 Zaslav, "The Sandman" According to Deadline, Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav has voiced concerns over some licensing deals between Warner Bros. TV and Netflix. Zaslav is apparently unhappy with Netflix's payment structure, and has temporarily paused the sale of all WB TV programs to the streamer. More: - Netflix pays producers for seasons of TV over the course of 18-24 months; it's a standard procedure for the company, which it has employed for several years.
- WB TV and Netflix also readjusted some of their deals recently, due to Netflix's addition of an ad-supported tier.
- A number of currently popular Netflix series are produced by Warner Bros., including "The Sandman," "Sweet Tooth," "You," and "Manifest."
- The recent, and somewhat delayed, Season 2 renewal of "The Sandman" apparently brought Zaslav's concerns to the fore; creator Neil Gaiman assured fans the second season was still moving forward after the Deadline report was published.
- Netflix also licenses a number of library titles from WBTV, such as "All American," "Riverdale," and "Supernatural."
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 Kit Connor Netflix's "Heartstopper" took four trophies at the first-ever Children's and Family Emmy Awards on Sunday. The show scored one of the evening's top prizes -- for Young Teen Series -- along with wins for star Kit Connor's performance, Olivia Colman's guest performance, and Alice Oseman's writing. More: - Netflix was the night's big winner overall among networks and streamers, with 15 total wins, followed by Disney+ with four.
- The animated Netflix series "Kid Cosmic" was the only other series to win multiple awards.
- Barack and Michelle Obama's production company, Higher Ground, took home two awards.
- Netflix's canceled YA drama series "The Baby-Sitters Club" scored two awards, reviving hope that the show may get picked up by a different distributor.
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DAILY CALENDAR MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 BAKING IT: The cooking competition series -- in which teams of home bakers create themed, festive goodies for a panel of "granny judges" -- returns for a second season. Amy Poehler returns as host while Maya Rudolph takes over for Andy Samberg. The first Season 2 episodes arrive today, along with a holiday special. [Peacock] DANGEROUS GAME: THE LEGACY MURDERS: 2022 thriller in which the members of a large and wealthy family gather at a remote mansion for a reunion, only to find themselves trapped and playing a deadly game that only one relative will survive. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Will Sasso, Jon Voight, and Laura Mennell co-star. [Paramount+] DOG: 2022 comedy-drama starring Channing Tatum as a former Army Ranger who embarks on a bittersweet road trip down the California coast along with a high-energy Belgian Shepherd. [Paramount+]
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 "Banshees of Inisherin," "Abbott Elementary" The embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced nominations for its 2023 Golden Globe Awards. The awards will be presented in a ceremony on January 10, which will air on NBC and stream on Peacock. More: - NBC canceled its Globes telecast in 2022 amid a wide-ranging series of allegations against the HFPA, regarding the diversity of the organization and its leadership, how it's financed, potential ethics violations, and more.
- The network has agreed to air the 80th ceremony in 2023 as a one-year trial.
- The Globes have been a long-standing and significant part of Hollywood's "award season," culminating in the Oscars; according to The New York Times, there's widespread disagreement within the industry about whether the Globes should retain their position and status.
- "The Banshees of Inisherin" leads all films with eight nominations, while "Abbott Elementary" was the most-nominated TV series, with five nods.
- Netflix's "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" scored a nomination for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, the lone major film nomination for a streamer-backed title.
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 HBO released a teaser for the upcoming limited series "White House Plumbers," based on the novel "Integrity" by Egil and Matthew Krogh. The series chronicles the events leading up to the Watergate break-in -- and the ensuing political scandal -- from the perspectives of masterminds Howard Hunt (Woody Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Justin Theroux). More: - The Kroghs' book is based on material sourced from public records regarding the actual historical events.
- The cast also includes Lena Headey, Domhnall Gleeson, Judy Greer, Ike Barinholtz, Kiernan Shipka, Kathleen Turner, and many others.
- "Veep" and "Frasier" vets Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck co-created and wrote the series; another "Veep" vet, David Mandel, directed all five episodes.
- "White House Plumbers" hits HBO in March 2023.
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 Disney+ greenlit a pilot for a series adaptation of the "Witch Mountain" movie franchise. "Jurassic World" vet Bryce Dallas Howard will lead the cast; Isabel Gravitt, Levi Miller, Bianca "b" Norwood, and Jackson Kelly have also been tapped to co-star. More: - Howard also directed multiple episodes of the Disney+ series "The Mandalorian" and "The Book of Boba Fett," and will helm a reboot of the movie "Flight of the Navigator" for the streamer.
- The 1975 Disney film "Escape to Witch Mountain" was adpated from a 1968 book of the same name; it was followed by two sequels, and was previously remade in 1995 and 2009.
- The latest incarnation of the story will center on two teens who develop strange, supernatural abilities, and find that they've been lied to about their true nature of their idyllic suburban home.
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 Netflix grabbed the rights to a live-action film adaptation of the manga and anime series "My Hero Academia" from Legendary Entertainment. "Obi-Wan Kenobi" vet Joby Harold is writing the adaptation; Japanese director Shinsuke Sato will make his English-language debut with the film. More: - The story is set in a world in which the majority of people have superpowers, known as "quirks."
- The action centers on a young man named Deku, who dreams of becoming a great hero despite being born without a quirk.
- "My Hero Academia" debuted in 2014 and has become a global sensation; the anime is currently in its fifth season.
- Legendary is best known for its US "Monsterverse" franchise, featuring Godzilla, Kong and other classic kaiju; until recently, the studio had an overall distribution deal with Warner Bros.
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- The BBC's Executive Complaints Unit reported that it has received significant backlash from viewers regarding coverage of the Netflix reality series "Harry & Meghan"; many viewers apparently complained that the BBC's coverage has been "excessive" and overly promotional of Netflix.
- HBO Max and CNN renewed the chat series "Who's Talking to Chris Wallace" for a second 10-episode season.
- Local news-focused streaming platform VUit added content from 13 CBS channels, including those from major markets New York and Los Angeles.
- CBS' three-show crossover "NCIS" event has been delayed, and will now air a week after it was originally scheduled, on January 9.
- ABC News Studios announced a new slate of true-crime docuseries for Hulu, including "Killing County" from executive producer Colin Kaepernick.
- Netflix grabbed a second season of the global hit Japanese reality series "Old Enough!," which features toddlers running errands by themselves.
- Creator Mike White suggested that the third season of HBO's anthology drama "The White Lotus" will likely take place in Asia and involve "death and Eastern religion and spirituality."
- Kit Harrington teased his upcoming Jon Snow-centered "Game of Thrones" spinoff during an appearance at a fan convention in Los Angeles.
- Netflix ordered the live-action Korean series "Doona!," based on a digital animated series, from "Crash Landing on You" director Lee Jung-hyo.
- Producer Ryan Murphy and star Evan Peters discussed their behind-the-scenes process for making the smash hit Netflix true-crime drama "Dahmer" with Variety, and addressed the backlash from victims' families and the controversial decision to categorize the series under Netflix's "LGBTQ" tag.
- Netflix canceled the YA fantasy-drama series "Half Bad: The Bastard Son and The Devil Himself" after a single season, part of a larger trend of ambitious shows aimed at younger viewers that have been shut down before they could find an audience.
- Apple dropped some early images from "Hello Tomorrow!," an upcoming comedy-drama series, set in a retro-futuristic world, about lunar timeshare salesmen.
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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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