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Feb 2024
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Live From Las Vegas: Oscars Pressure, La...

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Live from Las Vegas, Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw and special guest Jimmy Kimmel to discuss the state of sports television, the NFL's dominance in an otherwise struggling television landscape, Las Vegas as a Super Bowl venue, the potential move of the Oakland A's to Vegas, the hardest part about hosting the Oscars, the future of late-night television, and more.


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Host: Matt Belloni

Guests: Lucas Shaw and Jimmy Kimmel


Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez

Theme Song: Devon Renaldo

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