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August 14, 2026Episode 4310 min

What’s New in Streaming - August 15, 2026

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of August 15, 2026. Netflix To the Max (Aug. 14) Kelsey Cook: Happy Hour (Aug. 18) On the Road, season 1 (Aug. 18) Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing (Aug. 19) Here the Whole Time (Aug. 19) Love Is Blind UK, season 3 (Aug. 19) Blood Sacrifice (Aug. 20) Outer Banks, season 4 (Aug. 20) S & X, season 1 (Aug. 20) Facing El Chapo (Aug. 21) Disney+ Disney Princess: The Ultimate Concert Celebration (Aug. 16) Disney Worldbuilders (Aug. 20) Lion (Aug 20) LEGO Disney Princess: Magical Mayhem (Aug. 21) HBO Max Lanterns, season 1 (Aug. 16) Conan O’Brien Must Go, season 3 (Aug. 20) Paramount+ Average Joe, season 2 (Aug. 19) Prime Video Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter (Aug. 19) Back to the 90s (Aug. 21) Apple TV The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (Aug. 21) Stillwater, season 5 (Aug. 21) Tubi My Husband’s Sister (Aug. 21) Hallmark+ Aussie at Heart (Aug. 15)

August 10, 2026Episode 449 min

Streaming Into the Void - August 9, 2026 - The Bad News Keeps Coming for Paramount as the Streaming Wars Move Into a New Phase

This week, Paramount got more bad news in their efforts to merge with Warner Bros., and Disney, YouTube, and others look to the next phase in the future of streaming. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Judge Sets Paramount-Warner Bros. Antitrust Trial for March 2027 Paramount's Takeover Of Warner Bros. Cleared By UK Authorities How David Ellison (And Kamala Harris) Could Rescue Paramount-WBD Deal David Ellison Is Ready to Talk About CNN, but What About Bari Weiss? Opinion | David Ellison: In Defense of the Paramount-Warner Deal - The New York Times Larry Ellison Bet It All on the A.I. Boom. Will He Be the Face of the A.I. Bubble? - The New York Times / Five Takeaways From the Times Investigation Into Larry Ellison’s A.I. Gamble Paramount, Warners Bros. Staffers In Limbo and Denial as Merger Deal Drags On Paramount Q2 Profit Dips, With Streaming Boost Offset by TV Declines Warner Bros. Discovery Q2 Content Revenue Crashes on Rough Box Office Comps Disney beats earnings estimates in CEO Josh D'Amaro's first full quarter — and strikes a TikTok deal Disney earnings beat lifts shares despite revenue miss Disney and TikTok Ink Wide-Ranging Deal, Videos From Tech Platform Will Be Added to Disney+ NBCUniversal-YouTube deal could jump-start next streaming wars chapter Our expanded partnership with NBCUniversal: Redefining the modern entertainment subscription NBCUniversal and YouTube Announce Global Strategic Partnership, Expanding Reach of Peacock and NBCUniversal Content Across YouTube’s Industry-Leading Platforms 'The Five Star Weekend' Renewed For Season 2 By Peacock; Who Returns? What We've Been Doing Ted Lasso

August 7, 2026Episode 428 min

What’s New in Streaming - August 8, 2026

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of August 8, 2026. Netflix The Ribbon Hero (Aug. 8) Mourinho (Aug. 11) Rory Scovel: Show Must Go On (Aug. 11) Nando: Between Two Worlds (Aug. 12) A Child of My Own (Aug. 13) MLB at Field of Dreams (Aug. 13 at 6:30 p.m. ET) My Brilliant Career, season 1 (Aug. 13) This, That and Everything in Between (Aug. 13) Tires, season 3 (Aug. 13) Don’t Say Good Luck (Aug. 14) Moria, season 1 (Aug. 14) My Best Friend, His Girlfriend, and Me (Aug. 14) Disney+ Travis Barker: Louder than Fear (Aug. 13) Camp Rock 3 (Aug. 14) The X-Files: I Want to Believe Vrach Frankenshteyn (Aug. 14) HBO Max Whitmer Thomas: Terminal Crew of Dudes (Aug. 14) Prime Video The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls (Aug. 9) Reacher, season 4 (Aug. 12) Apple TV Women in Blue, season 2 (Aug. 12) Tubi Why Are You Single? (Aug. 8) Hallmark+ Absolutely Devoted to You (Aug. 8)

August 3, 2026Episode 345 min

Streaming Into the Void - August 2, 2026 - Let's All Go to the Movies!

This week, as the streaming wars heat up, a box office record is brewing. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Paramount Pitches Judge On November Start Of WBD Merger Antitrust Trial, While State AGs & WGA Propose April Could Declining Cable TV Business Undo Paramount-WBD Merger? David Ellison Addresses Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Delay Amid State AGs’ Lawsuit in Staff Memo: ‘The Facts and the Law Are on Our Side’ Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount Peacock to Be Included With YouTube Premium in Major Streaming Tie-Up Disney Selling A+E Global Media Stake To Hearst In Billion-Dollar Deal FCC chairman defends actions against ABC, says broadcasters must operate 'in the public interest' 'God Of War' To Recast Lead Kratos After Ryan Hurst Injury (Exclusive) 'Robocop' Reboot Series Set at Prime Video Afterlife With Archie Ordered To Series: 'New Version' Of The Live-Action Riverdale Gang Coming To Disney+ In 2027 - TVLine ‘Wonder Man’ Not Returning for Season 2 at Disney+ (EXCLUSIVE) DC kills Our Flag Means Death creator's Booster Gold show Josh Lucas Joins Nicole Kidman & Elle Fanning In Paramount+ Legal Drama 'Discretion' Kenneth Branagh Stars In Scottish Highland Drama 'Laird' Ordered By Paramount+ From Jez Butterworth & 101 Studios Netflix Renews Tyler Perry's 'Beauty In Black' For Season 4 Rebecca Yarros' 'Peculiar Stars' Heads To Apple TV For Adaptation Benicio Del Toro To Star In Apple Comedy Series ‘Protective Custody’ Apple’s ‘The Morning Show’ To End With Season 5 What We've Been Doing The Bear Assassin's Creed® Origins on Steam Spider-Man: Brand New Day

July 31, 2026Episode 4113 min

What’s New in Streaming - August 1, 2026

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of August 1, 2026. Netflix Gate24: The Border, season 1 (Aug. 2) Let’s Marry Harry (Aug. 5) Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy (Aug. 5) One Hundred Years of Solitude, part 2 (Aug. 5) My Life with the Walter Boys, season 3 (Aug.6) The Last House (Aug. 7) Our Sticky Love, season 1 (Aug. 7) Ricky Gervais' Alley Cats (Aug. 7) Disney+ The Devil Wears Prada 2 (Jul. 29) ESPN Jeopardy!, season 1 (Jul. 31) Futurama, season 14 (Aug. 3) Betrayal: Dirty Secrets, season 4 (Aug. 4) The Shards, season 1 (Aug. 5) Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi (Aug. 5) Flex x Cop, season 2 (Aug. 7) HBO Max Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks (Aug. 4) Monsters of God (Aug. 6) Paramount+ Lioness, season 3 (Aug. 2) Special Ops True (Aug. 4) The Challenge: Cutthroat (Aug. 5) Peacock The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (Jul. 30) You, Me, and Tuscany (Aug. 7) Prime Video Sterling Point, season 1 (Aug. 5) Apple TV Ted Lasso, season 4 (Aug. 5) Acorn TV The Chelsea Detective, season 4 (Aug. 3) Hallmark+ Toast to Italy (Aug. 1)

July 27, 2026Episode 236 min

Streaming Into the Void - July 26, 2026 - It Doesn't Look Good for Paramount

This week, no matter how they spin it, the rulings in court this week were not good news for Paramount-Skydance and their desire to take over Warner Bros.-Discovery. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Judge Grants Order To Pause Paramount-WBD Merger Judge Extends Emergency Order Pausing Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Paramount Seeks Three-Day Evidentiary Hearing As Judge Considers Preliminary Injunction To Halt Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Writers Guild Seeks Preliminary Injunction To Halt Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery Merger; Wants Case Timing Aligned With State AG Suit Paramount agrees to delay Warner Bros. merger into 2027 - Engadget Paramount-Warner Deal at Risk of Delays Costing Billions - Bloomberg Paramount Agrees to Delay Warner Bros. Merger for Months - The New York Times Paramount shareholder lawsuit accuses Ellisons of corruption - Los Angeles Times Paramount Takeover Of Warner Bros. Wins EU Approval WGA Sues To Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Comcast's Peacock records first ever profit on World Cup, 'Love Island USA' boost | Reuters With NBCUniversal Becoming “Independent”, Talks With Potential Partners Are Under Way, Comcast Execs Say Comcast earnings highlight NBCUniversal strength ahead of planned split Telemundo Is The Real Winner Of This Year’s World Cup What We've Been Doing The Bear Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Assassin's Creed® Origins on Steam

July 24, 2026Episode 408 min

What’s New in Streaming - July 25, 2026

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of July 25, 2026. Netflix Mary Beth Barone: Galaxy Brain (Jul. 28) Final Project, season 1 (Jul. 29) Wrath, season 1 (Jul.29) The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (Jul. 30) Man of Virtue, season 1 (Jul. 31) The Vacation Principle (Jul. 31) Disney+ Furious, season 1 (Jul. 27) Lollapalooza Livestream (Jul. 30 - 31) Paramount+ Diarra From Detroit, season 2 (Jul. 29) Prime Video The Devil’s Mouth (Jul. 29) Batman: Caped Crusader, Season 2 (Jul. 31) Apple TV Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy (Jul. 31) Acorn TV The Ridge, season 1 (Jul. 27) AMC+ The Walking Dead: Dead City, season 3 (Jul. 26) Starz Fightland, season 1 (Jul. 31) Hallmark+ Love Under the Mistletoe (Jul. 25)

July 20, 2026Episode 140 min

Streaming Into the Void - July 19, 2026 - The States Will See Paramount in Court

This week, 12 states file suit to block the Paramount-Skydance merger with Warner Bros.-Discovery. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is Challenged in Court by California and 11 Other States - The New York Times Paramount Seeks Recusal Of Judge Assigned To State AGs' Antitrust Challenge To Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Paramount Blasts States’ Lawsuit Aimed at Blocking Warner Bros. Deal, Claims Litigation Will ‘Shield’ Netflix and Tech Companies From ‘Much-Needed Competition’ Paramount Skydance Agrees to Link Merger Antitrust Case to Pre-Existing Paramount+ Subscriber Suit Judge Denies Injunction In Consumer Suit Against Paramount-WBD Merger Judge Says She'll Rule On Motion In Paramount-WBD Lawsuit By July 22 FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals FCC Moves to End Cap on National Broadcast Ownership Netflix Says Its Sophomore Series Slump Problem Is Actually Improving Netflix To Stop Biannual Viewership Reports Amid Scrutiny What We Watched the First Half of 2026 - About Netflix What We've Been Doing Obsession Pop Culture Jeopardy! Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator MLB Home Run Derby

July 17, 2026Episode 3913 min

What’s New in Streaming - July 18, 2026

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of July 18, 2026. Netflix Spooky in Love, season 1 (Jul. 18) WWE: Unreal, season 3 (Jul. 21) Elite Force, season 1 (Jul. 22) A Toxic Love Story (Jul. 22) The Debt Collector (Jul. 23) Kaulitz & Kaulitz, season 3 (Jul. 23) Love in Slow Motion (Jul. 23) Ransom Canyon, season 2 (Jul. 23) 72 Hours (Jul. 24) Musafir Cafe, season 1 (Jul. 24) The Truthers (Jul. 24) Disney+ King of the Hill, season 15 (Jul. 20) My Grandfather Charles Manson (Jul. 22) Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston (Jul. 23) Soy Luna: Let's Roll Again, season 1 (Jul. 24) HBO Max Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, season 1 (Jul. 23) Paramount+ Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, season 4 (Jul. 23) Peacock Obsession (Jul. 17) Apple TV The Dink (Jul. 24) Tubi Date or Dip, season 1 (Jul. 23) Breaking Bear, season 1 (Jul. 24) I Know Where You Live (Jul. 24)

July 13, 2026Episode 5241 min

Streaming Into the Void - July 12, 2026 - Is Free the Future of Streaming?

This week, streamers are exploring ways of beefing up subscriber numbers and engagement, and free - with ads - may be the path forward. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Disney is exploring adding a free tier to Disney+ as YouTube draws TV viewers Netflix Is Exploring Live TV and Bundles as It Struggles to Keep Viewers Hooked - WSJ Netflix wants to buy Letterboxd, the last good social media site Film Lovers Should Own Letterboxd - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark Netflix Viewers Are Abandoning Shows After One Season - Bloomberg Netflix Is Exploring Live TV and Bundles as It Struggles to Keep Viewers Hooked - WSJ Warner Discovery boss is again among highest-paid CEOs in America More Romance Novels Than Ever Being Adapted For Streaming, Research Finds EA Removes College Football 27 Microtransactions After Player Boycott EA Sports pulls microtransactions from CFB 27 modes after community outrage - The Athletic College Football 27 to remove microtransactions after player backlash, though EA maintains they were only added to 'give players more choice' | PC Gamer Michael Bublé, Drew Scott Team for ‘Hometown Giants’ Hockey Docuseries 'Egg Baby': Ariana Greenblatt Movie Lands At Amazon For Streaming ‘Every Year After’ Renewed for Season 2 at Amazon; Will Focus on Charlie’s Story From ‘One Golden Summer’ Sequel Book Prime Video's Obsessed Fest Recap: Highlights, Connections & More Nat Geo Spins Off ‘Tucci in Italy’ With ‘Tucci in Great Britain’ (Exclusive) Dylan O'Brien To Headline Hulu Comedy Pilot 'Lex' ‘Dutton Ranch’ Renewed For Season 2 At Paramount+ Tom Hardy Returning To 'MobLand' For Season 3 (Exclusive) Morgan Spector in Talks to Play Robert Langdon in Netflix Series From Carlton Cuse, Dan Brown Netflix Wins 'Sesame Street' Movie Rights Netflix Snaps Up ‘Bad Bridgets,’ Irish Period Thriller Starring Emilia Jones and Alison Oliver From ‘Kneecap’ Director (EXCLUSIVE) Colin Farrell, Steve Coogan, Charlie Heaton, Domhnall Gleeson and More Join Emilia Jones and Alison Oliver in Netflix’s Irish Period Thriller ‘Bad Bridgets’ Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour To Star In 'Spy In the Blood' Series What We've Been Doing Dropout Game Changer: The Drinking Game Ready or Not 2: Here I Come Dispatch