 On Sunday night, Disney made the surprise announcement that former CEO Bob Iger would return to the top position at the company. Iger's successor, Bob Chapek, entered the CEO role in 2020; he stepped down on Monday. More: - The news came after a rough year for Disney that saw its stock drop by as much as 36%; shares rose 9% on Monday following news about Iger's return.
- Disney's streaming businesses lost $1.5 billion in the previous quarter, which also fell short on revenue predictions for its parks division.
- Prior to his departure, Iger spent 15 years as Disney CEO and oversaw the acquisition of the Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm brands.
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 Kelly Kahl As part of a company-wide cost-cutting initiative, CBS CEO George Cheeks dismissed CBS Entertainment president Kelly Kahl and his top lieutenant, Thom Sherman. Over five years, Kahl and Sherman oversaw the development of numerous breakout hits, including "Ghosts" and the "FBI" franchise, and helped to end the dominance of NBC's Thursday night primetime line-up. More: - Kahl is a 26-year industry veteran who initially moved over to CBS from Warner Bros. TV; Sherman was previously in development at The CW.
- Current CBS head of programming Amy Reisenbach will take over as entertainment president, and will work closely with Cheeks on the network's slate.
- Showtime Chief Executive Officer David Nevins is also expected to depart this year, further streamlining Paramount Global's managerial ranks.
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DAILY CALENDAR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21 MY LITTLE PONY: WINTER WISHDAY: Animated holiday special, spun off from the "My Little Pony" series "Make Your Mark," in which the Mane 5 celebrate different traditions from across the three pony lands before attending a royal concert. [Netflix] STORYBOTS: ANSWER TIME: Educational animated series, spun off from the original "Ask the StoryBots," in which "Answer Team 341-B" fields questions from kids and celebrity guests, including Danny DeVito and Anne Hathaway. [Netflix] DEATH IN THE DORMS: Each episode of this debut true-crime reality series from ABC News examines a murder investigation involving a college student. [Hulu] CELEBRITY BEEF WITH JOEL MCHALE: In the E! reality competition series, two celebrity guests who have a real-life disagreement settle their differences via a bake-off or cook-off, with host Joel McHale also serving as final judge and arbiter of the dispute. Season 1, which hits Peacock today, features Cheryl Hines taking on Rachael Harris; Andy Grammer vs. Justin Baldoni; Missi Pyle vs. Jeff Lewis; and others. [Peacock] MADRES: AMOR Y VIDA: Medical drama series from Spain set in a children's hospital, and focusing on the doctors fighting to save patients' lives and the caretakers eagerly hoping for updates in the waiting room. The series streams on Amazon Prime Video in Spain; the first four seasons all come to Peacock in the US today. [Peacock]
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 Two of France's top commercial networks -- T1 and M6 -- plan to sell their stakes in the nation's Salto streaming service. The local "Netflix alternative" launched in 2020, after multiple delays, as a collaborative effort between T1, M6, and France Televisions. More: - Salto features on-demand content from around 19 different French TV networks, along with some originals.
- In 2021, Salto had an annual revenue of around €17.1 million with a userbase of around 800,000-900,000 subscribers.
- Netflix has approximately 13 million French subscribers.
- Apparently, both T1 and M6 hope to exit the deal based on requirements imposed by France's anti-trust board, which the companies have deemed too burdensome.
- The companies are currently discussing exit deals; it's possible that the networks will sell their stakes but allow their content to remain live on the platform.
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 Matt Damon and Ben Affleck launched a new joint production company, known as Artists Equity. The new company will specialize in lucrative profit-sharing agreements with creatives, including writers, directors, editors and other members of a project's cast and crew. More: - The duo previously worked under their shared Pearl Street banner.
- Artists Equity will launch with a minimum of $100 million in financing from RedBird Capital Partners.
- Affleck said that the company was a specific response to the rise of streaming deals, as "an effort to try and recapture some of that value and share it in a way that's more equitable."
- The company has three films already in active development, including a still-untitlted drama from writer, director, and star Affleck about the Nike executive who first brought in Michael Jordan for a deal with the company in the '80s.
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 The crime comedy-drama "Lilyhammer," the first original series to stream on Netflix back in 2012, will remain available on the platform. Netflix's 10-year licensing agreement for the series was about to expire before a new deal was secured. More: - "Sopranos" and E Street Band vet Steven Van Zandt co-wrote, directed, and starred in the series as a New York-based gangster embarking on a new life in the titular Norwegian community; he also served as music supervisor.
- "Lilyhammer" ran for three seasons on netflix, wrapping up in December of 2014.
- In a recent blog post commemorating Netflix's 10th streaming anniversary, co-CEO Ted Sarandos thanked Van Zandt personally and praised "Lilyhammer," calling it "a deeply local story that we could share with the world."
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 Amazon posted a full behind-the-scenes docuseries chronicling the making of the fantasy epic "The Rings of Power" to Prime Video. The new show is divided into eight parts, one dedicated to each episode of "Rings of Power's" first season. More: - The new series is available via the "Rings of Power" Bonus Features tab, as well as Prime Video's X-Ray feature.
- The docuseries features insights from showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, along with cast members Morfydd Clark, Nazanin Boniadi, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Lloyd Owen, Maxim Baldry, Tyroe Muhafidin, and others.
- Other segments look at the fabrication of the show's massive sets, along with costumes, props, creature effects and make-up.
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 In an interview with the Times of London, actor Gary Oldman indicated he'll likely retire from acting after the Apple spy thriller series "Slow Horses" wraps up. Oldman turns 65 next year and told the Times "I don't want to be active when I'm 80." More: - "Slow Horses" -- based on a series of books by author Mick Herron -- returns to Apple TV+ for a second season in 2023.
- Oldman is contracted to appear as spy chief Jackson Lamb on at least two more seasons of the series, which centers on a group of disgraced MI5 agents sent to work in ignominy out of "Slough House."
- Oldman will also appear as US President Harry Truman in Christopher Nolan's upcoming biopic "Oppenheimer."
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- Actor Jason David Frank -- one of the original "Power Rangers" who stayed with the franchise for many years -- died over the weekend at age 49.
- Sunday night's "The Walking Dead" series finale featured ads starring characters who died during the show's 11-season run; the campaign was co-produced by Ryan Reynolds' company, Maximum Effort.
- Actors Jay Duplass and Timothy Omundsen joined the cast of Disney+'s "Percy Jackson" series in guest star roles as the Greek gods Hades and Hephaestus, respectively.
- Disney+ ordered its first Nordic original series, an adaptation of the novel "To Cook a Bear" by Swedish author Mikael Niemi.
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 |  | 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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