Streaming Into the Void

This week, no matter how they spin it, the rulings in court this week were not good news for Paramount-Skydance and their desire to take over Warner Bros.-Discovery.
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Show Notes
Judge Grants Order To Pause Paramount-WBD Merger
Judge Extends Emergency Order Pausing Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
Paramount Seeks Three-Day Evidentiary Hearing As Judge Considers Preliminary Injunction To Halt Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
Writers Guild Seeks Preliminary Injunction To Halt Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery Merger; Wants Case Timing Aligned With State AG Suit
Paramount agrees to delay Warner Bros. merger into 2027 - Engadget
Paramount-Warner Deal at Risk of Delays Costing Billions - Bloomberg
Paramount Agrees to Delay Warner Bros. Merger for Months - The New York Times
Paramount shareholder lawsuit accuses Ellisons of corruption - Los Angeles Times
Paramount Takeover Of Warner Bros. Wins EU Approval
WGA Sues To Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
Comcast's Peacock records first ever profit on World Cup, 'Love Island USA' boost | Reuters
With NBCUniversal Becoming “Independent”, Talks With Potential Partners Are Under Way, Comcast Execs Say
Comcast earnings highlight NBCUniversal strength ahead of planned split
Telemundo Is The Real Winner Of This Year’s World Cup
What We've Been Doing
The Bear
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Assassin's Creed® Origins on Steam

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of July 25, 2026.
Netflix
Mary Beth Barone: Galaxy Brain (Jul. 28)
Final Project, season 1 (Jul. 29)
Wrath, season 1 (Jul.29)
The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (Jul. 30)
Man of Virtue, season 1 (Jul. 31)
The Vacation Principle (Jul. 31)
Disney+
Furious, season 1 (Jul. 27)
Lollapalooza Livestream (Jul. 30 - 31)
Paramount+
Diarra From Detroit, season 2 (Jul. 29)
Prime Video
The Devil’s Mouth (Jul. 29)
Batman: Caped Crusader, Season 2 (Jul. 31)
Apple TV
Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy (Jul. 31)
Acorn TV
The Ridge, season 1 (Jul. 27)
AMC+
The Walking Dead: Dead City, season 3 (Jul. 26)
Starz
Fightland, season 1 (Jul. 31)
Hallmark+
Love Under the Mistletoe (Jul. 25)

This week, 12 states file suit to block the Paramount-Skydance merger with Warner Bros.-Discovery.
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is Challenged in Court by California and 11 Other States - The New York Times
Paramount Seeks Recusal Of Judge Assigned To State AGs' Antitrust Challenge To Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
Paramount Blasts States’ Lawsuit Aimed at Blocking Warner Bros. Deal, Claims Litigation Will ‘Shield’ Netflix and Tech Companies From ‘Much-Needed Competition’
Paramount Skydance Agrees to Link Merger Antitrust Case to Pre-Existing Paramount+ Subscriber Suit
Judge Denies Injunction In Consumer Suit Against Paramount-WBD Merger
Judge Says She'll Rule On Motion In Paramount-WBD Lawsuit By July 22
FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
FCC Moves to End Cap on National Broadcast Ownership
Netflix Says Its Sophomore Series Slump Problem Is Actually Improving
Netflix To Stop Biannual Viewership Reports Amid Scrutiny
What We Watched the First Half of 2026 - About Netflix
What We've Been Doing
Obsession
Pop Culture Jeopardy!
Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator
MLB Home Run Derby

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of July 18, 2026.
Netflix
Spooky in Love, season 1 (Jul. 18)
WWE: Unreal, season 3 (Jul. 21)
Elite Force, season 1 (Jul. 22)
A Toxic Love Story (Jul. 22)
The Debt Collector (Jul. 23)
Kaulitz & Kaulitz, season 3 (Jul. 23)
Love in Slow Motion (Jul. 23)
Ransom Canyon, season 2 (Jul. 23)
72 Hours (Jul. 24)
Musafir Cafe, season 1 (Jul. 24)
The Truthers (Jul. 24)
Disney+
King of the Hill, season 15 (Jul. 20)
My Grandfather Charles Manson (Jul. 22)
Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston (Jul. 23)
Soy Luna: Let's Roll Again, season 1 (Jul. 24)
HBO Max
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, season 1 (Jul. 23)
Paramount+
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, season 4 (Jul. 23)
Peacock
Obsession (Jul. 17)
Apple TV
The Dink (Jul. 24)
Tubi
Date or Dip, season 1 (Jul. 23)
Breaking Bear, season 1 (Jul. 24)
I Know Where You Live (Jul. 24)

This week, streamers are exploring ways of beefing up subscriber numbers and engagement, and free - with ads - may be the path forward.
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Disney is exploring adding a free tier to Disney+ as YouTube draws TV viewers
Netflix Is Exploring Live TV and Bundles as It Struggles to Keep Viewers Hooked - WSJ
Netflix wants to buy Letterboxd, the last good social media site
Film Lovers Should   Own Letterboxd - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark
Netflix Viewers Are Abandoning Shows After One Season - Bloomberg
Netflix Is Exploring Live TV and Bundles as It Struggles to Keep Viewers Hooked - WSJ
Warner Discovery boss is again among highest-paid CEOs in America
More Romance Novels Than Ever Being Adapted For Streaming, Research Finds
EA Removes College Football 27 Microtransactions After Player Boycott
EA Sports pulls microtransactions from CFB 27 modes after community outrage - The Athletic
College Football 27 to remove microtransactions after player backlash, though EA maintains they were only added to 'give players more choice' | PC Gamer
Michael Bublé, Drew Scott Team for ‘Hometown Giants’ Hockey Docuseries
'Egg Baby': Ariana Greenblatt Movie Lands At Amazon For Streaming
‘Every Year After’ Renewed for Season 2 at Amazon; Will Focus on Charlie’s Story From ‘One Golden Summer’ Sequel Book
Prime Video's Obsessed Fest Recap: Highlights, Connections & More
Nat Geo Spins Off ‘Tucci in Italy’ With ‘Tucci in Great Britain’ (Exclusive)
Dylan O'Brien To Headline Hulu Comedy Pilot 'Lex'
‘Dutton Ranch’ Renewed For Season 2 At Paramount+
Tom Hardy Returning To 'MobLand' For Season 3 (Exclusive)
Morgan Spector in Talks to Play Robert Langdon in Netflix Series From Carlton Cuse, Dan Brown
Netflix Wins 'Sesame Street' Movie Rights
Netflix Snaps Up ‘Bad Bridgets,’ Irish Period Thriller Starring Emilia Jones and Alison Oliver From ‘Kneecap’ Director (EXCLUSIVE)
Colin Farrell, Steve Coogan, Charlie Heaton, Domhnall Gleeson and More Join Emilia Jones and Alison Oliver in Netflix’s Irish Period Thriller ‘Bad Bridgets’
Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour To Star In 'Spy In the Blood' Series
What We've Been Doing
Dropout
Game Changer: The Drinking Game
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Dispatch

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of July 11, 2026.
Netflix
The Apartment Job (Jul. 11)
One Piece Heroines (Jul. 11)
Love Is Blind UK: After the Altar (Jul. 12)
Susana and Elvira: No Plan B (Jul. 12)
Golden Kamuy 3: The Abashiri Prison Raid (Jul. 13)
Home Run Derby 2026 (July 13 at 7 p.m. ET)
Hot Ones: Extreme Heat (Jul. 13)
Quarterback, season 3 (Jul. 14)
Marry or Move On, season 4 (Jul. 15)
The Hawk, season 1 (Jul. 16)
Me Before Me (Jul. 16)
Until the T-shirt Dries, season 1 (Jul. 16)
23,000 Lives (Jul. 17)
Desire (Jul. 17)
The East Palace, season 1 (Jul. 17)
Heartstopper Forever (Jul. 17)
The Map of Longing, season 1 (Jul. 17)
Disney+
Rabbit Hole, season 1 (Jul. 13)
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland (Jul. 17)
They Fight (Jul. 17)
Paramount+
The Real Wolf of Wall Street (Jul. 14)
Peacock
Married at First Sight, season 20 (Jul. 16)
MGM+
The Westies, season 1 (Jul. 12)
Prime Video
Murder 101 (Jul. 13)
Ride or Die (Jul. 15)
Young Farts Trailer Parts, season 1 (Jul. 17)
Apple TV
Lucky, season 1 (Jul. 15)
Hallmark+
Snowbound for the Holidays (Jul. 17)

This week, Comcast announced it would be splitting in two, spinning off NBCUniversal into a separate company.
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Comcast announces it will spin off NBCUniversal and Sky from cable business
Comcast's NBCUniversal spinoff raises hope for more deals. There may not be good options
Comcast to spin off NBCUniversal and Sky into separate media business | NBC Universal | The Guardian
Behind the ‘Supergirl’ Bomb: Competing Cuts, Creative Differences (Exclusive)
‘Siren Head,’ Creepy Internet Sensation, Will Become Warner Bros. Movie With Brian Duffield Directing and ‘Weapons’ Filmmaker Zach Cregger Co-Writing
What We've Been Doing
Lost and Found Co.
Supergirl
Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator
College Football 27

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of July 4, 2026.
Netflix
Daemons of the Shadow Realm, season 1 (Jul. 4)
Sparks of Tomorrow, season 1 (Jul. 5)
Hamnet (Jul. 6)
Better Late Than Single, season 2 (Jul. 7)
I’m Not Afraid, season 1 (Jul. 8)
Nothing to Lose (Jul. 8)
Salcedo, Leather, and Boogaloo, season 1 (Jul. 8)
Little House on the Prairie, season 1 (Jul 9)
Ikka (Jul. 10)
Miguel Angel Blanco: The 48 Hours that Changed Spain (Jul. 10)
Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea (Jul. 10)
Disney+
SHARKFEST (Jul. 5)
HBO Max
The Man Will Burn (Jul. 9)
Peacock
The Five Star Weekend (Jul. 9)
Reminders of Him (Jul. 10)
Prime Video
The Ghost in the Shell, season 1 (Jul. 7)
Apple TV
Trying, season 5 (Jul. 8)
Acorn TV
Inspector Ellis, season 2 (Jul. 6)
Tubi
The One Next Door (Jul. 10)
Hallmark+
O Little Christmas Market (Jul. 11)

This week, Sony makes an investment in unconventional out-of-the-home entertainment as theatrical box office surges.
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Show Notes
Paramount-Warner Merger Reportedly Set To Clear EU Antitrust Hurdles -- But With Caveats
The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is in the Home Stretch, but a Lot Can Still Happen
Chinese regulators clear Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros Discovery merger, source says | Reuters
Justice Department Decision to Allow Paramount Deal Surprised Staff Investigators - WSJ
Economic Liberties Denounces DOJ Approval of Paramount-Warner Brothers Mega-Merger
Paramount-Warner Bros Deal Has States Eyeing More Than Just Antitrust Issues
US seizes nearly 400 websites that were illegally streaming World Cup, DOJ says | Reuters
Fox And Telemundo Look To Level Up World Cup For Increasingly Soccer-Savvy U.S. Viewers
Sony Pictures Entertainment Investing $100 Million Into Cosm Immersive Venue Business
Why Is Imax, the Hottest Brand in Movies, for Sale?
Bungie Announces Layoffs as It Admits 'Destiny 2 Fell Short of Expectations'
Embracer Group announces its intention to spin off Fellowship Entertainment on Nasdaq Stockholm
'The Four Seasons' Renewed for Season 3 at Netflix
‘Off Campus’ Gets Early Season 2 Renewal At Amazon; Season 1 Premiere Window
'The Testaments' Renewed for Season 2 at Hulu
What We've Been Doing
Twin Peaks: The Return
The Boroughs
The Sheep Detectives
Voicemails for Isabelle

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of June 27, 2026.
Netflix
Lock Upp, season 1 (Jun. 27 at 7:30 a.m. PDT)
Salish & Jordan Matter, season 2 (Jun. 27)
Sullivan’s Crossing, season 4 (Jun. 30)
Enola Holmes 3 (Jul. 1)
Summer ‘36 (Jul 1)
Worst Neighbor Ever, season 1 (Jul. 1)
Human Vapor, season 1 (Jul. 2)
Super Subbu, season 1 (Jul 2)
Survival of the Thickest, season 3 (Jul. 2)
Disney+
Abandoned (Jul. 1)
X-Men ’97, Season 2 (Jul. 1)
The Simpsons: Simpsley (Jul. 3)
HBO Max
Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story (Jun. 30)
Paramount+
Tyler Perry’s Ruthless, season 6 (Jun. 30)
Prime Video
Elle, season 1 (Jul. 1)
Apple TV
Silo, season 3 (Jul. 3)
Starz
They Took My Daughter (Jul. 1)
Hallmark+
A Castle of Our Own (Jun. 27)