Streaming Into the Void

Nielsen Ratings
 
This week, Ted Lasso returns and hopefully saves us from Zaslav.
Show Notes
 
Netflix Removing 'Arrested Development,' Including Original Seasons - Variety
 
‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3 Gets Premiere Date – The Hollywood Reporter
 
What will TV look like in three years? These industry insiders share their predictions
 
Roku Revenue Flat in Q4, Roku Channel Reaches 100 Million U.S. Viewers - Variety
 
Sling TV Freestream: Rebranded Free-Streaming FAST Service Launches - Variety
 
Lachlan Murdoch Turned Down $2 Billion for Fox's Streaming Service
 
Comcast Xfinity Subs Will Lose Peacock Free Access This Summer
 
'The Mole' Reboot Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix - Variety
 
‘Big Shot’, ‘Mighty Ducks: Game Changers’ Canceled By Disney+ After Two Seasons – Deadline
 
B.J. Novak Anthology The Premise Is Not Returning for Season 2
 
‘Poker Face’ Renewed for Season 2 at Peacock
 
‘Blood & Treasure’ Not Returning For Season 3 At Paramount+
 
Recommendations
 
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
 
Project For Awesome
 
Poker Face
 
Big Shot
 
Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of February 18, 2023:
 
Hulu
 
Bruiser (Feb. 24)
 
Netflix
 
Whindersson Nunes: Preaching to the Choir (Feb. 19)
 
Sommore: Queen Chandelier (Feb. 21)
 
Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal, Limited Series (Feb. 22)
 
The Strays (Feb. 22)
 
Call Me Chihiro (Feb. 23)
 
Outer Banks, Season 3 (Feb. 23)
 
Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Season 5 (Feb. 24)
 
Married at First Sight, Season 12 (Feb. 24)
 
Oddballs, Season 2 (Feb. 24)
 
Pokemon Ultimate Journeys: The Series, Part 2 (Feb. 24)
 
We Have a Ghost (Feb. 24)
 
Who Were We Running From?, Season 1 (Feb. 24)
 
HBO Max
 
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Season 10 (Feb. 19)
 
Peacock
 
Welcome to Valentine (Feb. 18)
 
WWE Elimination Chamber (Feb. 18)
 
Bel-Air, Season 2 (Feb. 23)
 
Amazon Prime Video
 
The Consultant, Season 1 (Feb. 24)
 
Apple TV+
 
The Reluctant Traveler, Season 1 (Feb. 24)
 
Starz
 
Party Down, Season 3 (Feb. 24)

This week: Bob Iger beats a billionaire, and Warner Bros. Discovery resets their plans.
 
Nielsen Ratings
 
Show Notes
 
Warner Bros Discovery Abandons Plan To Merge HBO Max With Discovery+ – Report – Deadline
 
Disney announces Toy Story 5, Frozen 3, Zootopia 2, and 7,000 layoffs
 
Disney CEO Bob Iger Is Open To Selling Hulu – Deadline
 
Dana Walden & Alan Bergman To Oversee New Disney Entertainment Unit – Deadline
 
Nelson Peltz Abandons Proxy Fight With Disney
 
Netflix Expands Paid Password Sharing To Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain – Deadline
 
‘Avenue 5’ Canceled After Two Seasons at HBO
 
Bosch TV Show Expanding With Two More Spinoffs for Amazon – The Hollywood Reporter
 
Chris Pratt’s ‘Terminal List’ Gets Season 2 & Prequel With Taylor Kitsch – Deadline
 
‘Wytches’: Prime Video Orders Animated Horror Series Adaptation Of Comic Books From Plan B Entertainment
 
Nicole Kidman & Jamie Lee Curtis To Star In & EP Patricia Cornwell's 'Kay Scarpetta' TV Series At Amazon From Liz
Sarnoff & Blumhouse
 
Spider-Man Noir TV Show in the Works from Phil Lord, Chris Miller
 
‘The Peripheral’ Renewed For Second Season By Prime Video
 
'Never Let Me Go' Series Not Moving Forward at FX (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety
 
Paramount+ Becomes Latest Streamer To Remove Titles Including 'Real World: Homecoming'
 
Yellowstone Spinoff to Star Matthew McConaughey; Kevin Costner Uncertain – The Hollywood Reporter
 
‘Uncoupled’ Revived at Showtime After Netflix Cancellation
 
Recommendations
 
Hogwarts Legacy
 
The Traitors on Peacock
 
Shadows Over Loathing
 
Shotgun Wedding on Amazon Prime Video
 
Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of February 11, 2023:
 
Hulu
 
Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Season 3 (Feb. 15)
 
Animaniacs, Season 3 (Feb. 17)
 
Netflix
 
Squared Love All Over Again (Feb. 13)
 
Perfect Match, Season 1 (Feb. 14)
 
In Love All Over Again, Season 1 (February 14)
 
Re/Member (Feb. 14)
 
The Romantics, Limited Series (Feb. 14)
 
Jim Jefferies: High n’ Dry (Feb. 14)
 
CoComelon, Season 7 (Feb. 15)
 
Full Swing, Limited Series (Feb. 15)
 
Red Rose, Season 1 (Feb. 15)
 
African Queens: Njinga, Limited Series (Feb. 15)
 
The Law According to Lidia Poet, Season 1 (Feb. 15)
 
Eva Lasting, Season 1 (Feb. 15)
 
The Upshaws, Part 3 (Feb. 16)
 
Aggretsuko, Season 3 (Feb. 16)
 
A Girl and an Astronaut, Season 1 (Feb. 17)
 
Ganglands, Season 2 (Feb. 17)
 
Disney+
 
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Season 1 (Feb. 15)
 
HBO Max
 
Marc Maron: From Bleak to Dark (Feb. 11)
 
Puppy Bowl XIX (Feb. 12)
 
Poor Devil, Season 1 (Feb. 17)
 
Paramount+
 
Star Trek: Picard, Season 3 (Feb. 16)
 
Peacock
 
A Paris Proposal (Feb. 12)
 
Amazon Prime Video
 
Carnival Row, Season 2 (Feb. 17)
 
Apple TV+
 
Sharper (Feb. 17)
 
Hello Tomorrow!, Season 1 (Feb. 17)

This week: HBO Max, Netflix, Paramount Plus, and Peacock all had big news.
 
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Greg Berlanti’s New Overall Deal is a BFD for WBD
CNN DIPS ITS TOE INTO COMEDY WITH BILL MAHER SEGMENTS
WGA West Blasts Warner Bros Discovery Ahead Of Possible Industrywide Writers Strike
‘Tuca & Bertie’ & ‘Gordita Chronicles’ Creators Join With WGA To Slam Warner Bros Discovery Over Cancellations
Cancellations Of Completed Seasons Of TV Series; Experts Weigh In On Whether Trend Will Continue
‘Westworld’ Gets New Home As Warner Bros. Discovery Strikes Roku & Tubi FAST Channel Deals
James Gunn & Peter Safran Unveil Big DC Plan With New Movies For Batman & Robin, ‘Swamp Thing’, ‘The Authority’; ‘Lanterns’ TV Series & More
‘Titans,’ ‘Doom Patrol’ Ending on HBO Max
‘Pennyworth’ Canceled At HBO Max After Three Seasons
Showtime Not Proceeding With ‘Three Women’, Cancels ‘Let The Right One In’ & ‘American Gigolo’ Amid Consolidation With Paramount+
Showtime Shocker: Linear Network Rebrands As Paramount+ With Showtime; Move Comes Amid Streaming Integration, Cancellations & Potential Layoffs
Showtime Starts Removing Short-Lived Series From Its Streaming Platform
‘Dexter: New Blood’ Season 2 Cancelled, Showtime Eyes Prequel Series
Netflix Offloads Two Completed Films, Filmmakers Shop Projects Elsewhere
NBCUniversal Shuts Off Peacock Free Tier for New Users
Fox Renews Hulu Streaming Deal for In-Season Episodes
Netflix $20-A-Month Premium Plan Adds Spatial Audio, Expands Number Of Devices For Downloading From 4 To 6
‘Bridgerton’ Star Phoebe Dynevor Exits Netflix Series Ahead Of Season 3
'Fair Play' Sells to Netflix After Buzzy Sundance Premiere
‘The Last of Us’ Renewed for Season 2 at HBO
Apple Confirms ‘Flora And Son’ Deal, Streamer’s Biggest At Sundance Since ‘CODA’
‘The Mosquito Coast’ Canceled at Apple After Two Seasons
‘Acapulco’ Renewed For Season 3 At Apple
‘The Mysterious Benedict Society’ Canceled By Disney+ After 2 Seasons
‘King Of The Hill’ Revival Ordered By Hulu; Original Cast Returning
‘Kindred’ Canceled at FX
‘Reboot’ Canceled at Hulu After One Season
‘One Of Us Is Lying’ & ‘Vampire Academy’ Cancelled At Peacock
Annette Bening To Star In Peacock Limited Series ‘Apples Never Fall’
‘The Traitors’ Nabs Second Season at Peacock
Sylvester Stallone’s Family To Star In Paramount+ Docuseries, Join Super Bowl Ad
Recommendations
Slewfoot, by Brom
Poker Face
WWE Royal Rumble
The Legend of Vox Machina, Season 2
The Last of Us

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of February 4, 2023:
 
Hulu
 
Black Travel Across America, Season 1 (Feb. 7)
 
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence (Feb. 9)
 
Netflix
 
The Exchange, Season 1 (Feb. 8)
 
Bill Russell: Legend (Feb. 8)
 
Dear David (Feb. 9)
 
Dr. Jason Leong: Ride with Caution (Feb. 9)
 
You, Season 4 (Feb. 9)
 
My Dad the Bounty Hunter, Season 1 (Feb. 9)
 
Your Place Or Mine (Feb. 10)
 
Love is Blind: After the Altar Season 3 (Feb. 10)
 
Love to Hate You, Season 1 (Feb. 10)
 
10 Days of a Good Man (Feb. 10)
 
HBO Max
 
Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special (Feb. 9)
 
Peacock
 
Sweeter than Chocolate (Feb. 4)
 
Grilling Season: A Curious Caterer Mystery (Feb. 4)
 
Amazon Prime Video
 
Somebody I Used to Know (Feb. 10)

This week: It's the year-end wrap up of the Nielsen streaming ratings.
 
Nielsen Ratings
 
Show Notes
 
NBCUniversal expects Peacock losses to peak this year as streamer slowly adds subscribers
 
Peacock Losses, Hurricane Ian Hurt Comcast Q4 Earnings | Next TV
 
It's On: Bally Sports RSNs Headed for Bankruptcy | Next TV
 
ESPN Takes Swing at Pickleball With New TV Rights Pact - Variety
 
Most Popular TV Shows, Movies on Streaming in 2022 - Variety
 
Recommendations
 
Fire Emblem: Engage
 
Slow Horses
 
Disco Elysium
 
The Mayfair Witches
 
The Last of Us

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of January 28, 2023:
 
Netflix
 
Minions: The Rise of Gru (Jan. 30)
 
Princess Power, Season 1 (Jan. 30)
 
Cunk on Earth, limited series (Jan. 31)
 
Pamela, A Love Story (Jan. 31)
 
Gunther’s Millions (Feb. 1)
 
The Great British Baking Show: The Professionals (Feb. 1)
 
Freeridge, Season 1 (Feb. 2)
 
Make My Day, Season 1 (Feb. 2)
 
True Spirit (Feb. 3)
 
Class (Feb. 3)
 
Infiesto (Feb. 3)
 
Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, Season 2 (Feb. 3)
 
Disney+
 
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Feb. 1)
 
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, Season 2 (Feb. 1)
 
Peacock
 
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (Feb. 2)
 
Amazon Prime Video
 
Nate Bargatze: Hello World (Jan. 31)
 
Harlem, Season 2 (Feb. 3)
 
Apple TV+
 
Dear Edward, Season 1 (Feb. 3)

This week: Netflix Co-CEO Reed Hastings announces some shocking news. And also announces he's stepping down.
 
Show Notes
 
Netflix Film Chiefs on 'The Killer,' Zack Snyder's 'Rebel Moon' - Variety
 
Netflix Subscribers, Earnings Q4 2022: Streamer Adds 7 Million Subs - Variety
 
Netflix Execs Talk Early Ad-Tier Results, 'Glass Onion' and Expected 'Cancel Reaction' From Paid Password-Sharing Rollout
 
Reed Hastings Steps Down as Netflix Co-CEO - Variety
 
How Much More Netflix Can the World Absorb? | The New Yorker
 
Amazon Prime Video, Jeremy Clarkson to Part Ways From 2024 - Variety
 
LIV Golf on Verge of Announcing TV Deal with CW Network - Sports Illustrated Golf
 
THE CW NETWORK AND LIV GOLF FORGE MULTI-YEAR BROADCAST RIGHTS AGREEMENT
 
Marvel movies are returning to China after almost four years
 
Disney Gets Boost as China Clears Marvel Superhero Films for Release - WSJ
 
Regal Cinemas closing nearly 40 movie theaters, Miami Beach is on the list
 
‘Cobra Kai’ Renewed For Sixth and Final Season at Netflix
 
‘Shoresy’ Renewed For Second Season On Hulu – Deadline
 
Meryl Streep Cast in 'Only Murders in the Building' Season 3 - Variety
 
Dennis Quaid Joins David Oyelowo In Taylor Sheridan's 'Bass Reeves' Series For Paramount+
 
Recommendations
 
Traitors
 
Letterkenny
 
Velma
 
CurlingZone on YouTube

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of January 14, 2023:
 
Hulu
 
How I Met Your Father, Season 2 (Jan. 24)
 
Extraordinary, Season 1 (Jan. 25)
 
Killing Country, Limited Series (Jan. 26)
 
The 1619 Project (Jan. 26)
 
Netflix
 
Physical 100, Season 1 (Jan. 24)
 
Against the Ropes, Season 1 (Jan. 25)
 
Love Never Lies: Poland (Jan. 25)
 
Daniel Spellbound, Season 2 (Jan. 26)
 
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song (Jan. 26)
 
Record of Ragnarok, Season 2 (Jan. 26)
 
Lockwood & Co. (Jan. 27)
 
You People (Jan. 27)
 
The Snow Girl, limited series (Jan. 27)
 
Kings of Jo’Burg, Season 2 (Jan. 27)
 
Disney+
 
Mila in the Multiverse, Season 1 (Jan. 25)
 
Paramount+
 
Wolf Pack, Season 1 (Jan. 26)
 
Teen Wolf: The Movie (Jan. 26)
 
Peacock
 
Sick (Jan. 13)
 
Poker Face, Limited Series (Jan. 26)
 
Amazon Prime Video
 
Shotgun Wedding (Jan. 27)
 
Apple TV+
 
Shrinking, Season 1 (Jan. 27)