Streaming Into the Void

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
 
 

What’s New in Streaming - April 13, 2024

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of April 13, 2024.
Hulu
Under the Bridge, limited series (Apr. 17)
Netflix
Ripe for the Picking, Season 1 (Apr. 13)
Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer (Apr. 16)
The Circle, Season 6 (Apr. 17)
Don’t Hate the Player, Season 1 (Apr. 17)
The Grimm Variations (Apr. 17)
Our Living World, Season 1 (Apr. 17)
Bros, Season 1 (Apr. 18)
The Upshaws, Part 5 (Apr. 18)
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (Apr. 19)
Disney+
Bluey, New Supersized Episode! (Apr. 14)
Max
The Sympathizer (Apr. 14)
An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th (Apr. 16)
Conan O’Brien Must Go, season 1 (Apr. 18)
Paramount+
CTRL+ALT+DESIRE (Apr. 16)
Peacock
The Legend of the Lost Locket (Apr. 14)
Orlando Bloom: To the Edge (Apr. 18)
Migration (Apr. 19)
Amazon Prime Video
Going Home with Tyler Cameron, Season 1 (Apr. 18)
Amazon Freevee
Dinner with the Parents, Season 1 (Apr. 18)
Roku Channel
The Spiderwick Chronicles (Apr. 19)

Streaming Into the Void - April 7, 2024 - Iger Wins. Now What?

This week, Disney's proxy battle is over, and the fight for Paramount may be, as well.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Disney trounces activist shareholders in a major win for Bob Iger | CNN Business
Column: Disney needs fixing, but Peltz was the wrong repairman
ESPN's Streaming Service Will Be Available on Disney+ (hollywoodreporter.com)
Disney Shares 'The Mandalorian & Grogu,' 'Toy Story 5' Release Dates
Disney reveals more on huge Magic Kingdom expansion, one part of a $60 billion investment | CNN
Apollo Global Offered $27 Billion for All of Paramount Global but the Bid Was Rebuffed
Redstone, Skydance Strike Tentative Deal for Paramount Stake - Bloomberg
Red vs. Blue: Restoration Release Date Set Amid Rooster Teeth Shutdown (variety.com)
Recommendations
From
Balatro
 

What’s New in Streaming - April 6, 2024

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of April 6, 2024.
Hulu
The Fable, Season 1 (Apr. 6)
Go! Go! Loser Ranger! Season 1 (Apr. 7)
Mission: Yozakura Family, Season 1 (Apr. 7)
Blood Free, Season 1 (Apr. 10)
Grand Cayman: Secrets in Paradise, Season 1 (Apr. 10)
The Greatest Hits (Apr. 12)
Netflix
Spirit Rangers, Season 3 (Apr. 8)
Neal Brennan: Crazy Good (Apr. 9)
Anthracite, Limited Series (Apr. 10)
The Hijacking of Flight 61, Limited Series (Apr. 10)
Unlocked: A Jail Experiment, Season 1 (Apr. 10)
What Jennifer Did (Apr. 10)
As the Crow Flies, Season 3 (Apr. 11)
Baby Reindeer, Limited Series (Apr. 11)
Heartbreak High, Season 2 (Apr. 11)
Midsummer Night, Limited Series (Apr. 11)
Amar Singh Chamkila (Apr. 12)
Good Times, Season 1 (Apr. 12)
A Journey (Apr. 12)
Love, Divided (Apr. 12)
Smart Casual (Apr. 12)
Stolen (Apr. 12)
Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp (Apr. 12)
Max
Alex Edelman: Just for Us (Apr. 6)
Brandy Hellville and the Cult of Fast Fashion (Apr. 9)
Paramount+
The Challenge: All-Stars, season 4 (Apr. 10)
Dora, Season 1 (Apr. 12)
Peacock
Wrestlemania 40 (Apr. 6 -7)
Amazon Prime Video
Fallout, season 1 (Apr. 11)
Apple TV+
Franklin, limited series (Apr. 12)

Streaming Into the Void - March 31, 2024 - The NFL on Peacock, and Hulu and Disney+ Tie the Knot

This week, another NFL game will be broadcast exclusively on Peacock, and Hulu and Disney+ make it official.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
PEACOCK TO EXCLUSIVELY STREAM NFL FRIDAY NIGHT OPENING WEEKEND GAME ON SEPT. 6, FROM SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - NBC Sports Pressbox (nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com)
Audible and Amazon MGM Studios Pact to Develop TV Series Based on Audio Giant's Originals (EXCLUSIVE)
ESPN Integrates Pathway To Regional Sports Network Streams Into Its Main App And Website
ESPN's Rece Davis walks back 'risk-free investment' comment on sports gambling segment
The Disney Plus-Hulu merger is way more than a streaming bundle
Facebook Allegedly Killed Its Own Streaming Service to Help Sell Netflix Ads
Paramount Global Credit Rating Cut To Junk Status By S&P (deadline.com)
Paramount+ Removes 10 Nickelodeon Titles Including Blue's Clues & You! (deadline.com)
Paramount Streaming Exec Domenic DiMeglio Explains How Paramount+ Capitalized on New Subs After Super Bowl (yahoo.com)
'Euphoria' Season 3 Production Delayed at HBO
Catherine O'Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz & Chase Sui Wonders To Star In Seth Rogen's Movie Studio Comedy Series For Apple
'Freaky Friday 2' a Go at Disney, Nisha Ganatra to Direct
'Death and Other Details' Canceled After One Season at Hulu
Claire Danes to Star in Netflix Limited Series 'Beast in Me'
Olivia Colman Says Won't Return For Season 3 Of Netflix's 'Heartstopper'
Alexander Ludwig to Star in ‘Earth Abides’ Series Adaptation at MGM+
Recommendations
Ghostbusters Frozen Empire
3 Body Problem