Streaming Into the Void
Weekly podcast for all the important news in the streaming business.
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Friday Aug 12, 2022
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of August 12th, 2022:
Hulu
Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers, limited series (Aug. 15)
Hotties, Season 1 (Aug. 16)
Dragons: The Nine Realms, Season 3 (Aug. 18)
Netflix
Deepa & Anoop, Season 1 (Aug. 15)
Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist (Aug. 16)
Tim Dillon: A Real Hero (Aug. 16)
Unsuspicious, Season 1 (Aug. 17)
High Heat, Season 1 (Aug. 17)
Look Both Ways (Aug. 17)
Junior Baking Show, Season 1 (Aug. 17)
Royal Teen (Aug. 17)
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Season 3 (Aug. 18)
Inside the Mind of a Cat (Aug. 18)
Tekken: Bloodline, Season 1 (Aug. 18)
The Cuphead Show!, Season 2 (Aug. 19)
Echoes, Season 1 (Aug. 19)
The Girl in the Mirror, Season 1 (Aug. 19)
Glow Up, Season 4 (Aug. 19)
Kleo, Season 1 (Aug. 19)
The Next 365 Days (Aug. 19)
The Assistant (Aug. 19)
You Can Do It, My Dear! (Aug.19)
Disney+
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Season 1 (Aug. 18)
Tangled Sing-Along (Aug. 19)
HBO Max
The Princess (Aug. 13)
Paramount+
Orphan: First Kill (Aug. 19)
Amazon Prime Video
Making the Cut, Season 3 (Aug. 19)
Amazon Freevee
Sprung, Season 1 (Aug. 19)
Apple TV+
Bad Sisters, Season 1 (Aug. 19)
Surfside Girls (Aug. 19)
Showtime
Point Gods (Jul 29)
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 2022
This week: Warner Bros. Discover makes cuts.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
‘Batgirl’ Film Axed by Warner Bros., Won’t Be Released on Any Platform
'Batgirl' Movie Not Releasing: Why Warner Bros. Won't Debut DC Film - Variety
Warner Bros. Discovery Orders 149 Hours of New Unscripted Shows for U.K.
With HBO Max and Discovery+ Expected to Merge, Streamers Debate Scale vs. Brand Identity
Speculation Is on Fire Around HBO Max's Future, Planned Layoffs in Major Streaming Shake-Up
Warner Bros. Discovery Faces First Post-Honeymoon Earnings As Layoffs, Streaming Decisions Loom
6 HBO Max Original Movies Quietly Removed From Streamer / HBO Max Quietly Removed Six Warner Bros. Streaming-Exclusive Films - Variety
Batgirl Scoob David Zaslav Rejection Jason Kilar HBO Max Strategy – Deadline
Warner Bros. Discovery Posts 92M DTC Subscribers For Q2 – Deadline
‘Little Ellen’ Canceled At HBO Max Ahead Of Season 3 Premiere – Deadline / Warner Bros. Discovery Confirms Kids’ Content Cuts
Paramount Adds 6.3M Global Streaming Subs in First Quarter to Top 62M, Including Nearly 40M at Paramount+
‘First Kill’ Canceled By Netflix After One Season
Sports Comedy Sidelined Amazon Emily Heller – Deadline
Jake Gyllenhaal's 'Road House' Remake Gets Green Light at Prime Video - Variety
Selena Gomez And 20th Century Developing 'Working Girl' Reboot
Ellen Pompeo To Star In & EP Orphan Adoption Limited Series Greenlighted By Hulu – Deadline
‘Reboot’ On Hulu To Address Political Correctness In Writers Room – Deadline
Keanu Reeves To Star In ‘Devil In The White City’ for Hulu – Deadline
Recommendations
The Sandman
WWE SummerSlam
Friday Aug 05, 2022
Friday Aug 05, 2022
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of August 5th, 2022:
Hulu
This Fool, Season 1 (Aug. 12)
Netflix
Reclaim (Aug. 6)
Code Name: Emperor (Aug. 8)
Team Zenko Go, Season 2 (Aug. 8)
I Just Killed My Dad, limited series (Aug. 9)
Locke & Key, Season 3 (Aug. 10)
Bank Robbers: The Last Great Heist (Aug. 10)
School Tales: The Series, season 1 (Aug. 10)
Instant Dream Home, Season 1 (Aug. 10)
Iron Chef Brazil, Season 1 (Aug. 10)
Indian Matchmaking, Season 2 (Aug. 10)
Heartsong (Aug. 10)
Office Invasion (Aug. 10)
Stay On Board: The Leo Baker Story (Aug. 11)
DOTA: Dragon’s Blood, Series 3 (Aug. 11)
13: The Musical (Aug. 12)
Day Shift (Aug. 12)
Never Have I Ever, Season 3 (Aug. 12)
A Model Family, Season 1 (Aug. 12)
Disney+
I Am Groot, Season 1 (Aug. 10)
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge, Season 1 (Aug. 10)
HBO Max
Hard Knocks, Season 17 - Training Camp with the Detroit Lions (Aug. 9)
Paramount+
Secret Headquarters (Aug. 12)
Amazon Prime Video
A League of Their Own, Season 1 (Aug. 12)
Cosmic Love, Season 1 (Aug. 12)
Apple TV+
Five Days at Memorial (Aug. 12)
Lucy’s School (Aug. 12)
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
This week: Streamers get punched in the Peacock.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Hulu reverses policy on political ads after blowback | The Hill
Roku plunges 25% after missing earnings
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Sees Advertising “Choppiness”, But Calls Rising Streaming Competition A “Validation” Of Peacock Model – Deadline
Peacock’s paid subscribers stayed flat at 13 million, losses widen to $467 million | TechCrunch
‘Abbott Elementary’ Full Seasons To Stream On Both HBO Max & Hulu – Deadline
‘Gordita Chronicles’ Canceled After One Season At HBO Max – Deadline
Report: YouTube is in the running for NFL Sunday Ticket | Ars Technica
Netflix Greenlights Documentary On Software Pioneer John McAfee, Who Went On The Run After His Neighbor Was Murdered In Belize
Netflix, Joe & Anthony Russo And Ryan Gosling Are All In On 'The Gray Man' As Sequel & Spinoff In The Works: Q&A
‘The Wilds’ Canceled By Prime Video After 2 Seasons – Deadline
'Eragon' TV Series Adaptation in Development at Disney+ - Variety
‘iCarly’ Renewed For Season 3 By Paramount+ – Deadline
Krysten Ritter To Star In ‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ AMC Networks Series
‘Moonhaven’ Renewed Season 2 AMC+ – Deadline
‘Max Headroom’ Series Reboot Starring Matt Frewer In Works At AMC Networks From Christopher Cantwell & Elijah Wood’s SpectreVision
Recommendations
Harley Quinn
The Resort
Only Murders in the Building
Stardew Valley
Friday Jul 29, 2022
Friday Jul 29, 2022
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of July 29th, 2022:
Hulu
Reservation Dogs, Season 2 (Aug. 3)
Prey (Aug. 5)
Netflix
Big Tree City, Season 1 (Aug. 1)
Polly Pocket, Season 6 (Aug. 1)
Ricardo Quevedo: Tomorrow Will Be Worse (Aug. 2)
Buba (Aug. 3)
Clusterf**k: Woodstock '99 (Aug. 3)
Don't Blame Karma! (Aug. 3)
Good Morning, Verônica: Season 2 (Aug. 3)
Endless Night, Season 1 (Aug. 3)
Lady Tamara, Season 1 (Aug. 4)
Kakegurui Twin, Season 1 (Aug. 4)
Super Giant Robot Brothers, Season 1 (Aug. 4)
Wedding Season (Aug. 4)
Carter (Aug. 5)
Darlings (Aug. 5)
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (Aug. 5)
The Sandman, Season 1 (Aug. 5)
Disney+
Lightyear (Aug. 3)
HBO Max
Sweet Life: Los Angeles, Season 2 (Aug. 4)
Paramount+
Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head, Season 1 (Aug. 4)
Peacock
WWE Summerslam (Jul 30)
They/Them (Aug. 5)
Amazon Prime Video
James May: Our Man in Italy, Series 1 (Jul. 15)
All or Nothing: Arsenal (Aug. 4)
Thirteen Lives (Aug. 5)
Apple TV+
Luck (Aug. 5)
The Snoopy Show, Season 2, Part 2 (Aug. 5)
Showtime
Supreme Team (Jul. 8)
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
This week: Netflix loses subscribers and wows Wall Street.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Netflix loses fewer subscribers than expected and says cheaper ad tier is coming in early 2023
Netflix: 10 Shows Leaving the Network, Why It Matters
Confirmed: Rob Zombie’s ‘The Munsters’ Premiering on Netflix This September!
Apple TV+ Orders Eight-Part London Thriller 'Criminal Record' Starring Peter Capaldi, Cush Jumbo
Kurt and Wyatt Russell Join Apple and Legendary Television’s Monsterverse Live-Action Series
‘The Wheel Of Time’ Renewed For Season 3 At Amazon – Deadline
‘National Treasure’ Disney+ Series Brings in Harvey Keitel – The Hollywood Reporter
Recommendations
Slay the Spire
The Old Man
MST3K: Gamera vs. Jiger
No Laugh Newsroom
Friday Jul 22, 2022
Friday Jul 22, 2022
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of July 22nd, 2022:
Hulu
Santa Evita: Limited Series (Jul. 26)
Not Okay (Jul. 29)
Netflix
Gabby’s Dollhouse, Season 5 (Jul. 25)
Street Food USA, Season 1 (Jul. 26)
Whitney Cummings: Jokes (Jul. 26)
Di4ries, Season 1 (Jul. 26)
Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl (Jul. 26)
The Most Hated Man on the Internet, Season 1 (Jul. 27)
Car Masters: Rust to Riches, Season 4 (Jul. 27)
Dream Home Makeover, Season 3 (Jul. 27)
Recurrence (Jul. 27)
Rebelde, Season 2 (Jul. 27)
Anotherself, Season 1 (Jul. 28)
Keep Breathing, Limited Series (Jul. 28)
A Cut Above (Jul. 28)
Oggy and the Cockroaches: Next Generation, Season 1 (Jul. 28)
Purple Hearts (Jul. 29)
Uncoupled, Season 1 (Jul. 29)
Justice Served, Season 1 (Jul. 29)
Case Closed: Zero’s Tea Time, Season 1 (Jul. 29)
The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem, Season 2 (Jul. 29)
Rebel Cheer Squad: A Get Even Series, Season 1 (Jul. 29)
The Entitled (Jul. 29)
Fanatico, Season 1 (Jul. 29)
Masaba Masaba, Season 2 (Jul. 29)
Disney+
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Season 3 (Jul. 27)
Light & Magic, Limited Series (Jul. 27)
HBO Max
Walker, Season 2 (Jul. 23)
Bugs Bunny Builders, Season 1 (Jul. 26)
We Met in Virtual Reality (Jul. 27)
Citizen Ashe (Jul. 28)
Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Season 1 (Jul. 28)
Harley Quinn, Season 3 (Jul. 28)
Paramount+
Never Seen Again, Season 2 (Jul. 26)
Honor Society (Jul. 29)
Peacock
The Bad Guys (Jul. 1)
Trigger Point, Season 1 (Jul. 8)
Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem, Chapter 2 (Jul. 11)
Hart to Heart, Season 2 (Jul. 14)
Love Island, Season 4 (Jul. 19)
The Resort, Season 1 (Jul. 28)
Amazon Prime Video
Paper Girls, Season 1 (Jul. 29)
Apple TV+
Surface, Season 1 (Jul. 29)
Amber Brown, Season 1 (Jul. 29)
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
This week: Netflix makes a move that surprises the industry.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Netflix partners with Microsoft on ad-supported subscription plan
Dwayne Johnson Is Here to Help Shark Week Celebrate its 34th Fin-Packed Year
Two BTS Series to Play on Disney Streaming Services Following Deal With Hybe
HBO & HBO Max Smash Past Netflix In Total Emmy Nominations As Hulu & Apple Score Strong Showings
HBO/HBO Max Trounces Deflated Netflix in 2022 Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations, Earning Nearly 40 More Noms
Warner Bros. Discovery to End Cinemax Go this Month
Olympic Channel's 5-year run on NBCU ends - MarketWatch
'Only Murders In The Building' Renewed For Third Season By Hulu – Deadline
'The Bear' Renewed For Season 2 By FX – Deadline
'Black Mirror' Cast Revealed: Aaron Paul, Josh Hartnett, Paapa Essiedu, Kate Mara and Zazie Beetz Join New Season (EXCLUSIVE)
Regé-Jean Page To Star In Noah Hawley-Directed Heist Film From Netflix & AGBO
'Slugfest': Watch Trailer For Russo Brothers' Marvel V. DC Docuseries – Deadline
Alden Ehrenreich Joins Marvel's 'Ironheart' Series at Disney+ - Variety
'Criminal Minds' Revival A Go At Paramount+ With Key Cast Members & Showrunner Set To Return – Deadline
Recommendations
Resident Evil
Better Call Saul
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Only Murders in the Building
Valerian and the City of A Thousand Planets
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of July 15th, 2022:
Hulu
Aftershock (Jul. 19)
American Horror Stories, Season 2 (Jul. 21)
Grown-ish, Season 5 (Jul. 21)
Netflix
Live is Life (Jul. 18)
Too Old for Fairy Tales (Jul. 18)
Storybots: Laugh, Learn, Sing: Collection 2 (Jul 18)
My Little Pony: A New Generation: Sing-Along (Jul. 18)
David A. Arnold: It Ain’t For the Weak (Jul. 19)
Virgin River, Season 4 (Jul. 20)
Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi (Jul 20)
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous, Season 5 (Jul. 21)
Blown Away, Season 3 (Jul. 22)
The Gray Man (Jul. 22)
HBO Max
The Last Movie Stars, Limited Series (Jul. 21)
Rap Sh!t, Season 1 (Jul. 21)
Paramount+
Blood & Treasure, Season 2 (Jul. 17)
The Day the Music Died: American Pie (Jul. 19)
Amazon Prime Video
Anything’s Possible (Jul. 22)
Prizefighter (Jul. 22)
Apple TV+
Trying, Season 3 (Jul. 22)
Best Foot Forward, Season 1 (Jul. 22)
Discovery+
Conjuring Kesha, Season 1 (Jul. 8)
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
This week: Netflix makes a big content deal with the Duffer Brothers, and HBO Max starts cutting back.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Stranger Things Duffers Netflix Upside Down Spinoff & play Death Note – Deadline
HBO Max Halts Originals in Parts of Europe in Major Restructure - Variety
HBO Max Is Suddenly Removing TV Shows
HBO Max Is Doing Well — So Of Course Changes Are Coming
Warner Bros. Discovery to Sell Knoxville Office In Latest Cost-Saving Effort
Chris Evans Joins Emily Blunt In Netflix Movie 'Pain Hustlers' – Deadline
Warner Bros. Rumored To Be Canceling HBO Max Series With Ezra Miller's The Flash
Jason Momoa Apple TV Plus Series See To Come To A Close After Season 3
'Night Sky' Canceled By Prime Video After One Season – Deadline
'Field of Dreams' TV Series Not Moving Forward at Peacock - Variety
'Why Women Kill' Canceled at Paramount+ Despite Season 3 Renewal - Variety
Recommendations
Stranger Things
The Beatles: Get Back
Stardew Valley
For All Mankind
Ms. Marvel