This week, Tubi's streaming of the Super Bowl crushed past years' ratings, but is it sustainable?Nielsen RatingsShow NotesSuper Bowl 2025 Generated $800 Million in Ad Sales for Fox and TubiSuper Bowl 2025 Hits 127.7 Million Viewers, Most-Watched EverCBS and other Paramount channels to disappear from YouTube TV ami... more
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of February 15, 2025.HuluThe Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of a Serial Killer (Feb. 18)Chris Distefano: It’s Just Unfortunate (Feb. 21)A Thousand Blows, season 1 (Feb. 21)NetflixAmerican Murder: Gabby Petito (Feb. 17)Gabby’s Dollhouse, Season 11 (Feb. 17)Court... more
This week, Fox Corp. announces they'll be launching yet another streaming service.Nielsen RatingsShow Notes‘Moana 2’ Buoys Disney's Latest Quarter As Studio Profits SurgeFox Earnings: Fox News Owner Has Big Quarter Ahead of 2025 Super BowlRIP Venu, But Lachlan Murdoch Says Fox Will Finally Launch Its Own DTC Servi... more
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of February 8, 2025.HuluMuslim Matchmaker, season 1 (Feb. 11)SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (Feb. 13)NetflixInheritance Detective, season 1 (Feb. 9)Surviving Black Hawk Down (Feb. 10)Felipe Esparza: Raging Fool (Feb. 11)The Witcher: Sirens of the D... more
This week, Comcast's earnings point to an uncertain future.Nielsen RatingsShow NotesComcast stock sinks as Peacock fails to add more subscribers, broadband losses disappointComcast Execs Talk Cable SpinCo & New NBCUniversal As Wall Street Presses For DetailsPeacock Lost $372 Million in the Final Quarter of 2024Ke... more
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of February 1, 2025.HuluThe Kardashians, season 6 (Feb. 6)NetflixCelebrity Bear Hunt, season 1 (Feb. 5)Envious, season 2 (Feb. 5)Kinda Pregnant (Feb. 5)Prison Cell 211 (Feb. 5)Sintonia, season 5 (Feb. 5)Apple Cider Vinegar, limited series (Feb. 6)The Åre Murd... more
This week, there's no stopping Netflix.Nielsen RatingsShow NotesTed Sarandos Denies ‘Narnia’ Imax Release Is Change To Netflix’s Theatrical StrategyTed Sarandos Says Netflix Would Explore Full Season, Big League Sports “If We Could Make The Economics Work"Netflix Raising Prices On Subscription Plans In U.S.; Ad Ti... more
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of January 25, 2025.HuluParadise, season 1 (Jan. 28)NetflixLiza Treyger: Night Owl (Jan. 28)The Hooligan, season 1 (Jan. 29)The Hot Spot, season 1 (Jan. 29)Six Nations: Full Contact, season 2 (Jan. 29)American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson (Jan. 29)The Recruit, season... more
This week, Prime Video reports on NFL Wild Card and Beast Game ratings.Nielsen RatingsPrime Video Hits Its Largest NFL Audience Ever With Wild Card Game‘Beast Games’ Becomes Prime Video’s Most-Watched Unscripted Show Ever With 50 Million Global ViewersDC's 'Creature Commandos' Renewed for Season 2'The Franchise' C... more
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of January 18, 2025.HuluA Real Pain (Jan. 16)Whiskey on the Rocks, season 1 (Jan. 22)NetflixW.A.G.s to Riches, season 1 (Jan. 22)Night Agent, season 2 (Jan. 23)Soju Rhapsody (Jan. 23)The Sand Castle (Jan. 24)Shafted, season 1 (Jan. 24)Paramount+Star Trek: Se... more
This week, it's not even two weeks into 2025 and there's already some seismic streaming news as the fate of Venu Sports is decided.Nielsen RatingsBehind Disney’s Deal to Merge Hulu + Live TV and Fubo - The New York TimesDisney Agrees to Merge Hulu + Live Into Fubo - BloombergDirecTV and Dish Signal They May Hold Up... more
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of January 11, 2025.HuluRoy Wood Jr.: Lonely Flowers (Jan. 17)NetflixBabanba Banban Vampire, season 1 (Jan. 11)Sakamoto Days (Jan. 11)Kinnikman: Perfect Origin Arc, season 2 (Jan. 12)Single’s Inferno, season 4 (Jan. 14)Public Disorder, season 1 (Jan. 15)Castle... more
This week, we play it safe by not making any predictions, as we instead look at the predictions made by others.Nielsen RatingsShow Notes2025 media predictions from 13 anonymous executivesBig M&A and Bob Iger's future: 13 media executives make their anonymous 2024 predictionsWhat's next for Netflix, Disney and the ... more
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of January 4, 2025.HuluIshura, season 2 (Jan. 8)Goosebumps: The Vanishing (Jan. 10)NetflixWhen the Stars Gossip, season 1 (Jan. 4)My Happy Marriage, season 2 (Jan. 6)WWE Monday Night Raw (Jan. 6, 8 p.m. ET)The Breakthrough, season 1 (Jan. 7)Gabriel Iglesias: L... more
This week, Netflix ends 2024 on a high, but is it high enough? And what does 2025 have in store for streaming and movies?Show NotesNetflix smashes records with NFL doubleheader on Christmas Day - ESPNNetflix NFL Christmas Gameday Reaches 65 Million US ViewersTakeaways from Netflix’s NFL Christmas ratings door-buste... more
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of December 28, 2024.NetflixMaestro in Blue, season 3 (Dec. 28)I Am the Secret in Your Heart (Dec. 30)Suffocating Love (Dec. 30)Avicii - I’m Tim / Avicii - My Last Show (Dec. 31)Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall (Dec. 31)Don’t Die: The ... more
This week, streamers renew series while box office enters the holiday season.Nielsen RatingsShow Notes'Bluey' to Join Disney Experiences at its U.S. Theme Parks and Cruise Line Beginning in 2025Disney to Bring Bluey to Theme Parks in Expansion of Family Franchise'Bluey' Is No. 1 Most-Watched Show In U.S. For 2024... more
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of December 21, 2024.HuluThe Year: 2024 (Dec. 27)NetflixYour Friend, Nate Bargatze (Dec. 24)NFL Football (Dec. 25, 1 p.m. EST)Squid Game, season 2 (Dec. 26)Torching 2024: A Roast of the Year (Dec. 27)Disney+Marvel Animation’s What If…?, season 3 (Dec. 22)Doct... more
This week, David Zaslav made some moves that just might save his company.Nielsen RatingsShow NotesWarner Bros. Discovery Creates New Corporate Structure, Separating Linear Networks From Streaming & Studios; Stock Soars – UpdateComcast Gets Max Bundling Rights Under Warner Bros. Discovery DealAmazon Could Distribut... more
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of December 14, 2024.HuluThe Jetty, season 1 (Dec. 13)Ilana Glazer: Human Magic (Dec. 20)NetflixMarried at First Sight, season 16 (Dec. 14)Saucedo (Dec. 15)Aaron Rodgers: Enigma (Dec. 17)Ronny Chieng: Love to Hate It (Dec. 17)Hotel Bitcoin (Dec. 18)Julia’s St... more
This week, Thanksgiving is time for football and movies.Nielsen RatingsShow NotesAmazon Says NFL Black Friday Interactive Ads Drew 10% Higher EngagementGiants-Cowboys Scores Leads NFL Thanksgiving AudiencesNFL TV Ratings: Can Amazon Keep Up Record TNF Pace?RecommendationsYouTube TV ZenEpic GamesAmazon Prime Ga... more
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of December 7, 2024.HuluJoe Mande: Chill (Dec. 13)A Sudden Case of Christmas (Dec. 13)NetflixThe Great British Baking Show: Holidays, season 7 (Dec. 9)Polo (Dec. 9)Rugged Rugby: Conquer or Die, season 1 (Dec. 9)Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was… (Dec. 10)The K... more
This week, everyone went to the movies.Show NotesThanksgiving Box Office: 'Moana 2', 'Wicked' Lead All-Time $422M HighCreating Big Waves: How Disney’s Marketing Brought The Masses Back For ‘Moana 2’; Sequel’s Promo Campaign Worth $100M+‘It’s Florida, Man’ Renewed For Season 2 By HBO, Opening Door For More Cost-Effe... more
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of November 30, 2024.HuluJim Gaffigan: The Skinny (Nov. 22)Paris Has Fallen (Dec. 6)NetflixFortune Feimster: Crushing It (Dec. 3)The Children’s Train (Dec. 4)Churchill At War (Dec. 4)The Only Girl in the Orchestra (Dec. 4)That Christmas (Dec. 4)Tomorrow and i... more
This week, Disney paints a rosy picture, Comcast dumps their cable channels, WBD and the NBA make nice, Netflix has a live stream, Diamond Sports exits bankruptcy, and more!Nielsen RatingsShow NotesDisney stock jumps as earnings, streaming profit, and guidance top estimatesBob Iger’s Netflix Moment - PuckDisney CE... more