 "Glass Onion," "Jack Ryan" Netflix's mystery-comedy "Glass Onion" premiered at #1 on Nielsen's streaming chart in mid-December, with 1.5 billion minutes viewed in its first four days online. It had the third most-streamed week of any film in the history of Nielsen's charts, after just "Hocus Pocus" and "Wonder Woman 1984." More: - Based on the streamer's internal numbers, "Glass Onion" is already Netflix's fifth most-popular film of all time, with 253.72 million hours viewed to date.
- During the same week -- December 19-25 -- Amazon's spy thriller series "Jack Ryan" debuted its third season, and was viewed for 1.83 billion minutes; the new episodes had been significantly delayed by the pandemic.
- Netflix series "Wednesday," "The Recruit," and "Emily in Paris" also broke the 1 billion minutes-viewed milestone during the same window.
- "Glass Onion" writer/director Rian Johnson received an Oscar nomination this week for his adapted screenplay.
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 Disney's "The Mandalorian" Disney Advertising signed a new agreement with the measurement firm EDO, which was co-founded by actor/director Edward Norton. EDO will provide engagement data for Disney's streaming platforms, starting with Hulu. More: - Disney announced the new agreement ahead of its annual Tech and Data Showcase; Norton hosted a brief video explaining the collaboration.
- EDO will track how Disney content translates into consumer engagement and performance, providing deeper insights for advertisers.
- Disney has pitched the EDO data as complimentary to traditional viewership analytics from Nielsen, rather than competitive.
- Norton and friend Daniel Nadler launched EDO -- which stands for Entertainment Data Oracle -- in 2014.
- In the past, Disney has used EDO to monitor engagement around major events, including the Academy Awards, American Music Awards, and ESPN's "Monday Night Football."
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DAILY CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25 EXTRAORDINARY: First-year fantasy-comedy series from the UK, set in a world in which nearly everyone has an amazing superpower. Máiréad Tyers stars as Jen, a self-conscious late bloomer who's 25 but has yet to unlock any special abilities of her own. Siobhán McSweeney, Robbie Gee, Sofia Oxenham, and Bilal Hasna co-star. [Hulu] 9-1-1: LONE STAR: The Fox procedural drama series -- centered on first responders in Austin, Texas -- returned Tuesday night to TV for a fourth season; new episodes come to Hulu on Wednesdays. Rob Lowe, Gina Torres, Ronen Rubinstein, Sierra McClain, and Jim Parrack co-star. [Hulu] DINO RANCH: The animated Disney Jr. series follows the adventures of the Cassidy Family, who manage a prehistoric-themed ranch where dinosaurs roam free. Season 2 aired last year on cable and hits Disney+ today. [Disney+] MILA IN THE MULTIVERSE (MILA NO MULTIVERSO): Debut Portuguese-language YA sci-fi series from Brazil. Laura Luz stars as Mila, a 16-year-old on an interdimensional quest to locate her missing mother, Elis (Malu Mader), who's being tracked by the shadowy group "Os Operadores." [Disney+] AGAINST THE ROPES (CONTRA LAS CUERDAS): Debut Spanish-language comedy-drama series from Mexico starring Caraly Sánchez as a formerly-incarcerated mom attempting to win back her Lucha-loving daughter's affections by competing in the ring. [Netflix] ACAPULCO SHORE: Spanish-language reality series spun off from MTV's "Jersey Shore." The 9th season, which aired on cable in 2021 and 2022, relocated the action to Cartagena, Colombia. [Paramount+]
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 "Squid Game" According to a report in the UK newspaper The Sun, contestants on Netflix's "Squid Game" reality series suffered medical issues after being subjected to freezing cold temperatures. Netflix claims that, while it was "very cold on set," participants had been prepared for those conditions, and proper safety procedures were followed. More: - During the shoot in question, contestants were participating in a game of "Red Light, Green Light," and had to remain motionless for several hours at a time.
- According to The Sun, several contestants felt unwell, and some even suffered from symptoms of frostbite.
- As in the scripted Korean thriller "Squid Game," the reality series finds 456 contestants participating in cutthroat variations on playground games for a shot at a $4.56 million cash prize.
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 Roiland Adult Swim cut ties with "Rick & Morty" creator Justin Roiland, who has been charged with felony domestic abuse by authorities in Orange County, California. "Rick & Morty" has been renewed through Season 10, and will continue producing new episodes without Roiland, who voices both main characters. More: - In 2018, Adult Swim ordered 70 additional episodes of "Rick & Morty"; fewer than half of these have been produced thus far.
- Roiland's co-creator Dan Harmon will now take over as sole showrunner, while the voices of Rick and Morty will be recast.
- Roiland still has an overall deal with 20th Television Animation, where he's the co-creator and star of Hulu's "Solar Opposites"; he also produces and provides voices for the streamer's animated comedy series "Koala Man."
- Roiland has been charged with one count of domestic battery and one count of false imprisonment in connection with an alleged 2020 incident.
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 Showtime's "Yellowjackets" According to The Wall Street Journal, Paramount Global is considering a deeper integration of Paramount+ with the Showtime cable network. The new plan would rebrand Showtime as "Paramount+ with Showtime," and fill the cable network's line-up with Paramount+ original content. More: - Ultimately, Paramount Global is looking to fully integrate the Paramount+ and Showtime brands.
- In addition to select content airing on the Showtime network, Showtime subscribers would apparently also get access to the Paramount+ streaming service at no additional charge.
- Paramount has considered dropping the Showtime cable network entirely, and moving all Showtime content over to Paramount+, but would first need to renegotiate its deals with cable and satellite TV providers.
- Currently, premium Showtime cable subscriptions cost $10.99 per month.
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 "Flora and Son" Deadline reported that Apple is nearing a deal to acquire global rights to the Sundance hit "Flora and Son." The film comes from "Once" and "Sing Street" director John Carney, and stars Eve Hewson as a struggling mom who buys a second-hand guitar in the hopes of bonding with her troubled son (Oren Kinlan). More: - Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jack Reynor co-star in the film alongside Hewson, who is the daughter of U2 frontman Bono.
- Apple entered a bidding war with a number of other streamers and distributors for the film; Deadline estimates it'll sell for around $20 million.
- Netflix also paid around $20 million to acquire the Sundance thriller "Fair Play" earlier this week.
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 "Harry & Meghan" director Liz Garbus accused the British Royal Family of attempting to discredit the Netflix docuseries via false allegations. Representatives from Buckingham Palace have claimed producers didn't reach out for comment on the series; Garbus insists that this is inaccurate. More: - Garbus makes the allegations in a new interview with Vanity Fair, in which she discusses "alleged palace mind games" to which the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been subjected.
- A title card that opens the series claims that "Members of the Royal Family declined to comment on the content within the series."
- A source connected to the Palace claims they received a confusing email from a third-party production company, and received no response when they contacted Netflix and Harry and Meghan's own company, Archewell.
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 Amazon dropped a teaser for the upcoming musical drama series "Daisy Jones & The Six." The series, based on the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, chronicles the rise and fall of a fictional 1970s rock band. More: - Riley Keough and Sam Claflin co-star as the band's founders, Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne, who look back on their experiences several decades after the group's inevitable break-up.
- Camila Morrone, Will Harrison, Suki Waterhouse, Josh Whitehouse, Sebastian Chacon, Nabiyah Be and Tom Wright co-star; Timothy Olyphant makes a guest appearance.
- "500 Days of Summer" vets Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber co-created the series and wrote the adaptation; Reese Witherspoon executive produced the series through her Hello Sunshine banner.
- Producer Blake Mills wrote and produced the band's original songs, based on lyrics written by Reid for the novel.
- "Daisy Jones & The Six" premieres on Prime Video on March 3.
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- Apple announced its spring TV slate for kids and families, including a new Peanuts Valentine's Day special and an animated series based on author Arnold Lobel's classic "Frog and Toad" stories.
- Actor Michael Cudlitz -- best known for playing Abraham on "The Walking Dead" -- will join the cast of The CW's "Superman & Lois" in its upcoming third season as iconic DC Comics villain Lex Luthor.
- A sequence from the Disney+ series "Ms. Marvel" was digitally tweaked to correct a Marvel Cinematic Universe continuity error; the show's version of the Statue of Liberty now appears copper-colored, as it does in the film "Spider-Man: No Way Home."
- Disney renewed the British fantasy-comedy series "Extraordinary" for a second season just days ahead of its debut; the show -- set in a world where most people develop superpowers at age 18 -- streams on Hulu in the US.
- The new Netflix film from documentarian Sam Pollard ("MLK/FBI," "Mr. Soul"), premiering on February 8, profiles NBA icon Bill Russell.
- The upcoming reality competition series "The Challenge: World Championship" will bring together winners from various international versions of MTV's "The Challenge"; it premieres on Paramount+ in March.
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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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