September 2026

The Streamers Tried To Conquer Labor Day…and Whiffed

(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights

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Netflix’s Un-Un-Order Thrives

(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights

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Paramount Wins(?): The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) For me,

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Reacher Knocks Out the Competition

(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights

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Un-Orders are Back Along with “Un-Un-Orders”

It’s time for another edition of my “Renewals and Cancellations” update, so let me open with a rant: Good Rotten Tomatoes scores do not equal customer interest! Almost every week, as I collect data on which TV shows got renewed or cancelled, I find headlines, often from clickbait-y websites (many

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