Streamageddon

Stay warm this winter with some classic TV comfort food, as we swap episodes from two of our favorite shows from the 90s: Freaks and Geeks and The X-Files . But first! We close out 2025 with a year-end Renewed or Canceled?! spectacular. The fates of 50 shows and showrunners hang in the balance! ——— 🔀 Show Swap: Freaks and Geeks 📺 Episodes Watched: S1E02 (“Beers and Weirs”), S1E14 (“Dead Dogs and...

Is Netflix owning Warner Bros. and HBO the worst possible outcome for movies but the least terrible outcome for TV and streaming? Is there any silver lining on this late stage capitalist nightmare? Will we ever be able to just talk about great shows ever again?? We’ll try our best to answer the first two questions, but then the fun part: We’ll talk through all the upcoming shows highlighted in HBO...

If the price of streaming has you feeling down low, rejoice! Because we’re here to help you get the most bang for your buck as we compare streaming costs from 2022 to today and make our picks for which services you should add, keep, or cancel. Plus a show so good we’re wiling to choke down the latest Disney+ price hike to keep watching: We’ve got the skinny on FX’s The Lowdown . ——— 📺 Review: The...

We’re back for the fall TV season with the perfect cozy comedy that probably flew under your radar when it premiered last month on Netflix : Each episode of Long Story Short jumps back and forth through time to tell the many stories (both big and small) of one hilarious and relatable Jewish American family. We’ll share some favorite jokes and why we can’t get enough of this fresh adult animation f...

The Primetime Emmy Awards are right around the corner, so let’s get excited about the real winners: The (likely) losers! We’re singing the praises of this year’s unsung heroes with a look at the dark horses and snubs (cast of Andor , anyone?) in this year’s Emmys race. And wouldn’t you know it? One of those dark horses happens to be the second half of our FX-themed summer show swap! Say Nothing is...

Dianne is back! The Sunny gang is back! We are SO back! Plus we discuss some things that so aren’t back, like: Late night in the wake of Colbert ’s surprise cancellation Warner Bros. Discovery and the reign of Max-imum Zaslav And it’s finally the end of the road for the Paramount/Skydance merger ——— 📺 Review: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 🧭 Where to Watch: FX/FXX/Hulu 🗓️ Episodes This Season...

Can Streamageddon save the American Theater? Probably not (despite our best efforts!), but maybe George Clooney can: His one-night-only live broadcast of Broadway’s Good Night, and Good Luck marked another milestone in streaming’s push into LIVE entertainment (and not just sports, we swear!). Guest host Ian Brodsky lends his theater experience as we review the special live stream that aired on CNN...

Are you, like so many characters on The White Lotus , staring off despondently in the distance now that you won’t get your weekly fix of Goggins-fueled water cooler chit-chat, unhinged conspiracy theories, and juicy memes (insert your best “Piper, nnnnoooo!” here)? Well, good news! There are actually OTHER shows that you can watch! And some of them might even scratch the same itch. (And just what...

“Brother, could you lend me a hand?” (That’s a question we’ll answer in our White Lotus predictions update at the end of the episode! But first…) The breezy new Netflix comedy Running Point doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it’s a breath of fresh air in a season of tense dramas and cheap thrillers (we’re looking at you, The Night Agent ). Guest Host Ian Brodsky has watched the whole season and is he...

We’re phoning it in this week (in a good way) with guest host Ian Brodsky joining Chris to review the premier-slash-return of John Mulaney’s old-school Hollywood talk show meets… talk radio call-in show? We’ll explain what’s going on with Netflix’s latest foray into weekly live programming: Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney . But first! HBO delivers a belated eulogy for The Franchise … … while Da...

Dianne is out on a very special assignment so Chris is joined by guest host (and real-life SAG voter) Ian Brodsky to discuss everything from the future of James Bond to Mike White’s extremely specific references. Featuring our predictions for Season 3 of The White Lotus on HBO (uh, yes , we’re going to talk about what’s going on with the “Will They? Won’t They” Brothers). But first! So much stream...

We’re back with part 2 of our Night Agent extravaganza! But first we’re playing two games that will challenge your TV and Streaming knowledge in more ways than one: Can you tell the difference between a real Fake TV President and a fake Fake TV President? And what about the cavalcade of Fake TV Presidents that graced our screens during the epic original run of Fox’s 24 ? Get ready to Hail to the…...

This week we’re all about Netflix , which is riding high while the rest of the streaming universe is filled with turmoil. The next big pivot is live: From Mulaney to Beyoncé , from the NFL to the WWE and everything in between (the Jake Paul fight is somewhere on that spectrum). Oh, live and price hikes. We’ll break it all down and then go deep cover on Netflix’s spy hit The Night Agent . Listen fo...

The medical drama meets 24 on the new Max series The Pitt , which reunites ER veteran Noah Wyle with ER veteran John Wells to create a show that for legal reasons is definitely not a reboot of ER (we’ll explain!). Lawsuits aside, we’re hooked on this gritty, fast-paced procedural designed to bring some much-needed network flair to the Max app. Plus: Did you already bail on your resolution to budge...

It’s the Streamageddon Streaming Superlatives Spectacular! It’s our annual tradition where we hand out yearbook-style honors to streaming services, shows, stories, and the people who make the things we (mostly) love to watch. This year we’re looking back and looking ahead, making picks for both 2024 and 2025. 🔮 All your favorite categories are here, along with the series and news stories that exp...

We’re ringing in the holidays with a festive Show Swap , Christmukkah -style! Join us as we wrap up the year in news, discuss what makes a holiday-themed episode work, share some of our favorites, and then exchange our gifts: Reviews of two classic holiday episodes that combine Christmas and Hanukkah with hilarious results. ——— 🎁 From Dianne: “The Best Christmukkah Ever” 📺 Series: The O.C. 📼 Ep...

For our 100th episode we’re celebrating one of TV’s hardest working genres: The Workplace Comedy . We’ll discuss the classics, debate the mockumentary format, and marvel at the wide range of characters and stories that fit into this surprisingly versatile genre. We’re talking about all our favorites, but in the second half of our conversation we’re going to roll up our sleeves and dive deep into t...

TV legend Ted Danson has reunited with sitcom icon Mike Schur ( The Good Place , Brooklyn 99 ) to infiltrate our hearts in the delightful new Netflix caper A Man on the Inside . Danson plays a widower who goes undercover at a San Francisco retirement community, but can he solve the mystery of the missing jewels without getting too close to his kooky new neighbors? (Or maybe getting close to them i...

Saturday Night Live is back for its 50th season and we’re celebrating with an All-Time SNL Cast Draft ! Join us as we discuss the latest episodes and then draft competing casts of 14 team all-time greats: Who gets Belushi? Who will anchor Weekend Update ? And which legendary cast member did ChatGPT completely forget about?! But first, in the news: Yellowstone returns for its final impossible-to-st...

🇺🇸 It’s our Election-Free Election Special! 🇺🇸 You’ve felt your feelings, you’ve cast your vote, now distract yourself from the darkness of November! Join us for a super-sized round of Renewed or Canceled?! and a MEGA show swap of Feel Good Fall Shows that will keep you warm as the nights get longer. ——— 📺 Shows Recommended: Nobody Wants This (Netflix) Resident Alien (Seasons 1-2 on Netflix, 1-3...

Marvel’s franchise fatigue seems like the perfect target for comedy, but can the new HBO satire The Franchise overcome the baggage of the subject matter? Is it more of a 30 Rock or a Studio 60 ? But first! Big ratings for our favorite new procedurals, trouble in paradise for the Golden Bachelorette , more scoops on the Abbott / Sunny crossover, and a triumphant quarter at Netflix (featuring surpri...

The hottest new shows of the fall TV season are old school (and in some cases: Old people!), with CBS and ABC leading the way: We’ll look at freshmen hits Matlock and High Potential . These network detective procedurals have even more in common than meets the eye… but will you be able to crack the case with us? Plus: Could Agatha All Along usher in a new era of budget-concious Marvel shows? How co...

Spooky Season has arrived and Disney+ is leaning into it with the long-awaited (and repeatedly retitled) WandaVision spin-off Agatha All Along . It’s got a killer cast, but can it shake the Marvel curse? And speaking of Marvel: We’re assembling our own coven… of shows! Join us as we each draft a team of 6 Marvel shows that we hope Kevin Feige resurrects for another season. Which one of us will ass...

It’s our 2024 Emmy Awards Spectacular! Join us as we review the live show and break down the coronation of FX chief John Landgraf (with one hilarious exception!). ——— 🔗 Links: FX Outduels Bigger Rivals to Collect Huge Emmy Haul – John Koblin, The New York Times Emmys 2024 Voters Finally Decide ‘The Bear’ Is Not a Comedy – Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone TV Ratings: Emmys Jump by 55 Percent, Stop St...

FX cleaned up at the 2024 Emmy Awards, but can they keep the winning streak alive? Could the engine behind Hulu ’s premium content even be on track to surpass HBO as the de facto home of prestige TV? We’re looking at both sides of that equation with a review of the new FX comedy English Teacher and a deep dive into David Zaslav’s latest swerve with Max (coming soon to a basic cable package near yo...