Streaming Into the Void

This week, Apple TV+ rebrands as the line between platforms and streaming services blurs. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Apple Original Films’ “F1 The Movie” to make global streaming debut December 12 Apple TV+ Rebrands to Apple TV, Ditching the Plus Sign for ‘Vibrant New Identity’ Apple and Formula 1 Ink Five-Year Exclusive U.S. Streaming Deal Worth About $750 Million Apple and NBCUniversal Introduce...

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of October 18, 2025. Netflix Michelle Wolf: The Well (Oct. 21) Who Killed the Montreal Expos (Oct. 21) Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia (Oct. 22) Monster of Florence (Oct. 22) The Elixir (Oct. 23) Nobody Wants This, season 2 (Oct. 23) A House of Dynamite (Oct. 24) Disney+ The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (Oct. 22) LEGO Frozen: Operations Puffins...

This week, Netflix has no interest in buying Warner Bros. Discovery, and KPop Demon Hunters resurgent. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes The Big Deal: David Zaslav’s Warner Bros. Chickens Are Coming Home To Roost – And David Ellison’s Paramount Knows It Warner Bros Motion Pictures Chairs Michael De Luca & Pamela Abdy Re-Up Contracts; WBD CEO David Zaslav Celebrates ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Singers Take ‘...

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of October 11, 2025. Netflix Typhoon Family, season 1 (Oct. 11) Martabat: Misi Berdarah (Oct. 12) Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead (Oct. 14) Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, season 1 (Oct. 14) Inside Furioza (Oct. 15) No One Saw Us Leave, season 1 (Oct. 15) Six Kings Slam (Oct. 15 at 12:30 p.m. ET) The Diplomat, season 3 (Oct. 16) I Know Wh...

This week, Microsoft dramatically increases the price on their Xbox Game Pass subscription service and moves to assert their dominance in gaming. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Updates to Xbox Game Pass: Introducing Essential, Premium, and Ultimate Plans Game Pass Ad Tier Could Come Next, Expert Says - GameSpot Major Retailer Seemingly Clearing Out Xbox Series Stock In Certain Regions Right Now ESPN A...

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of October 4, 2025. Netflix Ranma ½, season 2 (Oct. 4) Rurouni Kenshin, season 2 (Oct. 4) Dr. Seuss’s Horton!, season 1 (Oct. 6) A Nation of Tteok (Oct. 6) True Haunting, season 1 (Oct. 7) Caramelo (Oct. 8) The Golden Egg, season 1 (Oct. 8) Is It Cake? – Halloween (Oct. 8) Néro the Assassin, season 1 (Oct. 8) Boots, season 1 (Oct. 9) The Resurrect...

This week, Jimmy Kimmel is back on the air, but is anyone happy? Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Kimmel Is Back, But Not Everywhere: How Long Can Nexstar & Sinclair Keep Him Sidelined And What Are ABC’s Options? Jimmy Kimmel’s Return Draws 6.2 Million Viewers, Ratings Show - The New York Times Jimmy Kimmel Returning to Sinclair Stations as Preemption Ends Jimmy Kimmel Is Back On Nexstar ABC Station...

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of September 27, 2025. Netflix Karate Kid Legends (Sep. 27) Miss King, season 1 (Sep. 29) Earthquake: Joke Telling Business (Sep. 30) Nightmares of Nature: Cabin in the Woods (Sep. 30) Organ Child (Sep. 30) Love is Blind, season 7 (Oct. 1 at 3 a.m. EDT) One Piece, season 25 (Oct. 1) Riv4lries, season 1 (Oct. 1) Dudes, season 1 (Oct. 2) The Game: Y...

This week, Jimmy Kimmel's remarks force Disney to take a stand, but was it the right stand? Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Did Disney have NFL deal in mind when pulling Jimmy Kimmel? How Nexstar’s Proposed TV Merger Is Tied to Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension - The New York Times SkyBros Deal Math, Kimmel’s Suspension & TikTok’s Backroom Deal - Puck Now Netflix might try to take a bite out of Warner Bros...

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of September 20, 2025. Netflix 28 Years Later (Sep. 20) Mafia: Most Wanted (Sep. 20) Inside: USA, season 1 (Sep. 21) Blippi’s Job Show, season 2 (Sep. 22) Crime Scene Zero, season 5 (Sep. 23) Cristela Alonzo: Upper Classy (Sep. 23) The Guest, season 1 (Sep. 24) Alice in Borderlands, season 3 (Sep. 25) ConMom (Sep. 25) House of Guinness, season 1 (...

This week, rumors are flying that Paramount owners Skydance are preparing a bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Why Does David Ellison Want Paramount to Swallow Warner Bros. Discovery Whole? To Beat Rival Suitors to the Punch YouTube’s First Exclusive NFL Game Averages More Than 17 Million Global Viewers ESPN, Fox execs publicly question Nielsen's YouTube numbers - NBC Sp...

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of September 13, 2025. Netflix Canelo Álvarez vs. Terence Crawford (Sep. 13 at 9 p.m. EDT) Call the Midwife, season 14 (Sep. 15) Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story (Sep. 16) 1670, season 2 (Sep. 17) Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen (Sep. 17) Next Gen Chef, season 1 (Sep. 17) The Ba***ds of Bollywood, season 1 (Sep. 18) Black Rabbit (Sep. 18) Plat...

This week, YouTube streams an NFL football game and brings its influencers along to the party. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Chiefs-Chargers 'most accessible NFL game ever.' But not without headaches for fans Amazon, NBCU Make Peacock Available Via Prime Video Sign-Up Walmart Wants to Challenge Amazon as a Streaming Aggregator, Adds Peacock as Video Partner ‘The Paper’ Renewed for Season 2, One Day B...

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of September 6, 2025. YouTube Taskmaster, season 20 (Sep. 11) Netflix Dr. Seuss’s Red Fish Blue Fish, season 1 (Sep. 8) Her Mother’s Killer, season 2 (Sep. 8) Jordan Jensen: Take Me With You (Sep. 9) Kiss or Die, season 1 (Sep. 9) aka Charlie Sheen (Sep. 10) The Dead Girls, season 1 (Sep. 10) Love Is Blind: Brazil, season 5 (Sep. 10) Love Is Blind...

This week, everything is KPop Demon Hunters now. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is Netflix’s Most-Watched Movie Ever With 236 Million Views, Beating ‘Red Notice’ ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Sequel Moving Ahead As Sony and Netflix Engage In Deal Talks Netflix House Philadelphia Opens Nov. 12; the Dallas Location Arrives Dec. 11 ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Crushed By Netflix Rival In New Analysis...

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of August 30, 2025. Hulu Blood & Myth (Sep. 4) Netflix My Life with the Walter Boys, season 2 (Aug. 28) Lovesick (Aug. 31) The 4 Rascals (Sep. 1) Wednesday, season 2, part 2 (Sep. 3) Countdown: Canelo vs Crawford: A Documentary Series (Sep. 4) Pokemon Concierge, season 2 (Sep. 4) Tomb Watcher (Sep. 4) The Great British Baking Show, collection...

This week, ESPN keeps making big deals to add content to its streaming service. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes MLB, ESPN have agreement for network to sell all out-of-market and some in-market games: Sources - The Athletic WWE’s Premium Live Events Are Leaving Peacock for ESPN Earlier Than Expected Report: Apple drops MLB, NBC gets 'Sunday Night Baseball' Apple TV+ Hiking Price, Will Now Cost $13 per...

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of August 23, 2025. Hulu Ruby Red Handed: Stealing America’s Most Famous Pair of Shoes (Aug. 26) Netflix Bon Appetit, Your Majesty, season 1 (Aug. 23) With Love, Meghan, season 2 (Aug. 26) 1 in 7641 (Aug. 27) Christopher: A Beautiful Real Life (Aug. 27) Fantasy Football Ruined Our Lives (Aug. 27) Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (Aug. 27) Planet...

This week, new streamers, fragmented rights, and chaotic strategies. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Disney Is Talking With Other Sports Players About Bundles As ESPN Nears Streaming Launch, Bob Iger Says ESPN will offer a $39.99 bundle with Fox’s live sports streaming service | The Verge Paramount+ to Become New U.S. Home to UFC Under Strategy Shift Why Paramount Overpaid for UFC Media Rights Paramoun...

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of August 16, 2025. Hulu Are You My First?, season 1 (Aug. 18) Stalking Samantha: 13 Years of Terror (Aug. 19) The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox (Aug. 20) Eenie Meanie (Aug. 22) Netflix CoComelon Lane, season 5 (Aug. 18) America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys (Aug. 19) DEVO (Aug. 19) Fisk, season 3 (Aug. 20) Rivers of Fate, season 1 (Aug. 20) B...

This week, are you ready for ESPN's streaming service? Because it's here. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Hulu App to Be Phased Out as Disney Is ‘Fully Integrating’ Service Into Disney+ Disney’s Move to Merge Hulu Into Disney+ Could Save Company Billions of Dollars Disney earnings top expectations as streaming, parks offset TV headwinds Here's what you need to know about ESPN's new streaming service an...

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of August 9, 2025. Hulu Alien: Earth (Aug. 12) LOL Live with Devon Walker / LOL Live with Sydnee Washington (Aug. 15) Netflix Final Draft, season 1 (Aug. 12) Jim Jefferies: Two Limb Policy (Aug. 12) Fixed (Aug. 13) Love Is Blind: UK, season 2 (Aug. 13) Saare Jahan Se Accha: The Silent Guardians, season 1 (Aug. 13) Songs from the Hole (Aug. 13) You...

This week, WBD announces the names of the companies into which it will split, and San Diego ComicCon Gives Us A Lot of Greenlights, and some Cancellations Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Warner Bros. Discovery Announces Post-Split Company Names, Executive Leadership Teams Epic Universe, ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Buoy Comcast Q2 As Company Posts Gain On Sale Of Hulu Stake Peacock Subscribers Stuck at 4...

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of August 2, 2025. Hulu King of the Hill, season 14 (Aug. 4) Capturing Their Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge (Aug. 5) The Monkey (Aug. 7) Ted Bundy: Dialogue with the Devil (Aug. 7) Necaxa, season 1 (Aug. 8) Ralph Barbosa: Planet Bosa (Aug. 8) Netflix Enigma: Black Stage, season 1 (Aug. 2) Beyond the Bar, season 1 (Aug. 2) Closet Battle, seas...

This week, Paramount closes a deal with Matt Stone and Trey Parker for South Park streaming rights, while Skydance closes a deal to buy Paramount Nielsen Ratings Show Notes 'South Park' creators reach $1.5-billion streaming deal with Paramount - Los Angeles Times 'South Park' mocks Paramount's settlement with Trump after creators sign $1.5B deal Paramount Co-CEO Chris McCarthy To Depart Upon Compl...