Death pays us a visit as we go on a spoiler spree with a full season review of Hulu’s killer Steve Carell/Domhnall Gleeson drama FX’s The Patient (…on Hulu).

But don’t worry! We promise not to sneak up on you with any spoilers, because there’s plenty to talk about first:

• Did HBO retake the iron throne of prestige fantasy drama (which is definitely still a thing) with its HotD?
• Disney CEO Bob Chapek dreams of using your Disney+ viewing data to create a panopticon of magic on your next visit to one of his many all-seeing, all-knowing theme parks. What’s not to love about that?
• Netflix prepares us for the pending password crackdown by ending some of its home-sharing pilots in Latin America…
• … but don’t you want to pony up for a new season of Girs5Eva? Peacock punts the third season of the comedy to Netflix and leaves us wondering if Peacock still Peacocks comedy.

Plus: Join Dianne as she plays the hot new game that proves Peacock still has wings: It’s Peacock or NOT?!

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📺 Review: The Patient (Rewind Review)

🚨 Spoiler Alert for All 10 Episodes (starting at 29:36) 🚨

• Where to Watch: Hulu

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🔗 Links:

• 'Interview With the Vampire' Renewed for Season 2 at AMC – Joe Otterson, Variety
• The House Of The Dragon is shuttered until 2024, HBO says – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• Disney wants to use your viewing history to personalize your park experience – Emma Roth, The Verge
• Netflix ends password-sharing fees that sparked backlash in Latin America – Andrew Deck, Rest of World
• Netflix cruelly steals Girls5eva from rival Peacock – Sam Barsanti, A.V. Club
• Battlestar Galactica's Streaming Reboot Suffered A Big Setback Behind The Scenes – Adrienne Jones, Cinemablend
• Peacock Greenlights Amy Poehler Produced 'Swedish Death Cleaning' Show – Wilson Chapman, Variety
• Will There Be a Season 2 of 'The Patient'? Domhnall Gleeson Reflects on The Finale And The Future – Nicole Gallucci, Decider

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We’re taking a bite out of spooky season by doing the scariest thing imaginable: Trying a new streaming service! 😱

Join us as we explore the haunted halls of AMC+ with a truly terrifying game designed to test your undead knowledge (because like half the shows on AMC+ are Walking Dead spin-offs). If you dare survive this hair-raising trial you’ll be treated to our surprisingly enthusiastic review of Interview with the Vampire, which is so good it just might lure you into subscribing…

BUT FIRST:

• A boatload of Netflix news!
• No, really! The password crackdown is nigh!
• Some Trevor Noah news!
• Some Trevor Noah NETFLIX news!
• And, yes, even MORE Netflix news!

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📺 Review: Interview with the Vampire

🚨 Spoiler Alert: First 2 Episodes (starting at 32:24) 🚨

• Renewal Status: To Be Announced
• Releases: Weekly, Sundays through November 13
• Where to Watch: AMC and AMC+

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🔗 Links:

• Netflix is trying to crack down on password sharing with new test – Julia Alexander, The Verge
• What Happens to The Daily Show After Trevor Noah Leaves? – Josef Adalian, Vulture
• Netflix Adds 2.4 Million Subscribers, Reversing a Decline – Benjamin Mullin, The New York Times
• Orphan Black: Echoes Images Show Krysten Ritter's Sci-Fi Spin-Off – Madalyn Watson, Collider
• Netflix password-sharing crackdown will roll out globally in “early 2023” – Emma Roth, The Verge
• 'Daily Show's' Trevor Noah May Be Replaced by Host Rotation – Brian Steinberg, Variety
• Netflix announces Profile Transfers — for when it forces you to finally pay up – David Pierce, The Verge
• Trevor Noah ‘I Wish You Would’ Netflix Special Premiere Date – Hershal Pandya, Vulture
• 'Interview With the Vampire' Renewed for Season 2 at AMC – Joe Otterson, Variety

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We’re smashing our way through season 1 of She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law in this spoiler-packed Rewind Review!

BUT FIRST:

• Troy and Abed: Reunited?!
• Trevor Noah’s last day: REVEALED!
• Are these the end times for Showtime?
• An Andor mid-season vibe check!
• And Netflix finally adds a tier for the most underserved streaming community of them all: The BASICS among us.*

(*Seriously, we have everything you need to know about Netflix’s new “Basic with Ads” option that you will undoubtedly be forced to sign up for when they crack down on that password you’ve been sharing with your roommate who moved out in 2016.)

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📺 Rewind Review: She-Hulk (Season 1)

🚨 Spoiler Alert: All 9 Episodes (starting at 30:30) 🚨

• Renewal Status: To Be Announced
• Where to Watch: Disney+
• Spinoffs: Uh… how many MCU properties did they tease?

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🔗 Links:

• She-Hulk: Steve Rogers' Virginity, CGI Changes, 'Fleabag' Inspiration – Adam B. Vary, Variety
• She-Hulk tried to save itself from Marvel’s finale formula by jumping the shark – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge
• Netflix With Ads Will Cost $7 Per Month, Nov. 3 Launch, Nielsen Will Measure – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter
• Cobra Kai karate-kicked the crap out of both of those big fancy fantasy shows, Nielsen says – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• Showtime chief’s departure signals Paramount is moving forward on its plan to merge streaming services – Alex Sherman, CNBC
• Trevor Noah is officially leaving The Daily Show on December 8 – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• 'Community' Movie Could Still Include Donald Glover, Dan Harmon Says – Jennifer Maas, Variety
• Chevy Chase may be out, but Donald Glover is probably in for Community movie, says Dan Harmon – Mary Kate Carr, A.V. Club

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Generational comedy works best when the writers understand the generations involved, but does Hulu’s new Hollywood satire Reboot deliver on the pilot’s surprising twist? You’ll have to listen to our review of the first there episodes to find out!

Plus all the news you didn’t know you needed to know:

• SNL’s Charmin Bears deny any undue Charmin influence
• Peacock is thrilled to announce that they finally convinced some people to watch Peacock (just don’t ask them about their Bundle Envy)
• Comedy Central’s identity crisis comes Ito focus
• Paramount’s late night dominance is in doubt
• HBO Max’s disco daddy Warner Bros. Discovery continues its animation purge (Anime Edition!)

And we play everyone’s favorite game: Renewed or Canceled?!

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📺 Review: Reboot

🚨 Spoiler Alert: First 3 Episodes (starting at 30:13) 🚨

• Renewal Status: To Be Announced
• Releases: Weekly, Tuesdays through October 25
• Where to Watch: Hulu

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🔗 Links:

• 'Modern Family' Creator Steven Levitan on Why His New Show 'Reboot' Isn't a Hollywood Takedown - The Hollywood Reporter – Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter
• SNL Charmin Sketch and Video Ad Were Coincidental, NBC Says – Brian Steinberg, Variety
• Peacock adds 2 million paid subscribers following months-long drought – Emma Roth, The Verge
• Peacock in a Streaming Bundle: No One Wants It – Tony Maglio, IndieWire
• Streaming bundles are forming, but don't expect a cable TV-like package any time soon – Alex Sherman and Lillian Rizzo, CNBC
• As Trevor Noah Exits, Comedy Central Finds Itself in Crisis Mode – Lacey Rose and Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter
• Trevor Noah Leaving Daily Show: Paramount Has Problems in Late Night – Brian Steinberg, Variety
• ‘Community’ Movie Is Finally Real: Peacock Orders Feature With Original Stars – Peter White, Deadline
• Adult Swim Just Purged Five Anime Series From Its Website – Rafael Motamayor, Slashfilm
• Flatbush Misdemeanors Canceled by Showtime After Two Seasons – Jason P. Frank, Vulture
• Phil still fed as Somebody Feed Phil gets sixth-season renewal – William Hughes, The A.V. Club
• Outer Range and its Spooky Hole renewed for a second season at Amazon – William Hughes, The A.V. Club
• Peacock cancels Queer As Folk reboot – Sam Barsanti, The A.V. Club
• Wait, no, Don Cheadle's MCU show Armor Wars is going to be an MCU movie now, instead – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• ‘Industry’ Creators Writing Season 3 Of HBO Drama Ahead Of Renewal – Peter White, Deadline

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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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🔗 Links:

• 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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