Streaming Into the Void
Weekly podcast for all the important news in the streaming business.
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Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of December 31, 2022:
Netflix
Best of Stand-Up 2022 (Dec. 31)
Live to Lead, Presented by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Limited Series (Dec. 31)
The Way of the Househusband, Season 2 (Jan. 1)
Kaleidoscope, Limited Series (Jan. 1)
Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street, Limited Series (Jan. 4)
Ginny & Georgia, Season 2 (Jan. 5)
Copenhagen Cowboy, Season 1 (Jan. 5)
Pressure Cooker, Season 1 (Jan. 6)
The Pale Blue Eye (Jan. 6)
Disney+
Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Season 2 (Jan. 4)
Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Season 2 (Jan. 4)
HBO Max
The Menu (Jan. 3)
Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace, Season 2 (Jan. 6)
Paramount+
Sometimes When We Touch, Limited Series (Jan. 3)
Amazon Prime Video
The Rig, Season 1 (Jan. 6)
Cosmic Love: France (Jan. 6)
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
This week: We predict the next year in streaming.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
YouTube Purchases Rights to NFL Sunday Ticket
With ‘Wednesday’, Paradigm Shift Puts Amazon Behind Netflix Success – Deadline
As Spirited, Emancipation & Selena Gomez Docu’ Break Records, Apple Original Films Poised For Bigger 2023 – Deadline
Apple Releasing Sing-Along Of Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds’ ‘Spirited’ – Deadline
Recommendations
Yellowjackets
Spirited
Letterkenny
Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of December 24, 2022:
Hulu
Letterkenny, Season 11 (Dec. 26)
Netflix
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (Dec. 25)
The Witcher: Blood Origin, limited series (Dec. 25)
Treason, Limited Series (Dec. 26)
Chelsea Handler: Revolution (Dec. 27)
The Circle, Season 5 (Dec. 28)
Love Is Blind: Brazil, Season 2 (Dec. 28)
Rise of Empires: Ottoman - Mehmed vs. Vlad, Season 2 (Dec. 29)
Brown and Friends, Season 1 (Dec. 29)
White Noise (Dec. 30)
The Glory, Season 1 (Dec. 30)
Chicago Party Aunt, Part 2 (Dec. 30)
The Ultimatum: France, Season 1 (Dec. 30)
Alpha Males, Season 1 (Dec. 30)
Disney+
Strange World (Dec. 23)
Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl (Dec. 28)
HBO Max
This Place Rules (Dec. 30)
Amazon Prime Video
Wildcat (Dec. 30)
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
This week: HBO Max was murdered.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Warner Bros. Discovery to Take Additional $800M-$1B in Writeoffs, Says 'Westworld,' 'The Nevers' Being Licensed to Third-Party Streamers
Warner Bros. Discovery Heads to ‘Westworld’ to Make a Splash in FAST | IndieWire
Westworld’ & ‘The Nevers‘ Pulled Off HBO Max; Victorian Drama Canceled – Deadline
‘Love Life’ Canceled After 2 Seasons, Pulled From HBO Max Amid Review – Deadline
‘Minx’ Canceled As HBO Max Reverses Season 2 Renewal – Deadline
‘Gordita Chronicles’ To Be Pulled From HBO Max – Deadline
‘Raised By Wolves’ & ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ Removed HBO Max FAST – Deadline
‘Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy’ Canceled by CNN – The Hollywood Reporter
Peacock Adjusts Development Strategy, Orders Ian McCulloch/James Wan Horror Drama & 'Queen's Court' Reality Series, Nears 'Bumper In Berlin' Renewal
‘Warrior Nun’ Canceled By Netflix After 2 Seasons – Deadline
‘Blockbuster’ Canceled By Netflix After One Season; Randall Park Stars – Deadline
Reese Witherspoon To Star In ‘All Stars’ Comedy Series For Amazon – Deadline
'Witch Mountain' Pilot Set at Disney+, Bryce Dallas Howard to Lead Cast
Dan Levy, Ally Pankiw Set Adult Animated Comedy 'Standing By' at Hulu
Melissa McCarthy Stars Richard Curtis-Scripted Christmas Comedy Universal, Working Title Peacock; Sam Boyd Direct – Deadline
‘Yellowjackets’ Gets Early Season 3 Renewal By Showtime & More – Deadline
Recommendations
Avatar: The Way of Water
Wednesday
Gizmoplex
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of December 16, 2022:
Hulu
Big Bet, Season 1 (Dec. 21)
Netflix
The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1 (Dec. 20)
Emily in Paris, Season 3 (Dec. 21)
I Am a Killer, Season 4 (Dec. 21)
Alice in Borderland, Season 2 (Dec. 22)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Dec. 23)
The Fabulous, Season 1 (Dec. 23)
HBO Max
The Head, Season 2 (Dec. 22)
I Hate Suzie Too (Dec. 22)
Family Dinner, Season 3 (Dec. 23)
Paramount+
Snow Day (Dec. 16)
1923, Season 1 (Dec. 18)
Top Gun: Maverick (Dec. 22)
Peacock
Five More Minutes; Moments Like These (Dec. 17)
The Best Man: The Final Chapters, limited series (Dec. 22)
Amazon Prime Video
When Hope Calls Christmas (Dec. 18)
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Season 3 (Dec. 21)
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
This week: Warner Bros. Discovery learns that licensing out their shows isn't as profitable as they thought.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Nancy Daniels & Jane Latman Out As Part Of Latest Warner Bros. Discovery Restructure – Deadline
HBO Max Returns to Amazon Prime Video Channels - Variety
New Streaming War Brewing? Warner Bros. Discovery Boss David Zaslav Takes Aim At Netflix Over Payment Terms – Deadline
Peacock At 18M Paid Subscribers, Up From 15M In Sept.; Jeff Shell Says Universal Now Rivals Disney Animation,
Sees “Big Check” Coming For Hulu Stake
New CEO To Run Diamond Sports As Sinclair Gets Sent To the Bench | Next TV
Cameo debuts kid-friendly shoutouts from brands like Cocomelon and Blippi
Cameo Kids Launches With Personalized Videos From CoComelon Characters, Blippi, Santa Claus and More (EXCLUSIVE)
‘The Midnight Club’ Canceled by Netflix After One Season (Exclusive)
Why Netflix Canceled The Midnight Club, According To Mike Flanagan
'FBoy Island' Canceled at HBO Max After Two Seasons - Variety
Matt Damon & Casey Affleck Set To Star In 'The Instigators'; Doug Liman Directing For Apple Original Films
Mike Flanagan & Trevor Macy Reveal 'The Dark Tower' Adaptation In Works At Intrepid, Talk Leaving Netflix For Amazon, 'Midnight Club's Cancellation & More
Reese Witherspoon Returning For ‘Election’ Sequel ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win’ – Deadline
‘Mean Girls’ Movie Musical Sets Cast
Recommendations
Bumper in Berlin
Hades 2
Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t
Falling Into Your Smile
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of December 9, 2022:
Hulu
Kindred, limited series (Dec. 13)
Grails, limited series (Dec. 14)
Netflix
Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure, Season 1 (Dec. 13)
Tom Papa: What a Day! (Dec. 13)
Last Chance U Basketball, Season 2 (Dec. 13)
I Believe in Santa (Dec. 14)
Don’t Pick Up the Phone, limited series (Dec. 14)
Kangaroo Valley (Dec. 14)
Sonic Prime, Season 1 (Dec. 15)
Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery (Dec. 15)
The Big 4 (Dec. 15)
The Recruit, Season 1 (Dec. 16)
Private Lesson (Dec. 16)
Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Dec. 16)
Cook at All Costs, Season 1 (Dec. 16)
Dance Monsters, Season 1 (Dec. 16)
A Storm for Christmas, limited series (Dec. 16)
Far from Home, Season 1 (Dec. 16)
Beast of Bangalore: Indian Predator, limited series (Dec. 16)
Paradise PD, Part 4 (Dec. 16)
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (Dec. 16)
Disney+
National Treasure: Edge of History, Season 1 (Dec. 14)
A Very Backstreet Holiday (Dec. 15)
If These Walls Could Sing (Dec. 16)
Paramount+
The Checkup with David Agus (Dec. 6)
The Banshees of Inisherin (Dec. 13)
The Game, Season 2 (Dec. 15)
Metallica, Helping Hands Concert (Dec. 16)
Peacock
Bros (Dec. 2)
Christmas Class Reunion (Dec. 10)
The Gift of Peace (Dec. 10)
The Holiday Sitter (Dec. 11)
Baking It, Season 2 (Dec. 12)
Holiday Heritage (Dec. 16)
Five More Minutes: Moments Like These (Dec. 17)
Twas the Night Before Christmas (Dec. 17)
Hanukkah on Rye (Dec. 18)
Amazon Prime Video
Your Christmas Or Mine? (Dec. 2)
Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge (Dec. 13)
Nanny (Dec. 16)
Amazon Freevee
Hotel for the Holidays (Dec. 2)
AMC+
The Apology (Dec. 16)
Litvenenko, limited series (Dec. 16)
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
This week: Warner Bros. Discovery is talking to Amazon about licensing some DC animated shows to the streamer.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Warner Bros. Television Studios Close To Striking Animation Deal With Amazon For DC-Branded Content
Warner Bros. TV Boss Channing Dungey Says There's 'A Lot of Interest' in Harry Potter Series
Ohio sues Warner Brothers Discovery | WTRF
Amazon Plans to Invest $1 Billion a Year in Movies for Theaters
Tyler Perry Sets 4-Movie Deal at Amazon
Netflix Not “Trying To Build A Theatrical Business”, Says Reed Hastings; Sanguine Co-CEO Agrees 'Glass Onion' Release Left A Lot Of Money On The Table
Legendary Entertainment Formalizes Sony Deal After Cutting Ties With Warner Bros.
AMC Networks to See Large-Scale Layoff After Streaming Miscalculation | IndieWire
Disney Warns “Restructuring, Change In Business Strategy” May Squeeze Financial Results; Notes $900M Payment For Rest Of BamTech
Wednesday Breaks Netflix Record With 341M Hours Viewed In Debut Week – Deadline
Robert De Niro to Star in Netflix Political Thriller Series 'Zero Day' From Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim, Jonathan Glickman (EXCLUSIVE)
Ed Helms Joins Jennifer Garner in Netflix Comedy 'Family Leave'
'White Lotus' Renewed for Season 3 at HBO - Variety
‘Los Espookys’ Canceled At HBO After Two Seasons – Deadline
Michael Lewis FTX Book Landing at Apple
Cynthia Erivo To Star In/EP & Renée Zellweger To EP Thriller Series 'Raising Wild' In The Works At Apple
'Slow Horses' Renewed for Season 3 and Season 4 at Apple - Variety
‘Surface’ Renewed for Season 2 at Apple
‘Neighbours’ Australian Soap No Longer Cancelled — Amazon Freevee 2023 | TVLine
Scarlett Johansson To Headline & EP 'Just Cause' In TV Debut; Amazon Orders Limited Series Penned By Christy Hall
‘Wonder Man’: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II To Lead Marvel Series For Disney+ – Deadline
‘Tulsa King’ Renewed for Season 2, Premiere Ratings Top ‘House of the Dragon’
CBS Studios Readies Baltimore-Set 'Shuga' Paramount+ Series With Damon Wayans Jr's Two Shakes Entertainment, And Unveils Co-Productions In Australia And Europe
Recommendations
The Little Prince
Reboot
Yakuza: Like A Dragon
Mythic Quest
The Peripheral
Friday Dec 02, 2022
Friday Dec 02, 2022
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of December 2, 2022:
Hulu
Back in the Groove, Limited Series (Dec. 5)
It’s a Wonderful Binge (Dec. 9)
The Mighty Ones, Season 4 (Dec. 9)
Netflix
The Mighty Express: Mighty Trains Race (Dec. 5)
Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus (Dec. 6)
Sebastian Maniscalo: Is It Me? (Dec. 6)
I Hate Christmas (Dec. 7)
Too Hot to Handle, Season 4 (Dec. 7)
Smiley, Season 1 (Dec. 7)
The Marriage App (Dec. 7)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Dec. 9)
Dragon Age: Absolution (Dec. 9)
Dream Home Makeover, Season 4 (Dec. 9)
Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area, Part 2 (Dec. 9)
How to Ruin Christmas: The Baby Shower, Season 3 (Dec. 9)
Disney+
Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage? (Dec. 9)
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (Dec. 9)
The Muppet Christmas Carol: Extended Edition (Dec. 9)
HBO Max
His Dark Materials, Season 3 (Dec. 5)
Amsterdam (Dec. 6)
Doom Patrol, Season 4 (Dec. 8)
South Side, Season 3 (Dec. 8)
Atsuko Okatsuka: The Intruder (Dec. 10)
Paramount+
Fit for Christmas (Dec. 4)
Liam Gallagher: Knebworth 22 (Dec. 6)
Must Love Christmas (Dec. 11)
Peacock
Leopard Skin, Limited Series (Nov. 17)
A Fabled Holiday (Dec. 3)
The Holiday Stocking (Dec. 3)
Undercover Holiday (Dec. 4)
Amazon Prime Video
Something From Tiffany’s (Dec. 9)
Apple TV+
Little America, Season 2 (Dec. 9)
Emancipation (Dec. 9)
AMC+
Christmas with the Campbells (Dec. 2)
Christmas Bloody Christmas (Dec. 9)
Showtime
George & Tammy, Limited Series (Dec. 4)
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
This week: Disney kicks Bob Chapek right in his synergy machine.
Show Notes
Disney Says Bob Iger Will Return as CEO, Succeeding Bob Chapek (DIS) - Bloomberg
Disney blindsided Chapek with CEO decision after reaching out to Iger on Friday
Bob Iger’s Pay Package Is Revealed As Exec Spends His First Day Back In Disney CEO Chair – Deadline
‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ Getting China Release – Deadline
'Andor' Episodes will be Made Available on Multiple Disney Platforms - Variety
Kareem Daniel to Exit Disney as Bob Iger Unwinds Chapek Era Structure – The Hollywood Reporter