Episode 155 - Progromavirus

Aren't you glad during a pandemic you have your favorite podcast right by your side? Let me guess, you're more of a WTF person? The Daily? Some mega popular true crime show I've never heard of but that also makes buco dolores? You're nothing but a sheep. Plus: FACEBOOK takes on Twitch, YouTube Gaming and Mixer; AMAZON takes user data illegally to make its products; referees could make better calls without fans in the stands; and ELLEN DEGENERES's staff is mad at Ellen.

Facebook to launch live game streaming site: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/20/facebook-launching-dedicated-gaming-app-to-take-on-twitch-and-youtube.html

Amazon uses third party data to make its first party products: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/23/wsj-amazon-uses-data-from-third-party-sellers-to-develop-its-own-products.html

Without fans in seats, refs could make better calls: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-big-winners-of-sports-without-fans-the-refs-11587643647

Trouble on the set of “Ellen:” https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ellen-crew-furious-over-poor-communication-regarding-pay-non-union-workers-during-coronavirus-shutdown-exclusive-1234582735/

Episode 152 - Entertainment Business Ampersand News Comma Podcast

These are trying times we're in. Chad grew tired of talking about the coronavirus on so this week topics are changing! Sit outside and listen as our host gives One Sentence Reviews of the podcasts he subscribes to. Plus: a couple of geese are nearby!

Shows mentioned:

- 1A
- All Songs Considered
- Ask Me Another
- Best Friends
- The Teacher's Lounge
- The Bodega Boys
- Code Switch
- Comedy Bang! Bang!
- Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend
- Crazy / Genius
- Culture Kings
- The Daily
- The Director's Cut
- Doughboys & Doughboys Double
- Dumb People Town
- The Dumbbells
- Fresh Air
- Game Scoop
- Good One
- High and Mighty
- Hollywood Handbook & Hollywood Handbook Pro Version
- How Did This Get Made?
- How Did This Get Played?
- How I Built This
- improv4humans
- The Indicator
- Indiewire Toolkit
- Inside Conan
- The Journal
- Larry Wilmore Black on Air
- Late Night with Seth Meyers
- Nintendo Voice Chat
- Never Not Funny
- The NPR Politics Podcast
- Philosophize This
- Planet Money
- Podcast Beyond
- Podcast Unlocked
- The NYT Popcast
- Post Reports
- The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith
- R U Talkin R.E.M. RE: Me? (or R U Talkin U2 2 Me?)
- Radiolab
- Reset
- Revisionist History
- Scriptnotes
- Sooo Many White Guys
- TED Radio Hour
- This American Life
- Three Questions with Andy Richter
- Throughline
- Throwing Shade & Throwing Shade Groceries
- The Ticket: Politics from The Atlantic
- Up First
- Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
- Why Won't You Date Me?
- Womp It Up!
- The Writers Panel
- What's News
- WTF
- You Made it Weird

Episode 151 - Negro Sitting on the Couch

We're in the throws of the coronavirus. Lockdowns are here. Essential workers like yours truly are still boldly going where you aren't. Yes, thank us for our service! Plus: talent agencies UTA and ENDEAVOR as well as BUZZFEED endure pay cuts and layoffs due to the lack of work; animated shows like THE SIMPSONS and FAMILY GUY are virtually unphased in production; all the people at home are watching a lot more TV; and local, broadcast, cable and print news suffer the highs and lows of the pandemic.

UTA pay cuts:
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/uta-cuts-salaries-across-company-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-exclusive-1203542451/

Endeavor layoffs:
https://deadline.com/2020/03/endeavor-starting-round-of-layoffs-in-coronavirus-250-overall-for-now-1202892326/

BuzzFeed pay cuts:
https://www.thewrap.com/buzzfeed-to-reduce-employee-pay-ceo-to-forgo-salary-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic/

Animated shows moving forward during pandemic:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/animated-series-adapt-keep-production-going-industry-wide-shutdown-1286340

Measuring the stay at home TV spike:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/how-big-is-stay-at-home-tv-spike-1286624

Local news is dying during the coronavirus:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/business/media/coronavirus-local-news.html

ABC's shift to focus on news:
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/abc-news-coronavirus-james-goldston-tv-1203541938/

The return of evening news:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/business/media/coronavirus-evening-news.html

Episode 150 - Fat People Buying Weights

Trying to escape talk of the coronavirus? Too bad, dummy! Social distance yourself on over to your podcasting app and check out this week's episode of this show whomstds description you're reading. This week, Chad talks about how the BIG BROTHER casts around the world have no clue what's going on; what ESPN's plans are for its schedule; 120,000 IATSE TV and film workers are out of jobs during the shutdown; what's going on with pilot season and your favorite shows for the rest of the year if they can't be made.

Apple could buy Disney after massive stock drop:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/apple-could-acquire-disney-stock-drop-analyst-says-1284475

German, Canadian Big Brother casts have no idea what is going on:
https://www.thecut.com/2020/03/german-big-brother-cast-covid-pandemic.html

ESPN, other sports channels programming during shutdown:
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/espn-coronavirus-sports-tv-burke-magnus-1203536765/

120,000+ TV industry workers out of jobs:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/estimated-120000-iatse-jobs-lost-pandemic-1285229

Pilot season in trouble after coronavirus puts season on hold:
https://deadline.com/2020/03/pilot-season-2020-turmoil-coronavirus-pilots-pushed-1202882113/

TV is in a shutdown. Now what?:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-has-stopped-production-what-happens-next-1285099

Episode 149 - I'm A Young Boy

Welcome back to the show you forgot you subscribed to! This week is jam packed with coronavirus news because this mess is getting more seriouser. Concerts and conventions are closing down for the year. Gaming activities and movie premieres are a no go. Even late night is forgoing audiences or shows all together. Listen (or watch if you're on YouTube) as Chad sloppily covers this growing pandemic.

Reggie Fils Aime joins Gamestop board: https://www.polygon.com/2020/3/9/21172177/reggie-fils-aime-joins-gamestop-board-of-directors-nintendo

Pete Butteigeg to host Jimmy Kimmel Live: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/09/entertainment/pete-buttigieg-jimmy-kimmel-live/index.html

When a movie is a movie theater movie: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywoods-new-dilemma-is-a-movie-worthy-movie-theaters-1283514

Online screeners more trouble than DVD screeners: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/emmys-tv-academy-fyc-screeners-dvds-netflix-1203529370/

Cancelling events for coronavirus save lives: https://www.vox.com/2020/3/10/21171481/coronavirus-us-cases-quarantine-cancellation

Coronavirus hits the entertainment industry: https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/3/10/21173376/coronavirus-cancel-movie-hollywood-bond-mulan-sxsw-coachella-hanks-quiet-place