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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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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We’re sending the investigation in a whole new direction this week with our impressions of Season 2 of Hulu’s hit series Only Murders in the Building. It’s a wildly inaccurate portrayal of podcasting, but a delightful and empathetic look at the cloistered lives of quirky city dwellers (Caution: Contains highly relatable and extremely awkward interactions with neighbors).

Then we’re revisiting our review of Season 1 of Showtime’s I Love That For You. It’s a series that piqued our interest but left us worried the dark twist would sink the stellar comedic performances. So, how did it turn out for Joanna Gold at SVN? You’ll have to listen to the end to find out!

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📺 Review: Only Murders in the Building

🚨 Spoiler Alert for Season 1 (All Episodes) and the first 3 Episodes of Season 2 (starting at 22:49) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 2
• Where to Watch: Hulu

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📼 Rewind Review: I Love That For You

🚨 Spoiler Alert for ALL EPISODES (starting at 46:45) 🚨

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

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🔗 Links:

• Stranger Things 4 just became the second Netflix show to hit 1 billion hours viewed – David Pierce, The Verge
• ‘Stranger Things’ Spinoff and Stage Play, Stephen King’s ‘The Talisman’ Up Next for Duffer Brothers at Netflix – Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter
• Star Wars: Andor’s Second Season Will Jump a Year Every 3 Episodes – James Whitbrook, Gizmodo
• HBO Max Halts Originals in Parts of Europe in Major Restructure – Manori Ravindran, Variety
• What’s behind HBO Max’s European Originals Strategy Change? – Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter
• 'The Simpsons,' 'Family Guy,' 'American Dad!' Production and IT Workers Win Voluntary Union Recognition – Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter
• The Wild History of the Real ‘Only Murders’ Building – Penelope Green, The New York Times

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We know nothing says “dark comedy set in Chicago” like beef sandwiches, Wilco, and the actor who played Lip Gallagher on Shameless (Jeremy Allen White), but this is a podcast hosted two natives of the Greater Chicagoland Area! We aren’t just going to give any old Italian beef a pass, so you can trust our sandwich expertise as we dig into a double helping of FX’s The Bear (now streaming on Hulu).

Plus we conduct a bloody post-mortem on Season 3 of Barry in our latest Rewind Review (don’t worry, there are plenty of spoiler alerts before we get there!).

Yes, finally there’s a podcast brave enough to ask: Where have all our David Krumholtz gone?

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📺 Review: The Bear

🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episodes 1-2 (starting at 26:11) 🚨

• Episodes Watched for Review: 2
• Number of Seasons Overall: 1 (All 8 Episodes Out Now)
• Where to Watch: FX on Hulu

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📼 Rewind Review: Barry

🚨 Spoiler Alert for ALL EPISODES (starting at 50:33) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 3
• Where to Watch: HBO and HBO Max

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🔗 Links:

• Here’s why Netflix made you wait a month to watch the rest of Stranger Things – Peter Kafka and Rani Molla, Vox
• 'Stranger Things' Becomes Nielsen's Most-Streamed Program in One Week – Selome Hailu, Variety
• ‘Stranger Things’ Creators Discuss ‘George Lucas-ing’ Will’s Birthday, Updating Season 4 After It Premiered, and Their Not-So-Secret Spinoff Show – Kate Aurthur, Variety
• ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Finale Disney+ Viewership Bests ‘Book Of Boba Fett’ – Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline
• Disney teases new photo of Santa Clause series ... without Bernard the Hot Elf – Petrana Radulovic, Polygon
• MSNBC to replace Rachel Maddow with Alex Wagner four nights a week – Jeremy Barr, The Washington Post
• 'A Black Lady Sketch Show' Creator Robin Thede Signs HBO Overall Deal – Joe Otterson, Variety
• Review: ‘The Bear’ Is Gorgeously, Addictively Stressful – Jen Chaney, VultureNotes go here

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We’re diving deep into Disney+ this week with our review of the newest Marvel series, Ms. Marvel (which is giving us big Buffy vibes in the best possible way).

PLUS we’re kicking off our “Rewind Reviews” where we revisit shows we reviewed in earlier episodes. First up: The finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi (which, sadly, did not give us any Buffy vibes whatsoever).

What more could you ask for? How about a slew of Disney+ news, intriguing new data on ad-supported vs. ad-free streaming, and an exciting game that will reveal the fate of 18 shows. Were they renewed or canceled? Find out on Streamageddon!

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📺 Review: Ms. Marvel

🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episodes 1-3 (starting at 35:36) 🚨

• Episodes Watched for Review: 3
• Number of Seasons Overall: 1
• Where to Watch: Disney+

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📼 Rewind Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi

🚨 Spoiler Alert for ALL EPISODES (starting at 1:07:10) 🚨

• Episodes Watched for Review: All 6 (including the finale)
• Number of Seasons Overall: 1
• Where to Watch: Disney+

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🔗 Links:

• How the leading ad-supported streamers compare – Sara Lebow, Insider Intelligence Trends, Forecasts & Statistics
• Why Isn't Disney+'s LGBTQIA+ Pride Special Streaming on Disney+? – Todd Spangler, Variety
• Oh no, the dinosaurs are eating Buzz Lightyear's box office money – William Hughes, The A.V. Club
• Viacom18 Nabs Streaming Rights to India’s Premier League Cricket for $2.6B, Disney Takes TV Rights for $3B – Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter
• Our Flag Means Death is setting sail for a heartbreaking season 2 – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge
• The Boys renewed for season 4 at Prime Video – Mary Kate Carr, The A.V. Club
• 'Made for Love' Canceled at HBO Max After Two Seasons – Jennifer Maas, Variety
• Netflix says no to expensive vanity projects, says yes to Is It Cake? season 2 – Sam Barsanti, The A.V. Club
• Earth sentenced to watching the trailer for Chrissy’s Court – Matt Schimkowitz, The A.V. Club
• 'Raised by Wolves' Canceled at HBO Max After Two Seasons – Jennifer Maas, Variety
• Roku Channel Renews 'Doomlands,' Greenlights Two Unscripted Series – Wilson Chapman, Variety
• ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix – Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter
• TBS Dating Show ‘The Big D’ Canceled Weeks Before Premiere – Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter
• ‘Snowpiercer’ To End With Season 4 On TNT – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline
• ‘How We Roll’ Canceled After One Season By CBS – Peter White & Denise Petski, Deadline
• ‘Wendy Williams Show’ Final Episode Airs Without Wendy Williams – Tom Tapp, Deadline
• AMC determines Dark Winds strong enough for season two – Matt Schimkowitz, The A.V. Club
• Craig Robinson's Killing It renewed for season 2 at Peacock – Hattie Lindert, The A.V. Club

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This week we’re force-ing ourselves to see both the light and dark sides of the newest Star Wars series: Obi-Wan Kenobi (like Ewan McGregor, we are cranky old dad-types now and our jokes will reflect that). We’re reviewing the first four episodes and making our predictions for the final two!

We'll take a look at the “Marvel-ization” of the Star Wars universe that’s accelerated since the launch of Disney+ (try to guess how many Star Wars shows are currently in development!) and we’ll try to answer this week’s big questions from the streaming universe. Questions like…

• Is it cake?
• What is “Breaking News” anyway?
• Wait, Premier League Cricket is worth how much?
• Do you think J.J. Abrams will take our notes about his sci-fi epic Demimonde and give Demi Moore the Emmy she deserves??
• No really, is it cake??!
• And can Netflix pivot to blockbuster movies? In this economy?!?!!

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📺 Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi

🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episodes 1-4 (starting at 26:31) 🚨

• Episodes Watched for Review: 4
• Number of Seasons Overall: 1
• Where to Watch: Disney+
• Spinoffs: Something called “Star Wars”

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🔗 Links:

• ‘Law & Order’: Anthony Anderson Not Returning For Season 22 – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline
• The Ticking Time Bomb That Could Undercut Disney Stock – Gavin Bridge, Variety
• J.J. Abrams’ ‘Demimonde’ Dead at HBO – Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter
• AT&T Drops Free HBO Max From Top Unlimited Wireless Plan – Todd Spangler, Variety
• CNN cutting back on over-hyping everything as "breaking news" – Sara Fischer, Axios
• Netflix changes how it produces movies to compete with Disney Plus – Alex Cranz, The Verge
• Netflix says no to expensive vanity projects, says yes to ‘Is It Cake?’ season 2 – Sam Barsanti, The A.V. Club
• ‘Stranger Things’ Surges Past ‘Obi-Wan’ In Streaming Showdown, Posting Biggest U.S. Debut Since March 2020, Nielsen Says – Dade Hayes, Deadline
• The Mandalorian season 3 debuts February 2023 – Jay Peters, The Verge
• Watch the first trailer for Andor, coming to Disney Plus in August – Jay Peters, The Verge
• ‘Star Wars: Tales Of The Jedi’ animated anthology series announced – Matt Schimkowitz, The A.V. Club
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch – _Wikipedia_Notes go here

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Live from New York… it’s your favorite podcast about TV and streaming! This week we take a break from reviewing the newest and buzziest shows so we can review one of the oldest and buzziest shows: NBC’s Saturday Night Live. We’ll break down the recent season finale of the sketch comedy show’s 47th year, share some of our favorite all-time SNL moments, and discuss this year’s big cast departures and what it means for the future of the show.

Plus new details on the upcoming ad-supported version of Disney+, the latest on the Netflocalypse, big names coming to streaming news, and Chris corrects the record in regards to Ted Danson.

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📺 Review: Saturday Night Live (Season 47)

🚨 Spoiler Alert for Season 47, Episode 21 (Natasha Lyonne with Musical Guest Japanese Breakfast) (starting at 53:21) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 47 (!!!)
• Where to Watch: NBC
• Where to Stream: Peacock (And Hulu, but only until this fall)
• Spinoffs: Countless

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🔗 News Links:

• ‘Mr. Mayor’ Canceled By NBC After Two Seasons – Peter White, Denise Petski, Deadline
• MSNBC announces new Jen Psaki streaming show – Sara Fischer, Axios
• Chris Wallace to Host Sunday Primetime Show for CNN and HBO Max as Chris Licht Previews Rebooted News Network – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter
• J.J. Abrams’ ‘Demimonde’ In Limbo Over Budget, Warner Bros Discovery Deal Scrutiny – Nellie Andreeva, Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline
• Discovery might not be interested in J.J. Abrams' Demimonde – Matt Schimkowitz, The A.V. Club
• Disney Plus with ads will keep the breaks down to four minutes per hour – Emma Roth, The Verge
• Paramount will no longer license major IP to other streamers – Mary Kate Carr, The A.V. Club
• Landmark UK Research Shine Spotlight On Streamer Churn – Max Goldbart, Deadline
• Stranger Things creators pissed after season 4 Monopoly spoilers – William Hughes, The A.V. Club
• Bela Bajaria Is on the 2022 TIME 100 List – Mindy Kaling, TIME
• Netflix is carving out a little niche for itself as the home of transphobic comedy – Mary Kate Carr, The A.V. Club

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We love this episode for you, and not just because we’re reviewing the new Showtime comedy I Love That For You starring Vanessa Bayer, Molly Shannon, and Jenifer Lewis.

Plus: Netflix accelerates their plan to introduce ads (and crack down on password sharing), Disney+ beats growth expectations, Hulu plans for the post-NBC world by picking up Schitt’s Creek, and we discuss the best (and worst) rated shows on a strange streaming service called Network TV (we hope you like Dick Wolf spinoffs!).

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📺 Review: I Love That for You

🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episodes 1-2 (starting at 59:31) 🚨

• Episodes Watched for Review: 2
• Number of Seasons Overall: 1
• Where to Watch: Showtime

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🔗 Links:

• TV Upfronts 2022: Burning Questions for Broadcast Networks – Lesley Goldberg, Rick Porter, and Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter
• Upfronts 2022: Last-Minute Pilot Buzz – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline
• Broadcast Rankings: The Highest and Lowest-Rated Scripted TV Series of the 2021-2022 Season – Jennifer Maas, Variety
• NBC Renews ‘Law & Order,’ ‘L&O: Organized Crime’ for 2022-23 – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter
• Disney+ Hits 137.7M Subscribers, Beating Wall Street Expectations in Streaming – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter
• Netflix Tells Employees Ads May Come by the End of 2022 – John Koblin and Nicole Sperling, The New York Times
• 'Schitt's Creek' Will Leave Netflix for Hulu in the U.S. – Todd Spangler, Variety
• How Roku Is Trying to Make 'Schitt' Happen With Canadian Sitcom 'Children Ruin Everything' – Jennifer Maas, Variety
• Redbox to Be Acquired in $375 Million Deal by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment – Todd Spangler, Variety
• ‘Saved By The Bell’ Canceled At Peacock After 2 Seasons – Peter White and Rosy Cordero, Deadline
• ‘Jack Ryan’ To End With Season 4, Spinoff Starring Michael Peña Eyed – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline
• HBO leaks Westworld S4 teaser trailer and June 26th release date – Richard Lawler, The Verge
• Creator Jesse Armstrong says writing on Succession season 4 is "almost done" – Gabrielle Sanchez, The A.V. Club
• 'Succession' star James Cromwell glues hand to Starbucks counter to protest vegan milk charges – AP News

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