PBS's 6-Part 'Gilded Age' Replacement Is So Good, It's Already Been Renewed for Two More Seasons
PBS’s new period drama “The Forsytes” premiered on PBS in September 2025 as a prequel to John Galsworthy’s Forsyte Saga. The six‑part series has already been renewed for two additional seasons, with the second season filmed before its North American debut. The show centers on cousins Jolyon and Soames as they juggle family duty, business ambition, and forbidden love, while giving the women of the era richer, three‑dimensional arcs. Weekly releases position it as a timely substitute while audiences await the return of “The Gilded Age.”
Samba TV: ‘The Pitt’ Tops Weekly Streaming Viewership Through March 29
HBO Max’s medical drama “The Pitt” topped Samba TV’s weekly streaming rankings for the March 23‑29 period, securing the No. 1 spot in the United States. The series, starring Noah Wyle, outperformed Paramount+’s new series “The Madison,” which placed second, while Hulu’s...
Saturday VOZ Ratings | BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS Is a Lifestyle Winner
TV Blackbox published the Saturday VOZ ratings for 4 April 2026, introducing updated overnight and consolidated measurement methods. The new metrics count unique viewers who watch at least one minute of broadcast TV or 15 seconds of BVOD and calculate national audience averages...
Jeremy Renner's Canceled Detective Series Deserved A Second Season
Jeremy Renner headlined ABC’s 2009 detective series *The Unusuals*, a ten‑episode blend of dark police drama and off‑beat comedy. The show earned a 72 % critic score on Rotten Tomatoes and a perfect 100 % audience rating, but debuted with only 6.83 million...
Penélope Cruz’s Dirty R-Rated Comedy Is Leaving Netflix Very Soon
The Brothers Grimsby, the 2016 R‑rated comedy starring Penélope Cruz, Sacha Baron Cohen and Mark Strong, will leave Netflix on May 1 2026. Directed by Louis Leterrier, the film follows two estranged brothers caught up in a chaotic MI6 operation. Its streaming...
“Fab Five” Reunion Drives TNT and CBS’s Experimental Final Four Altcast Built on REMI Workflow
TNT Sports and CBS Sports will air an alternate broadcast of the Michigan‑Arizona Final Four semifinal on truTV and HBO Max, featuring the reunited Michigan "Fab Five" as on‑air commentators. The production uses a remote‑integration (REMI) workflow anchored by NEP’s...
Everything You Need to Know About Switching to YouTube TV From Comcast or Spectrum
YouTube TV now offers a flagship base plan at $82.99 per month and three lower‑priced tiers ranging from $54.99 to $77.99, each delivering a mix of entertainment, sports, and news channels. All plans include unlimited cloud DVR storage for up...
‘Zootopia 2’ Returns Atop Overall Disc Sales Chart; ‘Return to Silent Hill’ Tops Blu-Ray Sellers; ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’...
Disney’s *Zootopia 2* reclaimed the No. 1 spot on Circana’s overall disc‑sales chart for the week ending March 28, after debuting strong in its first three weeks. Cineverse’s *Return to Silent Hill* led the Blu‑ray‑only chart, while the Criterion Collection’s 4K release of...
Netflix’s ‘Love on the Spectrum’ Renewed for Season 5, Fan Favorite Cast Member Connor Tomlinson Exits: ‘I’ve Chosen to Pass...
Netflix has renewed the U.S. version of “Love on the Spectrum” for a fifth season after the strong performance of its fourth installment. The docu‑reality series, which follows autistic young adults seeking romance, spent two weeks in the Global Top 10...
Clint Eastwood’s Legendary Westerns Are Streaming for Free on Tubi This April
Tubi is rolling out more than 100 free titles in April, highlighted by the addition of Clint Eastwood’s iconic Dollars trilogy—A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The classic Spaghetti...
The Runarounds Canceled After One Season At Prime Video
Prime Video has pulled the plug on "The Runarounds," cancelling the teen rock‑band drama after just one eight‑episode season that premiered in September 2025. The series followed a group of high‑school graduates in Wilmington, North Carolina, chasing musical stardom, and...
Ateme Delivers Full End-to-End Streaming Platform to Moldtelecom
Ateme has equipped Moldtelecom with a complete end‑to‑end streaming platform, covering everything from encoding to delivery, operations, and analytics. The operator upgraded its compression head‑end, moving more than 200 channels to TITAN Edge for contribution and TITAN Live for distribution. It also...
Fox News Tops Competitors in Q1 YouTube Viewership
Fox News Media logged 1.5 billion YouTube video views in Q1 2026, outpacing all major news outlets. Its nearest rival, MS NOW, recorded 974 million views, while CNN, ABC, NBC and CBS lagged further behind. The network’s YouTube audience grew 21 percent year‑over‑year and 51 percent...
Lots More Nats For Locals, Thanks To WTTG and Gray Media
Washington’s flagship Fox station WTTG and its Gray Media affiliates have secured additional broadcast slots for Washington Nationals games, expanding coverage across the capital’s DMA and adjacent markets. The agreement increases the number of over‑the‑air telecasts, allowing fans to watch...
Crystal City, Rakia Media and Nate Hopper to Develop 'Tiny T. Rex' Animated Series
Crystal City Entertainment, Rakia Media and veteran animation producer Nate Hopper have signed an agreement to develop the New York Times bestseller “Tiny T. Rex” into an animated television series. The children’s‑book franchise, created by author Jonathan Stutzman and illustrator Jay Fleck,...
Warner Bros.’ Ex-Movie Chief Is Betting on TV Development In a Tough Market
Former Warner Bros. head Toby Emmerich has launched Fireside, a production banner that will now focus on television development backed by Len Blavatnik’s Access Entertainment. After a five‑year first‑look film deal with Warner Bros., Emmerich sees a gap as studios scale...
Hasbro Appoints Adam Redfern as 'Peppa Pig' Showrunner
Hasbro has named Emmy‑ and BAFTA‑winning writer Adam Redfern as the new showrunner for the long‑running preschool series Peppa Pig. Redfern will steer storytelling, character development and overall creative vision as the franchise enters its next development phase. The appointment comes...
Ryan Coogler Is Helping Disney+ Develop a New Animorphs TV Show
Disney+ has entered early development on a new live‑action *Animorphs* series, tapping Ryan Coogler’s Proximity Media and veteran writer‑producer Bayan Wolcott. The project is being shepherded by Scholastic, the original book‑series owner, and aims to modernize the 1996‑2001 YA saga about...
Zero Gravity Management Signs The Fruity Friendz Company
Zero Gravity Management has signed The Fruity Friendz Company, a Dutch‑based animation studio, for representation. The partnership centers on expanding the studio’s flagship multi‑platform franchise *F.A.B.S. Friends Adventures* across television, film, games, music and interactive media. Co‑founders Monique Borkent and...
Boston Legacy FC Sets Regional TV Partnership With WBTS Boston & NBC Sports Boston
Boston Legacy FC announced a multi‑year regional media partnership with WBTS (NBC 10) and NBC Sports Boston, securing live coverage of 13 matches for its inaugural NWSL season starting April 3, 2026. The schedule features eight home games and five away contests...
NAB Show Opens April 18 With Focus on Creators, AI and Streaming
The 2026 NAB Show opens April 18‑22 in Las Vegas, spotlighting the booming creator economy, AI, and streaming technologies. Attendance by creators, influencers and podcasters has surged 200% over last year, while social‑media producers are up 150%. New features include...
Sponsored: Titan OS Heads to StreamTV Europe
Independent TV operating system Titan OS is positioning itself as a key player in Europe’s emerging streaming ecosystem. The company will sponsor and host a streaming summit at StreamTV Europe in Lisbon, April 13‑15, 2026, highlighting its OS‑level homepage and data insights....
Rodeo FX Consolidates Paris Operations, Moves Mikros Animation Into Unified Studio
Rodeo FX has merged its Paris VFX, advertising, experiential, and Mikros Animation divisions into a single 40,000‑square‑foot studio in the city’s 10th arrondissement. The consolidation follows the company’s acquisition of Mikros and aims to centralize production, improve pipeline efficiency, and...
Hockey-Stick Growth: The Year of the PWHL
Women’s hockey rode an Olympic‑driven surge, culminating in the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s first nationally televised game on Ion’s sports network. The March 28 matchup between the New York Sirens and Montréal Victoire marked the league’s entry onto the same broadcast tier...
Peacock Debuts Its New Vertical-Video Experience for Live NBA Games on Monday
Peacock is rolling out a Live Vertical Video experience for NBA games, debuting during the Knicks‑Hawks matchup on Monday. The AI‑driven feature automatically tracks court action and delivers a 9×16 live feed within the Courtside Live mobile app. This marks...
Forget Netflix — YouTube Is Our Main Rival, Top French Broadcaster Says
TF1 chief Rodolphe Belmer told Politico that YouTube, not Netflix, is now the main rival to French television, with roughly 67% of French smart‑TV viewers watching the platform. He warned that YouTube’s hosting model lets it sell advertising at prices...
NAB 2026: Encompass Digital Media and Techex Launch Cloud-Based Master Control Service for Live Events
Encompass Digital Media and Techex have unveiled Altitude Events, a cloud‑native master control service that combines Encompass’s Altitude Media Cloud platform with Techex’s tx darwin transformation engine and Densitron UI. The solution handles the full live‑event chain—from signal acquisition and dynamic...
NAB 2026: Grass Valley To Demonstrate Framelight X Content Management
Grass Valley will showcase its new Framelight X content‑management platform at NAB Show 2026, promising a unified, cloud‑native workflow that links capture, ingest, editing, and publishing. The solution offers migration paths from legacy systems such as Stratus and SQ, reducing operational friction...
Amazon Almost Pulled The Boys' Season 4 Finale, Showrunner Reveals
Amazon Prime Video nearly shelved the season 4 finale of the satirical series The Boys after the July 2024 Trump rally shooting made the original title “Assassination Run” seem insensitive. The decision escalated to CEO Andy Jassy, who ultimately allowed the episode...
Sling TV Adds a New Multiview Option Similar to YouTube TV’s Multiview
Sling TV has launched a Multiview feature that lets subscribers watch up to four live sports or news channels at once on a single screen. The service offers pre‑curated channel bundles—such as ESPN, TNT, and TBS for sports or CNN...
DAZN, TikTok to Livestream Serie A Match
DAZN is teaming with TikTok to livestream a Serie A match—Juventus versus Genoa—directly to users in the UK and Ireland. The free broadcast will appear on the @DAZNFootball TikTok channel on April 6, 2026, kicking off at 6 pm BST. Both companies frame...
Ticker: ABC News Anchor Reportedly Exiting
ABC News will not renew co‑anchor Janai Norman’s contract, ending her tenure that began in 2016 and most recently as weekend Good Morning America anchor. Meanwhile, CBS News 24/7 settled a three‑year collective bargaining agreement after a recent walkout, and the...
Edgar Wright’s The Running Man Is a Streaming Success
Edgar Wright’s *The Running Man* bombed at the box office, failing to recoup its roughly $110 million budget, but quickly became a streaming hit after its December 2025 debut on Paramount+. The film topped Paramount+ and iTunes charts in the UK...
The Subscriber Retention Funnel: Turning One-Time Viewers Into Loyal Audiences
Streaming services are grappling with rising churn, which has climbed from 2 % in 2019 to 5.5 % in 2025, while retention rates linger between 30 % and 40 %. Traditional mass‑mail and generic push tactics no longer engage users, prompting a shift toward...
Independent Report Compares Codec Royalty Costs Across Two Major Licensing Pools
An independent analysis by Jan Ozer for Streaming Learning Center compares royalty costs between Access Advance’s Video Distribution Patent Pool and Avanci’s Video program across eight typical streaming service models. The study finds Avanci’s royalties can be 1.9‑times higher for...
AI-Enriched Metadata Drives Better CTV Content Discovery
Cineverse’s cineSearch platform uses AI to generate scene‑by‑scene, emotion‑focused metadata, enabling natural‑language queries that match how viewers think about what to watch. By extracting thousands of contextual dimensions—mood, feeling, genre nuances—the system moves beyond traditional descriptive tags. SUMM8’s Jamie Mackinlay stresses...
Why to Invest in Lowering Sports Streaming Latency in 2026
Live‑sports streaming still lags broadcast by 30‑45 seconds, prompting industry leaders to debate the ROI of cutting latency. DAZN, BT Group and TATA Communications cite split‑rights scenarios and real‑time betting as drivers for faster delivery. Technical hurdles include low‑latency protocols,...
Tubi Teams Up With Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBCUniversal, & More To Expand In Canada
Tubi is adding more than 600 movies and TV series from Disney, NBCUniversal, Sony, Warner Bros. Discovery and Lionsgate to its Canadian catalog. The ad‑supported service has seen monthly active users climb 30% year‑over‑year since its 2020 launch. A long‑term...
Prime Video's Top 10 Shows and the 3 You Need on Your Watchlist Right Now (April 3–April 5)
Prime Video released its weekly Top 10 chart, showcasing a mix of comedy, thriller, sci‑fi, and animation. The list is led by the adult superhero series Invincible, while Scarpetta and Young Sherlock occupy the second and third spots respectively. Newer titles...
Underneath the Umbrella Productions Launches with 'Wizard of Id,' 'B.C.' Adaptations
Goodman Pictures and veteran animator Tim Johnson have launched a new studio, Underneath the Umbrella Productions. The company has secured the rights to adapt the classic comic strips “Wizard of Id” and “B.C.” as well as the National Book Award‑winning...
YouTube Experiments with TV-Style Channels for CTV Viewing
YouTube is piloting TV‑style channels with the launch of “Coachella TV,” a 24/7 streaming channel that will feature archival performances and highlights from the 2026 festival. The experiment follows earlier tests with roughly 40 musicians and is designed to let creators...
Plex Adds Even More Free Channels – Here’s What’s New
Streaming platform Plex has added a new batch of free ad‑supported (FAST) channels, pushing its catalog beyond 600 live streams at no cost. The additions span international news, niche sports like bowling, classic TV from FilmRise, nostalgic Hasbro animated titles,...
Everything We Know About the The Bonfire of the Vanities TV Series
Apple TV is developing a series adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s 1987 novel "The Bonfire of the Vanities," a satirical look at 1980s Wall Street and New York social hierarchies. Emmy‑winning writer‑producer David E. Kelley is penning the scripts, while Matt...
EverPass Media Expands Distribution Deal with Netflix
EverPass Media announced an expanded commercial distribution agreement with Netflix that will bring live sports events to U.S. bars, restaurants and other venues. The first title under the new deal is the Tyson Fury vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov boxing match on April 11, 2026,...
A Local TV Newsroom Disappeared Overnight. It’s a Warning Sign for What’s Next.
Circle City Broadcasting acquired Indianapolis ABC affiliate WRTV from Scripps for $83 million and dismissed the entire newsroom in a single night. The move reflects a broader wave of consolidation, highlighted by Nexstar’s pending merger with Tegna that would give the...
Seth MacFarlane to Adapt Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl for Peacock
Seth MacFarlane’s production company Fuzzy Door is moving forward with a live‑action adaptation of Matt Dinniman’s novel *Dungeon Crawler Carl* for Peacock. The series, based on the first book’s apocalyptic game‑show premise, entered development this week, with MacFarlane and Dinniman...
Nielsen, TelevisaUnivision Agree To New Measurement Pact
TelevisaUnivision and Nielsen have signed a new multi‑year measurement agreement covering all of the broadcaster’s U.S. television, radio and streaming assets. The pact resolves a recent data gap that left stations like Miami’s WAMR‑FM out of Nielsen Audio’s ratings. Both...
The WNET Group, JIB Launch NHK World-Japan in New York
The WNET Group and Japan International Broadcasting have launched the English‑language NHK World‑Japan channel on WLIW’s digital subchannel 21.3, effective April 1. The service is also being carried by major cable providers such as Optimum, Spectrum, Comcast, Verizon Fios and Astound/RCN...
NABLF Welcomes Staab, Hartman To Board
The National Association of Broadcasting Leadership Foundation (NABLF) appointed Valari Dobson Staab, chairman of NBCUniversal Local, and Todd Hartman, executive vice president of Kalil & Co., to its Board of Directors. Staab oversees NBCUniversal Local’s portfolio of 50 media properties,...
How Purchase Data Is Redefining TV Ad Performance and Driving Revenue
Purchase‑based segmentation is reshaping TV advertising, letting brands move beyond reach metrics to drive sales. Circana’s data shows that targeting 126 million U.S. households with past‑purchase signals can boost incremental sales, as demonstrated by Roku’s 35 % lift with half the impressions....