The Studio
The Promotion
TV Flash files “The Promotion” as a desk essential hour — The Studio (2025–) on Apple TV+, season 1, episode 1, aired 2025-03-26, 44 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 10 in the The Studio guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2025-03-26 (44 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “The Oner” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “The Promotion”. The Promotion as freshman-comedy contract: Seth Rogen protecting art and his job, Apple's Hollywood roast already knowing where the notes live.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Matt Remick is named the new head of Continental Studios—and put in charge of a project that threatens public humiliation.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Promotion sit in the The Studio guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 10 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did The Studio S01E01 air?
The Promotion aired 2025-03-26 and is listed at 44 minutes.
Where should I start?
The premiere, with Remick newly installed. The joke is executive panic in motion; guest industry types and the notes process are the weekly weather.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch Seth Rogen's anxious executive energy in Apple's Hollywood roast: a new studio chief trying to protect art and his job. Industry satire that knows where the notes are buried, with Catherine O'Hara, Ike Barinholtz, and Kathryn Hahn in the panic. Freshman comedy as awards steamroller.
Newly installed movie-studio head Matt Remick tries to protect art — and his job — and the old Hollywood night recognizes its own farce. Seth Rogen stars and co-creates with Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and Frida Perez for Apple TV+ in 2025, roasting the executive floor while Catherine O'Hara, Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Hahn, and a murderers' row of industry types keep the panic buoyant. Notes, celebrity ego, boardroom chaos. Peak Hollywood self-mythology as comedy. On the palate: pitch-meeting sweat…
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