This week, Disney licenses a pre-school juggernaut for Disney+ while Nielsen tries to make sense of the last year in television.

Nielsen Ratings

Disney Takes the Preschool Hit ‘CoComelon’ Away From Netflix - Bloomberg

Sesame Street Is Coming to Netflix With New & Old Episodes Streaming In 2025

'Sesame Street' showed me a better world. Thanks to Netflix, my kids will see it too.

Netflix Doubles Down on Kids Games, Adds Exclusive ‘World of Peppa Pig’ Alongside New Episodes

Starz, Newly Separated From Lionsgate, Sees Quarterly Revenue Drop 6% as It Takes $168 Million Content Impairment Charge

Stand-Alone Starz CEO Jeff Hirsch Sees A Future Of Owned Shows, Lower Costs & Deals With Networks “Marooned” In Linear Limbo

Lionsgate, Now Without Starz, Swings to Quarterly Profit on Higher Revenues

Lionsgate Completes Split Of Studios, Starz

100 Most-Watched TV Series of 2024-25 Across Streaming, Broadcast and Cable: ‘Squid Game’ Leads This Season’s Rankers

CBS Wins Nielsen’s First Full Season Multiplatform Ratings Among Broadcast, Led by ‘Tracker’ — but Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Dominates Overall

‘Hacks’ Renewed for Fifth Season at Max

GLITCH Productions’ Murder Drones Series Is Now Streaming on Prime Video – Red's Nerd Den

‘Welcome to Wrexham’ Renewed for Season 5 and Its Spinoff Gets a Title

‘Laid’ Canceled At Peacock After One Season

‘Ted’ Animated Sequel Series Set at Peacock With Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, Jessica Barth Returning

'Yellowjackets' Renewed For Season 4 By Showtime

‘The Chi’ Renewed For Season 8 By Showtime Following Strong Season 7 Debut

‘Silo’ to End With Season 4 as Apple TV+ Renews Series for Two More Seasons

Fountain of Youth

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 31, 2025.

Predator: Killer of Killers (Jun. 6)

Netflix Tudum 2025: The Live Event (May 31 at 8 p.m. EDT)

Sara: Woman in the Shadows, season 1 (Jun. 3)

Criminal Code, season 2 (Jun. 4)

Eva Lasting, season 3 (Jun. 4)

Power Moves with Shaquille O’Neal (Jun. 4)

Barracuda Queens, season 2 (Jun. 5)

Ginny & Georgia, season 3 (Jun. 5)

LEGO DREAMZzz, season 3 (Jun. 5)

Tires, season 2 (Jun. 5)

Uninvited (Jun. 5)

Golden SixTONES, season 1 (Jun. 6)

K.O. (Jun. 6)

Mercy for None (Jun. 6)

The Survivors (Jun. 6)

Tyler Perry’s Straw (Jun. 6)

Phineas and Ferb, season 5 (Jun. 5)

Mountainhead (May 31)

The Mortician (Jun. 1)

Love Island USA, season 3 (Jun. 3)

Good Boy, season 1 (May 31)

Stick, season 1 (Jun. 4)

BMF, season 4 (Jun. 6)

This week, Paramount is on the brink, Warner Bros. Discovery is weighed down, and Disney owns the Memorial Day weekend.

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Democrats warn Redstone that Paramount talks with Trump over CBS Kamala Harris interview may be illegal | The Independent

Freedom of the Press Foundation says it will sue Paramount if it settles with Trump over 60 Minutes lawsuit | The Independent

Trump sues CBS over ‘60 Minutes’ interview with Harris. Legal experts call it ‘frivolous and dangerous’ | CNN Business

’60 Minutes’ Addresses EP Bill Owens’ Departure in On-Air Segment: “Paramount Began to Supervise Our Content in New Ways”

CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon quits as potential Trump lawsuit settlement looms

S&P Downgrades Warner Bros. Discovery To Junk Status On “Weak Credit Metrics”

Warner Bros. Discovery Downgraded to Junk by S&P

Cannes: Mubi Buys Wagner Moura-Starring ‘The Secret Agent’ for U.K., India, Most of Latin America

Mubi Buys Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson’s ‘Die My Love’ in $24 Million Cannes Deal

Mubi Acquires Sound of Falling Out of Cannes

New Direct-to-Consumer Offering to be Singularly Branded ESPN

Disney exec: ESPN+ sticking around due to existing rights deals

Justin Connolly, After Exiting Disney, Joins YouTube as Global Head of Media and Sports; Disney Sues Over Exec’s Hiring

Lilo & Stitch

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin on Apple TV+

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Carl’s Doomsday Scenario

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 24, 2025.

Adults, season 1 (May 29)

Rickey Smiley: Fool-ish (May 30)

Our Unwritten Seoul, season 1 (May 24)

CoComelon, season 13 (May 26)

Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders (May 26)

Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life (May 26)

F1: The Academy (May 28)

Dept. Q, season 1 (May 29)

Losmen Bu Broto: The Series, season 1 (May 29)

Mad Unicorn (May 29)

The Heart Knows (May 30)

Lost in Starlight (May 30)

A Widow’s Game (May 30)

And Just Like That…, season 3 (May 23)

WWE NXT Battleground (May 25)

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, season 2 (May 27)

The Better Sister (May 29)

Bono: Stories of Surrender (May 30)

Scrublands, season 2 (May 29)

The Killing Cove (May 30)

This week, YouTube dominates, Fox joins the fray, and Max changes name... again.

Nielsen Ratings

Warners Reverses Course: Changes Max’s Name Back to HBO Max

YouTube to stream 2025 Week 1 NFL regular-season game in Brazil to worldwide audience for free

As Hollywood Shrinks, Studios Look to YouTube for Help - Bloomberg

Fox’s new streaming service will arrive just in time for football season

‘Hazbin Hotel’ Spinoff ‘Helluva Boss’ Gets 2-Season Renewal & Prime Video Run

'Creed' Spinoff Series Set in Delphi Gym Ordered at Amazon

‘Fallout’ Levels Up With Early Season 3 Renewal at Prime Video

Prime Video Hands Out Two-Season Renewal for ‘Beast Games’

Amazon’s ‘The Bondsman’ Canceled After One Season

‘The Eternaut’: Inside Netflix’s Argentinian Sci-Fi Survival Drama & Ambitious Season 2 Plans

'Star Search' reboot underway at Netflix

Tina Fey's The Four Seasons Renewed for Season 2 - Netflix Tudum

Kevin Hart Is in for a Wild 72 Hours in the New Tim Story Comedy

‘Parks and Recreation’ Alums Amy Poehler, Mike Schur Reunite for Peacock Comedy Series ‘Dig’

'The Studio' Renewed for Season 2 at Apple TV+

Murderbot

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Andor, Season 2

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Taskmaster

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 17, 2025.

Nine Perfect Strangers, season 2 (May 21)

Nine Puzzles, season 1 (May 21)

Ex Ex Lovers (May 20)

Sarah Silverman: Postmortem (May 20)

Untold: The Fall of Favre (May 20)

Newly Rich, Newly Poor (May 21)

Real Men, season 1 (May 21)

Sneaky Links: Dating After Dark, season 1 (May 21)

Happy Mondays (May 22)

Sirens, season 1 (May 22)

Tyler Perry’s She The People, part 1 (May 22)

Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds (May 23)

Big Mouth, season 7 (May 23)

Fear Street: Prom Queen (May 23)

Forget You Not, season 1 (May 23)

Off Track 2 (May 23)

Tucci in Italy, season 1 (May 18)

Pee-wee as Himself (May 23)

FBI True, season 7 (May 20)

Couples Therapy, season 4 part 2 (May 23)

Peacock Emerging Artist Series (May 19)

Motorheads, season 1 (May 20)

Earnhardt (May 22)

Clarkson’s Farm, season 4 (May 23)

Fountain of Youth (May 23)

Worth the Wait (May 23)

This week, four studios report quarterly earnings, but not everyone's got good news.

Nielsen Ratings

Paramount's strong quarterly results boosted by originals, streaming growth | Reuters

Paramount+ Hits 79 Million Subscribers, Streaming Loss Shrinks to $109 Million

CBS Wins Nielsen’s First Full Season Multiplatform Ratings Among Broadcast, Led by ‘Tracker’ — but Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Dominates Overall

Warner Bros. Discovery Adds 5.3 Million Streaming Subs as Losses Narrow, Studios Slow on Tough Box Office

Disney Gains Surprise 1.4 Million Disney+ Subscribers as Streaming Profit Surges, CEO Iger Says ‘We Remain Optimistic’ About Fiscal 2025 Outlook

ESPN Cable Subscribers Will Get Access to New Streaming Features / ESPN flagship streaming app to be named 'ESPN,' sources say

Netflix will try a TikTok-like feed on its mobile app | The Verge

Netflix is removing Black Mirror: Bandersnatch | The Verge

Netflix rolls out dialogue-only subtitles

Netflix is streaming a showcase of Hitchcock’s greatest films this June | The Verge

Do not adjust your TV screen: Why your Netflix experience has a new look

Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny

What If…?, Season 3

Andor, Season 2

EFL playoffs

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Ultimate Game Pass

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 10, 2025.

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, season 2 (May 15)

Matteo Lane: The Al Dente Special (May 16)

Welcome to Wrexham, Season 4 (May 16)

Tastefully Yours, season 1 (May 12)

Bad Thoughts, season 1 (May 13)

Untold: The Liver King (May 13)

Welcome, Now Get Lost, season 1 (May 13)

American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden (May 14)

Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story (May 14)

Married at First Sight, season 17 (May 14)

Rhythm+Flow: Poland (May 14)

Snakes and Ladders, season 1 (May 14)

Bet, season 1 (May 15)

Franklin, season 1 (May 15)

Love, Death & Robots, Vol. 4 (May 15)

Paddington in Peru (May 15)

Secrets We Keep (May 15)

Thank You, Next, season 2 (May 15)

Vini Jr. (May 15)

Dear Hongrang, season 1 (May 16)

Football Parents, season 1 (May 16)

The Quilters (May 16)

Rotten Legacy, season 1 (May 16)

Duster, season 1 (May 15)

The Brutalist (May 16)

Eurovision Song Contest (May 13 - 17)

Lee Soo Man: The King of K-Pop (May 13)

Overcompensating, season 1 (May 15)

Murderbot, season 1 (May 16)

Deaf President Now! (May 16)

Rhythm and Blood (May 16)

This week, Roku buys its way into a channel bundle.

Nielsen Ratings

Roku Acquires Streaming Bundle Service Frndly TV For $185M

Roku Posts Solid Q1 Results, Pledging To “Remain Vigilant And Adaptable” In Uncertain Economy

Ted Sarandos Says Theatrical Experience Is “An Outmoded Idea For Most People;” Claims Netflix Is “Saving Hollywood”

Guy Ritchie On Board To Direct ‘Road House 2’

‘Little House On The Prairie’ Reboot Rounds Out Ingalls Family By Casting Charles, Caroline & Mary

Head Back to the Arctic for North of North Season 2

Hulu Nabs Alex Cooper Documentary

Jeremy Renner Turned Down 'Hawkeye' Season 2 After Half Salary Offer

Thunderbolts*

Elder Scrolls Oblivion Remastered

Drop

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 3, 2025.

Summer of 69 (May 9)

Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (May 4)

Britain and the Blitz (May 5)

Mighty Monsterwheelies, season 2 (May 5)

The Devil’s Plan, season 2 (May 6)

Sniper: The Last Stand (May 6)

Untold: Shooting Guards (May 6)

Full Speed, season 2 (May 7)

Last Bullet (May 7)

Blood of Zeus, season 3 (May 8)

Forever, season 1 (May 8)

Heart Eyes (May 8)

Karol G: Tomorrow Was Beautiful (May 8 at 3 a.m. EDT)

Bad Influence (May 9)

A Deadly American Marriage (May 9)

Nonnas (May 9)

The Royals, season 1 (May 9)

Too Hot to Handle: Italy (May 9)

Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld (May 4)

Conan O’Brien Must Go, season 2 (May 8)

Criminal Minds: Evolution, season 18 (May 8)

RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars, season 10 (May 9)

Poker Face, season 2 (May 8)

Octopus! (May 8)

Long Way Home (May 9)

The Walking Dead: Dead City, season 2 (May 4)

The Motherhood, season 1 (May 5)