is an Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller comedy

directed by Brett Ratner. It's interesting in that Brett Ratner was among a number of very

prominent directors, Michael Bay, James Cameron, who signed a letter that was circulated by the National

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