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We’re sending the investigation in a whole new direction this week with our impressions of Season 2 of Hulu’s hit series Only Murders in the Building. It’s a wildly inaccurate portrayal of podcasting, but a delightful and empathetic look at the cloistered lives of quirky city dwellers (Caution: Contains highly relatable and extremely awkward interactions with neighbors). Then we’re revisiting our review of Season 1 of Showtime’s I Love That For You. It’s a series that piqued our interest but left us worried the dark twist would sink the stellar comedic performances. So, how did it turn out for Joanna Gold at SVN? You’ll have to listen to the end to find out! ——— 📺 Review: Only Murders in the Building 🚨 Spoiler Alert for Season 1 (All Episodes) and the first 3 Episodes of Season 2 (starting at 22:49) 🚨 Number of Seasons Overall: 2 Where to Watch: Hulu ——— 📼 Rewind Review: I Love That For You 🚨 Spoiler Alert for ALL EPISODES (starting at 46:45) 🚨 Number of Seasons Overall: 1 Where to Watch: Showtime ——— 🔗 Links: Stranger Things 4 just became the second Netflix show to hit 1 billion hours viewed – David Pierce, The Verge ‘Stranger Things’ Spinoff and Stage Play, Stephen King’s ‘The Talisman’ Up Next for Duffer Brothers at Netflix – Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter Star Wars: Andor’s Second Season Will Jump a Year Every 3 Episodes – James Whitbrook, Gizmodo HBO Max Halts Originals in Parts of Europe in Major Restructure – Manori Ravindran, Variety What’s behind HBO Max’s European Originals Strategy Change? – Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter 'The Simpsons,' 'Family Guy,' 'American Dad!' Production and IT Workers Win Voluntary Union Recognition – Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter The Wild History of the Real ‘Only Murders’ Building – Penelope Green, The New York Times Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

We know nothing says “dark comedy set in Chicago” like beef sandwiches, Wilco, and the actor who played Lip Gallagher on Shameless (Jeremy Allen White), but this is a podcast hosted two natives of the Greater Chicagoland Area! We aren’t just going to give any old Italian beef a pass, so you can trust our sandwich expertise as we dig into a double helping of FX’s The Bear (now streaming on Hulu). Plus we conduct a bloody post-mortem on Season 3 of Barry in our latest Rewind Review (don’t worry, there are plenty of spoiler alerts before we get there!). Yes, finally there’s a podcast brave enough to ask: Where have all our David Krumholtz gone? ——— 📺 Review: The Bear 🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episodes 1-2 (starting at 26:11) 🚨 Episodes Watched for Review: 2 Number of Seasons Overall: 1 (All 8 Episodes Out Now) Where to Watch: FX on Hulu ——— 📼 Rewind Review: Barry 🚨 Spoiler Alert for ALL EPISODES (starting at 50:33) 🚨 Number of Seasons Overall: 3 Where to Watch: HBO and HBO Max ——— 🔗 Links: Here’s why Netflix made you wait a month to watch the rest of Stranger Things – Peter Kafka and Rani Molla, Vox 'Stranger Things' Becomes Nielsen's Most-Streamed Program in One Week – Selome Hailu, Variety ‘Stranger Things’ Creators Discuss ‘George Lucas-ing’ Will’s Birthday, Updating Season 4 After It Premiered, and Their Not-So-Secret Spinoff Show – Kate Aurthur, Variety ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Finale Disney+ Viewership Bests ‘Book Of Boba Fett’ – Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline Disney teases new photo of Santa Clause series ... without Bernard the Hot Elf – Petrana Radulovic, Polygon MSNBC to replace Rachel Maddow with Alex Wagner four nights a week – Jeremy Barr, The Washington Post 'A Black Lady Sketch Show' Creator Robin Thede Signs HBO Overall Deal – Joe Otterson, Variety Review: ‘The Bear’ Is Gorgeously, Addictively Stressful – Jen Chaney, VultureNotes go here ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

We’re diving deep into Disney+ this week with our review of the newest Marvel series, Ms. Marvel (which is giving us big Buffy vibes in the best possible way). PLUS we’re kicking off our “Rewind Reviews” where we revisit shows we reviewed in earlier episodes. First up: The finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi (which, sadly, did not give us any Buffy vibes whatsoever). What more could you ask for? How about a slew of Disney+ news, intriguing new data on ad-supported vs. ad-free streaming, and an exciting game that will reveal the fate of 18 shows. Were they renewed or canceled? Find out on Streamageddon! ——— 📺 Review: Ms. Marvel 🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episodes 1-3 (starting at 35:36) 🚨 Episodes Watched for Review: 3 Number of Seasons Overall: 1 Where to Watch: Disney+ ——— 📼 Rewind Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi 🚨 Spoiler Alert for ALL EPISODES (starting at 1:07:10) 🚨 Episodes Watched for Review: All 6 (including the finale) Number of Seasons Overall: 1 Where to Watch: Disney+ ——— 🔗 Links: How the leading ad-supported streamers compare – Sara Lebow, Insider Intelligence Trends, Forecasts & Statistics Why Isn't Disney+'s LGBTQIA+ Pride Special Streaming on Disney+? – Todd Spangler, Variety Oh no, the dinosaurs are eating Buzz Lightyear's box office money – William Hughes, The A.V. Club Viacom18 Nabs Streaming Rights to India’s Premier League Cricket for $2.6B, Disney Takes TV Rights for $3B – Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter Our Flag Means Death is setting sail for a heartbreaking season 2 – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge The Boys renewed for season 4 at Prime Video – Mary Kate Carr, The A.V. Club 'Made for Love' Canceled at HBO Max After Two Seasons – Jennifer Maas, Variety Netflix says no to expensive vanity projects, says yes to Is It Cake? season 2 – Sam Barsanti, The A.V. Club Earth sentenced to watching the trailer for Chrissy’s Court – Matt Schimkowitz, The A.V. Club 'Raised by Wolves' Canceled at HBO Max After Two Seasons – Jennifer Maas, Variety Roku Channel Renews 'Doomlands,' Greenlights Two Unscripted Series – Wilson Chapman, Variety ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix – Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter TBS Dating Show ‘The Big D’ Canceled Weeks Before Premiere – Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter ‘Snowpiercer’ To End With Season 4 On TNT – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline ‘How We Roll’ Canceled After One Season By CBS – Peter White & Denise Petski, Deadline ‘Wendy Williams Show’ Final Episode Airs Without Wendy Williams – Tom Tapp, Deadline AMC determines Dark Winds strong enough for season two – Matt Schimkowitz, The A.V. Club Craig Robinson's Killing It renewed for season 2 at Peacock – Hattie Lindert, The A.V. Club ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

This week we’re force-ing ourselves to see both the light and dark sides of the newest Star Wars series: Obi-Wan Kenobi (like Ewan McGregor, we are cranky old dad-types now and our jokes will reflect that). We’re reviewing the first four episodes and making our predictions for the final two! We'll take a look at the “Marvel-ization” of the Star Wars universe that’s accelerated since the launch of Disney+ (try to guess how many Star Wars shows are currently in development!) and we’ll try to answer this week’s big questions from the streaming universe. Questions like… Is it cake? What is “Breaking News” anyway? Wait, Premier League Cricket is worth how much? Do you think J.J. Abrams will take our notes about his sci-fi epic Demimonde and give Demi Moore the Emmy she deserves?? No really, is it cake??! And can Netflix pivot to blockbuster movies? In this economy?!?!! ——— 📺 Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi 🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episodes 1-4 (starting at 26:31) 🚨 Episodes Watched for Review: 4 Number of Seasons Overall: 1 Where to Watch: Disney+ Spinoffs: Something called “Star Wars” ——— 🔗 Links: ‘Law & Order’: Anthony Anderson Not Returning For Season 22 – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline The Ticking Time Bomb That Could Undercut Disney Stock – Gavin Bridge, Variety J.J. Abrams’ ‘Demimonde’ Dead at HBO – Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter AT&T Drops Free HBO Max From Top Unlimited Wireless Plan – Todd Spangler, Variety CNN cutting back on over-hyping everything as "breaking news" – Sara Fischer, Axios Netflix changes how it produces movies to compete with Disney Plus – Alex Cranz, The Verge Netflix says no to expensive vanity projects, says yes to ‘Is It Cake?’ season 2 – Sam Barsanti, The A.V. Club ‘Stranger Things’ Surges Past ‘Obi-Wan’ In Streaming Showdown, Posting Biggest U.S. Debut Since March 2020, Nielsen Says – Dade Hayes, Deadline The Mandalorian season 3 debuts February 2023 – Jay Peters, The Verge Watch the first trailer for Andor, coming to Disney Plus in August – Jay Peters, The Verge ‘Star Wars: Tales Of The Jedi’ animated anthology series announced – Matt Schimkowitz, The A.V. Club Star Wars: The Bad Batch – _Wikipedia_Notes go here ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

Check out our YouTube playlist featuring some of our favorite SNL moments! ——— Live from New York… it’s your favorite podcast about TV and streaming! This week we take a break from reviewing the newest and buzziest shows so we can review one of the oldest and buzziest shows: NBC’s Saturday Night Live. We’ll break down the recent season finale of the sketch comedy show’s 47th year, share some of our favorite all-time SNL moments, and discuss this year’s big cast departures and what it means for the future of the show. Plus new details on the upcoming ad-supported version of Disney+, the latest on the Netflocalypse, big names coming to streaming news, and Chris corrects the record in regards to Ted Danson. ——— 📺 Review: Saturday Night Live (Season 47) 🚨 Spoiler Alert for Season 47, Episode 21 (Natasha Lyonne with Musical Guest Japanese Breakfast) (starting at 53:21) 🚨 Number of Seasons Overall: 47 (!!!) Where to Watch: NBC Where to Stream: Peacock (And Hulu, but only until this fall) Spinoffs: Countless ——— 🔗 News Links: ‘Mr. Mayor’ Canceled By NBC After Two Seasons – Peter White, Denise Petski, Deadline MSNBC announces new Jen Psaki streaming show – Sara Fischer, Axios Chris Wallace to Host Sunday Primetime Show for CNN and HBO Max as Chris Licht Previews Rebooted News Network – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter J.J. Abrams’ ‘Demimonde’ In Limbo Over Budget, Warner Bros Discovery Deal Scrutiny – Nellie Andreeva, Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline Discovery might not be interested in J.J. Abrams' Demimonde – Matt Schimkowitz, The A.V. Club Disney Plus with ads will keep the breaks down to four minutes per hour – Emma Roth, The Verge Paramount will no longer license major IP to other streamers – Mary Kate Carr, The A.V. Club Landmark UK Research Shine Spotlight On Streamer Churn – Max Goldbart, Deadline Stranger Things creators pissed after season 4 Monopoly spoilers – William Hughes, The A.V. Club Bela Bajaria Is on the 2022 TIME 100 List – Mindy Kaling, TIME Netflix is carving out a little niche for itself as the home of transphobic comedy – Mary Kate Carr, The A.V. Club ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

We love this episode for you, and not just because we’re reviewing the new Showtime comedy I Love That For You starring Vanessa Bayer, Molly Shannon, and Jenifer Lewis. Plus: Netflix accelerates their plan to introduce ads (and crack down on password sharing), Disney+ beats growth expectations, Hulu plans for the post-NBC world by picking up Schitt’s Creek, and we discuss the best (and worst) rated shows on a strange streaming service called Network TV (we hope you like Dick Wolf spinoffs!). ——— 📺 Review: I Love That for You 🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episodes 1-2 (starting at 59:31) 🚨 Episodes Watched for Review: 2 Number of Seasons Overall: 1 Where to Watch: Showtime ——— 🔗 Links: TV Upfronts 2022: Burning Questions for Broadcast Networks – Lesley Goldberg, Rick Porter, and Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter Upfronts 2022: Last-Minute Pilot Buzz – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline Broadcast Rankings: The Highest and Lowest-Rated Scripted TV Series of the 2021-2022 Season – Jennifer Maas, Variety NBC Renews ‘Law & Order,’ ‘L&O: Organized Crime’ for 2022-23 – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter Disney+ Hits 137.7M Subscribers, Beating Wall Street Expectations in Streaming – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter Netflix Tells Employees Ads May Come by the End of 2022 – John Koblin and Nicole Sperling, The New York Times 'Schitt's Creek' Will Leave Netflix for Hulu in the U.S. – Todd Spangler, Variety How Roku Is Trying to Make 'Schitt' Happen With Canadian Sitcom 'Children Ruin Everything' – Jennifer Maas, Variety Redbox to Be Acquired in $375 Million Deal by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment – Todd Spangler, Variety ‘Saved By The Bell’ Canceled At Peacock After 2 Seasons – Peter White and Rosy Cordero, Deadline ‘Jack Ryan’ To End With Season 4, Spinoff Starring Michael Peña Eyed – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline HBO leaks Westworld S4 teaser trailer and June 26th release date – Richard Lawler, The Verge Creator Jesse Armstrong says writing on Succession season 4 is "almost done" – Gabrielle Sanchez, The A.V. Club 'Succession' star James Cromwell glues hand to Starbucks counter to protest vegan milk charges – AP News ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

This week we’re chasing our Hollywood dreams with HBO’s Barry, which just returned to TV after 3 years where absolutely nothing noteworthy happened in the world. Get caught up (or meet Bill Hader’s Barry Berkman for the first time) as we break our review into two parts: First we’ll revisit the first episode from 2018 and talk about what makes it such a killer pilot, then we’ll dig into a spoiler-packed discussion of the first two episodes of Season 3. Plus, the latest on the Netflocalypse, a flurry of action from the newly-merged Warner Bros. Discovery (forever known as “WaBroDisco”), and a listener question about the future of streaming news caps off our in memoriam tribute to CNN+. ——— 📺 Review: Barry 🚨 Spoiler Alert for Season 1, Episode 1 (starting at 40:41) 🚨 🚨 Spoiler Alert for Season 3, Episodes 1-2 (starting at 59:42) 🚨 Number of Seasons Overall: 3 Where to Watch: HBO Where to Stream: HBO Max ——— 🔗 Links: CNN+ Streaming Service Will Shut Down Weeks After Its Start – Michael M. Grynbaum, John Koblin and Benjamin Mullin, The New York Times Warner Bros. Discovery Cuts Scripted Programming at TBS, TNT – Jennifer Maas and Joe Otterson, Variety Blame the Emmys for This Month's Ridiculous Number of TV Premieres – Michael Schneider, Variety Netflix’s Big Wake-Up Call: The Power Clash Behind the Crash – Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter ‘Space Force’ Canceled By Netflix After 2 Seasons – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline Netflix kills the ‘Bone’ show as its Original Animation department pretty much falls apart – William Hughes, The A.V. Club Netflix’s Sonic show has Sonic and rings and what more could we want – Petrana Radulovic, Polygon What Do Netflix’s Tudum Layoffs Actually Mean for Media? – Tirhakah Love, Vulture ‘Barry’: What to Remember Before Season 3 – Brian Tallerico, Vulture Interview: Anthony Carrigan on NoHo Hank's big reveal in last night's Barry – Alison Foreman, The A.V. Club ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

We’re hitting the high seas this week as we cruise through the entire first season of the queer pirate rom com we didn’t know we needed: Our Flag Means Death. But first: Join us as we sail into stormy weather with Netflix’s salty subscriber numbers, search for the treasure buried in the latest video game adaptations, voyage to the far off land of the Amazon (dot-com), and accidentally deliver a eulogy for CNN+ before scattering the young streamer’s ashes into the vast ocean of entertainment. ——— 📺 Review: Our Flag Means Death 🚨 Spoiler Alert for Season 1 (starting at 42:16) 🚨 Episodes Watched for Review: 10 Number of Seasons Overall: 1 Where to Watch: HBO Max ——— 🔗 Links: Netflix Loses 200,000 Subscribers in Q1, Predicts Loss of 2 Million More in Q2 – Jennifer Maas, Variety Netflix to Launch Advertising-Supported Cheaper Plans – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter Amazon, Disney and Other Streamers Are Embracing Ads – John Koblin and Tiffany Hsu, The New York Times BREAKING: CNN Plus is shutting down only a month after it launched – David Pierce, The Verge Scoop: CNN+ looks doomed – Sara Fischer, Axios CNN+ struggles to lure viewers, drawing under 10,000 daily users – Alex Sherman, CNBC IMDb TV Streaming Service Rebrands As Amazon Freevee – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline 'Dancing With the Stars' Moves to Disney Plus After 30 Seasons on ABC – Jennifer Maas, Variety Jason Momoa reportedly in talks to star in the Minecraft movie – Jay Peters, The Verge Mike Judge and Greg Daniels making Exploding Kittens Netflix show – Sam Barsanti, The A.V. Club How Our Flag Means Death’s creator made a period romance disguised as a pirate comedy – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge Everything the creator of Our Flag Means Death has said about a season 2 – Zosha Millman, Polygon The Shadow That Queerbaiting Casts on Gay Romance – Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

You’ve got questions about The Thing About Pam and we’ve got… even more questions! Those questions include: Are we terrible people for slurping down every second of this show like it’s a giant generic fountain soda in the clutches of Renée Zellweger‘s fat-suit-clad hands? How should we feel about the complicated ethics of a show— based on a podcast based on an episode of Dateline— that treats the real-life murder at the center of the story like the punchline of a joke? And do the tonal similarities to Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber mean that Renée Zellweger is the Joseph Gordon-Levitt of network television?? Listen in as we grapple with these existential questions, catch up on the latest streaming news, and ponder the future of TV shows based on video games. Plus: There’s a new comedy streaming on… Grindr? Sure, why not! ——— 📺 Review: The Thing About Pam 🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episodes 1-4 (starting at 25:00) 🚨 Episodes Watched for Review: 3 Number of Seasons Overall: 1 Where to Watch: NBC Where to Stream: Peacock Based On: The Dateline Podcast The Thing About Pam (based on the episode of Dateline) ——— 🔗 Links: In “Russian Doll,” Natasha Lyonne Barrels Into the Past – Rachel Syme, The New Yorker Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Disney Plus premiere will be two days late – Jay Peters, The Verge James Bond Game Show ‘007’s Road to a Million’ Is Casting – Ashley Shannon Wu, Vulture HBO Max adds a shuffle button to help you find something to watch – Catie Keck, The Verge ‘Halo’ Sets Premiere Viewership Record For Paramount+ – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline ‘Fallout’ TV Series: Walton Goggins and Ella Purnell Star – Bethy Squires, Vulture Bridesman Trailer from Grindr Stars Other Two’s Jimmy Fowlie – Justin Curto, Vulture 'The Thing About Pam' Premiere Ratings Jump Nearly 400% With Digital – Jennifer Maas, Variety ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

We’re bringing sexy back this week with our review of the excellent new HBO Max comedy Minx. But first we share our love of corporations, brainstorm potential MGM reboots for Amazon, and beg our parents not to kick us off their Netflix in response to the streamer’s potential crackdown on password sharing. Oh, and a story about a pigeon. 🐦 ——— 📺 Review: Minx 🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episodes 1 and 2 (starting at 38:19) 🚨 Episodes Watched for Review: 2 Number of Seasons Overall: 1 Where to Watch: HBO Max ——— 🔗 Links: Netflix Adds ‘Servant of the People’ With Ukraine President Zelensky – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter 'Abbott Elementary' Renewed for Season 2 by ABC – Michael Schneider, Variety Disney reportedly adds same-sex kiss back into Lightyear amid "Don't Say Gay" controversy – William Hughes, The A.V. Club Netflix to Test Adding Fee for Account Sharing – J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter Why Netflix is starting to crack down on password sharing – Catie Keck, The Verge Christina Ricci Joins ‘Wednesday’, Netflix’s Addams Family Series – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline HBO Max and Discovery Plus Will Be Combined Into One Platform – Jennifer Maas, Variety Amazon Closes MGM Acquisition in $8.5 Billion Deal – Jennifer Maas, Variety 'The Thing About Pam' Premiere Ratings Jump Nearly 400% With Digital – Jennifer Maas, Variety Jake Johnson, Star of HBO Max’s ‘Minx’, Is Pro-Dirtbag – Katja Vujić, The Cut ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

This week we’re reviewing Showtime’s Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber and we’re so pumped we might say “super pumped” even more times than Joseph Gordon-Levitt does in the pilot. But first, in the news: We’re super pumped for the Peacockalypse (coming this fall to Hulu!), but we’re super NOT pumped about Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s pathetic response to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. And only time will tell if we’ll ever be super pumped for streaming news services like CNN+ and Peacock’s new “MSNBC Hub on Peacock” (in case you weren’t aware that it’s on Peacock). Oh, and for some reason Chris’s Roku wants him to know that Judge Jeanine Pirro has a thing for American castles (of which there are… many?). ——— 📺 Review: Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber 🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episodes 1-2 (starting at 39:05) 🚨 Episodes Watched for Review: 2 Number of Seasons Overall: 1 Where to Watch: Showtime Where to Watch the Pilot: Free on YouTube! Spinoffs: Supposedly in the works ——— 🔗 Links: CNN+ to Cost $2.99 a Month at Launch – J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter After Zucker exit, CNN pushes ahead with new streaming service – Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times MSNBC Pivots Streaming Strategy, Will Add TV Shows to Rebranded Peacock Channel – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter NBCU Ends Hulu Next-Day TV Deal With Disney to Keep Shows for Peacock – Todd Spangler, Variety Disney+ Advertising Tier: Behind a Drive for Streaming Profits – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter The first trailer for Obi-Wan Kenobi teases the ultimate Star Wars rematch – Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge Disney’s queer characters won’t hide its funding of real villains – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge Russian Doll season 2 is coming April 20th – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber | Series Premiere | Free Full Episode – Showtime (via YouTube) ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, is a political outsider fighting for his nation’s democracy, but his rise to power involves a hit Ukrainian sitcom about… a political outsider fighting for his nation’s democracy. Yes, we’re here to review the pilot of our new favorite anxiety-ridden satire: Servant of the People. ——— 📺 Review: Servant of the People 🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episode 1 (starting at 34:51) 🚨 Episodes Watched for Review: Pilot Number of Seasons Overall: 3 Where to Watch: YouTube Spinoffs: The literal presidency of Volodymyr Zelenskyy ——— 🔗 Links: You can watch the Netflix Marvel shows on Disney+ starting March 16 – Sarah Whitten, CNBC New and returning customers can get 80 percent off Paramount Plus for three months – Sheena Vasani, The Verge ‘Euphoria’ Season 2 Finale Measures 6.6M Viewers, Marks Season Highs – Alexandra Del Rosario, Deadline SAG Awards Are the Talk of Twitter as 'Euphoria' Finale Wows – Amber Dowling, Variety Greg Daniels says his idea for a reboot of The Office is a bit like The Mandalorian – Savannah Olson, The A.V. Club John DiMaggio To Return For ‘Futurama’ Revival On Hulu – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline Chris Licht Expected To Lead CNN After Discovery-WarnerMedia Merger – Ted Johnson, Deadline Disney and Warner Bros. Will Pause Releasing Films in Russia – Germain Lussier, Gizmodo Netflix Declines to Carry Russian Propaganda Channels – Naman Ramachandran, Variety ‘The White Lotus’ 2: Episode Count Revealed As Filming Starts In Sicily & Jennifer Coolidge’s Return Is Confirmed – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy brings an actor’s skill to wartime politics – Emily VanDerWerff, Vox Before He Was Ukraine’s President, Zelensky Was Ukraine’s Paddington – Justin Curto, Vulture Russian TV axes show starring Ukraine's leader after Putin joke – Andrew Roth, The Guardian Volodymy Zelensky Series ‘Servant Of The People’ Sells To Channel 4 – Max Goldbart, Deadline ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

OBJECTION! This revival is leading the witness! ——— 📺 Review: Law & Order (Revival) 🚨 Spoiler Alert for S21 E01 (starting at 1:02:00) 🚨 Episodes Watched for Review: The Original CBS Pilot, 1988 S01 E01 (NBC Pilot), 1990 S05 E01 (The Introduction of Jack McCoy), 1995 S20 E23 (The “Series Finale”), 2010 S21 E01, 2022 Number of Seasons Overall: 21 Where to Watch: NBC Where to Stream: Peacock, Hulu Where to Stream Past Seasons: Peacock, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video Spinoffs: Special Victims Unit, Organized Crime, Criminal Intent, Trial by Jury, LA, True Crime (plus some international versions) ——— 🔗 Links: 2022 Winter Olympics viewership: TV ratings don’t capture huge YouTube, social media audience. – Michael J. Socolow, Slate ‘Abbott Elementary’ Episode 2 ABC Best Comedy Ratings ‘Modern Family’ – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline All of Netflix’s Marvel shows are moving to Disney Plus in Canada – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge Paramount Stock Slips on Aggressive Streaming Plans, Analyst Downgrade – Todd Spangler, Variety David Zaslav Pledges Cost Discipline After WarnerMedia Merger As Streaming ‘Spending Wars’ Intensify – Jennifer Maas, Variety Peacock to launch “True Crime Tuesdays” beginning in March – Justin Anderson, Realscreen The workers behind Rick and Morty and Solar Opposites are unionizing – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge ‘Inventing Anna’ Scores Most Hours Watched For An English-Language Series Since Netflix Revised Ratings – Peter White, Deadline Stranger Things’ fourth and penultimate season is being split in two – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge Law & Order - Wikipedia Sam Waterston says you’re supposed to get mad at the new Law & Order – Sam Barsanti, The A.V. Club ‘Law & Order’ Is Having an Identity Crisis – Pete Tosiello, The New York Times ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

We’re doing double duty this week with a pair of boozy dramedies: Single Drunk Female (Freeform) and The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (Netflix). But first: ViacomCBS is going all-in on their Paramount branding and announcing more new projects than we know what to do with (Smurfs! Sonic! Baby Shark!), Netflix is losing their Marvel shows, and we get a peek at the ratings for The Book of Boba Fett and talk about Disney’s streaming strategy. Grab a glass of wine (or a club soda) and join us! ——— 📺 Review #1: Single Drunk Female 🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episodes 1-2 (starting at 35:15) 🚨 Episodes Watched for Review: 2 Number of Seasons Overall: 1 Where to Watch: Netflix ——— 📺 Review #2: The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window 🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episodes 1-2 (starting at 50:58) 🚨 Episodes Watched for Review: 2 Number of Seasons Overall: 1 Where to Watch: Freeform Where to Stream: Hulu ——— 🔗 Links: NBC's Winter Olympics ratings hit record low – William Hughes, The A.V. Club Taylor Sheridan sets multiple Paramount Plus shows after Mayor Of Kingstown and 1883 – Saloni Gajjar, The A.V. Club ViacomCBS Changes Corporate Name to Paramount – Cynthia Littleton, Variety Halo TV series renewed for a second season – Sam Barsanti, The A.V. Club Sonic The Hedgehog: ‘Knuckles’ Series With Idris Elba In Works At Paramount+ – Justin Kroll, Deadline Multiple ‘Smurfs’ Movies in Works at Paramount, Nickelodeon – Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter Baby Shark will get a full-length movie on Paramount Plus in 2023 – Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge HBO Max starting out the year on a strong note – @SouthernValue95, Twitter (via @loudmouthjulia) How To With John Wilson is renewed for a third season – Tatiana Tenreyro, The A.V. Club John Wilson on making the world of How To With John Wilson even bigger in season 2 – Danette Chavez, The A.V. Club ‘Barry’: Season 3 Premiere Set At HBO – Rosy Cordero, Deadline Documentary Now! will finally return for season 4 in 2022 – Saloni Gajjar, The A.V. Club Marvel's 'The Defenders' Shows Leaving Netflix on March 1st – Kasey Moore, What's on Netflix ‘Book Of Boba Fett’ Finale Viewership 36% Higher Than ‘Mandalorian’ – Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline Disney is placing its bets on sports streaming and the metaverse – Catie Keck, The Verge ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

This week we’re going back to sitcom school with Quinta Brunson’s excellent new series Abbott Elementary, a family-friendly network comedy that somehow gave us permission to talk about OnlyFans and foot fetishes (thank you, Janelle James). It airs on ABC, we swear! But first we’ll discuss how to stream the Winter Olympics (Peacock!), our secret desire for an all-Stephen-Root streaming service (Root Premium Plus!), and Amazon’s decision to deliver a price hike for Prime (are there free returns for our feelings?). Oh, there’s also a story about Rudy Giuliani and The Masked Singer in there somewhere, but we’re pretty sure we hallucinated the whole thing (please, please let it be a hallucination). And at the end of the episode Dianne shares her love of Somebody Somewhere while Chris ponders his place in the ever-expanding Danny McBride-verse as he sings the praises of The Righteous Gemstones. It’s a jam-packed hour of streaming from your favorite 5-star TV podcast! (We’re absolutely going to milk that while it’s technically true.) ———— 📺 Review: Abbott Elementary 🚨 Spoiler Alert for Season 1, Episodes 1-5 (starting at 22:12) 🚨 Episodes Watched for Review: First 5 Number of Seasons Overall: 1 (Currently airing) Where to Watch: ABC (Tuesdays, 9 PM Eastern) Where to Stream: Hulu ———— 🔗 Links: ‘Yellowstone’ Renewed For Season 5 At Paramount Network – Peter White, Deadline How to stream the 2022 Winter Olympics – Catie Keck, The Verge Amazon Prime’s price is going up to $139 per year – Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge Rudy Giuliani ‘Masked Singer’ Reveal Leads Ken Jeong, Robin Thicke To Walk Off – Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline Preview: The Good, The Bad, And The Cuddly | Season 7 | THE MASKED SINGER – YouTube Netflix’s 2022 movie slate looks absolutely stacked – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge Now You Can Easily Tidy Up Your Continue Watching Row on All Devices – Christine Doig-Cardet, Netflix Quinta Brunson Made Network TV Cool Again – Ashley Ray-Harris, Vulture ‘Abbott Elementary’ Becomes First ABC Comedy Premiere To Quadruple In MP35 – Alexandra Del Rosario, Deadline ———— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

It’s our first episode and Streamageddon is already living up to its name with an apocalyptic amount of streaming news, including hot takes on the Netflix price hike and the company’s slowing growth. Then we ask the big questions: Do we Peacock comedy? Also, why does Peacock have so many tiers? And what does wrestling have to do with Peacock anyway? (Related question: Are the wrestlers actual peacocks?) Finally we gallop into our first review: THE MOST POPULAR SHOW ON CABLE (that you aren’t watching). 📺 Review: Yellowstone 🚨 Spoiler Alert for Season 1 (starting at 32:15) 🚨 Episodes Watched for Review: First 4 episodes (Season 1) Number of Seasons Overall: 4 (Renewed for Season 5) Where to Watch: Paramount Network (not to be confused with Paramount+) Where to Stream Past Seasons: Peacock! Spinoffs: 1883, The Mayor of Kingstown (not to be confused with Mare of Easttown) 🔗 Links: How ‘Lucifer’ Topped ‘Squid Game’ on Nielsen’s 2021 Streaming Chart — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter Netflix stock plunges as company misses growth forecast — Catie Keck, The Verge Why Netflix keeps cranking up its prices — Catie Keck, The Verge Peacock Loss Grows to $1.7 Billion in 2021 as Comcast Q4 Tops Expectations — Todd Spangler, Variety Peacock Subscriber Updates, Stats On WWE Fans Using Peacock — Marc Middleton, Wrestling Inc Adam’s Netflix Tweet — @AdamSzymkowicz ViacomCBS — Wikipedia Paramount Movie Network Put On Ice As ViacomCBS Nixes Rebrand Plans For ‘Yellowstone’ Network — Peter White, Deadline Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com

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