A review by emkral22
Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy by James B Stewart, Rachel Abrams

4.0

This was so good. I listened to the audiobook (12 hours) over a weekend and was totally sucked in. The first part of the book talks about Sumner Redstone, head of CBS and Viacom, and the Succession-esque fight for who would succeed him, as well as the way he was manipulated and taken advantage of by his girlfriend/caregivers (TW: elder abuse descriptions are very dark here) while the second part of the book follows the #MeToo accusations against Les Moonves and how he tried to cover them up so he wouldn’t have to lose control of CBS. I love a fascinating nonfiction audiobook and would recommend this to people who enjoyed Empire of Pain, Catch and Kill, and similar.