Streaming Into the Void

Streaming Into the Void - October 6, 2024 - DirecTV and Dish Network Tie the Knot

This week, two satellite providers join forces to face the void together.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
DirecTV to Acquire Dish in Merger of Satellite TV Rivals (variety.com)
Diamond Sports looks to drop 11 MLB teams from Bally Sports regional networks
AEW to Stream on Max Following New Multi-Year Rights Deal With Warner Bros. Discovery
Bleacher Report Confirms It Will No Longer Carry AEW PPVs, Fans Can Keep Past Purchases Through Triller | 411MANIA
Paramount Hit With Potential Class Action Over Last Month's Layoffs (deadline.com)
NFL Is in Talks With Ellison’s Skydance, RedBird About Deals - Bloomberg
It took Larry Ellison just a single day to make enough money to buy Paramount
Recommendations
The Simpsons
Time Bandits
The New York Mets
Only Murders in the Building

What’s New in Streaming - October 5, 2024

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of October 5, 2024.
Hulu
Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War, season 3 (Oct. 5)
Solar Opposites Halloween Special Part 2: The Hunt for Brown October (Oct. 7)
LaMáquina, season 1 (Oct. 9)
Mr. Crocket (Oct. 11)
Netflix
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth, season 1 (Oct. 5)
The Menendez Brothers (Oct. 7)
Ali Wong: Single Lady (Oct. 8)
Dinner Time Live with David Chang, season 2 (Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. EDT)
Deceitful Love, limited series (Oct. 9)
The Secret of the River, season 1 (Oct. 9)
Starting 5 (Oct. 9)
Breaking the Silence: The Maria Soledad Case (Oct. 10)
Girl Haunts Boy (Oct. 10)
The Life and Movies of Ersan Kuneri, season 2 (Oct. 10)
Love Is Blind Habibi, season 1 (Oct. 10)
Outer Banks, season 4, part 1 (Oct. 10)
Temurun (Oct. 10) 
That Kind of Love (Oct. 10)
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, season 1 (Oct. 10)
In Her Place (Oct. 11)
Lonely Planet (Oct. 11)
Uprising (Oct. 11)
Disney+
Bluey, new minisodes (Oct. 7)
The Simpsons: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Oct. 11)
Max
The Franchise, season 1 (Oct. 6)
Caddo Lake (Oct. 10)
Roller Jam (Oct.10)
Paramount+
SpongeBob SquarePants: Kreepaway Kamp (Oct. 10)
Peacock
Teacup, season 1 (Oct. 10)
Amazon Prime Video
Citadel: Diana, season 1 (Oct. 7)
Killer Cakes (Oct. 8)
Apple TV+
Disclaimer* (Oct. 11)
The Last of the Sea Women (Oct. 11)

Streaming Into the Void - September 29, 2024 - Warner Bros. Legal Woes

This week, Warner Bros. Discovery is heading to court... again.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Sky sues Warner Bros Discovery over Harry Potter production deal ‘breaches’
Comcast Sues Warner Bros. Discovery Over Refusal to Partner on Harry Potter Series
John Malone Says Warner Bros. Discovery's "Bulletproof" Balance Sheet, "Energetic" CEO Will Serve It Well (deadline.com)
Disney-Fox-WBD Streaming Venture Venu Sports Fires Back At Fubo In Antitrust Case, Dubbing Itself A "Pro-Competitive" Response To Cord-Cutting
Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 to Air on CBS After Paramount Network Debut (variety.com)
Paramount Initiates Layoffs In Effort To Cut 15% Of U.S. Workforce (deadline.com)
Paramount+ Communications Team Dissolved As Layoffs Hit Streamer Hard (deadline.com)
The Amazing Digital Circus Is Coming to a Town Near You
How ‘The Amazing Digital Circus’ Broke The Internet
Industry Renewed For Season 4 At HBO (deadline.com)
'Pretty Little Liars' Canceled After Two Seasons at Max
Kyle Chandler to Star in HBO Green Lantern Series as Hal Jordan
'Netflix's 'Black Mirror' Casts Issa Rae, Awkwafina In Season 7 (deadline.com)
Anthony Ramos Joins Kathryn Bigelow's Next Film At Netflix
Sabrina Carpenter Sets Netflix Holiday Special
'Magic: The Gathering' Animated Series Restarts at Netflix
'Orphan Black: Echoes' Canceled By AMC Networks After 1 Season
Recommendations
The Spellshop, by Sarah Beth Durst
Detroit: Become Human
Balatro on Android and iOS
Last of Us

What’s New in Streaming - September 28, 2024

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of September 28, 2024.
Hulu
Last Days of the Space Age, season 1 (Oct. 2)
Hold Your Breath (Oct. 3)
Witches: Truth Behind the Trials (Oct. 3)
Netflix
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Sep. 28)
Making It in Marbella, season 1 (Oct. 1)
Chef’s Table: Noodles (Oct. 2)
Love is Blind, season 7 (Oct. 2)
Unsolved Mysteries, volume 5 (Oct. 2)
The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist (Oct. 3)
Blue Box, season 1 (Oct. 3)
Dan Da Dan, season 1 (Oct. 3)
Heartstopper, season 3 (Oct. 3)
#OOTD: Outfit of the Designer (Oct. 3)
Trouble (Oct. 3)
CTRL (Oct. 4)
Harta Tahta Raisa (Oct. 4)
It’s What’s Inside (Oct. 4)
The Platform 2 (Oct. 4)
Disney+
Mickey’s Spooky Stories, season 1 (Oct. 2)
Max
Gremlins: The Wild Batch, season 1 (Oct. 3)
Salem’s Lot (Oct. 3)
Peacock
The Real West (Sep. 29)
Amazon Prime Video
The Legend of Vox Machina, season 3 (Oct. 3)
House of Spoils (Oct. 3)
Apple TV+
Curses!, season 2 (Oct. 4)
AMC+
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, season 2 (Sep. 29)

Streaming Into the Void - September 22, 2024 - International Releases Monopolize Netflix

This week, Shōgun dominates at the Emmys, and international content dominates the first half of 2024 on Netflix.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
'Shōgun,' 'Baby Reindeer,' and 'Hacks': Here's a full list of the prime-time Emmy winners
The Most In-Demand Classic TV Shows You Can’t Watch on Streaming | Chart
Shares In Dish Network Parent EchoStar Surge On Reports Of Yet Another Round Of Merger Talks With DirecTV
Netflix Data Dump: Millie Bobby Brown’s ‘Damsel’ Most Watched Film (deadline.com)
Netflix Data Dump: Spanish-Language Titles Such As 'Berlin' Rocket (deadline.com)
What We Watched the First Half of 2024 - About Netflix
Ted Sarandos Calls On All Streamers To Be Transparent With Viewership Data (deadline.com)
Recommendations
Dreadful, by Caitlin Rozakis
Bad Monkey
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Frostpunk 2
Against the Storm DLC
Agatha All Along

What’s New in Streaming - September 21, 2024

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of September 21, 2024.
Hulu
Out There: Crimes of the Paranormal, season 1 (Sep. 24)
Grotesquerie, season 1 (Sep. 26)
She Taught Love (Sep. 27)
Netflix
The Garfield Movie (Sep. 21)
The Great Indian Kapil Show, season 2 (Sep. 21 at 10:30 a.m. EDT)
Dear Sa-chan, season 1 (Sep. 24)
Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval (Sep. 24)
Penelope, season 1 (Sep. 24)
Divorce (Sep. 25)
Jailbreak: Love on the Run (Sep. 25)
Mr. McMahon (Sep. 25)
We Were Kings, season 1 (Sep. 25)
Bangkok Breaking: Heaven and Hell (Sep. 26)
Everything Calls for Salvation, season 2 (Sep. 26)
An Invisible Victim: The Eliza Samudio Case (Sep. 26)
Nobody Wants This, season 1 (Sep. 26)
A True Gentleman (Sep. 26)
Do You See What I See (Sep. 27)
GyeongSeong Creature, season 2 (Sep. 27)
Rez Ball (Sep. 27)
Will & Harper (Sep. 27)
Disney+
Inside Out 2 (Sep. 25)
Paramount+
Colin From Accounts, season 2 (Sep. 26)
Apartment 7A (Sep. 27)
Peacock
Falling Together (Sep. 22)
Amazon Prime Video
Evolution of the Black Quarterback (Sep. 24)
MGM+
From, season 3 (Sep. 22)
Apple TV+
La Maison, season 1 (Sep. 25)
Midnight Family (Sep. 25)
Wolfs (Sep. 27)
Hallmark+
The Jane Mysteries: Too Much to Lose (Sep. 26)
Love on the Danube: Kissing Stars (Sep. 26)

Streaming Into the Void - September 15, 2024 - Scrounging for Scraps

This week, cable and satellite companies will take what they can get.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
DirecTV’s Dispute With Disney Shows Why Satellite TV Is in Trouble - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
DirecTV, Disney reach deal to end blackout in time for college football
Charter adds Warner Bros Discovery's streaming service at no extra charge | Reuters
David Zaslav’s Sinking Star Steadies As Warner Bros. Discovery Sets Carriage Deal With Charter (deadline.com)
Paramount & NBC Bosses On Venu Sports: “We Weren't Hurt By Not Being Invited” — IMG-RedBird Summit
Fubo Tells Judge In Antitrust Case It Will Reveal Long-Secret Details Of Carriage Negotiations By Disney, Fox & Warner Bros. Discovery
US satellite-TV providers DirecTV and Dish are in talks to merge again, source says | Reuters
David Zaslav Says Max To Add 6+ Million Subscribers This Quarter (deadline.com)
'Emily in Paris' Boss on Emily's New Adventure and “Up and Down” Relationship After Season 4
Streaming Ratings: 'Emily in Paris' Opens Lower With Half-Season Release
'Bosch: Legacy' Ending After Three Seasons On Prime Video & Amazon Freevee
'Reacher' Spinoff Series in the Works at Amazon
Brendan Gleeson Officially Joins Spider-Man Noir Series at Amazon (EXCLUSIVE)
'Good Omens': Production Paused On Amazon Drama From Neil Gaiman / Neil Gaiman Offers To Step Back From 'Good Omens' Season 3
Only Murders in the Building Nabs Early Season 5 Renewal at Hulu
'Dead Boy Detectives' Canceled After One Season At Netflix
Matthew Rhys Joins Claire Danes In Netflix's 'The Beast In Me'
Asa Butterfield, Molly Windsor, Fra Fee, Siobhan Finneran and Christopher Eccleston Set for Netflix Series 'Out of the Dust' (EXCLUSIVE)
Christopher Abbott In Talks To Co-Star Opposite Florence Pugh In Limited Series Adaptation Of 'East Of Eden' At Netflix
Rosamund Pike Silicon Valley Drama From Scott Z. Burns, Scott Galloway & Media Res Lands Netflix Series Order
Recommendations
Lady Macbeth, by Ava Reid
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
AEW All Out
Three Days of the Condor
The Bourne Identity
2010: The Year We Make Contact

What’s New in Streaming - September 14, 2024

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of September 14, 2024.
Hulu
Child Star (Sep. 17)
Little Miss Innocent (Sep. 20)
Netflix
timelesz Project audition, season 1 (Sep. 14)
Ancient Aliens, season 8 (Sep. 15)
CoComelon, season 11 (Sep. 16)
Grave Torture (Sep. 16)
Culinary Class Wars, season 1 (Sep. 17)
Deon Cole: OK, Mister (Sep. 17)
Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry (Sep. 17 at 6 p.m. EDT)
Missing (Sep. 17)
Envious, season 1 (Sep. 18)
I Am Georgina, season 3 (Sep. 18)
What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates (Sep. 18)
Chances Are, You and I. (Sep. 19)
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Sep. 19)
The Queen of Villains, season 1 (Sep. 19)
Twilight of the Gods, season 1 (Sep. 19)
His Three Daughters (Sep. 20)
Disney+
Agatha All Along, season 1 (Sep. 18)
Max
The Penguin, season 1 (Sep. 19)
Paramount+
Tulsa King, season 2 (Sep. 15)
Peacock
The Cases of Mystery Lane: Death Is Listening (Sep. 14)
The Heiress and the Handyman (Sep. 15)
World’s Most Notorious Killers, season 1 (Sep. 17)
Tubi
Wynonna Earp: Vengeance (Sep. 13)
Hallmark+
The Jane Mysteries: Murder at Moseby (Sep. 19)
Love on the Danube: Royal Getaway (Sep. 19)

Streaming Into the Void - September 8, 2024 - The Twilight of DirecTV

This week, carriage fee disputes mark the inevitable decline of linear and the rise of streaming.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Disney dispute leaves DirecTV customers without popular sports channels | PBS News
Amid Disney Blackout, DirecTV Is Offering Customers a $30 Credit Toward Dish's Sling or Fubo Streaming Services
Disney CEO Bob Iger Calls His 2023 Linear TV Comments “A Mistake,” Says He Is “Obsessed” With Finally Nailing Succession Process
ESPN Platforms Deliver Largest Kickoff Week Audience Since 2016 – ESPN and ABC Score Top 6 Games Across All Networks
Charter Spectrum and AMC Networks Ink Early Renewal Deal, Will Bundle AMC+ With Cable TV
Verizon’s $9.6 Billion Bid for Frontier Expands Broadband
TNT Greenlights CIA Miniseries As Network Eyes Potential Scripted Ramp-Up Post Write-Down & Restructuring
The Librarians Sequel Series on TNT: Everything We Know
Amazon could reportedly stream Diamond/Bally's RSN games non-exclusively
MLB could see local rights bidding war if Diamond Sports Group defaults
Tech Tycoon Larry Ellison Will Control Paramount Global After Skydance Deal Closes: Filing
Shari Redstone to Get $180M in Severance, Benefits in Sale to Ellison - Bloomberg
YouTube wins gold with 40 billion minutes of Olympic watch time, compared to 23.5 billion for NBC - Tubefilter
YouTube's living room ambitions pay off: It's the first streamer to take 10% of all TV watch time - Tubefilter
Recommendations
Only Murders in the Building
The Fall Guy
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Fallout London
AEW
Exploding Kittens
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
Sleep with Me

What’s New in Streaming - September 7, 2024

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of September 7, 2024.
Hulu
The Old Man, season 2 (Sep. 13)
How to Die Alone, season 1 (Sep. 13)
In Vogue: The 90s (Sep. 13)
Netflix
Hot Wheels: Let’s Race, season 2 (Sep. 9)
Ahir Shah, End (Sep. 10)
Jack Whitehall: Fatherhood with my Father (Sep. 10)
Boxer (Sep. 11)
The Circle, season 7 (Sep. 11)
Outlaw (Sep. 11)
Technoboys (Sep. 11)
Ángel Di María: Breaking Down the Wall (Sep. 12)
Billionaire Island, season 1 (Sep. 12)
Emily in Paris, season 4, part 2 (Sep. 12)
Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter (Sep. 12)
Midnight at the Pera Palace, season 2 (Sep. 12)
Uglies (Sep. 13)
Disney+
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy (Sep. 13)
Max
Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos (Sep. 7)
My Brilliant Friend, season 4 (Sep. 9)
Civil War (Sep. 13)
Peacock
His & Hers (Sep. 8)
Colin Jost and Michael Che Present: New York After Dark (Sep. 12)
Amazon Prime Video
The Money Game (Sep. 10)
Thursday Night Football (Sep. 12, 8pm ET / 5pm PT)
The Grand Tour: One for the Road (Sep. 13)
Hallmark+
Celebrations With Lacey Chabert, season 1 (Sep. 10)
The Chicken Sisters, season 1 (Sep. 10)
The Jane Mysteries: A Deadly Prescription (Sep. 10)
Love on the Danube: Love Song (Sep. 10)