Streaming Into the Void

This week, a slightly higher bid from David Ellison's Paramount-Skydance for the assets of Warner Bros.-Discovery was enough to cause Netflix to withdraw from the bidding. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Warner Bros. Says Paramount’s New Offer Is “Superior.” Netflix Has Four Days to Respond Warner Bros. Discovery Board of Directors Determines Revised Proposal from Paramount Skydance Could Reasonably Be Expected to Lead to a "Company Superior Proposal" Netflix Walks and Wins? Stock Pops, Wall Street Praises Call to Quit Hunt for Warner Bros. Mood Inside Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros. as Netflix Ends Its Bid Is Paramount’s Debt-Laden WBD Takeover Another Ill-Starred Hollywood Sequel? ‘Not a done deal’: California vows ‘vigorous’ review of Paramount-Warner Bros takeover Netflix's Ted Sarandos to Meet With AG Pam Bondi, White House's Susie Wiles Washington trip fails to save Netflix bid - POLITICO What We've Been Doing A Parade of Horribles Bobby Broccoli Monster Train 2 DLC Resident Evil

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of February 21, 2026. Netflix The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-Aftra (Mar. 1 at 7 p.m.) Gabby’s Dollhouse, season 13 (Mar. 2) Bruce Bruce: I Ain’t Playin’ (Mar. 3) Blue Therapy, season 1 (Mar. 4) Street Flow 3 (Mar. 4) A Friend. A Murderer (Mar. 5) Vladimir, season 1 (Mar. 5) Boyfriend on Demand, season 1 (Mar. 6) The Dinosaurs, season 1 (Mar. 6) Hello Bachhon, season 1 (Mar. 6) Still Shining, season 1 (Mar. 6) Strangers in the Park (Mar. 6) The TikTok Killer (Mar. 6) War Machine (Mar. 6) Disney+ Friends Like These: The Murder of Skylar Neese (Mar. 6) HBO Max DTF St. Louis, season 1 (Mar. 1) Paramount+ The Pink Pill (Mar. 6) Peacock Ted, season 2 (Mar. 5) Prime Video Young Sherlock, season 1 (Mar. 4) MGM+ American Classic (Mar. 1) Apple TV The Hunt (Mar. 4) Acorn TV Murdoch Mysteries, season 19 (Mar. 2) AMC+ This City Is Ours, season 1 (Mar. 5) Starz Outlander, season 8 (Mar. 6) Hallmark+ Romance at Hope Ranch (Feb. 28)

This week, Warner Bros. Discovery re-opens the bidding process for one week, but will Paramount-Skydance deliver? Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Warner Bros. Discovery Sets Special Meeting Date of March 20, 2026, and Unanimously Recommends Shareholders Vote FOR Netflix Merger Warner Bros throws ownership battle open by giving Paramount a week to up its offer Exclusive: Netflix has ample room to increase its offer in battle for Warner Bros, sources say | Reuters Warner Bros. Discovery says it's worried employees will quit if it picks Paramount's offer What’s the Magic Number Paramount Needs to Snag Warner Bros. From Netflix? What We've Been Doing Twin Peaks The Olympics My Lady Jane Two Point Museum: Zooseum TechLinked GameLinked

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of February 21, 2026. Netflix Taylor Tomlinson: Prodigal Daughter (Feb. 24) BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai, season 1 (Feb. 26) Bridgerton, season 4, Part 2 (Feb. 26) Crap Happens, season 1 (Feb. 26) Agents of Mystery, season 2 (Feb. 27) Formula 1: Drive to Survive, season 8 (Feb. 27) Disney+ Shoresy, season 5 (Feb. 21) Paradise, season 2 (Feb. 23) Scrubs, season 1 (Feb. 26) In the Blink of An Eye (Feb. 27) Peacock House of Villains, season 3 (Feb. 26) Prime Video The CEO Club, season 1 (Feb. 23) The Bluff (Feb. 25) The Gray House (Feb. 26) Paul McCartney: Man on the Run (Feb. 27) Apple TV Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, season 2 (Feb. 27) Acorn TV The Family Next Door, season 1 (Feb. 27) Hallmark+ The Stars Between Us (Feb. 21)

This week, Paramount Skydance amended their offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, but was it all that significant? Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Paramount Sweetens Offer For Warner Bros. Discovery Activist Investor Pushes Warner to Walk Away From Netflix Deal - WSJ Paramount outlines plans for Warner Bros. cuts - Los Angeles Times Former Disney CEO Criticizes Company's Rising Prices: 'It's So Expensive Now' 'It's Florida, Man' Renewed for Season 3 at HBO ‘Eragon’: Todd Harthan, Todd Helbing & Marc Webb Join Disney+’s Live-Action Series Adaptation Jordan Belfort Docuseries ‘The Real Wolf of Wall Street’ Set at Paramount+ (EXCLUSIVE) Finding Her Edge Will Glide Back onto Netflix for Season 2 A Man on the Inside Is Renewed for Season 3: Ted Danson is Back on the Case Apple’s hit drama “Your Friends & Neighbors” lands early season three renewal - Apple TV Press Apple Acquires ‘Severance’ As It Grows In-House Studio; Series Eyes Summer S3 Start, 4-Season Run & Universe Expansion ‘Dark Winds’ Scores Early Season 5 Renewal at AMC What We've Been Doing The Olympics Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show Novartis, “Relax your tight end.”

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of February 14, 2026. Netflix Reality Check: Inside America’s Top Model (Feb. 16) Sommore: Chandelier Fly (Feb. 17) Being Gordon Ramsay (Feb. 18) The Night Agent, season 3 (Feb. 19) The Swedish Connection (Feb. 19) Firebreak (Feb. 20) The Orphans (Feb. 20) Pavane (Feb. 20) Strip Law, season 1 (Feb. 20) Disney+ Girl on the Run: The Hunt for America’s Most Wanted Woman (Feb. 19) HBO Max Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 13 (Feb. 15) Like Water For Chocolate, season 2 (Feb. 15) Murder in Glitterball City (Feb. 19) Banksters, season 1 (Feb. 20) Paramount+ Wild Boys: Strangers In Town (Feb. 18) Prime Video 56 Days, season 1 (Feb. 18) Apple TV The Last Thing He Told Me, season 2 (Feb. 20) AMC+ Dark Winds, season 4 (Feb. 15) Tubi Unrequited (Feb. 20) Hallmark+ Because of Cupid (Feb. 14)

This week, it's the series conclusion to the Disney succession drama. Who gets the job of CEO? Who gets the consolation prize? And what does Old Man Iger have to say about it all? Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Disney names Josh D’Amaro to replace Bob Iger as CEO : NPR ESPN Valued at $30 Billion As Disney Reveals New Details on NFL Deal Bob Iger just left his Disney successor a disaster in the making - Fast Company Trump Says He ‘Won’t Be Involved’ in Justice Department Review of Warner Bros. Discovery Sale MAGA’s Attempt to Sabotage Ted Sarandos Flopped Peacock Unveils Game-Changing Features for the 2026 Winter Olympics Donald Trump Endorses Nexstar-Tegna Merger, And FCC Chair Responds: “Let’s Get It Done” What We've Been Doing The Olympics Fallout The Muppet Show

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of February 7, 2026. Netflix Creature Cases, season 7 (Feb. 9) Katt Williams: The Last Report (Feb. 10) Motorvalley, season 1 (Feb. 10) This Is I (Feb. 10) Lead Children, Season 1 (Feb. 11) Love is Blind, season 10 (Feb. 11) How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, season 1 (Feb. 12) Million-Follower Detective, season 1 (Feb. 12) The Art of Sara, season 1 (Feb. 13) A Father’s Miracle (Feb. 13) In the Mud, season 2 (Feb. 13) The Museum of Innocence, season 1 (Feb. 13) Tyler Perry’s Joe’s College Road Trip (Feb. 13) Disney+ The Artful Dodger, season 2 (Feb. 10) HBO Max Neighbors, season 1 (Feb. 13) Paramount+ Can You Keep a Secret? (Feb. 12) Peacock The ‘Burbs, season 1 (Feb. 8) Prime Video Cross, season 2 (Feb. 11) Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association (Feb. 12) Jesy Nelson: Life After Little Mix (Feb. 13) Love Me Love Me (Feb. 13) Tubi Kissing Is the Easy Part (Feb. 13) Hallmark+ The Way to You (Feb. 7)

This week, Comcast earnings signal bad news for streaming service Peacock. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Comcast posts mixed quarter as broadband pressures weigh on business NBC signs $3B Olympic media rights deal through 2036 Summer Games - ESPN Baltimore Ravens to Face Green Bay Packers in Peacock Holiday Exclusive ‘Shoresy’ Renewed For Season 6 By Hulu; ‘Letterkenny’ Spinoff Also Gets Season 5 U.S. Release Date Ryan Hurst tapped to play Kratos in Prime Video’s God of War from Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios in association with PlayStation Productions and Tall Ship Productions Ryan Hurst Cast As Kratos In Prime Video’s 'God of War' / Teresa Palmer Joins Ryan Hurst In Prime Video's 'God Of War' / Mandy Patinkin Cast As Odin In Prime Video’s ‘God Of War’ ‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel Series ‘Elle’ Sets Release Date, Amazon Renews Show for Season 2 Phoebe Dynevor-Led Film Moves to Netflix After Losing Its Sony Theatrical Release ‘Adolescence’s Stephen Graham Confirms He And Co-Creator Jack Thorne Are Working On Season 2: “Stay Tuned” 'The Abandons' and 'The Vince Staples Show' Canceled by Netflix Netflix Eyeing Legendary’s Live-Action ‘Gundam’ Movie Starring Sydney Sweeney & Noah Centineo The Lincoln Lawyer Renewed for Season 5 - Netflix Tudum ‘Shrinking’ Renewed for Season 4 at Apple TV Ahead of Season 3 Premiere What We've Been Doing Max Velocity - Severe Weather Center - YouTube Ryan Hall, Y'all - YouTube Wonder Man The Midnight Ride Fallout 4 Mods - Nexus Mods The Royal We The Reluctant Royal Royal-Ish

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of January 31, 2026. Netflix Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing (Feb. 1) Matori and Kyoken: Men in the Back Alleys, season 1 (Feb. 1) Soda Master, season 1 (Feb. 1) Mo Gilligan: In the Moment (Feb. 3) The Investigation of Lucy Letby (Feb. 4) Is It Cake? Valentines (Feb. 4) Cash Queens, season 1 (Feb. 5) The Lincoln Lawyer, season 4 (Feb. 5) Samuel (Feb. 5) Unfamiliar, season 1 (Feb. 5) Queen of Chess (Feb. 6) Salvador, season 1 (Feb. 6) Yoh! Bestie (Feb. 6) Disney+ Chris Spencer: GOAT Adjacent (Feb. 4) Jackie Fabulous: You Can Leave (Feb. 4) The Muppet Show (Feb. 4) Peacock Field Generals: The History of the Black Quarterback (Feb. 5) Prime Video Relationship Goals (Feb. 4) Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision (Feb. 6) MGM+ Vanished, season 1 (Feb. 1) AMC+ Rise of the 49ers (Feb. 1) Roku Channel Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Big Game (Feb. 1)

This week, quarterly earnings, Christmas ratings, subscriber numbers, and viewership data all adds up to a great week for Netflix. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Netflix Surpassed 325 Million Subscribers at the End of 2025 ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is Netflix’s Most Watched Movie (or Show) Ever — and It’s Not Close Ted Sarandos Warns “Instagram Is Coming” as He Lays Out Competitive Landscape for Netflix Netflix Ups Ad-Tier Users By 14% But Prime Video Still Dominates – Research Netflix to Remain Streaming Home for Sony Movies, Studios Expand Deal Worldwide Warner Bros. Discovery Says Over 93% of Shareholders Have ‘Rejected Paramount’s Inferior Scheme’ in Favor of Netflix Deal What We've Been Doing Suika Game Planet The Bondsman Hotel Costiera Fallout Agatha Christie’s The Seven Dials

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of January 24, 2026. Netflix Mike Epps: Delusional (Jan. 27) Take That (Jan. 27) Bridgerton, season 4, Part 1 (Jan. 29) A Letter to My Youth (Jan. 29) Miracle: The Boys of ‘80 (Jan. 30) Disney+ Wonder Man, season 1 (Jan. 27) HBO Max 33 Photos from the Ghetto (Jan. 27) Paramount+ School Spirits, season 3 (Jan. 28) Prime Video The Wrecking Crew (Jan. 28) Apple TV Shrinking, season 3 (Jan. 28) Yo Gabba GabbaLand! Season 2 (Jan. 30) AMC+ Kingdom (Jan. 24) Tubi Terri Joe: Missionary in Miami (Jan. 30) Hallmark+ Caught by Love (Jan. 24)

This week, Skydance files suit for additional access to Warner Bros. Discovery's books and prepares for a proxy fight. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes David Ellison Takes Warner Bros. to Court as Paramount Launches Proxy Battle Over Netflix Bid Netflix Considers Shifting Deal For Warner Bros. To All Cash – Report Ted Sarandos Says Netflix Will Commit To 45-Day Window After WB Acquisition; Doesn’t Want To “Overread” Donald Trump Comments About Merger Ted Sarandos Says Critics Just Misunderstand Netflix - The New York Times FanDuel Sports Network makes new offers to MLB teams, hinging on the company being sold - The Athletic What We've Been Doing Animal Crossing: New Horizons The Residence The Roottrees Are Dead Fallout

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of January 17, 2026. Netflix Undercover Miss Hong, season 1 (Jan. 17) Star Search, season 1 (Jan. 20) Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart (Jan. 21) Cosmic Princess Kaguya (Jan. 22) Finding Her Edge, season 1 (Jan. 22) Free Bert, season 1 (Jan. 22) Skyscraper Live (Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. ET) The Big Fake (Jan. 23) Disney+ Hoops, Hopes & Dreams (Jan. 19) The Beauty, season 1 (Jan. 21) HBO Max A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, season 1 (Jan. 18) Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (Jan. 22) Real Time with Bill Maher, season 24 (Jan. 23) Paramount+ Handsome Devil: The Charming Killer (Jan. 20) Canada Shore, season 1 (Jan. 22) Prime Video Judy Justice, season 4 (Jan. 19) Steal, season 1 (Jan. 21) MGM+ The Hillside Strangler (Jan. 18) Apple TV Drops of God, season 2 (Jan. 21) Acorn TV Hidden Assets, season 3 (Jan. 19) Tubi Twin (Jan. 23) Hallmark+ Love on the Amazon (Jan. 17)

This week, Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Skydance's buyout offer. Again. And regional sports networks are on the brink of collapse. Again. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes ‘Stranger Things’ Surprise Final Episode Doesn’t Exist: Here’s Why Fans Thought ‘Conformity Gate’ Was Real Warner Bros Discovery tells investors to reject ‘inadequate’ $108bn Paramount bid CNBC Exclusive: Transcript: Warner Bros. Discovery Board Chair Samuel Di Piazza Jr. Speaks with CNBC’s David Faber on “Squawk Box” Today Warner Bros. Rejects Latest Paramount Bid, Favoring Netflix - Bloomberg Paramount Reaffirms $30 A Share Cash Offer For Warner Bros. Discovery Some of Warner Bros' biggest investors are split on Paramount offer | Reuters Main Street-DAZN deal reportedly dead, Fubo rumored as new bidder as NBA, NHL prepare for mid-season shutdown All nine MLB teams cancel their contracts with FanDuel Sports Network - The Athletic ‘The Pitt’ Renewed for Season 3 at HBO Max The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball Renewed for Two More Seasons ‘The Lowdown’ Scores Season 2 Renewal at FX ‘Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender’ Will Skip Theaters and Debut on Paramount+ Alongside New ‘Seven Havens’ Series (Exclusive) ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Renewed for Fifth and Final Season at Paramount+ ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Ending: Five Questions About Season 5 and the Future of the Sheridan-Verse Netflix's Stephen King TV Adaptation Based On NYT Bestselling Fantasy Novel Canceled With An Apology From Duffer Bros Is 'Emily in Paris' Coming Back? Season 6 Renewal News, Premiere Date Explained - Netflix Tudum ‘Black Mirror’ Renewed For Season 8 At Netflix Netflix Orders ‘I Suck At Girls’ Comedy Series From Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker & Bill Lawrence What We've Been Doing Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Fallout

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of January 10, 2026. Netflix The Boyfriend, season 2 (Jan. 13) The Queen of Flow, season 3 (Jan. 14) Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials, season 1 (Jan. 15) Love Through a Prism, season 1 (Jan. 15) To Love, to Lose, season 1 (Jan. 15) The Upshaws, part 7 (Jan. 15) Can This Love Be Translated? (Jan. 16) No Tail to Tell, season 1 (Jan. 16) The Rip (Jan. 16) Disney+ Tell Me Lies, season 3 (Jan. 13) Pole to Pole with Will Smith (Jan. 14) Agent P, Under C (Jan. 16) HBO Max Industry, season 4 (Jan. 11) Paramount+ Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, season 1 (Jan. 15) Peacock PONIES, season 1 (Jan. 15) Prime Video The Night Manager, season 2 (Jan. 11) Apple TV Hijack, season 2 (Jan. 14) AMC+ Gangs of London, season 3 (Jan. 15) TNA iMPACT! (Jan. 15) Tubi How to Lose a Popularity Contest (Jan. 16) Starz The Nowhere Man, season 1 (Jan. 16) Hallmark+ A Melbourne Match (Jan. 10)

This week, we look forward to what's coming in entertainment in 2026. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Last Year's List Kim Animal Crossing 3.0 New Horizons A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl) Project Hail Mary Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair Send Help Witchbrook The Tapestry of Fate The Scarlet Ball Fabulous Bodies Raul The 2026 Olympic Olympics Community: The Movie on Peacock (carried over) Neuromancer on Apple TV (carried over) The Mandalorian and Grogu Avengers: Doomsday Spider-Man: Brand New Day Spider-Noir on MGM+ Blade Runner 2099 Supergirl Jumanji 4 The Devil Wears Prada 2 David Wonder Man Resident Evil Requiem Best Medicine For All Mankind The Bear Scrubs Daredevil Born Again Hoppers Hexed Toy Story 5 Moana Euphoria DTF St. Louis Ponies Super Troopers 3 Ready or Not 2 Tim The Muppet Show Coyote vs. ACME Tropico 7 Ted Lasso Slay the Spire 2 (carry over) ‘Stranger Things’ Finale Delivers $25M+ To Movie Theaters After New Year’s Play, More Than 60% Of That From AMC – Box Office Update What We've Been Doing King Sorrow by Joe Hill Stranger Things BALL X PIT

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of January 3, 2026. Netflix Pokemon Horizons, season 3 (Jan. 6) Marcello Hernández: American Boy (Jan. 7) Unlocked: A Jail Experiment, season 2 (Jan. 7) His & Hers (Jan. 8) Love Is Blind Germany, season 2 (Jan. 8) Alpha Males, season 4 (Jan. 9) People We Meet On Vacation (Jan. 9) Disney+ A Thousand Blows, season 2 (Jan. 9) HBO Max The Pitt, season 2 (Jan. 8) Paramount+ Girl Taken, season 1 (Jan. 8) Coldwater, season 1 (Jan. 9) Peacock The Traitors US, season 4 (Jan. 8) Prime Video Beast Games, season 2 (Jan. 7) Trainer Games, season 1 (Jan. 8) Apple TV Tehran, season 3 (Jan. 9) Acorn TV My Life Is Murder, season 5 (Jan. 5) Hallmark+ Lost in Paradise (Jan. 3)

This week, Larry Ellison put his money where his mouth is, and promised $40 billion of his own money to shore up the Skydance bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes A Father and Son’s $108 Billion Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery - The New York Times Why Isn't Paramount and the Ellisons Showing Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders the Money? | Analysis Paramount guarantees Larry Ellison backing in amended WBD bid Larry Ellison’s Pledge to Backstop Paramount Bid Would Reshape Fortune - Bloomberg Paramount's new offer for Warner Bros is not sufficient, major investor says | Reuters Ellison’s hardball Warner Bros. tactics gave Netflix an opening If Avatar 4 and 5 don't happen, James Cameron vows to 'hold a press conference' to reveal plot details Netflix Crashes as 'Stranger Things 5' Premieres ‘Stranger Things 5’ Turns Netflix Upside Down With Record-Breaking Premiere Week — Here’s How It Happened ‘Heated Rivalry’ Skates to Second Season at HBO Max, Canada’s Crave ‘Chad Powers’ College Football Comedy From Glen Powell & Michael Waldron Scores Season 2 At Hulu The Extraction Universe Expands to South Korea with TYGO ‘Last Samurai Standing’ Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix 'NCIS: Tony & Ziva' Canceled By Paramount+ After One Season 'Landman' Renewed For Season 3 At Paramount+ ‘Platonic’ Nabs Season 3 at Apple TV Apple TV and Legendary Expand ‘Monsterverse’ Universe With Young Lee Shaw Series Starring Wyatt Russell 'Down Cemetery Road' Renewed For Season 2 At Apple TV ‘The Last Frontier’ Canceled At Apple After One Season Matthew Macfadyen, Charlie Hunnam, Daniel Brühl Set for BBC-MGM+ John Le Carré Series What We've Been Doing The Santa Summit Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning BALL X PIT

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of December 27, 2025. YouTube Taskmaster: New Years Treat VI (Jan. 2 & Jan. 3) Netflix Members Only: Palm Beach (Dec. 29) Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story (Dec. 30) Ricky Gervais: Mortality (Dec. 30) Stranger Things, season 5: The Finale (Dec. 31) Dr. Seuss’s Red Fish, Blue Fish, season 2 (Jan. 1) Love from 9 to 5, season 1 (Jan. 1) My Korean Boyfriend, season 1 (Jan. 1) Run Away, season 1 (Jan. 1) Time Flies, season 1 (Jan. 1) Land of Sin, season 1 (Jan. 2) Acorn TV A Royal Residence (Dec. 29)