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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 Gym Teachers”)* 📆 Originally Premiered: Sept. 25, 1999 on NBC 🍂 Seasons: 1 🧭 Where to Stream: Paramount+, Amazon Prime Video 🤩 Starring: Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Martin Starr, Busy Philipps, Becky Ann Baker, and Joe Flaherty. 🤩 Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson 🧑‍🎨 Created By: Paul Feig 📝 Written By: Judd Apatow, and others *S1E14 may appear in a different order as NBC aired the final episodes out of order, skipping this one, which later aired on Fox Family. ——— 🔀 Show Swap: The X-Files 📺 Episodes Watched: S1E03 (“Squeeze”), S1E21 (“Tooms”), S7E12 (“X-Cops”) 📆 Originally Premiered: Sept. 10, 1993 on Fox 🍂 Seasons: 11 🧭 Where to Stream: Hulu, Pluto 🤩 Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson 🧑‍🎨 Created By: Chris Carter 📝 Written By: Vince Gilligan (“X-Cops”) ——— 🔗 Links: Robert and Michelle King Renew CBS Studios Overall Deal – Joe Otterson, Variety FX Cancels ‘English Teacher’ After 2 Seasons – Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter ‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Officially Renewed For Season 2 At Showtime: “The Story Continues” – Rosy Cordero, Deadline ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 3 Alert: Francesca Sloane Set As Writer, Inks Overall Deal With HBO – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline ‘Overcompensating’ Renewed For Season 2 At Prime Video – Katie Campione, Deadline ‘We Were Liars’ Renewed For Season 2 At Amazon – Peter White, Deadline 'Alien: Earth' Renewed for Season 2, Noah Hawley Inks Overall Deal – Joe Otterson, Variety Hotel Costiera Canceled, Won't Get A Season 2 At Amazon With Jesse Williams – Dave Nemetz, TV Line ‘Pushing Daisies’ Season 3 In The Works, Says Creator Bryan Fuller – Armando Tinoco, Deadline Jimmy Kimmel Extends Late-Night Deal With Disney For One Year – Brian Steinberg, Variety Task Is Renewed For Season 2 At HBO With Mark Ruffalo – Dave Nemetz, TV Line Glen Powell's 'Chad Powers' Renewed for Season 2 at Hulu – Angelique Jackson,Joe Otterson, Variety ‘Deal Or No Deal Island’ Canceled At NBC – Peter White, Deadline Mike Fleming Jr: Peacock Folds On ‘Poker Face’ Season 3; Rian Johnson Wants 2-Season Deal With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth Charlie Cale – Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline Rian Johnson Admits ‘Poker Face’ Re-Casting Idea With Peter Dinklage Is “A Wild Swing” – Glenn Garner, Deadline Las Culturistas Culture Awards Set Bravo Return In 2026 With Bowen Yang & Matt Rogers As Hosts – Armando Tinoco, Deadline ‘Nobody Wants This’ Renewed For Season 3 By Netflix – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline Woody Harrelson Says There’s “Not a Chance” He’ll Do Another Season of ‘True Detective’ – Katherine Schaffstall, The Hollywood Reporter 'Ridiculousness' Canceled at MTV After 46 Seasons – Ethan Shanfeld, Variety Adults Is Renewed For Season 2 At FX And Hulu – Dave Nemetz, TV Line ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Renewed at Hulu, Moves to London for Season 6 – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter 'Doctor Who' Leaving Disney Plus - Where To Watch Season 3 – Kimberly Roots, TV Line Bravo’s ‘Next Gen NYC’ Returning for Season 2 – McKinley Franklin, The Hollywood Reporter 'Project Runway' Renewed for Season 22 – Ethan Shanfeld, Variety Prison Break Reboot Ordered To Series At Hulu — Full Cast Revealed – Andy Swift, TV Line ‘The Kitchen’ Canceled At Food Network After More Than 10 Years – Armando Tinoco, Deadline ‘Pop Culture Jeopardy!’ Makes Shock Move From Amazon To Netflix For Season 2; Colin Jost In Talks To Return As Host – Peter White, Deadline X-Men 97 Renewed for Season 3, Season 2 Release Date in Summer 2026 – Jordan Moreau, Variety 'Yellowjackets' to End With Season 4 at Showtime, Paramount+ Premium – Joe Otterson, Variety ‘Countdown’ & ‘Butterfly’ Canceled By Prime Video After One Season – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline 'Great North' Canceled After Five Seasons at Fox – Joe Otterson, Variety ‘Lioness’ Renewed For Season 3 By Paramount+ – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline 'Simpsons' Movie Sequel Sets Summer 2027 Release Date – Rebecca Rubin, Variety ‘Catfish,’ Canceled After 9 Seasons, Was a Relic of MTV’s Viral Reality TV Chapter – Tony Maglio, The Hollywood Reporter ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Season 2 Delayed By Prime Video – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline 'Leanne' Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix — Leanne Morgan Comedy Series – Ryan Schwartz, TV Line 'Motorheads' Cancelled Amazon Season 2, Ryan Phillippe – Dave Nemetz, TV Line 'Dexter: Original Sin' Cancelled Despite Renewal — No Season 2 – Nick Caruso, TV Line HGTV Renewals, 'The Flip Off' 'Love It or List It' 'Home Town' Spinoff – Dave Nemetz, TV Line Dept. Q Renewed for Season 2 a

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 Max’s 2026 sizzle reel (their biggest year yet, they claim!). Then we’ll raise a glass to some of the greatest TV and miniseries of all time as we each draft seven shows from the storied HBO library and compete to see who can come up with the best all-time lineup. ——— 🔗 Links: David Zaslav Could Become a Billionaire With Warner Bros. Sale – Todd Spangler, Variety HBO Max has big 2026 plans. – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge Netflix Promises Warner Bros TV Will Continue To Sell Shows To Rival Streamers & Networks – Peter White, Deadline The Streaming Wars Are Over – Alan Sepinwall, The Ringer ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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 Lowdown 🧭 Where to Watch: FX/Hulu 🗓️ Episodes: 8 (Tuesdays at 9 PM ET) 📚 Related Titles: Reservation Dogs 🤩 Starring: Ethan Hawke, Keith David, Tim Blake Nelson, Kyle MacLachlan 🧑‍🎨 Created By: Sterlin Harjo ⚠️ Light Spoiler Warning for first 4 episodes starting at 52:57 ——— 🔗 Links: Jimmy Fallon Wants to Keep Avoiding Politics on ‘The Tonight Show’: “I Just Keep My Head Down” – Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter Jimmy Fallon Is Bringing Wordle To TV With NBC Piloting Game Show; Savannah Guthrie Hosting – Peter White, Deadline ‘The Pitt’ Sees Record Post-Season Audience Growth On HBO Max As Weekly Viewership Triples After Emmys – Katie Campione, Deadline HBO Max to End CNN Livestream – Jennifer Maas, Variety Hulu To Launch As International Tile On Disney+ On October 8, Replacing Star – Jesse Whittock, Deadline Disney raises prices for streaming packages – Laya Neelakandan, CNBC Peacock is raising its prices by $3 – Emma Roth, The Verge The Lowdown review: Sterlin Harjo and Ethan Hawke kill it – Caroline Siede, A.V. Club ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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 from the creator of another modern animated classic, Bojack Horseman. Plus we’re taking inspiration from the show and diving into our own streaming history with updates on news stories spanning the Streamageddon archives (because everything old is new again in streaming): Is the new season of South Park piloting an anti-binge model for Paramount+? Sesame Street finds a new address (or two) after being kicked to the curb by HBO Max. Speaking of HBO: They’re rebranding their cable channels and Chris would like some credit for predicting these names, okay? Remember Netflix House? No? That’s okay, neither did we. RIP Hulu but also LONG LIVE HULU (don’t worry, we’ll explain). Plus the latest Jimmy Fallon project you’ve never heard of, casting news in one the longest-gestating streaming projects we’ve been following, and a peek behind the Marvel curtain with Kumail Nanjiani. Note: This episode was recorded before Disney suspended (and then re-instated) Jimmy Kimmel. ——— 📺 Review: Long Story Short 🧭 Where to Watch: Netflix 🗓️ Episodes: 10 (All Episodes Available) 🔄 Renewal Status: Renewed for Season 2 🤩 Starring: Paul Reiser, Lisa Edelstein, Ben Feldman, Abbi Jacobson, Max Greenfield, Nicole Byer, Angelique Cabral 🧑‍🎨 Created By: Raphael Bob-Waksberg (Bojack Horseman) ⚠️ Light Spoiler Warning for first 4 episodes starting at 31:20 ——— 🔗 Links: ‘South Park’ To Continue Skipping Weeks For Stretched-Out Season 27 — & Paramount Is A-OK With That – Dominic Patten, Deadline Classic Sesame Street episodes are coming to YouTube – Jay Peters, The Verge HBO Just Changed the Titles of 6 of Its Linear Channels – Tony Maglio, The Hollywood Reporter Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Password’ Renewed For Season 3 At NBC – Peter White, Deadline Netflix House Opening Dates Revealed for Philadelphia and Dallas Locations – Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter Hulu App to Be Phased Out; 'Fully Integrating' Into Disney+ – Todd Spangler, Variety Hulu To Become International Tile On Disney+, Replacing Star, As Speculation Swirls About U.S. App’s Stand-Alone Future – Jesse Whittock, Dade Hayes, Deadline Kumail Nanjiani Signed for Six ‘Eternals’ Movies: Marvel Is the 'Next 10 Years' – Andrew McGowan, Variety ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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 nominated for a writing award and it’s easy to see why: It’s a gripping true-history story of women breaking the glass ceiling of the Irish Republican Army during The Troubles filled with sharp dialogue and plenty of gallows humor (or “humour” if you’re feeling vibe). ——— 📺 Review: Say Nothing 🧭 Where to Watch: Hulu (or Disney+ with the Hulu Bundle) 🗓️ Episodes: 9 (All Episodes Available) 🤩 Starring: Lola Petticrew, Hazel Doupe, Maxine Peake, Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan 🧑‍🎨 Created By: Joshua Zetumer ⚠️ Light Spoiler Warning for first 4 episodes starting at 36:41 ——— 🔗 Links: 2025 Emmy nominations: Big takeaways, snubs, and surprises – Jen Lennon, A.V. Club Donald Trump Won’t Absolutely Love That He May Have Just Handed an Emmy to Stephen Colbert – Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter Jimmy Kimmel Throws Emmy Support Behind Stephen Colbert: “I’m Voting For Stephen” – Peter White, Deadline Disney Sued for Defamation Over FX Series ‘Say Nothing’ – Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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: 8 (Wednesdays at 9 PM ET) 🍂 Seasons: 17 (162 episodes) ⏳ Where to Stream Past Seasons: Hulu 🤩 Starring: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob Mac, Kaitlin Olson, and Danny DeVito 🧑‍🎨 Created By: Rob Mac, Glenn Howerton, and Charlie Day ⚠️ Very Light Spoiler Warning for the first 4 episodes of Season 17, but we promise we won’t spoil the big stuff (we also discuss the already-revealed episode titles and descriptions for the remainder of the season if you care about that sort of thing). ——— 🔗 Links: ‘It’s Always Sunny’ Is Only Getting Better With Time – Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone Warner Bros. Discovery’s Post-Split Companies Will Be Warner Bros. and Discovery – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter More Library Cartoon Network Series Come Off HBO Max, Part Of Streamer’s Move Away From Kids Fare – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline 'South Park' Leaving HBO Max After Paramount+ Secures Exclusive Rights – Todd Spangler, Variety Comedy Central sounds pretty happy about South Park riling people up – William Hughes, A.V. Club HBO Max to Host a New Collection of BritBox Shows – Savannah Salazar, Vulture Paramount Global Co-CEO Chris McCarthy to Exit With FCC Skydance Approval – Todd Spangler, Variety Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Generated $60 Million in Streaming Revenue Since 2021, Less Than Kimmel, Fallon and Meyers | Charts – Christofer Hamilton, Yahoo Writers Guild Calls for Investigation After ‘Late Show’ Cancellation, Citing Bribery Concerns – Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter Byron Allen’s ‘Comics Unleashed’ Gets the Post-Colbert Time Slot on CBS — Again – Tony Maglio, The Hollywood Reporter CBS’ Colbert Axe and Late-Night’s Slow Death – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter Seth Meyers Says He’d Worry About His “Mental Health” If NBC’s ‘Late Night’ Gets Canceled – Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter Will 'The Daily Show' With Jon Stewart Get Cancelled After Colbert? – Ryan Schwartz, TV Line Josh Johnson Joins ‘Daily Show’ Host Rotation (Exclusive) – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter I've Seen Enough, This Should Be the New Permanent Host of 'The Daily Show' — and It's Not Jon Stewart – Shawn Van Horn, Collider ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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 and Max (formerly and soon to be known as HBO Max). Plus: Streaming has finally overtaken TV, but YouTube has finally overtaken everything! The hottest gossip from the WaBroDisco Breakup, a look at Netflix’s growing live empire, and a special musical performance featuring a song from Ian’s new album Friendly Neighborhood Something or Other (out now wherever you get your music!). ——— 📺 Review: Good Night, and Good Luck 🧭 Where to Watch: Currently Nowhere (Aired Live on CNN and Max) 📚 Related Titles: Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) 🤩 Starring: George Clooney, Ilana Glazer ⚠️ Spoiler Warning for a play, based on a 20-year-old movie, based on actual US history, so you’ll be fine, okay? starting at 40:40 ——— 🔗 Links: Netflix-TF1: Landmark Deal Sets Stage For More Partnerships Around The World – Analysis – Jesse Whittock, Max Goldbart, Dade Hayes, Deadline Netflix Strikes Carriage Deal With TF1 in France – Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter Don’t Expect Netflix to Save U.S. Broadcast Networks – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter CNN’s Broadcast of George Clooney’s ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ Reaches 7.34 Million Viewers Globally – Kayla Cobb, The Wrap Streaming Hits New High, Surpassing Broadcast & Cable TV Viewing In May For First Time, Nielsen Says – Dade Hayes, Deadline The first two Netflix Houses will finally open in late 2025 | The Verge – Andrew Liszewski, The Verge Netflix's Tudum: Lady Gaga, Stranger Things, Squid Game Make for Exhausting Experience – Adam B. Vary, Variety ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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 is that itch? We’ll discuss!) Plus it’s graduation day for Guest Host Ian Brodsky as he takes on America’s favorite challenge: Renewed or Canceled?! We’ll learn the fates of three different NCISes, shows about witches and wizards (but not the ones you’re thinking of), the future plans for Fox’s Animation Domination, and we’ll debate if literally anything can make the 12:30 AM late night comedy time slot work in the age of YouTube clips. ——— 📺 Shows Discussed Poker Face (Peacock) The Righteous Gemstones (HBO/Max) The Residence (Netflix) The Last of Us (HBO/Max) Hacks (Max) Yellowjacket (Paramount+ with Showtime) Movies: Knives Out and/or Glass Onion (Netflix) Plus: White Lotus Season 3 Spoilers! (Starting at 56:11) ——— 🔗 Links: Warner Bros Completes Worldwide Sale Of ‘Coyote Vs. Acme’ – Andreas Wiseman, Deadline TV Ratings: ‘White Lotus’ Finale Hits Another Series High for HBO – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter What If CBS Re-Aired 'The Daily Show' After Colbert? - LateNighter – Bill Carter, latenighter.com Taylor Tomlinson, Young Hosts Choose Creator Economy Over Late Night – Brian Steinberg, Variety 'After Midnight' Canceled at CBS – Brian Steinberg, Variety CBS Renewed Shows 2025: 'NCIS: Origins,' 'Ghosts' and More – Rebecca Luther, TV Line ‘The Neighborhood’ Renewed By CBS For Eighth & Final Season – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline ‘Neighbours’ Canceled Again, This Time By Amazon – Jesse Whittock, Deadline ‘Dexter: Original Sin’ Renewed For Season 2 At Showtime – Rosy Cordero, Deadline ‘Will Trent’ Renewed For Season 4 At ABC – Rosy Cordero, Deadline ‘The Rookie’ Renewed For Season 8 At ABC – Peter White, Deadline ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Renewed For Season 22 By ABC With Veteran Cast Poised To Return – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline ‘9-1-1’ Renewed For Season 9 At ABC – Armando Tinoco, Deadline ‘The Bold And The Beautiful’ Renewed For Three Seasons On CBS Through 2027-28 – Erik Pedersen, Deadline ‘MasterChef’ Renewed For Season 15 At Fox – Rosy Cordero, Deadline ‘The Last Of Us’ Renewed For Season 3 At HBO Ahead Of Season 2 Premiere – Katie Campione, Deadline ‘Mayfair Witches’ Renewed For Season 3 By AMC With New Setting & Tom Schnauz As Co-Showrunner Under Overall Deal – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline ‘Happy’s Place’ Renewed For Season 2 By NBC – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline 'Colin From Accounts' Renewed for Season 3 at Paramount+ – Joe Otterson, Variety ‘Wizards Beyond Waverly Place’ Renewed at Disney – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter 'Watson' Renewed for Season 2 at CBS – Joe Otterson, Variety 'Tulsa King' Renewed for Season 3 at Paramount+ – Emily Longeretta, Variety ‘Percy Jackson And The Olympians’ Renewed For Season 3 At Disney+ – Katie Campione, Deadline 'Cruel Intentions' Cancelled at Amazon -- No Season 2 – Vlada Gelman, TV Line 'Conan O'Brien Must Go' Season 3 Renewed at Max; Season 2 First Looks – Michael Schneider, Variety 'SWAT' Cancelled — No Season 9 at CBS – Matt Webb Mitovich, TV Line 'The Sticky' Cancelled: No Season 2 for Amazon Series – Gabriela Silva, TV Line ‘Common Side Effects’ Renewed For Season 2 At Adult Swim – Denise Petski, Deadline 'Solar Opposites' to End With Season 6 at Hulu – Joe Otterson, Variety Fox Picks Up FOUR Seasons Of ‘The Simpsons’, ‘Family Guy’, ‘Bob’s Burgers’ & Returning ‘American Dad!’ In Mega Deal With Disney TV Studios – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad & Bob's Burgers Renewed at Fox – Ryan Schwartz, TV Line ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

“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 here to convince you to spend some time with fun characters who constantly get themselves into (and out of) hilarious jams. Of course, modern Netflix shows also have a reputation for being “background TV” but is that really a bad thing? Chris makes the case for the “tell don’t show” school of screenwriting. But wait! There’s more! Programming news from Peacock, Max, TNT, and TBS (the Turner nets! Remember them?). Plus the strange, sad saga of the new 24/7 Simpsons channel (allegedly) streaming on Disney+. ——— 📺 Review: Running Point 🧭 Where to Watch: Netflix 🗓️ Episodes: 10 (All Episodes Available) ✅ Renewal Status: Renewed for Season 2 🤩 Starring: Kate Hudson, Brenda Song, Scott MacArthur, Drew Tarver, Chet Hanks 🧑‍🎨 Created By: Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, and David Stassen ⚠️ Light Spoiler Warning starting at 28:15 ——— 🔗 Links: Running Point Season 2: Plot, Trailer, Premiere Date, Cast of Kate Hudson and Mindy Kaling Basketball Comedy – Jean Bentley and Brookie McIlvaine, Tudum (The Official Netflix Blog) 'Law & Order: Organized Crime' Season 5 Premiere to Air on NBC, Peacock – Emily Longeretta, Variety True Detective Night Country to Air on TNT, Hacks on TBS – Jennifer Maas, Variety ‘The Simpsons’ 24-7 Stream of All 35 Seasons Launches on Disney+ – Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter There Is Now a 24/7 ‘Simpsons’ Channel – Matt Singer, ScreenCrush Streaming Ratings: ‘Reacher’ Leads Overall As ‘Running Point’ Makes Notable Bow – Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter ‘The White Lotus’ & ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Hit Viewership Milestones – Lynette Rice, Deadline Leslie Bibb Explains Partner Sam Rockwell’s Surprise ‘White Lotus’ Casting: “It Was Very Last Minute” – Lexi Carson, The Hollywood Reporter ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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 Danny McBride delivers a surprise period piece for the Righteous Gemstones season opener (featuring a legitimately surprising guest star). Sportspocalypse returns with exciting news from your Olympics overlords at NBCUniversal. Netflix trounces the competition in the latest Nielsen streaming numbers… … and we discuss our mini-show swap of Netflix spy dramas Black Doves and The Night Agent. BONUS: White Lotus Death Watch Returns! Stick around at the end of the episode for our latest theories (including monkeys… with guns!). ——— 📺 Review: Everybody's Live with John Mulaney 🧭 Where to Watch: Netflix 🗓️ Episodes This Season: 12 (Wednesdays at 10 PM ET) 🍂 Seasons: 2 (including last year’s Everybody’s in L.A.) ⏳ Where to Stream Past Seasons: Netflix ✅ Renewal Status: Renewed for Season 3 🤩 Starring: John Mulaney, Richard Kind, Saymo 🧑‍🎨 Created By: John Mulaney ——— 🔗 Links: HBO Comedy Boss On ‘The Franchise’ Cancellation: “I’m Really Proud Of That Show” – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline How Danny McBride Recruited Bradley Cooper for That ‘Righteous Gemstones’ Season Premiere – Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter Comcast Inks $3B Deal to Keep Olympics Rights Through 2036 – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter 'Sweet Magnolias' Tops Nielsen Streaming Top 10 'Resident Alien' Debut – Matt Webb Mitovich, TV Line Why YouTube Exited the Original Content Business – Todd Spangler, Variety John Mulaney's Netflix Show Review: 'Everybody's Live' Delights – Alison Herman, Variety John Mulaney is experimenting with late night. It's not quite working – yet – Eric Deggans, NPR Joan Baez Turns Serious On John Mulaney, Decrying “Incompetent Billionaires” Running The Country – Greg Evans, Deadline ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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 streaming, including: The best moments from the NBC SNL50 special (also Chevy Chase was there). Our undying love for the just-wrapped first season of ABC’s High Potential. A ratings update on The Night Agent and Ian’s elevator pitch for why Black Doves should be your next Netflix spy fix. And some big surprises from some even bigger personalities behind some of the world’s biggest IP: Kathleen Kennedy plans to step aside at Star Wars and the Broccoli family finally relinquishes the keys to the James Bond kingdom (we’re pitching our Bonds for Bezos, of course). Correction: Michael Wilson is Barbara Broccoli’s half brother, not stepbrother. Stepbrothers were just on the mind this week! ——— 📺 Review: The White Lotus (Season 3) 🧭 Where to Watch: HBO / Max 🗓️ Episodes This Season: 8 (Sundays at 9 PM ET) 🍂 Seasons: 3 (21 episodes) 🤩 Starring: Parker Posey, Jason Isaacs, Natasha Rothwell, Walton Goggins, Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb, Michelle Monaghan, Jon Gries, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sam Nivola, Sarah Catherine Hook, Tayme Thapthimthong, Patravadi Mejudhon 🧑‍🎨 Created By: Mike White ⚠️ Spoiler Warning for everything through the first 2 episodes of the latest season starting at 58:56 ——— 🔗 Links: 'The Night Agent' Tops Nielsen Streaming Rankings — Most Popular Shows – Matt Webb Mitovich, TV Line ‘The Bachelor’ Nation: Majority Of Crew Exits Following ‘The Bachelorette’ Pause – Peter White, Deadline Disney’s ‘Star Wars’ Succession Problem: Who Will Replace Kathleen Kennedy? – Borys Kit, James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter James Bond: Amazon MGM Gains Creative Control – Alex Ritman, Variety Debbie Downer: Bar – SNL50 – SNL, YouTube Weekend Update ft. Bobby Moynihan, Cecily Strong, Fred Armisen, Vanessa Bayer, Bill Murray – SNL50 – SNL, YouTube Domingo: Vow Renewal – SNL50 – SNL, YouTube Lawrence Welk – SNL50 – SNL, YouTube Black Jeopardy – SNL50 – SNL, YouTube Close Encounter 50th – SNL50 – SNL, YouTube Audience Q&A – SNL50 – SNL, YouTube New York 50th Musical – SNL50 – SNL, YouTube The Lonely Island: Musical Medley (Live) | SNL50: The Homecoming Concert – Peacock, YouTube ‘High Potential’ Wraps First Season With Series Best Ratings, ‘Will Trent’ & ‘The Rookie’ Make Case For Renewal With New Streaming Highs – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline ‘High Potential’ Returns After Midseason Break To Its Best 7-Day Audience; ‘Will Trent’ & ‘The Rookie’ Pull Off Strong Debuts For ABC – Katie Campione, Deadline ‘The White Lotus’: Sam Nivola Says Mike White Told the Cast to Watch ‘Southern Charm’ to Prepare – Lexi Carson, The Hollywood Reporter ‘The White Lotus’ Grows Season 3 Audience By 40% For Second Episode – Katie Campione, Deadline How Jon Gries’ Return To ‘The White Lotus’ Could Shape Season 3 – Dessi Gomez, Deadline ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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… WHO?! It’s 9 PM. Do you know if your favorite shows have been… RENEWED OR CANCELED?! That’s right: It’s all fun and games until the chemical weapons show up… then it’s hilarious. ——— 🚨 Spoilercast: The Night Agent 🧭 Where to Watch: Netflix 🗓️ Episodes This Season: 10 (All Episodes Available) 🍂 Seasons: 2 (20 episodes total) ✅ Renewal Status: Renewed for Season 3 🤩 Starring: Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan, Amanda Warren, Arienne Mandi 🧑‍🎨 Created By: Shawn Ryan 🚨 Spoilers for all episodes starting at 23:39! ——— 🔗 Links: 'Abbott Elementary' Renewed for Season 5 at ABC – Ryan Schwartz, TV Line 'High Potential' Season 2 Renewed — ABC Renews Kaitlin Olson Series – Andy Swift, TV Line ‘The Pradeeps Of Pittsburgh’ Canceled By Prime Video After One Season – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline Netflix has canceled The Sandman – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge 'Righteous Gemstones' to End With Season 4 at HBO – Joe Otterson, Variety ‘Teacup’ Canceled At Peacock After One Season – Denise Petski, Deadline ‘St. Denis Medical’ Renewed for Second Season at NBC – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter ‘The Franchise’ Canceled By HBO After One Season – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline 'The Old Man' Canceled After Two Seasons at FX – Selome Hailu, Variety 'A Man on the Inside' Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix – Gabriela Silva and Nick Caruso, TV Line 'The Agency' Renewed for Season 2 at Showtime – Joe Otterson, Variety ‘Rivals’ Renewed For Season 2 At Disney+ & Hulu – Jesse Whittock, Deadline Amazon is shutting down Freevee – Jay Peters, The Verge ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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 for our review this week, and the get ready for the spoilercast next week! ——— 📺 Review: The Night Agent 🧭 Where to Watch: Netflix 🗓️ Episodes This Season: 10 (All Episodes Available) 🍂 Seasons: 2 (20 episodes total) ✅ Renewal Status: Renewed for Season 3 🤩 Starring: Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan, Amanda Warren, Arienne Mandi 🧑‍🎨 Created By: Shawn Ryan 🤔 General spoilers for Season 1, but mostly spoiler-free! starting at ==TIME== ——— 🔗 Links: Netflix shares soar as company reports surging revenue, tops 300 million subscribers – Sarah Whitten, CNBC Netflix Raises UK Prices: All Plans Getting More Expensive – Or Goren, CordBusters John Mulaney's Netflix Talk Show Sets Release Date – Michael Schneider, Variety John Mulaney’s Live Netflix Talk Show Gears Up For Launch With A Second Season Already On The Cards – Peter White, Deadline ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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 budget better? We’re here to help with our first 2025 edition of Add/Keep/Cancel! ——— 📺 Review: The Pitt 🧭 Where to Watch: Thursdays at 9 PM ET on Max 🍂 Seasons: 1 (In progress) 🗓️ Episodes This Season: 5 so far (15 total) ⏰ Next Episode Airs: Thursday, February 6 📚 Related Titles: ER, 24 🤩 Starring: Noah Wyle, Tracy Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Katerine LaNasa, Supriya Ganesh, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Isa Briones, Gerran Howell, Shabana Azeez 🧑‍🎨 Created By: John Wells, Noah Wyle ⚠️ Spoiler Warning for first 3 episodes starting at 13:18 ——— 🔗 Links: The Real-Life Legal Controversy Behind Max's The Pitt Explained – Alisha Grauso, ScreenRant 2025's Newest Medical Drama Series Debuts With Solid Rotten Tomatoes Score Ahead Of Premiere – Adam Bentz, ScreenRant ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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 explain the state of Streaming as we head into 2025: Who was last year’s Life of the Party, and who will take the crown this time around? What were our Biggest Disappointments of the year, and what do we expect to disappoint us all in the year to come? Who’s Most Likely To Succeed? What about the Best Glow Up? And you’ll never guess who Chris picked for his Class Sweetheart! 📺 Next Week: We’re watching the first 3 episodes of The Pitt on Max. Join us! ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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. 📼 Episode: Season 1, Episode 13 🧭 Where to Watch: Hulu, Max 🗓️ Originally Aired: December 3, 2003 on Fox ⚠️ Extremely Light Spoilers starting at 34:32 ——— 🎁 From Chris: “Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz” 📺 Series: Frasier 📼 Episode: Season 6, Episode 10 🧭 Where to Watch: Hulu, Paramount+, Amazon Prime Video 🗓️ Originally Aired: December 17, 1998 on NBC ⚠️ Extremely Light Spoilers starting at 43:47 ——— 🔗 Links: YouTube TV’s monthly cost soars to $82.99 – Chris Welch, The Verge YouTube TV is letting some subscribers hold off that price hike – Wes Davis, The Verge Zaz in Cable Wonderland – William D. Cohan, Puck ‘Sesame Street’ Hits the Market: HBO and Max Opt Not to Renew Deal for New Episodes (Exclusive) – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery & Fox Officially Lose Latest Move To Kill Venu Sports Streaming Suit From Fubo; Trial Still On For 2025 – Dominic Patten, Deadline Roku snaps up X Games streaming rights – Emma Roth, The Verge ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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 two specific workplace comedies: One is riding off into the sunset with its sixth and final season (FX’s What We Do in the Shadows) and the other is riding high with early buzz and a full season order on NBC (St. Denis Medical). Vampires and doctors? In one genre?! What a world! But first! Follow-up that spans all across the year in news: Paramount, parades, Iger, ESPN, the MAX app, another password sharing crackdown, and yes! A very special 100th Episode Game that we’re calling HBO or NO?! We’ll even answer the burning question of our time: Is The Bear a workplace comedy? ——— 📺 Reviews: St. Denis Medical (Season 1) & What We Do in the Shadows (Season 6) 🧛 What We Do in the Shadows 🧭 Where to Watch: Mondays on FX (Next Day on Hulu) ⏰ Next Episode Airs: Monday, December 16 (Series Finale) 🍂 Seasons: 6 🗓️ Episodes This Season: 11 (61 Total) ⚠️ Light Spoilers for entire series starting at 31:29 🧑‍⚕️ St. Denis Medical 🧭 Where to Watch: Tuesdays on NBC (Next Day on Peacock) ⏰ Next Episode Airs: Tuesday, January 14 🍂 Seasons: 1 🗓️ Episodes This Season: 5 so far (18 ordered) ⚠️ Light Spoilers for first 4 episodes starting at 31:29 ——— 🔗 Links: TV Ratings: Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Hits All-Time High for Second Straight Year – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter Disney Brings Last Piece Of Its Streaming Bundle To Disney+, With ESPN+ Joining Hulu Under The Main Tent – Dade Hayes, Deadline 'Agatha All Along' Hits Nielsen High With Release of Finale – Matt Webb Mitovich, TV Line Streaming Ratings: ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Hits No. 1 With Season 3 Premiere – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter Streaming Ratings: ‘Agatha All Along’ Hits High With Season Finale – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter Paramount Co-CEO Troika, TV Businesses Eye Consolidation Once Skydance Merger Closes – Anthony D'Alessandro and Jill Goldsmith, Deadline Max Password Sharing Crackdown to Kick Off Next Week, WBD Exec Says – Loree Seitz, The Wrap White Lotus Season 3 to Premiere in February, Euphoria in 2026 – Jennifer Maas, Variety Max is testing always-on HBO channels – Emma Roth, The Verge ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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 is what he needed all along!) But first! Comcast is saying “so long! Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!” to almost every cable channel in their portfolio. What does this mean for the future of NBC and Peacock? And it’s the middle of Black Friday weekend so we’re talking DEALS DEALS DEALS! Get a year of Peacock for $20! Or lock in a deep Disney Bundle discount! Plus some tips for maximizing your streaming savings by rotating email addresses to take advantage of new subscriber offers. ——— 📺 Review: A Man on the Inside 🧭 Where to Watch: Netflix 🗓️ Episodes: 8 (All Episodes Available) 🔄 Renewal Status: TBA 📚 Related Titles: The Good Place 📚 Where to Stream Related Titles: Netflix, Peacock 🤩 Starring: Ted Danson 🧑‍🎨 Created By: Mike Schur ⚠️ Spoiler Warning for first 4 episodes starting at 27:16 ——— 🔗 Links: Comcast Spinoff Will Look to Buy Channels, Expand Into Streaming – Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg Maddow Money – Dylan Byers, Puck Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Draws Largest Audience Ever With More Than 30M Viewers – Katie Campione, Deadline Max, Hulu, and Paramount Plus are all heavily discounted for Black Friday – Sheena Vasani, The Verge Peacock’s Black Friday deal grants a full year of access for $20 – Lawrence Bonk, Engadget Paramount+’s Black Friday Deal Saves Cord Cutters Over 60 Percent off Its Best Streaming Plan – Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter Hulu’s best Black Friday deal is back with $.99 a month for an entire year – Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge Trakt.tv ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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-stream season! Paramount+ celebrates a change in fortunes! Netflix purges its interactive specials! And Max takes the crown as king of the Churn and Return generation! ——— 📺 Review: SNL at 50 🧭 Where to Watch: NBC (Saturdays at 11:30 PM ET) and next-day on Peacock 🍂 Seasons: 50 ⏳ Where to Stream Past Seasons: Peacock 🧑‍🎨 Created By: Lorne Michaels ——— 🔗 Links: How to Stream Yellowstone's Season 5B Premiere – Nick Caruso, TV Line ‘Tracker,’ ‘Elsbeth’ Show Strong Multi-Platform Gains for CBS in Early Ratings Returns – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter Paramount Co-CEO Chris McCarthy Feels Good About Paramount+’s Position “To Remain A Standalone” – Dade Hayes, Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline Comcast Says It May Spin Off Cable Networks and Seek a Streaming Partner Amid TV Business Tumult – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter Netflix is removing nearly all of its interactive titles – Jay Peters, The Verge A New Streaming Customer Emerges: The Subscription Pauser – Sarah Krouse, The Wall Street Journal Dan Bulla Has Earned His SNL Vanity Card - LateNighter – Nick Riccardo, Late Nighter ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

🇺🇸 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 on Peacock) The Lincoln Lawyer (Netflix) Elsbeth (CBS, Paramount+) Evil (Seasons 1-2 on Netflix, 1-4 on Paramount+) Chicken Shop Date (YouTube) Girls5Eva (Netflix) Blown Away (Netflix) Homicide: Life on the Streets (Peacock) Broad City (Hulu, Paramount+) Kevin Can F— Himself (Netflix, AMC+) Yellowjackets (Season 1 on Netflix, 1-2 on Paramount+ with Showtime) Interview with the Vampire (Season 1 on Netflix, 1-2 on AMC+) Unreal (Netflix) ——— 🔗 Links: Includes spoilers for Renewed or Canceled?! 'Patrick Star Show' Renewed for Seasons 4 & 5 at Nickelodeon – Joe Otterson, Variety 'Rick and Morty' Renewed Through Season 12 at Adult Swim – Ethan Shanfeld, Variety 'Parish' Cancelled at AMC — No Season 2 – Nick Caruso, TV Line ‘Unstable’ Canceled By Netflix After 2 Seasons – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline ‘The Diplomat’ Renewed For Season 3 At Netflix – Katie Campione, Deadline 'Nobody Wants This' Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix – Vlada Gelman, TV Line 'The Serpent Queen' Canceled, Queen Elizabeth Spinoff Coming to Starz – Ethan Shanfeld, Variety 'Velma' Cancelled: No Season 3 For Mindy Kaling Scooby-Doo Show On Max – Andy Swift, TV Line 'Reacher' Renewed for Season 4, Amazon Sets Season 3 Release for 2025 – Ethan Shanfeld, Variety ‘The Night Agent’ Scores Early Season 3 Renewal at Netflix – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter 'Kaos' Canceled After One Season at Netflix – Jordan Moreau, Variety QVC Renews Busy Philipps Talk Show 'Busy This Week' for Season 2 – William Earl, Variety ‘The Rings of Power’ on Verge of Season 3 Renewal by Amazon – James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter 'Who's The Boss' Revival Cancelled — Amazon Cancels Sequel Series – Andy Swift, TV Line That '90s Show Cancelled, No Season 3 (aka Part 4) at Netflix – Ryan Schwartz, TV Line James Graham's BBC Crime Drama 'Sherwood' Renewed For Season 3 – K.J. Yossman, Variety ‘Pretty Little Liars’ Reboot Canceled at Max – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter 'Industry' Renewed for Season 4 at HBO – Joe Otterson, Variety ‘Batwheels’ Renewed For Season 3 At Cartoon Network – Rosy Cordero, Deadline ‘Unprisoned’ Canceled After Second Season, Says Kerry Washington – Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter ‘Chucky’ Canceled After Three Seasons – Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter ‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ Canceled After One Season – Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter Goodbye, ‘Evil’: You Were One Hell of a Wonderfully Weird Show – Alan Sepinwall, rollingstone.com ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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 surprise Mulaney news!). ——— 📺 Review: The Franchise 🧭 Where to Watch: HBO / Max 🗓️ Episodes This Season: 8 (Sundays at 10 PM ET) 🔄 Renewal Status: TBA 📚 Related Titles: Avenue 5, Veep 📚 Where to Stream Related Titles: Max 🤩 Starring: Himesh Patel, Aya Cash, Bill Magnussen, Jessica Hynes, Lolly Adefope, Richard E. Grant 🧑‍🎨 Created By: Jon Brown, Sam Mendes, Amando Iannucci ⚠️ Spoiler Warning for first 2 episodes starting at 20:00 ——— 🔗 Links: ‘High Potential’ Audience Grows 19% With 8.7 Million Viewers for Episode 3 | Exclusive – Loree Seitz, The Wrap 'The Golden Bachelorette' Ratings on ABC — 'Abbott Elementary' – Matt Webb Mitovich, TV Line 'Abbott Elementary' Producers on 'Sunny' Crossover, Season 4 Stories – Michael Schneider, Variety A great season for Netflix – Lucy Brewster, Morning Brew Netflix Picks Up Weekly Live Variety Talk Show Hosted by John Mulaney – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter Daniel Craig Slammed Netflix CEO Over ‘Knives Out' Avoiding Theaters: “F*ck Your Model!" – Jordan Ruimy, World of Reel 'The Penguin' Episode 2 Ratings: 1.6 Million Viewers – Selome Hailu, Variety ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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 confusing could the DirecTV/Dish merger get? And what’s the TV crossover of our dreams and how is it actually happening?!? ——— 📺 Review: Matlock 🧭 Where to Watch: CBS and Next-Day on Paramount+ 🗓️ Episodes: 1 (Thursdays at 9 PM ET) 📚 Related Titles: Matlock 🤩 Starring: Kathy Bates ⚠️ Spoiler Warning for first episode starting at 15:15 ——— 📺 Review: High Potential 🧭 Where to Watch: ABC and Next-Day on Hulu 🗓️ Episodes: 3 (Tuesdays at 10 PM ET) 📚 Related Titles: HPI (Original French series) 🤩 Starring: Kaitlin Olson ⚠️ Spoiler Warning for first 2 episodes starting at 33:17 ——— 🔗 Links: Marvel's Brad Winderbaum on 'Reasonable Budget' of 'Agatha All Along' – Joe Otterson, Variety From AOL Time Warner to DirecTV and Dish: 20 years of media mergers – Wes Davis, The Verge Abbott Elementary, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Will Cross Over – Michael Schneider, Variety TV Ratings: CBS’ ‘Matlock’ Makes Solid Opening Argument – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter When Does 'Matlock' Episode 2 Air? — CBS Series Returns October 17 – Matt Webb Mitovich, TV Line Kathy Bates Retiring After 'Matlock': 'This Is My Last Dance' – Claire Franken, TV Line ABC’s ‘High Potential’ Nears 11M Viewers for Second Episode (Exclusive) – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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 assemble the Avengers of Avengers-adjacent characters? But first, in the news: Wake up, babe. New bundle dropped! And we begin the bittersweet farewell to satellite TV. ——— 📺 Review: Agatha All Along 🧭 Where to Watch: Disney+ 🗓️ Episodes: 9 (Wednesdays at 9 PM ET) 🔄 Renewal Status: TBA 📚 Related Titles: WandaVision 📚 Where to Stream Related Titles: Disney+ 🤩 Starring: Kathryn Hahn, Joe Locke, Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn, Debra Jo Rupp, Patti LuPone, Aubrey Plaza 🧑‍🎨 Created By: Jac Schaeffer ⚠️ Spoiler Warning for first 4 episodes starting at 42:46 ——— 🔗 Links: Charter will offer Peacock for free with some cable subscriptions next year – Wes Davis, The Verge Charter Spectrum Cuts Carriage Deal With NBCUniversal, Adding Peacock to Pay-TV Packages – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter DirecTV Placed on Credit Watch Negative After Unveiling Deal to Merge With Dish – Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter ‘WandaVision’ Recap: What to Remember for ‘Agatha All Along’ – Andi Ortiz, The Wrap 'Agatha All Along' Ratings: 9.3 Million Views in One Week on Disney+ – Selome Hailu, Variety Agatha All Along Nude Scene Wasn't Scripted Says Kathryn Hahn – Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety Agatha All Along’s practical effects were key to bringing its magic to life – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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 Streak of All-Time Lows – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter Casey Bloys On ‘Hacks’ Surprise Comedy Series Emmy Win & Category Debate; ‘White Lotus’, ‘The Last Of Us’, ‘Euphoria’ & ‘Harry Potter’ Updates – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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 you!). But wait! There’s more: The ABC Presidential Debate brought in big ratings across all the news networks, but did viewers punish CNN for hosting the infamous first debate? Speaking of that Cable News Network: The channel’s new leadership continues to undo the legacy of Zaslav’s first pick, Chris Licht. That means Brian Stelter’s back, baby! The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon becomes the final nail in the coffin for Friday night Late Night, with all the major shows down to 4 new episodes a week. With ratings in a free fall across all the networks what will the future of Late Night look like? (Maybe it’s more of an After Midnight style affair.) ——— 📺 Review: English Teacher 🧭 Where to Watch: FX and Hulu 🗓️ Episodes: 8, Releasing Weekly (Mondays at 10 PM ET) 🤩 Starring: Brian Jordan Alvarez, Stephanie Koenig, Enrico Colantoni, Sean Patton, Langston Kerman 🧑‍🎨 Created By: Brian Jordan Alvarez 🎬 Directed By: Jonathan Krisel, Brian Jordan Alvarez ⚠️ Light Spoilers for first 3 episodes. ——— 🔗 Links: 67.1 Million People Watched Harris and Trump, Outdrawing Last Debate – Michael M. Grynbaum, The New York Times Over 67 Million Viewers Tune In for ABC News Harris-Trump Debate – Nielsen Trump: No more debates with Kamala Harris – Reuters Seth Meyers to Host Primetime ‘Closer Look’ Special After September Presidential Debate – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter How Late Night TV Is Downsizing – Alex Weprin, Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter James Corden Bows Out - LAmag – Brian Stelter, LA Magazine In Major Deal, Max and Discovery+ Will Join Charter Video Bundle as Warners Makes Big Move – Erik Hayden, Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter Max to Grow by 6M Subscribers This Quarter, David Zaslav Says – Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter 'English Teacher' Review, FX School Comedy, Brian Jordan Alvarez – Dave Nemetz, TV Line ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

One of our favorite New York shows is back and… headed to Hollywood?! We’ll break down the bicoastal mystery in season 4 of Only Murders in the Building, and revisit all 3 seasons of Hulu’s hit comedy: From Tim Kono to Ben Glenroy, we’ll discuss all the ways the show has evolved since its surprising summer 2021 premier. Between its annual consistency and willingness to take big swings, we’re thrilled to hear the show has already been renewed for a season 5. But first! We’re going down to South Park for some news! Yes, we’re talking about Comedy Central’s parent company Paramount and the literal parent bankrolling the Skydance merger (it’s on again!)... … and the news that South Park is sitting out the election (and the rest of 2024). Are creators Matt and Trey sick of politics, or are they sick of Paramount’s legal battle with Warner Bros. Discovery over streaming rights to one of TV’s most iconic animated comedies? (A deal that expires in 2025!) And speaking of animated comedies: Can you guess which two pillars of adult animation are current mainstays on the Nielsen streaming charts? We’ll take a look at the top 10 for the first week of August and celebrate the latest 2000s-era show to be crowned “cool again” by Netflix: Prison Break. ——— 📺 Review: Only Murders in the Building (Season 4) 🧭 Where to Watch: Hulu 🗓️ Episodes This Season: 10 (Tuesdays at 3 AM ET) 🍂 Seasons: 4 (40 episodes) ⏳ Where to Stream Past Seasons: Hulu ✅ Renewal Status: Renewed for Season 5 🤩 Starring: Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Michael Cyril Creighton 🧑‍🎨 Created By: John Hoffman and Steve Martin ⚠️ Recap Spoiler Warning for seasons 1 through 3 starting at 42:55 🚨 New Episode Spoiler Warning for the first 2 episodes of season 4 starting at 1:01:13 ——— 🔗 Links: Paramount's Redstone to reap $180 mln in severance, benefits, Bloomberg News reports – Reuters ‘Prison Break’ Races To No. 1 On Nielsen Streaming List As Fox Series Finds New Life On Netflix; ‘Umbrella Academy’ Comes In Second – Katie Campione, Deadline ‘South Park’ Creators on Avoiding Trump, Revisiting Casa Bonita, and Experiencing TikTok Jealousy – David Canfield, Vanity Fair Judge sides with Paramount on some claims in Warner Bros. 'South Park' streaming lawsuit – Drew Richardson, CNBC ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Renewed for Season 5 – Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter In ‘Only Murders in the Building,’ This Actor Is Above Suspicion – Alexis Soloski, The New York Times 'Only Murders in the Building' Season 4 Review: Hulu Series Goes Hollywood – Alison Herman, Variety 'Only Murders in the Building': REDACTED’S Return Was Inspired by Pennsylvania's Parkour Prisoner Escape – Lucas Manfredi, thewrap.com Only Murders in the Building Season 4, Episode 2's Big Surprise Return – Ryan Schwartz, TVLine ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

It’s our 2024 Fall TV and Streaming Preview Spectacular! We’ll dish on the shows we’re excited for… and also other shows! That also exist! (Surely someone is excited for all the Citadel spinoffs!) Then we’ll channel the dark arts of streaming to transform our excitement into buying advice in a special Fall installment of Add? Keep? Cancel! (The segment where we spend your money for you!) 📺 Featuring: Have I Got News for You with Roy Wood Jr. — CNN/Max, Premiers Sept. 14 High Potential — ABC/Hulu, Premiers Sept. 17 Marvel’s Agatha All Along — Disney+, Premiers Sept. 18 The Golden Bachelorette — ABC/Hulu, Premiers Sept. 18 The Penguin — HBO/Max, Premiers Sept. 19 St. Denis Medical — NBC/Peacock, Premiers Nov. 12 Only Murders in the Building (Season 4) — Hulu, Returned Aug. 27 Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Season 2) — Amazon, Returned Aug. 28 Abbott Elementary (Season 4) — ABC/Hulu, Returns Oct. 9 Ghosts (Season 4) — CBS/Paramount+, Returns Oct. 17 Elsbeth (Season 2) — CBS/Paramount+, Returns Oct. 17 What We Do in the Shadows (Final Season) — FX/Hulu, Returns Oct. 21 Star Trek: Lower Decks (Final Season) — Paramount+, Returns Oct. 24 And more! ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

Netflix was looking for some Game of Thrones magic when they hired D.B. Weiss and David Benioff to helm a western adaptation of the Chinese sci-fi epic 3 Body Problem, and they were rewarded with a surprise nomination for Best Drama at next month’s Primetime Emmys. Does it stack up against the competition? (Hint: We’ve got some problems with 3 Body…) ☀️ But first: We’re looking back at the summer in streaming! Including updates on the next seasons of Shogun and Hacks (two of our favorite shows this year!). The shocking (for some!) cancellation of The Acolyte as Disney struggles to combat franchise fatigue and hostile fans in the Star Wars universe. In SPORTSPOCALYPSE: A dramatic legal twist for the mega sports streamer Venu… … and a make-or-break moment for Peacock. Plus: We crown the story of the summer! And break down the logic behind Chick-Fil-A’s rumored push into streaming! ——— 📺 Review: 3 Body Problem 🧭 Where to Watch: Netflix 🗓️ Episodes: 8 (All Episodes Available) ✅ Renewal Status: Renewed for 2 final seasons (3 total) 🧑‍🎨 Created By: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Alexander Woo 📖 Based On: The book series Remembrance of Earth’s Past by Liu Cixin ⚠️ Spoiler Alert for first 3 episodes starting at 41:34 ——— 🔗 Links: ‘Shogun’ Star Hiroyuki Sanada on When Shooting for Season 2 Is Expected to Begin and Record-Breaking Emmy Nods – Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter 'Hacks' Co-Creators Reveal Season 4 Details and Return to 10 Episodes – Michael Schneider, Variety Disney+ Force chokes The Acolyte to death after one season – Matt Schimkowitz, A.V. Club Cosmic Marvel (@dailycosmicmarvel) on Threads Judge Bars Disney, Warner, Fox From Launching Sports Streamer Venu – Brian Steinberg, Variety Court blocks Disney-Fox-WBD sports streaming bundle – Lauren Feiner, The Verge Venu Sports' problem could impact how television is packaged – Dan DeFrancesco, Business Insider Peacock gained 3 million subscribers during the first week of the Olympics. Will they stay? – Peter Kafka, Business Insider Olympics Push Peacock (and Overall TV Use) to Rare July Bump – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter Paramount Draws a New Bid, Complicating Deal With Skydance – Benjamin Mullin, Lauren Hirsch, The New York Times Paramount TV Studios Shutting Down Amid Major Restructuring, Layoffs – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter Chick-Fil-A Hatches Plans For Streaming Service As Reality TV Comes Home To Roost – Peter White, Deadline The Town with Matthew Belloni: The Arms Race Behind Where Movies Shoot – The Ringer Why Does Every Netflix Show Look the Same? An Investigation. – Josh Rosenberg, Esquire ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

We’re less than a month away from the Primetime Emmys and one show is poised to sweep the Drama categories with a big pivot (and an even bigger renewal): It’s the FX not-so-limited series Shogun. We talk about the big 2-season renewal, its awards chances, and the shocking series-turned-season finale. (We’ll have some follow-up about the season 2 plans next week, too!) But first: It’s America’s favorite unlicensed game show! RENEWED OR CANCELED?! ——— 📺 Review: Shogun (S1 Rewind) 🧭 Where to Watch: Hulu 🗓️ Episodes: 10 (All Episodes Available) ✅ Renewal Status: Renewed for Seasons 2 and 3 🤩 Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai 🧑‍🎨 Adapted By: Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks ⚠️ Spoiler Alert for all 10 episodes starting at 25:44 ——— 🔗 Links: Throwback: NBCUniversal Streaming Service Sets Battlestar, Saved by the Bell Reboots – Joe Otterson, Variety And now, in 2024: ‘Battlestar Galactica' Reboot No Longer in the Works at Peacock – Joe Otterson, Variety ‘Squid Game’ To End With Season 3 On Netflix As Streamer Sets Season 2 Premiere – Peter White, Deadline 'Halo' Canceled After Two Seasons at Paramount+ – Joe Otterson, Variety ‘Life & Beth’ Axed After 2 Seasons At Hulu – Peter White, Deadline Hulu Picks Up 20 More Episodes Of ‘The Kardashians’ – Lynette Rice, Deadline ‘Reginald The Vampire’ Canceled After 2 Seasons At Syfy – Denise Petski, Deadline Sally Wainwright’s ‘Renegade Nell’ Canceled After One Season At Disney+ – Max Goldbart, Deadline ‘Bachelor In Paradise’ Returning To ABC In 2025 For Season 10 – Katie Campione, Deadline 'The Kardashians' Renewed for Season 6 at Hulu – Selome Hailu, Variety ‘Solar Opposites’ Renewed For Season 6 At Hulu; Watch Season 5 Trailer – Denise Petski, Deadline ‘Krapopolis’ Renewed For Season 4 By Fox – Denise Petski, Deadline ‘Invincible,’ ‘Hazbin Hotel,’ ‘Sausage Party: Foodtopia’ Renewed at Amazon – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter ‘Clone High’ Revival Canceled After 2 Seasons At Max – Denise Petski, Deadline Shōgun and Hacks win big at the 2024 TCA Awards – , A.V. Club ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

The Star Wars franchise sent Disney+ into hyperspace when the service launched with breakout hit The Mandalorian, but the sci-fi cornerstone of Disney’s streaming play has struggled to replicate the unstoppable force of Grogu and Mando. Enter The Acolyte, which has been review bombed for all the wrong reasons… but also might be burdened with some pretty serious storytelling problems. We revisit the series after finishing the full season and debate what worked, what didn’t, and whether the show would’ve succeeded as a Rogue One-style standalone movie (especially with so much riding on the upcoming big screen Mandalorian spinoff). But first, in the news: Disney finally shakes off the Marvel funk with a successful Deadpool movie, but will a desperate pivot back to RDJ and the Russo Brothers save the flagship Avengers franchise? And speaking of the Russo Brothers: Amazon reveals some compelling casting for one of the least compelling shows we’ve ever watched. Can Citadel convince us to come back for season 2? ——— 📺 Review: The Acolyte (S1 Rewind) 🧭 Where to Watch: Disney+ 🗓️ Episodes: 8 (All Episodes Available) 🔄 Renewal Status: Unclear! 📚 Related Titles: The Star Wars-es 📚 Where to Stream Related Titles: Disney+ 🤩 Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Manny Jacinto 🧑‍🎨 Created By: Leslye Headland ⚠️ Spoiler Alert for all 8 episodes starting at 12:40 ——— 🔗 Links: Robert Downey Jr. Will Play Doctor Doom in Marvel's 'Avengers: Doomsday' – Zack Sharf, Variety ‘Citadel’ Adds Matt Berry & Gabriel Leone To Season 2 Cast – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline The Acolyte would have made for an awesome Star Wars film – Jarrod Jones, A.V. Club Why ‘The Acolyte’ Season 2 Looks Increasingly Unlikely – Paul Tassi, Forbes ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

Peacock failed to stick the landing in Tokyo, but will the 2024 Paris Olympics be the comeback story every young media executive dreams of?? But first: News from SNL ahead of Season 50, and Sportspocalypse breaks down the value of Venu. ——— 📺 Review: Summer Olympics 2024 🧭 Where to Watch: Peacock! (and the networks of NBCUniversal) 👀 Many many hours watched for review ——— 🔗 Links: Maya Rudolph To Play Kamala Harris On ‘Saturday Night Live’ Through 2024 Presidential Election – Nellie Andreeva, Peter White, Deadline Two history-making cast members announce 'Saturday Night Live' exits – Mirna Alsharif, NBC News Colin Jost to Host ‘Pop Culture Jeopardy!’ Spinoff – James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter The Streaming Sports Bundle Venu Finally Has a Price – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter Live sports streamer Venu Sports will cost $42.99 per month – Emma Roth, The Verge Inside NBC’s ‘Gold Zone,’ the Olympics Show Taking Peacock By Storm – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter 9 Times Snoop Dogg Proved Himself a National Treasure at the 2024 Olympics – Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter Snoop Dogg Breaks Out Full Dressage Gear At Olympics Event – Bruce Haring, Deadline NBCUniversal Clears Its Own High Bar For Olympics Advertising, With Revenue Expected To Set Record – Dade Hayes, Deadline Olympics Bring Huge Audiences to NBCUniversal Over Opening Weekend – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter TV Ratings: Olympics Opening Ceremony Draws Biggest Audience for Summer Games Since 2012 – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

Everyone is suddenly rewatching the iconic HBO comedy Veep but with 7 seasons available to stream where should you start? Relax, because we’re here to be your tour guides through the halls of almost-power. But first: Bundle Watch! Sportspocalypse! And with The Olympics kicking off we ask the eternal question: What’s the deal with Peacock?! ——— 📺 Rewatch: Veep 🧭 Where to Watch: Max 🎟️ Originally Premiered: April 22, 2012 on HBO 🍂 Seasons: 7 (65 episodes) 🤩 Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Matt Walsh 🧑‍🎨 Created By: Armando Iannucci (Showrunner Seasons 1-4), David Mandel (Showrunner Seasons 5-7) ⚠️ Spoiler Alert for all episodes starting at 38:10 Specific Episodes Mentioned: S1E1 – Fundraiser S1E2 – Frozen Yoghurt S3E2 – The Choice S3E9 – Crate S4E2 – East Wing S4E10 – Election Night (Armando Iannucci’s last episode) S5E10 – Inauguration (Season 5 Finale) S7E7 – Veep (Series Finale) ——— 🔗 Links: Warner Bros. Discovery Sues the NBA After League Rejects Matching Rights Proposal – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter NBA Loss Sinks Warner Bros. Discovery Stock – Bad For Max, Could Hasten Linear Decline, Wall Street Fears – Jill Goldsmith, Deadline Comcast President Touts NBA Rights: Will Put “Weight of Our Entire Company” Behind Deal – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter Peacock Quarterly Loss Narrows to $348M as Subscribers Drop to 33M – Georg Szalai, Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter 'Homicide: Life On the Street' Set to Stream on Peacock in August – Michael Schneider, Variety ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ Is About to Find New Life on the Streamers – Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone Why Redbox has been powering down – Janko Roettgers, The Verge Veep’s Creator Wants You to Stop Comparing Kamala Harris to Selina Meyer – Sam Adams, Slate ‘Veep’ Creator Armando Iannucci Comments on Real-Life Political Comparisons and Gives a Warning – Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

It’s hot out, so why not stay inside with two of the most influential (and bingeable) shows from the mid-2000s? It’s a Summer Show Swap that pits one of Dianne’s favorite series against one of Chris’s. Which side will you take? ✈️🏝️ Can Dianne convince Chris that iconic ABC drama Lost (now streaming on Netflix) is worth the 6-season binge? We discuss the pilot and how it redefined network TV. 🏡🍃 And will Chris convince Dianne that Showtime hit Weeds (now streaming on Hulu) overcomes its tonally inconsistent pilot to deliver one of the all-time best second seasons of TV? We’ll break down the first 3 episodes of the series and how the show was retooled after the pilot. (Bonus: Chris will tell you which seasons you can skip!) But first! News! A shocking twist in the Paramount Death Watch! We introduce you to a brand new streaming service, because there really aren’t enough already! And Warner Bros. Discovery rebrands 5 high-profile “Max Originals” under the HBO umbrella, because apparently people actually liked the HBO brand? Who knew! ——— 🔀 Show Swap: Lost 🧭 Where to Watch: Netflix 🎟️ Originally Premiered: September 22, 2004 on ABC 🍂 Seasons: 6 (118 episodes) ⚠️ Light Spoilers for the 2-part Pilot Episode starting at 25:25 ——— 🔀 Show Swap: Weeds 🧭 Where to Watch: Hulu (or Peacock, supposedly) 🎟️ Originally Premiered: August 7, 2005 on Showtime 🍂 Seasons: 8 (102 episodes) ⚠️ Light Spoilers for the first 3 Episodes starting at 43:49 ——— 🔗 Links: It’s Official: Skydance Wins the Battle for Paramount Global – Alex Weprin, Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter Sony’s Out: Won’t Return To Mix During Paramount’s 45-Day “Go Shop” Window – Anthony D'Alessandro, Jill Goldsmith, Deadline Paramount Must Get Skydance Approval for Paramount+ JV, Bundle Deals – Todd Spangler, Variety What Now for Paramount? How Things Will (or Won’t) Likely Change – Pamela McClintock, Rick Porter, Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter Hallmark Launching New Streaming Service in September – Lynette Rice, Deadline Max Originals ‘The Penguin’ & ‘Dune: Prophecy’ Moving To HBO – Peter White, Deadline 20 ‘Lost’ Episodes You Can Skip When Bingeing or Rewatching – Michael Alan Connelly, Vulture Hulu was down for a lot of people, but now it’s fixed – Richard Lawler, The Verge ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

Julio Torres (Los Espookys) is back on HBO with a new 6-episode series that blends sketch comedy with a surreal narrative about a lost oyster earring, a concerning mole (or maybe it’s just a birthmark), and Julio’s struggle to find a new apartment without providing his “proof of existence." We’ll take you on our dream-like experience watching the first three episodes, featuring guest stars like Aidy Bryant (in a wild informercial bit), Jaboukie Young-White (as a influencer confronted by The Algorithm), and Tilda Swinton (as the voice of water). But first! We’ve got the latest news from the Paramount Death Watch, including the $2 Paramount+ price hike that will probably solve everything. Netflix is launching permanent retail spaces in two U.S. malls. We try to imagine the synergistic experiences that await. It’s Pride Month so we’re sharing our favorite LGBTQIA+ shows from the Streamageddon back catalog and check in with series like Interview with the Vampire and Ripley. And find out which late night talk show host Chris has completely blocked from his memory in a round-up of news from 11 PM and beyond! (Hint: It’s a CBS host!) ——— 📺 Review: Fantasmas 🧭 Where to Watch: HBO and/or Max 🗓️ Release Schedule: Weekly on Fridays at 11 PM ET (HBO and Max) ✅ Renewal Status: TBA 🤩 Starring: Julio Torres 🎬 Created By: Julio Torres (Los Espookys, Problemista) 🫣 Spoiler Warning: 🦄 Light Spoilers for the First 3 Episodes: Starting at 52:33 ——— 🔗 Links: The Action Isn’t the Best Part of Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ – Zach Kram, The Ringer Paramount's Failed Merger Talks: What Went Wrong in the Company Battle – Cynthia Littleton, Variety Paramount+ Raises Prices for Ad-Tier and Premium Plan – Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter Netflix House: Dallas, King of Prussia Are First Two Cities for 2025 – Todd Spangler, Variety Late Night With Seth Meyers is breaking up with its live house band – Matt Schimkowitz, A.V. Club Jon Stewart Feels “Reinvigorated” By His Return To ‘The Daily Show’ – Peter White, Deadline Jon Stewart To Host ‘The Daily Show’ Live After Presidential Debates – Peter White, Deadline ‘The Daily Show’ Going Live With Jon Stewart at Political Conventions (Exclusive) – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

In a shocking twist of events the Paramount Death Watch is back! We’ll discuss Shari Redstone’s last-minute decision to kill the Skydance deal and what comes next for the beleaguered home of CBS. Will a new buyer swoop in? Will Warner chief David Zaslav make a move? And what’s all this talk from Paramount’s three-headed CEO about a possible joint venture with another streamer? Will Paramount+ and Peacock team up for a new Hulu (a Nulu, if you will)?? Then we’re dusting off our Jedi robes and heading to Disney+ to discuss the intriguing new Star Wars prequel The Acolyte. There’s a lot to love, but also the same frustrations that plague most of Disney’s streaming strategy. Can they make these 8-episode “seasons” work? Or are they pulling from the wrong playbook? But wait, there’s more! The 2024 Box Office is back, baby! We’ll break down the big weekends from Pixar and the Bad Boys. Warner Bros. Discovery is serving up some tennis, but can it fill the Charles Barkley sized hold in sports fans’ hearts? Peacock has a new deal just in time for the Olympics, but can NBC convince you to stick around after? And Max is raising prices… to the max! ——— 📺 Review: The Acolyte 🧭 Where to Watch: Disney+ 🗓️ Release Schedule: Weekly on Tuesday Nights (3 out of 8 Episodes Available Now) ✅ Renewal Status: TBA 🤩 Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae 🎬 Created By: Leslye Headland 🫣 Spoiler Warning: 🚨 Spoilers for the First 3 Episodes: Starting at 30:55 👍 Spoiler-Light Discussion of Disney’s TV Strategy: Starting at 47:18 ——— 🔗 Links: Box Office: ‘Inside Out 2’ Delivers Historic $155M U.S. Opening and $295M Globally in Huge Pixar Comeback – Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter Sony Puts Summer Back On Track As Will Smith & Martin Lawrence’s ‘Bad Boys: Ride Or Die’ Clocks $56M Opening – Sunday AM Update – Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline Warner Bros Discovery Snares U.S. Rights to French Open – Brian Steinberg, Variety Charles Barkley Says He Will Retire From Warner's NBA Coverage – Brian Steinberg, Variety No Deal: Shari Redstone Nixes Skydance Offer for Paramount Global – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter Why Is Shari Redstone so Upset? – Kim Masters, Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter It’s the End of Paramount+ As We Know It (and That’s Fine) – Josef Adalian, Vulture Streaming Bundles Lower Consumer Intent To Churn By 16%, New Study Finds – Dade Hayes, Deadline You can grab a year of Peacock Premium for just $20 ahead of its impending price hike – Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge 'St. Denis Medical' Gets Season 1 Extension to 18 Episodes on NBC – Selome Hailu, Variety Max Hikes Prices For Ad-Free Plans Effective Immediately – Denise Petski, Deadline The Acolyte took Star Wars back in time by taking things away – Andrew Webster, The Verge The Acolyte Ratings: 4.8 Million Viewers, Biggest Disney Show of 2024 – Selome Hailu, Variety ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

Did streaming break the box office? It sure seems like it, with attendance and ticket sales in a perpetual slump, layoffs plaguing juggernauts like Pixar, and Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos claiming that he could’ve made the Barbenheimer without a theatrical release (we disagree, Ted!). We’ll break it all down and preview this weekend’s new Netflix movie Hit Man, which Dianne saw during its brief theatrical run. But first! Summer also means it’s time for a parade of new streaming shows you’ve probably never heard of! Can you pick the real shows from the ChatGPT-created hallucinations? Find out when we play our newest game: Show or No?! ——— 📺 Review: Hit Man 🧭 Where to Watch: Netflix 🗓️ Release Schedule: Available Now 🤩 Starring: Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Retta 🎬 Directed By: Richard Linklater 📝 Written By: Richard Linklater, Glen Powell 🫣 Spoiler Warning: 👍 Extremely light spoilers for the premise of the movie: Starting at 29:08 ——— 🔗 Links: Ted Sarandos Says ‘Barbie’ & ‘Oppenheimer’ Would Be Just As Big On Netflix; Credits Algorithm For ‘Baby Reindeer’s Success – Armando Tinoco, Deadline Pixar Lays Off 14% of Its Staff and Will Stop Making Shows for Disney+ – Brooks Barnes, The New York Times Pixar, struggling for a new strategy, predictably turns to reboots, sequels, and "mass appeal" – Mary Kate Carr, A.V. Club ‘Knives Out’ Sequels: The Whodunit Behind Netflix’s $469M Power Play – Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter ‘Knives Out 3’ Sequel Title Revealed – Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter Kerry Washington Joins ‘Knives Out 3’ – Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter Knives Out watch: Wake Up Dead Man drafts requisite Marvel star – Mary Kate Carr, A.V. Club ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

Season 3 of the Max Original Hacks just wrapped and it’s so good we can’t figure out why it’s not on HBO already. It’s a sharp, laugh-out-loud comedy reminiscent of Barry, Veep, and Silicon Valley, and the best part is that it just keeps getting better. Whether you’re new to the show or a diehard Deborah Vance fan, we’ve got you covered with both an introduction to the series and a full season 3 review. But first! The fallout from Amazon’s hit series Fallout continues: The wildly popular video game series drove millions of viewers to the wildly popular show… which drove millions of players back to the wildly popular video game series! Speaking of fallouts: We check in with activist investor Nelson Peltz after losing the battle for Disney’s board. FX on Hulu’s smash hit The Bear is coming to… FX on FX?? And in Sportspocalypse: Can Warner Bros. Discovery “nourish” sports fans without a big helping of NBA? We’re about to find out! Plus: Legitimately breaking news from the Paramount Death Watch! ——— 📺 Review: Hacks (Season 3) 🧭 Where to Watch: Max 🗓️ Release Schedule: All 3 Seasons Available Now ✅ Renewal Status: Renewed for Season 4 🤩 Starring: Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Paul W. Downs, Megan Stalter 🎬 Created By: Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Jen Statsky 🫣 Spoiler Warning: 👍 Spoiler-Light Introduction: Starting at 29:08 🚨 Spoilers for Season 3 (All Episodes): Starting at 44:07 ——— 🔗 Links: 'Fallout 76' Crosses 20 Million Players Amid TV Series, Future Games – Jennifer Maas, Variety Skydance Sweetens Paramount Bid for Non-Controlling Shareholders – Todd Spangler, Variety Paramount's special committee agrees to recommend Skydance deal, WSJ reports – Reuters Mission Accomplished? Despite Losing Proxy Fight, Billionaire Nelson Peltz Reportedly Sells Entire Disney Stake For $1B In Profit – Dade Hayes, Deadline 'The Bear' Sets FX Debut With Season 1 Marathon Ahead of Season 3 – Emily Longeretta, Variety David Zaslav Says WBD Remains In Talks With The NBA, But The Company’s Sports Portfolio Would Still Be “Very Robust” Without It – Dade Hayes, Deadline ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

The fallout from Season 1 of Amazon Prime Video’s Fallout is still going strong, with ratings juggernaut Nielsen declaring the show a much-needed hit for the #1 streaming service that also sells toilet paper. We’ve finished the full season and are ready to dish on all the twists and turns, whether the binge model worked for us, and what we expect (and hope for) in Season 2. Plus we revisit our predictions and grade our TV Tarot! But first! We dissect Disney’s earnings and the latest strategy shift at Marvel in a brand-new installment of What’s That, Bob?! And with the abbreviated 2023-24 TV season coming to an end, both streamers and traditional TV networks are courting advertisers with some big announcements about their upcoming shows. That means it’s time for an extra-large edition of Renewed or Canceled?! ——— 📼 Rewind Review: Fallout 🧭 Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video 🗓️ Release Schedule: All 8 Episodes Available Now ✅ Renewal Status: Renewed for Season 2 📚 Related Titles: Based on the Fallout franchise of games 🤩 Starring: Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins, Kyle MacLachlan 🎬 Created By: Jonathan Nolan (Director/Executive Producer) and Lisa Joy (Executive Producer) 🫣 Spoiler Warning: 🚨 Spoilers for ALL of Season 1: Starting at 26:44 ——— 🔗 Links: Disney’s streaming business gets closer to becoming profitable – Emma Roth, The Verge Bob Iger Details “Reduced” Marvel Output: “At Most” Three Films Per Year, Two Series – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter ‘Fallout’ Blasts To Top Of Nielsen Streaming Charts In Debut Weekend, Becoming Amazon’s Most Successful Title To Date – Katie Campione, Deadline Broadcast TV Cancellations In 2024-25: Photo Gallery – Lynette Rice, Erik Pedersen, Deadline ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ to End With Season 5 – James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter 'Night Court' Renewed for Season 3 at NBC – Joe Otterson, Variety ‘Shogun’ Seasons 2 and 3 in the Works at FX, Hulu – Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter ‘Shōgun’ To Continue: FX & Hulu Eye Two More Seasons Of James Clavell Adaptation – Nellie Andreeva, Lynette Rice, Deadline FX Will Submit ‘Shōgun’ In Drama Category For Emmys – Lynette Rice, Deadline “Shōgun” Becomes FX’s Most Watched Show Ever On Streaming Platforms – Roger Palmer, whatsondisneyplus.com ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Renewed for Season 2 at Amazon – Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter The Boys renewed for Season 5 on Prime Video – Mekeisha Madden Toby, aboutamazon.com ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

It’s a new era at Netflix: Ads, sports, and live specials galore! We’ll dig deep into the big strategy shift, including our review of John Mulaney’s limited-run live talk show Everybody’s in L.A. We’ll try to explain the appeal of this one-of-a-kind live show, highlight some of our favorite segments, and recommend the best episode to check out (EARTHQUAKES!). From David Letterman to Conan O’Brien to John Mulaney interviewing David Letterman: We’re taking a full-circle journey through a very specific sub-genre of late night… that just might be the perfect fit for streaming. But wait! There’s more! We’ll catch you up with the latest from the Paramount Death Watch 💀 Brace yourself for more price hikes at Peacock and Max 💸 What’s the deal with the new Uber-bundle from Disney and Warner Bros Discovery (Iger and Zaz, together at last?) 💕 And yes, we finally have a sports segment: It’s the SPORTSPOCALYPSE 🤯 ——— 📺 Review: Everybody’s in L.A. 🧭 Where to Watch: Netflix 🗓️ Release Schedule: All 6 Episodes Available Now ✅ Renewal Status: We’re begging you, John. Give us more! 🤩 Starring: John Mulaney, Richard Kind 🎬 Created By: John Mulaney ——— 🔗 Links: Bob Bakish To Step Down As Paramount Global CEO Amid Skydance Talks – Jill Goldsmith, Deadline Sony and Apollo’s Plan for Paramount: Break It Up – Benjamin Mullin, Lauren Hirsch, The New York Times Warner Bros. Discovery Hits $86M Streaming Unit Profit, 99.6M Subs, Studios Profit Drops 70 Percent – Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter Max may raise streaming prices again, following Netflix and Disney Plus' lead – Henry St Leger, TechRadar A Disney, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle is on the way – Emma Roth, The Verge Why you don't really want Big TV to bring back 'the bundle' for your streaming services like Hulu, Max, and Netflix – Peter Kafka, Business Insider Venu Sports: Disney, Fox, WBD Unveil Name of Sports-Streaming Venture – Todd Spangler, Variety Netflix snagged global streaming rights for NFL Christmas Day games – Richard Lawler, The Verge Katt Williams Outdraws Tom Brady in Netflix Rankings – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter John Mulaney's Everybody's in L.A. Moved to Emmys Talk Series – Clayton Davis, Variety ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

Join us in the Wasteland as we spend the entire episode discussing the latest prestige video game adaptation: Amazon Prime Video’s Fallout. ——— 📺 Review: Fallout 🧭 Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video 🗓️ Release Schedule: All 8 Episodes Available Now ✅ Renewal Status: Renewed for Season 2 📚 Related Titles: Based on the Fallout franchise of games 🤩 Starring: Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins, Kyle MacLachlan 🎬 Created By: Jonathan Nolan (Director/Executive Producer) and Lisa Joy (Executive Producer) 🫣 Spoiler Warning: 🚨 Spoilers for the first 5 episodes: Starting at 0:58 ——— 🔗 Links: 'Fallout' Nabs 65 Million Viewers in First Two Weeks of Availability – Joe Otterson, Variety Boosted by the Fallout TV Show, Fallout 76 Sees Over One Million Players in a Single Day - IGN – Wesley Yin-Poole, IGN ‘Fallout’ Looks Certain For Season 2 With $25M Tax Credit Award & Relocation To California; ‘NCIS: Origins’ Among Shows Receiving Incentives – Dominic Patten, Deadline Amazon’s Fallout show gets the postapocalyptic vibes exactly right – Ash Parrish, The Verge Fallout premiere: A bloated but promising start to the nuclear apocalypse – William Hughes, A.V. Club ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

It’s been 2 years since the “Netflix Correction” and we’re here to correct the record: How did Netflix become the sole survivor of an industry-wide crisis kicked off… by Netflix itself? We’ll take stock of the changes that helped solidify Netflix’s place at the top of the streaming food chain and what that means for the future of the little guys. And speaking of little guys: Peacock! Comcast is eager for their streamer to offset the never-ending losses in their cable TV division, and guess what? It might be working?! Plus it’s the most jam-packed edition of Daily Show Host(s) Watch yet! It’s so much podcast we had to push the review of Fallout to next week! But you can get caught up on Amazon Prime Video now (we’ll be reviewing episodes 1-5). ——— 🔗 Links: Peacock Quarterly Loss Narrows to $639M as Streamer Hits 34M Subscribers – Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’ Moving to Peacock for Season 5 – Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter ‘Daily Show’ Audience Has Stuck Around Since Jon Stewart’s Return – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter ‘The Daily Show’ Signs Up Josh Johnson, Troy Iwata & Grace Kuhlenschmidt As Correspondents – Peter White, Deadline ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

This week we’re playing hide and seek with the ever-talented Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott) in the new Netflix original series Ripley. He’s a conman traipsing through the black-and-white vistas of the Italian coast (let’s call it shabby chic) in this prestige adaptation of the classic novel. But first! Chris plays hide and seek with the Hulu content buried in the new Hulu Hub on Disney+ (it’s like Hulu, but worse!)… Dianne breaks down the big network TV vibes coming to Max… And all of us marvel at the $40 million Disney spent fighting off an activist investor (that’s a whole 1.5 episodes of She-Hulk!). ——— 📺 Review: Ripley 🧭 Where to Watch: Netflix 🗓️ Release Schedule: All 8 Episodes Available Now 📚 Related Titles: Based on The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (Novel) 🤩 Starring: Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn 🎬 Created By: Steven Zaillian (Writer/Director/Executive Producer) 🫣 Spoiler Warnings: 🤫 Light spoilers for first 2 episodes: Starting at 37:57 🚨 Major spoiler for episode 3: Starting at 51:00 This spoiler is mentioned in most of the show’s reviews. ——— 🔗 Links: Disney D-Day: Bob Iger Celebrates Board Battle Win & End Of “Distracting Proxy Contest”; Nelson Peltz “Disappointed” Then Tries To Spin It Into A Win – Dominic Patten, Deadline DirecTV, Dish Back Fubo in Disney-Fox-WBD Sports Streaming Fight – Lucas Manfredi, The Wrap It’s true: people like leaving their TVs on in the background – Emma Roth, The Verge Streamers Are Rediscovering the TV Procedural – Josef Adalian, Vulture ‘FBI’ Trio Renewed At CBS With Flagship Series Scoring Three-Season Deal – Peter White, Deadline Ripley review: Mr. Ripley is as talented as ever – Matt Schimkowitz, A.V. Club (Contains Spoilers!) ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

It’s our Spring Streaming Spectacular featuring our favorite show of the year-so-far: FX’s Shogun (streaming on Hulu!). We’ll share our thoughts before digging into spoilers, plus: Which streamers should you add, keep, and cancel this spring? We have the answers in a shocking edition of Add / Keep / Cancel! And looking for even more Spring shows? We’re doing our first-ever Vibe Check to help you triage your watchlist. ——— 📺 Review: Shogun Spoilers: Overview: Light Spoilers for Episode 1 (starting at 37:35) 🚨 Full Spoilers through Episode 5 (starting at 55:27) Show Stats: Where to Watch: FX and Hulu New Episodes: Tuesdays through April 23 ——— 🔗 Links: Shōgun is here for a good time, not for a long time, creators say – William Hughes, A.V. Club ‘Shogun’ Bosses Detail “Painstaking Process” to Recreate Feudal Japan and Likelihood of Season 2 – Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

Netflix rescued the 30 Rock-infused Peacock comedy Girls5Eva and it’s a comeback we can get behind… even if we’re worried no one is watching. The show has more jokes in a single song than an entire season of Emmy-winning comedy The Bear but, like so many Peacock comedies, has struggled to find an audience. We’ll give you plenty of reasons to binge the 22 episodes now streaming on Netflix… But first! What’s Peacock’s deal anyway? How did it take 4 years for them to figure out that their brand is… NBC? Is there any hope for Paramount? (We’re not holding our breath!) Max goes global! (-ish!) And we’ve got good news and bad news from Hollywood (where intrepid reporter Dianne is live on the ground!) All that and a jam-packed edition of America’s Favorite Game Show: Renewed or Canceled?! ——— 📺 Review: Girls5Eva 🚨 Light Spoilers (But No Big Ones for Season 3) 🚨 Number of Seasons Overall: 3 (All Episodes Available) Renewal Status: To Be Announced Where to Watch Now: Netflix Where It Started: Peacock ——— 🔗 Links: Strikes Delayed TV’s Top Hits, But Audiences Came Back – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter Why film and TV production has been slow after strikes - Los Angeles Times – Christi Carras, Marisa Gerber, The L.A. Times Judd Apatow on Why It’s “Scary” Netflix Can License HBO Shows: “Cheaper Than Making New Ones” – Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter Max to Launch in European Countries in May Ahead of Olympics – Elsa Keslassy, Variety All six seasons of Community are coming to Peacock – Matt Schimkowitz, A.V. Club Sara Bareilles on “Beautiful Collaboration” Writing Songs for ‘Girls5eva’ Soundtrack – Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter Pete Davidson is done with Bupkis – Mary Kate Carr, A.V. Club Showtime decides to un-save Neil Patrick Harris' Uncoupled – William Hughes, A.V. Club CNN To Air Repeats Of ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’ On Saturdays – Peter White, Ted Johnson, Deadline 'The Bear' Renewed for Season 4, Filming Back to Back With Season 3 – Ethan Shanfeld, Variety 'Evil' to End With Season 4 at Paramount+ – Joe Otterson, Variety 'Formula 1: Drive to Survive' Renewed for Season 7 at Netflix – Kasey Moore, whats-on-netflix.com Percy Jackson And The Olympians renewed for season 2 at Disney+ – William Hughes, A.V. Club ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

TV is back and so are we! After a half-season delay (due to last year’s strikes) CBS and ABC are back with their hit sitcoms Ghosts and Abbott Elementary. Despite the extended hiatus both shows are entering their third seasons with a ton of momentum and a stacked (and growing) ensemble. Whether you’re a longtime fan or a brand new viewer: We’ll tell you what you need to know to dive into two of our favorite comedies. Plus: Jon Stewart is back on The Daily Show and bringing in the highest ratings the show has seen since… Jon Stewart was on The Daily Show (go figure!). We’ll share some hot takes on the evolution of late night and the show’s precarious future. But it’s not all laughs in Hollywood: Pilot season has all but vanished, with spring sitcom production down over 90% from a decade ago. Can comedy survive the industry’s historical contraction? We’ll debate the future of funny as we catch up on a lighting round of streaming news! ⚡️ ——— 📺 Review: Abbott Elementary (Season 3) 🚨 Light Spoilers (starting at 43:22) 🚨 Number of Seasons Overall: 3 (Season In Progress) Renewal Status: Renewed for Season 4 Where to Watch: ABC, Hulu Where to Stream Past Seasons: Hulu <h4>Season 1 originally reviewed in Episode #2 (February 11, 2022)</h4> ——— 📺 Review: Ghosts (Season 3) 🚨 Light Spoilers (starting at 56:20) 🚨 Number of Seasons Overall: 3 (Season in Progress) Renewal Status: TBA (CBS will almost definitely renew it— it’s just early for the announcement) Where to Watch: CBS, Paramount+ Where to Stream Past Seasons: Paramount+ Spinoff Of: Ghosts (UK) <h4>Season 1 originally reviewed in Episode #18 (July 29, 2022)</h4> ——— 🔗 Links: ‘Our Flag Means Death’ Creator Says It’s “The End Of The Road” After Comedy Fails To Find New Home – Denise Petski, Deadline 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' on YouTube will now be delayed – Abner Li, 9to5 Google Old True Detective and new True Detective aren’t getting along – Mary Kate Carr, A.V. Club Max to Start Cracking Down on Password Sharing, Too – Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter 'Tacoma FD' Canceled After Four Seasons at TruTV – Joe Otterson, Variety TruTV Adds Nightly Sports Block With New Programs and Big Games – Brian Steinberg, Variety Bob Iger Pushes Back on Marvel Fatigue, But Says Disney Quietly Canceled Movies – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter Netflix Enters Boxing Ring; Streamer Sets Live Fight Between Mike Tyson & Jake Paul – Peter White, Deadline A potential season two of Beef is looking at an insanely stacked cast – Emma Keates, A.V. Club ‘Beef’ Season 2 Eyes Charles Melton, Cailee Spaeny, Jake Gyllenhaal & Anne Hathaway: The Dish – Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline Even more people really wanted to watch Jon Stewart this week – Emma Keates, A.V. Club NBC declares sitcoms about witches are finally back, baby – William Hughes, A.V. Club Reba McEntire Is Returning to TV With a New NBC Comedy: Details – Jackie Manno, NBC Tim Allen Returning to ABC With Comedy ‘Shifting Gears’ – Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter Hollywood Contraction: Actors Struggle To Find Jobs As TV Castings Dry Up – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline ‘Ghosts’ Showrunners Discuss Season 3 Premiere’s Big Reveal & Future Consequences Of That Character’s Departure – Katie Campione, Deadline Abbott Elementary is a local landmark in an exclusive clip from Sunday's post-Oscars episode – Saloni Gajjar, A.V. Club ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

Hihi, this week we’re going undercover with Donald Glover and Maya Erskine on their new Amazon Prime Video original Mr. & Mrs. Smith. It’s inspired by the 2005 blockbuster Brangelina action rom-com, but this new darkly comedic martial thriller has more in common with FX’s The Americans than the title suggests… …and speaking of FX: Peak TV prognosticator (and veteran FX chief) John Landgraf is back with his annual tally of scripted originals and an ominous prediction. With the number of new series in decline, is the era of Peak TV is truly over? (He’s only predicted it twice before, so this time might be for real!) But first! Sony once again poses the question: Should you start hoarding physical media in the attic? Chris explores the wide world of Plex channels… …and Dianne plays a brand new game called Plex or Not?! ——— 📺 Review: Mr. & Mrs. Smith 🚨 Spoiler Alert: First 2 Episodes (starting at 20:35) 🚨 Total Episodes: 8 Episodes (All Episodes Now Streaming) Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video Renewal Status: TBA Related Titles: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) ——— 🔗 Links: Crunchyroll Adds All Funimation Content, Sony Phasing Out Funimation – Todd Spangler, Variety Funimation is shutting down — and taking your digital library with it – Emma Roth, The Verge Streamer Plex launches its long-promised movie rentals store | TechCrunch – Sarah Perez, TechCrunch Peak TV Is Officially Over: FX Tallies 14 Percent Drop in Scripted Series for 2023 – Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter Amazon’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith series is a clever interpolation of the classic spy fantasy – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge Donald Glover and Maya Erskine on Real-Life Marriage, Professional Divorce and When to Walk Away – Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter Donald Glover also compares Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith exit to divorce – Mary Kate Carr, A.V. Club ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

We’re closing the case on our Cozy (and/or Spooky) Winter Mysteries Tour with this winter’s buzziest, prestige-iest detective show: HBO’s True Detective: Night Country. Premiering a decade after the original season— with a whole new creator and showrunner— it’s a show that poses the question “So, like, what is a True Detective, man?” [Insert your best McConaughey voice here.] But first! Will cartoon villain David Zaslav ruthlessly murder Coyote vs. ACME… again?! Can Taylor Swift save Disney+? Can hastily retooling a Moana streaming series as Moana 2 save Disney’s holiday box office? Can anyone explain what Bob Iger is talking about?? And whoops! They made a Sports Hulu! ——— 📺 Review: True Detective Night Country 🚨 Spoiler Alert: First 2 Episodes (starting at 36:38) 🚨 Total Episodes: Anthology, 6 Episodes New Episodes Drop: Sundays at 9 PM ET (through February 18) Where to Watch: HBO (Streaming simultaneously on Max) Related Titles: True Detective (2014) ——— 🔗 Links: Coyote Vs. Acme is probably getting scrapped anyway, in appalling movie news – Mary Kate Carr, A.V. Club The Final Days of ‘Coyote vs. Acme': Offers, Rejections and a Roadrunner Race Against Time | Exclusive – Drew Taylor, The Wrap Taylor Swift Sells 'Eras Tour' Concert Film to Disney+ for $75 Million – Todd Spangler, Variety Disney is re-tooling a Moana TV show into Moana 2, shoving it into theaters this November – William Hughes, A.V. Club Disney Plus will start its password-sharing crackdown this summer – Emma Roth, The Verge Hulu is cracking down on password sharing, just like Disney Plus and Netflix – Sean Hollister, The Verge Disney invests $1.5 billion in Epic to create ‘persistent universe’ tied to Fortnite – Andrew Webster, The Verge Streaming ESPN without cable should launch in 2025. – Richard Lawler, The Verge ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. are putting together a juggernaut sports streaming app – Emma Roth, The Verge ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

It’s week two of our Cozy Winter Mysteries Tour and we’re headed to the south of France for vintage cars, red wine, and a whole lotta Clive Owen (literally) in Monsieur Spade. But first! The Marvels hits Disney+ just as new questions plague the future of the MCU’s streaming plans (RIP our beloved She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law) and we try to unravel Max’s decision to give arch-rival Netflix the keys to Carrie Bradshaw’s kingdom. All that plus a thrilling installment of BUNDLE WATCH. It’s an episode of Streamageddon you can’t afford to miss! ——— 📺 Review: Monsieur Spade 🚨 Spoiler Alert: First Episode (starting at 31:16) 🚨 Total Episodes: Limited Series, 6 Episodes New Episodes Drop: Sundays (through February 18) Where to Watch: AMC+ Related Titles: The Maltese Falcon (1941) ——— 🔗 Links: You’ll be able to watch The Marvels on Disney Plus very soon – Amrita Khalid, The Verge Tatiana Maslany says She-Hulk: Attorney At Law has likely been thrown out of court – Emma Keates, A.V. Club Vincent D'Onofrio wants Kingpin to get his own Joker – William Hughes, A.V. Club Max grounds Kaley Cuoco's The Flight Attendant – William Hughes, A.V. Club HBO’s ‘Sex and the City’ Is Coming to Rival Netflix – James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter Netflix Premium and Starz is $25.99 per month for Verizon customers – Sheena Vasani, The Verge T-Mobile's 'Hulu on Us' perk now available - 9to5Mac – Chance Miller, 9to5Mac ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

The streamers have decreed: Winter is time for cozy mysteries and hard-boiled detective hijinks! We’re investigating this intriguing trend, starting with a review of Hulu’s new series Death and Other Details, starring Mandy Patinkin and a slew of beautiful people who will make you go “I think I know them from something!” But first! The 2023 strikes come back to haunt us… with good news?! Has our (late) night watch come to an end? We’re here with the most unexpected edition of Daily Show Host Watch yet. And is Netflix just, like, cable now? Hit the proverbial bong with us and get ready to have your mind and/or budget blown by the latest moves from the streaming king. ——— 📺 Review: Death and Other Details 🚨 Spoiler Alert: First 3 Episodes (starting at 35:32) 🚨 Total Episodes: 1 Season, 10 Episodes New Episodes Drop: Tuesdays (through March 5) Where to Watch: Hulu ——— 🔗 Links: DGA Announces Revisions To Film & TV Contract, Including Addition Of Streaming Bonus To Match WGA’s – Katie Campione, Deadline Jon Stewart Returns to 'Daily Show' as Monday Host, Executive Producer – Brian Steinberg, Variety John Oliver “Surprised” That Jon Stewart Is Returning To ‘The Daily Show’ & Backs Amber Ruffin Or Roy Wood Jr. To Be Permanent Host – Peter White, Deadline Holy crap, look how small and old 'The Daily Show's' audience has gotten – Peter Kafka, Business Insider Netflix is turning into cable TV – Alex Cranz, The Verge Netflix Adds 13M Subscribers In Blockbuster Earnings Report – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter Netflix is going to take away its cheapest ad-free plan – Emma Roth, The Verge ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

Whoops, we accidentally predicted the future too well in our last episode! So we’re back to catch up on the doom and gloom at Paramount+, the mass hysteria surrounding Amazon Prime Video’s turn to ads, and more news from the past month. Then we’ll make the case for why Marvel’s new “Spotlight” series Echo breathes new life into their struggling TV formula… if you can make it through the first 25 minutes of franchise-mandated flashbacks. Plus it’s a new year, so it’s time to get your streaming house in order. We’ll help you budget with the return of our awards-pending advice segment Add/Keep/Cancel. ——— 📺 Review: Echo 🚨 Light Spoilers: First 3 Episodes (starting at 42:35) 🚨 Total Episodes: 1 Season, 5 Episodes (all released) Where to Watch: Disney+ and Hulu Spinoffs: Hawkeye (Disney+) ——— 🔗 Links: Warner Bros. Discovery in talks to merge with Paramount – Sara Fischer, Axios A merging of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount would be very bad – Alex Cranz, The Verge Max sinks Our Flag Means Death after two seasons – Matt Schimkowitz, A.V. Club Amazon Cutting Hundreds of Jobs at Prime Video and MGM Studios – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th – Chris Welch, The Verge The Mandalorian Has Become the Next Star Wars Movie – Germain Lussier, Gizmodo Star Trek races to announce it's getting a new movie too, okay? – William Hughes, A.V. Club Echo review: A quietly lovely (and very bloody) entry in the superhero canon – Sam Barsanti, A.V. Club All the 2024 TV Show Premiere Dates to Add to Your Calendar – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com