''Shootout'', also known as ''Sunday Morning Shootout'', was a talk and interview program produced by the cable television network

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. The episodes first aired on AMC on Sunday mornings, before being rerun and syndicated to other networks (under the title ''Hollywood Shootout''). The show debuted on October 12, 2003. It was hosted by

Peter Bart Peter Benton Bart (born July 24, 1932) is an American journalist and film producer, writing a column for ''Deadline Hollywood'' since 2015. He is best known for his lengthy tenure (1989–2009) as the editor in chief of ''Variety'', an enterta ...

(a film producer and editor-in-chief of '' Variety'') and film producer and former film studio president

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. Each half-hour episode usually had two segments; one in which Guber and Bart discussed various topics in the film industry, and one where they jointly interviewed that week's guest(s). On December 16, 2008, Bart wrote in his blog on the ''Variety'' website that ''Shootout'' "will now migrate to a different time and different neighborhood." The last show episode at its regular timeslot was December 21, 2008. Bart and Guber returned to AMC on February 13, 2009 with ''Storymakers'', which was similar to ''Shootout'', but airing in primetime, albeit infrequently (another episode aired on May 15, 2009). In 2010, Bart and Guber co-hosted ''In the House'', a similar interview series airing on Encore.

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