Tubi, FreeVee (owned by Amazon), Pluto, Roku (it’s been jailbroken from Roku devices) and even YouTube (not to be confused with YouTube TV, which is a cable replacement platform that does cost significant $ -- much more than any streamer). None of these requires a paid subscription and are all ad-supported, solely,…

I should show my work: https://www.insiderintelligence.com/content/ad-supported-streaming-gain-triple-viewers-subscription-video-year

Ad-supported platforms are adding triple the amount of subscribers that paid platforms are bringing on board. It just makes sense. Ads are annoying, but free is free. Those booming platforms are going to need to compete on content depth, just like the paid platforms. Bringing on some of the discarded cult stuff makes…

All of the shows we’re seeing wiped off services were greenlit prior to Zaslav’s breaking of the seal with Batgirl. I’m curious to see how cautious everyone is in greenlighting stuff past that red line. I’d guess a lot less is in development. Hopefully, these shows can end up on ad supported platforms. Tubi and its…

His record, Cellax with Dermot, is really terrific. 

They all end up on my show, Mild Side, where I ask celebrities insightful questions while chowing down on white rice, bananas and digestive crackers.

In addition to racial animus I think there is a lot of resistance to embracing 80s/90s films as canonically “classic.” 

We need more joyful, limit-pushing animation like Mitchells vs the Machines. Still cannot believe that never made it to a theater. Pixar just needs to get out of its own head and stop trying to make PIXAR MOVIES and just start making movies again. 

I love TCM, especially since they’re not only keeping movies from film’s first 60 or so years available, but they’ve begun dipping into reconsiderations of films from the 80s and 90s. Finally saw Long Kiss Goodnight thanks to TCM. What absolute insane mayhem. Not House-level, but still pretty fun. 

No, I’m sure misogyny had nothing to do with it. Definitely not. These were the actions of a committed feminist. 

My favorite weird series — Mrs. Davis, Swarm, Atlanta, Watchmen, etc. — were greenlit during the peak TV phase of streaming. I hope this kind of stuff continues to be made. This is the kind of stuff that truly never could have existed in previous eras (excepting very rare outliers like Twin Peaks). 

A man knowingly assaulted a woman in public. And seemed to feel no fear or remorse. It’s absolutely sociopathic. I read somewhere that he works at a kennel. I’m sure those dogs could tell some stories about this creep.

John Wick. Stranger Things (OK, not a movie). A buncha horror, like Saw. But not much out there is launching films, kids cartoons and video games simultaneously like a lot of 80s/90s originals. 

Leave them wanting more. I’m sure it would have been fun to watch additional seasons, but the story was perfectly paced as-is.

More people should have said no to JJ Abrams. Not because he’s awful (I love some of the things he’s been a part of) but because he was part of this protracted development nightmare that ate up enough money for multiple full series to be built and shot. If these studios made bolder, but financially survivable bets,…

People love cutting Padma down. It’s bizarre. In addition to an equally thoughtful host, it would be great to bring back the asshole-ery of early seasons (Jeffrey Steingarten for the OGs). 

The term “mandatory collaborator” is going to haunt me for a while...

Serious question: if there was a DGA strike, would network/cable televised news cease in a meaningful way? I hadn’t heard that part of the story. 

Netflix certainly did; and, because Andre is a good huma, I’m sure the crew (rightfully) did too. Netflix got it for a song when theatrical was scrapped mid pandemic (they shot it for no money with the goal being to make everything up in the theatrical run). It was meant to do SXSW and then go theatrical — but Netflix…

Bad Trip was great in its own right but also the kind of dumb fun people wanted in a pandemic. It’s telling that everyone made money but its creative lead. This is why residual pay structures need to change.