Streaming Into the Void

This week, one of the richest men in the world needs the Saudis to bankroll his takeover of a Hollywood studio… or does he? Another local TV operator is looking to merge. NBC has too much sports. And Joey is back!
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Show Notes
Paramount Skydance Denies That Its Warner Bros. Discovery Bid Involves Arab Sovereign Wealth Funds
Paramount, Comcast, Netflix submit bids for Warner Bros. Discovery
Sinclair Reveals Merger Talks With E.W. Scripps In Latest Shakeup Of Local TV Sector
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RETURNS TO NBC AND PEACOCK IN 2026 WITH THREE-YEAR MEDIA RIGHTS PARTNERSHIP FEATURING EXTENSIVE EXCLUSIVITY
Major League Soccer is coming to Apple TV starting in 2026
NBC reportedly exploring sublicense of Big Ten Championship to Netflix, Amazon
‘Friends’ Spinoff ‘Joey’ Finally Releases Its Final Eight Unaired Episodes Nearly 20 Years Later
What We've Been Doing
Frankenstein
The American Revolution
The Outer Worlds 2
Madden NFL 26

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of November 22, 2025.
Netflix
Missing: Dead or Alive, season 2 (Nov. 24)
Is It Cake? Holiday, season 2 (Nov. 25)
Jingle Bell Heist (Nov. 26)
Stranger Things, season 5: Part 1 (Nov. 26)
Left-Handed Girl (Nov. 28)
The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo (Nov. 28)
Disney+
Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember (Nov. 24)
Beatles Anthology Series (Nov. 26 - 28)
Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol (Nov. 28)
HBO Max
The Shuffle (Nov. 25)
Peacock
Bel-Air, season 4 (Nov. 24)
Prime Video
Black Friday Football Game (Nov. 28)
Apple TV+
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age (Nov. 26)
WondLa, season 3 (Nov. 28)
Acorn TV
Harry Wild Holiday Special (Nov. 24)
Hallmark+
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story (Nov. 22)
Melt My Heart This Christmas (Nov. 23)
We Met in December (Nov. 27)
The More the Merrier (Nov. 28)
The Snow Must Go On (Nov. 28)

This week, a truce in the last great battle of the linear era, as Disney and Google's YouTube resolve their carriage dispute.
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Show Notes
YouTube TV, Disney reach deal to restore access to ESPN networks after two-week standoff - The Athletic
CFO Says Disney Has No M&A Plans, Pokes Rivals For Splitting Assets — “What You Do When You Don’t Have A Great Business”
Paramount, Comcast, Netflix Prepare Bids for Warner as Deadline Approaches - WSJ
Warner Bros. Is For Sale, Who's Buying?
YouTube TV Blackout Is Costing Disney an Estimated $4.3 Million per Day in Lost Revenue
David Ellison Goes Public: Paramount Releases First Earnings Report Since Skydance Takeover
Wall Street Gives David Ellison’s First Paramount Earnings a Thumbs Up, With Some Big Questions
‘Superman’ Supercharges Warner Bros. Earnings, But Linear TV Struggles Push Company to Loss
WBD amends CEO Zaslav's contract, StubHub withholds Q4 guidance
TV Giant Reels From Revenue Slump After Jimmy Kimmel Boycott
Nexstar CEO Perry Sook Confident In Tegna Deal’s On-Time Close; Stock Slides After Soft Q3 Report
NBC Revives NBC Sports Network, Launching First on YouTube TV, Offering Peacock’s Sports Line-Up
David Ellison's Hollywood Takeover: First Paramount. Is Warner Bros Next?
David Ellison's Paramount Skydance makes its bullish pitch to Hollywood
What We've Been Doing
King of the Hill
The Woman in Cabin 10
Fantastic Four: First Steps
PC Game Pass
The Outer Worlds 2

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of November 15, 2025.
Netflix
Gabby’s Dollhouse, season 12 (Nov. 17)
Selena y Los Dinos (Nov. 17)
Gerry Dee: Funny You Should Say That (Nov. 18)
The Carman Family Deaths (Nov. 19)
Champagne Problems (Nov. 19)
Envious, season 3 (Nov. 19)
The Son of a Thousand Men (Nov. 19)
The Follies (Nov. 20)
The Great British Baking Show: Holidays, season 8 (Nov. 20)
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, season 4 (Nov. 20)
A Man on the Inside, season 2 (Nov. 20)
ONE SHOT with Ed Sheeran (Nov. 20)
Train Dreams (Nov. 21)
HBO Max
Thoughts & Prayers (Nov. 18)
Paramount+
Landman, season 2 (Nov. 16)
Peacock
Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks, season 1 (Nov. 17)
High Horse: The Black Cowboy (Nov. 20)
Prime Video
June Farms, season 1 (Nov. 17)
The Mighty Nein (Nov. 19)
Apple TV+
The Family Plan 2 (Nov. 21)
Tubi
Married to a Balla 2 (Nov. 21)
Hallmark+
Three Wisest Men (Nov. 16)
Tidings for the Season (Nov. 17)

This week, UK broadcasters Sky and ITV consider a merger to counter American juggernauts Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+.
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Show Notes
Britain's ITV in talks with Comcast's Sky on $2.15 billion TV sale | Reuters
Sky returned to profit ahead of cutting hundreds of UK jobs - Business Live
ESPN makes 'College GameDay' available on app, Pat McAfee X account as YouTube TV carriage dispute rages on
Google Abruptly Ends Support For Movies Anywhere, Shattering Cross-Platform Movie Ownership for Millions | Cord Cutters News
What We've Been Doing
Futurama
Chad Powers
Only Murders in the Building

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of November 8, 2025.
Netflix
Countdown: Jake vs. Tank (Nov. 8)
Marines (Nov. 10)
Sesame Street, volume 1 (aka season 56) (Nov. 10)
Being Eddie (Nov. 12)
Dynamite Kiss, season 1 (Nov. 12)
Eloá the Hostage: Live on TV (Nov. 12)
A Merry Little Ex-Mas (Nov. 12)
Mrs. Playmen, season 1 (Nov. 12)
Selling the O.C., season 4 (Nov. 12)
The Beast in Me (Nov. 13)
Delhi Crime, season 3 (Nov. 13)
Had I Not Seen the Sun, part 1 (Nov. 13)
Last Samurai Standing, season 1 (Nov. 13)
Tee Yai: Born To Be Bad (Nov. 13)
Unicorn Academy, chapter 4 (Nov. 13)
The Crystal Cuckoo, season 1 (Nov. 13)
In Your Dreams (Nov. 14)
Jake Paul vs. Tank Davis (Nov 14)
Lefter: The Story of the Ordinarius (Nov. 14)
Nouvelle Vague (Nov. 14)
Disney+
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. EST)
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, season 3 (Nov. 13)
LEGO Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails (Nov. 14)
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (Nov. 15)
HBO Max
Eddington (Nov. 14)
The Seduction (Nov. 14)
Paramount+
My Nightmare Stalker: The Eva LaRue Story (Nov. 13)
Peacock
Tiffany Haddish Goes Off (Nov. 13)
Prime Video
Playdate (Nov. 12)
Malice, season 1 (Nov. 14)
Apple TV+
Palm Royale, season 2 (Nov. 12)
Come See Me in the Good Light (Nov. 14)
Hallmark+
Christmas Above the Clouds (Nov. 8)
A Keller Christmas Vacation (Nov. 8)

This week, studios post billions in earnings but the forecasts are grim, and Hollywood is awash in pink slips.
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Show Notes
Peacock Posts $217 Million Loss as Subscribers Remain Unchanged at 41 Million
Comcast Sees Tough Q3 Comps From Paris Olympics Last Year But Beats Forecasts; Epic Universe Revs Up
Amazon Sales Rise 13% to $180 Billion in Q3, AWS Revenue Jumps 20%
More Amazon MGM Studios TV Creative Executives Impacted By Layoffs – Update
Disney Channels Will Be Pulled From YouTube TV as Companies Fail to Reach New Deal
YouTube TV Calls Disney “Unnecessarily Aggressive” In Carriage Talks, With “Antiquated View” Of Pay-TV Economics
Disney & YouTube Settle Legal Dispute Over Justin Connelly Hiring
Disney Closes Deal Merging Hulu Live TV With Fubo
Why ‘Yellowstone’ Mastermind Taylor Sheridan Decided to Ditch Paramount - WSJ
‘Tulsa King’: 26 Crew Members, Including Sylvester Stallone’s Stunt Double, Abruptly Replaced On Eve Of Season 4 Shoot
Paramount TV Layoffs Impact Executives Across CBS, MTV & BET
'Ridiculousness' Canceled at MTV After 46 Seasons
Paramount lays off 1,000 workers in first round of cuts - Los Angeles Times
‘Magic 8 Ball’ Series in the Works From M. Night Shyamalan, Brad Falchuk
‘Prison Break’ Reboot From Elgin James Ordered to Series at Hulu
‘Only Murders In The Building’ Renewed For Sixth Season With Show Headed To London
‘King of the Hill’ Renewed for Seasons 16 and 17 at Hulu
Catan Movies and TV Series in the Works at Netflix
Netflix Lands Holiday Comedy ‘The In-Claus’ From Lord Miller And Writer Travis Braun
‘Victorious’ Spinoff ‘Hollywood Arts’ With Daniella Monet Returning Ordered at Netflix
Adam Driver To Star In Hostage Drama Series ‘Rabbit, Rabbit’ At Netflix From Philip Barantini, Peter Craig & MRC
What We've Been Doing
Sinners
The World Series

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of November 1, 2025.
Netflix
Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches (Nov. 3)
In Waves and War (Nov. 3)
Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things (Nov. 4)
Squid Game: The Challenge, season 2 (Nov. 4)
Just Alice, season 1 (Nov. 5)
The Bad Guys: Breaking In, season 1 (Nov. 6)
Death by Lightning (Nov. 6)
The Vince Staples Show, season 2 (Nov. 6)
As You Stood By, season 1 (Nov. 6)
Frankenstein (Nov. 7)
Groom & Two Brides (Nov. 7)
Mango (Nov. 7)
Disney+
All’s Fair, season 1 (Nov. 4)
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Nov. 5)
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films (Nov. 7)
Love+War (Nov. 7)
Seventeen: Our Chapter (Nov. 7)
The Worst Trip Around the World (Nov. 7)
HBO Max
I Love LA, season 1 (Nov. 2)
Alex vs. ARod (Nov. 6)
Materialists (Nov. 7)
The Vallecas Files (Nov. 7)
Paramount+
Crutch, season 1 (Nov. 3)
Peacock
All Her Fault, season 1 (Nov. 6)
Prime Video
Tyler Perry’s Finding Joy (Nov. 5)
Maxton Hall: The World Between Us, season 2 (Nov. 7)
Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 (Nov. 7)
MGM+
Robin Hood, season 1 (Nov. 2)
Apple TV+
Pluribus, season 1 (Nov. 7)
Acorn TV
The Gone, season 2 (Nov. 3)
Tubi
Fan of Mine (Nov. 7)
Starz
Power Book IV: Force, season 3 (Nov. 7)
Hallmark+
Christmas on Duty (Nov. 1)
A Newport Christmas (Nov. 2)
Mistletoe Murders, season 2 (Nov. 7)

This week, David Zaslav has a plan for Warner Bros. Discovery, but David Ellison and Skydance have other plans.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
HBO Max Raises Prices Across All Plans Effective Immediately
Warner Bros. Wants More Bidders Besides Paramount - Business Insider
Exclusive: Warner Bros Discovery board rejected Paramount Skydance buyout offer, source says | Reuters
Three Offers in One Month: Paramount’s Secret Pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery - The New York Times
Warner Bros. Discovery Says It Is Considering a Sale - The New York Times
WGA Plans To Help Block Potential Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount Merger: “A Disaster”
David Ellison Is Moving Fast and Spending Big to Remake Hollywood - WSJ
Netflix Revenues Keep Surging as Streaming Giant Hits Key Wall Street Expectations
Disney Warns That YouTube TV Could Drop ABC, ESPN and More Networks in Fee Dispute
'Stranger Things' series finale heads to movie theaters
AMC and Netflix may be reaching détente - AV Club
What We've Been Doing
Nosferatu
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning
Lilo & Stitch
Only Murders in the Building

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of October 25, 2025.
Netflix
The Dream Life of Mr. Kim, season 1 (Oct. 25)
The Asset, season 1 (Oct. 27)
Babo: The Haftbefehl Story (Oct. 28)
Mo Amer: Wild World (Oct. 28)
Nightmares of Nature: Lost in the Jungle (Oct. 28)
Physical: Asia (Oct. 28)
Ballad of a Small Player (Oct. 29)
Rulers of Fortune, season 1 (Oct. 29)
Selling Sunset, season 9 (Oct. 29)
Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers (Oct. 30)
Amsterdam Empire, Season 1 (Oct. 30)
Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will (Oct. 30)
Son of a Donkey, season 1 (Oct. 30)
The Witcher, season 4 (Oct. 30)
Bad Influencer, season 1 (Oct. 31)
Breathless, season 2 (Oct. 31)
Rhythm + Flow France: Season 4 (Oct. 31)
Disney+
Disney Twisted Wonderland: The Animation (Oct. 29)
Star Wars Visions, volume 3 (Oct. 29)
HBO Max
IT: Welcome to Derry, season 1 (Oct. 26)
Paramount+
Mayor of Kingstown, season 4 (Oct. 26)
Don't Date Brandon, season 1 (Oct. 28)
Prime Video
Hazbin Hotel, season 2 (Oct. 29)
Hedda (Oct. 29)
Tremembé, season 1 (Oct. 31)
Apple TV+
Down Cemetery Road (Oct. 29)
AMC+
Talamasca: The Secret Order, season 1 (Oct. 26)
Hallmark+
Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper (Oct. 25)
Baked with Love: Holiday (Oct. 27)
Finding Mr. Christmas, season 2 (Oct. 27)