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Julia Roberts helps turn 'Homecoming' into a TV series
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Julia Roberts helps turn 'Homecoming' into a TV series

Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg created "Homecoming" as a scripted, fictional podcast, and now they're overseeing the Amazon TV version; the movie ratings system has existed for 50 years, but it has occasionally been plagued by inconsistencies.
Julia Roberts stars in the podcast-turned-TV series, "Homecoming."
Julia Roberts stars in the podcast-turned-TV series, "Homecoming."
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On today's show:

A NEW FORM OF ADAPTATION

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Podcasts are plentiful, but scripted ones, not so much. But the fictional podcast, "Homecoming," was so successful that it's been turned into a series for Amazon, starring Julia Roberts. The podcast creators and TV series producers, Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg, spoke with John Horn about the adaptation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WJSdpE-sJQ

50 years of movie ratings

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The Motion Picture Association of America has released a report on a half-century of movie ratings. John Horn reports on the system's inconsistencies over the years.