Streaming Into the Void

This week: The sky is falling!
 
Nielsen Ratings
 
Show Notes
 
Warner Bros Discovery and Lionsgate Earnings: $4.2 Billion Total Loss | IndieWire
 
Warner Bros Discovery reports loss, but "Dragon" on fire | Reuters
 
HBO Max Kills Its ‘Degrassi’ Revival – The Hollywood Reporter
 
'Westworld' Canceled at HBO After Four Seasons - Variety
 
‘Westworld’ Cast Will Still Be Paid For Season 5 After Cancellation – Deadline
 
Lionsgate Takes $1.8B Hit As It Exits Seven Former Starz Markets
 
Roku stock plunges as downbeat earnings forecast assumes ad budgets could 'degrade' - MarketWatch
 
Hallmark Channel Coming to Peacock in Wide-Ranging Streaming Deal
 
The CW Is Hit With Dozens Of Layoffs As Nexstar Plots More Frugal Course For Broadcast Network – Deadline
 
‘The Winchesters’ & ‘Walker: Independence’ Get No Back Orders – Deadline
 
How to watch ‘Amazon Music Live’ on Prime Video: New concerts by Megan Thee Stallion and Lil Baby - pennlive.com
 
‘Father Stu’ Recut by Sony for PG-13 Re-Release in Theaters as ‘Father Stu: Reborn’
 
Liam Hemsworth Replacing Henry Cavill for ‘The Witcher’ Season 4 – The Hollywood Reporter
 
‘The Sandman’ Renewed For Season 2 At Netflix – Deadline
 
Vinnie Jones, Kaya Scodelario & Giancarlo Esposito Among 6 Cast In Guy Ritchie's Netflix Series 'The Gentlemen'
 
The Penguin HBO Max Series With Colin Farrell Casts Cristin Milioti - Variety
 
Apple’s ‘Severance’ Season 2 Adds Gwendoline Christie, Merritt Wever – The Hollywood Reporter
 
Jennifer Lawrence Backs Out Of Elizabeth Holmes Role, Cites Amanda Seyfried's "Terrific" Portrayal
 
‘Sausage Party’ Animated Series Amazon – Deadline
 
Aldis Hodge To Star As Alex Cross As Amazon Orders Series From Ben Watkins, Paramount TV & Skydance
 
Vision Series Starring Paul Bettany In Works At Marvel Studios For Disney+
 
Agatha: Coven of Chaos: Aubrey Plaza Joins Cast of WandaVision Spinoff
 
‘Interior Chinatown’: Ronny Chieng And Chloe Bennet Join Hulu Series – Deadline
 
'Friday the 13th' Prequel Series 'Crystal Lake' From Bryan Fuller Ordered at Peacock
 
‘Real Love Boat’ Canceled at CBS, Moving to Paramount+ – The Hollywood Reporter
 
‘City On A Hill’ Canceled After Three Seasons On Showtime – Deadline
 
Recommendations
 
The Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
 
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
 
Marvel Snap
 
The Peripheral

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of November 4, 2022:
 
Netflix
 
Orgasm Inc.: The Story of One Taste (Nov. 5)
 
Triviaverse (Nov. 8)
 
Neal Brennan: Blocks (Nov. 8)
 
Illumination’s Minions & More 2 (Nov. 8)
 
The Claus Family 2 (Nov. 8)
 
The Crown, Season 5 (Nov. 9)
 
FIFA Uncovered (Nov. 9)
 
The Soccer Movie (Nov. 9)
 
State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith (Nov. 10)
 
Falling For Christmas (Nov. 10)
 
Warrior Nun, Season 2 (Nov. 10)
 
Love Never Lies: Destination Sardinia (Nov. 10)
 
Lost Bullet 2 (Nov. 10)
 
Is That Black Enough For You?!? (Nov. 11)
 
Capturing The Killer Nurse (Nov. 11)
 
Disney+
 
Save Our Squad with David Beckham (Nov. 9)
 
The Montaners (Nov. 9)
 
Fire of Love (Nov. 11)
 
Mary Poppins Returns Sing-a-long (Nov. 11)
 
HBO Max
 
Say Hey, Willie Mays! (Nov. 8)
 
Hard Knocks In Season: The Arizona Cardinals (Nov. 9)
 
The Big Brunch, Season 1 (Nov. 10)
 
Peacock
 
The Independent (Nov. 2)
 
Amazon Prime Video
 
The English, Season 1 (Nov. 11)
 
Apple TV+
 
Mythic Quest, Season 3 (Nov. 11)
 
Starz
 
Dangerous Liaisons, Season 1 (Nov. 6)

This week: A shocker at Warner Bros. Discovery and director James Gunn and his producing partner Peter Safran assume control of DC Films.
 
Nielsen Ratings
 
Show Notes
 
DC Shocker: James Gunn, Peter Safran to Lead Film, TV and Animation Division (Exclusive)
 
How James Gunn & Peter Safran Landed Top Spots At DC Studios
 
‘Green Lantern’ HBO Max Series Being Redeveloped (Exclusive) – The Hollywood Reporter
 
Arkham Asylum HBO Max Series Taps 'The Staircase' Creator Antonio Campos as New Showrunner (EXCLUSIVE)
 
Nasim Pedrad’s ‘Chad’ Moves To Roku For Season 2 – Deadline
 
NBCUniversal Third-Quarter Earnings Rise, Peacock Loss Hits $614M, Comcast Takes $8.6B Sky Charges
 
‘Girls5eva’ Moves To Netflix From Peacock For Season 3 – Deadline
 
Yellowstone And Tulsa King Premiere Early On The Big Screen
 
Netflix’s Very First Original Series Is Going Away Next Month | IndieWire
 
Marc Resteghini, Head of Series Development, Out at Amazon
 
Recommendations
 
This Is History: A Dynasty to Die
 
Rosaline
 
Go On

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of October 28, 2022:
 
Hulu
 
God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty (Nov. 1)
 
Netflix
 
Inside Man, Season 1 (Oct. 31)
 
The Takeover (Nov. 1)
 
The Bad Guys (Nov. 1)
 
Gabby’s Dollhouse, Season 6 (Nov. 1)
 
Young Royals, Season 2 (Nov. 1)
 
The Takeover (Nov. 1)
 
Killer Sally, Limited Series (Nov. 2)
 
Blockbuster, Season 1 (Nov. 3)
 
The Dragon Prince: Mystery of Aaravos, Season 4 (Nov. 3)
 
Buying Beverly Hills, Season 1 (Nov. 4)
 
Manifest, Season 4 (Nov. 4)
 
The Fabulous, Season 1 (Nov. 4)
 
Enola Holmes 2 (Nov. 4)
 
Disney+
 
Donna Hay Christmas (Nov. 2)
 
HBO Max
 
The White Lotus, Season 2 (Oct. 30)
 
Titans, Season 4 (Nov. 3)
 
Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty (Nov. 3)
 
Amazon Prime Video
 
My Policeman (Nov. 4)
 
Apple TV+
 
Causeway (Nov. 4)
 
The Mosquito Coast, Season 2 (Nov. 4)
 
Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me (Nov. 4)
 
Slumberkins, Season 1 (Nov. 4)
 
AMC+
 
The Suspect, Limited Series (Nov. 3)
 
Roku Channel
 
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Nov. 4)

This week: Netflix's quarterly earnings blow past estimates.
 
Nielsen Ratings
 
Show Notes
 
Netflix adds more than 2.4 million subscribers, reveals details about password-sharing crackdown
 
Netflix's forecast in focus as streaming pioneer set to launch ad-supported tier | Reuters
 
Netflix's Will Charge You Fees for Password-Sharing Early Next Year - CNET
 
Netflix (NFLX) earnings Q3 2022: Password sharing details, subscribers jump
 
Netflix Says It's Committed to Binge-Release Strategy - Variety
 
Ted Sarandos – No Box Office Shift At Netflix With ‘Knives Out’ 2 Deal – Deadline
 
Netflix Eyes More Video Games Based On Its Own IP – Deadline
 
Netflix ad-supported inventory ‘nearly sold out’ ahead of November launch
 
DC at a Turning Point: James Gunn Pitches Secret Movie, Dwayne Johnson Flexes His Superman Power (Exclusive)
 
Zatanna Movie From Promising Young Woman Writer No Longer At HBO Max
 
DC Films Boss Walter Hamada Departs; Warner Bros Finalizing Exec Exit – Deadline
 
CBS Chief George Cheeks Says Network Will Keep Programming At 10 P.M., Pushing Back On Forecast From Hearst
 
TV’s Jordan Wertlieb And Other Station Bosses At NAB Show NY – Update – Deadline
 
'CSI' Creator Anthony Zuiker Pacts With Sinclair to Create Original Content for Stations and Outside Buyers
 
Kurt Sutter’s Western ‘The Abandons’ Series Order At Netflix – Deadline
 
Chad Stahelski And Leigh Dana Jackson Board 'Black Samurai' Feature Adaptation At Netflix
 
‘Dune: The Sisterhood’: ‘Game Of Thrones’ & ‘Obi-Wan’ Star Indira Varma Joins HBO Max & Legendary Prequel Series As Empress Natalya – Deadline
 
Apple Original Films Boards Skydance's 'The Gorge' With Anya Taylor-Joy Set To Co-Star Opposite Miles Teller
 
Lucy Liu To Star Opposite Dwayne Johnson & Chris Evans In Prime Video's Holiday Pic 'Red One'
 
"Coach Prime" docuseries coming to Amazon Prime - HBCU Gameday
 
Keanu Reeves Departs Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Devil in the White City’ at Hulu – The Hollywood Reporter
 
‘Devil in the White City’: Director Todd Field Latest to Depart Hulu Drama – The Hollywood Reporter
 
‘Man Who Fell to Earth’ Will Not Return for Season 2 at Showtime (Exclusive) – The Hollywood Reporter
 
David Tennant's 'Litvinenko' Sells to AMC+, Sundance Now - Variety
 
Recommendations
 
Black Adam
 
Sprung
 
The Mole
 

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)

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

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)

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

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)