Streaming Into the Void

This week, Fox makes a big move into streaming by buying Roku.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Roku Stock Hits 4-Year High After Reports It Has Held Sale Talks
Fox to Acquire Roku, Joining the Battle for the Living Room - The New York Times
Fox to buy streaming device maker Roku for $22 billion
Box Office: 'Toy Story 5' Eyes 2026 Record Opening of $160M-$170M
The Duffer Brothers Series 'The Boroughs' Canceled At Netflix
What We've Been Doing
Widow’s Bay
The Boroughs
Vampire Crawlers
Running Point

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of June 20, 2026.
Netflix
The Root of the Game (Jun. 20)
Ryan Hamilton: This Just Hit Me (Jun. 23)
The American Experiment (Jun. 24)
Anotherself, season 3 (Jun. 24)
In the Hand of Dante (Jun. 24)
Avatar: The Last Airbender, season 2 (Jun. 25)
Chris & Martina: The Final Set (Jun. 26)
Little Brother (Jun. 26)
Notes from the Last Row, season 1 (Jun. 26)
Disney+
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Jun. 24)
The Bear, season 5 (Jun. 25)
The Doomies, season 1 (Jun. 26)
HBO Max
House of the Dragon, season 3 (Jun. 21)
The Welcome Table (Jun. 23)
Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness (Jun. 26)
Paramount+
The Agency, season 2 (Jun. 21)
Peacock
Strung (Jun. 26)
MGM+
Project Hail Mary (Jun. 18)
Prime Video
See You at Work Tomorrow! (Jun. 22)
Apple TV
Camp Snoopy, season 2 (Jun. 26)
Acorn TV
Harry Wild, season 5 (Jun. 22)
Hallmark+
The Love Heist (Jun. 20)

This week, The U.S. Department of Justice signs off on the Paramount merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
DOJ Gives Thumbs Up To Paramount’s $111B WBD Acquisition; States Ponder Next Move
Paramount And UFC Expand Rights Deal To Canada Beginning In 2027
Save CNN: Paramount Hit With Antitrust & “Viewpoint Diversity” Suit By Consumers To Stop WBD Merger; Company Responds
Paramount Asks Judge To Dismiss Consumers’ Antitrust Lawsuit Seeking To Block Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
Paramount’s First Amendment Case for Why It Deserves Warner Bros.
David Ellison and Paramount are having a rough week in their attempt to take over Warner Bros | The Nightly
'Dutton Ranch' Ratings: Best Original Series Launch In Paramount+ History
Crave, Point Grey Pictures, and Lionsgate, Set THE LITTLEST HOBO as First Project Under Partnership - Bell Media
‘Stargate’ TV Series From Martin Gero Not Moving Forward at Amazon (EXCLUSIVE)
Jake Johnson & Damon Wayans Jr. To Headline 'The Cable Guy'-Inspired Comedy Pilot Ordered By Hulu In 'New Girl' Reunion
Paramount+ Lands ‘Cop Land' TV Series From James Mangold - Exclusive
Anna Kendrick to Direct ‘Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo’ After Second Filmmaker Departs Netflix Movie Adaptation
‘House of Guinness’ Renewed for Season 2 by Netflix (EXCLUSIVE)
‘Widow’s Bay’ Renewed for Season 2, Creator Katie Dippold Inks Apple TV Overall Deal
What We've Been Doing
Among Us
Coffeezilla: I Found The $200,000 Missing Lego
Discounty on Steam

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of June 13, 2026.
YouTube
The Amazing Digital Circus (Jun. 19)
Netflix
Song Sung Blue (Jun. 13)
America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, season 3 (Jun. 16)
André Is an Idiot (Jun. 17)
BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai, season 2 (Jun. 18)
I Will Find You (Jun. 18)
Per Aspera Ad Astra (Jun. 18)
Color Book (Jun. 19)
Husbands in Action (Jun. 19)
Oasis (Jun. 19)
Voicemails for Isabelle (Jun. 19)
Disney+
A Spark Into a Flame: Hamilton & Hip Hop (Jun. 16)
Never Change! (Jun. 17)
Million Dollar Nannies, season 1 (Jun. 18)
HBO Max
Ultras: Passion and Death (Jun. 19)
Peacock
The Capture, season 3 (Jun. 18)
Prime Video
Your Fault: London (Jun. 17)
Apple TV
Sugar, season 2 (Jun. 19)
Hallmark+
Texas Two-Step (Jun. 13)

This week, storm clouds may be about to ruin Paramount-Skydance's picnic.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Exclusive: US states preparing lawsuit to block Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros, sources say | Reuters
Why Bari Weiss Is Tearing Down ‘60 Minutes’
What We've Been Doing
Spider-Noir
Sugar
Hoppers

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of June 6, 2026.
Netflix
Colors of Evil: Black (Jun. 10)
Outlast: The Jungle (Jun. 10)
Rosario Tijeras, season 5 (Jun. 10)
The Evil Lawyer (Jun. 11)
Sweet Magnolias, season 5 (Jun. 11)
Viral Hit, season 1 (Jun. 11)
Maternal Instinct (Jun. 12)
The Polygamist, season 1 (Jun. 12)
Disney+
Hoppers (Jun. 3)
Alice and Steve, season 1 (Jun. 8)
Bonnaroo Livestream (Jun. 11)
HBO Max
Earth, Wind & Fire: (To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World) (Jun. 7)
Paramount+
All the Queen’s Men, season 5 (Jun. 10)
Prime Video
Every Year After, season 1 (Jun. 10)
AMC+
The Vampire Lestat (Jun. 7)
Starz
The Listeners (Jun. 12)
Power Book III: Raising Kanan, season 5 (Jun. 12)
Hallmark+
The Greek Aisle (Jun. 6)

This week, the theatrical box office is turned upside down as streamers come to town to show Hollywood how it's done.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Obsession Box Office Continues Unheard-Of Growth With Shocking Week 3 Boost
‘The Amazing Digital Circus’ Finale Sets Ticket Presale Records for Fathom | Exclusive
Box Office: 'Backrooms' $85M-$89M Opening Is An A24 Record
Prime Video Orders Three GenAI Animated Series From New Amazon MGM Studios-AWS Creators' Fund
Cooper Hoffman Set To Lead Hulu Drama Pilot 'Durango'
‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Sequel Series ‘The Testaments’ Renewed by Hulu for Season 2
Tom Hardy Out of 'Mobland' Season 3 After Season 2 Wraps Production
Tom Hardy ‘Was Not Fired’ From ‘MobLand’ and Discussions Are Underway for His Return: ‘Things Are Being Worked Through Creatively’ (EXCLUSIVE)
'Emily in Paris' to End With Season 6 at Netflix
'Spartacus: House Of Ashur' Canceled At Starz
‘Yokoso Scooby-Doo!’ Anime Series Lands at Tubi, Starring Matthew Lillard and Frank Welker in Main Voice Roles
What We've Been Doing
Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets
Widow’s Bay
Slay the Spire 2
Soarin' Across America

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 30, 2026.
Netflix
AFI Lifetime Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy (May 31)
The Murder of Rachel Nickell (Jun. 4)
Night Shift for Cuties, season 1 (Jun. 4)
The Witness (Jun. 4)
The Marked Woman (Jun. 5)
Mexico 86 (Jun. 5)
Office Romance (Jun. 5)
Teach You a Lesson, season 1 (Jun. 5)
Disney+
Doctor on the Edge, season 1 (Jun. 1)
Not Suitable for Work, season 1 (Jun. 2)
Hannah Berner: None of My Business (Jun. 5)
Paramount+
Devotion: Obedience or Betrayal (Jun. 2)
Peacock
Love Island USA, season 8 (Jun. 2)
Prime Video
Clarkson’s Farm, season 5 (Jun. 3)
The Legend of Vox Machina, season 4 (Jun. 3)
Apple TV
Cape Fear (Jun. 5)
Hallmark+
Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Key to the Castle (May 30)

This week, with weeks to go, can Skydance and the Ellisons close the deal on their Warner Bros.-Discovery purchase?
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Senate Democrats Warn FCC Over Foreign Influence In Paramount-WBD Deal
Paramount Hopes to Finalize Warner Bros. Merger as Early as July | Report
Paramount’s Junk-Status Credit Rating to Be Downgraded Further Following Warner Bros. Merger to Reflect ‘Major Ongoing Uncertainties,’ S&P Global Says
Paramount’s Warner Bros. Deal Endangers Hollywood’s Fragile Ecosystem
Paramount Assembles Legal Team to Defend Warner Bros. Deal
Nexstar Fires Back In Tegna Merger Lawsuit, Asking Appeals Court To Expedite Process
What We've Been Doing
Gary
The Punisher: One Last Kill
Battlestar Galactica

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 23, 2026.
Netflix
Untold UK: Vinnie Jones (May 26)
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, season 2 (May 27)
Kylie. Tension Tour Live (May 27)
My Two Cents, season 1 (May 27)
Emi Martinez: The Kid Who Stops Time (May 28)
The Four Seasons, season 2 (May 28)
Rafa (May 29)
HBO Max
Miss You, Love You (May 29)
Paramount+
Tyler Perry’s The Oval, season 7 (May 20)
Criminal Minds: Evolution, season 19 (May 28)
Prime Video
Spider-Noir, season 1 (May 27)
Apple TV
Propeller One-Way Night Coach (May 29)
Star City, season 1 (May 29)
Roku Channel
This First House (Apr. 27)
Soccer Meets America (May 3)
Broad Trip (May 8)
The Great American Baking Show, season 4 (May 11)
Hallmark+
True Justice: An Eye for an Eye (May 23)