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The episode discusses the kickoff of Upfronts week and features an interview with NBCUniversal's Liz Jenkins on risk-taking in the industry.

On today’s episode, Variety’s Brian Steinberg reports on the triple-header kickoff of Upfronts week after attending Monday’s NBCUniversal, Fox and Amazon Prime Video presentations. He parses each platform's pitch to Madison Avenue. And we’ll hear from NBCUniversal Entertainment chief business officer Liz Jenkins on risk-taking in the time of disruption, in remarks delivered this month at SeriesFest in Denver. "We've found our cruising altitude again," she says. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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