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Chad White
Listen as C+ Comedy's Chad White talks about the latest around the comedy, television, movie, gaming, and music worlds.
Listen as Chad changes his mind on how actors should make money on streaming in real time. Plus:
- Apple is looking to pay actors bonuses based on how many people watched Apple TV+
- IGN buys up competition, layoffs commence
- Layoffs at Pixar
- Does Warner Bros. Discovery still have a chance for the NBA rights?
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Kate Willett (stand up!) stops by to talk about her new special, Loopholes!
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Roku is showing free MLB games. That's so nice of them.
- Roku to stream MLB games for free
- Vice Media is already coming back, again
- Podcast ad spending slowed
- Wall Street can’t get enough of influencers
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All of TV is becoming the same homogenous bland show IP.
- ESPN title to join Disney+ ahead of new streaming app launch
- An ESPN, NFL Media team up is imminent
- If the Sony/Apollo deal goes through, Paramount will have to sell CBS and other properties
- Networks turn to existing IP for shows
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Daniel Van Kirk (stand up! Dumb People Town!) returns to the show to talk about his new special, Rose Gold. Chad finally gets to apologize for hanging up on Daniel years ago. Plus, we cover how to be nice to one another even if we don't agree; how he shaped a Jimmy Buffett joke; and he gives a seminar on joke structure.
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Sarah Hester Ross (comedy!) stops by to talk about her new special, Don't Mess With a Redhead. Plus, her Bette Midler and Rachel Bloom inspirations; doing comedy and music; performing in Vegas; and more!
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Cable companies think they know us so well. Do they know I can do this?! Hnnnggghhhh. They didn't know I could do that. Idiots.
- UMG and TikTok settle on a new deal
- Peacock’s price raising by $2 this summer
- Cable companies know you prefer streaming and will try to emulate it
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Richard Savarte (stand up!) comes by to talk about his new album, They're Gonna Know. Plus, we get into hot topics like Radio Shack, religion and how posting to Tik Tok plays into comedy.
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Chad tries to show off how cool his phone is and fails miserably.
Plus:
- Asian and Pacific Islander representation on screen is poor in the eyes of the AIP viewers
- What would happen if the FCC agreed to YouTube TV’s cable-like status?
- The Spiderwick Chronicles shows Roku’s ad-supported streamer has some legs
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Sierra Katow (Earth to Ned! The Sex Lives of College Girls! Close Enough!) stops by to talk about her new special, Funt! And also where to eat in Los Angeles.
Follow Sierra Katow on Instagram, TikTok and buy Funt on Amazon, YouTube, Apple and wherever you get comedy specials.
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Let's count how many Spider-Man shows there were. Netflix wants to make less, better movies. And A24's Civil War AI generated ads are feeling the fire.
Plus:
- Disney wants 24/7 streaming on Disney+
- BBC presenters not seen on air for over a year take the network to court
- Netflix is going to make less, better movies
- Netflix’s subscriber number reporting is over
- A24’s AI made “Civil War” ads
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800 Pound Gorilla Media's Ian Adkins and Ryan Bitzer join the show to talk about Worldwide Comedy Month. Check out the line up here!
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Ryan Hansen (Veronica Mars! Ryan Hansen Solves Crime On Television!) joins me to talk about his stint on Night Court!
Plus:
- YouTube’s own Dude Perfect’s new offices will be an amusement park
- CBS News goes 24/7
- NPR is accused of bias by one of of its journalists
- Series finales don't need to wrap up everything neatly
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Jesse David Fox and Eddie Schmidt stop by to talk about the Peacock documentary "Good One: A Show About Jokes" starring Mike Birbiglia! Watch the video here!
Plus:
- YouTube multiview will expand to include Coachella livestreams
- Exactly who the multiview is for
- Where is the Wall Street support for IMAX?
- ESPN streaming service gets a launch year and details
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C+ Comedy is combining with Disney+ in a few months. Get ready to see our new podcasts starring all the Disney princesses! Except for the cancelled one.
- Take Two is acquiring Gearbox
- Substack writers concerned new follow feature is curbing subscriptions
- Former child stars find success in podcasting
- Amazon teams up with Bally Sports
- Hulu is now out of beta on Disney+
- Beyond the combination of Disney+ and Hulu
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The Associated Press is not having a good week. Plus: Judd Apatow gives his thoughts on streaming acquisitions and ESPN has a bit of catch up to do.
- Gannett to stop using Associated Press resources
- Another big publisher to stop using AP
- Judd Apatow is concerned about all the show licensing on streaming
- Remaking ESPN
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Caitlin Peluffo (stand up!) hits the show to talk about her debut comedy album "Dirty Bird." We cover her sensational stage presence, creating her own type of femininity, where her jokes are derived from, and more!
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Luckily, this show is never allowed to be on X.
- Netflix and BBC’s disability partnership initiative isn’t paying off
- Netflix’s “Break Point” is probably done due to restricted player access
- Spotify is going to beat music videos
- TikTok created its own problem
- Elon Musk cancels Don Lemon’s X show after a one-on-one interview for said show
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Rob Haze (stand up! Sherman's Showcase!) drops by to talk about his sophomore album, "Frontin'." Plus, why now is the right time for the album to drop; he and Chad connect on failed stints at CNN; how his taping went up against Beyonce concerts.
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Warner Bros. Discovery made one horrible mistake in gaming and one decent mistake in sports television. They're the see-saw of the media industry!
- For authors’s new deals, no upfront pay in exchange for larger profit
- Disney family backs Iger over activist investors
- Warner Bros to focus more on free to play games over AAA
- truTV will become WBD’s version of ESPN
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Ashley Ray (TV I Say podcast! Stand up! Writer!) sits in to talk about her latest album "Ice Cream Money."
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Freedom of speech extends to the press too. CBS gets into hot water with SAG after it doesn't abide by that rule.
- Apple TV brings in acquired movies
- Sony suffers layoffs, 8% of workforce
- EA lays off 5% of its workers
- CBS seizes Catherine Herridge’s files on a Biden story after firing her
- SAG condemns CBS’s actions
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Ahmed Al-kadri stops by to talk about his first comedy special, "Special Not Special." Plus, he and Chad talk about the worst gigs for comics in Hollywood, how he admires comedians his age and experiences as a Yemeni-American comedian.
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Physical media is evaporating. What's a boy to do? And women aren't winning BAFTAs or being hired to work in movies.
- Disney sends its DVD unit to Sony
- Disney Movie Club shuttering
- Fubo suing over the giant sports streaming platform from WBD, Disney and Fox
- Black women haven't won BAFTA’s in almost 80 years
- Women lead films total fell
- Paramount and Comcast considering a streaming team up
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Chris Martin (stand up!) stops by to talk about his latest album, Above Ground Comedian.
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Monday is becoming the best day for news. Disney, Netflix and Warner Bros are interested in gaming again. Peak TV is slowly going the way of cable TV. And more!
- Amazon's Prime Video takes away Dolby Atmos and Vision from ad-supported viewers
- Monday is the hottest day for primetime cable news
- Disney's epic deal continues the entertainment industry’s love-hate relationship with gaming
- Peak TV is over, says FX boss
- Landgraf won’t admit to Netflix’s streaming prowess
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A new sports streaming skinny bundle is coming from Warner, Disney and Fox. A cable-like structure has entered the streaming world.
- YouTube TV is the top subscribed pay-TV service
- Is Apple's big spending on expensive flops sustainable?
- New sports streaming rights agreement from Warner, Disney and Fox
- The risks and other small details of the sports streaming trifecta
- The new sports streamer won't solve much of anything in terms of subscribers
- Disney announces ESPN standalone product timeline
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Maybe let's not be too mad at Oscar nominations.
- YouTube Music and Premium has 100 million subscribers
- Universal Music Group pulls music catalog from TikTok
- Daytime Emmy requirements released
- Fantasy movie actors usually struggle at the Oscars
- Not every Oscar snub means anything
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Interruptive performance art; Apple App Store changes; Netflix's strong Q4; and much more!
- A stand up set interrupted, Tyra Banks meets furries and a Donald Glover/Amazon connection
- Artists on Apple Music can make more with spatial audio
- Apple institutes changes to its App Store after EU decision
- Epic boss not a fan of the Apple App Store changes
- Spotify boss dislikes the changes too
- Netflix high Q4 earnings lead to elimination of cheapest ad-free plan and a hint of added fees for services
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Scripted shows are out; making money on streaming is in.
- Most diverse Emmys ever
- Studios still didn’t are women or people of color even after saying they would
- Scripted TV numbers are all the way down
- Where are Spotify’s profits?
- Amazon Prime Video ads will make an impact
- Netflix has more game based ambitions to make money
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Tony Shalhoub & Andy Breckman sit down to talk about the new Peacock movie Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie, what it was like to bring the character back, and what was missing.
- Agencies can take advantage of the newly released Netflix viewership numbers
- Licensed TV and movie libraries can be costly for streamers
- Lionsgate and Starz split in a spinoff deal
- Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global have preliminary merger discussions
- Industry is flummoxed about the proposed merger
- What a possible Warner & Paramount merger could look like on the cable side
- Other questions surrounding a merger
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Adam Cayton-Holland (Conan! The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail! stand up!) sits down to talk about his 6th full length audio and first video special, Wallpaper.
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Do you like ads? Do you like streaming? Do I have a deal for you! Plus: Netflix finally gives viewership numbers; SiriusXM goes through changes; Dropout (formally known as CollegeHumor) is successful; and more!
- Showtime (the channel) gets a bad rebrand
- Microsoft may want to explore an ad-supported Gamepass
- Netflix drops its first real numbers on viewership
- NYT hires its first A.I. newsroom leader
- SiriusXM redesign and who their competition is
- Dropout to partially share revenue with its creators
- Dropout CEO Sam Reich on revenue for the comedy streamer
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Gianmarco Soresi (stand up!) comes by to talk about his hard hitting comedy as well as appearing on Netflix's Verified Stand-Up!
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All streaming platforms are basically the same platform.
- Verizon deal shows Netflix and Apple are more open to streaming partnerships
- Disney+ and Hulu combine in beta
- Spotify’s layoff memo is the pinnacle PR move
- Hollywood jobs down 20% but it's not only due to strikes
- Hollywood jobs on the monthly jobs report shows new numbers
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Paige Gallagher (stand up! Pillow Talk! TikTok!) sits down to talk about putting her comedy out on TikTok, how she puts action to her ideas, the moment she knew she was comfortable on stage and what music she’s listened to most this year.
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Eric Deggans (NPR! Journalist! Media critic!) gives a class on media of today, race in media, as well as one of the worst shows in recent memory - Squid Game: The Challenge.
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You can't censor a De Niro. Plus: more streaming bundles on the horizon; fake Sports Illustrated articles; how TMZ stays grimey; and more!
- Important pay changes for WBD’s David Zaslav
- Paramount+ cut just as much as Max
- Apple TV and Paramount+ considering bundle
- Microsoft wants its own mobile gaming store
- Robert De Niro’s Gotham Awards speech involved politics, censored without his knowledge
- Sports Illustrated published articles with fake authors
- Abso Lutely brings UCB to the digital world
- TMZ’s connection to celebrity deaths
- YouTube is going to crackdown on deepfakes (of musicians)
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Leah Rudick (stand up! Skinny Bitch Jesus Meeting!) returns to C+ Comedy -- this time in audio and video form. We talk about her latest special, Spiraling; our first time meeting; how social media helped her career and more!
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Fortnite will only be eclipsed by Fivenight.
- Epic Games Store isn’t profitable
- SiriusXM rebrands for the future
- Merged Hulu and Disney+ app launching in beta next month
- Post-strike questions answered
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One Sunday Ticket please!
- YouTube TV is losing a billion dollars on NFL Sunday Ticket this year
- YouTube ad blockers are being blocked by YouTube
- Disney buying out Comcast from Hulu
- Local affiliates continue to urge treating streaming cable like regular cable
- Pause ads start showing in premium streaming apps for extra revenue
- Spotify’s royalty model is changing
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Chuck Nice (co-host of StarTalk with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson! Brain Games on the Road on Disney+ and Nat Geo!) brings infectious energy to an interview that will make you want to learn a little something. Chuck talks about preparing to record his latest special -- Just Smart Enough -- along with how he skirts the line between educator and comedian.
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The Daily Show is having a rough go at it right now.
- Roy Wood Jr. talks about the future of late night after leaving The Daily Show
- Hasan Minhaj is not going to host The Daily Show
- Showtime’s sports is no more
- ESPN financials get broken down for the first time
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Abe Forsythe (Wolf Like Me) stops by to talk about the second season of the Peacock show Wolf Like Me and how it deals with his real life relationships. Plus: the streaming cable news landscape takes shape; a possible Disney+ and Hulu merger; NPR is thriving with clicks and more!
- CNN and NBC lead the way for streaming news
- Paramount is most likely done with limited series
- Is Disney planning on merging Disney+ and Hulu?
- NPR didn’t lose much traffic after leaving Twitter
- What artists lose when they cancel concerts
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Who's going to Prime Video? Sure, it's probably getting a lot of viewers but, like, who's staying? You? Don't lie. Plus: Drew Barrymore wasn't wrong; the number one streaming platform; which streamers cancel the most: and more!
- Drew Barrymore is not to blame
- Sony Music’s TikTok releases hindered song performances
- Max is the number 1 streaming service. For now…
- Which streamer cancels the most shows?
- Disney has to go up against new cable derived anti-trust lawsuit
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Cat Solen talks about directing Chris Fleming's new comedy special -- "Chris Fleming: Hell" -- along with how to actually be a good director.
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Craig Robinson & Claudia O'Doherty politely answer my questions and deal with my poor excuse for antics as we discuss season two of Peacock's Killing It.
This interview was recorded before the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Plus:
- Netflix game streaming is a reality
- Amazon might be interested in a partnership with Disney for ESPN
- Ubisoft+ gets Activision Blizzard games
- Another Sunday Ticket lawsuit
- Neighborhood TV is Cox’s hyper local news service
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Chad's back with a dog, entertainment news analysis and all the links you could ever want.
- Netflix has a new view metric that’s still not very informational
- Working under David Zaslav
- Local affiliates want direct deals with streaming cable providers
- Academy says it's committed to diversity
- Could Disney sell ABC and get out of the broadcast game?
- Streaming’s local news problem
- Cheddar may go up for sale
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More strike talk is happening because that's the toast of the town. Maybe some CNN and Chris Licht talk too. Plus: SAG joins the strike team; Spotify layoffs affect podcasting; CNN is in upheaval; and more.
- Disney and Comcast’s fight over Hulu
- SAG-AFTRA ready to vote for strike authorization
- As strike continues, upfronts focus on reality and sports
- Valve helped Nintendo get the Dolphin emulator removed from its own store
- Spotify doing podcast layoffs and combining the two studios it purchased
- Chris Licht’s CNN is a bunch of trouble
- Jeff Zucker speaks out on his CNN firing
- Licht tells CNN staff he’s not the story
- CNN’s crisis was born of Licht
- Licht is gone a week after Atlantic piece
- David Zaslav can’t treat CNN like he treats other networks, streamers
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As the writer's strike continues, let's check out how the upfronts and Emmy For Your Consideration events have been dealing without writers and showrunners. Plus: ESPN will stream; no, David Zaslav, more bundles aren't coming; and Cannes feels the strike.
- ESPN plans to stream its channel too
- David Zaslav wants more bundles, but that’s not happening
- Cannes feeling the repercussions of the strike and potential ones
- How the upfronts dealt with lack of scripted shows
- Emmy season will be affected by writer’s strike
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More WGA strike news! More streaming news! More of the same! Will this show ever change? Plus: Disney+ loses subs and changes are coming to how many projects they produce; MTV News is no longer around; and the villain for the writer's strike has been identified.
- Conan launches a FAST channel on Samsung
- NBCU and Amazon team up for local news on FAST channels
- Disney+ subscriber numbers fell again, streaming to lose titles and cool off on tons of episodes
- Vice could file for bankruptcy
- MTV News is out of business
- What the WGA is striking for
- A villain for the strike has been found
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How much Roku bucks does Roku make by showing you ads? So many Roku bucks. Like so many. They're the only ones who'd admit it. You think Pluto TV or Freevee or Tubi would talk about their bucks? No way! Plus: Facebook Watch is done; studios think Wall Street is better than unions; and stop changing our movies/shows/books.
- Meta kills Facebook Watch
- How much money Roku pulls in with ads
- Hollywood shows Wall Street it can hang by cost cutting, makes Unions angry
- Popular E-books being updated show who really owns your classic literature
- Sony’s “clean movie initiative” from 2017
- Seth Rogen hates Sony’s R-to-PG initiative
- Sony plans to discontinue if Director’s Guild isn’t with it
- Mark Wahlberg’s Father Stu recut for re-release
- Steven Spielberg says recut E.T. was a mistake
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BuzzFeed News is closing down. Now's time for BuzzFeet News: the hottest place to get feet news. Gross. Plus: AMC+ is also going ad supported; Netflix drops DVDs and Redbox wants them; the Writers Guild Association says it's okay to strike if they need to; and more!
- AMC+ getting ad-supported tier
- Netflix's DVD business will end in the fall
- Redbox wants the Netflix DVD business
- Hollywood writers approve of strike authorization
- Filming days in LA have dropped thanks to potential of strike
- BuzzFeed shuts down its news division
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Luke Mones (comedy!) stops by to chat about his debut album Happening In My Head from Blonde Medicine. The two discuss the delusions comedians need to have in order to succeed; being part of the Netflix family; and Chad talks about what instigated the interview.
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Today's episode is a pilot episode. We're going to pitch it to Sundance. Yes, the festival. Please give us a Sunny Award! Plus: Netflix makes a pilot for the first time; Amazon Studios doesn't know what it wants; and NPR quits Twitter.
- Netflix steps into the pilot process
- Amazon Studios is full of tumult
- Spotify kills live audio on its platform
- AI is already afflicting Hollywood
- NPR quits Twitter
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Kurt Fuller (Evil! Psych! comedy!) sits down with us to talk about his upcoming stint on NBC's Night Court. You've seen him everywhere; now listen to him!
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Lyric Lewis (A.P. Bio! Baskets! comedy!) stops by to talk about performing in front of live audiences from improv to multicamera comedies, having while getting laughs and her part in the new Night Court.
Plus: Yes, the The Bachelor creator is racist; Substack asks for money from its users; not many people are watching CNN; and more!
- “The Bachelor” producer accused of racial discrimination
- Substack may have lost a lot of money last year
- The Metaverse is being abandonded
- Diversity in streaming rises while other avenues stagnate
- CNN’s ratings dive
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Forget 60 Minutes; we're about to launch a show called 60 Seconds. Longform stories done short. That's what this TikTok generation needs. Yeah. I'm right. Plus: Anderson Cooper is doing 60 Minutes-style work for CNN; Spotify is not betting on diversity; and video game preservation gets more tricky thanks to Nintendo.
- Anderson Cooper to help usher in newsmagazine style show for CNN
- Spotify spent not very much of its diversity fund
- BAFTAs say diversity isn't t a problem since they nominate older white women too
- Nintendo makes game preservation difficult
- The Completionist spends nearly $25,000 buying everything in the eShop before it closes
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Jenny Zigrino (stand up!) comes down to promote her latest special/album, Jen-Z. She talks coming into her own on stage; giving advice to Generation Z; and women's rights.
Check out the special on YouTube. Stream it on April 14 or buy it form Blonde Medicine. Follow Jenny Zigrino on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
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Streaming cable is becoming more expensive every couple of years. Add in streaming networks along with other subscription based platforms and we don't own anything. What's the point in paying all of this when we can't even keep up? How else will I form my personality?! Plus: A.O. Scott departs The New York Times film division; Tubi beats Pluto TV; and YouTube TV gets slightly more expensive.
- A.O. Scott departs as The New York Times film critic
- Tubi joins Nielsen ratings system and overtakes Pluto TV
- YouTube TV price raises by a few but noticeable dollars
- Disney+ users did not leave when the price rose
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The Academy Awards just happened and they were pretty good. Host Jimmy Kimmel, while good, spent way too much time on the Will Smith/Chris Rock slap. There was superb representation for the Asian and Indian communities. And there was a donkey. Plus: Paramount might want to off load BET; Spotify's yearly event; and streaming isn't necessarily helping out Oscar hopefuls.
- Tyler Perry and Byron Allen seek to acquire major stakes BET after Paramount shows interest in dropping theirs
- Spotify announced a slew of news at their 2023 Stream On event
- “Elvis” is the most streamed Oscar movie, though it may not mean anything
- Streaming isn’t helping Oscar movies
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India de Beaufort (Night Court! One Day at a Time! All Hail King Julien!) comes by to talk about the NBC reboot of Night Court as well as diversity in multi-camera comedies.
Then Stephnie Weir (MADtv! Crazy Ex-Girlfriend! comedy!) sits down to chat about her career in improv, love of multi-cams, doing comedy with her husband, acting and more!
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Yum yum yummers! Popcorn is back in season. Does it ever go out of season? Is popcorn fruit? Plus: Fox triples down on Dan Harmon's new animated series; Creed III puts ASL in the spotlight; and Sony is in the hot seat for shady dealings when it comes to game exclusivity.
- AMC’s popcorn is coming to Wal-Mart
- James Bond books to be edited due to outdated racially charged writings
- Fox bullish on Dan Harmon’s “Krapopolis”
- “Creed III” features a lot of American Sign Language
- CNET gets layoffs. Did the ending of AI generated stories have anything to do with it?
- Sony will have to talk about how much money it pays to keep games off of Microsoft’s Gamepass
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Josh Johnson (comedian! HOLD UP with Dulcé Sloan and Josh Johnson!) returns to C+ Comedy to talk about his latest hour -- Up Here Killing Myself. He and Chad talk about their first interview, the special's therapy based wrap arounds, and difficulties growing up without money!
Check out the special on Peacock. Follow Josh on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and TikTok.
Plus: Night Court is the model for ad sales now on NBC; Warner Bros Discovery takes umbrage with Paramount's South Park stinginess; and the BAFTA's had all white winners again.
- Microsoft to bring Xbox games to NVIDIA’s cloud streaming
- YouTube Music getting podcasts while Google Podcasts is set to stay
- NPR to lose 10% of its workforce after advertising slowdown
- Night Court’s ad selling to be the framework of other NBC shows
- CNN’s new 9PM show is almost ready
- South Park at the center of lawsuit between Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount
- BAFTA’s white winners suggest the UK film industry be examined as a whole
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Do you know West from East? What about Discovery+ from HBO Max? Soon they will be one. Also separate. Plus: Ryan Seacrest is leaving the morning show; podcasting's sexy money period is over; and linear TV looks to make more money with ads; plus more!
- Seacrest leaving “Live!”
- Discovery+ might be staying and also going to HBO Max
- Paramount+ going up for some
- Netflix no longer has surprise me button
- Podcast industry’s gainful money period is over
- Cord cutting is taking a bigger chunk out of linear revenue
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Chase O'Donnell (stand up!) hops into the show to talk about her first album -- People Pleaser. She talks about touring with another woman in comedy who has taken her under her wing; avoiding online hate speech; and her like of the Kardashians.
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TV is in a reset moment. All shows will be cancelled and we'll have to start over at the beginning. Who's ready for more episodes of All In The Family, Living Single and Don't Trust The B in Apartment 23?! Plus: Paramount pulls Showtime shows; peak TV is done (for now); and studios slow spending on streaming, and more!
- CNN airs Bill Maher’s YouTube extras
- Peacock drops free accounts
- Apple TV lands MLS streaming
- Paramount and Showtime merging
- Short lived Showtime shows being removed
- Peak TV is finally here (again) says FX boss John Landgraf (again)
- TV’s Reset Moment
- Studios reeling in streaming spending
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We're back (a dinosaur story)! Welcome to the show you forgot you were subscribed to. Prepare for more shows to forget you were subscribed to. That's right; more! Two brand spanking new podcasts/video programs are heading to C+ Comedy. Find out more in the episode. See that tease? Baby, I can tease! Plus: movie trailer lawsuits; diversity reports for women behind the camera; and 2022's good but not so good box office!
- Lawsuit against movie trailer puts trailer houses in sights
- Diversity report shows slight improvement behind camera
- TikTok lands IMDb’s Db
- Hits Like ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Buoyed 2022 Movie Box Office, to a Point
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Heavenly father, we have gathered here to sit quietly and listen. No exclaiming. No phone use. Only watching the movie. Amen. Plus: AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER has a good opening but not as good as it needs; start ups offer YouTubers money for ad space; and EPIC GAMES settles with the Federal Trade Commission for child privacy violations.
- Week one Avatar 2 sales aren’t as expected
- China numbers way down for Avatar 2
- Is the $2 billion needed for success possible?
- YouTubers get offers for their back catalog ad share
- Epic Games pays $520 million for unwanted purchases
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Chad is joined by Megan Amram (The Simpsons! The Good Place!) and Adam DeVine (Workaholics! Righteous Gemstones!) of Peacock’s Bumper in Berlin to discuss the return to the Pitch Perfect franchise. Plus: PEACOCK is getting subs; and who will replace BOB IGER when he leaves DISNEY again?
- Peacock has a good amount of subs
- BBC networks to be even more linear
- Who could take over Disney next?
- Christine McCarthy is leading contender
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If there's someone strangeUp your 'hoodWho you gonna call?Blackbusters!
I ain't afraid of no ghost; only Black people!
Plus: KPop on Broadway; AVATAR 2 saves the movies; voting in the runoff and more!
- A KPop musical takes on Broadway
- The current console generation will be long, maybe the last
- Avatar: The last great blockbuster (of the year) for now
- James Cameron talks about the making of Avatar 2
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Bob Iger is back at Disney and we're celebrating! The king has returned to right the wrongs of his successor, Bob Chapek. Maybe now Disney can be convinced to do more Duck Tales. Plus: AMAZON PRIME MUSIC changes for better and for worse; JASON BLUM and JAMES WAN are horror buddies now; the NFL SUNDAY TICKET remains up for $2.5 billion grabs.
- Peacock brings in live streaming local affiliates
- Amazon Music brings in 100 million songs but introduces a shuffle mode for non-subscribers
- Customers mad about the music change
- Jason Blum, James Wan looking to team up on horror
- NFL Sunday Ticket talks still ongoing, with multiple suitors
- Robert Iger is back at Disney
- Disney execs had no confidence in Chapek’s ability to run the company
- Iger apparently never left Disney proper
- What Iger needs to do to right Chapek’s wrongs
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Welcome to a very special all streaming coverage episode! Everyone from Netflix to Disney+ is introducing an ad-supported tier of their service. While that means cheaper plans, it also means growing pains. But we don't have time for that! We want to watch TV with limited commercial interruption. Screw it; I'll pay the $20 not to watch an ad and to have 4K.
- Apple wants NFL Sunday Ticket but doesn’t want the stress that comes with it
- Netflix wants to stop losing subscribers
- Netflix comedy specials get pay cuts
- Uh oh, possibly at Peacock
- Netflix ad-supported tier details
- Learning how ads work was a bump in the road for Netflix
- Netflix asking for all the money in the world for ads
- Binging is still Netflix’s motive
- Apple looking to sell ad inventory on Apple TV+
- How all the streamers with ad tiers compare
- Can streamers and advertisers work well together?
- Streaming services have more competition that aren’t streaming services
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MATT BRAUNGER (stand up! Upload! Agent Carter!) returns to chat with Chad about his latest special, Doug. The two also cover how audiences don't know how to contain themselves in a post-pandemic world and the latest in great horror movies.
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Spotify, you're trash! Keep the podcasts and audiobooks out of my music. While you're at it, where's HiFi streaming? Plus: GIMLET and PARCAST unions are not happy with SPOTIFY's latest cuts; BILLY EICHNER's Bros failed, was marketing to blame?; and RIP G4 again.
- Spotify slims its podcast slate
- Gimlet and Parcast podcast unions are unhappy with Spotify decision
- Billy Eichner’s “Bros” failed in a way he can't blame on straight people
- Audiences aren't the only problem with “Bros” dismal opening
- G4 is dead again
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Subhah Argwal (THE JIM JEFFRIES SHOW; A LITTLE LATE WITH LILY SINGH; WESTWORLD) sits down for a chat about her first album, Dog Show.
Plus: APPLE MUSIC goes to The Super Bowl; Latino and Muslim representation in Hollywood need to grow; Fall TV is looking different in a world of streaming; and more!
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- Spotify does audiobooks
- Apple Music is the new Super Bowl Halftime Show sponsor
- New NBA app includes League Pass and better latency
- Lack of Latino representation in Hollywood hurts the bottom line
- Muslim representation is low around Hollywood
- The Fall of Fall TV
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Michelle Ortiz (This Fool! MADtv!) joins the show to talk about the new Hulu series This Fool as well as her stint on the new MADtv. Ortiz is also an upcoming veteran voice actor with many roles including two recent Star Wars game roles. She and Chad also cover what it takes to memorize lines. Plus: AMAZON's Thursday Night Football wasn't half bad; what DC FILMS can do to stand out; and the tough spot HULU is in thanks to Disney+.
Find Michelle Ortiz on Instagram and watch This Fool on Hulu!
- Amazon’s first Thursday Night Football game was a success
- Paramount+ will probably just add Showtime
- DC Films is Warner's Biggest On Going Project
- Disney almost bought Twitter
- Bob Chapek hints at Disney streaming integration
- Chapek on Hulu buyout
- CBS to feature more actors with disabilities
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Mo Welch (CONAN!) drops by to talk about her new one time only stage show, her illustrations, and how one of her jokes was stuck with me for years!
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Plus: streaming app bundles are cable now; afternoon news programming on broadcast; and NBC considers dropping 10 PM primetime.
- NYT failing POC workers in job ratings
- Netflix’s fall festival circuits are a hit, just not for theaters
- Streaming apps next big move: bundles
- Streaming music royalties get settled for the next four years
- Afternoon news programming is broadcast’s attempt to take eyes off of streaming
- NBC mulling giving 10 PM back to local networks
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ALYSSA LIMPERIS (Flatbush Misdemeanors) stops by to talk about her new Peacock special -- No Bad Days. It's an endearing piece of art covering the death of her father, stories around the time and getting through grief.
Follow Alyssa on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube. Stream No Bad Days only on Peacock.
Watch a video version of the interview on Youtube.com/cpluscomedy.
Plus: all the news ever
- The Obamas leave Spotify for Audible
- Apple, MLS sign 10 year deal for streaming games
- Amazon Prime Video’s most watched shows
- A change of strategy for Netflix
- HBO Max reevaluating European originals
- Bob Chapek fires TV Content Exec Peter Rice from Disney
- Peter Rice was pretty good at his job
- There’s no reason Peter Rice should’ve been dropped
- YouTube TV surpasses 5 million subscribers
- Netflix talks to major studios to set up ad deals
- Hulu growth is more than Disney+ for the first time
- Marvel shortchanges comic book creators with movie payments
- Medium could never be more than its ambitions
- Super Apps are super difficult to pull off
- “Fall” movie uses AI to replace cuss words
- Axios sold to Cox
- Reductress sold to Phenomenal Media
- How does Axios sale change local news?
- Big Tech money is going into Washington based publications
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Wait until News Time gets its companion podcast "On News Time with News Time." It'll be the greatest show Apple Podcast charts has ever seen.
- The need for companion podcasts goes beyond money
- CBS might do a late night panel show in place of Late Late
- Warner Bros. Discovery shake ups and what’s next
- Most popular shows of the 2021-2022 TV season
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HELEN HONG (The Unicorn, Silicon Valley, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me) comes by to talk about her new special -- Well Hong. Plus her dog, informing the world about anti-Asian hate, and being a stand-up turned actor who still does stand-up.
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Spring is ending and summer is beginning, baby! Let's talk about all the goings on in late night. CORDEN is set to leave in a year; DESUS & MERO lose a weeknight; KIMMEL mulls an exit; MYERS is at an all time high; RUFFIN gets locked behind a paywall; FALLON fights for online views; COLBERT lives in the front of the pack; BEE gets poignant; OLVIER continues telling the same joke; & NOAH gets his audience back!
- CBS to experiment with late night after Corden exit
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Tom Cruise is back in Top Gun: Maverick. It's the biggest movie of the year. Probably. Screw Doctor Strange! We're heading into the Danger Zone! Plus: Is TOM CRUISE good at running?; CONAN and MARC MARON make podcast moves; and upfronts!
- Is Tom Cruise a good runner?
- Netflix wants to hear from you
- Conan sells podcast company to SiriusXM
- Marc Maron signs new podcast deal with Acast
- Broadcasters stepped down at this year's upfronts
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If you hear “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” in the background of this podcast, then you know you’re in the right place! Whatever this thing is returns with hot, steamy news from the trades. Like PBS NEWSHOUR possibly getting new hosts; THE CW cancelling everything before it goes up for sale; free streamers AMAZON FREEVEE, PLUTO TV, and TUBI exploding in popularity + more!
- YouTubers quitting YouTube
- Bill Simmons leads Spotify’s international sports push
- NewsHour’s new hosts (maybe)
- The CW cancels everything. Streaming and corporate are to blame
- Crackle and Redbox are now owned by the same company
- Netflix emphasizes rule breaking but tells employees to limit spending
- Free streamers capitalize on being free
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Today marks a change in this show. Chad is openly campaigning to be the next host of The Late Late Show. James Corden is leaving next Spring. Chad wants the helm of the 12:30 AM slot on CBS. Give it to him, Paramount. He will do anything. Anything. ;) Plus: NETFLIX's own fan-site is basically done; ROKU looks into STARZ; and THE PROBLEM WITH JON STEWART can't be doing any type of good + more!
- Netflix’s own fan site is a bigger problem than subscriber loss
- Roku looking into Starz stake as Lionsgate thinks about sale or spinoff
- TNT and TBS lose scripted series after Warner Bros. Discovery deal
- “The Problem with Jon Stewart” has not so good ratings
- Corden leaving Late Late Show
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Chad is joined by BOBBY MOYNIHAN to talk about his new Comedy Central animated series Lightning Wolves. Plus: NETFLIX gets ads; BUZZFEED’s union fights layoffs; CNN+ is no more; diversity reports and more!
- Netflix may finally get ads
- Netflix is just as fallible as other streamers
- BuzzFeed editors leave, layoffs eminent
- BuzzFeed employees say they'll fight change
- Goodbye CNN+
- Hollywood Diversity Report
- Latinx roles lagging
- BBC loses 15 women of color in less than a year
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Nobody wants to bundle C+ Comedy with its services. Not The New York Times. Not Vox. Not even Mashable wants to get in on the ground floor and they live there! Here's one last pitch. C+ Comedy can offer you periodicals what you don't have: talent! Where else are you going to find a hit online entertainment business news show like News Time? Or the leading interviews with B-list comedians? Or the single most original podcast of all time? Hello? Periodicals? Plus: HBO MAX & DISCOVERY+ merge; women get their time to shine more than men on screen; and BUZZFEED's IPO screwed over employees + more!
- HBO Max and Discovery+ will merge
- Amazon now owns MGM
- Women outnumbered men in movies but only by a little
- International audiences want more diverse casts
- BuzzFeed did wrong with employees during IPO
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This episode IS NOT sponsored by Leesa Mattress but we are open to negotiations. Leesa brings you quality sleep for a good night. Our host recently purcahsed one of those baddies and it's changed his life. He's much more awake and less angry at life. Head to Leesa.com and put in offer code DONTCCONTACTUSAGAINMRWHITE for $0 off. Plus: NBC UNIVERSAL doubles down on PEACOCK; VIACOMCBS becomes PARAMOUNT and they also double down; and more!
- Queer character representation on TV at highest levels ever
- Doing an indie podcast in a sea of giants
- NBCU goes all in on Peacock
- MSNBC coming to Peacock
- ViacomCBS finally rebrands
- Paramount+ subscriber count rises
- Paramount+ is now the prime streamer of Paramount and other ViacomCBS studios
- Showtime shows to stream on Paramount+
- South Park, Beavis and Butthead to join Paramount+
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It has come to my attention that C+ Comedy is not a part of any streaming service. The company has decided to offer up its popular shows to whichever platform wants them. You’ll finally be able to watch informational hits like News Time and The Constituionals alongside sexy thrillers such as The Handmaids Tale and Dopesick. Or the brand new dating show on our network — Kiss the Gremlin — can live right by Love Is Blind. Maybe our action packed superhero show Cape Guy can finally join the collective Marvel Universe shows. The world is our oyster. Also, we have an oyster shucking competition show. Plus: streamers find it hard to keep subscribers without hits; & TIKTOK is the future of social so says META and SNAP; + more!
- Where Paramount+ and Showtime stand with each other
- Tim Cook earnestly comments on Apple TV+ during earnings call
- Streamers struggle to retain users even with hit makers
- Snap goes profitable
- Snapchat and Meta think TikTok is the future
- Meta’s Reels are no match for TikTok
- Disney+ hints at live streaming
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It's that time of the week again. Ugh. Listening to a podcast about what's going on int he business world of pop culture? Boring! I want to hear about pop culture itself, baby! Who's touching butts? What's the new trend on TikTok? Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? She lives in Solana Beach? Good for her. Plus: PARAMOUNT NETWORK rebrands the rebrand; NEIL YOUNG drops SPOTIFY; and a DISNEY family member is making a documentary about DISNEY.
- Paramount Network nixing the movie themed rebranding
- Peacock lost a lot of money for Comcast
- Neil Young leaves Spotify (again)
- Spotify can’t lose Joe Rogan
- Other streamers profit by doubling down on Neil Young
- Spotify’s market share drops
- A Disney documentary about how bad Disney is from Disney’s heirs
- Abigail Disney’s own company is at fault too
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MICROSOFT buys ACTIVISION BLIZZARD for $70 billion yet no one wants to buy C+ Comedy. Sure sure, we'll get to the topic of the episode soon but I am willing to sell this trash site for no less that $20 billion. Okay, I'll take $20 million. Alright you drive a hard bargain, $19 million. $19? Plus: YOUTUBE gets out of original programming in favor of creator generated programming.
- YouTube getting out of originals
- Microsoft buys Activision
- Statement from Xbox
- Activision says dozens have been ousted due to misconduct
- Microsoft reviewing its discrimination policies
- Largest acquisitions in gaming
- First union forms within Activision Blizzard
- With Activision buy, will consolidation continue?
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What do you get when there are only three topics + there's a question in the title? A good show! What's that? This show is never good? Who are you to judge?! Oh, you're the audience? Yes. You can judge. Plus: SPOTIFY shuts down its podcast studio; maybe YOUTUBE dislikes matter, maybe they don't; and what networks won 2021.
- Spotify shutters its own podcast studio
- Data on how removing dislikes may change how users interact with YouTube
- TV’s winners and losers of 2021
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Chad returns with a completely new setup and the same old stories. At least things will run smoother, right? jkjkjk This is C+ Comedy. Nothing goes right here. Plus: NPR loses top talent while doubling down on podacsting; THE CW is up for sale; THE NEW YORK TIMES buys THE ATHLETIC; & more!
- NPR getting real about podcasting
- NPR’s exodus of colorful talent
- Temp work at NPR is bad
- The CW could be sold by ViacomCBS and WarnerMedia
- Mark Pedowitz confirms The CW is for sale
- New York Times to buy The Athletic
- The NYT X Athletic deal is complete
- Examining the 2021 dual release strategy of HBO Max
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Hot dang, the podcast is back with all the entertainment business news you tell yourself you don’t like. Want to release your own SPAC? See how the big companies do it. It’s the hottest thing right now. Everything is SPAC this and SPAC that. I SPAC, you SPAC, we all SPAC. And we all know what it means. Yes, I do; shut up! Plus: BUZZFEED goes public and it’s not going so well; diversity in the U.K. film industry stagnates; and COMCAST is thinking about the future of its HULU deal with Disney + more!
- BuzzFeed Goes Public
- BuzzFeed shares fall on day one
- Media companies jumping into SPAC fray
- Where is U.K. diversity in TV and film now?
- French films non white characters less than 20%
- Comcast could pull NBC shows from Hulu in 2022
- Hulu doesn't need to worry about less frequent NBC shows
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The show is back from an impromptu hiatus. Let's see if we remember how to do this thing. Hey, welcome back to The Rachel Maddow Show. I'm Rachel Maddow and -- dang it! Plus: UNIVERSAL changes its rerecording policy thanks to TAYLOR SWIFT; YELLOWSTONE is the biggest show on basic cable and streaming; and newsletters continue to strive + more!
- Apple changes App Store reviews for its podcast app
- Universal makes it hard for musicians to redo their music
- Disney and WarnerMedia split the Fox streaming rights one last time
- Yellowstone consistently is the best rated show on cable
- What Yellowstone is
- YouTube might get rid of the thumbs down
- Why the thumbs down is leaving
- Newsletters will never die
- Newsletter burnout and the fallout of it
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How many streaming services will continue to exist even if they're not doing too good? Too many if youse ask me. So many of them don't need to exist. Blimpo is a blatant rip off of Hulu. Don't get me started on Gechiri and its Netflix inspired nature. Plus: COMCAST sticks with PEACOCK (and HULU); DISCOVERY profits aren't good but the WARNERMEDIA merger should help; and more!
- SNL cast members in real life commercials
- Comcast takes big loss thanks to Peacock
- The short term for Peacock and what analysts think
- Discovery profits aren't good, subscriber numbers are
- Not many Discovery+ subscribers are HBO Max subscribers
- Discovery head David Zaslav is ready to have a bigger take on streaming
- HBO Max & Discovery+ App merger possible
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KRISTIAN MERCADO (director! writer!) sits down with us to talk about directing comedy specials from the likes of Phoebe Robinson, Sam Jay, and Hannibal Buress. Plus, he's worked with musicians such as Billie Eilish, SZA, and Bad Bunny! He's got a wild style that separates him from the pack.
Follow Kristian Mercado on Instagram. Check out his latest projects available on HBO Max: Phoebe Robinson: Sorry, Harriet Tubman and Aida Rodriguez: Fighting Words.
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Thank you for signing up for Voter, I Barely Know Her! -- your one stop shop for all things voting. We're going to send you annoying texts using your name whenever there's an election in your county. Mayoral? Yes! City Council? You bet! High School Treasury? Better have unlimited texting! So get ready to be annoyed as butts! Text STOP to opt out. Please note we will not stop, baby! Plus: COMCAST is staying with HULU for the long haul as they stay silent on PEACOCK sign ups; audiences liked diversely casted shows during the last TV season; and the Global Box Office is doing pretty well, considering.
- "South Park" creators clarify the 14 movies/7 years on Paramount+ comment
- Comcast keeping Hulu shares for now
- Peacock signups not mentioned, huge losses due to streamer
- Audiences watched more diverse shows during the pandemic
- The Global Box Office Forecast is up but not as high as it was in 2019
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Today is the day that this podcast has made. Let us rejoice and be sad in it?! Why are you still subscribed? With descriptions of episodes like this one, it's no wonder you stay, baby! Plus: local sports streaming service; SPOTIFY is offering video podcasts to everybody; and NETFLIX is thankfully changing the way it measures viewers.
- Higher ticket prices at movie theaters in exchange for unlimited food
- MLB (and NBA and NHL) might make a local sports streaming service
- Disney may spin off ESPN
- HBO Max name change a possibility
- Spotify slowly opening up video podcasts to everyone
- Netflix changing metrics ideals thanks to "Squid Game" popularity
- More details on Netflix's decision to reveal metrics
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