Streaming Into the Void

This week, the end is near, or maybe they just kicked the can down the road..?
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Comcast and Disney Agree to Speed Up Hulu Deal - The New York Times
Disney's wildest ride: Iger, Chapek and the making of an epic succession mess
Disney-Charter fight could be the start of the TV bundle breaking
Disney Says Charter Dispute Is Driving A 60% Increase In Hulu + Live TV Subscriptions Relative To Internal Expectations
Why the Disney-Charter Carriage Dispute Is a ‘Watershed Event’ for All Pay TV
David Zaslav Says Charter-Disney Fight Feels Like “A Moment” As WBD CEO Talks Carriage Deals, CNN & Hollywood Strikes
Disney Top Executives Assure Staff Of Commitment To FXX, Freeform & Other Cable Nets Dropped By Charter
Disney Holds Initial Talks ABC Sale to Nexstar Media - Bloomberg
Disney to Cut Target for Disney+ Streaming Subscribers - Bloomberg
What Happens If Disney Can't Agree With Comcast on a Price Tag for Hulu
Disney Says Charter Dispute Is Driving A 60% Increase In Hulu + Live TV Subscriptions Relative To Internal Expectations
Get Hulu with live TV for a major discount during Disney’s Charter spat - The Verge
Disney Talks on ABC Sale Heat Up as Byron Allen Makes Offer
What the Disney-Charter Deal Means for Future Carriage Negotiations
Disney’s ABC Stations Could Be Acquired By Nexstar With “Little Friction,” Company Advisor Tom Carter Says – Deadline
Disney starts drafting broadcast TV’s grand finale | Reuters
Cable and Streaming TV Are Jumping Off the Cliff Together
It’s not the first time that technology has upended Hollywood’s business model–but the WGA-SAG strikes could be the last chance for artists to get justice | Fortune
Warner Bros. Television Suspends Top Overall Deals With Greg Berlanti, Bill Lawrence, Mindy Kaling & More – Deadline
Netflix CFO Says “We Need To Get Back To Work, That's What We Are Focused On”
Disney Entertainment TV Studios Suspend Deals With Producers, Including Yara Shahidi, Justin Hartley & Billy Porter, Will Pay Assistants Amid Strikes
Writers Strike CBS’ ‘The Talk’ To Return To Filming Daytime Scrutiny – Deadline
Greg Berlanti Starts $500K Strike Relief Fund For Staff Of His Shows – Deadline
Ryan Murphy Announces Assistance Fund for Out-of-Work Colleagues Amid Hollywood Strikes, Donates $500000
Writers Guild Claims’ Of Division In Studio Ranks Is False, AMPTP Says – Deadline
Warner Bros. Plans to Offer Sports Free on Max Service - BNN Bloomberg
Max to feature AMC Networks shows like 'Fear the Walking Dead,' 'Killing Eve' this fall
Warner Bros. Discovery Says Ongoing Strikes Will Mean $300M-$500M Hit to 2023 Earnings
Warner Bros. Discovery CFO on Streaming Prices: “Quality Content Has Been Given Away Well Below Fair Market Value”
BBC Buys ‘Interview With The Vampire’ From AMC – Deadline
‘Thursday Night Football’ Opens Big: TV Ratings Sept. 14, 2023 – The Hollywood Reporter
'Fauda' Renewed for Season 5 - Variety
‘And Just Like That’ Renewed For Season 3 On Max – Deadline
Donald Glover’s ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Remake Delayed to 2024 by Amazon
Donald Glover’s Lando Series Is Now a Movie – The Hollywood Reporter
NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV: The Drew Magary Review
Recommendations
Barbie 
Harley Quinn 
One Piece 
Against the Storm 
NFL Sunday Ticket 
NFL Thursday Night Football 

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of September 16, 2023:
Hulu
The D’Amelio Show, Season 3 (Sep. 20)
iHeartRadio Music Festival Live Stream (Sep. 22)
No One Will Save You (Sep. 22)
Netflix
Kountry Wayne: A Woman’s Prayer (Sep. 19)
The Saint of Second Chances (Sep. 19)
Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal, Season 2 (Sep. 20)
Scissor Seven, Season 4 (Sep.21)
Sex Education, final season (Sep. 21)
Song of the Bandits, Season 1 (Sep. 22)
Spy Kids: Armageddon (Sep. 22)
Love is Blind, Season 5 (Sep. 22)
Max
Young Love, Season 1 (Sep. 21)
Paramount+
The Gold, Season 1 (Sep. 17)
Superpower (Sep. 18)
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court (Sep. 22)
Peacock
Notes of Autumn (Sep. 16)
The Continental: From the World of John Wick (Sep. 22)
Amazon Prime Video
Cassandro (Sep. 22)
Amazon Freevee
Neighbours: A New Chapter, Season 1 (Sep. 18)
Apple TV+
The Super Models (Sep. 20)
Still Up, Season 1 (Sep. 22)

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of September 9, 2023:
Hulu
Welcome to Wrexham, Season 2 (Sep. 12)
 
The Other Black Girl, Season 1 (Sep. 13)
 
Dragons: The Nine Realms, Season 7 (Sep. 14)
 
Theater Camp (Sep. 14)
Netflix
K Food Show: A Nation of Kimchi (Sep. 10)
 
Glow Up: The Next Makeup Star, Season 5 (Sep. 12)
 
Michelle Wolf: It’s Great to Be Here (Sep.12)
 
Ordinary Men (Sep. 13)
 
Wrestlers (Sep. 13)
 
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction (Sep. 14)
 
Once Upon a Crime (Sep. 14)
 
Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons, Season 7 (Sep. 15)
 
Love at First Sight (Sep. 15)
 
El Conde (Sep. 15)
 
Surviving Summer, Season 2 (Sep. 15)
Disney+
Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory, Season 1 (Sep. 13)
Paramount+
Football Must Go On, Docuseries (Sep. 12)
Peacock
Guiding Emily (Sep. 9)
 
Fourth Down and Love (Sep. 10)
 
Fast X (Sep. 15)
Amazon Prime Video
Kelce (Sep. 12)
 
Thursday Night Football (Sep. 14)
 
A Million Miles Away (Sep. 15)
 
Wilderness, Season 1 (Sep. 15)
 
Written in the Stars, Season 1 (Sep. 15)
Apple TV+
The Morning Show, Season 3 (Sep. 13)
AMC+
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Season 1 (Sep. 10)

This week, as studios try to figure out a path forward, Taylor Swift rocks theaters.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
The Era of the Original Streaming Movie Is Over (yahoo.com)
‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ Canceled By Disney+, Being Shopped Around – Deadline
Disney+ Not Going Forward With 'Nautilus' UK Series As Part Of Cost-Cutting Content Removal
'The Idol' Canceled: The Weeknd/Sam Levinson Series Won't Get Season 2 - Variety
Netflix Agrees to Pay Royalties to Creators of German Series in Line With EU Directive
‘Suits’ Spinoff ‘Pearson’ Peacock Meghan Markle Legal Drama Netflix Hit – Deadline
Investors Sue Disney Over Alleged Chapek Era “Cost-Shifting Scheme” to Hide Streaming Losses
How the Swiftie Cinematic Universe Came to Theaters - Puck
‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ Concert Film $37M Presales, $70M Opening Forecast – Deadline
‘Ahsoka’ Series Premiere Gets Big Ratings, Disney+ Says
Netflix Renews ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ for Season 3 – The Hollywood Reporter
‘The Great’ Canceled at Hulu After 3 Seasons – The Hollywood Reporter
'How I Met Your Father' Canceled by Hulu After Two Seasons - Variety
Recommendations
AEW All In 
Archer 
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of September 2, 2023:
Hulu
Never Let Him Go, Docuseries (Sep. 6)
Netflix
Is She the Wolf, Season 1 (Sep. 3)
Predators, Original Docuseries (Sep. 6)
Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America (Sep. 6)
Gamera: Rebirth, Season 1 (Sep. 7)
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, Season 3 (Sep. 7)
Top Boy, Series 5 (Sep. 7)
Virgin River, Season 5, Part 1 (Sep. 7)
Pokemon: To Be a Pokemon Master (Sep. 8)
Selling the OC, Season 2 (Sep. 8)
A Time Called You, Season 1 (Sep. 8)
Spy Ops, Season 1 (Sep. 8)
Disney+
I Am Groot, Season 2 (Sep. 6)
The Little Mermaid (Sep. 6)
Paramount+
Star Trek: Lower Decks, Season 4 (Sep. 7)
Peacock
WWE Payback (Sep. 2)
Love in the Great Smoky Mountains, A National Park Romance (Sep. 3)
Amazon Prime Video
One Shot: Overtime Elite (Sep. 5) 
Sitting in Bars with Cake (Sep. 8)
Apple TV+
The Changeling, Season 1 (Sep. 8)

 
This week, please vote yes on our “You’ll get nothing and like it” proposal.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Hollywood at Its Stupidest: Inside the Latest Showdown Between Studio CEOs and the Writers Guild - TheWrap
Frasier Revival Gets Streaming Release Date, CBS Broadcast — Watch 'Tossed Salads & Scrambled Eggs' Announcement Video
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ to Air on CBS This Fall – The Hollywood Reporter
AMPTP Brings DC Crisis PR Firm On Board As Studios Seek To Reset Strike Messaging
“Long-Term Damage”? Bob Iger, Ted Sarandos, and David Zaslav’s Bad-PR Summer | Vanity Fair
WGA Slams Studios' Latest Offer & Meeting As Attempt To Make Guild “Cave”; “Not To Bargain, But To Jam Us”
WGA Says AMPTP's Latest Contract Offer “Is Neither Nothing, Nor Nearly Enough”
'Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.' Canceled at Disney+ After Two Seasons - Variety
CNN news is coming to Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service Max
Recommendations
Adventure Time 
Gotham Knights 
They Cloned Tyrone 
Barry 
The Flash 
Vacation Friends 2 

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of August 26, 2023:
Hulu
How to Blow Up A Pipeline (Aug. 24)
Vacation Friends 2 (Aug. 25)
The Conversations Project, Season 1 (Aug. 28)
Archer, final season (Aug. 30)
Spellbound, Season 1A (Aug. 31)
Netflix
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones, Season 1 (Aug. 30)
Miss Adrenaline: A Tale of Twins, Season 1 (Aug. 30)
One Piece (Aug. 31)
Karate Sheep, Season 2 (Aug. 31)
Choose Love (Aug. 31)
Disenchantment, Season 5 (Sep. 1)
Max
The Flash (Aug. 25)
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (Aug. 31)
Peacock
Napa Ever After (Aug. 27)
Amazon Prime Video
The Wheel of Time, Season 2 (Sep. 1)
Amazon Freevee
God. Family. Football. Season 1 (Sep. 1)
Starz
Power Book IV: Force, Season 2 (Sep. 1)

This week, reruns dominate the streaming ratings, casting a shadow on the future of new original content in Hollywood.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Apple Can Steamroll Its Way Into Live Sports by Buying ESPN
WGA Report: Disney, Amazon, and Netflix Are the 'New Gatekeepers' of Media
Linear TV Viewing Drops Below 50% of U.S. Television Usage for First Time, Streaming Hits Record High: Nielsen
Paramount Ends Plan to Sell BET Majority Stake – The Hollywood Reporter
Sports broadcaster sues parent Sinclair, alleging $1.5 billion fraud | Reuters
DirecTV Loses Estimated 400,000 Subs in Q2 ... With Monster Nexstar Blackout Lingering and the Start of the NFL Season Looming | Next TV
Only Four Networks Are Propping Up the Entire Cable TV Industry
‘A League Of Their Own’ Canceled: No Second & Final Season On Amazon – Deadline
‘The Peripheral’ Canceled; No Season 2 Amid Lengthy Strikes – Deadline
Recommendations
Shift 
Lily Topples the World
Lorcana 
Venture Bros. 

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of August 19, 2023:
Hulu
Trap Jazz (Aug. 23)
Netflix
Untold: Swamp Kings (Aug. 22)
Destined with You, Season 1 (Aug. 23)
The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On, Season 2 (Aug. 23)
Ragnarok, Season 3 (Aug. 24)
Who Is Erin Carter?, Season 1 (Aug. 24)
Killer Book Club (Aug. 25)
You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah (Aug. 25)
Disney+
Ahsoka, Season 1 (Aug. 23)
Max
BS High (Aug. 23)
Peacock
Never Too Late to Celebrate (Aug. 20)
MGM+
The Winter King, Season 1 (Aug. 20)
Apple TV+
Invasion, Season 2 (Aug. 23)
Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn (Aug. 25)

This week, Disney makes a deal with PENN Entertainment to launch ESPN Bet.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
ESPN to Launch ESPN BET in a New Agreement with PENN Entertainment - The Walt Disney Company
Disney+ Hotstar Sheds 12.5 Million Subscribers in Fiscal Q3 Amid Strategy Shift; Streaming Losses Narrow
Disney plans to hike streaming prices, join Netflix in crack down on subscription sharing
For Disney, Streaming Losses and TV’s Decline Are a One-Two Punch - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Paramount sells Simon & Schuster to private investment firm
Paramount earnings: Streamers' growth is 'certainly slowing,' analyst explains
Paramount stock jumps amid improved Q2 streaming losses
Paramount: Strikes to Boost Free Cash Flow; CEO Will 'Minimize Disruptions' - Variety
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish Says Streaming Bundling Will Increase, Possibly With Third Parties; Cites Evidence That Paramount+ Combo With Showtime Boosted Viewing
Paramount adds 700,000 streaming subscribers during Q2
Recommendations
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Baldur's Gate 3
Only Murders in the Building 
Killing It