Streaming Into the Void

Streaming Into the Void - June 8, 2025 - Zaslav Gets His Bonus

This week, Warner Bros. Discover CEO gets his bonus for losing the company $11.5 billion, and other nonsense Hollywood stories.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
WBD Shareholders Nix David Zaslav’s 2024 Pay Package In Non-Binding Vote
Warner Bros. Discovery Lost $11.5 Billion in 2024. So How Did CEO David Zaslav Exceed His Bonus Targets?
Warner Bros. Discovery Lays Off Staffers Across Cable Channels
Shari Redstone Confirms Cancer Diagnosis While Facing Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ Suit - The New York Times
Paramount Plan To Pay Off Trump Sparks California Senate Probe, Requests For Ex-CBS News Brass To Testify
‘Jeopardy!’ & ‘Wheel of Fortune’ War Heats Up As Sony Strikes Streaming Deals With Peacock & Hulu, Days After Judge Handed Back Rights To CBS
Apple TV emerging as leading candidate among streamers to land more MLB rights
What We've Been Doing
Dungeon Crawler Carl
A Simple Favor
Another Simple Favor
Magic: The Gathering - Final Fantasy
EA College Football 26

What’s New in Streaming - June 7, 2025

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of June 7, 2025.
Hulu
Call Her Alex (Jun. 10)
Atsuko Okatsuka: Father (Jun. 13)
Netflix
The Creature Cases, Chapter 5 (Jun. 9)
Families Like Ours (Jun. 10)
Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy (Jun. 10)
Aniela, season 1 (Jun. 11)
Cocaine Air: Smugglers at 30,000 FT (Jun. 11)
Our Times (Jun. 11)
TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster (Jun. 11)
About Antoine, season 2 (Jun. 12)
The Fairly Oddparents: A New Wish, season 2 (Jun. 12)
FUBAR, season 2 (Jun. 12)
I Love Filipino (Jun. 12)
MaSameer Junior (Jun. 12)
A Business Proposal (Jun. 13)
Kings of Jo’Burg, season 3 (Jun. 13)
Rana Naidu, season 2 (Jun. 13)
Too Hot to Handle: Spain (Jun. 13)
Disney+
Ocean with David Attenborough (Jun. 8)
Paramount+
The Tony Awards (Jun. 8 at 8 p.m. EDT)
Peacock
The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets (Jun. 7)
Prime Video
American Thunder: NASCAR to LeMans (Jun. 12)
Deep Cover (Jun. 12)
Apple TV+
Echo Valley (Jun. 13)
Tubi
Day of Reckoning (Jun. 13)

Streaming Into the Void - June 1, 2025 - Disney Scores a Pre-school Coup

This week, Disney licenses a pre-school juggernaut for Disney+ while Nielsen tries to make sense of the last year in television.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Disney Takes the Preschool Hit ‘CoComelon’ Away From Netflix - Bloomberg
Sesame Street Is Coming to Netflix With New & Old Episodes Streaming In 2025
'Sesame Street' showed me a better world. Thanks to Netflix, my kids will see it too.
Netflix Doubles Down on Kids Games, Adds Exclusive ‘World of Peppa Pig’ Alongside New Episodes
Starz, Newly Separated From Lionsgate, Sees Quarterly Revenue Drop 6% as It Takes $168 Million Content Impairment Charge
Stand-Alone Starz CEO Jeff Hirsch Sees A Future Of Owned Shows, Lower Costs & Deals With Networks “Marooned” In Linear Limbo
Lionsgate, Now Without Starz, Swings to Quarterly Profit on Higher Revenues
Lionsgate Completes Split Of Studios, Starz
100 Most-Watched TV Series of 2024-25 Across Streaming, Broadcast and Cable: ‘Squid Game’ Leads This Season’s Rankers
CBS Wins Nielsen’s First Full Season Multiplatform Ratings Among Broadcast, Led by ‘Tracker’ — but Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Dominates Overall
‘Hacks’ Renewed for Fifth Season at Max
GLITCH Productions’ Murder Drones Series Is Now Streaming on Prime Video – Red's Nerd Den
‘Welcome to Wrexham’ Renewed for Season 5 and Its Spinoff Gets a Title
‘Laid’ Canceled At Peacock After One Season
‘Ted’ Animated Sequel Series Set at Peacock With Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, Jessica Barth Returning
'Yellowjackets' Renewed For Season 4 By Showtime
‘The Chi’ Renewed For Season 8 By Showtime Following Strong Season 7 Debut
‘Silo’ to End With Season 4 as Apple TV+ Renews Series for Two More Seasons
What We've Been Doing
Fountain of Youth
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Dungeon Crawler Carl

What’s New in Streaming - May 31, 2025

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 31, 2025.
Hulu
Predator: Killer of Killers (Jun. 6)
Netflix
Netflix Tudum 2025: The Live Event (May 31 at 8 p.m. EDT)
Sara: Woman in the Shadows, season 1 (Jun. 3)
Criminal Code, season 2 (Jun. 4)
Eva Lasting, season 3 (Jun. 4)
Power Moves with Shaquille O’Neal (Jun. 4)
Barracuda Queens, season 2 (Jun. 5)
Ginny & Georgia, season 3 (Jun. 5)
LEGO DREAMZzz, season 3 (Jun. 5)
Tires, season 2 (Jun. 5)
Uninvited (Jun. 5)
Golden SixTONES, season 1 (Jun. 6)
K.O. (Jun. 6)
Mercy for None (Jun. 6)
The Survivors (Jun. 6)
Tyler Perry’s Straw (Jun. 6)
Disney+
Phineas and Ferb, season 5 (Jun. 5)
Max
Mountainhead (May 31)
The Mortician (Jun. 1)
Peacock
Love Island USA, season 3 (Jun. 3)
Prime Video
Good Boy, season 1 (May 31)
Apple TV+
Stick, season 1 (Jun. 4)
Starz
BMF, season 4 (Jun. 6)

Streaming Into the Void - May 25, 2025 - Studios Struggle as Box Office Surges

This week, Paramount is on the brink, Warner Bros. Discovery is weighed down, and Disney owns the Memorial Day weekend.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Democrats warn Redstone that Paramount talks with Trump over CBS Kamala Harris interview may be illegal | The Independent
Freedom of the Press Foundation says it will sue Paramount if it settles with Trump over 60 Minutes lawsuit | The Independent
Trump sues CBS over ‘60 Minutes’ interview with Harris. Legal experts call it ‘frivolous and dangerous’ | CNN Business
’60 Minutes’ Addresses EP Bill Owens’ Departure in On-Air Segment: “Paramount Began to Supervise Our Content in New Ways”
CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon quits as potential Trump lawsuit settlement looms
S&P Downgrades Warner Bros. Discovery To Junk Status On “Weak Credit Metrics”
Warner Bros. Discovery Downgraded to Junk by S&P
Cannes: Mubi Buys Wagner Moura-Starring ‘The Secret Agent’ for U.K., India, Most of Latin America
Mubi Buys Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson’s ‘Die My Love’ in $24 Million Cannes Deal
Mubi Acquires Sound of Falling Out of Cannes
New Direct-to-Consumer Offering to be Singularly Branded ESPN
Disney exec: ESPN+ sticking around due to existing rights deals
Justin Connolly, After Exiting Disney, Joins YouTube as Global Head of Media and Sports; Disney Sues Over Exec’s Hiring
Recommendations
Lilo & Stitch
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin on Apple TV+
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Carl’s Doomsday Scenario

What’s New in Streaming - May 24, 2025

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 24, 2025.
Hulu
Adults, season 1 (May 29)
Rickey Smiley: Fool-ish (May 30)
Netflix
Our Unwritten Seoul, season 1 (May 24)
CoComelon, season 13 (May 26)
Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders (May 26)
Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life (May 26)
F1: The Academy (May 28)
Dept. Q, season 1 (May 29)
Losmen Bu Broto: The Series, season 1 (May 29)
Mad Unicorn (May 29)
The Heart Knows (May 30)
Lost in Starlight (May 30)
A Widow’s Game (May 30)
Max
And Just Like That…, season 3 (May 23)
Peacock
WWE NXT Battleground (May 25)
Prime Video
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, season 2 (May 27)
The Better Sister (May 29)
Apple TV+
Bono: Stories of Surrender (May 30)
AMC+
Scrublands, season 2 (May 29)
Tubi
The Killing Cove (May 30)

Streaming Into the Void - May 18, 2025 - The Upfronts Bring Big Announcements

This week, YouTube dominates, Fox joins the fray, and Max changes name... again.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Warners Reverses Course: Changes Max’s Name Back to HBO Max
YouTube to stream 2025 Week 1 NFL regular-season game in Brazil to worldwide audience for free
As Hollywood Shrinks, Studios Look to YouTube for Help - Bloomberg
Fox’s new streaming service will arrive just in time for football season
‘Hazbin Hotel’ Spinoff ‘Helluva Boss’ Gets 2-Season Renewal & Prime Video Run
'Creed' Spinoff Series Set in Delphi Gym Ordered at Amazon
‘Fallout’ Levels Up With Early Season 3 Renewal at Prime Video
Prime Video Hands Out Two-Season Renewal for ‘Beast Games’
Amazon’s ‘The Bondsman’ Canceled After One Season
‘The Eternaut’: Inside Netflix’s Argentinian Sci-Fi Survival Drama & Ambitious Season 2 Plans
'Star Search' reboot underway at Netflix
Tina Fey's The Four Seasons Renewed for Season 2 - Netflix Tudum
Kevin Hart Is in for a Wild 72 Hours in the New Tim Story Comedy
‘Parks and Recreation’ Alums Amy Poehler, Mike Schur Reunite for Peacock Comedy Series ‘Dig’
'The Studio' Renewed for Season 2 at Apple TV+
Recommendations
Murderbot
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Andor, Season 2
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Taskmaster

What’s New in Streaming - May 17, 2025

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 17, 2025.
Hulu
Nine Perfect Strangers, season 2 (May 21)
Nine Puzzles, season 1 (May 21)
Netflix
Ex Ex Lovers (May 20)
Sarah Silverman: Postmortem (May 20)
Untold: The Fall of Favre (May 20)
Newly Rich, Newly Poor (May 21)
Real Men, season 1 (May 21)
Sneaky Links: Dating After Dark, season 1 (May 21)
Happy Mondays (May 22)
Sirens, season 1 (May 22)
Tyler Perry’s She The People, part 1 (May 22)
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds (May 23)
Big Mouth, season 7 (May 23)
Fear Street: Prom Queen (May 23)
Forget You Not, season 1 (May 23)
Off Track 2 (May 23)
Disney+
Tucci in Italy, season 1 (May 18)
Max
Pee-wee as Himself (May 23)
Paramount+
FBI True, season 7 (May 20)
Couples Therapy, season 4 part 2 (May 23)
Peacock
Peacock Emerging Artist Series (May 19)
Prime Video
Motorheads, season 1 (May 20)
Earnhardt (May 22)
Clarkson’s Farm, season 4 (May 23)
Apple TV+
Fountain of Youth (May 23)
Tubi
Worth the Wait (May 23)

Streaming Into the Void - May 11, 2025 - Earnings, Earnings, Earnings... But What About Profits?

This week, four studios report quarterly earnings, but not everyone's got good news.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Paramount's strong quarterly results boosted by originals, streaming growth | Reuters
Paramount+ Hits 79 Million Subscribers, Streaming Loss Shrinks to $109 Million
CBS Wins Nielsen’s First Full Season Multiplatform Ratings Among Broadcast, Led by ‘Tracker’ — but Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Dominates Overall
Warner Bros. Discovery Adds 5.3 Million Streaming Subs as Losses Narrow, Studios Slow on Tough Box Office
Disney Gains Surprise 1.4 Million Disney+ Subscribers as Streaming Profit Surges, CEO Iger Says ‘We Remain Optimistic’ About Fiscal 2025 Outlook
ESPN Cable Subscribers Will Get Access to New Streaming Features / ESPN flagship streaming app to be named 'ESPN,' sources say
Netflix will try a TikTok-like feed on its mobile app | The Verge
Netflix is removing Black Mirror: Bandersnatch | The Verge
Netflix rolls out dialogue-only subtitles
Netflix is streaming a showcase of Hitchcock’s greatest films this June | The Verge
Do not adjust your TV screen: Why your Netflix experience has a new look
Recommendations
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
What If…?, Season 3
Andor, Season 2
EFL playoffs
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Ultimate Game Pass

What’s New in Streaming - May 10, 2025

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 10, 2025.
Hulu
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, season 2 (May 15)
Matteo Lane: The Al Dente Special (May 16)
Welcome to Wrexham, Season 4 (May 16)
Netflix
Tastefully Yours, season 1 (May 12)
Bad Thoughts, season 1 (May 13)
Untold: The Liver King (May 13)
Welcome, Now Get Lost, season 1 (May 13)
American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden (May 14)
Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story (May 14)
Married at First Sight, season 17 (May 14)
Rhythm+Flow: Poland (May 14)
Snakes and Ladders, season 1 (May 14)
Bet, season 1 (May 15)
Franklin, season 1 (May 15)
Love, Death & Robots, Vol. 4 (May 15)
Paddington in Peru (May 15)
Secrets We Keep (May 15)
Thank You, Next, season 2 (May 15)
Vini Jr. (May 15)
Dear Hongrang, season 1 (May 16)
Football Parents, season 1 (May 16)
The Quilters (May 16)
Rotten Legacy, season 1 (May 16)
Max
Duster, season 1 (May 15)
The Brutalist (May 16)
Peacock
Eurovision Song Contest (May 13 - 17)
Prime Video
Lee Soo Man: The King of K-Pop (May 13)
Overcompensating, season 1 (May 15)
Apple TV+
Murderbot, season 1 (May 16)
Deaf President Now! (May 16)
Tubi
Rhythm and Blood (May 16)