This week鈥檚 Nose has been traveling 22 years to get here, and now it鈥檚 here, and it鈥檚 either heads or tails, and you have to say.
Hollywood continues . It鈥檚 hard to imagine on the huge and ongoing Barbenheimer phenomenon. The Nose continues to be concerned.
But. The Meg 2 is finally here! Actually, that exclamation point notwithstanding, The Nose doesn鈥檛 really care about The Meg 2. But it does care about 鈥� and have various beefs with 鈥� .
And finally: Hijack is a seven-part, real-time thriller limited series starring Idris Elba. The seventh part, the finale, hit Apple TV+ this week.
Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take:
- Move over, online dating. Online friend-making is having its day.
- Amid the first combined work stoppage involving writers and actors represented by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA, some streaming platforms still scored some wins.
- 鈥楾he Bear鈥� has another strong week, becoming the second Hulu show to top a billion minutes of viewing.
- I am so much more horrified than you can imagine!
- The service lost 1.8 million subscribers as Warner Bros. Discovery announced a $10.3 million loss in total revenue for its second quarter.
- Apple TV+ has amassed a rich library of original content in less than four years鈥攚ith the awards season nominations to prove it. Can its dedication to curation help it overtake the top streamers, or will Apple lose its appetite for spending on prestige?
GUESTS:
- Irene Papoulis: Teaches writing at Trinity College
- Bill Yousman: Professor of media studies at Sacred Heart University
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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.
