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It’s our Second Annual Streaming Superlatives Spectacular! Featuring your favorite yearbook-inspired awards plus a host of new categories generated by the true star of 2023: ChatGPT. Plus we predict which streaming service won’t survive the new year (spoiler alert: the headlines already indicate we might be right!). ——— 🏆 The Categories: 🥇 Round 1: The Extremely High School Superlatives Life of...

The holidays are here but we’re cursed with more streaming news for you! Find out the exciting new bundle of the week ! Experience deja vu with the news of Showtime’s confusing rebranding! And you’ll never guess where Disney’s synergy is headed next! Plus we review the first two episodes of Nathan Fielder’s The Curse . (You might not want to listen to that part with the kids…) ——— 📺 Review: The C...

The holidays are here and Bob Iger is celebrating by stuffing Hulu into the Disney+ stocking (some exceptions may apply). We’ll prepare you to answer your relatives’ streaming questions with everything you need to know about the historic level of Disney synergy sweeping the nation: Dianne walks us through the new Hulu Hub on Disney+ Chris confesses his love for (Disney’s) Doctor Who and (Disney’s)...

Streaming bundles are all the rage these days! From Verizon’s new Netflix / Max deal to Instacart’s groceries and Peacock combo (a real thing, we swear!). Join us as we navigate the murky waters of the great big Bundle-verse and who knows? Maybe you’ll find a bundle of joy along the way. Plus we’re revisiting this fall’s strike-fueled hit: The Golden Bachelor . And stick around at the end for our...

We’ve got sizzling Thanksgiving episode stuffed full of news, gossip, and… America’s favorite game show?! First: Will lackluster AI protections sink the SAG-AFTRA deal? Then we raise a glass to the latest victim of the streaming wars: Showtime Anytime . Speaking of Paramount-related news: IT’S DAILY SHOW HOST WATCH ! (Second timers edition!) But wait, there’s more! Because after that we feast on a...

Our long national nightmare is finally over! (Are we referring to the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike or the Loki finale? You’ll have to listen to find out!) ——— 📺 Review: Loki Finale 🚨 Spoiler Alert: All Episodes of Loki, also the last Ant Man movie, also probably some other Marvel stuff (starting at 20:49) 🚨 Number of Seasons Overall: 2 (All Episodes Available) Where to Watch: Disney+ Spinoffs: I...

It’s a big week for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (but please don’t make us call it that), and we’re celebrating with a deep dive into Loki ahead of this Thursday’s finale that seems destined to set up the next phase of Avengers mayhem (whether we like it or not). We’ll be back in your feeds next week with our thoughts on the season finale, but that’s not the only Marvel-ing in the news: After mon...

1990s Pacific Northwest radio icon Dr. Frasier Crane is back, but is the new Boston-set reboot of Frasier really listening to what viewers want? We’ll share some of our favorite classic Frasiers and compare them to the new Paramount+ reboot (which, like the sherry at a Bean Town bar, we found… questionable ). But first! Chris shares his love of CNN Max (he’s aware this makes him a middle aged man...

We’re celebrating the end of the WGA strike with a tribute to some of the most emotionally manipulative creative fiction on TV: The Golden Bachelor . But first we’re wrapping up the big strike settlement, catching up on the return of late night TV, and sharing our streaming advice for YOU in an autumn edition of Add? Keep? Cancel?! Join us as we bravely enter the Bachelor -verse, even though we’re...

The rumors are true… Fall is here! And we’re celebrating with an Oktoberfest-themed German show swap: Babylon Berlin and Deutschland 83 . Plus: Is this the future of cable?! ——— 📺 Review: Babylon Berlin 🚨 Spoiler Alert: First 2 Episodes 🚨 Number of Seasons Overall: 4 Renewal Status: Renewed Where to Watch: Netflix ——— 📺 Review: Deutschland 83 🚨 Spoiler Alert: First 2 Episodes 🚨 Where to Watc...

We’re teaming up and uncovering all the secrets inside the House of Mouse : From the drama over Bob Iger’s bathroom (really!) to the mysterious disappearance of ESPN and other Disney-owned channels for Charter and Spectrum cable customers. (We even have the latest details on the last-minute deal they struck on Monday!) Plus: Why is Comcast eagerly moving up the Hulu sale? What does Brian Roberts k...

We’re back from our hot streaming summer vacation and ready for a sweaty (and depressing) streaming fall! We’ll summon some laughs with our review of FX stalwart What We Do in the Shadows (wrapping its fifth season this week!) and try our best to conjure some good news after a bleak August. But first! Get excited for a surprise round of Renewed or Canceled?! (Discouraging Vibes ONLY Edition) and a...

We’re sharing life lessons this week with our favorite episodes of HBO’s How To With John Wilson (now in its third and final season) plus the inaugural edition of our new segment that helps you make the most of your streaming budget: Add / Keep / Cancel (like F@%& / Marry / Kill, but for streaming!). But wait, there’s more! Because we’re digging into the Animayhem at Hulu , and playing America...

We’re swapping shows and spending a night streaming in each other’s shoes: Will Chris jive with sad jazz law procedural The Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix? And will Dianne boldly go where no Dianne has gone before watching a sci-fi rom com episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on Paramount+? But first! In the predictably apocalyptic news: Comcast doesn’t want ESPN (we called it!) but maybe the sport...

We’re gathered in the Streamageddon war room with a clear-eyed (panicked), sober (not), and thoroughly researched (hastily googled) analysis of the shocking double strike that seems destined to paralyze TV and streaming productions for months to come. In less than 40 minutes we promise to (maybe) explain: Why Netflix might be willing to throw their “peers” in the AMPTP under the bus Which shows ar...

Hollywood is in turmoil but what does that mean for your fall streaming?! We’re digging into the upheaval with a super-sized round of Renewed or Canceled?! that will leave you screaming… and then apologizing to the people around you for screaming (tell them to subscribe!). Then we’re digging into the show of the summer: The Bear . Join us for some hospitality, won’t you? ——— 📺 Review: The Bear (S...

Black Mirror is back, but in a truly shocking twist: One of us has never watched it! We’ll rewind time to 2011 and compare the original season 1 premier (“The National Anthem”) with the star-studded season 6 kickoff (“Joan is Awful”). Plus: Chris shares some of his favorite episodes from past seasons (no spoilers!) to help you find the perfect Black Mirror entry point for everyone in your streamin...

BREAKING NEWS: Less than 12 hours after we said “yeah but they probably won’t fire him this week…” CNN CEO Chris Licht was driven to a beautiful farm upstate by WaBro Disco CEO David Zaslav. The Hollywood Reporter has a full obituary of the Chris Licht era . We also apparently summoned the cancellation of I Love That For You on Showtime, so rest assured: We’re back from vacation and more cursed th...

The fall TV lineup is taking shape and it’s looking bleak if you’re a fan of… scripts. We’ll have the latest on the WGA strike, plus some big reveals from the biggest streamers: Disney loves Hulu (and ads) ~~HBO~~ Max loves bundles (and ads) And Netflix just loves ads! Speaking of ads, we’re diving into the FAST -paced world of Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV with Amazon Freevee and the charmingly...

The Writers Guild of America is on strike demanding a more equitable deal for streaming rights and we’re here with the entirely biased news and analysis you deserve as a true connoisseur of streaming. Coincidentally (really!) we’re reviewing the $300 million Russo Brothers spy series Citadel that just premiered on Amazon Prime Video . (Spoiler alert: We think there are better ways to spend $300 mi...

You might lose sleep over this meaty episode, because we’re digging into the 2 hottest new shows on Netflix this week: The Night Agent and BEEF . They’re both dominating dominating the charts, but they couldn’t have less in common. We’ll tell you why we’re obsessed with both of them and what their success says about Netflix’s ever-evolving strategy. Speaking of Netflix… We picked apart the news fr...

HBO Max is dead! Long live HBO … and, uh… Max ! Just separately! But together! Also House Hunters is there! MAX! (Don’t worry, we’ll explain.) But first! Join us as we cruise through the week’s other big streaming stories sipping champagne with Conor and the gang (like the HBO loving coastal elite we know you are): The Mario Movie broke records, but finding it on streaming will only break your bra...

See that “Explicit” content rating? That can only mean one thing: The final season of Succession is here and we’re dissecting the first episode (F-bombs and all) before sharing our predictions for the show’s ultimate winners, losers, and slime puppies. 🥰 But first! It’s a big week for Disney news: There’s a royal showdown in Florida, Mickey snubs the Metaverse, and personnel shakeups rock Marvel...

After over a decade off the air the comedy Party Down is back, but can it still serve the laughs? (First you’re going to have to figure out how to give STARZ your $3 to tune in, but we’ll get you caught up in meantime!) Plus: Peacock doubles down on the success of Poker Face by reminding us that they’ve got plenty of Monk to tide you over until season 2 of the Natasha Lyonne hit. Oh, and maybe the...

There’s the threat of a writers strike looming over Hollywood, so this week we invited the new Bing chatbot to join us in the hopes of befriending our new cloud-based creative overlords. Take it away, Bing! "Hello, this is Bing. Welcome to Streamageddon, the podcast where we review everything streaming and TV. In this episode, we’ll take a look at two mid-season network sitcoms: Not Dead Yet on AB...