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[DCBaker]

Season 34 of The Simpsons launches on Disney+ on October 11. Season 34 has 22 episodes, which includes the 750th episode of The Simpsons titled Homer’s Adventures Through The Windshield Glass.

The season features guest voice appearances from Fred Armisen, Anna Faris, Will Forte, Simu Liu, Lizzo, Rob Lowe, Melissa McCarthy, Jade Novah, Aubrey Plaza, John Roberts, and more.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Disney+ Discontinues Popular Feature

Disney+ has removed a feature popular with many that streamed shows and films with those they loved. Monday, the streamer announced the discontinuation of GroupWatch, which allowed multiple Disney+ users to watch the same programs at the same time. Introduced at the height of the pandemic...

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‘Monday Night Football’ Books Full-Season Run on ABC

The network will simulcast the 10 additional games with ESPN, a move that shores up its strike-hit lineup.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Disney Irish]

Disney+ Discontinues Popular Feature

Disney+ has removed a feature popular with many that streamed shows and films with those they loved. Monday, the streamer announced the discontinuation of GroupWatch, which allowed multiple Disney+ users to watch the same programs at the same time. Introduced at the height of the pandemic...

comicbook.com

‘Monday Night Football’ Books Full-Season Run on ABC

The network will simulcast the 10 additional games with ESPN, a move that shores up its strike-hit lineup.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

I'm guessing not many subs used the Groupwatch feature. I know I didn't ever use it.

Makes sense about MNF too.

 

[TP2000]

Season 34 of The Simpsons launches on Disney+ on October 11. Season 34 has 22 episodes, which includes the 750th episode of The Simpsons titled Homer’s Adventures Through The Windshield Glass.

The season features guest voice appearances from Fred Armisen, Anna Faris, Will Forte, Simu Liu, Lizzo, Rob Lowe, Melissa McCarthy, Jade Novah, Aubrey Plaza, John Roberts, and more.

In my sclerotic way of looking at life, three of those names are fondly known by me, but most of those folks might as well be the rather sad names on the TV screen at an airport departure lounge desperately awaiting a Miles Upgrade.

Upgrade Status:
J. Novah - Standby
A. Faris - Standby
S. Liu - Standby
R. Lowe - Please See Agent

Fred Armisen and Aubrey Plaza stick out to me, not because I'm hip, but because I was a Season 1 early adopter of Portlandia about 15 years ago and loved them both in that hysterical show. Again, not because I'm hip, only because I knew first hand that Portland, Oregon and its quirky citizens was an inherently funny thing to do a show about. So I immediately tuned in. And Rob Lowe, who could forget that face? And the others.... no clue. But I wish them well.

The Simpsons is brilliantly hysterical, as most folks from the Great Pacific Northwest just naturally are.

Thank you Mr. Groenig.

 

[MoonRakerSCM]

Disney+ Discontinues Popular Feature

Disney+ has removed a feature popular with many that streamed shows and films with those they loved. Monday, the streamer announced the discontinuation of GroupWatch, which allowed multiple Disney+ users to watch the same programs at the same time. Introduced at the height of the pandemic...

comicbook.com

The crackdown is soon upon us. Nothing says profitability like removing features and increasing prices!

 

[Disney Irish]

The crackdown is soon upon us. Nothing says profitability like removing features and increasing prices!

While they will be cracking down on shared accounts and such, this doesn't appear to be that or at least not the only reason. As the GroupWatch feature didn't require all the watchers to be using the same account. So there isn't much benefit to Disney to remove the feature if this was just about cracking down on shared accounts since it wouldn't lead to lots of new subs being created.

I suspect its just a feature that isn't used very much. Plus thinking about this, hard to have a watch along when some subs are having the show/movie paused for an ad break and others on the no-ad tiers are not.

 

[Disney Irish]

More streaming services getting ads, adding it here since it talks about Disney increasing its non-ad tier prices next month.....

Amazon Prime Video will soon come with ads, or a $2.99 monthly charge to dodge them

Streaming services are in a heated tug-of-war over viewers and users are growing more adept at jumping in and out of those services, often depending on price.

apnews.com

Anyone still thinking that streaming won't be profitable is not understanding the economics.

 

[MoonRakerSCM]

I watch my ad version of paramount plus on my pc... never an ad with my ad blocker.

 

[DCBaker]

Deadline is reporting a number of series are being removed from Hulu as their license deals expire.

"In another sign that shows — even famous ones — can no longer “live forever” on streaming in the new era of media companies re-prioritizing profits, a slew of titles will be leaving Disney-controlled Hulu in the coming days as their license deals expire. For now, there are no plans to renew any of the pacts but that is always a possibility in the future

The list of departing series includes 20 series from Disney’s 20th Television, including the David E. Kelley Emmy-winning legal shows Ally McBeal, which the studio had been looking to remake, and The Practice, as well as fellow award-winners The Bob Newhart Show, Hill Street Blues and Arrested Development.

A slew of catalog titles from Fox and Paramount also are impacted, as well as a couple of properties each from Nat Geo and NBC News. According to sources, the entire WWE hub would expire Sept. 25, and a handful of ABC News titles also will be gone, something which we have not confirmed."

Here is the list of confirmed Hulu library series departures:

20th TV shows leaving Sept. 30:

The Bob Newhart Show
Dollhouse
Napoleon Dynamite
Don’t Trust the B—- in APT 23
Second Chance
Shots Fired
Touch
Ally McBeal
Arrested Development
Sirens
The Cleveland Show
Hill Street Blues
Damien
Son of Zorn
The Practice
Speechless
Out There
Legends
Breakout Kings
Better Off Ted

Fox shows, most of them departing Sept. 25

I Can See Your Voice (Seasons 1-2)
Alter Ego (Season 1)
Cherries Wild (Season 1)
Beat Shazam (Seasons 4-5)
Masterchef Junior (Seasons 1-8)
Masked Dancer (Season 1)
Crime Scene Kitchen (Seasons 1-2)
Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back (Seasons 1-3)
Cosmos Possible Worlds (Season 1)
Lego Masters (Seasons 1-2)
Masterchef (Seasons 1-12)
The Masked Singer (Seasons 1-8)
Name That Tune (Seasons 1-2)
Next Level Chef (Season 1)

Paramount catalog tittles, departing Sept. 30/Oct. 14:

• VH1 (entire hub)

Basketball Wives LA (Seasons 1-3)
Love & Hip Hop Hollywood (Seasons 1-4)
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (Seasons 1-3)

• MTV

Acapulco Shore (Seasons 1-4) -October 14 exp.
Catfish Mexico (Season 1) -October 14 exp.
The Hills (Seasons 1-6)
My Super Sweet 16 (Seasons 4-7)
The Real World (one or more seasons)

• Showtime:

Sleeper Cell (Season 1)

• CBS:

7th Heaven (Seasons 1-4)
Beverly Hills 90210 (Seasons 1-2)

• Comedy Central

La Culpa es de Cortés

• Paramount Network Mexico:

Dani Who (Seasons 1)

‘Ally McBeal’, ‘The Practice’, ‘Hill Street Blues’ Among Classic 20th TV Titles Leaving Hulu

In another sign that shows — even famous ones — can no longer “live forever” on streaming in the new era of media companies re-prioritizing profits, a slew of titles will be…

deadline.com

 

[J4546]

i only recognize like 5 of these shows lol, shows how out of the tv show loop i am

 

[MisterPenguin]

i only recognize like 5 of these shows lol, shows how out of the tv show loop i am

Nah, it just means the algorithm is working.

 

[MarvelCharacterNerd]

Fox stuff may go to Tubi. Paramount content likely to Paramount+ or Pluto.

Does this help devalue Hulu for the Disney takeover/purchase?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Fox stuff may go to Tubi. Paramount content likely to Paramount+ or Pluto.

Does this help devalue Hulu for the Disney takeover/purchase?

What's been removed so far is:

• a tiny fraction of the library
• mostly not very popular

So, no.

 

[MisterPenguin]

From ‘Suits’ To Nuts, Streaming Residuals Explained

About six weeks after the Writers Guild of America went on strike for the first time in more than 15 years, eight seasons of Suits landed on Netflix. All nine seasons had already been available on …

deadline.com

 

[Disney Irish]

New trade alliance formed for streaming services including D+ -

Netflix, Max, Disney and More Form Streaming Industry Trade Alliance

Former Republican Rep. Fred Upton and former Democratic acting FCC chair Mignon Clyburn are the senior advisers for the coalition.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[DCBaker]

The series is noticeably unavailable to stream, rent or buy on any service currently due to the costly music licensing.[30] However, on October 5, 2022, Caron posted on his official Twitter account that work had begun to prepare all five seasons of the series for streaming.​

Moonlighting (TV series) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Moonlighting will be available to stream on Hulu beginning October 10, 2023.

"For the love of Maddie Hayes, look what’s coming to Hulu: For the very first time, all 67 episodes of Moonlighting will be available to stream on the platform beginning Oct. 10.

Hulu promises that each episode of the comedy starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd has been remastered in HD from the original film source. It will even feature the original Grammy-nominated title track recording from Al Jarreau.

The fact that Moonlighting landed at Hulu isn’t exactly a surprise. In October of 2022, Creator Glenn Gordon Caron teased some kind of Moonlighting return on Twitter. “Disney and I have put our heads together and come up with a plan,” he wrote.

Speculation immediately centered on either Disney+ or Hulu picking up the episodes from the popular ’80s show. But there was a catch: music rights. The series leaned heavily on hits from multiple decades.

Apparently, that’s water under the bridge now. Anyone with a Hulu subscription can soon enjoy the tale of a broke fashion model named Maddie Hayes (Shepherd) who gets heavily involved in a detective agency that she owns that also happens to employ a smart alecky P.I. named David Addison Jr. (Willis)."

‘Moonlighting’ Is Coming To Hulu, Finally

Moonlighting, the '80s comedy starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd, Is Coming To Hulu

deadline.com

 

[mysto]

It's time for the cable companies to start offering discounts. I'm about ready.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I wish I had Moonlighting on DVD right now - although I probably would watch it once and then resell it because they're going for like $50 per season. Can't stream it anywhere. (But I have Quantum Leap!)

Sure, there are plenty of other things to watch, but so far this has been the summer of Marvel and Meh. No network shows that we watch are airing, we've burned through the DVR, we finally watched all the Marvel movies except Iron Man 3 and Thor after the first one (working on it!) Almost everything else we gave a shot on Netflix or other services has been "just ok," Secret Invasion was actually one of the better ones.

The series is noticeably unavailable to stream, rent or buy on any service currently due to the costly music licensing.[30] However, on October 5, 2022, Caron posted on his official Twitter account that work had begun to prepare all five seasons of the series for streaming.​

Moonlighting (TV series) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Moonlighting will be available to stream on Hulu beginning October 10, 2023.

"For the love of Maddie Hayes, look what’s coming to Hulu: For the very first time, all 67 episodes of Moonlighting will be available to stream on the platform beginning Oct. 10.

Hulu promises that each episode of the comedy starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd has been remastered in HD from the original film source. It will even feature the original Grammy-nominated title track recording from Al Jarreau.

The fact that Moonlighting landed at Hulu isn’t exactly a surprise. In October of 2022, Creator Glenn Gordon Caron teased some kind of Moonlighting return on Twitter. “Disney and I have put our heads together and come up with a plan,” he wrote.

Speculation immediately centered on either Disney+ or Hulu picking up the episodes from the popular ’80s show. But there was a catch: music rights. The series leaned heavily on hits from multiple decades.

Apparently, that’s water under the bridge now. Anyone with a Hulu subscription can soon enjoy the tale of a broke fashion model named Maddie Hayes (Shepherd) who gets heavily involved in a detective agency that she owns that also happens to employ a smart alecky P.I. named David Addison Jr. (Willis)."

‘Moonlighting’ Is Coming To Hulu, Finally

Moonlighting, the '80s comedy starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd, Is Coming To Hulu

deadline.com

WE DID IT!!!

 

[MarvelCharacterNerd]

WE DID IT!!!

This reminds me I still need to find a properly music-intact version of Quantum Leap on disc.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Just got the email. New service agreement goes into effect for Canada November 1st.

Sharing outside household may result in termination and loss of access to service.

Stream the greatest Movies, Series, Originals and more | Disney+ Canada

Sign up and stream unlimited movies, TV series, and Originals on Disney+. Choose from three plans starting at $8.99 per month

www.disneyplus.com

New Clause 2j)

j. Account Sharing. Unless otherwise permitted by your Service Tier, you may not share your subscription outside of your household. “Household” means the collection of devices associated with your primary personal residence that are used by the individuals who reside therein. Additional usage rules may apply for certain Service Tiers. For more details on our account sharing policy, please visit our Help Center.

We may, in our sole discretion, analyze the use of your account to determine compliance with this Agreement. If we determine that you have violated this Agreement, we may limit or terminate access to the Service and/or take any other steps as permitted by this Agreement (including those set forth in Section 6 of this Agreement).

You will be responsible for any use of your account by your household, including compliance with this section.

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