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This week, it's another impressive quarter for Netflix as analysts try to rationalize why the stock price goes down. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Netflix Stock Walloped As Wall Street Questions Its Post-Warner Path Reed Hastings To Exit Netflix: "So Strong That I Can Now Focus On New Things" Netflix "Really Built Our M&A Muscle" During Warner Bros Pursuit, Ted Sarandos Says Nexstar-Tegna Merger Frozen By Judge's Preliminary Injunction Live Nation illegally monopolized ticketing market, jury in antitrust trial finds Ted Cruz And Maria Cantwell Call For FCC Chairman Brendan Carr To Explain Why Nexstar-Tegna Merger Didn't Get Full Commission Scrutiny Paramount’s $111 Billion Warner Bid Set for UK Merger Probe - Bloomberg Paramount CEO David Ellison Can’t Attend Senate Hearing on Warner Bros. Merger Because of Death in the Family, Company Says Hollywood Signs Open Letter Protesting Paramount-Warner Bros Deal 'Young Sherlock' Renewed for Season 2 at Amazon 'Southern Bastards' Hulu Pilot Casts Kevin Bacon The Madison renewed for season 3 ahead of second season's release Philomena Cunk Returns! Diane Morgan’s Beloved Idiot Heads to the Movies With ‘Cunk on Cinema’ for BBC, Netflix (EXCLUSIVE) The ‘Burbs Gets Second Season at Peacock 'The Copenhagen Test' Canceled After One Season At Peacock ‘From’ Renewed for Fifth and Final Season at MGM+ What We've Been Doing Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of April 18, 2026. Netflix Kill Blue, season 1 (Apr. 18) We Are All Trying Here, season 1 (Apr. 18) Tagusari bros., season 1 (Apr. 19) CoComelon Lane, season 7 (Apr. 20) Funny AF with Kevin Hart, season 1 (Apr. 20) Reborn, season 1 (Apr. 21) Unchosen (Apr. 21) Untold: The Shooting at Hawthorne Hill (Apr. 21) Hulk Hogan: Real American (Apr. 22) Lainey Wilson: Keeping Country Cool (Apr. 22) Santita, season 1 (Apr. 22) Sold Out on You, season 1 (Apr. 22) This Is a Gardening Show, season 1 (Apr. 22) Death at the Yiya Murano (Apr. 23) Flunked, season 1 (Apr. 23) Running Point, season 2 (Apr. 23) Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85 (Apr. 23) Apex (Apr. 24) If Wishes Could Kill, season 1 (Apr. 24) Disney+ 4x20: Quick Hits (Apr. 20) Orangutan (Apr. 22) HBO Max Half Man, season 1 (Apr. 23) Marty Supreme (Apr. 24) Peacock Kevin, season 1 (Apr. 20) MGM+ From, season 4 (Apr. 19) Apple TV Criminal Record, season 2 (Apr. 22) Tubi Hijacked (Apr. 24) Hallmark+ To Philly with Love (Apr. 18)

This week, the alarms bell are going off, but the Paramount runaway train keeps barreling ahead. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Paramount Secures Agreements For Gulf State Funds To Back WBD Acquisition Jeff Shell Out As Paramount President CBS Unveils Late-Night Plans Following 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' Cancellation David Zaslav Cashed Out — and Revealed the New Hollywood Dream Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav’s $887 million golden parachute gets ripped by proxy advisory firm ISS | Fortune NFL publicly defends media deal amid reports of DOJ investigation - The Athletic Sources: DOJ opens antitrust investigation of NFL over TV deals - ESPN 'The Audacity' Premiere To Stream In 21 Parts On TikTok Peacock Unveils Sweeping Revamp, Adding Vertical Video, Casual Games And AI Andy Cohen Disney+ Prepares to Embrace Microcontent in 2026 Chinese micro-dramas target US with familiar tropes for phone audience Issa Rae’s production company jumps into micro-dramas. Here’s what to expect from the Hoorae-TikTok deal AI micro-dramas are shaking up Chinese entertainment VeYou Pitch Deck: Hollywood's Tommy Harper Joins the Micro Drama Craze - Business Insider YouTube Premium is raising prices for the first time since 2023 What We've Been Doing NASA Channel Tourist Season Coachella Company Retreat

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of April 11, 2026. Netflix Fury vs. Makhmudov (Apr. 11 at 2 p.m. ET) Salish & Jordan Matter, season 1 (Apr. 11) At Home with the Furys, season 2 (Apr. 12) Noah Kahan: Out of Body (Apr. 13) Crooks, season 2 (Apr. 14) Gen Hoshino: Mad Hope Mad Music (Apr. 14) Untold: Jail Blazers (Apr. 14) Fake Profile, season 3 (Apr. 15) The Law According to Lidia Poet (Apr. 15) Made with Love, season 1 (Apr. 15) Million Dollar Secret, season 2 (Apr. 15) Someone Has to Know, season 1 (Apr. 15) Toaster (Apr. 15) Beef, season 2 (Apr. 16) Dandelion, season 1 (Apr. 16) Ronaldinho: The One and Only (Apr. 16) 180 (Apr. 17) Alpha Males, season 5 (Apr. 17) Full Swing, season 4 (Apr. 17) A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough (Apr. 17) LEGO Friends: The Next Chapter, season 4 (Apr. 17) Roommates (Apr. 17) Tatsuki: Too Kind for School, season 1 (Apr. 17) Disney+ #SKYKING (Apr. 14) O11CE: A New Generation, season 1 (Apr. 15) HBO Max Euphoria, season 3 (Apr. 12) The Dark Wizard (Apr. 14) Paramount+ You Don’t Know Where I’m From, Dawg (Apr. 14) Peacock Love Island: Beyond the Villa (Apr. 15) The Heartbreak Kid: Becoming Shawn Michaels (Apr. 17) Prime Video Balls Up (Apr. 15) Jerry West: The Logo (Apr. 16) Absolute Value of Romance, season 1 (Apr. 17) American Gladiators (Apr. 17) Apple TV Margo’s Got Money Troubles (Apr. 15) AMC+ The Audacity, season 1 (Apr. 12) Tubi Big Mood, season 2 (Apr. 16) Hive (Apr. 17) Hallmark+ A Little Park Music (Apr. 11)

This week, Hollywood is a money pit for Silicon Valley's billionaires. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Peter Friedlander Is Remaking Amazon TV. What’s Taking So Long? ‘Jeopardy!’ to Launch YouTube Edition: First Contestants are Monét X Change, Rebecca Black and Brennan Lee Mulligan Roger Goodell Is Blitzing the Hell Out of Hollywood Theater Owners Urge State Attorneys General To Oppose Paramount-Warner Bros Deal Oracle cutting thousands in latest layoff round as company continues to ramp AI spending Big Tech sports broadcast rights could imperil US local TV news, stations argue | Reuters Nexstar Tells Judge Aspects Of Tegna Merger "Cannot Be Reversed" Taskmaster's future officially confirmed as it hits massive global numbers on YouTube Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord Season 2 - Announce | StarWars.com ‘Wizards Beyond Waverly Place’ to End With Season 3; Selena Gomez Making Directorial Debut The Corrections: Meryl Streep Stars in New Jonathan Franzen Adaptation, Directed by Cord Jefferson - Netflix Tudum ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ TV Series From Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door, Chris Yost Lands at Peacock (EXCLUSIVE) What We've Been Doing Blue Prince Jeopardy, YouTube Edition Project Hail Mary A Biltmore Christmas

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of April 4, 2026. YouTube Taskmaster, season 21 (Apr. 9) Netflix Merrily We Roll Along (Apr. 4) Sheng Wang: Purple (Apr. 7) Untold: Chess Mates (Apr. 7) Trust Me: The False Prophet (Apr. 8) 18th Rose (Apr. 9) Bandi, season 1 (Apr. 9) Big Mistakes, season 1 (Apr. 9) Temptation Island, season 2 (Apr. 10) Thrash (Apr. 10) Turn of the Tide, season 3 (Apr. 10) Disney+ Inside Out Classic (Apr. 5 at 7 p.m. ET) Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord (Apr. 6) The Testaments, season 1 (Apr. 8) Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair (Apr. 10) Perfect Crown, season 1 (Apr. 10) HBO Max Hacks, season 5 (Apr. 9) Paramount+ Made for March (Apr. 4) Peacock The Miniature Wife, season 1 (Apr. 9) Prime Video The Boys, final season (Apr. 8) Nippon Sangoku: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun, season 1 (Apr. 10) Apple TV Outcome (Apr. 10) Acorn TV The Brokenwood Mysteries, season 12 (Apr. 6) Tubi Trapped Outside (Apr. 6) Bloodline Secrets (Apr. 7) Double Standards 2 (Apr. 7) Roku Channel The Reunion: Laguna Beach (Apr. 10) Hallmark+ A Season to Blossom (Apr. 4)

This week, Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro would probably prefer to forget his first week at the top. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes What Will Josh D’Amaro Do as CEO? Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora OpenAI drops AI video tool Sora, startling Disney, sources say | Reuters Disney CEO’s First Week Marred by ‘Fortnite,’ OpenAI Woes Meet Netflix's star-studded MLB broadcast lineup for Yankees vs. Giants, from Barry Bonds to Jameis Winston | Sporting News Netflix’s Opening Night Yankees-Giants Broadcast Was a Complete and Total Embarrassment MLB fans rage at Netflix over streaming issues on Opening Night - AOL Netflix Price Hike Reveals Streaming’s Next Phase: Pushing Consumers Away From Ad-Free Options 8 states file emergency motion to block Nexstar-Tegna merger after FCC approval ‘Neighbors’ Lands Season 2 Renewal at HBO Tell Me Lies Season 4: Will It Ever Happen? A Chat With Disney’s TV President on Vertical Video, AI Plans and a Potential ‘Tell Me Lies’ Spinoff ‘Wonder Man’ Renewed for Season 2 with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ben Kingsley Set to Return 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' to End With Season 2 (EXCLUSIVE) ‘School Spirits’ Renewed for Fourth Season at Paramount+ 'Criminal Minds: Evolution' Renewed, Sets Season 19 Release Date Bert Kreischer’s Netflix Sitcom ‘Free Bert’ Renewed for Season 2 ‘For All Mankind’ to End With Season 6 at Apple TV; Creators Explain Why and What to Expect ‘Talamasca: The Secret Order’ Canceled After One Season at AMC (EXCLUSIVE) What We've Been Doing Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat Wonder Man Daredevil: Born Again Ready or Not Rockin’ Grandma’s Sauce Variety Pack by Dave’s Gourmet Slay the Spire II Hollywood Animal Resident Evil: Requiem

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of March 28, 2026. Netflix 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Mar. 31) Aaron Chen: Funny Garden (Mar. 31) Clika (Mar. 31) Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom (Mar. 31) Eat Pray Bark (Apr. 1) The Giant Falls (Apr. 1) It Takes a Village (Apr. 1) Love on the Spectrum U.S., season 4 (Apr. 1) Sarah Millican: Late Bloomer (Apr. 1) Agent from Above, season 1 (Apr. 2) The Bad Guys: The Series, season 2 (Apr. 2) The Ramparts of Ice, season 1 (Apr. 2) Sins of Kujo, season 1 (Apr. 2) XO, Kitty, season 3 (Apr. 2) Bloodhounds, season 2 (Apr. 3) Feel My Voice (Apr. 3) Gangs of Galicia, season 2 (Apr. 3) High Tides, season 3 (Apr. 3) Maamla Legal Hai, season 2 (Apr. 3) The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson (Apr. 3) Disney+ Atomic, Season 1 (Apr. 1) Secrets of the Bees (Apr. 1) Pizza Movie (Apr. 3) Paramount+ FBI True, season 8 (Mar. 31) Peacock Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (Apr. 3) Apple TV Your Friends and Neighbors, season 2 (Apr. 3) Acorn TV The Feud on Shelbury Drive, season 1 (Mar. 30) Starz The Housemaid (Apr. 1) Hallmark+ A Royal Setting (Mar. 28)

This week, there's a new boss at Disney and Paramount prepares to take over Warner Bros. Discovery. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes Disney CEO Changeover: Josh D’Amaro Says Disney+ Will Be ‘Digital Centerpiece’ for Growth as Bob Iger Delivers Farewell Address David Ellison Sends Letter to CA Lawmakers Outlining Plan to Keep Hollywood Jobs Local (Exclusive) CBS News Radio to shut down after nearly a century of broadcasting David Zaslav’s WBD-Paramount deal payout highlights new 'golden parachutes' for CEOs Nexstar Closes Tegna Merger Following FCC And DOJ Approval / California And Other States Seek Order To Stop Nexstar-Tegna Merger What We've Been Doing Project Hail Mary Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of March 21, 2026. Netflix BTS: The Comeback Live - Arirang (Mar. 21 at 7 a.m.) Sidemen: Inside, season 3 (Mar. 23) Ready or Not: Texas (Mar. 24) Heartbreak High, season 3 (Mar. 25) Major League Baseball 2026 Opening Night (Mar. 25 at 7 p.m.) Jo Nesbo's Detective Hole, season 1 (Mar. 26) The Prosecutor (Mar. 26) Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, season 1 (Mar. 26) 53 Sundays (Mar. 27) BTS: The Return (Mar. 27) The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties, season 6 (Mar. 27) The Predator of Seville (Mar. 27) Disney+ Daredevil: Born Again, season 2 (Mar. 24) Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special (Mar. 24) Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (Mar. 27) HBO Max The Comeback, season 3 (Mar. 22) Prime Video Bait, season 1 (Mar. 25) Pretty Lethal (Mar. 25) House of David, season 2 (Mar. 27) Apple TV For All Mankind, season 5 (Mar. 27) Acorn TV Mystery Road: Origin, season 2 (Mar. 23) Tubi Rockabye (Mar. 27) Hallmark+ Two for Tee (Mar. 21)

This week, it's rapid fire time, as Paramount opens up their wallet to buy full control of BET+, Universal thinks maybe theaters aren't dead yet, and Prime Video's ad-free tier gets more expensive. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes BET+ To Be Folded Into Paramount+ As Tyler Perry's Stake Is Acquired By Paramount NFL discussing media deal with Paramount that could mean CBS pays an extra $1 billion or more Movie Theaters, Rejoice! Universal Extends Theatrical Window to Five Weekends in 2026, Seven Weekends Starting in 2027 Byron Allen Buys Major Stake in Starz from Steve Mnuchin / Starz Ends 2025 With 17.6 Million U.S. Subscribers as Losses Narrow Following Lionsgate Split Netflix, After Walking Away From Warner Bros. Deal, Will 'Move Forward' With '$2.8 Billion in Our Pocket That We Didn't Have a Few Weeks Ago,' CFO Says Netflix Acquires AI Filmmaking Start-Up Founded by Ben Affleck, Who Will Serve as Adviser to Streamer Amazon Raises Price Of Ad-Free Prime Video Plan, Tags “Ultra” Onto Brand Name YouTube Lays Claim to Another Crown: The World’s Largest Media Company 'Family Guy' Spinoff 'Stewie' From Seth MacFarlane Gets 2-Season Order At Fox & Hulu 'Buffy' Reboot Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar Not Going Forward At Hulu Jennifer Garner To Produce and Star In One Attempt Remaining Comedy from Kay Cannon - Netflix Tudum Seth MacFarlane Says There's 'No Plan' to Do 'Ted' Season 3, Citing Cost Seth MacFarlane Teases New Life for ‘The Orville’: “Season 4 Is Written” What We've Been Doing Pokémon Pokopia Predator: Badlands Slay the Spire 2 Resident Evil Requiem

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of March 14, 2026. Netflix The Plastic Detox (Mar. 16) Mark Normand: None Too Pleased (Mar. 17) Eva Lasting, season 4 (Mar. 18) Furies, season 2 (Mar. 18) Radioactive Emergency, season 1 (Mar. 18) Steel Ball Run: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (Mar. 19) Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black, season 2, part 2 (Mar. 19) Unicorn Academy: Secrets Revealed (Mar. 19) Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (Mar. 20) Pokemon Horizons Season 3: Rising Hope Part 2 (Mar. 20) The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel (Mar. 20) Disney+ Zootopia 2 (Mar. 11) HBO Max Born to Bowl (Mar. 16) Paramount+ The Madison, season 1 (Mar. 14) Peacock Wicked: For Good (Mar. 20) Prime Video Invincible, season 4 (Mar. 18) Meal Ticket (Mar. 19) Deadloch, season 2 (Mar. 20) Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat (Mar. 20) Apple TV Imperfect Women (Mar. 18) Hallmark+ Nelly Knows Mysteries: All Manners of Murder (Mar. 14)

This week, the financing of Paramount's bid for Warner Bros. Discovery remains suspiciously nebulous. Nielsen Ratings Show Notes A key Paramount ally makes the case for using Middle East money to buy Warner Bros.: 'The world is changing.' How David Ellison's Paramount Is Transforming Before Buying WBD - Business Insider California AG Cites Antitrust Concerns Over Paramount-WBD Merger: EXCLU Big winner of Paramount-Warner Bros.-Netflix deal frenzy? The NFL - The Athletic Netflix Leaders Reassure Staff At Town Hall After Ceding Warner Bros. To Paramount By Not Raising Bid How David Zaslav Pulled Off the Sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to Paramount - The New York Times Atlanta Braves Announce Launch of Exclusive Braves Television Network: BravesVision Angels Launch New Network. Here's How to Watch Angels Games. | Yardbarker 'Industry' Renewed for Fifth and Final Season at HBO ‘The X-Files’ Reboot Casts Danielle Deadwyler to Star, Ryan Coogler to Direct Ronda Rousey to fight Gina Carano in return to MMA - ESPN / Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao Rematch Set for Sept. 19 — Live on Netflix 'Heated Rivalry' Creator Jacob Tierney Sets 'Alexander' Netflix Series The Night Agent Season 4 Renewed: Cast, News, and Release Date - Netflix Tudum 'Palm Royale' Canceled At Apple TV After Two Seasons 'Robin Hood' Renewed for Season 2 at MGM+ What We've Been Doing Hoppers Pokémon Pokopia Young Sherlock Slay the Spire 2 Bad Monkey

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of March 7, 2026. Netflix Girl from Nowhere: The Reset, season 1 (Mar. 7) Sesame Street, season 2 (Mar. 9) Derrick Stroup: Nostalgic (Mar. 10) One Piece, season 2 (Mar. 10) Age of Attraction, season 1 (Mar. 11) Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere (Mar. 11) Love Is Blind Sweden, season 3 (Mar. 12) Made in Korea (Mar. 12) Virgin River, season 7 (Mar. 12) Dynasty: The Murdochs (Mar. 13) Fatal Seduction, season 3 (Mar. 13) That Night, season 1 (Mar. 13) Disney+ Sunny Nights, season 1 (Mar. 11) The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, season 4 (Mar. 12) HBO Max Rooster, season 1 (Mar. 8) Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare (Mar. 10) Peacock It’s Dorothy! (Mar. 13) Prime Video Scarpetta (Mar 11) Tubi Woman to Woman (Mar. 13) Hallmark+ Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swenson Mystery (Mar. 7)

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