Lesley Goldberg
@Snoodit
Proud L.A. native and Dodger fan. My views are mine. She/her. ⚾ 📺🏳️🌈
Some personal news…
We're thrilled to announce @snoodit will be joining our Series Business team, writing with a focus on TV development, encompassing agencies, staffing, and scoops. Plus, your last chance to become a paid subscriber at our 2024 prices theankler.com/p/our-new-team…
SCOOP: Starz is raising cash to buy Lifetime and History unless Hearst gets there first. Roku’s Charlie Collier and Byron Allen might want cable brands, too. @snoodit and @claireatki see the companies for sale, who’s bidding, and how buyers perceive them theankler.com/p/the-grim-biz…
This week for @TheAnkler: @claireatki & I explore what's next for all the cable brands already (or about to be) for sale — which have value, and who are the potential buyers? theankler.com/p/the-grim-biz…
This week for @TheAnkler: A look at what to expect from Cindy Holland, who, once the Paramount-Skydance deal closes, is expected to run Paramount+ substack.com/home/post/p-16…
Yesterday @Snoodit revealed that Neil Druckmann is departing The Last of Us, leaving Craig Mazin to fly solo. Lesley, @natjarv and @elainelow discuss what it means for Druckmann to be leaving during a pivotal part of the series. Full conversation: theankler.com/p/druckmann-di…
FINAL: Congratulations to Clayton Kershaw on 3,000 career strikeouts.
The Last of Us game co-creator Neil Druckmann will not be returning as a writer-director on the show's third season. @Snoodit details why Druckmann and showrunner Craig Mazin are parting ways and how this will impact next season: theankler.com/p/scoop-the-la…
HUGE scoop from @Snoodit. And she's got all the details you won't find anywhere else
First on @TheAnkler: Neil Druckmann, the creative force behind #TheLastOfUs, is leaving the HBO hit theankler.com/p/scoop-the-la…
Cable is splitting apart. Budgets slashed. Layoffs everywhere. But there is a path forward. @Snoodit reports on the chaos inside Paramount, WBD & NBCU, and where the next jobs are theankler.com/p/panic-fear-f…
This week for @TheAnkler: A look inside the anxiety at cable networks as WBD and NBCU try to reinvent the wheel theankler.com/p/panic-fear-f…
Benito Skinner’s Overcompensating started as a stand-up show in 2018. He tells @snoodit how his “cringe,” cathartic story blossomed into a Prime Video comedy about a closeted Idaho jock. Full conversation: anklerenjoy.com/events/prestig…
Exclusive: Apple is no longer involved with J.J. Abrams' live-action #SpeedRacer TV series, which has also parted ways with its writers. This and more in my deep dive about why everyone is taking a swing at scripted sports fare for @TheAnkler strikegeist.substack.com/p/scripted-spo…
New: Why sports scripted shows are red-hot, w/ exclusive details about the status of J.J. Abrams' #SpeedRacer & voices including #FNL's Jason Katims, the #CobraKai trio, @michaelwaldron & the creator of #Stick; + execs from WBD, Disney and Skydance: theankler.com/p/scripted-spo…
#WeWereLiars boss and all around TV genius @julieplec opens up about the state of YA programming (she's got another show at Amazon), why she re-upped with Universal TV (despite going 0-for-2 on NBCU platforms) and her long-term hopes for 'Liars' theankler.com/p/julie-plec-m…