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| Good morning/afternoon and thanks for opening today's Inside Streaming daily brief. If you haven't gotten around to Season 1 of Amazon Prime Video's "Reacher" series, I highly recommend it. It's a silly throwback action-thriller kind of show that's refreshingly straightforward. It's as simple a male power fantasy as you're likely to find: Jack Reacher is a very good man who solves problems by being clever but also by being much bigger and stronger than everyone else around him. I enjoy risk-taking, innovative Peak TV-style shows like Apple's "Foundation" or FX's "The Bear," but every once in a while, it's nice to just see something that's extremely accessible and watchable and fun. That's "Reacher." I'm excited for Season 2. Enjoy today's issue! See you back here tomorrow. Lon
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| 1 | | New data from the European Audiovisual Observatory reveals that international streamers ordered 228 new scripted titles from Europe in 2022, up from 127 in 2021. On its own, Netflix was responsible for commissioning 2/3rds of that total. More: - Overall, Netflix ordered around 50% of all fictional European projects in 2022; Amazon was behind around 17% of the total.
- Only 9% of the scripted projects ordered in Europe last year were led by streamers; public service broadcasters were behind 56% of the total.
- Spain and the UK were the top production destinations for international streaming content, with 39 titles each; Nordic countries and France were also significant production hubs.
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| 2 | | YouTube started testing a new AI chatbot that responds conversationally to viewers while videos play. The "YouChat" tool answers basic questions about the video's content and supplies recommendations for similar videos without interrupting playback. More: - The feature rolled out on Monday to a "small number of people on a subset of videos"; it will soon become available to all YouTube Premium subscribers in the US using Android devices.
- When the service is available, a button reading "Ask" will appear beneath select videos; users can ask original questions of their own or select from a list of prompts.
- The tool utilizes a large language model that has access to both the YouTube platform and the Web; it's not built on top of Google's Bard chatbot.
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| 3 | | DAILY CALENDAR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 THE IMPROV: 60 AND STILL STANDING: Debut special commemorating the 60th anniversary of The Improv comedy clubs. The show features brief original sets from comedians including Bert Kreischer, Craig Robinson, Deon Cole, Fortune Feimster, Jo Koy, Whitney Cummings, and others, along with archival footage of classic sets from Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld, Sarah Silverman, Ray Romano, Dave Attell, Norm Macdonald, and more. [Netflix] STAND UP & SHOUT: SONGS FROM A PHILLY HIGH SCHOOL: Musical HBO documentary chronicling an innovative educational program employed by the Hill-Freedman World Academy of Philadelphia, teaching students to write, compose, produce, and perform original songs. Amy Schatz ("We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest") directs; John Legend executive produces. [Max] FIXER TO FABULOUS: The HGTV home renovation series features husband-and-wife duo Jenny and Dave Marrs helping people redesign and restore houses in their hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas. Season 5 arrives this month on both cable and Max. [Max] BEAT BOBBY FLAY: HOLIDAY THROWDOWN: The Food Network holiday cooking competition series -- in which host Flay takes on challenges from some of his celebrity chef pals -- returns this week for a second season. [Max] DE LA CALLE: Debut musical docuseries from MTV Entertainment Studios in which host Nick Barili explores the international spread and development of Latino urbano music, with stops in the US, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Colombia, and beyond. Featured artists include Ivy Queen, Residente, Snow Tha Product, Nicky Jam, Youtel of Orishas, and many others. [Paramount+] FBI TRUE: The docuseries from "FBI" franchise co-creator Craig Turk takes an insider's look at some of the most infamous and dangerous cases in the bureau's history. Season 4 debuts today. [Paramount+] | | | |
| 4 | | NBCUniversal and Walmart joined forces on a new "Below Deck Mediterranean" ecommerce partnership. "Shoppable episodes" of the Bravo reality series will stream on the Peacock service on November 7, December 8, and December 12. More: - During the episodes' Peacock debuts, viewers will be invited to browse select Walmart products being worn or used by the cast members.
- Nearly the entire transaction can be completed on Peacock, via a TV remote; viewers will be asked to scan a QR code that they can use to checkout on Walmart.com.
- NBCU will employ AI technology to identify objects within a scene; for example, when the crew sits down to dinner, guests can navigate to the dishware and find similar options from Walmart's collection.
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| 5 | | CBS signed a new agreement with the United States Soccer League (USL), bringing league matches to broadcast TV for the first time. The four-year agreement runs through the 2027 USL Championship and League One seasons. More: - Five USL matches will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ per year, including the USL Championship Final.
- Additional matches will go to the CBS Sports Network on cable and the CBS Sports Golazo streaming service.
- ESPN has been USL's US media partner for the past eight seasons; USL games previously streamed exclusively on ESPN+ and occasionally aired on the ESPN2 cable network.
- Though not as large or prominent as Major League Soccer (MLS), USL is the oldest professional soccer organization in the US.
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| 6 | | Amazon released a trailer for Season 2 of the action series "Reacher," based on the novels by Lee Child. The first three new episodes debut on December 15. More: - Season 2 of "Reacher" is based on Child's book "Bad Luck and Trouble," the 11th novel in the series.
- Alan Ritchson stars as former military police investigator Jack Reacher; Season 2 finds him looking into the murders of fellow investigators from his old unit.
- Maria Sten, Serinda Swan, Shaun Sipos, Ferdinand Kingsley, and Robert Patrick co-star in the new season.
- "Prison Break" vet Nick Santora wrote the scripts and serves as showrunner; Child is on board as an executive producer.
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| 7 | | WildBrain is developing a new animated "Peanuts" film specifically for Apple TV+. The new film follows Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and the rest of the gang on an epic adventure to New York City. More: - The film will enter production next year.
- The creative team behind 2015's "The Peanuts Movie" -- including director Steve Martino and writers Craig Schulz, Bryan Schulz, and Cornelius Uliano -- all collaborated on the new film.
- The Schulzes are the son and grandson of original "Peanuts" comic strip creator Charles Schulz.
- "Chicken Run" and "Over the Hedge" vet Karey Kirkpatrick also worked on the screenplay; Bonnie Arnold of the "Toy Story" and "How to Train Your Dragon" franchises will co-direct.
- WildBrain has developed all of Apple's original "Peanuts" content, including the series "Snoopy in Space" and new specials "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" and "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
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- Netflix renewed the reality series "The Circle" for Seasons 6 and 7; the production will move from the UK to Atlanta for the new episodes.
- "Stranger Things" writers revealed a brief snippet from the Season 5 premiere script, leading to rampant social media speculation.
- Apple dropped a trailer for an upcoming live-action adaptation of the classic children's book "The Velveteen Rabbit" by Margery Williams, arriving on November 22.
- The full 177-episode run of Fox's medical drama series "House" premieres on Hulu in the US today; the series is also available on Amazon Prime Video.
- At the grand reopening of the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, Netflix film chief Scott Stuber teased a third film in the "Enola Holmes" franchise; a screenplay is apparently already in the works.
- The first "Doctor Who" Christmas special since 2017 airs on the BBC on Christmas Day, and will feature Ncuti Gatwa's official debut as the 15th Doctor; the special will stream in the US on Disney+.
- Netflix ordered a second season for the Korean reality competition series "The Devil's Plan"; the show features 12 individuals from different professions living together for a week while squaring off in a series of elimination challenges.
- The executive producers behind Netflix's "Squid Game: The Challenge" spoke with Deadline about the demanding process of producing the series, including months of auditions, constructing enormous sets, and "getting an audience to care about a cast of 456"; the reality competition series arrives on November 22.
- Bhagavan "Doc" Antle, an exotic animal collector featured in Netflix's "Tiger King" series, pleaded guilty this week to trafficking wildlife and money laundering.
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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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