Toldja! The Nikki Finke Story

Ep 8: On Her Terms

Fired from Deadline, Nikki tries to reemerge on the Hollywood scene with a new business venture but encounters professional and personal challenges. As her health nosedives, she starts making goodbye calls. Her final days are highlighted by a surprise visitor.

Ep 7: Strange Bedfellows

Bourgeoning media titan Jay Penske buys Deadline, giving Nikki the financial stability and recognition she craves. But the relationship is irrevocably damaged after Penske's acquisitive nature leads him to his next prize.

Ep 6: Trading Places

After agreeing to be the subject of an in-depth profile by The New Yorker, Nikki changes her mind at the last minute. When intimidation tactics directed at the magazine's staff fail to stop the presses, she begins making some disturbing threats. Are they merely more manipulation tactics or the result of something deeper?

Ep 5: Ain't No Titan High Enough

Nikki goes after Hollywood's top titans for bad behavior and job performance, generating irresistibly juicy copy and a flood of website hits. Nikki's reclusivity continues to fuel her mystique, and a Deadline writer gets the shock of a lifetime when she invites him to her apartment for dinner. Meantime critics take aim, accusing Nikki of unethical and shoddy journalistic practices.

Ep 4: Friends In High Places

Nikki gets the inside scoop on the biggest showbiz story of the year: the mega merger between the town's two top talent agencies William Morris and Endeavor. Was the scoop the result of her clandestine relationship with the Endeavor super agent who ultimately emerges from the merger as king?