Show business, like every other business, is in trouble. Still recovering from the massive, almost simultaneous disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the streaming wars, Hollywood is adrift. The Marvel and Star Wars–shaped hits are not dependable anymore at the box office;

The streamer has renewed its comedy The Studio for a second season. The series stars Seth Rogen (who also co-created it) as Matt Remick, a movie executive who is elevated to president of the fictional Continental Studios and quickly realizes he might be in over his head.