@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialCalifornia awards $296M in tax credits for 16 TV shows, including animated and competition shows for the first time in the program's history (Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/california-awards-296-million-in-tv-tax-credits-1236691539/…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialA look at the continued success of Korean content on Netflix, where subscribers watched 51B hours of Korean movies and TV shows between 2023 and 2025 (Janko Roettgers/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/column/913101/netflix-korean-movies-tv-shows
@dhuyvetter@mastodon.socialJust needed to find out why Trump’s war on algae is showing up all over my feed:
https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/tv-shows/jimmy-kimmel-reacts-trump-reflecting-pool-algae-video/
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyUS correspondent on @nieuws.nos.nl TV news:
Trump's deal with Iran shows that he has achieved very little with this war, "except that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen". 🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦. Reminder: THE STRAIT WAS OPEN BEFORE TRUMP AND NETANYAHU STARTED THEIR ILLEGAL WAR!!!
@soundclamp@mastodon.xyz @Mediagazer@mstdn.socialA profile of Silk White, whose movies and TV shows, which have grossed ~$2M in the year to February, are distributed by Filmhub to online platforms like Tubi (Ben Fritz/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/bu…
@servelan@newsie.socialBelfast unrest: 'Racists and groups allied to the far right are now unified across Europe' - Spotlight - France 24
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260612-belfast-unrest-racists-and-groups-allied-to-the-far-right-are-now-unified-across-europe
@smurthys@hachyderm.io"The Gringo Hunters" looks interesting. I'm unlikely to watch it (expect it to be/become another cliche-loaded procedural) but I'm glad it exists. It was time someone changed the Hollywood stereotype of American cop, Latino criminal.
#Netflix #entertainment #TV_shows
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAnalysts: UK social media ban is likely to cause £1.3B in digital ad cuts in 2027, with streaming services poised to benefit as advertisers seek to reach teens (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun
@Defiance@sfba.socialSo glad this guy and his partner got their shows made. Huge part of my childhood. RIP
#tvshows #GenX #nostalgia
@yaya@jorts.horsehmmm what do I wanna do now. do I wanna tend to my virtual crops or watch my TV shows or some as of yet undiscovered third option
Yes, it’s all Chromium, and yes they all love yummy-yummy RAM
![A TV on the wall inside a gym. It shows a Chromium crashed tab screen that reads:
Aw, Snap!
Something went wrong while displaying this webpage.
Error code: SIGILL
[Learn more]
[Reload]](https://s1a23studio.s3.us-west-004.backblazeb2.com/firefish/45e3a071-61c7-4e4a-b219-79ab0bfedbfc.jpg)
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialDirectors from some of the UK's top shows sign a letter calling on streaming platforms to agree to a deal on establishing a royalty or residual scheme (K.J. Yossman/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/directors-uk-streamers-royalties-1236722155/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialRoku launches its first major homescreen overhaul in over a decade, including a large "marquee" ad spot to tout apps or shows, in a bid to drive more engagement (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-ne…
@fgraver@hcommons.socialTop 10 Best HBO TV Shows of All Time | No Film School https://nofilmschool.com/best-hbo-tv-shows
Discuss.
@NFL@darktundra.xyzYouTube TV custom multiview to let NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers mix and match 4 games https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7238908/2026/04/28/youtube-tv-custom-multiview-nfl-sunday-ticket/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialMore TV news anchors are considering digital options like video podcasts and YouTube shows, as lucrative TV contracts become less valuable and more scarce (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/tv-new…
@servelan@newsie.socialABC refuses to capitulate to Trump admin, fights FCC probe into The View - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/abc-fights-trump-fccs-attempt-to-control-content-of-broadcast-tv-shows/
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialLove this series... analyzing chess games played in TV shows.
▶️ The Most FRUSTRATING Chess Episode | Monk - Sara Herman
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VVoi5EB7VzE&si=DoPiQh05t8njInUR
@simoncox@seocommunity.socialI have built two little apps using Claude Code now - just for myself to learn more (and I have). One is some tv listing for my region and the other is to collate a history of the river water levels. There is a small risk of flooding at my house. The DEFRA page only shows 5 days and the api only has 365 days and i want to keep a longer record.
Anyway for both projects CC updates a documentaion.md file so I can understand what it has done at each step in a few months time.
@emd@cosocial.caI really enjoy when TV shows are done in the native language, I’m disappointed that Star City is not Russian actors speaking Russian.
Gotta be enough Russian speakers out there to do it.
#StarCity
@marcel@waldvogel.family"New research […] shows that a modified audio clip undetectable by human ears can manipulate a model’s behavior"
"Real-world examples include hiding malicious instructions in online videos, music clips, or voice notes that users query an AI about, or broadcasting malicious audio on a Zoom call that is then uploaded to AI transcription services."
I expect people will be having fun building 21st century equivalents of the TV-be-gone.
@gwire@mastodon.socialThis story about prediction markets spoiling reality shows is funny because a few years ago a UK bookmaker gave UK newspapers a bullshit story about the friends and family of BBC employees, with inside knowledge, betting on the Bake Off winner. (Which some dutifully ran as a front-page anti-BBC piece.)
The reason you knew it was bullshit is that UK bookmakers don't take bets on events that have already occurred.
@servelan@newsie.socialFCC wants to "gender police" kids' TV shows by adding warnings about trans characters - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/fcc-wants-to-gender-police-kids-tv-shows-by-adding-warnings-about-trans-characters/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialByron Allen says he plans to add new shows and user-generated and licensed content to the BuzzFeed app: "This world really appreciates streaming and free" (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-13/b…
@davej@dice.campStolen to add #AltText. https://mstdn.social/@Nigel_Purchase/116275347865911662
@pre@boing.worldMy pitch if I ran a TV production company would be something like:
Twelve episodes a year of 3-episode serials: That keeps the number of sets you have to construct down. It gives each story the complexity of a movie and time to breath without the frantic pace. You can have one every season of the year.
You gotta remember to focus on the companion. This isn't really a story about The Doctor, it's about the companions asking the question, Doctor Who?
Episodes should generally start with a companion's face or escapade coz they're the ones we're identifying with as we figure out who the doctor is.
At some point in 2027 you'll cast and announce a new doctor.
This is when you call Billie Piper in to film and release a webisode which is just the regeneration into Billie so far: her going "Oh, hello?" Then shaking her head and saying "oh hell no" and shaking harder until she shakes the face off into the new man or woman you picked who says "Oh, that was close".
That change into the Bad Wolf Doctor was just bad without a capstone xmas episode. So a one minute tik-tokable short to announce the newbie frees you of it.
Then you can start ep1 filming and released nearly a year later on the 65th anniversary with a story that focuses on the companion getting into trouble and meeting The Doctor.
Cast nobody famous. The production is about making stars not finding them I don't want anyone having preconceived notions about the character from seeing the actor in that other show even it it was a really good one and they're great.
Earthbound cross-time time-travel story for serial one to pick up new companion, intervene in an aliens vs aliens space-war in serial two, go screw up history and fix it for the third and aliens endangering companion's family for the fourth.
When they're 3-episode serials you only need four a year. Different writer for each.
Cliff-hangers between episodes in each serial of course, with stories about the nature of time and space and getting along with other cultures and running up and down corridors and scary monsters and of course the question "who is The Doctor and how can they fix this without guns or violence with just a screwdriver and two hearts worth of compassion".
The Doctor is some weird looking older dude, more importantly vivid and strange and scholarly than handsome. He has a big coat and no question marks. Then he can change clothes but with the same coat always have the same look. He needs to be able to do a good arrogant rant at himself while he thinks.
The companion is curious and brave and young enough to be naive and surprised and energetic. Doesn't do what she's told. Wonders off against orders. Maybe sometimes bombs things.
Obviously you keep the blue box and the tune and make a new style screwdriver.
You need to do the behind the scenes shows too. Not sure if they make or cost money but they are brilliant for the geeky fandom. That may be why it came back last time.
Anyway. Sadly I don't own a production company.
I cancelled the TV license in the mean time. Give the money to Big Finish instead. These audio things are expensive. I've bought bundles before. Anyone have favorites? I lose track of which one's I've heard.
#doctorWho
@emd@cosocial.caRE: https://universeodon.com/@SrRochardBunson/116343155399692008
One of the best tv shows of all time.
@romix@mastodon.greenHast du eine Superbox zum Serien streamen zu Hause? Verbrenn das Ding sofort! Darknet Diaries hat eine ganze Folge darüber gemacht. Sehr hörenswert.
Darknet Diaries: 172: SuperBox
https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/172/
Warum hat die Fernbedienung dazu ein Mikrofon und einen Bluetooth-…
@piger@mastodon.socialIn a conversation someone asked me if it wouldn’t be great if AI could just generate stories/movies/tv-shows etc and my first reaction was to tell the story of that time I ate too much ice cream, but then I thought the most obvious thing possible: comic books.
If you like Marvel, especially super heroes from the golden age, you have so much to read that I don’t think you have enough time in your life to read them all.
But… how many really good stories? Eh, not many. Like, really re…
@grork@mastodon.socialWhy is it that TV shows don’t use real computer UI? I get it in sci, but some detective show is doing a ‘zoom call’, and… it’s custom operating system (on a surface laptop studio no less), and then a mostly correct Zoom UI…
@servelan@newsie.socialAmsterdam becomes world's first capital to ban fossil fuel ads - Focus - France 24
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20260427-amsterdam-becomes-world-s-first-capital-to-ban-fossil-fuel-ads
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialEuropean Audiovisual Observatory: global streaming platforms increased their share of spending on original European programming from 8% in 2020 to 24% in 2024 (Ed Meza/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/streaming-pay-tv-european-audio…
@gwire@mastodon.socialHere I am worrying about "passive-aggressive punctuation" and characters on TV shows are sending text messages in ALL-CAPS like lunatics.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialRoku launches its first major homescreen overhaul in over a decade, including a large "marquee" ad spot to tout apps or shows, in a bid to drive more engagement (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-ne…
@pre@boing.worldPeople are sad and lashing out saying RTD and Disney killed it with money and razzmatazz and glitz taking the focus away from the story.
But of course it wasn't cancelled on account of how it was too glitzy.
It was cancelled because the CEO of Disney changed and the new guy doesn't get it so he rug-pulled the production 2/3rds of the way through.
RTD did an emergency edit that tried to promise a xmas special show with Billie Piper, in the hope of cornering the BBC into commissioning more.
He had a few vague ideas about how to bridge to a new show, nothing concrete. Murray misremembers and says there's "multiple scripts" when RTD just said many ideas. So then RTD gets accused of lying and gas-lighting.
Anyway, the BBC and Bad Wolf failed to come to agreement for more shows. The script was never written because the show was never commissioned even though there were multiple different ideas and pitches.
Bad Wolf is just too expensive now since they're used to Disney money.
I guess Bad Wolf studios shuts down now? Maybe then can do a Blakes-7 remake or something.
So what killed the BBC-Wales/RTD/Bad-Wolf doctor who is becoming reliant upon Disney money and Disney CEO changing.
October 2027 is the earliest imaginable date for new shows now.
Xmas 2027 seems more likely.
More likely still is October 2028, by which time it'll have been over 3 years since new TV episodes and the show will be celebrating its 65th birthday.
Thanks for bringing it back RTD. It was fantastic. What a great two decade run.
Here's hoping someone else does at least as well.
#doctorWho
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialA look at the AP's shift into video to generate DTC revenue; a source says US papers make up under 10% of its overall revenue and non-media clients are growing (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/associated-press-launc…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialPrediction markets are spoiling reality TV shows, as Kalshi had the winner of Survivor 50 at 97% odds by the finale; Kalshi is looking at ways to avoid spoilers (Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/kalshi-polymarket-spoilers-reality-studios-12367…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNetflix execs refute a rumor that creatives making movies or shows are told to repeat plot points in dialogue often because viewers are distracted by phones (Michael Schneider/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/netflix-execs-not-asking-re…
@servelan@newsie.socialTrump’s war loop: Escalate, retreat, repeat | TV Shows | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/the-listening-post/2026/5/25/trumps-war-loop-escalate-retreat-repeat?traffic_source=rss
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialGuideline: in 2025, Colbert's Late Show accounted for 27% of overall ad spending on late-night TV shows, which reached $209M, down from $519.7M in 2017 (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/stephen-colbert-shook-up-late-…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSix months into Bari Weiss' CBS News overhaul, ratings data shows its flagship TV programs are losing viewers at a steep rate, while ABC and NBC post gains (Oliver Darcy/Status)
https://www.status.news/p/cbs-news-ratings-decline-bari-weiss
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialUK TV personality KSI, who has 18.4M YouTube subscribers, says he is exiting his collective The Sidemen, which has 140M YouTube subscribers collectively (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/06/ksi-leaving-the-sidemen-youtube-1236931786/
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