Streaming Into the Void

This week, Tubi's streaming of the Super Bowl crushed past years' ratings, but is it sustainable?
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Super Bowl 2025 Generated $800 Million in Ad Sales for Fox and Tubi
Super Bowl 2025 Hits 127.7 Million Viewers, Most-Watched Ever
CBS and other Paramount channels to disappear from YouTube TV amid contract dispute
YouTube TV, Paramount Agree to Deal Extension to Avoid Blackout of CBS, Other Networks While Talks Continue
Matthew Rhys To Headline Apple TV+ Series ‘Widow’s Bay’
'Legend of Vox Machina' Renewed for Season 4 at Amazon
‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Reboot Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar Nears Hulu Pilot Order With Chloé Zhao Directing
‘How to Die Alone’ Canceled After One Season on Hulu; Creator-Star Natasha Rothwell Is ‘Baffled’ and Shopping Series Elsewhere (EXCLUSIVE)
Netflix’s Prince Documentary Will Not Be Released Amid New Deal With Estate
Dungeons & Dragons Live-Action Series ‘The Forgotten Realms’ In Works At Netflix From Shawn Levy, Drew Crevello & Hasbro
Recommendations
Captain America: Brave New World
SNL 50: The Homecoming Concert
When the Stars Gossip
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of February 15, 2025.
Hulu
The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of a Serial Killer (Feb. 18)
Chris Distefano: It’s Just Unfortunate (Feb. 21)
A Thousand Blows, season 1 (Feb. 21)
Netflix
American Murder: Gabby Petito (Feb. 17)
Gabby’s Dollhouse, Season 11 (Feb. 17)
Court of Gold, limited series (Feb. 18)
Offline Love, season 1 (Feb. 18)
Rosebud Baker: The Mother Lode (Feb. 18)
Too Hot to Handle: Germany, season 2 (Feb. 18)
My Family, season 1 (Feb. 19)
Uncredited: The Story of Passinho (Feb. 20)
Zero Day, limited series (Feb. 20)
Disney+
Win or Lose, season 1 (Feb. 19)
Max
Flow (Feb. 14)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 12 (Feb. 16)
The White Lotus, season 3 (Feb. 16)
We Beat the Dream Team (Feb. 18)
Paramount+
On TV: A Black History Month Special (2/17)
Peacock
Return to Office (Feb. 16)
Prime Video
George Lopez: Muy Católico (Feb. 18)
Reacher, season 3 (Feb. 20)
Apple TV+
Surface, season 2 (Feb. 21)
Tubi
Tarot Curse (Feb. 15)

This week, Fox Corp. announces they'll be launching yet another streaming service.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
‘Moana 2’ Buoys Disney's Latest Quarter As Studio Profits Surge
Fox Earnings: Fox News Owner Has Big Quarter Ahead of 2025 Super Bowl
RIP Venu, But Lachlan Murdoch Says Fox Will Finally Launch Its Own DTC Service This Year
With All Due Respect to Tubi, Fox Is Finally Getting Into Streaming
Recommendations
The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin
Jeopardy
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
WWE Royal Rumble

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of February 8, 2025.
Hulu
Muslim Matchmaker, season 1 (Feb. 11)
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (Feb. 13)
Netflix
Inheritance Detective, season 1 (Feb. 9)
Surviving Black Hawk Down (Feb. 10)
Felipe Esparza: Raging Fool (Feb. 11)
The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep (Feb. 11)
Death Before the Wedding (Feb. 12)
Honeymoon Crasher (Feb. 12)
Cobra Kai, season 6 part 3 (Feb. 13)
Dog Days Out, season 1 (Feb. 13)
The Exchange, season 2 (Feb. 13)
La Dolce Villa (Feb. 13)
Love is Blind, season 8, part 1 (Feb. 14)
Disney+
Harlem Ice (Feb. 12)
The Simpsons: The Past and the Furious (Feb. 12)
Shuffle of Love: A Descendants Short Story (Feb. 13)
Max
Waitress: The Musical (Feb. 14)
Paramount+
Eric Clapton Unplugged…Over 30 Years Later (Feb. 13)
Yellowjackets, season 3 (Feb. 14)
Peacock
Sisterhood, Inc. (Feb. 9)
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Feb. 13)
Prime Video
50,000 First Dates, season 1 (Feb. 11)
Broken Rage (Feb. 13)
My Fault: London (Feb. 13)
Apple TV+
The Gorge (Feb. 14)
Tubi
Super Bowl LIX (Feb. 9, 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT)
Roku Channel
This Time Next Year (Feb. 10)

This week, Comcast's earnings point to an uncertain future.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Comcast stock sinks as Peacock fails to add more subscribers, broadband losses disappoint
Comcast Execs Talk Cable SpinCo & New NBCUniversal As Wall Street Presses For Details
Peacock Lost $372 Million in the Final Quarter of 2024
Kelly Campbell Out As Peacock President
‘Married At First Sight’ Shocker: Peacock Nabs Wedding Format Away From Lifetime With Huge Deal For Kinetic Content
The Nielsen ARTEY Awards: 2024 Streaming Unwrapped
'The White Lotus' Renewed For Season 4 At HBO
Prime Video Orders ‘Rise Of The Empress’ Series Based On Books With Gemma Chan, Viola Davis & Forest Whitaker Among EPs
Game Show ‘1% Club’ Renewed at Fox, Joel McHale Takes Over as Host
Hulu’s ‘Letterkenny’ Spinoff ‘Shoresy’ Renewed for Season 5
‘Extraordinary,’ ‘Shardlake’ Will Not Be Renewed for Further Seasons on Disney+ (EXCLUSIVE)
‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Renewed For Season 4 By Netflix With Neve Campbell Back Full-Time
Netflix Renews ‘Love Is Blind’ Through Season 10, Season 8 Set for Valentine’s Day Release
‘The Diplomat’: Bradley Whitford Joins Allison Janney For ‘The West Wing’ Reunion On Season 3
‘Little House On The Prairie’ Reboot Ordered By Netflix
Neil Gaiman’s ‘The Sandman’ to End With Season 2 at Netflix (EXCLUSIVE)
Recommendations
Mythic Quest
The Traitors, season 3
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
The Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2024
Gilmore Girls

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of February 1, 2025.
Hulu
The Kardashians, season 6 (Feb. 6)
Netflix
Celebrity Bear Hunt, season 1 (Feb. 5)
Envious, season 2 (Feb. 5)
Kinda Pregnant (Feb. 5)
Prison Cell 211 (Feb. 5)
Sintonia, season 5 (Feb. 5)
Apple Cider Vinegar, limited series (Feb. 6)
The Åre Murders, season 1 (Feb 6)
Cassandra (Feb. 6)
Golden Kamuy 2: The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido, season 1 (Feb 6)
Sweet Magnolias, season 4 (Feb. 6)
Disney+
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl (Feb. 7)
Max
The Takedown: American Aryans (Feb. 6)
Paramount+
Burden of Guilt (Feb. 4)
Death Without Mercy (Feb. 6)
Peacock
WWE Royal Rumble (Feb. 1)
Prime Video
Invincible, season 3 (Feb. 6)
Clean Slate, season 1 (Feb. 6)
Newtopia, season 1 (Feb. 7)
Apple TV+
Love You to Death, season 1 (Feb. 5)
Tubi
The Z-Suite, season 1 (Feb. 6)

This week, there's no stopping Netflix.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Ted Sarandos Denies ‘Narnia’ Imax Release Is Change To Netflix’s Theatrical Strategy
Ted Sarandos Says Netflix Would Explore Full Season, Big League Sports “If We Could Make The Economics Work"
Netflix Raising Prices On Subscription Plans In U.S.; Ad Tier Will Now Cost $7.99 A Month
Netflix Smashes Estimates, Adding Nearly 19M Subscribers In Q4 To Hit 301.6M Worldwide
Netflix musical 'Emilia Perez' piles up 13 Oscar nominations | Reuters
'Squid Game 2' Views: It Becomes Netflix's 3rd Most-Watched TV Season
Recommendations
AEW Dynamite
Cathode Ray Dude
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
The Night Agent

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of January 25, 2025.
Hulu
Paradise, season 1 (Jan. 28)
Netflix
Liza Treyger: Night Owl (Jan. 28)
The Hooligan, season 1 (Jan. 29)
The Hot Spot, season 1 (Jan. 29)
Six Nations: Full Contact, season 2 (Jan. 29)
American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson (Jan. 29)
The Recruit, season 2 (Jan. 30)
The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse, season 2 (Jan. 30)
Mo, season 2 (Jan. 30)
Lucca's World (Jan. 31)
The Snow Girl, season 2 (Jan. 31)
Disney+
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, season 1 (Jan. 29)
Paramount+
Gladiator 2 (Jan. 21)
Peacock
My Argentine Heart (Jan. 26)
Prime Video
You’re Cordially Invited (Jan. 30)
Apple TV+
Mythic Quest, season 4 (Jan. 29)
AMC+
Planet Earth: Asia (Jan. 25)

This week, Prime Video reports on NFL Wild Card and Beast Game ratings.
Nielsen Ratings
Prime Video Hits Its Largest NFL Audience Ever With Wild Card Game
‘Beast Games’ Becomes Prime Video’s Most-Watched Unscripted Show Ever With 50 Million Global Viewers
DC's 'Creature Commandos' Renewed for Season 2
'The Franchise' Canceled After One Season at HBO
Apple Makes Big Deal For Elliot Ackerman Novel ‘Sheepdogs’; Paramilitary Tale Mounted For Series By Playtone’s Tom Hanks & Gary Goetzman
Apple TV+ Series ‘The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin’ Scrapped After Noel Fielding Pulls Out Of Season 2 Shoot
'Ghostbusters' Animated Movie In The Works From Sony Animation And Netflix
‘Grimm’ Reboot Movie In Works At Peacock From Josh Berman & Original Series’ Creative Team
‘Frasier’ Canceled By Paramount+ After 2 Seasons; Revival Will Be Shopped By CBS Studios

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of January 18, 2025.
Hulu
A Real Pain (Jan. 16)
Whiskey on the Rocks, season 1 (Jan. 22)
Netflix
W.A.G.s to Riches, season 1 (Jan. 22)
Night Agent, season 2 (Jan. 23)
Soju Rhapsody (Jan. 23)
The Sand Castle (Jan. 24)
Shafted, season 1 (Jan. 24)
Paramount+
Star Trek: Section 31 (Jan. 24)
Peacock
The Perfect Setting (Jan. 19)
The Wild Robot (Jan. 24)
Prime Video
Harlem, season 3 (Jan. 23)
Apple TV+
Prime Target (Jan. 22)
Eva the Owlet, season 1 (Jan. 24)