4K streams on YouTube / "Law & Order" crossover / "Dahmer" set complaints / "Abbott" views grow on streaming

Plus today's calendar, "Firefly Lane" ending, Coben extends Netflix deal, "Lady Chatterley's Lover" on Netflix, and more

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@its_menieb on Twitter According to threads on both Reddit and Twitter, YouTube has started prompting some users to pay for Premium subscriptions before watching 4K videos. The move suggests that 4K streaming on the platform may soon become exclusive for YouTube Premium members. More: Traditionally, streaming on YouTube at up to 2160p resolution has been free for all users. YouTube Premium benefits currently include ad-free viewing, along with video and song downloads for streaming offline. In 2021, Google said it had passed the 50 million subscriber mark for YouTube Music and Premium combined. TECHCRUNCH

A three-hour "Law & Order" crossover event was a ratings hit for NBC and Peacock, both on broadcast TV and streaming platforms. According to data obtained by Variety, the crossover shows were the most-watched and highest-rated programs that aired on September 22, on any network or platform. More: The event included the original "Law & Order" series, plus spinoffs "Special Victims Unit" and "Organized Crime." Audiences on TV and streaming continue to grow for creator Dick Wolf's procedural franchise compared to last season. This is particularly notable as last year, the shows were available on both Hulu and Peacock, whereas this year, they're Peacock-exclusives. The "Law & Order" crossover episodes are currently the top NBC episodes on the Peacock platform. VARIETY

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DAILY CALENDAR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 TRUTH BE TOLD: Original true-crime documentary from ESPN -- part of its "E60" franchise -- chronicling abuse, harassment, and coercion allegations that surfaced against a number of coaches for various teams across the US National Women's Soccer League in 2021. Ultimately, the scandal led to the resignations or firings of five out of ten league coaches, along with commissioner Lisa Baird. [ESPN+] SHERWOOD: Six-episode BBC One crime drama series, inspired by a string of real murders in a Nottinghamshire, England, mining village in 2004. David Morrissey, Lesley Manville, Robert Glenister, and Kevin Doyle co-star; "The Crown" vet James Graham wrote and created the series. [BritBox] HASAN MINHAJ: THE KING'S JESTER: The comedian and former "Patriot Act" host recorded his latest Netflix special -- a follow-up to 2017's "Homecoming King" -- at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Topics include "fertility, fatherhood, and freedom of speech." [Netflix] THE GOOD DOCTOR: The ABC medical drama series returned Monday night on TV for its sixth season; new episodes hit Hulu on Tuesdays. The new episodes pick up immediately after the Season 5 cliffhanger, with Shaun (Freddie Highmore) and Lea (Paige Spara) getting married on the hospital roof as mass violence plays out just a few floors below. [Hulu] THE BACHELORETTE: Season 18 of the ABC reality competition series aired in 2021 and hits Hulu today in its entirety. 28-year-old Michelle Young of Minnesota was this season's Bachelorette; she originally appeared on "The Bachelor" Season 25 alongside Matt James. Kaitlyn Bristowe hosts. [Hulu] MYSTERIES DECODED PRESENTS: SPIRIT SQUAD: Hour-long special in which a group of psychics and experts investigate rumors of paranormal activity at the infamous Leonis Adobe residence in Calabasas, California. The cast includes Sara Gray, Steffany Strange, and Brittney Crabb. [CW]

One of two Black production assistants who worked on the Netflix true-crime series "Dahmer – Monster" described the limited series to the Los Angeles Times as "one of the worst shows" she's ever worked on. Kim Alsup had originally described her experiences on the set on a now-private Twitter thread before opening up to the Times. More: Alsup said that her time on the show is going to bring up unpleasant memories for her, which she compared to "PTSD types of situations," and said she even felt anxiety after watching the trailer. She said her negative experiences stemmed from a lack of mental health coordinators, as well as being one of just two Black crew members working on the series. The show has also been criticized by Rita Isbell, the sister of Dahmer victim Errol Lindsey, who is depicted in the series. AV CLUB

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"Delayed viewing" on streaming platforms and DVRs massively increased viewership on the "Abbott Elementary" Season 2 premiere over this past week. Live + Same Day data gave the ABC mockumentary sitcom a 0.6 rating among adults ages 18-49, but after seven days of multi-platform viewing, this jumped by 318% to 2.38. More: Around 7 million people have now watched the "Abbott Elementary" Season 2 premiere across platforms after a single week, up from 2.9 million on premiere day. This marked the series' largest-ever jump in viewership over its first week, and makes the Season 2 premiere the most-watched episode of the series to date. "Abbott Elementary" airs on TV as part of ABC's Wednesday night primetime line-up, in a coveted slot once occupied by "Modern Family." VARIETY

The Netflix drama series "Firefly Lane" -- based on the novel by Kristin Hannah -- will close out after its upcoming second season. Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke co-star as lifelong best friends who first meet at age 14, and end up leading very different adult lives. More: The series will return in December for a 16-episode second and final season. Season 2 will introduce a number of new cast members, including India de Beaufort, Greg Germann, Jolene Purdy, and Ignacio Serricchio. "Witches of East End" and "Dawson's Creek" vet Maggie Friedman created the series. DEADLINE

Netflix re-upped its overall deal with author Harlan Coben for another four years, according to Deadline. The streamer also added 14 new Coben books to its library of potential adaptations, including some titles featuring his recurring character, Myron Bolitar. More: Deadline reported that a series centering around Bolitar -- a basketball pro-turned-sports and celebrity agent -- is in development at Netflix. Seven Coben novels have been turned into Netflix limited series around the world, including three in the UK ("Safe," "The Stranger," and "Stay Close"); two in Poland ("The Woods" and "Hold Tight"); one in Spain ("The Innocent"); and one in France ("Gone for Good"). The Bolitar series will be the author's first US adaptation for the streaming service. DEADLINE

QUICK HITS The 3 Things to Never Build In Your App: Authentication, Notifications, and Payments* Vogue got an early look at Netflix's adaptation of the classic D. H. Lawrence 1929 novel "Lady Chatterley's Lover," starring "The Crown" vet Emma Corrin and Jack O'Connell; the film hits the streamer on December 2. Netflix announced a New York-set spinoff of the reality series "Bling Empire"; the original series, which returns on October 5 for a third season, follows a group of glamorous Asian and Asian-American friends in Los Angeles. Amazon's "The Rings of Power" entered production on its second season this week in the UK. A cryptic tweet from "Moonlighting" writer/producer Glenn Gordon Caron suggests the '80s ABC romantic mystery-drama may soon be on its way to a major streaming service (presumably Hulu or Disney+). *This is sponsored content

Lon Harris is the writer and editor of Inside Streaming and was the very first person to ever write an Inside newsletter. He lives in Los Angeles, California, and also writes about TV and film for Fandom, Screen Junkies, Rotten Tomatoes, Gamma Ray and others. Plus he has a Game of Thrones podcast called "Casterly Talk" and competes on The Movie Trivia Schmoedown as "The Professor." Editor Eduardo Garcia is a writer and editor based in New York. He is the author of "Things You Can Do," an illustrated book about climate action. Bylines in The New York Times, The Guardian, Slate, Scientific American, and others. In one of his previous lives, Eduardo worked as a Reuters correspondent in Latin America for nearly a decade.

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