The WGA’s Surprise Deal With the Studios, Bad Robot Downsizes, and the State of International Crime Thrillers on TV
About this episode
Chris and Andy discuss the WGA's new deal, Bad Robot's downsizing, and review international crime thrillers on TV.
Chris and Andy talk about the tentative four-year deal that the WGA reached with the studios (5:42) and the news that J.J. Abrams’s production company, Bad Robot, is downsizing (12:49). Then they react to the ‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’ trailer (29:09) before discussing a pair of international crime thrillers, HBO’s ‘Privilèges’ (32:19) and Netflix’s ‘Unfamiliar’ (44:16). Later, The Watch: After Dark (01:00:00). Subscribe to the Ringer TV YouTube channel here for full episodes of The Watch and so much more! Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Producers: Kaya McMullen and Kai Grady Additional Video Supervision: Sarah Reddy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Hosts: Chris Ryan, Andy Greenwald
Topics covered
- WGA deal
- Bad Robot downsizing
- international crime thrillers
- Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed trailer
- HBO
- Netflix
Keywords
- WGA
- Bad Robot
- international crime thrillers
- HBO
- Netflix
- Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed
- Privilèges
- Unfamiliar
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: WGA, Bad Robot, HBO, Netflix
Books & works: Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, Privilèges, Unfamiliar
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