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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 🤯

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📺 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

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🔗 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

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Join us in the Wasteland as we spend the entire episode discussing the latest prestige video game adaptation: Amazon Prime Video’s Fallout.

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📺 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

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🔗 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

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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).

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🔗 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

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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!).

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📺 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.

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🔗 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!)

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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.

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📺 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

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🔗 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

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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?!

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📺 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

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🔗 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

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