| Hello once again and thanks for opening today's edition of Inside Streaming! I realize that series regular Holt McCallany has no actual new insight on "Mindhunter" coming back for a third season. The item in today's newsletter really expresses his continued affection for the show and desire to return, should David Fincher and Netflix see their way to bringing the series back. But as far as I'm concerned, ANY ongoing "Mindhunter" discussion is a positive sign that should be encouraged. The crime drama series was one of Netflix's first real triumphs as a studio, and I think it remains one of the platform's best dramatic series of all time. Plus Season 2 introduced that tantalizing BTK subplot that's now been abandoned as an eternal cliffhanger! So frustrating! Anyway, keep those fingers and toes crossed that we get more "Mindhunter" someday, and enjoy today's issue. Lon
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| 1 | | A single post from NBA star LeBron James on Twitter/X inspired passionate responses from both Twitch and Kick. On December 29, James remarked that he would like to start a livestreaming channel dedicated to the "Madden NFL" video game franchise. More: - Though James asked fans for advice about a potential platform, Kick and Twitch executives and influencers quickly got involved in the thread.
- Kick's head of strategic partnerships, Andrew Santamaria, along with platform mainstays Tyler "Trainwreck" Niknam and Adin Ross, all showed up to encourage James to join their community.
- Twitch CEO Dan Clancy responded as well, assuring James that "Twitch is the best platform for engaging with your fans"; he also noted that Twitch would allow for simultaneous streaming on YouTube.
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| 2 | | Between November 27 and December 3, for the first time in 23 weeks, the USA Network legal drama "Suits" did not make an appearance in Nielsen's Top 10 US streaming shows. "Suits" still racked up around 682 million minutes viewed during the week, but it wasn't enough momentum to hit the overall Top 10. More: - "Suits" was still the sixth most-streamed acquired or licensed streaming title of the week.
- The CBS sitcom "Young Sheldon" took first place for the week, after joining the Netflix library; the show also remains available to stream on Max.
- "Young Sheldon" was viewed for around 1.8 billion minutes from Nov. 27 to Dec. 3, a 92% jump over the prior week.
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| 3 | | DAILY CALENDAR THURSDAY, JANUARY 4 THE BROTHERS SUN: Debut action comedy-drama series, from "Glee" and "Pose" vet Brad Falchuk, along with newcomers Amy Wang and Byron Wu. Justin Chien stars as a ruthless Taipei gangster who returns to Los Angeles to protect his mother and younger brother from a mysterious assassin. Michelle Yeoh, Sam Song Li, Joon Lee, Jenny Yang, and Highdee Kuan co-star. [Netflix] BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE: Period crime drama series from Australia, based on the novel by Trent Dalton, about a precocious boy in '80s Brisbane who enlists his estranged father and mute brother on a quest to save his mom from a brutal drug dealer. Felix Cameron, Lee Tiger Halley, Christopher James Baker, Phoebe Tonkin, Travis Fimmel, and Zac Burgess co-star. [Netflix] SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (LA SOCIEDAD DE LA NIEVE): Spanish-language survival thriller film from co-writer/director J.A. Bayona ("The Impossible," "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom"), chronicling the 1972 crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in a remote sector of the Andes mountains and its aftermath. The film is based on the 2009 book of the same name by author Pablo Vierci; the same incident inspired the 1993 American film "Alive." The film stars a cast of Argentine and Uruguayan actors, many of whom are making their feature debuts. [Netflix] DAUGHTERS OF THE CULT: Five-part true-crime docuseries from ABC News Studios profiling fundamentalist sect leader Ervil LeBaron, sometimes dubbed the "Mormon Manson." LeBaron, a polygamist operating out of the American Southwest and Mexico, ordered his followers to execute personal rivals. The series features interviews with law enforcement as well as survivors of LeBaron's church. [Hulu] WE ARE FAMILY: Debut Fox music-themed game show in which everyday people perform duets with their famous relatives, who remain hidden from view. An audience of 100 "contestants" must then try to guess the secret celebrity performer. Anthony Anderson and his mother, Doris Bowman, co-host. Episodes air Wednesdays on TV and come to Hulu on Thursdays. [Hulu] ANCIENT ALIENS: The long-running History series explores the hypothetical idea that early human civilizations may have interacted with extraterrestrials. Season 19 aired last year on cable and hits Hulu in the US today. [Hulu] DANGER BELOW DECK: 2023 thriller, produced for cable's Lifetime network, starring Katherine McNamara and Jasmine Sky Sarin as influencers engaging in a battle of wills during a luxury cruise through the South Pacific. Eric Bruneau, Anthony Timpano, and Kwame Onwuachi co-star. [Hulu] MYSTERY AT BLIND FROG RANCH: On the Discovery reality series, brothers Chad and Duane Ollinger scour the caves beneath their 160-acre ranch in Eastern Utah for alleged gold deposits. Season 3 debuts this week on Max and cable. [Max] | | | |
| 4 | | GroupM, a division of British multinational WPP, launched an "ad innovation accelerator" to rethink elements of digital advertising and the "living-room ad experience." The program launched along with participation from Disney, NBCUniversal, Roku, YouTube, and others. More: - The program will initially roll out in North America; some of the first GroupM clients to take part include Mindshare, Wavemaker, and EssenceMediacom.
- In its 2024 forecast, GroupM predicted that smart TV ad spending will rise 15% over 2023 levels, as new players like Netflix, Disney, and Amazon Prime Video jump into the marketplace.
- The Paris Olympics will also stream on Peacock this summer, providing a significant boost to digital ad sales.
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| 5 | | Martin Scorsese's period crime drama "Killers of the Flower Moon" comes to Apple TV+ globally on January 12. The film opened theatrically in October of last year, and brought in $156 million at the worldwide box office. More: - Apple premiered the film at Cannes last year before sending it to theaters, in partnership with Paramount.
- The film comes to streaming amid the award season race; it's considered a frontrunner for several Oscars, potentially including actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, and Robert De Niro.
- So far, "Killers" has earned 7 Golden Globe nominations, 12 Critics Choice nominations, and has been honored as Best Film of the Year by the National Board of Review; the American Film Institute (AFI) also included it in its Best Films of 2023 list.
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| 6 | | Series regular Holt McCallany provided some vague hope this week that Netflix's serial killer drama "Mindhunter" might return for new episodes. McCallany spoke with AwardsDaily about the show's Season 3 prospects, while promoting his new film, "The Iron Claw." More: - When asked about the cancellation of "Mindhunter" after just two seasons, McCallany responded "I've heard that [executive producer and de facto showrunner] David [Fincher] has thought about it. I'm not saying it's going to come back. But what I am saying is that, if it comes back, I'm coming back with it."
- Last year, Fincher told French magazine Le Journal du Dimanche that he wanted to produce additional seasons "but it's a very expensive show, and in the eyes of Netflix, we didn't attract an audience to justify such an investment."
- "Mindhunter" chronicled the founding of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, which innovated the process of criminal profiling; it streamed for just two seasons from 2017 to 2019.
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| 7 | | FX's anthology drama series "Feud" returns for a second season on January 31, with new episodes streaming the next day on Hulu. Season 2, subtitled "Capote vs. The Swans," is set in the 1970s, and concerns the relationships between writer Truman Capote and his circle of wealthy New York socialites. More: - The new season is based on Laurence Leamer's non-fiction book "Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era."
- Tom Hollander stars as Truman Capote; the cast also includes Naomi Watts as Babe Paley, Diane Lane as Slim Keith, Chloë Sevigny as C.Z. Guest, Calista Flockhart as Lee Radziwill, Demi Moore as Ann "Bang-Bang" Woodward, and Molly Ringwald as Joanne Carson.
- The series also features the final performance of character actor Treat Williams, who passed away in June of 2023.
- Ryan Murphy executive produces the series; Jon Robin Baitz ("The Slap") wrote the adaptation, while filmmaker Gus Van Sant directed several episodes.
- Season 1 of "Feud" centered on the rivalry between Hollywood stars Joan Crawford and Bette Davis; Season 2 was originally going to focus on Prince Charles and Princess Diana, but this version was canceled.
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- The extended cut of "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" left the Max platform on New Year's Day due to a technical glitch; the film will apparently soon be restored to the service.
- Peacock's new "cringe cartoon comedy" series "In the Know" combines awkward celebrity interviews with stop-motion animation; the series, from "King of the Hill" vets Mike Judge and Greg Daniels and star Zach Woods ("Silicon Valley"), arrives on January 25.
- Netflix released a trailer for "American Nightmare," a three-part true crime docuseries about a kidnapping case in which authorities initially discounted the victim's story; the series premieres on January 17.
- "June," a documentary profile of country music legend June Carter Cash, hits Paramount+ on January 16; "Going Clear: Scientology & The Prison of Belief" producer Kristen Vaurio directs.
- According to Netflix, the success of the 2023 disaster film "Leave the World Behind" has renewed interest in a classic Julia Roberts film that's also streaming on the platform: 1990's "Pretty Woman."
- The Lil Nas X concert film "Long Live Montero" will stream exclusively on Max in the US; the documentary, which premiered at last year's Toronto Film Festival, hits Max on January 27 at 8 pm ET.
- Pluto TV added a channel dedicated to the classic anime favorite "Naruto"; all 220 episodes of the original series are available to stream with ads.
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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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