So much is happening right now! The show is back from a much needed month long hiatus. Not much has changed except everything is much sloppier. Topics include women director, protagonist numbers marching upwards; CollegeHumor layoffs; diversity in film and way more.

YouTube streams count towards Billboard charts: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/arts/music/billboard-youtube-charts.html

Kids YouTube changes: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/12/20/21025139/youtube-kids-coppa-law-ftc-2020

Richard Plepler on his 5 year deal with Apple: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/business/media/richard-plepler-apple.html

IGN review system gets simpler: https://www.ign.com/articles/2020/01/02/announcement-igns-review-scale-just-got-simpler

CollegeHumor goes through massive layoffs: https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/collegehumor-layoffs-sale.html

Female film director numbers up to 12%: https://www.thewrap.com/women-directed-record-12-of-top-100-grossing-films-in-2019-study-finds/

Female film protagonists up to 40%: https://www.thewrap.com/female-protagonists-2019-films/

BAFTA acknowledges lack of diversity in 2020 nominations: https://variety.com/2020/film/news/bafta-nominations-lack-of-diversity-1203459074/

Diversity in film and TV in 2019/2020: https://deadline.com/2020/01/hollywood-diversity-2009-strides-film-tv-representation-inclusion-1202817299/

So much is happening right now! The show is back from a much needed month long hiatus. Not much has changed except everything is much sloppier. Topics includ...

Chad talks about two very serious topics this week neither of which are the GAME OF THRONES castle going up for sale. He definitely talks about that though. For a cool $646,000 it can be yours! Next up, THE CHRIS GETHARD SHOW is goen for good. Gethard announced the news on Facebook. Chad's a wreck! And finally, IGN fired their Nintendo editor for plagiarism. Chad talks about why that shouldn't be a black mark on the entire company.

This week's episode is brought to you by EMMA WILLMANN's standup special from THE COMEDY LINEUP on Netflix. Watch it on August 31!

LINKS:

Game of Thrones castle up for sale: https://www.eonline.com/news/956672/this-game-of-thrones-castle-could-be-yours-for-about-656-000

The Chris Gethard Show is dead forever: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GethHeads/permalink/1849028011852091/

IGN fires Filip Miucin: https://t.co/h3ORoJQsDX?amp=1