Explaining the Business of Entertainment
If you thought that February was a great month—and based on my traffic, you did—well, I’ve got a very big March coming up for you. Looking ahead, I can give you two heads up for what I’ll be writing about. Normally I don’t do this, since my writing process can
I hope you enjoyed the deep, deep, dives into streaming ratings of 2022 I put out over the last two weeks. Not to brag, but these were far and away some of my most successful articles I’ve ever written, and I couldn’t be happier, not just that the articles did so
Okay, I’ve spent the last week laying out which TV shows and films bombed or flopped in 2022, and figured out which TV shows won the whole year. Now it’s time to “rank” the streamers by winners—which are fairly obvious—and losers, which is a bit harder to figure out, since
It’s time to put a bow on the streaming wars in 2022. I spent all year celebrating hits in my weekly streaming ratings report, and the last two articles calling out the misses of the second half of the year. (Lest people—especially new readers—think I’m all negativity, my streaming ratings
Okay, time for part two of our semi-annual feature, “Dogs Not Barking of the Year” (or “DNB”). If you thought yesterday was juicy, there’s over 140 TV flops, bombs and misses in today’s article. You can find our “DNBs” for the first half of 2022 here and here. If you
Well, it’s that time of the year. Time to review all of the flops, misses and bombs of the second half of 2022! (You can find our “Dogs Not Barking” for the first half of the year here and here.) Once we get this done, I’m going to figure out all
The dog days of January. If the last week of Christmas is “Sweeps Week”, that might be the term for the month of January. As we saw (somewhat) last year, the start of a new calendar year tends to be slow in streaming. (BTW, the theatrical calendar has long considered
Every so often, I start hoarding news stories like that damn squirrel in Dug Days. (How’s that for an obscure reference for non-Disney+ parents?) I collect story after story on the same topic, but then don’t pull the trigger and write the damn article. Why not? Because…I don’t want to.
So, last week, the Streaming Ratings Report ran a bit long and, since I don’t want to go too long, I cut out this section, on foreign films, especially since it feels less like a streaming ratings article and more like a strategy column. (For my free subscribers, this means
If I thought last week was “light”, then this week is a feather. Sure, we had one big hit (Ginny & Georgia), but after that, the streamers released barely any notable titles. Which is actually a good thing! (For me, at least.) It gives me space to opine/revisit other topics