

Streaming Into the Void
Streaming Into the Void
Weekly podcast for all the important news in the streaming business.
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Aug 8, 2025 • 12min
What’s New in Streaming - August 9, 2025
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of August 9, 2025.
Hulu
Alien: Earth (Aug. 12)
LOL Live with Devon Walker / LOL Live with Sydnee Washington (Aug. 15)
Netflix
Final Draft, season 1 (Aug. 12)
Jim Jefferies: Two Limb Policy (Aug. 12)
Fixed (Aug. 13)
Love Is Blind: UK, season 2 (Aug. 13)
Saare Jahan Se Accha: The Silent Guardians, season 1 (Aug. 13)
Songs from the Hole (Aug. 13)
Young Millionaires, season 1 (Aug. 13)
In the Mud, season 1 (Aug. 14)
Tyler Perry’s Miss Governor, season 1 part 2 (Aug. 14)
The Echoes of Survivors: Inside Korea’s Tragedies (Aug. 15)
Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser (Aug. 15)
Night Always Comes (Aug. 15)
Disney+
The Kingdom (Aug. 14)
Limitless: Live Better Now (Aug. 15)
Prime Video
Butterfly, season 1 (Aug. 13)
Sausage Party: Foodtopia, season 2 (Aug. 13)
Apple TV+
Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical (Aug. 15)
Tubi
Can’t Have It All (Aug. 15)
Starz
Magic City: An American Fantasy, season 1 (Aug. 15)
Hallmark+
Chicken Sisters, season 2 (Aug. 10)

Aug 4, 2025 • 40min
Streaming Into the Void - August 3, 2025 - And the New Warner Bros. Discovery Companies Will Be...
This week, WBD announces the names of the companies into which it will split, and San Diego ComicCon Gives Us A Lot of Greenlights, and some Cancellations
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Warner Bros. Discovery Announces Post-Split Company Names, Executive Leadership Teams
Epic Universe, ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Buoy Comcast Q2 As Company Posts Gain On Sale Of Hulu Stake
Peacock Subscribers Stuck at 41 Million While Streamer’s Losses Slim to $101 Million in Q2
‘Booster Gold’: HBO Max Series Progressing With Pilot Penned By ‘Our Flag Means Death’ Creator David Jenkins
'The Gilded Age' Renewed For Season 4 By HBO
Goodbye, Carrie Bradshaw: ‘And Just Like That’ Ending After Season 3 on HBO Max
‘Invincible’ Gets Early Season 5 Renewal At Prime Video; Matthew Rhys Joins Voice Cast
‘The Legend Of Vox Machina’ Renewed For Fifth & Final Installment; Prime Video Teases Season 4 With First Look At Comic-Con
Sadie Soverall & Matt Cornett To Star As Percy & Sam In ‘Every Summer After’ Amazon Series Adaptation; Full Cast
Lee Jung-jae Starring In Prime Video Series 'Nice To Not Meet You'
'Captain Planet and the Planeteers' Live-Action Series Set at Netflix
‘Squid Game’ Stars Kim Si-eun, Roh Jae-won Join ‘All of Us Are Dead’ Season 2 as Netflix Zombie Hit Returns
'Assassin's Creed' Live-Action Series Ordered at Netflix
‘Fubar’ Canceled By Netflix After 2 Seasons
Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells To Star In ‘Stay Tuned’ Comedy Series Based On John Ritter Movie In Works At Hulu
'Happy Face' Canceled By Paramount+ After One Season
Jake Johnson Joins Tatiana Maslany in Apple TV+ Series 'Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed'
'Stick' Renewed for Season 2 at Apple TV+
‘Pluribus’ First Look: Vince Gilligan Goes Sci-Fi After ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Call Saul’ as Apple TV+ Sets Fall Release
'Slow Horses' EP/ Writer Will Smith To Exit Show After Season 5
'The Holiday' Limited Series in Development at Apple TV+
‘Walking Dead: Dead City’ Renewed for Season 3, Seth Hoffman Takes Over as Showrunner
Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Renewed for Fourth and Final Season
What We've Been Doing
Donkey Kong Bananza
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
The Naked Gun
Mountainhead

Aug 1, 2025 • 10min
What’s New in Streaming - August 2, 2025
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of August 2, 2025.
Hulu
King of the Hill, season 14 (Aug. 4)
Capturing Their Killer: The Girls on the High Bridge (Aug. 5)
The Monkey (Aug. 7)
Ted Bundy: Dialogue with the Devil (Aug. 7)
Necaxa, season 1 (Aug. 8)
Ralph Barbosa: Planet Bosa (Aug. 8)
Netflix
Enigma: Black Stage, season 1 (Aug. 2)
Beyond the Bar, season 1 (Aug. 2)
Closet Battle, season 1 (Aug. 4)
SEC Football: Any Given Saturday (Aug. 5)
Wednesday, season 2 (Aug. 6)
Stolen: Heist of the Century (Aug. 8)
Disney+
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, season 3 (Aug. 6)
HBO Max
The Yogurt Shop Murders (Aug. 3)
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills (Aug. 5)
Paramount+
Murder 360 (Aug. 5)
Prime Video
The Pickup (Aug. 6)
Apple TV+
Platonic, season 2 (Aug. 6)
AMC+
Clown in a Cornfield (Aug. 8)
Tubi
Demascus, limited series (Aug. 7)
Starz
Outlander: Blood of my Blood, season 1 (Aug. 8)

Jul 28, 2025 • 34min
Streaming Into the Void - July 27, 2025 - OK, Wrap it Up, Paramount
This week, Paramount closes a deal with Matt Stone and Trey Parker for South Park streaming rights, while Skydance closes a deal to buy Paramount
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
'South Park' creators reach $1.5-billion streaming deal with Paramount - Los Angeles Times
'South Park' mocks Paramount's settlement with Trump after creators sign $1.5B deal
Paramount Co-CEO Chris McCarthy To Depart Upon Completion Of Skydance Acquisition As Deal Gets FCC Approval
FCC approves $8 billion Paramount-Skydance merger
Elizabeth Warren Says Skydance-Paramount Merger Approval “Must Be Investigated For Any Criminal Behavior”
Sky New Zealand Buys Local Warner Bros Discovery Channels For 60 Cents
In Upside-Down Move, NBCUniversal Mulls Launch Of Cable Channel That Would Carry Peacock Sports Content
Comcast’s Versant Sets Board With Mark Lazarus, Former Disney Executive Rebecca Campbell
What We've Been Doing
Krampus
Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
South Park, Season 27, Episode 1
Fantastic Four: First Steps
Happy Gilmore 2
Chicago
Two Point Museum: Fantasy Finds

Jul 25, 2025 • 10min
What’s New in Streaming - July 26, 2025
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of July 26, 2025.
Hulu
Mr. & Mrs. Murder (Jul. 30)
Netflix
Dusty Slay: Wet Heat! (Jul. 29)
Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 (Jul. 29)
WWE: Unreal, season 1 (Jul. 29)
Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes (Jul. 30)
Unspeakable Sins (Jul. 30)
Glass Heart (Jul. 31)
An Honest Life (Jul. 31)
Leanne, season 1 (Jul. 31)
Marked, season 1 (Jul. 31)
The Sandman Season 2, Special Episode (Jul. 31)
My Oxford Year (Aug. 1)
Perfect Match, Season 3 (Aug. 1)
Disney+
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time (Jul. 28)
Outdoor Adventure Stream (Aug. 1)
Peacock
The Phoenician Scheme (Jul. 25)
Twisted Metal, season 2 (Jul. 31)
Apple TV+
Chief of War, season 1 (Aug. 1)
Roku Channel
National Wrestling Alliance (Jul. 29)

Jul 21, 2025 • 48min
Streaming Into the Void - July 20, 2025 - Paramount Meltdown
This week, a 28-year-old animated series causes turmoil at Paramount, and CBS exits late night television.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Inside the $3 Billion ‘South Park’ Fight That May Blow Up Its Future
‘South Park’ Creators in Talks With Carlyle for Private Loan - Bloomberg
Oh my God, they sued Kenny! HBO Max and Paramount's battle for 'South Park'
‘South Park’ To Remain On Max Past Current Deal’s End Date As Extension Talks With Paramount Continue
‘South Park’ Removed From Paramount+ Outside the U.S.
The Gauge | Nielsen
Broadcast TV Slips To All-Time Low Audience Share In Nielsen's Report On June Viewing
Critic’s Notebook: The Awful Optics of CBS Canceling ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’
Microsoft suddenly kills its movies and TV store on Xbox and Windows | The Verge
If Buying Isn’t Owning, Then Piracy Isn’t Stealing
Stop Killing Games
Peacock Is Hiking Prices More Than It Ever Has Before
Peacock is raising prices again. Here's how much it will cost you.
Peacock Raising Monthly Price Of Its Main Subscription Tier To $10.99 Ahead Of NBA Debut
With $217 Million in Ticket Sales, ‘Superman’ Helps Save Warner Bros., Too - The New York Times
What We've Been Doing
World War Z
Cobra Kai, season 6
Squid Game, season 3
Great British Baking Show
KPop Demon Hunters
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Magic The Gathering
Sandman, season 2

Jul 18, 2025 • 9min
What’s New in Streaming - July 19, 2025
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of July 19, 2025.
Hulu
Trophy Wife: Murder on Safari (Jul. 21)
Washington Black, season 1 (Jul. 23)
Netflix
The Hunting Wives, season 1 (Jul. 21)
Trainwreck: P.I. Moms (Jul. 22)
Critical: Between Life and Death (Jul. 23)
Letters from the Past (Jul. 23)
Hitmakers, season 1 (Jul. 24)
My Melody & Kuromi, season 1 (Jul. 24)
A Normal Woman (Jul. 24)
The Sandman, season 2, volume 2 (Jul. 24)
Their Marriage, season 1 (Jul. 24)
Until Dawn (Jul. 24)
The 19th Medical Chart, season 1 (Jul. 25)
Happy Gilmore 2 (Jul. 25)
Mandala Murders, season 1 (Jul. 25)
Trigger (Jul. 25)
The Winning Try, season 1 (Jul. 25)
HBO Max
Death of a Unicorn (Jul. 25)
Prime Video
Justice on Trial (Jul. 21)
Shiny Happy People: A Teenage Holy War, season 2 (Jul. 23)
Apple TV+
Acapulco, season 4 (Jul. 23)

Jul 14, 2025 • 33min
Streaming Into the Void - July 13, 2025 - Paramount Woes May Just Be Starting
This week, if the Paramount sale ever closes, its new leadership will have some challenges. And Disney seeks to get rid of some of its cable assets.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Roger Goodell: NFL "will look at" its options after change in control over CBS - NBC Sports
Disney and Hearst Exploring Deals for A+E Global Media as Cable Channel Market Ramps Up
MLB, ESPN renew talks to keep baseball on network: Sources - The Athletic
NASA+ is Coming to Netflix This Summer - NASA
Netflix’s Trainwreck Documentaries, Helped By Poop Cruises and American Apparel, Show Why Streamer Is Scheduling More Carnage
'Duster' Canceled By HBO Max After One Season
Netflix’s ‘Queer Eye’ To End With Season 10 (Exclusive)
‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ Renewed for Season 3 at Netflix as Season 2 Gets New Teaser and Release Date
‘Virgin River’ Gets Early Season 8 Renewal, Becomes Netflix’s Longest-Running Scripted Series
'Slow Horses' Renewed For Season 7 At Apple TV+
‘Murderbot’ Lands Season 2 Renewal at Apple TV+
What We've Been Doing
Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven
Sandman, season 2, part 1
Critical Role Daggerheart Age of Umbra

Jul 11, 2025 • 10min
What’s New in Streaming - July 12, 2025
Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of July 12, 2025.
Hulu
Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit (Jul. 15)
Netflix
Apocalypse in the Tropics (Jul. 14)
Trainwreck: Balloon Boy (Jul. 15)
Amy Bradley Is Missing (Jul. 16)
Catalog, season 1 (Jul. 17)
Chihayafuru: Full Circle, season 1 (Jul. 17)
Community Squad, season 2 (Jul. 17)
Untamed, limited series (Jul. 17)
Wall to Wall (Jul. 17)
Almost Family (Jul. 18)
Delirium (Jul. 18)
Superstar (Jul. 18)
I’m Still a Superstar (Jul. 18)
To Kill a Monkey (Jul. 18)
Vir Das: Fool Volume (Jul. 18)
HBO Max
Billy Joel: And So It Goes (Jul. 18)
Paramount+
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, season 3 (Jul. 17)
Peacock
Love Island: Beyond the Villa (Jul. 13)
Prime Video
The Summer I Turned Pretty, season 3 (Jul. 16)
Surf Girls: International (Jul. 17)
MGM+
The Institute, season 1 (Jul. 13)
Apple TV+
Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical (Jul. 18)

Jul 7, 2025 • 38min
Streaming Into the Void - July 6, 2025 - Are Paramount's Legal Woes Behind It... or just getting started?
This week, Paramount settles its lawsuit from President Donald Trump. Will that allow its merger with Skydance to move forward?
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Paramount Agrees to Pay $16 Million to Settle Lawsuit by Trump
Sen. Warren Wants an Investigation Into Paramount’s $16 Million Trump Settlement: ‘This Could Be Bribery in Plain Sight’
Trump Claims CBS Settlement “Maybe $35M” Despite Paramount’s Denial Of PSAs & Ads On Top Of $16M Deal
‘South Park’ Season 27 Premiere Date Pushed By Comedy Central Amid Streaming Deal Uncertainty; Series Creators React
‘The Comeback’ Returns! Lisa Kudrow Set for Season 3 of HBO Comedy Series
Ransom Canyon is Renewed for Season 2: News - Netflix Tudum
Shane Gillis Comedy ‘Tires’ Renewed for Season 3 at Netflix
‘The Residence,’ ‘Pulse’ Canceled by Netflix
‘Very Young Frankenstein’ Series From Mel Brooks, ‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Team Nears FX Pilot Order
'The Bear' Renewed for Season 5 by FX
‘Outlander: Blood Of My Blood’ Gets Early Season 2 Renewal Ahead Of Series Premiere
Apple TV+ lands new series inspired by Jennette McCurdy’s “I’m Glad My Mom Died”
What We've Been Doing
The Bear
The Southern Reach series by Jeff VanderMeer
Heads of State
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