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| Happy Monday, Inside Streamers! Each time a new team plays a big "streaming exclusive" game, like this weekend's Ohio State-Purdue matchup -- available only on Peacock -- social media is hit with wave after wave of complaints from viewers. It's understandable; no one wants to be told they have to pay MORE for TV just to watch one piece of programming. It seems inevitable that sports leagues are going to have no choice but to figure out ways to make marquee live events available to all, without requiring fans to pay for every streaming service, or shift their subscription plans every time media rights jump around. Disney's attempting to figure some of this out with their plans to turn ESPN+ into a centralized hub for all streaming sports, but they're already running into rights-related complications. It's a real mess that could take many years to untangle, if it ever gets fully worked out. Enjoy today's issue! Lon
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| 1 | | Warner Bros. Discovery plans to introduce the Max streaming service in 22 European countries, starting in Spring 2024. WBD executives Gerhard Zeiler and Leah Hooper Rosa made the announcement during the MIPCOM European TV market event on Monday. More: - The first wave of the Max European rollout will hit Nordic and Iberian countries, along with the Netherlands, Central, and Eastern Europe; a second round, later on in the year, will cover France and Belgium.
- Max currently has no set plans to launch in the UK, Germany, or Italy, where HBO has lucrative distribution deals in place with European pay-TV provider Sky.
- Max's European service will include live sports through the "Eurosport" channel, including coverage of Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the Tour de France cycling race, and the 2024 Parisian Olympic Games.
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| 2 | | Apple canceled the mystery-comedy series "The Afterparty." The show's second season wrapped up about one month ago. More: - Sony Pictures Television, which developed and produced the series for Apple, plans to shop it around to other networks and streamers.
- Each season of "The Afterparty" concerned a murder at a gathering; each episode tracked the experiences of an individual character over the course of the night, and parodied a different film or TV genre.
- Filmmakers Chris Miller and Phil Lord executive produced the series; Miller also created the concept.
- While Season 1 was a breakout hit for Apple, Season 2's reception this summer was more muted; Deadline suggests it may have suffered from competition against Season 3 of Hulu's star-studded and similarly-themed "Only Murders in the Building."
- Apple reportedly has also been reconsidering its post-strike programming line-up.
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| 3 | | DAILY CALENDAR MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 WARDENS OF THE NORTH: Reality series from Animal Planet following Michigan conservation officers as they patrol precious natural resources in remote wilderness areas of the state. Season 1 debuted in September on cable and hits Max in the US today. [Max] KEKE WYATT'S WORLD: Debut reality series from the WE tv cable network profiling R&B artist Keke Wyatt. The series follows Wyatt as she balances her music career along with raising her 11 children. New episodes air Thursdays on cable and hit the ALLBLK streaming service on Mondays. [ALLBLK] VINDICTA: Direct-to-VOD horror film about a seasoned detective and a novice paramedic who join forces to investigate a sadistic serial killer with whom they apparently share some kind of personal connection. Elena Kampouris, Jeremy Piven, and Sean Astin co-star; Sean McNamara ("On a Wing and a Prayer") directed. [Paramount+] OGGY OGGY: The dialogue-free French animated series for young kids is back for a third season. It's a spinoff of "Oggy and the Cockroaches," in which a kitten version of the character goes on adventures with his friends Mallow and Sporty. [Netflix] | | | |
| 4 | | This weekend's football game between Ohio State and Purdue streamed exclusively on NBCUniversal's Peacock service, upsetting many long-time fans. This was the first time that an Ohio State Buckeyes football game wasn't available to view on linear television since 1997. More: - The Big Ten conference signed an overall $7 billion media deal in August of 2022; though many games are available to view on Fox, NBC, and CBS, some are now Peacock exclusives.
- A number of beloved college football teams have played in games that didn't air on TV this year; the list also includes Michigan, Penn State, and Michigan State.
- On social media, a number of fans complained about the need to pay $5.99/month for a Peacock subscription, and about the streamer's coverage of the game itself.
- Ohio Sen. Bill DeMora has suggested that he might introduce legislation requiring an over-the-air alternative for streaming-exclusive games.
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| 5 | | "Rick & Morty" Season 7 -- the first new episodes produced without original voice actor and co-creator Justin Roiland -- debuted on Adult Swim over the weekend. Ian Cardoni has taken over as the voice of Rick Sanchez, while Harry Belden will now portray his grandson, Morty Smith. More: - Both Cardoni and Belden's names now appear in the show's opening credits, which also omit the line "Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon."
- These are the highest-profile roles for both Cardoni and Belden to date; Cardoni appeared in the film "Grown Ups" while Belden had one-off appearances in "Chicago Med" and "Joe Pera Talks with You."
- Cardoni and Belden's voices debuted in the "Rick & Morty" Season 7 trailer, but their names were not announced at the time.
- Adult Swim fired Roiland earlier this year after he was charged with domestic violence in Orange County, California; the district attorney's office ultimately dismissed the charge due to a lack of evidence.
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| 6 | | At New York Comic-Con, Amazon unveiled the trailer for Season 2 of the superhero comedy-drama series "Invincible." The first four Season 2 episodes make their Prime Video debut on November 3; the remaining four arrive in early 2024. More: - Showrunners Robert Kirkman (who also co-created the "Invincible" comic, on which the show is based) and Simon Racioppa appeared at NYCC to discuss the new episodes.
- "Invincible" centers on teenager Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun), who discovers that his father Nolan (J.K. Simmons) is a phenomenally powerful superbeing who passed along his abilities.
- Sterling K. Brown joins the cast for Season 2 as new villain Angstrom Levy; additional actors joining the ensemble this year include Tatiana Maslany, Daveed Diggs, Peter Cullen, Cliff Curtis, Calista Flockhart, Scoot McNairy, Lea Thompson, and Ben Schwartz.
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| 7 | | During a panel at New York Comic-Con, Disney previewed early images of the characters from its upcoming "Percy Jackson" TV series. A clip from the series was shown to live attendees but has not yet made its way online. More: - The 15 new images highlight the show's celebrity guest stars, many of whom are playing modern incarnations of Ancient Greek gods, goddesses, and mythological figures.
- The list includes the late Lance Reddick as Zeus, Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hermes, Megan Mullally as Alecto, Toby Stephens as Poseidon, Jessica Parker Kennedy as Medusa, Jason Mantzoukas as Dionysus, and Glynn Turman as Chiron.
- Author Richard Riordan, who wrote the original "Percy Jackson" novels, executive produced the series, and personally attended the NYCC panel.
- The first two episodes debut on December 20 on Disney+.
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| 8 | | QUICK HITS - The full series premiere of the "Frasier" reboot is streaming for free on YouTube; the first two episodes are currently available on the Paramount+ service.
- Netflix dropped a full trailer for the animated series "Scott Pilgrim Takes Off," featuring the cast of 2010's live-action film "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" reprising their roles; the series, produced by original comic creator Bryan Lee O'Malley and film director Edgar Wright, arrives on November 17.
- Suzanne Somers, who starred on the hit TV sitcoms "Three's Company" and "Step by Step," died at her home in Palm Springs, California on Saturday, just one day before her 77th birthday.
- At New York Comic-Con, Amazon revealed the cast list for the upcoming animated series "Hazbin Hotel," from breakout YouTube creator Vivienne Medrano; the A24-produced series will co-star Erika Henningsen, Stephanie Beatriz, Keith David, Alex Brightman, and Kimiko Glenn.
- Apple released a trailer for "Curses!," a spooky animated family adventure series from DreamWorks, premiering on October 27; it follows two kids and their mom as they try to reverse a generations-old family curse and save their father and husband.
- In an interview with Glamour magazine, conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike, "Stranger Things" star Millie Bobbie Brown said she's eager to wrap up the beloved Netflix series, as it "takes up a lot of time to film and it's preventing me from creating stories that I'm passionate about."
- "Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent" -- the franchise's first international spinoff -- announced its ensemble cast, including stars Aden Young, Kathleen Munroe, Karen Robinson, K.C. Collins, Nicola Correia-Damude, and Araya Mengesha.
- Though Jerry Seinfeld teased a potential cast reunion of his beloved '90s sitcom during a stand-up performance last week, former "Seinfeld" star Juia Louis-Dreyfus told The Guardian that she hasn't heard any updates: "I don't know what the hell he's talking about."
- In a post to X/Twitter over the weekend, "Willow" star Warwick Davis criticized the decision to pull the series from the Disney+ line-up, asking Walt Disney Co. how he should explain the move to fans and adding the hashtag #embarrassing.
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 | Writer | | 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." | | This newsletter was edited by Lon Harris | |
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