Streaming Into the Void

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of April 15th, 2022:
Hulu
Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story (Apr. 21)
Netflix
Anatomy of a Scandal, Limited Series (Apr. 15)
 
Heirs of the Land, Season 1 (Apr. 15)
 
Mai: A Mother’s Rage, Season 1 (Apr. 15)
 
Choose or Die (Apr. 15)
 
The Man of God (Apr. 16)
 
White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch (Apr. 19)
 
Battle Kitty, Season 1 (Apr. 19)
 
Pacific Rim: The Black, Season 2 (Apr. 19)
 
Russian Doll, Season 2 (Apr. 20)
 
Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes, Limited Series (Apr. 20)
 
Yakamoz S-245, Season 1 (Apr. 20)
 
The Marked Heart, Season 1 (Apr. 20)
 
Turning Point (Apr. 20)
 
He’s Expecting, Season 1 (Apr. 21)
HBO Max
The Batman (Apr. 19)
 
The Flight Attendant, Season 2 (Apr. 21)
Paramount+
Rugrats (Apr. 15)
Peacock
So Dumb It’s Criminal Hosted by Snoop Dogg, Season 1 (Apr. 20)
Amazon Prime Video
Outer Range, Season 1 (Apr. 15)
Apple TV+
Roar, Season 1 (Apr. 15)

This week: We eulogize Warner Bros.
 
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
WarnerMedia chief Jason Kilar formally announces his exit as Discovery merger nears completion
 
WarnerMedia's ex-boss Jason Kilar says you should be happy with the decline of movie theaters - Vox
 
Ann Sarnoff Out at WarnerMedia as Discovery Merger Nears Closing - Variety
 
HBO Max Chief Andy Forssell Exits WarnerMedia Ahead of Discovery Merger Close (EXCLUSIVE)
 
Peacock Names Shannon Willett CMO, Brian Henderson EVP Programming - Variety
 
'Dancing With the Stars' Moving to Disney+ for Season 31 In A Shocker – Deadline
 
Will Smith Biopic in Jeopardy as Netflix and Apple TV+ Back Out of Bidding War
 
‘Locke & Key’ To End With Season 3 On Netflix
 
Sherlock Holmes Series In The Works At HBO Max From Robert Downey Jr. – Deadline
 
'Severance' Renewed For Season 2 By Apple TV+ – Deadline
 
Amazon Prime Nabs Jennifer Lopez's 'Shotgun Wedding' From Lionsgate
Recommendations
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
 
Time Team
 
Wrestlemania
 
Winning Time

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of April 8th, 2022:
Hulu
Woke, Season 2 (Apr. 8)
 
The Kardashians (Apr. 14)
Netflix
Metal Lords (Apr. 8)
 
Yaksha: Ruthless Operations (Apr. 8)
 
Barbie: It Takes Two, Season 1 (Apr. 8)
 
Green Eggs and Ham: The Second Serving, Season 2 (Apr. 8)
 
Dancing on Glass (Apr. 8)
 
Elite, Season 5 (Apr. 8)
 
Dirty Lines, Season 1 (Apr. 8)
 
Tiger & Bunny, Season 2 (Apr. 8)
 
Hard Cell, Season 1 (Apr. 12)
 
Creature Cases, Season 1 (Apr. 12)
 
Married at First Sight, Season 10 (Apr. 12)
 
Almost Happy, Season 2 (Apr. 13)
 
Our Great National Parks, Season 1 (Apr. 13)
 
The Taming of the Shrewd (Apr. 13)
 
Today We Fix the World (Apr. 13)
 
Ultraman, Season 2 (Apr. 14)
Disney+
Ice Age: Scrat Tales, Season 1 (Apr. 13)
HBO Max
A Black Lady Sketch Show, Season 3 (Apr. 8)
Paramount+
iCarly, Season 2 (Apr. 8)
Amazon Prime Video
All the Old Knives (Apr. 8)
Apple TV+
Pinecone and Pony, Season 1 (Apr. 8)
 

This week: CNN+ launches! No, it's not an April Fool's joke!
 
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
CNN+ Has Quibi Vibes
 
CNN to Sell 250 NFTs of CNN+ Live Streaming Launch – The Hollywood Reporter
 
Why HBO Max and Discovery Plus Face Content and Tech Hurdles as an Integrated Streamer
 
Peacock Testing Program to Give Free Movie Ticket or Rental to Subscribers Every Month – The Streamable
 
Peacock's New President Is Ready to Take 'Big Swings'
 
Stream full seasons of TV for free on YouTube
 
Ahead Of Regional Streaming Sports Launch, Sinclair COO Is “Cautiously Optimistic” About Landing More Baseball Rights Amid “Ongoing Dialogue” – Deadline
 
FuboTV Is Charging Towards Profitability With Incredible Sales Growth
 
fuboTV Closed Q4 and FY 2021 With Record 1.13 Million Subscribers; Expects to Exceed $1 Billion Revenue In 2022
 
Why fuboTV Is a Screaming Buy After Growing Revenue 144% | The Motley Fool
 
'CODA' Surge On AppleTV+ Post Historic Oscar Wins – Deadline
 
Kathryn Bigelow To Direct Adaptation Of David Koepp Novel 'Aurora' For Netflix
 
Scarlett Johansson And Chris Evans Set For Apple's 'Project Artemis' – Deadline
 
'The Full Monty':Disney+ Revives BAFTA-Winning Film As Limited TV Show – Deadline
 
Michael Shannon To EP 'American Tragedies: Waco – The Trials' As Paramount+ Slates Series To Coincide With 30th Anniversary Of Tragic Events
Recommendations
Moon Knight
 
Star Trek: Picard

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of April 1st, 2022:
Netflix
Cocomelon, Season 5 (Apr. 1)
 
Trivia Quest (Apr. 1)
 
Get Organized with The Home Edit, Season 2 (Apr. 1)
 
Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood (Apr. 1)
 
Forever Out of My League (Apr. 1)
 
Battle Freestyle (Apr. 1)
 
Celeb Five: Behind the Curtain (Apr. 1)
 
The Last Bus, Season 1 (Apr. 1)
 
The Bubble (Apr. 1)
 
Jimmy Savile, A British Horror Story, Limited Series (Apr. 6)
 
Return to Space (Apr. 7)
 
Senzo: Murder of a Soccer Star, Season 1 (Apr. 7)
Disney+
Better Nate Than Ever (Apr. 1)
HBO Max
Tokyo Vice, Season 1 (Apr. 7)
Amazon Prime Video
The Outlaws, Season 1 (Apr. 1)
Apple TV+
Slow Horses, Season 1 (Apr. 1)

This week: Will the streaming boom end with the pandemic... whenever that is?
 
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Investors alarmed as streaming services lose their magic touch | Netflix | The Guardian
 
Netflix and Peloton Shares Tumble as Demand Slows - The New York Times
 
Disney+ and HBO Max show streaming strength against Netflix
 
Netflix Cancels 'The Baby-Sitters Club' After 2 Seasons – The Hollywood Reporter
 
Why 'The Baby-Sitters Club' Was Canceled at Netflix
 
Christina Ricci To Star In Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ Series In Return To Addams Family Universe
 
HBO 'True Detective: Night Country' With Issa López & Barry Jenkins – Deadline
 
Harley Quinn’s Kite-Man gets his own HBO Max spinoff, it’s like ‘Cheers for supervillains’
 
'Judy Justice' Renewed For Season 2 At IMDb TV; Courtroom Series Clocks Record Viewership For Streamer
 
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Casts Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk - Variety
Recommendations
Halo
 
Is It Cake?
 
Tom Grossi

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of March 25th, 2022:
Hulu
Life and Beth (Mar. 18)
 
The Girl from Plainville (Mar. 29)
Netflix
Bridgerton, Season 2 (Mar. 25)
 
800 Meters, Season 1 (Mar. 25)
 
Transformer BotBots, Season 1 (Mar. 25)
 
Thermae Romae Novae, Season 1 (Mar. 28)
 
Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King (Mar. 30)
 
Broken Idol: The Undoing of Diomedes Diaz (Mar. 30)
 
All Hail (Mar. 30)
 
Sudha Murty’s Stories of Wit and Magic, Season 1 (Mar. 30)
 
Super Pupz, Season 1 (Mar. 31)
Disney+
Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film) (Mar. 25)
 
Moon Knight, Season 1 (Mar. 30)
HBO Max
Moonshot (Mar. 31)
 
Brene Brown: Atlas of the Heart, Season 1 (Mar. 31)
 
Julia (Mar. 31)
Paramount+
The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder, Season 1 (Mar. 31)
Amazon Prime Video
Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, Season 1 (Mar. 25)
Apple TV+
Pachinko (Mar. 25)

This week: Streaming continues to lead to consolidation in Hollywood.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
As WarnerMedia-Discovery Deal Nears Close, David Zaslav Shapes Up Executive Team With Eye On $3B Cost Savings Target – Deadline
Discovery's bid to merge with WarnerMedia wins final government approval - CNN
Discovery Raising $30 Billion In Debt Sale To Fund WarnerMedia Merger – Deadline
Discovery shareholders approve WarnerMedia acquisition | Reuters
Discovery CEO David Zaslav received walloping $246.6 million pay package in 2021 - MarketWatch
Endeavor's Ari Emanuel “Not Nervous” About Warner Bros Discovery Streaming Plans – Deadline
HBO Max and Discovery+ will be combined into one service following merger | TechCrunch
Amazon Closes $8.5 Billion Acquisition of MGM
Fremantle Takes Stake in 'Bosch' Producer Fabel Entertainment - Variety
Consortium Including Elliott in Advanced Talks to Buy Nielsen Holdings - jetcomint.com
Netflix acquires another developer to build 'world class games' - The Verge
Nippon TV and Disney Strike Local Content and Co-Production Deal - Variety
Recommendations
Turning Red 
Out Flag Means Death 
Dicktown 
The Kaiju Preservation Society 

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of March 18th, 2022:
Hulu
Deep Water (Mar. 18)
Netflix
Windfall (Mar. 18)
 
Black Crab (Mar. 18)
 
Without Saying Goodbye (Mar. 18)
 
Human Resources, Season 1 (Mar. 18)
 
Is It Cake? Season 1 (Mar. 18)
 
Cracow Monsters, Season 1 (Mar. 18)
 
Young, Famous & African, Season 1 (Mar. 18)
 
Animal, Season 2 (Mar. 18)
 
Eternally Confused and Eager for Love, Season 1 (Mar. 18)
 
Light the Night, Part 3 (Mar. 18)
 
Standing Up, Season 1 (Mar. 18)
 
The Principles of Pleasure, Limited Series (Mar. 22)
 
Love Me Like the Falling Petals (Mar. 24)
Disney+
Cheaper By the Dozen (Mar. 18)
 
More Than Robots (Mar. 18)
HBO Max
DMZ, Season 1 (Mar. 17)
 
Minx, Season 1 (Mar. 17)
Paramount+
Halo, Season 1 (Mar. 24)
Amazon Prime Video
Master (Mar. 18)
Apple TV+
WeCrashed, Limited Series (Mar. 18)
 
Stillwater, Season 2 (Mar. 18)
Roku Channel
This Joka (Mar. 4)

This week: Apple TV+ gets some Friday night baseball.
 
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Disney+ Gets New Parental Controls as Mature Content Is Added to the Streaming Service
 
Netflix stops streaming in Russia
 
Netflix is launching a daily trivia series called Trivia Quest - The Verge
 
Apple TV Plus announces Friday Night Baseball - The Verge / Apple TV Plus Launching on Comcast Xfinity Platforms - CNET
 
Sony Pictures TV to Acquire Industrial Media in $350 Million Deal - Variety
 
Lionsgate Exploring STX Acquisition - Variety
 
New Shondaland Drama Series 'The Residence' Ordered By Netflix – Deadline
 
Never Have I Ever renewed for fourth and final season at Netflix | EW.com
 
The Batman HBO Max Series on Hold, Matt Reeves Says | IndieWire / HBO cancels 'The Batman' spinoff series from Matt Reeves
 
'Metropolis' Drama Series From Sam Esmail Lands Series Order At Apple – Deadline
 
'Muppets Mayhem' Series a Go at Disney+ – The Hollywood Reporter
 
'Joe Pickett' Renewed For Season 2 At Spectrum – Deadline
 
‘Star Trek: Picard’ Wraps Production On Season 3… And The Series
Recommendations
Ghosthoney’s Dream Machine
 
Hit Monkey
 
AEW Revolution
 
Star Trek Picard