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Before I log off for the year, wanted to say thank you to everyone who subscribes! We just passed a big milestone on Substack and are so appreciative of all our followers, subscribers, and supporters.
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For your weekend reading: who won or last 2025 in streaming TV and film!
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In my regular check-in on renewals, cancellation and un-orders, the number of Netflix shows ending shocked me…
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Let’s hand out some award! The winners, losers and for the first time: the biggest question mark of the year!
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The Entertainment Strategy Guy retweeted
May 20
As @EntStrategyGuy notes, "The Pitt" currently ranks as the second-best second season of all time (at least according to Nielsen numbers) and will likely top "Landman's" second season next week. That's wild! (1/2)
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Landman! Stranger Things! Love Island!
Some huge numbers for the biggest returning shows…
See all the data in 20 charts, tables and graphs…
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Here’s my favorite chart from today’s super deep dive on the debut shows of 2025.
Remember when foreign language shows would take over TV?
Remember when we were waiting for “the next Squid Game”? We’re still waiting!
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Here’s my favorite chart from today’s super deep dive on the debut shows of 2025.
Remember when foreign language shows would take over TV?
Remember when we were waiting for “the next Squid Game”? We’re still waiting!
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Full article here...
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A new acronym from yours truly:
LATCH
A way that human thrive in the post-AI future…
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Superhero films may be dead, but they but Superman still flew into fifth place, and four superhero films made the top fifteen of the domestic box office in 2025
Part of my annual round up of filM!
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Article here.
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I wouldn’t say I’m “breaking” news in today’s article, because I’m just assembling the data facts. But I haven’t seen anyone else report this so I will:
Beast Games season two was a HUGE flop.
Here’s the brutal chart…but there's more...
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The decline of Beast Games on Prime Video is real and stark. No datecdotes from the company and three viewership sources (Nielsen, Samba TV and Luminate) all tell the same story.
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Full story here:
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As I wrote yesterday, I’m leaving my writing gig at the Ankler.
All’s good, but if you want to help me grow and build my newsletter, if you value the data driven takes and quests for nuance, read about how to help:
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Some news from me...
If you'd like to support, please subscribe at my newsletter.
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The Entertainment Strategy Guy retweeted
Mar 2
I think casual observers do not entirely realize quite how successful Paramount is. The Sheridan-verse is particularly legit. This is from @EntStrategyGuy’s latest; link to follow.
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If you’re in the mood for non-Netflix/WBD/Paramount news…
…yesterday, I wrote an article explaining why MrBeast/Beast Industries is NOT worth the $5 billion valuation from February, with a clear timeline laying this out.
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My latest once you see it you can’t unsee it:
the word “everyone” is being used and abused in headlines by everyone.
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