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1 day ago | theankler.com | Katey Rich

Happy Thursday, everyone, particularly to those of you who joined me for a live taping of the Prestige Junkie podcast on Monday with the team behind ABC’s hit procedural High Potential. You’ll be able to hear the whole conversation on an upcoming episode of the pod, which is busier than ever these days. We’ll have special weekend episodes this Saturday and Sunday featuring even more interviews with contenders, including some I had the rare treat of conducting in person.

2 days ago | theankler.com | Natalie Jarvey

I write about the creator economy at Like & Subscribe, a standalone newsletter that’s being sampled for a limited time for paid subscribers to The Ankler. I covered the coming talent war between Netflix and YouTube and reported on creators’ revenue streams and jobs available in digital content for Hollywood talent. Send me tips, memes and ideas at [email protected] from Los Angeles, where thankfully I’ve got a couple weeks at home before jetting off to Cannes Lions.

3 days ago | theankler.com | Katey Rich

“You know, I’m 45 all of a sudden,” says Jason Segel, with the air of surprise that feels familiar for anyone who may have recently hit a milestone birthday. A TV star since he was 19 and part of the banner cast of the short-lived Freaks and Geeks, Segel has grown up onscreen, even though he spent the nearly 10-year run of How I Met Your Mother as a character who didn’t get a chance to change all that much.

4 days ago | theankler.com | Katey Rich

Greetings from Los Angeles, where it’s been once again a busy weekend of FYC events as Emmy nominations voting — finally! — is set to start on June 12. Last night, I attended a live podcast taping of Erin and Sara Foster’s The World’s First Podcast, part of an FYC event for Erin’s Netflix show Nobody Wants This. And tonight I’ll be the one hosting the live podcast, talking to the creators and director of High Potential and the show’s star, Kaitlin Olson.

5 days ago | theankler.com | Sean McNulty

Evenin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LINKEDIN here if ya likeor email me [email protected]),and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on SUNDAY, June 1, 2025. Where it’s a sad day in NYC today . . . especially around NBA league headquarters in midtown. Enjoy your INDIANA / OKC NBA Finals, America! Look, they can’t all feature at least one team in a top-25 NIELSEN market — okay, fine, Indianapolis is technically the #25 market.