This week, Bally Sports asks you to empty your wallets, because they're broke.

Nielsen Ratings

Show Notes

Sinclair raising $250M for new sports streaming service: sources

Mayweather-Paul Fight Overwhelms Showtime Servers, Causing PPV and App Outages

Paramount+ adds a thousand titles in June

Launches $4.99 ad-supported “Essential” tier (no CBS locals included), adds “My List” feature

A Hot Christmas! | TUBI

Fox-Owned Tubi Sets Fall Launch Of Originals, Says View Time Rose 54% In Q1; Slate To Span Genres And Include Animation & Documentary

Apple TV+ Summer 2021 & Beyond | Official Preview

Disney’s Cancellation of Hulu Overseas Push Triggers Feud with Comcast

Disney Assumes Full Control of Hulu in Deal With Comcast

Theaters or HBO Max? Warner Bros. movie plans take shape as Discovery merger looms

Netflix.shop

'Jupiter's Legacy' Repeats Atop Nielsen Streaming Charts

‘Jupiter’s Legacy’ Shines Before Revamp News, Topping Nielsen U.S. Streaming Chart

Recommendations

Loki

Lucifer

Cleopatrick, "Bummer"

The Tragically Hip, "Saskadelphia"

StartUp

Eurotrip

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of June 11th, 2021:

Love, Victor, Season 2 (Jun. 11)

Wish Dragon (Jun. 11)

Lupin, Part 2 (Jun. 11)

Skater Girl (Jun. 11)

Penguin Town (Jun. 16)

Black Summer, Season 2 (Jun. 17)

Katla, Season 1 (June 17)

Oslo (May 29)

In the Heights (Jun. 10)

Betty, Season 2 (Jun. 11)

Revolution Rent (Jun. 15)

Rugrats (May. 27)

Infinite (Jun. 10)

iCarly (Jun. 17)

Home Before Dark, Season 2 (Jun. 11)

My Name is Bulger (Jun. 17)

This week, it's USFL, XFL, AEW, WWE, and lots of soccer!

Nielsen Ratings

Show Notes

Warner Bros. Discovery Proposed as New Name for Merged Companies

WarnerMedia Chief Jason Kilar Says He’s Staying at Company Into 2022

CNN Ramps Up Streaming Push as Discovery Merger Looms - WSJ

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts On Warner Bros. Discovery – “What AT&T Does Sort Of Speaks For Itself”

Good luck, Amazon. Unpacking MGM's vault may be harder than it sounds

‘Gone with the Wind’ and ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Are Not Part of the Amazon-MGM Deal; Here’s Why

Tubi Sets Streaming Pact With Cohen Media Group, Adding 80 Films To Free, Ad-Supported Service

USFL announces plans to return in spring 2022 - ProFootballTalk

XFL owner Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson reveals when the league will be making its return

Paramount+ is adding the AFC to its stacked soccer line-up

AMC Entertainment Holdings Raises $230.5 Million of New Equity, Looks Into Acquiring New Theaters - Boxoffice

AMC files to sell 11 million shares, then gives up big stock gain

5 Lingering Questions After ‘A Quiet Place 2’ Dominates the Box Office

Walmart accidentally unveiled its own bargain-priced FHD streaming stick and 4K player

'Jupiter's Legacy' Canceled at Netflix

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of June 4th, 2021:

Changing the Game (Jun. 1)

The New York Times Presents "Who Gets to Be an Influencer? (Jun. 4)

Trolls: Trollstopia, Season 3 (Jun. 10)

Xtreme (Jun. 4)

Sweet Tooth (Jun. 4)

Sweet & Sour (Jun. 4)

Kitty Love: An Homage to Cats (Jun. 5)

Awake (Jun. 9)

LA’s Finest (Jun. 9)

Fresh Fried and Crispy (Jun. 9)

Tragic Jungle (Jun. 9)

Camellia Sisters (Jun. 10)

Trese, Season 1 (Jun. 10)

Kajillionaire (Jun. 1)

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (Jun. 4)

Lisey’s Story (Jun. 4)

Dom (Jun. 4)

Loki (Jun. 9)

This week, Amazon presses the Buy Now button on MGM.

Nielsen Ratings

Show Notes

Amazon Agrees to Buy MGM Film Studio for $8.45 Billion

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Says MGM Acquisition Thesis “Simple”: Studio’s “Vast, Deep Catalogue Of Much Beloved Intellectual Property”

MGM Sold to Amazon for $8.45 Billion in Blockbuster Deal / How Will Amazon Run MGM? – The Hollywood Reporter

Deal Done — Amazon To Buy MGM For $8.45 Billion Deadline / Amazon-MGM Deal Renews Speculation: What About 'Apprentice' Clips? – Deadline

James Bond Will Remain Theatrical Amid Amazon’s Acquisition Of MGM, Eon Bosses Say

Lionsgate Handily Beats Wall Street Q4 Forecasts As Starz Hits 16.7M Global Streaming Subscribers

Tony Awards / Broadway's Back Event Slated for September 26th on CBS and Paramount+ - Tony Awards will air on Paramount+ *only* / Tony Awards announce fall broadcast on Paramount+, Broadway special on CBS

Streaming service Philo TV raising price to $25 for new subscribers

Zack Snyder’s ‘Army Of The Dead’ Marching Toward Netflix’s 10 Most-Watched Movies List With 72M Households

Recommendations

Cruella

Roku Originals

Jupiter's Legacy

Army of the Dead

Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 28th, 2021:

Plan B (May 28)

Soy Rada: Serendipity (May 27)

Black Space, Season 1 (May 27)

Dog Gone Trouble (May 28)

The Kominsky Method, Season 3 (May 28)

Lucifer, Season 5, Part 2 (May 28)

Super Monsters: Once Upon a Rhyme (June 1)

Carnaval (Jun. 2)

One Lagos Night (May 29)

Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know (June 1)

Cocomelon, Season 3 (June 1)

Kim’s Convenience, Season 5 (June 2)

Sailor Moon Eternal - Parts 1 and 2 (June 3)

Friends: The Reunion (May 27)

Cruella (May 28) - Premier Access

The Me You Can’t See (May 21)

Panic, Season 1 (May 28)

Apocalypse ’45 (May 27)

This week, AT&T is pulling the ripcord on their venture into media and streaming, costing them billions of dollars.

Nielsen Ratings

Show Notes

AT&T, in Abrupt Turn, Will Shed Media Business in Deal With Discovery

David Zaslav And John Stankey Outline Plans For Merging Discovery And WarnerMedia, Addressing Future Of Jason Kilar, CNN, Streaming

AT&T Decides It's Not A Media Company; Hilarity Ensues

Jason Kilar Exit Watch Begins as Industry Parses WarnerMedia Deal

Jason Kilar Talks WarnerMedia-Discovery merger

Hollywood Cheers AT&T Retreat; 'Dune' Gets Theatrical Rethink – Deadline

Amazon in Talks With MGM About Potential Acquisition

Major Pay-TV Providers Lost About 1,895,000 Subscribers in 1Q 2021

Fox Channel To Close In The UK, With Shows Like ‘War Of The Worlds’ Moving To Disney+

‘SEAL Team’ & ‘Clarice’ To Move From CBS To Paramount+; Military Drama To Get Network Sendoff

‘Evil’ Nears Move From CBS To Paramount+ For Season 2

CBS 2021-22 Schedule: 'NCIS' Relocates To Make Room For 'FBI' Tuesday – Deadline

Recommendations

British History: Royals, Rebels, and Romantics

Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.

The Anthropocene Reviewed

Continuum

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 21st, 2021:

Hulu

Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., Season 1 (May 21)

Madagascar: A Little Wild, Season 3 (May 27)

Netflix

Fatma (Apr. 27)

Army of the Dead (May 21)

Jurassic Park Camp Cretaceous Season 3 (May 21)

The Neighbor, Season 2 (May 21)

Sam Smith: Love Goes - Live at Abbey Road Studios (May 22)

Master of None, Season 3 (May 22)

Mad for Each Other (May 24)

Baggio: The Divine Ponytail (May 26)

Ghost Lab (May 26)

Nail Bomber: Manhunt (May 26)

High on the Hog: How African-American Cuisine Changed America (May 26)

Gatao: The Last Stray (May 26)

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Season 3 (May 26)

Blue Miracle (May 27)

Eden (May 27)

Ragnarok, Season 2 (May 27)

HBO Max

In Treatment, Season 4 (May 23)

Apple TV+

Trying, Season 2 (May 14)

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything (May 21)

Amazon Prime Video

Pink: All I Know So Far (May 21)

Solos (May 21)

This week, we talk about the reason people are wrong to criticize Disney... and the reason why they should have criticized Disney a LOT.

Nielsen Ratings

Show Notes

Disney Streaming Growth Slows As Company Has Mixed Quarterly Report

HBO Max Arrives In Full Force In Latin America With More Than 100 Local Original Productions Over The Next Two Years | Pressroom

Disney Plus Rolls Out Hefty Latin American Slate

Univision Acquires Grupo Televisa Assets For $4.8 Billion; Merger Deal Creates Global Spanish-Language Media Entity

Dwayne Johnson Movie ‘Jungle Cruise’ Hitting Theaters & Disney+ Premier This Summer

Regal Parent Cineworld & Disney Agree On Theatrical Deal For U.S. & UK

‘Muppets Haunted Mansion’: Disney+ Sets First-Ever Muppets Halloween Special Event

‘Girl In the Woods’: Stefanie Scott, Misha Osherovich & Sofia Bryant To Star, Will Yun Lee Among 4 Recurring In Peacock Series From Crypt TV

John Cena's 'WWE Evil' Gets Peacock Series Order

Demi Lovato Searches For UFOs In Four-Part Docuseries For Peacock

Peacock Picks Up Documentary On ‘SNL’ Writer Jim Downey, Orders ‘Diamond Princess’ & ‘Gamer Murders’

‘Psych’: Third Revival Movie Ordered at Peacock

Quibi Shows Returning As Roku Originals On May 20 As Streaming Provider Begins New Programming Chapter

Nine-part Lakers documentary coming to Hulu in 2022

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of May 14th, 2021:

MLK/FBI (May 14)

Ferry (May 14)

Haunted, Season 3 (May 14)

I Am All Girls (May 14)

Jungle Beat: The Movie (May 14)

The Strange House (May 14)

Move to Heaven (May 14)

Halston (May 14)

The Woman in the Window (May 14)

LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS (May 14)

Racquet Boys, Season 1 (May 17)

Sardar Ka Grandson (May 18)

Who Killed Sara? Season Two (May 19)

Hating Peter Tatchell (May 20)

Special, Season 2 (May 20)

Wahl Street (Apr. 15) -

That Damn Michael Che (May 6)

Hacks, Season 1 (May 13)

Those Who Wish Me Dead (May 14)

Adventure Time: Distant Lands - Together Again (May 20)

Sweet Carolina (May 15)

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Season 2 (May 14)

The Underground Railroad (May 14)

Citizen Penn (May 6)

Queen of Meth (May 7)

Broken Harts (May 18)

Genius Factory (May 20)