Streaming Into the Void

Streaming Into the Void - May 4, 2025 - Roku Looks to Shake Things Up

This week, Roku buys its way into a channel bundle.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Roku Acquires Streaming Bundle Service Frndly TV For $185M
Roku Posts Solid Q1 Results, Pledging To “Remain Vigilant And Adaptable” In Uncertain Economy
Ted Sarandos Says Theatrical Experience Is “An Outmoded Idea For Most People;” Claims Netflix Is “Saving Hollywood”
Guy Ritchie On Board To Direct ‘Road House 2’
‘Little House On The Prairie’ Reboot Rounds Out Ingalls Family By Casting Charles, Caroline & Mary
Head Back to the Arctic for North of North Season 2
Hulu Nabs Alex Cooper Documentary
Jeremy Renner Turned Down 'Hawkeye' Season 2 After Half Salary Offer
Recommendations
Thunderbolts*
Elder Scrolls Oblivion Remastered
Drop

What’s New in Streaming - May 3, 2025

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 3, 2025.
Hulu
Summer of 69 (May 9)
Netflix
Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (May 4)
Britain and the Blitz (May 5)
Mighty Monsterwheelies, season 2 (May 5)
The Devil’s Plan, season 2 (May 6)
Sniper: The Last Stand (May 6)
Untold: Shooting Guards (May 6)
Full Speed, season 2 (May 7)
Last Bullet (May 7)
Blood of Zeus, season 3 (May 8)
Forever, season 1 (May 8)
Heart Eyes (May 8)
Karol G: Tomorrow Was Beautiful (May 8 at 3 a.m. EDT)
Bad Influence (May 9)
A Deadly American Marriage (May 9)
Nonnas (May 9)
The Royals, season 1 (May 9)
Too Hot to Handle: Italy (May 9)
Disney+
Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld (May 4)
Max
Conan O’Brien Must Go, season 2 (May 8)
Paramount+
Criminal Minds: Evolution, season 18 (May 8)
RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars, season 10 (May 9)
Peacock
Poker Face, season 2 (May 8)
Prime Video
Octopus! (May 8)
Apple TV+
Long Way Home (May 9)
AMC+
The Walking Dead: Dead City, season 2 (May 4)
Hallmark+
The Motherhood, season 1 (May 5)

Streaming Into the Void - April 27, 2025 - Peacock's Huge Quarter Offsets Comcast's Losses

This week, Peacock added how many subscribers?!
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Comcast stock drops as investors balk at weakness in broadband
Charter Loses 181,000 Pay TV Customers in First Quarter of 2025 / Charter Loses 60,000 Internet Subs in Q1
Comcast president bemoans broadband customer losses: “We are not winning” - Ars Technica
Sources: YouTube TV, Amazon, WBD bidding on mini-NFL rights package for 2025
Max Launches Extra Member Add-On For $7.99/mo. Across Subscription Tiers In The U.S. | Pressroom
Hallmark Content Like ‘The Way Home’ & ‘When Calls The Heart’ Moving Off Peacock At Month’s End
Recommendations
Gifted and Talented by Olivie Blake
Andor, season 2
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Remastered
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

What’s New in Streaming - April 26, 2025

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of April 26, 2025.
Netflix
Chef's Table: Legends (Apr. 28)
Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight (Apr. 30)
The Eternaut, season 1 (Apr. 30)
Exterritorial (Apr. 30)
The Rose of Versailles (Apr. 30)
Turning Point: The Vietnam War (Apr. 30)
Angi: Fake Life, True Crime (May 1)
The Biggest Fan (May 1)
The Four Seasons (May 1)
Bad Boy, season 1 (May 2)
Pararescue Jumper, season 1 (May 2)
Unseen, season 2 (May 2)
Max
Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life (Apr. 26)
100 Foot Wave, season 3 (May 3)
Prime Video
Wear Whatever the F You Want (Apr. 29)
Another Simple Favor (May 1)
Apple TV+
Carême (Apr. 30)

Streaming Into the Void - April 20, 2025 - Everybody Wins!

This week, Netflix earnings are up, other streamers are stepping up in the ratings, and the box office has been resurrected.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Netflix Q1 2025 Earnings: Focus Shifts to Revenue and Income
Netflix posts major earnings beat as revenue grows 13% in first quarter
The Gauge™: March Madness Lifts Cable, Streaming Competition Grows as Seasonal Trends Take Effect | Nielsen
‘Wicked’ Made $100M On PVOD, Says Universal Distribution Chief As Windows Debate Rages – CinemaCon
'Clean Slate' Canceled After One Season at Amazon
'Citadel: Honey Bunny' & 'Diana' Canceled; Mothership's S2 Premiere
Michael Keaton Joins Robert De Niro In Crime Thriller ‘The Whisper Man’ From Netflix And AGBO
Star Wars Celebration: Darth Maul Animated Series Coming to Disney+
‘Based on a True Story,’ ‘Mr. Throwback’ Canceled at Peacock (EXCLUSIVE)
Recommendations
Say Anything
Time Team
Jet Lag: The Game
Dropout 
Lonelygirl15
Lizzie Bennet Diaries
Homestarrunner
RocketJump
Red vs. Blue
Marble Hornets
Cocomelon
Ms. Rachel
The Amazing Digital Circus
Hollywood Animal on Steam
Daredevil: Born Again
The Last of Us

What’s New in Streaming - April 19, 2025

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of April 19, 2025.
Hulu
Vanderpump Villa, season 2 (Apr. 24)
Jessica Kirson: I’m the Man (Apr. 25)
Netflix
Heavenly Ever After, season 1 (Apr. 19)
News Anchor, season 1 (Apr. 19)
Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey (Apr. 21)
Race For the Crown, season 1 (Apr. 22)
Bullet Train Explosion (Apr. 23)
A Tragedy Foretold: Flight 3054 (Apr. 23)
Carlos Alcaraz: My Way (Apr. 23)
Battle Camp, season 1 (Apr. 23)
UnBroken (Apr. 23)
You, season 5 (Apr. 24)
A Dog's Way Home (Apr. 24)
HAVOC (Apr. 25)
Jewel Thief: The Heist Begins (Apr. 25)
Pokémon Horizons, season 2, part 2 (Apr. 25)
Weak Hero, season 2 (Apr. 25)
Disney+
Andor, season 2 (Apr. 22)
Guardians of the Galapagos (Apr. 22)
Sea Lions of the Galapagos (Apr. 22)
Max
Companion (Apr. 18)
The Rehearsal, season 2 (Apr. 20)
Peacock
Journey to You (Apr. 20)
Prime Video
Étoile, season 1 (Apr. 24)
Superboys of Malegaon (Apr. 24)
Apple TV+
WondLa, season 2 (Apr. 25)

Streaming Into the Void - April 13, 2025 - How Hollywood Must Adapt

This week, A Minecraft Movie tells Hollywood what the new rules are.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
The Rage of ‘Adolescence’: Inside the Single-Shot Sensation Blowing Up the Manosphere
The Last Of Us renewed for third season, of course - AV Club
'Mythic Quest' Canceled After Four Seasons at Apple TV+
Mike Flanagan’s ‘Carrie’ Series Ordered by Amazon
‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ Series in the Works at Amazon
‘Wizards Beyond Waverly Place’ Renewed for Season 2 at Disney Channel, Disney+
David Fincher to Direct Brad Pitt in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Netflix Follow-Up From a Tarantino Script
‘Slow Horses’ Star Jack Lowden in Talks to Play Mr. Darcy in Netflix’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Series (EXCLUSIVE)
Emma Corrin, Olivia Colman Cast in Netflix 'Pride and Prejudice' Series
'Devil May Cry' Renewed by Netflix for Season 2
‘Friday the 13th’ Prequel Series ‘Crystal Lake’ Casts Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees
‘Mayfair Witches’ Renewed For Season 3 By AMC With New Setting & Tom Schnauz As Co-Showrunner Under Overall Deal
Recommendations
Mickey 17
Mythic Quest
Tropico 6
Galacticare
News Tower
Hollywood Animal
I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of April 12, 2025.

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of April 12, 2025.
Netflix
The Glass Dome (Apr. 15)
The Diamond Heist (Apr. 16)
Project UFO, season 1 (Apr. 16)
I Am Not Mendoza (Apr. 16)
Ransom Canyon, season 1 (Apr. 17)
Istanbul Encyclopedia, season 1 (Apr. 17)
iHostage (Apr. 18)
Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror (Apr. 18)
Disney+
Doctor Who, season 2 (Apr. 12)
Max
The Last of Us, season 2 (Apr. 13)
Paramount+
The Carters (Apr. 15)
Peacock
Law & Order: Organized Crime, season 5 (Apr. 17)
Prime Video
Leverage: Redemption, season 3 (Apr. 17)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Apr. 18)
MGM+
Godfather of Harlem, season 4 (Apr. 13)
Apple TV+
Government Cheese, season 1 (Apr. 16)

Streaming Into the Void - April 6, 2025 - A Minecraft Movie Smashes the Box Office

This week, a champion arrives at the box office while Gunsmoke shakes up the streaming ratings.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Box Office: ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is Minting Gold With an $135-Plus Domestic Debut
‘Little House On The Prairie,’ ‘Gunsmoke’ Cited By Nielsen As Top Legacy Streaming Titles Of 2024
Stream Like It’s 1965: ‘Gunsmoke’ Makes Nielsen Top 10 for the First Time
Tyler Perry Sets Eight-Picture, First-Look Feature Film Deal With Netflix
Tyler Perry Inks First-Look TV Deal at Netflix
Tyler Perry Sets 2025 Netflix Slate Including New Series ‘She The People’ & ‘Madea’s Destination Wedding’ Movie

What’s New in Streaming - April 5, 2025

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of April 5, 2025.
Hulu
Mid-Century Modern, season 1 (Mar. 28)
The Handmaid’s Tale, season 6 (Apr. 8)
Got to Get Out, season 1 (Apr. 11)
Netflix
Yaiba: Samurai Legend, season 1 (Apr. 5)
Witchwatch, season 1 (Apr. 6)
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast), season 4 (Apr. 8)
Kian’s Bizarre B&B (Apr. 8)
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman, season 5 (Apr. 8)
The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox (Apr. 8)
Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing (Apr. 9)
The Dad Quest (Apr. 9)
Unicorn Academy, chapter 3 (Apr. 9)
Black Mirror, season 7 (Apr. 10)
Frozen Hot Boys (Apr. 10)
Moonrise, season 1 (Apr. 10)
North of North, season 1 (Apr. 10)
Pop the Balloon Live (Apr. 10 at 8 p.m. EDT)
A Queen’s Runway (Apr. 10)
Two Husbands, One Wife, season 1 (Apr. 10)
The Gardener (Apr. 11)
Meet the Kumalos (Apr. 11)
Disney+
Pets (Apr. 11)
Max
Gremlins: The Wild Batch, season 2, part 2 (Apr. 10)
Hacks, season 4 (Apr. 10)
Paramount+
An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile (Apr. 6)
Peacock
Wrestlemania IX: Becoming a Spectacle (Apr. 11)
Prime Video
Spy High (Apr. 8)
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, season 1 (Apr. 8)
G20 (Apr. 10)
Apple TV+
Your Friends and Neighbors, season 1 (Apr. 11)
Tubi
CheckMate (Apr. 11)