Writers and talent reps sound off on the demise of backend profits and whether a wave of huge streamer pacts marks a boon for showrunners or leaves money on the table.

In 'The Castle on Sunset' — currently being adapted into an HBO series by John Krasinski and Aaron Sorkin — Hollywood historian Shawn Levy retraces the comedian's final days inside the legendary hotel where pal Robert De Niro stopped by to snort cocaine just hours before his death and the hotel's famed discretion was put to the ultimate test.