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Issue · 2026-08-15
Every regulator on Earth approved the merger and it still can't close

Paramount cleared 68 jurisdictions and still can't close, HBO's Lanterns is a shockingly good Green Lantern show, and Outer Banks ends.

Issue · 2026-08-14
The Drop 21: Apple Exhumed Ted Lasso

House of the Dragon is treason-ing, Reacher is punching, and Apple ran out of ideas.

Issue · 2026-08-08
Paramount's boss blames CNN for everyone hating his merger

Reacher hits Philadelphia, Shane Gillis reopens the garage, and Paramount's billionaire writes a newspaper essay about how trustworthy he is.

Issue · 2026-08-07
The Drop Issue 19: Two Dying Empires Try To Merge

House of the Dragon returns, Silo runs it back, and Ted Lasso comes out of retirement for the checks.

Issue · 2026-08-01
Disney renewed Wonder Man in March, then killed it in July

Disney kills an Emmy-nominated show it just renewed, The Morning Show calls it quits, and Batman actually shows up on Prime.

Issue · 2026-07-31
Issue 17 — Netflix spent $500M on more zombies

Half a billion for more Walking Dead, plus French directors spill Netflix's dumb-it-down notes.

Issue · 2026-07-25
Paramount Can't Sell Itself and He-Man Can't Break Even

A judge freezes the $110B Paramount merger, He-Man limps onto Prime Video, and Kevin Hart joins the wrong bachelor party.

Issue · 2026-07-11
Netflix Rebooted Little House on the Prairie and Somebody Should Go to Prison

A Targaryen wins a war, Netflix invents frontier flashbacks, and Ghost in the Shell comes back to explain the internet.

Issue · 2026-05-15
The President is Day-Trading Paramount Stock and Outlander Finally Croaked

Outlander ends after 8 seasons, The Boys is back, and the President is your new portfolio manager.

Issue · 2026-04-24
Issue 13 — Prime Video Ate The Week And A Dog Went Missing In Atlanta

The Boys comes back bloody, Invincible comes back bloodier, and Netflix is making Scooby without Scooby.

Issue · 2026-04-19
Issue 13 — Aubrey Plaza Pitched a Cat Show With Her Ex and Amazon Bought It

The Boys ends, Euphoria is back on its bad behavior, and Mark Wahlberg sells condoms at the World Cup.

Issue · 2026-04-12
Issue 12 - Malcolm Returns, Gilead Gets a Sequel, and Sharks in a Hurricane

Malcolm's back, Gilead's back, the Boys are back, and Netflix made a movie about sharks inside a hurricane.

Issue · 2026-04-05
The Pitt is back and it's still the only hospital show that feels like a panic attack

Season 5 of a cartoon where a teenager gets beaten into paste, plus a dog comedy in the Tyrolean Alps

Issue · 2026-03-29
Netflix Greenlit a Show Called Detective Hole and We Have to Talk About It

Detective Hole is a real show. The Boys is back. Noah Wyle is still in the ER having a nervous breakdown in real time.

Issue · 2026-03-22
Issue 9 - The Pitt is back and Apple wants you sad again

Noah Wyle returns to the ER, Elisabeth Moss whispers in another prestige drama, and Prime revives Jury Duty

Issue · 2026-03-15
Issue 8 - Nicole Kidman Autopsies a Corpse While Steve Carell Teaches Creative Writing

Two shows named Rooster drop the same week. One has a chicken fighting kaiju. The other has Steve Carell.

Issue · 2026-03-08
The Rookie Has Eight Seasons and We Are All Going to Die

DTF St. Louis is a real show that a real network paid for. Plus: Peaky Blinders won't die.

Issue · 2026-03-01
Scrubs Is Back Because Nobody In Hollywood Has A New Idea

Scrubs returns, HBO greenlights a love triangle corpse comedy, and Werner Herzog is chasing ghost elephants in Angola.

Issue · 2026-02-22
Noah Wyle Is Still In An ER And So Are We

Three hospitals, two cartoon lawyers, one Gordon Ramsay opening five restaurants in one building. Help.

Issue · 2026-02-15
Issue 4 - Tyler Perry Plays Three People and Noah Wyle Keeps Not Sleeping

The Pitt returns, Chris Hemsworth drives on the 101, and Alan Ritchson fights a giant robot for some reason