Extra! Extra! Top TV News — New Trailers ft. Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts, Lots of Netflix News, Lions & Tigers & Streaming Mergers, Oh My! 'Ted Lasso' Boss Turns Assassin and More...
It's the final TV news of 2023! 🎉
It’s the final countdown to 2024!
I took a little holiday break 🎄 to get in shape for 2024. So excited to report on the recent TV news hitting the line including the captivating trailers for Ryan Murphy’s new FEUD series (CAN’T WAIT!) and Expats featuring Nicole Kidman (this book is still on my TBR pile, but can’t wait to read!).
Can we all do a little happy dance that The Gilded Age (MAX) has been renewed for a third season (loving this series!) and also looking forward to this comedian (see story below) hosting the 2024 Golden Globe Awards.
Top 5 TV News Stories of the Week
Netflix Reveals the Most Watched Shows in 2023 (January-June)
Netflix released its top streams of the first half of 2023 (January-June). Fubar, Ginny & Georgia: Season 1, Outer Banks: Season 3, La Reinda del Sur: Season 3, and YOU: Season 4 landed at No. 10-6. The #5 most watched show was Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. The freshman seasons of Wednesday and The Glory were in the #4 and #3 spots. Ginny & Georgia: Season 2 was the 2nd most watched series of the first half of 2023 and the #1 spot goes to The Night Agent.
Netflix To Finally Release Spaceman From Adam Sandler
The long-awaited science fiction drama Spaceman starring Adam Sandler is finally set to premiere on Netflix on March 1, 2024. The movie was filmed two years ago in New York City and Prague, but was shelved due to the Writer’s Strike. Sandler stars as Jakub Prochazka, a Czechoslovakian astronaut who is sent on a solo mission into space to check on a strange and possibly toxic cloud of dust. Jakub’s mission coincides with the collapse of his personal life, which leads him to strike up a friendship with Hanus, an alien played by Paul Dano who turns out to be the voice of reason to Jakub. The film is based on Jaroslav Kalfar’s 2017 novel “Spaceman of Bohemia” which deals with themes of loneliness, heartbreak, and human existence.
Angela Bassett To Play The President in Robert DeNiro’s Netflix Series
Zero Day is the new conspiracy thriller series currently in production at Netflix and set to premiere in March. The six episode limited series stars Robert DeNiro, Matthew Modine, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, and Connie Britton. Now Oscar-nominated actress Angela Bassett has joined this elite cast and will be playing the President of the United States. Here’s the official synopsis: “how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even our own imagining?”
Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer Team Up As Assassins in New Amazon Series
It’s the duo you didn’t know you needed, but so glad they’re coming to a TV screen soon — Ted Lasso’s Hannah Waddingham and Hidden Figures’ Octavia Spencer will star in an untitled series for Prime Video. The eight-episode series will star Waddingham as “Judith” who has been working as a highly-trained assassin. According to the official synopsis, “she’s leading a double life that Judith’s best friend Debbie (Spencer) knows nothing about — until a hit goes wrong. Now Judith and Debbie are on the run, aiming to stay one step ahead of a mysterious enemy. And while they try to figure out what’s going on, they also have to fix their now-ruptured friendship.” The series is currently in development at Amazon. The streamer beat out six other streaming platforms vying for this series.
5. Comedian Jo Koy To Host 2024 Golden Globes
Same awards show, new host! Comedian Jo Koy is slated to host the 2024 Golden Globes on January 7, 2024. This marks the 52-year-old’s first time hosting a major awards show. The comedian is one of the very few who has sold out stadium shows across the country, just coming off his Funny is Funny World Tour. His former girlfriend Chelsea Handler will be hosting the Critic’s Choice Awards on January 14.
Here is the full list of Golden Globe Nominees.
January 6 - Oprah & Taraji P. Henson will debut on OWN Spotlight
January 13 - Oprah & Fantasia Barrino will debut on OWN Spotlight
January 20 - Oprah and Danielle Brooks will debut on OWN Spotlight
The Gilded Age renewed for Season 3 at HBO
Shining Vale canceled at STARZ (all previous seasons to be removed from platform)
What We Do in the Shadows ending with Season 6 at FX
My Life with the Walter Boys renewed for Season 2 at Netflix
The Buccaneers renewed for Season 2 at Apple TV+
Streaming News 📺
Amazon Prime has streaming deals for just $1.99 per month through January 1, 2024 including MGM+, Paramount+ with Showtime, Shudder, BET+, and STARZ
Prime Video will have ad-supported streaming starting January 29, 2024 with limited ads on Prime Video series and films.
Warner Bros. Discovery Acquires Turkish Streaming Service BluTV
Warner Bros. Discovery (MAX) and Paramount Global (Paramount+) are in talks for a merger
Lionsgate Acquires eONe for $375 Million including titles like Yellowjackets, The Rookie and Discovery’s Naked & Afraid
2023 Streaming Stocks - Roku (up 134% from last year), Lionsgate (up 89%), Amazon (+79%), Netflix (+67%), Apple (+55%), Comcast (+26%), Warner Bros. Discovery (+21%), AMC Networks (+15%), Disney (+2.2%), Paramount Global (-10%)
FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans
More Trailers
The Regime (HBO)
Expats (Prime Video)
Daughters of the Cult (Hulu/ABC)
Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer (Netflix)
Good Trouble: Season 5 (Freeform)
Love on the Spectrum: Season 2 (Netflix)
Wild Cards (The CW)
Rebel Moon: Part 2 (Netflix)
This is Me…Now: The Film (Prime Video)
Happy Birthday 🎁
December 29
Jude Law, 51 - The Nest (AMC+)
Alison Brie, 41 - Mad Men (AMC+)
Jon Voight, 85 - Midnight Cowboy (Pluto TV, Showtime)
Jane Levy - Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (Peacock, Roku Channel)
Ted Danson, 76 - Cheers (Hulu, Paramount+)
Danny McBride, 47 - Vice Principals (MAX)
Patricia Clarkson, 64 - The Station Agent (Paramount+)
Diego Luna, 44 - Andor (Disney+)
Born on this Day: Mary Tyler Moore (1936-2017)
Mary Tyler Moore was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Her family moved her and her two siblings to California when she was just eight years old. She attended a Catholic high school and married in 1955 after her graduation. She was a dancer first and got her first show business breakthrough as a dancing kitchen appliance for Happy Hotpoint as the appliance’s elf. She shifted from commercials to TV roles soon after and landed a recurring role as a secretary in Private Detective in 1957.
After being typecast in roles that would show off her dancer legs, she took on more substantial roles in comedies that would go on to be some of the most popular in television history. Here is where you can stream Mary Tyler Moore’s work:
Ordinary People (MAX)
Flirting With Disaster (Pluto TV)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Hulu)
The Dick Van Dyke Show (Crackle, Freevee, Peacock)
Don’t miss Being Mary Tyler Moore, the documentary on MAX about her incredible life.
December 30 🥳
Russ Tamblyn, 88 - West Side Story (Pluto TV, The Roku Channel)
Sheryl Lee Ralph, 66 - Abbott Elementary (ABC/Hulu)
Tracey Ullman, 63 - Into the Woods (Hulu)
December 31 🎂
Anthony Hopkins, 85 - The Silence of the Lambs (MAX)
Val Kilmer, 63 - The Doors (MGM+, Paramount+)
Bebe Neuwirth, 64 - Cheers (Paramount+)
Ben Kingsley, 79 - Sexy Beast (Paramount+)
Tim Matheson, 75 - The West Wing (MAX)
Taylor Hackford, 78 - Directed Ray (Peacock), An Officer and a Gentleman (MAX)