Streaming Into the Void

What’s New in Streaming - May 18, 2024

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 18, 2024.
Hulu
Chief Detective 1958, Season 1 (May 22)
The Kardashians, Season 5 (May 23)
Netflix
Golden Kamuy (May 19)
The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties, Season 4 (May 20)
Princess Power, Season 3 (May 20)
I Am Not Big Bird (May 21)
Rachel Feinstein: Big Guy (May 21)
Buying London, Season 1 (May 22)
A Clean Sweep (May 22)
Toughest Forces on Earth, Season 1 (May 22)
Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf, Season 1 (May 23)
Illusions for Sale: The Rise and Fall of Generation Zoe (May 23)
In Good Hands 2 (May 23)
Seven Orifices, Limited Series (May 23)
Tires, season 1 (May 23)
Atlas (May 24)
Franco Escamilla: Ladies’ Man (May 24)
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, Season 1 (May 24)
Mulligan, Part 2 (May 24)
My Oni Girl (May 24)
Disney+
Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life, Season 2, Part 2 (May 22)
The Beach Boys (May 24)
Max
STAX: Soulsville U.S.A. (May 20)
Thirst with Shay Mitchell, Season 1 (May 23)
Paramount+
LOLLA: The Story of Lollapalooza (May 21)
Evil, season 4 (May 23)
Peacock
Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home (May 18)
Everything Puppies (May 19)
Amazon Prime Video
The 1% Club, Season 1 (May 23)
The Blue Angels (May 23)
Apple TV+
Trying, season 4 (May 22)
 

Streaming Into the Void - May 12, 2024 - Wall Street Is Easily Distracted

This week, Warner Bros. Discovery reports terrible earnings, and is rewarded with a higher stock price.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Exclusive: Disney and Comcast seek advisor to resolve Hulu valuation, sources say | Reuters
Wall Street Turns Its Back on Disney’s Streaming Profit Milestone | Analysis
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Largely Evades Questions About Paramount Global And NBA Talks, Says Executive Pay "Should Be Aligned" With Stock Performance
Warner Bros. Discovery Plans Fresh Cost Cuts, Hike in Max Price - Bloomberg
Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery to Launch Disney+, Hulu, Max Streaming Bundle
New 'Lord of the Rings' Movie Coming in 2026, Andy Serkis Directing
Warner Bros. Discovery misses first-quarter estimates despite streaming growth
Warner Bros. Discovery 'hopeful' for NBA deal as earnings miss estimates amid linear TV struggles
'Scavengers Reign' Canceled at Max, Moves to Netflix
'Constellation' Canceled By Apple After One Season
'Shogun' Nears Season 2 Renewal at FX as Star Hiroyuki Sanada Signs Deal to Return
Scooby-Doo Live-Action Series in the Works at Netflix
‘Heartbreak High’ Is Back for a Third and Final Term - About Netflix
Two 'The Witcher' Spinoffs Dead At Netflix - What's on Netflix
Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson Team On 'Olympic Highlights' Series For Peacock
New 'The Office' TV Series Gets Greenlight At Peacock, Reveals Setting
Seth MacFarlane's 'Ted' Renewed For Season 2 By Peacock
'Law & Order: Organized Crime' Officially Moving To Peacock For Season 5
Tracy Morgan-Led 'The Neighborhood' Spinoff Set at Paramount+
'Chad' Runs Out Of Lives: Comedy Canceled After Season 2 On Roku
Recommendations
X-Men ‘97
Taskmaster
Time Team
Cunningcast
Hades II
Warrior
Critical Role

What’s New in Streaming - May 11, 2024

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 11, 2024.
Hulu
Uncle Samsik, Season 1 (May 15)
Netflix
Madame Web (May 14)
Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal (May 15)
Bridgerton, season 3, part 1 (May 16)
Maestro in Blue, Season 2 (May 16)
Monster (May 16)
The 8 Show, Season 1 (May 17)
Mai (May 17)
Power (May 17)
Thelma the Unicorn (May 17)
Disney+
Let It Be (May 8)
Max
Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die (May 11)
Paramount+
Pillowcase Murders (May 14)
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, Season 9 (May 17)
Peacock
A Whitewater Romance (May 12)
Bronx Zoo ‘90: Crime, Chaos and Baseball, limited series (May 16)
Amazon Prime Video
Academy of Country Music Awards (May 16 at 8 p.m. EDT)
Outer Range, season 2 (May. 16)
99 (May 17)
Apple TV+
The Big Cigar, limited series (May 17)
AMC+
Interview with the Vampire, season 2 (May 12)

Streaming Into the Void - May 5, 2024 - Paramount! Warner Bros.! DIG UP!

This week, Warner Bros. and Paramount just can't help but dig their graves.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Screen Actors Guild Taps Nielsen for Help Verifying Streaming Services’ Data - Bloomberg
SAG-AFTRA Inks Deal With Nielsen to Measure Streaming Content
Nielsen TV Rating Services Accreditation Suspended By Media Rating Council
NBA Targets $76 Billion Windfall in New TV Rights Deal
Warner Bros. Discovery’s stock plummets to new low amid concerns the media giant could lose its NBA rights | CNN Business
Paramount Unveils Bob Bakish Exit Terms, Names Chris McCarthy 'Interim Principal Executive' For SEC Purposes
CBS CEO George Cheeks on Long-Term Plans, Morale, Paramount Fate (variety.com)
Sony and Apollo send letter expressing interest in $26 billion Paramount buyout as company mulls Skydance bid
Paramount Shareholder Asks for Court Order to Obtain Documents Tied to Skydance Merger Talks
Skydance Offers Paramount a Deal Sweetener: A $3 Billion Cash Infusion
Skydance's Proposed Deal With Paramount Global Appears to Be Falling Apart
MLB in advanced talks to make Roku new home for Sunday morning baseball: Sources - The Athletic
Recommendations
The Last Graduate, by Naomi Novik
Unfrosted
Monster Train
Outside Xtra
outsidexbox

What’s New in Streaming - May 4, 2024

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 4, 2024.
Hulu
Black Twitter: A People’s History (May 9)
Netflix
The Atypical Family, Season 1 (May 4)
Katt Williams: Woke Foke (live on May 4 at 10 p.m. EDT)
The Roast of Tom Brady (live on May 5 at 8 p.m. EDT)
Super Rich in Korea, Season 1 (May 7)
The Final: Attack on Wembley (May 8)
Bodkin, season 1 (May 9)
The Guardian of the Monarchs (May 9)
Mother of the Bride (May 9)
Thank You, Next, Season 1 (May 9)
Blood of Zeus, Season 2 (May 10)
Cooking Up Murder: Uncovering the Story of César Román (May 10)
The Courier (May 10)
Living with Leopards (May 10)
Pokémon Horizons: The Series, Part 2 (May 10)
The Ultimatum: South Africa (May 10)
Disney+
Tales of the Empire, season 1 (May 4)
Monsters at Work, season 2 (May 5)
Doctor Who, series 14 (May 10)
Max
Pretty Little Liars: Summer School (May 9)
The Iron Claw (May 10)
Paramount+
Kiss the Future (May 7)
The Chi, Season 6, Part 2 (May 10)
Peacock
A Lifelong Love (May 5)
Katt Williams: Woke Foke (live on May 4 at 10 p.m. EDT)
Eurovision Song Contest 2024 (live on May 7, 9, and 11 at 3 p.m. EDT)
Love Undercover, Season 1 (May 9)
Amazon Prime Video
The GOAT, Season 1 (May 9)
Maxton Hall - The World Between Us, season 1 (May 9)
Apple TV+
Dark Matter, season 1 (May 8)
Hollywood Con Queen, limited series (May 8)

Streaming Into the Void - April 28, 2024 - Earnings Good, Ratings Bad

This week, studios report solid earnings while Nielsen reports... a correction.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Charter Loses 392,000 Pay TV Customers in First Quarter
Comcast (CMCSA) earnings Q1 2024 (cnbc.com)
Peacock Adds Three Million Paid Subscribers as Comcast Posts Revenue Bump
Comcast launches prepaid and month-to-month internet and phone plans
Even Cable TV Giants Know That Consumers Prefer Streaming — but They've Got a Plan
Amazon Prime has framework deal for NBA broadcast rights, per sources, putting pressure on TNT, NBC - The Athletic
YouTube Q1 Ad Revenue Climbs 21% to $8 Billion (variety.com)
Roku Q1 2024 Earnings: Reaches 81.6 Million Active Accounts (variety.com)
Ryan Gosling Brings 'SNL' Its Most-Watched Episode Ever on Peacock
Bluey Captivates Audiences On Disney+ With Record Debut For The Sign
Nielsen Top 10: The Resident Takes No. 2 As Nielsen Expands Capability
Steve Carell Joins Tina Fey in Netflix Comedy Series 'Four Seasons'
Heartstopper Season 3 Adds Jonathan Bailey, Hayley Atwell
'Law & Order: Organized Crime' Moving To Peacock For Season 5
Recommendations
Bluey
The Gentlemen
Broken Roads
Balatro
MLB The Show 24

What’s New in Streaming - April 27, 2024

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of April 27, 2024.
Hulu
The Veil, Limited Series (Apr. 30)
Shardlake, season 1 (May 1)
The Contestant (May 2)
Prom Dates (May 3)
Welcome to Wrexham, season 3 (May 3)
Netflix
Honeymoonish (Apr. 29)
Fiasco (Apr. 30)
My Next Guest with David Letterman and John Mulaney (Apr. 30)
Draw Special Super Soft Power (May 1)
Down the Rabbit Hole (May 1)
Frankly Speaking, Season 1 (May 1)
Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, Season 1 (May 1)
One More Shot (May 1)
Beautiful Rebel (May 2)
A Man in Full (May 2)
Secrets of the Neanderthals (May 2)
T-P Bon, Season 1 (May 2)
Postcards, Season 1 (May 3)
Unfrosted (May 3)
Selling the OC, season 3 (May 3)
Max
Hacks, season 3 (May 2)
Turtles All the Way Down (May 2)
Peacock
Curious Caterer: Foiled Plans (Apr. 27)
Branching Out (Apr. 28)
Amazon Prime Video
The Idea of You (May 2)
Apple TV+
Acapulco, Season 3 (May 1)
 

Streaming Into the Void - April 21, 2024 - Netflix Destroys Estimates... Stop me if you've heard this before

This week, Sony throws a wrench in the plan to rescue Paramount, Zaslav gets paid, and Netflix... well, you know.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Sony in Talks to Join a Bid to Buy Paramount - The New York Times
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav 2023 Pay Package Rises to $50M (variety.com)
NBA's exclusive TV rights negotiating window with ESPN, Warner expected to pass without a deal
Netflix Adds 9.33 Million Subscribers in Q1 2024 (variety.com)
'Squid Game,' 'Night Agent' Netflix Returns Set for Back Half of 2024
Netflix Boss Ted Sarandos Pours Cold Water On New York Times' Report That Dan Lin Wants To Make Movies "Better, Cheaper And Less Frequent"
For All Mankind Renewed for Season 5 — Plus, Star City Spinoff Ordered at Apple
Emma Thompson & Ruth Wilson To Star In Apple TV+ Series 'Down Cemetery Road' Based On Book From 'Slow Horses' Scribe Mick Herron
'Fallout' Renewed for Season 2 at Amazon
'The Witcher' To End With Season 5 At Netflix
Recommendations
Deadly Education, by Naomi Novik
Jeopardy
Fallout

What’s New in Streaming - April 20, 2024

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of April 20, 2024.
Hulu
High Hopes, Season 1 (Apr. 20)
Hip-Hop and the White House (Apr. 22)
Secrets of the Octopus (Apr. 22)
Talking Sabor, Season 1 (Apr. 24)
Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story (Apr. 26)
Netflix
Soweto Blaze (Apr. 20)
CoComelon Lane, Season 2 (Apr. 22)
Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen (Apr. 22)
Anyone But You (Apr. 23)
Brigands: The Quest for Gold (Apr. 23)
Fight for Paradise: Who Can You Trust? (Apr. 23)
Deliver Me (Apr. 24)
City Hunter (Apr. 25)
Dead Boy Detectives, season 1 (Apr. 25)
The Doomsday Cult of Antares de la Luz (Apr. 25)
Disney+
Tiger (Apr. 22)
Tigers on the Rise (Apr. 22)
Max
The Jinx, Part 2 (Apr. 21)
We’re Here, season 4 (Apr. 26)
Paramount+
Knuckles, season 1 (Apr. 26)
Peacock
Falling in Love in Niagara (Apr. 21)
Amazon Prime Video
THEM: The Scare, Season 2 (Apr. 25)
Apple TV+
The Big Door Prize, Season 2 (Apr. 24)

Streaming Into the Void - April 14, 2024 - Hollywood Boardrooms in Turmoil

This week, Paramount at a crossroads.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Newhouse Family Resigns from WBD Board Amid DOJ Investigation (hollywoodreporter.com)
Paramount could acquire Skydance in $5 bln all-stock deal, WSJ reports | Reuters
As Paramount Shareholders Slam A Skydance Deal, Directors Said To Be Exiting Board: Could Threat Of Legal Action Derail Talks?
Four Paramount Directors to Step Down as Company Discusses Skydance Merger - WSJ
Showtime Streaming Service Is Shutting Down at the End of April
Paramount Hires a Bank to Explore the Sale of VidCon
Netflix Layoffs Hit Film Department Under New Boss Dan Lin (deadline.com)
Irish Wish Is a Crypto-Fascist, AI-Generated Harbinger of Doom
Game Of Thrones Jon Snow Spinoff Series No Longer In Development At HBO
'Game of Thrones' Prequel 'Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight' Casts Peter Claffey, Dexter Sol Ansell in Lead Roles
Apple TV+ renews global sensation “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,” and announces plans for multiple spin-off series from Legendary Entertainment
'Legally Blonde' Amazon Spinoff Series In Works; Reese Witherspoon EPs
'The Night Manager': BBC & Amazon Recommission With Tom Hiddleston
Amazon Show 'Fallout' to Shoot Likely Season 2 in California (hollywoodreporter.com)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Renewed, Lower Decks Ending
Recommendations
Baldur’s Gate 3
Conan O’Brien on Hot Ones
WrestleMania
Fallout