After months of speculation the new season of Saturday Night Live is here and we’re ready to share our unsolicited thoughts and feelings like a certain purple McDonald’s mascot. Yes, those nine absences in the opening credits were a shock (don’t worry, Cecily Strong will be back!), but… guess what? They kind of owned it! And one of the new guys got the Pete Davidson slot on Weekend Update! And then, there were the sponsored sketches…

But we’re getting ahead of ourselves, because this special edition of Streamageddon kicks off with BREAKING-ish NEWS in the late night comedy world: The Daily Show is beginning its search for host #4 after Trevor Noah stunned his audience (and reportedly his bosses at Paramount) by announcing his retirement after 7 years on the job.

We’re breaking down all the news about the fake news (the good kind) this week, and if that sounds intimidating just relax, because Dianne already made Chris cut his 30-minute rant about the clashing serifs in the new SNL fonts so you have nothing to fear!

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📺 Review: SNL (Season 48 Premier)

• Featuring: Miles Teller and Kendrick Lamar
• Where to Watch: NBC
• Where to Stream: Peacock!

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🔗 Links:

• Trevor Noah’s Moment of Zen – Matthew Belloni, Puck News
• 'The Daily Show' Will Continue (on Comedy Central) Without Trevor Noah - The Hollywood Reporter – Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter
• Miles Teller Makes Himself at Home as Saturday Night Live’s 48th Season Gets Off to a Wobbly Start – Rosa Sofia Kaminski, Paste Magazine
• After a major cast shake-up, 'SNL' confronts its weaknesses — but can't overcome them - Los Angeles Times – Lorraine Ali, The L.A. Times
• Miles Teller soars but can't save SNL from autopilot – Trae DeLellis, A.V. Club

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This week we’re chasing the cure for Star Wars ennui (like regular ennui, but backwards you say it)… and thankfully it’s easily accessible on the streaming app that's steadily consuming the galaxy as we know it: Disney+

Yes, we’re completely obsessed with the 3-episode premier of Andor and everything it does right in a cinematic universe that has done so much wrong (say some!) as of late. Where else can you find a show brave enough to combine Star Wars with Blade Runner with… the thrilling reality of statistics-based policing and the corrosive effect it has on society at large? (Really!)

Plus, in the news: What to expect in Season 48 of SNL, the Peacockalypse comes for your favorite comedies, and all the Tudum news that’s fit to print (but not on Tudum, because they fired all those people).

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📺 Review: Andor

• 🚨 Spoiler Alert: First 3 Episodes (starting at 28:06)
• Renewal Status: Picked up for 2 seasons, 12 episodes each
• Releases: Weekly, Wednesdays through November 23
• Where to Watch: Disney+
• Spinoffs: Uh, he kinda dies in the movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, doesn’t he? (And before you say something about spoilers let us remind you that this movie came out when Barack Obama was President.)

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🔗 Links:

• Andor Is the Cure for Star Wars Ennui – Roxana Hadadi, Vulture
• Star Wars timeline: When does Andor take place? – Cindy White, The A.V. Club
• Andor doesn’t look or feel like Star Wars—and that’s a good thing – Cindy White, The A.V. Club
• James Earl Jones lets AI take over the voice of Darth Vader – Emma Roth, The Verge
• SNL to kick off its new season with Miles Teller, Megan Thee Stallion, and Brendan Gleeson – Sam Barsanti, A.V. Club
• SNL announces four new cast members for its 48th season – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• Chris Redd Exits 'SNL' After Five Years – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter
• Lorne Michaels Discusses the ‘Year of Reinvention’ Coming to ‘S.N.L.’ – Dave Itzkoff, The New York Times
• The biggest news and trailers from Netflix’s Tudum event – Andrew Webster, The Verge
• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' English Voice Cast Includes Giancarlo Esposito and More – Ryan Dinsdale, IGN
• Fueled by Netflix and patches, ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ gets a ‘second chance’ – Gene Park, Washington Post
• Netflix is on a good run with anime lately – Andrew Webster, The Verge
• 'Modern Family' Creator Steven Levitan on Why His New Show 'Reboot' Isn't a Hollywood Takedown – Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter

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We don’t want to alarm you, but this week we find ourselves trapped inside a cursed mirror… and loving every minute of it!

That’s because we’re talking about the one-of-a-kind comedy Los Espookys, which just returned to HBO and HBO Max for its second season after a terrifying 3 year hiatus.

Plus we’ll explain why rumors of Warner Bros. Discovery’s demise are nothing to worry about, then discuss why we’re worried that Warner Bros. Discovery is doomed anyway (at the hands of Comcast?! The horror!). And speaking of horror: We’re going to unpack Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s “hard bundle” even if it means risking “organ rejection” (his words!). Tune in… if you dare!

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📺 Review: Los Espookys

• 🚨 Spoilers for Season 1 (All Episodes) starting at 24:01
• 🚨 Spoilers for Season 2, Episode 1 starting at 49:29
• Number of Seasons Overall: 2 (In Progress)
• Releases: Weekly, Fridays at 11 PM ET
• Where to Watch: HBO and HBO Max

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🔗 Links:

• HBO's 'Los Espookys' Star Ana Fabrega – It’s Been a Minute, NPR
• Disney’s Chapek Hints at All-in-One Streaming App Once Hulu Secured – Robbie Whelan, The Wall Street Journal
• Disney has some beautiful dreams of letting Disney Plus devour Hulu at last – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• 'Batman' Animated Series Being Shopped As David Zaslav Shifts Strategy – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter
• Warner Bros. just does not give a crap about its streaming service, huh? – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• Warner Bros. Discovery Has Bigger Problems Than Its DC Search – Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter
• Amazon is making a Blade Runner TV show – Jay Peters, The Verge

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We don’t know our hobbits from our harfoots (really!), but that won’t stop us from reviewing THE MOST EXPENSIVE TV SHOW EVER.

Yes, we’re journeying to middle-earth to discuss the first three episodes of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. It’s a show that promises an epic story, sumptuous visuals, and even more rings than the movies!

Does this big budget prequel deliver? How is anyone supposed to remember all these character names? And can we stop ourselves from comparing it to House of the Dragon?

But before we answer those burning questions we’ll ask some disturbing new ones posed by this week’s news. Questions like “who resurrected the Teletubbies and why is Titus Burgess hiding behind them?”

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📺 Review: Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

🚨 Spoiler Alert: First 3 Episodes (starting at 15:49) 🚨

• Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
• Seasons: 1 (in progress)
• Releases: Weekly, through October 14

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• Netflix is resurrecting the Teletubbies with a new series – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge
• Soap Opera Fans in a Lather as ‘Days of Our Lives’ Leaves NBC to Stream on Peacock – David Marcelis, Wall Street Journal
• ‘Days Of Our Lives’ Plugs Benefits Of Peacock: No More Breaking News Interruptions – Greg Evans, Deadline
• The Handmaid's Tale's sixth season will be its last, but we're not done with Gilead completely – Savannah Olson, A.V. Club
• Secret Invasion trailer: Nick Fury gets his very own paranoid spy thriller – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• Marvel announces Armor Wars, Don Cheadle's own Disney Plus show – Matt Schimkowitz, A.V. Club
• Every MCU and Star Wars trailer Disney released today – Alex Cranz and Emma Roth, The Verge

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Pick up some pork buns and chain your ankle to the floor because we’re digging into a delicious drama this week with the intriguing short-form limited series The Patient now streaming via our favorite FX: FX on Hulu.

Speaking of favorites: It’s about time we made our case for the emotionally satisfying— if imperfect— season finale of Peacock’s The Resort.

All that plus dwarves, trolls, and the ancient history of a mystical land known as the CW!

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📺 Review: The Patient

🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episodes 1 and 2 (starting at 36:10) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 1 (In Progress)
• Where to Stream: FX on Hulu

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📼 Rewind Review: The Resort

🚨 Spoiler Alert for ALL EPISODES (starting at 55:15) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 1
• Where to Stream: Peacock

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🔗 Links:

• ‘Harley Quinn’ Season 4 Survives the Warner Bros. Discovery Purges – Bethy Squires, Vulture
• Harley Quinn’s new showrunner sets her sights on season four – Matt Schimkowitz, The A.V. Club
• HBO puts whole first episode of House Of The Dragon on YouTube to screw with LOTR – William Hughes, The A.V. Club
• Rings of Power: User Reviews Delayed on Amazon in Initiative to Filter Trolls – Adam B. Vary and Jennifer Maas, Variety
• Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Draws More Than 25 Million Viewers – Joe Flint, The Wall Street Journal
• Russo Bros.’ Amazon Series ‘Citadel’ Creative Overhaul Balloons Budget to $200M-Plus – Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter
• Is this the end of The CW as we know it? – Mary Kate Carr, The A.V. Club
• The CW Widens Its Scope To Include Sitcoms & Procedurals, Outside Studio Deals – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline
• SNL departures: Melissa Villaseñor, Alex Moffat, Aristotle Athari exit – Samantha Chery, The Washington Post
• 'Rutherford Falls' Canceled After Two Seasons at Peacock – Joe Otterson, Variety
• ‘Succession’, ‘Abbott Elementary’ & ‘White Lotus’ Emmy Series Winners? – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline
• John Oliver Continues Emmy Streak With Writing Win – Peter White, Deadline
• Nathan Lane Wins First Emmy For ‘Only Murders In the Building’ In Seventh Try – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline

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We’re going big and going green this week with a review of Marvel’s first streaming comedy, She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law, plus a deep dive into Hulu’s pending “Peacockalypse” and a Rewind Review of the green streamer’s hit comedy Only Murders in the Building.

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📺 Review: She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law

🚨 Spoiler Alert for Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2 (starting at 48:16) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 1 (In Progress)
• Where to Watch: Disney+

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📼 Rewind Review: Only Murders in the Building

🚨 Spoiler Alert for ALL EPISODES (starting at 1:19:50) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 2 (Renewed for 3!)
• Where to Watch: Hulu

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🔗 Links:

• Despite the wigs, House Of The Dragon's ratings continue to climb – Matt Schimkowitz, The A.V. Club
• ‘House of the Dragon’ Episode 2 Viewership Inches Up 2% From Last Week’s Premiere Episode – Selome Hailu, Variety
• Tweet – Dave Itzkoff
• Huh, a whole bunch of people from The Rehearsal are on Cameo now – William Hughes, The A.V. Club
• Wednesday Ratings: The Resort's NBC Outing Places 5th for the Night – Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine
• ‘Community’ Movie Is ‘A Matter of When and Not If,’ Dan Harmon Says – Adam Chitwood, The Wrap
• Next-day streaming of NBC shows like Law & Order and SNL jumps from Hulu to Peacock next month – Emma Roth, The Verge
• Hulu will start to lose new NBC content in September – Sam Barsanti, The A.V. Club
• Hulu Makes Money, So Why Is There a Good Chance It Could Disappear? – Tony Maglio, IndieWire
• 'Knives Out 2' Sets Release Date, Reveals First Look Images – Wilson Chapman, Variety
• Netflix’s holiday movie lineup is led by Enola Holmes and Knives Out sequels – Andrew Webster and Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge
• ‘She-Hulk’ Head Writer on Reshaping the Pilot, Cutting CGI, and Steve Rogers’ Virginity – Adam B. Vary, Variety
• The answer in She-Hulk’s first post-credits stinger ‘came from the top’ – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge

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This episode isn’t TV. It’s HBO.

… Max.

Plus: We all scream for Yahoo Screen, home of your favorite streams.

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📰 News:

• What’s going on at HBO Max?!
• A brief history of HBO: The network no corporate merger can kill.
• Is Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zazlav actually making HBO HBO again?
• What’s the combined WaBroDisco brand? And what are they going to name it??
• And finally, some news that’s pretty pretty good.

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📺 Review: House of the Dragon

🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episode 1 (starting at 28:54) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 1 (In Progress)
• Where to Watch: HBO / HBO Max

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📼 Rewind Review: The Rehearsal

🚨 Spoiler Alert for ALL EPISODES (starting at 52:40) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 1
• Where to Watch: HBO / HBO Max

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🔗 Links:

• NBC to Give Peacock’s ‘The Resort’ A Network Bump – Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter
• The HBO Max Rumors Were Wrong, But There’s Still Pain Ahead – Josef Adalian, Vulture
• HBO Content Chief Casey Bloys Explains Restructure, Layoffs in Memo – Michael Schneider, Variety
• HBO Max abruptly pulls 200 Sesame Street episodes – Jay Peters , The Verge
• ‘Last Week Tonight’ Host John Oliver Calls HBO Max “a Series of Tax Write-Offs to Appease Wall Street” – Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter

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Ed. Note: The episode was re-posted due to an editing issue. Apologies if it appears in your feed twice!

It’s summer vacation season here in the northern hemisphere, which means it’s the perfect time to get lost in a great book by the pool. But why do that when you can find a missing teenager’s 15-year-old cell phone and drag your spouse on a booze-fueled vigilante investigation all across the Yucatan peninsula instead?

If that sounds exhausting, don’t worry! It’s actually the plot of the new Peacock original series The Resort and once the mystery gets going it’s anything but exhausting to go along for the ride. We’ll discuss the first three episodes and where we think the already-unpredictable story will take us next.

Then we say “yes, chef!” to a spoiler-filled review of the full first season of Hulu’s surprise summer hit: FX’s The Bear (including that big finale moment!).

All that, plus big Krumholtz energy, a surprise round of Renewed or Canceled?!, and a deep dive into some very interesting graphs and charts that we looked at so you won’t have to!

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📺 Review: The Resort

🚨 Spoiler Alert for Season 1, Episodes 1-3 (starting at 33:25) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 1 (In Progress)
• Where to Watch: Peacock

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📼 Rewind Review: The Bear

🚨 Spoiler Alert for ALL EPISODES (starting at 1:07:11) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 1
• Where to Watch: Hulu

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🔗 Links:

• David Krumholtz To Reprise Bernard In ‘The Santa Clauses’ For Disney+ – Lynette Rice, Deadline
• 'Abbott Elementary' to Stream on Both Hulu and HBO Max – Selome Hailu, Variety
• Full Frontal With Samantha Bee is the next victim of the Warner Bros. Discovery merger – Mary Kate Carr, The A.V. Club
• ‘Gordita Chronicles’ Canceled After One Season At HBO Max – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline
• Netflix Sues Co-Creators of Unofficial ‘Bridgerton’ Musical – Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter
• Parrot Perspective: Framing A Franchise – Parrot Analytics
• Netflix is turning The Gray Man into a cinematic universe – Andrew Webster, The Verge
• The Harry Potter movies are jumping from HBO Max to Peacock again next month – Sam Barsanti, The A.V. Club
• William Jackson Harper & Cristin Milioti To Headline ‘The Resort’ – _Denise Petski, Deadline_Notes go here

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This week is all about classic sitcom shenanigans as we devote an entire episode to the state of the network sitcom (plus our usual Netflocalypse-of-the-Week). We’ll investigate the mysterious resurgence of network sitcoms that suddenly seem to be haunting the streaming landscape with our review of one of last season’s most successful new shows: The CBS comedy Ghosts.

But don’t look behind you, because there’s another show looming in the shadows this week… and it’s the BBC’s Ghosts (boo!). We’re comparing the original UK pilot with the US remake and picking apart the network sitcom like it’s a rotting corpse (which we swear it isn’t!).

And if that’s not enough sitcom excitement we’re continuing the conversation with a Rewind Review of Abbott Elementary’s excellent season finale! We’ll discuss our hopes are dreams for the show’s next season and share some exciting news (but you’ll have to attend class to learn all about it).

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📺 Review: Ghosts (US & UK)

🚨 Spoiler Alert for both the US & UK pilots, but also it’s just a goofy show about ghosts so maybe just calm down? (starting at 19:05) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 1 (US) and 3 (UK)
• Where to Watch (US): Paramount+, CBS
• Where to Watch (UK): HBO Max

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📼 Rewind Review: Abbott Elementary

🚨 Spoiler Alert for Season 1 (starting at 51:54) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 1
• Where to Stream Season 1: Hulu (now), HBO Max (soon!)
• Season 2 Premiers: September 21
• Where to Watch Season 2: ABC (next day on Hulu)

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🔗 Links:

• Netflix Homes test applies an extra fee for TV streaming outside the home – Emma Roth, Jay Peters, and Richard Lawler, The Verge
• Netflix Admits Some Shows Won’t Make It To Ad Tier – Peter White, Deadline
• Calling all New Yorkers! ‘Succession’ needs you on set for its next season – Phil de Semlyen, TimeOut New York
• Disney Plus adding R-rated Marvel movies Deadpool and Logan – Michael McWhertor, Polygon
• Lightyear will be available to stream on Disney Plus starting August 3rd – Jay Peters, The Verge
• Disney Plus supposedly trying to snag streaming rights for the new Doctor Who – William Hughes, The A.V. Club
• Abbott Elementary's second season will be 22 episodes, not just 13 – William Hughes, The A.V. Club

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We’ve spent weeks practicing this podcast so we can anticipate every possible outcome of our review of the new HBO series The Rehearsal. The show marks Nathan Fielder’s return to the experimental reality-TV-influenced comedy he pioneered on Comedy Central’s Nathan For You, but don’t worry if you’ve never heard of him! We’ll get you caught up and share our thoughts about ethical quandaries inherent in Fielder’s work.

Plus: Netflocalypse! Serial killers! And our rewind review of Ms. Marvel season 1!

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📺 Review: The Rehearsal

🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episode 1 (starting at 29:45) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 1 (In Progress)
• Where to Watch: HBO Max (Also Airing Fridays on HBO)

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📼 Rewind Review: Ms. Marvel

🚨 Spoiler Alert for ALL EPISODES (starting at 52:41) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 1
• Where to Watch: Disney+

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🔗 Links:

• Nathan Fielder Is Out of His Mind (and Inside Yours) – Lila Shapiro, Vulture
• Hulu Renews ‘Only Murders in the Building’ for Season 3 – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter
• ‘The Bear’ Renewed For Season 2 By FX – Lynette Rice, Deadline
• ‘Criminal Minds’ Revival A Go At Paramount+ With Key Cast Members & Showrunner Set To Return – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline
• Why Netflix's Loss of Licensed Titles Could Spark a Content Crisis – Tyler Aquilina, Variety
• Americans Age 50 and Up Are Powering Streaming Growth – Sarah Krouse, Wall Street Journal
• Netflix is bringing back its Tudum event in September – Andrew Webster, The Verge
• ESPN+ Raises Price in Monthly Subscription by $3 as Disney Strives for Streaming Profits – Brian Steinberg, Variety
• BTS is coming to Disney Plus – Monica Chin, The Verge
• Utter delight Nathan Lane is the most nominated guest star in Emmy history – Matt Schimkowitz, The A.V. Club

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