Streaming Into the Void
Weekly podcast for all the important news in the streaming business.
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Friday Oct 21, 2022
Friday Oct 21, 2022
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of October 21, 2022:
Hulu
The Hair Tales (Oct. 22)
Netflix
Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, limited series (Oct. 20)
LOL Surprise! Winter Fashion Show (Oct. 22)
Franco Escamilla; Eavesdropping (Oct. 22)
Krishna Vrinda Vihari (Oct. 22)
The Chalk Line (Oct. 24)
Barbie Epic Road Trip (Oct. 24)
Mr. Midnight: Beware the Monsters, Limited Series (Oct. 24)
Blade of the 47 Ronin (Oct. 25)
Fortune Feimster: Good Fortune (Oct. 25)
Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, Limited Series (Oct. 25)
Fugitive: The Curious Case of Carlos Ghosn (Oct. 26)
The Good Nurse (Oct. 26)
Hellhole (Oct. 26)
Robbing Mussolini (Oct. 26)
Captains (Oct. 26)
Cici (Oct. 27)
Daniel Spellbound (Oct. 27)
Dubai Bling (Oct. 27)
Earthstorm, Season 1 (Oct. 27)
Romantic Killer, Season 1 (Oct. 27)
Beyond the Universe (Oct. 27)
Family Reunion, Part 5 (Oct. 27)
Cemara’s Family 2 (Oct. 27)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Oct. 28)
The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself, Season 1 (Oct. 28)
Big Mouth, Season 6 (Oct. 28)
Drink Masters, Season 1 (Oct. 28)
I Am a Stalker, Season 1 (Oct. 28)
If Only, Season 1 (Oct. 28)
My Encounter with Evil (Oct. 28)
Wendell & Wild (Oct. 28)
Wild Is the Wind (Oct. 28)
Murder in a Courtroom: Indian Predator (Oct. 28)
Shards of Her, Season 1 (Oct. 28)
La Gran Parranda (Oct. 28)
Disney+
Tales of the Jedi, Season 1 (Oct. 26)
The Mysterious Benedict Society, Season 2 (Oct. 26)
Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t, Season One (Oct. 26)
HBO Max
Barbarian (Oct. 25)
A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting (Oct. 26)
Amazon Prime Video
Run Sweetheart Run (Oct. 28)
The Devil’s Hour, Season 1 (Oct. 28)
Amazon Freevee
High School, Season 1 (Oct. 14)
Apple TV+
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (Oct. 28)
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
This week: Netflix announces Basic with Ads.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Netflix With Ads Will Cost $7 Per Month at Launch in November, Nielsen Signs On For Measurement
Netflix Signs Up to U.K. Ratings Body BARB in Huge Coup for TV Audience Measurement
Netflix Confirms Ad Tier to Launch in November, Reveals Pricing for Cheaper Basic Plan
Netflix Is A Big Step Closer To Building Major New Jersey Production Studio
TNT Acquires British Drama Series 'The Lazarus Project' As Kathleen Finch Insists T-Nets Remain Committed To Scripted Originals
Warner Bros TV Workshop & Stage 13 Shut Down As Part Of WBD Cuts – Deadline
Warner Bros TV Layoffs: Studio Cuts 26% Of Workforce, Unscripted & Animation Divisions Merge Functions
David Zaslav Guts Cartoon Network as it Merges with Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks Group Boss Looks to Sports for Scripted Future at TNT and TBS
Warner Bros Discovery Makes U-Turn On Closure Of Writers & Directors Workshops, Moves Initiatives To Diversity Unit
Apple is quietly pushing a TV ad product with media agencies - Digiday
Disney Addresses Bleach's Unavailability in Several Major Markets
Holiday Peanuts specials will not air on PBS this year, streaming exclusively on Apple TV+ alongside new festive originals
Recommendations
The Gathering Dark, a book of short stories
Craig of the Creek
The Mole
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Friday Oct 14, 2022
Friday Oct 14, 2022
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of October 14, 2022:
Hulu
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! (Oct. 17)
Matriarch (Oct. 21)
Netflix
Under the Queen’s Umbrella, Season 1 (Oct. 15)
Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant, Season 1 (Oct. 17)
Gabriel Iglesias: Stadium Fluffy Live From Los Angeles (Oct. 18)
LiSA Another Great Day (Oct. 18)
LiSA: Live is Smile Always- Eve of Birth at Nippon Budokan (Oct. 18)
Somebody Feed Phil: Season 6 (Oct. 18)
Unsolved Mysteries, Volume 3 (Oct. 18)
The Green Glove Gang, limited series (Oct. 19)
Notre-Dame, limited series (Oct. 19)
The Stranger (Oct. 19)
The School for Good and Evil (Oct. 19)
Love is Blind, Season 3 (Oct. 19)
28 Days Haunted, Season 1 (Oct. 21)
Barbarians, Season 2 (Oct. 21)
High: Confessions of an Ibiza Drug Mule (Oct. 21)
ONI: Thunder God's Tale, limited series (Oct. 21)
Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series, Part 4 (Oct. 21)
Descendant (Oct. 21)
From Scratch, limited series (Oct. 21)
20th Century Girl (Oct. 21)
HBO Max
Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! (Oct. 15)
The Vow, Part Two (Oct. 17)
Mama’s Boy (Oct. 18)
Year One: A Political Odyssey (Oct. 19)
Paramount+
Inside Amy Schumer, Season 5 (Oct. 20)
Peacock
Caillou: The Bravest Wolf Boy (Oct. 15)
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Oct. 19)
One of Us Is Lying, Season 2 (Oct. 20)
Amazon Prime Video
Modern Love Tokyo, Season 1 (Oct. 20)
Argentina, 1985 (Oct. 21)
The Peripheral, Season 1 (Oct. 21)
Apple TV+
Raymond and Ray (Oct. 21)
Acapulco, Season 2 (Oct. 21)
Ghost Writer, Season 3 (Oct. 21)
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
This week: The dam breaks as the streaming news overwhelms.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
MLB, NBA and NHL may buy biggest owner of regional sports TV networks: sources
Warner Bros Discovery Starts 30% Trim Of Ad-Sales Ranks As Pursuit Of $3B In Post-Merger Cost Savings Continues
Warner Bros. Discovery Took $825M Hit For Content Write-Downs, $208M For Layoffs In Q2
Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav On Rumored Merger Talks: “We Are Not For Sale”
Final Space Creator Throws Shade at Warner Brothers for Using Canceled Series as Tax Write-off
Warner Bros. Cooked HBO Max Subscriber Numbers, Misled Shareholders in Discovery Merger, Lawsuit Claims
Starzplay Rebrands as Lionsgate+ Internationally
Epix to Rebrand as MGM+ in January, Orders New Series Including Chris Brancato's 'Hotel Cocaine'
Amazon and MGM’s ‘Ring Nation’ Reality Series Boycotted | IndieWire
NBCUniversal chief: Peacock has 15M paid subscribers, 30M monthly active users | Fierce Video
‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ To Hit Theaters At Thanksgiving Via AMC, Regal & Cinemark In Rare Netflix Deal – Deadline
‘Grendel’ Series Not Going Forward At Netflix, Could Be Shopped – Deadline
Jason Bateman To Direct FBI Surveillance Thriller 'Dark Wire' For Netflix, 'Stranger Things' Outfit 21 Laps & Aggregate Films
‘Firefly Lane’, Katherine Heigl & Sarah Chalke, To End After Season 2 – Deadline
Myron Bolitar Series In Works At Netflix As Harlan Coben Extends Overall Deal At Streamer
Vince Gilligan’s Next Series Starring Rhea Seehorn Lands At Apple TV+ – Deadline
'Outer Range' Renewed for Season 2 at Amazon Prime Video With Charles Murray to Join as Showrunner
Marvel's 'Armor Wars' Series Being Redeveloped As a Movie - Variety
'Maggie' Canceled at Hulu After One Season (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety
'Reservation Dogs' Renewed by FX for Season 3 on Hulu - Variety
‘Queer As Folk’ Canceled By Peacock After One Season – Deadline
Peacock Moves Into Adult Animation With NPR Parody Series 'In The Know' From Mike Judge & Zach Woods
'Interview With the Vampire' Renewed for Season 2 at AMC - Variety
Recommendations
Hocus Pocus 2
Me Time
She-Hulk: Attorney At Law
Werewolf by Night
Friday Oct 07, 2022
Friday Oct 07, 2022
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of October 7, 2022:
Hulu
Grimcutty (Oct. 10)
Rosaline (Oct. 14)
Netflix
Bad Guys, Season 1 (Oct. 8)
Ninjago, Season 6 (Oct. 10)
Spirit Rangers, Season 1 (Oct. 10)
The Cage, Season 1 (Oct. 11)
Island of the Sea Wolves, Season 1 (Oct. 11)
Someone Borrowed (Oct. 11)
Wild Croc Territory, Season 1 (Oct. 12)
The Nutty Boy, Season 1 (Oct. 12)
Missing: The Other Side, Season 1 (Oct. 12)
Belascoaran, Season 1 (Oct. 12)
Easy-Bake Battle: The Home Cooking Competition, Season 1 (Oct. 12)
Blackout (Oct. 12)
The Playlist, limited series (Oct. 13)
Dead End: Paranormal Park, Season 2 (Oct. 13)
Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal, Season 1 (Oct. 13)
The Watcher, Season 1 (Oct. 13)
The Sinner, Season 4 (Oct. 13)
The Curse of Bridge Hollow (Oct. 14)
Holy Family, Season 1 (Oct. 14)
Black Butterflies, Season 1 (Oct. 14)
Take 1, Season 1 (Oct. 14)
Everything Calls for Salvation, Season 1 (Oct. 14)
Dobaaraa (Oct. 14)
Mismatched, Season 2 (Oct. 14)
Disney+
Big Shot, Season 2 (Oct. 12)
Into the Woods Sing-a-long (Oct. 14)
HBO Max
Avenue 5, Season 2 (Oct. 10)
38 at the Garden (Oct. 11)
Fixer Upper: The Castle (Oct. 14)
Paramount+
Never Seen Again, Season 3 (Oct. 11)
Peacock
Meet Cute (Sept. 21)
Minions: The Rise of Gru (Sept. 23)
WWE Extreme Rules (Oct. 8)
Halloween Ends (Oct. 14)
Apple TV+
Shantaram, Season 1 (Oct. 14)
AMC+
L’Opera, Season 1 (Oct. 6)
Deadstream (Oct. 6)
The Graham Norton Show (Oct. 7)
Dark Glasses (Oct. 13)
She Will (Oct. 13)
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
This week: Amazon dominates on Thursday nights.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Amazon averaged 13 million viewers for its 'Thursday Night Football' debut, according to Nielsen data
Doctor Who Examined Tagovailoa Is Dismissed; N.F.L. Assessing Concussion Rules
Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa reportedly flies home with team after being discharged from hospital for head and neck injuries
Recommendations
Interview with the Vampire
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Shape of Things to Come
Top Gun Maverick
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of September 30, 2022:
Hulu
Huluween Dragstravaganza Variety Show (Oct. 1)
Solar Opposites: A Sinister Halloween Scary Opposites Solar Special (Oct. 3)
Abominable and the Invisible City, Season 1 (Oct. 5)
Alaska Daily, Season 1 (Oct. 7)
Hellraiser (Oct. 7)
Netflix
Forever Queens, Limited Series (Oct. 2)
Chip and Potato, Season 4 (Oct. 3)
Hasan Minhaj: The King’s Jester, Stand-Up Special (Oct. 4)
Bling Empire, Season 3 (Oct. 5)
High Water, Season 1 (Oct. 5)
Nailed It!, Season 7 (Oct. 5)
Mr. Harrigan’s Phone (Oct. 5)
The Trapped 13: How We Survived the Thai Cave (Oct. 5)
The Fight for Justice: Pablo Guerrero, Limited Series (Oct. 5)
Jumping from High Places (Oct. 5)
Togo (Oct. 5)
Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake, Limited Series (Oct. 6)
The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo (Oct. 6)
Derry Girls, Season 3 (Oct. 7)
Doll House, Movie (Oct. 7)
Glitch, Season 1 (Oct. 7)
The Mole, Season 1 (Oct. 7)
The Midnight Club, Limited Series (Oct. 7)
Luckiest Girl Alive (Oct. 7)
Oddballs, Season 1 (Oct. 7)
The Redeem Team (Oct. 7)
Old People (Oct. 7)
Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes, Limited Series (Oct. 7)
Man on Pause, Limited Series (Oct. 7)
Disney+
Werewolf by Night (Oct. 7)
HBO Max
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler, Season 3 (Oct. 6)
Wahl Street, Season 2 (Oct. 6)
Habla Loud (Oct. 7)
Paramount+
Significant Other, Movie (Oct. 7)
Peacock
Prince Andrew: Banished, Documentary (Oct. 5)
A Friend of the Family, Limited Series (Oct. 6)
Amazon Prime Video
Catherine Called Birdy (Oct. 7)
Apple TV+
Wolfboy and the Everything Factory, Season 2 (Sep. 30)
The Problem with Jon Stewart, Season 2 (Oct. 7)
Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show, Season 2 (Oct. 7)
AMC+
Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, Season 1 (Oct. 2)
The Walking Dead, Season 11 part 2 (Oct. 2)
Showtime
Let The Right One In, Season 1 (Oct. 7)
Discovery+
We Bought a Funeral Home, Season 1 (Oct. 1)
Jack Osbourne’s Haunted Homecoming, Season 1 (Oct. 2)
Ghost Brothers: Lights Out, Season 2 (Oct. 7)
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
This week: A "quick" rundown of the ratings.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
‘House Of The Dragon’ Powers HBO Max As Three Of Its Series Make Nielsen Streaming Top 10 – Deadline
Recommendations
For All Mankind
The Wilderness
She-Hulk: Attorney At Law
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of September 23, 2022:
Hulu
Chefs vs. Wild, Season 1 (Sep. 26)
Reasonable Doubt, Season 1 (Sep. 27)
The D’Amelio Show, Season 2 (Sep. 28)
Netflix
The Great British Baking Show, Season 10 (Sep. 16)
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy (Sep. 24)
A Trip to Infinity (Sep. 26)
My Little Pony: Make Your Mark, Chapter 2 (Sep. 26)
Nick Kroll: Little Big Boy (Sep. 27)
The Munsters (Sep. 27)
Blonde (Sep. 28)
Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga, Limited Series (Sep. 28)
Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons, Season 6 (Sep. 28)
Too Hot to Handle: Brazil, Season 2 (Sep. 28)
The Empress, Season 1 (Sep. 29)
Entergalactic (Sep. 30)
Floor Is Lava, Season 3 (Sep. 30)
Plan A Plan B (Sep. 30)
What We Leave Behind (Sep. 30)
rainbow (Sep. 30)
Anikulapo (Sep. 30)
Disney+
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, Season 2 (Sep. 28)
Hocus Pocus 2 (Sep. 30)
HBO Max
Hostages, Documentary Series (Sep. 28)
Peacock
Sex, Lies and The College Cult (Sep. 28)
Amazon Prime Video
My Best Friend’s Exorcism (Sep. 30)
Jungle, Season 1 (Sep. 30)
Apple TV+
The Greatest Beer Run Ever (Sep. 30)
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
This week: Disney has plenty to be brag about.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
D23 Expo 2022: All The Movie & TV News We Learned From Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar, Disney+ And More
Warner Bros. Discovery Has Bigger Problems Than Its DC Search – The Hollywood Reporter
David Zaslav’s Strategy Shift: Licensing Out Warners’ IP Treasure
Warner Bros Sets ‘Constantine’ Sequel; Keanu Reeves & Francis Lawrence To Reunite, Akiva Goldsman Scripting & Producing With Bad Robot’s JJ Abrams & Hannah Minghella
Keanu Reeves Returns for 'Constantine' Sequel, HBO Max's TV Reboot Dead Along With 'Madame X'
‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ Skipping HBO Max, Going Theatrical – Deadline
Netflix TUDUM event on September 24th.
Recommendations
Disney Dreamlight Valley
Harley Quinn
Star Trek Lower Decks
Severance
Reacher