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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TV is back and so are we! After a half-season delay (due to last year’s strikes) CBS and ABC are back with their hit sitcoms Ghosts and Abbott Elementary. Despite the extended hiatus both shows are entering their third seasons with a ton of momentum and a stacked (and growing) ensemble. Whether you’re a longtime fan or a brand new viewer: We’ll tell you what you need to know to dive into two of our favorite comedies.

Plus: Jon Stewart is back on The Daily Show and bringing in the highest ratings the show has seen since… Jon Stewart was on The Daily Show (go figure!). We’ll share some hot takes on the evolution of late night and the show’s precarious future.

But it’s not all laughs in Hollywood: Pilot season has all but vanished, with spring sitcom production down over 90% from a decade ago. Can comedy survive the industry’s historical contraction? We’ll debate the future of funny as we catch up on a lighting round of streaming news! ⚡️

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📺 Review: Abbott Elementary (Season 3)

🚨 Light Spoilers (starting at 43:22) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 3 (Season In Progress)
• Renewal Status: Renewed for Season 4
• Where to Watch: ABC, Hulu
• Where to Stream Past Seasons: Hulu

<h4>Season 1 originally reviewed in Episode #2 (February 11, 2022)</h4>

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📺 Review: Ghosts (Season 3)

🚨 Light Spoilers (starting at 56:20) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 3 (Season in Progress)
• Renewal Status: TBA (CBS will almost definitely renew it— it’s just early for the announcement)
• Where to Watch: CBS, Paramount+
• Where to Stream Past Seasons: Paramount+
• Spinoff Of: Ghosts (UK)

<h4>Season 1 originally reviewed in Episode #18 (July 29, 2022)</h4>

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🔗 Links:

• ‘Our Flag Means Death’ Creator Says It’s “The End Of The Road” After Comedy Fails To Find New Home – Denise Petski, Deadline
• 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' on YouTube will now be delayed – Abner Li, 9to5 Google
• Old True Detective and new True Detective aren’t getting along – Mary Kate Carr, A.V. Club
• Max to Start Cracking Down on Password Sharing, Too – Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter
• 'Tacoma FD' Canceled After Four Seasons at TruTV – Joe Otterson, Variety
• TruTV Adds Nightly Sports Block With New Programs and Big Games – Brian Steinberg, Variety
• Bob Iger Pushes Back on Marvel Fatigue, But Says Disney Quietly Canceled Movies – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter
• Netflix Enters Boxing Ring; Streamer Sets Live Fight Between Mike Tyson &amp; Jake Paul – Peter White, Deadline
• A potential season two of Beef is looking at an insanely stacked cast – Emma Keates, A.V. Club
• ‘Beef’ Season 2 Eyes Charles Melton, Cailee Spaeny, Jake Gyllenhaal &amp; Anne Hathaway: The Dish – Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline
• Even more people really wanted to watch Jon Stewart this week – Emma Keates, A.V. Club
• NBC declares sitcoms about witches are finally back, baby – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• Reba McEntire Is Returning to TV With a New NBC Comedy: Details – Jackie Manno, NBC
• Tim Allen Returning to ABC With Comedy ‘Shifting Gears’ – Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter
• Hollywood Contraction: Actors Struggle To Find Jobs As TV Castings Dry Up – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline
• ‘Ghosts’ Showrunners Discuss Season 3 Premiere’s Big Reveal &amp; Future Consequences Of That Character’s Departure – Katie Campione, Deadline
• Abbott Elementary is a local landmark in an exclusive clip from Sunday's post-Oscars episode – Saloni Gajjar, A.V. Club

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Hihi, this week we’re going undercover with Donald Glover and Maya Erskine on their new Amazon Prime Video original Mr. & Mrs. Smith. It’s inspired by the 2005 blockbuster Brangelina action rom-com, but this new darkly comedic martial thriller has more in common with FX’s The Americans than the title suggests…

…and speaking of FX: Peak TV prognosticator (and veteran FX chief) John Landgraf is back with his annual tally of scripted originals and an ominous prediction. With the number of new series in decline, is the era of Peak TV is truly over? (He’s only predicted it twice before, so this time might be for real!)

But first!

• Sony once again poses the question: Should you start hoarding physical media in the attic?
• Chris explores the wide world of Plex channels…
• …and Dianne plays a brand new game called Plex or Not?!

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📺 Review: Mr. & Mrs. Smith

🚨 Spoiler Alert: First 2 Episodes (starting at 20:35) 🚨

• Total Episodes: 8 Episodes (All Episodes Now Streaming)
• Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
• Renewal Status: TBA
• Related Titles: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

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🔗 Links:

• Crunchyroll Adds All Funimation Content, Sony Phasing Out Funimation – Todd Spangler, Variety
• Funimation is shutting down — and taking your digital library with it – Emma Roth, The Verge
• Streamer Plex launches its long-promised movie rentals store | TechCrunch – Sarah Perez, TechCrunch
• Peak TV Is Officially Over: FX Tallies 14 Percent Drop in Scripted Series for 2023 – Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter
• Amazon’s Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith series is a clever interpolation of the classic spy fantasy – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge
• Donald Glover and Maya Erskine on Real-Life Marriage, Professional Divorce and When to Walk Away – Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter
• Donald Glover also compares Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith exit to divorce – Mary Kate Carr, A.V. Club

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We’re closing the case on our Cozy (and/or Spooky) Winter Mysteries Tour with this winter’s buzziest, prestige-iest detective show: HBO’s True Detective: Night Country. Premiering a decade after the original season— with a whole new creator and showrunner— it’s a show that poses the question “So, like, what is a True Detective, man?” [Insert your best McConaughey voice here.]

But first! Will cartoon villain David Zaslav ruthlessly murder Coyote vs. ACME… again?! Can Taylor Swift save Disney+? Can hastily retooling a Moana streaming series as Moana 2 save Disney’s holiday box office? Can anyone explain what Bob Iger is talking about?? And whoops! They made a Sports Hulu!

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📺 Review: True Detective Night Country

🚨 Spoiler Alert: First 2 Episodes (starting at 36:38) 🚨

• Total Episodes: Anthology, 6 Episodes
• New Episodes Drop: Sundays at 9 PM ET (through February 18)
• Where to Watch: HBO (Streaming simultaneously on Max)
• Related Titles: True Detective (2014)

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🔗 Links:

• Coyote Vs. Acme is probably getting scrapped anyway, in appalling movie news – Mary Kate Carr, A.V. Club
• The Final Days of ‘Coyote vs. Acme': Offers, Rejections and a Roadrunner Race Against Time | Exclusive – Drew Taylor, The Wrap
• Taylor Swift Sells 'Eras Tour' Concert Film to Disney+ for $75 Million – Todd Spangler, Variety
• Disney is re-tooling a Moana TV show into Moana 2, shoving it into theaters this November – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• Disney Plus will start its password-sharing crackdown this summer – Emma Roth, The Verge
• Hulu is cracking down on password sharing, just like Disney Plus and Netflix – Sean Hollister, The Verge
• Disney invests $1.5 billion in Epic to create ‘persistent universe’ tied to Fortnite – Andrew Webster, The Verge
• Streaming ESPN without cable should launch in 2025. – Richard Lawler, The Verge
• ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. are putting together a juggernaut sports streaming app – Emma Roth, The Verge

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It’s week two of our Cozy Winter Mysteries Tour and we’re headed to the south of France for vintage cars, red wine, and a whole lotta Clive Owen (literally) in Monsieur Spade.

But first! The Marvels hits Disney+ just as new questions plague the future of the MCU’s streaming plans (RIP our beloved She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law) and we try to unravel Max’s decision to give arch-rival Netflix the keys to Carrie Bradshaw’s kingdom.

All that plus a thrilling installment of BUNDLE WATCH. It’s an episode of Streamageddon you can’t afford to miss!

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📺 Review: Monsieur Spade

🚨 Spoiler Alert: First Episode (starting at 31:16) 🚨

• Total Episodes: Limited Series, 6 Episodes
• New Episodes Drop: Sundays (through February 18)
• Where to Watch: AMC+
• Related Titles: The Maltese Falcon (1941)

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🔗 Links:

• You’ll be able to watch The Marvels on Disney Plus very soon – Amrita Khalid, The Verge
• Tatiana Maslany says She-Hulk: Attorney At Law has likely been thrown out of court – Emma Keates, A.V. Club
• Vincent D'Onofrio wants Kingpin to get his own Joker – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• Max grounds Kaley Cuoco's The Flight Attendant – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• HBO’s ‘Sex and the City’ Is Coming to Rival Netflix – James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter
• Netflix Premium and Starz is $25.99 per month for Verizon customers – Sheena Vasani, The Verge
• T-Mobile's 'Hulu on Us' perk now available - 9to5Mac – Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

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