The Colin and Samir Show
The Colin and Samir Show

Tom Segura and Fox Creator Studios: Inside Hollywood's New Business Model

July 9, 2026

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Comedian Tom Segura started doing stand-up in 2002. By 2025, he had a vodka brand, a bakery in Austin, a Netflix sketch show, a pay-per-view platform, and a multi-project partnership with Fox Creator Studios. That arc, he explained in a live conversation at the Press Publish LA event, was not the result of a grand strategy. It came from following one thing into another, saying yes to opportunities that felt right, and learning that an audience will pay for something premium if you give them a reason.

The accidental media company

Segura resisted starting a podcast until Joe Rogan pushed him into it in 2010. He launched Your Mom's House with his wife Christina mostly because Rogan insisted. The turning point came when he encouraged listeners to harass an old college roommate as a bit. The roommate called him, furious, saying he had to shut down his Twitter and email. Segura realized: people were actually listening.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:00) **Introduction & Context** - Hosts Colin and Samir set up the conversation: a live interview at their Press Publish LA event about the intersection of creators and Hollywood.
  • 2 (02:32) **Tom’s Origin Story: From Stand-Up to Podcasting** - Tom explains how his career began in stand-up comedy and evolved through podcasting, starting with Joe Rogan’s encouragement.
  • 3 (04:44) **Building a Studio Ecosystem** - Tom describes how the podcast’s success led to providing production services for other comedians, creating a self-feeding cycle.
  • 4 (06:51) **The Birth of “Bad Thoughts” and the Power of Shorts** - Tom explains how a desire to make films led to creating short-form content, which eventually became a Netflix series.
  • 5 (09:00) **The Pandemic Pivot: Live, Premium Content** - Tom details how the pandemic forced him to create a new, higher-value live podcast event that proved audiences would pay for premium creator content.
  • 6 (12:30) **The Internet’s Transformative Effect on Comedy** - Tom and the hosts discuss how the internet has exponentially expanded the reach and career opportunities for comedians.
  • 7 (14:53) **The Fox Creator Studios Deal: A New Partnership Model** - Billy Parks explains the deal’s structure and philosophy, focusing on supporting creators’ direct-to-consumer businesses.

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Show Notes

Traditional networks are no longer just looking to creators for marketing—they want premium, long-term IP. Today we explore how independent comedy powerhouse YMH Studios scaled past traditional gatekeepers and why Fox Entertainment just signed a major multi-project slate with them.

What you’ll get in this episode:

  • The Deal Breakdown: Inside the co-ownership structure of the brand-new Fox and YMH slate.

  • The Creator-CEO Blueprint: How Tom Segura built an arena-selling infrastructure entirely direct-to-consumer.

  • The Scale Formula: Why protecting creative momentum and building your own distribution engine is the ultimate leverage in media today.

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