 Samsung announced a relaunch of its free ad-supported streaming service, Samsung TV Plus. The service is free to stream on the company's 2016-2022 Smart TVs and Galaxy devices, as well as some models of its Family Hub refrigerators. More: - As part of the relaunch, Samsung TV Plus will double its video-on-demand library through 2023, including new partnerships with Lionsgate, A+E Networks, BBC Studios, and Vice Media.
- The service currently offers around 200 channels in the US and 1,600 globally; "premium content" promoted by the company includes collections of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "NCIS" episodes.
- Samsung also launched its first-ever auto-focused channel, "Ride or Drive."
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 Even more viewers showed up for Week #2 of HBO's fantasy drama "House of the Dragon," which drew around 10.2 million viewers across all streaming and linear networks on Sunday and Monday. That's a nearly 2% increase over the season premiere, which was viewed by around 10 million people in its first 2 days. More: - The premiere set an all-time viewership record for any HBO original series premiere, and more than doubled the views on the debut of its predecessor, "Game of Thrones," which received around 4.2 million viewers.
- "House of the Dragon" was renewed last week for a second season.
- According to HBO, views of the series premiere are now approaching 25 million.
- "Euphoria," HBO's current second-most-popular series, now trails far behind "House of the Dragon"; the "Euphoria" Season 2 finale reached around 6.6 million viewers, a series high.
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DAILY CALENDAR TUESDAY, AUGUST 30 THE PATIENT: Psychological thriller limited series, produced by FX and streaming exclusively on Hulu. Steve Carell stars as a therapist being held captive by a serial killer (Domnhall Gleeson) who's seeking a cure for his homicidal impulses. "The Americans" veterans Joel Fields and Joel Weisberg co-wrote and created the series. [Hulu] KEEP THIS BETWEEN US: Four-part docuseries from the Freeform cable network and Vox Media Studios, investigating the epidemic of "grooming" -- in which abusers gain access to new potential victims via manipulation and coercion -- in US high schools. The first two parts debuted on cable on Monday night and come to Hulu today; Parts 3 and 4 premiere tonight on TV and hit Hulu on Wednesday. [Hulu] UNTOLD: OPERATION FLAGRANT FOUL: The latest edition of Netflix's anthology sports documentary series profiles disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy, who resigned from the league after being caught gambling on games which he was officiating, and ultimately served 11 months in federal prison. The film features new interviews with Donaghy and several of his co-conspirators. [Netflix] I AM A KILLER: In this true-crime docuseries -- a co-production between Netflix and the Crime+Investigation UK network -- death row inmates reflect on their crimes from their own perspectives. Season 3 debuts on Netflix in the US today. [Netflix]
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 Former Vanity Fair photo editor Rachel Williams, who is portrayed by Katie Lowes in the limited drama series "Inventing Anna," filed suit against Netflix for defamation. Williams, a real-life associate of con artist Anna Sorokin, claims that everything about her character was fictionalized for the series. More: - Williams published an article about her relationship with Sorokin prior to the 2018 New York feature that revealed her scams to the world.
- In the Netflix series, Williams is depicted as accepting lavish trips and gifts from Sorokin, then later reporting her friend to the authorities.
- Williams' complaint argues that the show depicts her as "a greedy, snobbish, disloyal, dishonest, cowardly, manipulative and opportunistic person."
- A disclaimer on the series notes that "This story is completely true. Except for the parts that are totally made up."
- Executive producer and creator Shonda Rhimes has spoken in interviews about purposefully fictionalizing aspects of Sorokin's story.
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 Robert Kyncl, YouTube's current chief business officer, will exit the company in early 2023. Kyncl has spent more than 12 years as a senior YouTube executive. More: - In a memo to staff, CEO Susan Wojcicki said that Kyncl was departing to "start the next chapter of his career."
- He'll be succeeded starting October 3 by Mary Ellen Coe, the current president of Google Customer Solutions, overseeing the company's ad business for small and mid-market companies.
- Kyncl led the creation of YouTube's original content team, and had been tasked with turning the "YouTube Red" subscription service into a Netflix or Hulu rival.
- Bloomberg read his exit as YouTube's formal goodbye to its former Hollywood aspirations.
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 "Enola Holmes 2" Netflix released its holiday film release schedule for 2022. The streamer's two big year-end titles are hotly-anticipated sequels for the mystery films "Enola Holmes" and "Knives Out." More: - "Enola Holmes 2" arrives on November 4; "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" hits the streamer on December 23.
- Guillermo del Toro's stop-motion take on "Pinocchio" -- one of two big "Pinocchio" adaptations arriving this year -- comes to Netflix on December 9.
- Netflix's feature version of the "Matilda" musical, based on the classic title by author Roald Dahl, premieres on Christmas Day.
- Noah Baumbach's adaptation of Don DeLillo's "White Noise" -- starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig -- lands on December 30.
- The streamer's holiday rom-com line-up includes "Christmas With You" (Nov. 17), "Falling for Christmas" (Nov. 10), and "The Noel Diary" (Nov. 24).
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 Apple renewed the British comedy series "Trying" for a fourth season. Season 3 wraps up its run this Friday on the streamer. More: - Though Season 1 debuted on Apple TV+ all at once, in a binge-friendly model, subsequent seasons have released episodes on a weekly schedule.
- Esther Smith and Rafe Spall co-star as a couple who adopted two children, and now must adjust to their new roles as parents.
- The series is produced by BBC Studios; Andy Wolton created "Trying" and writes the scripts.
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 Catherine O'Hara, Jay Duplass, and Andy Garcia joined the cast of Netflix's feature "The Pain Hustlers." Emily Blunt and Chris Evans co-star in the crime drama, which comes from director (and "Harry Potter" veteran) David Yates. More: - Blunt stars as a blue-collar mom who takes a job at a failing pharmaceutical start-up, only to find herself at the center of a racketeering scheme.
- The film has been compared to titles like "The Big Short" and "The Wolf of Wall Street."
- Netflix paid $50 million for the rights to the project at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
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 HBO's docuseries "The Vow" -- a look at the controversial NXIVM organization and its founder, Keith Raniere -- will return for a second season on October 17. The new six-episode season will feature interviews with some NXIVM insiders who weren't featured in Season 1, including co-founder Nancy Salzman. More: - HBO's description indicates that Season 2 will focus on "the legal and emotional journeys of the group's founders, supporters and defectors."
- Raniere was convicted in 2019 on charges including racketeering, sex trafficking, forced labor conspiracy, identity theft, and production of child pornography; he's been sentenced to 120 years in prison.
- "The Vow" Season 2 has been in production since late 2020.
- The series was created by filmmakers Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer.
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- Jennifer Connelly signed on for a lead role in the Apple TV+ sci-fi series "Dark Matter"; Joel Edgerton stars as a physicist who finds himself trapped in an alternate version of his life.
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- The next installment of Netflix's true-crime anthology "Conversations with a Killer" centers on Jeffrey Dahmer, and debuts on October 7.
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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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