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The 20 Biggest Myths in Hollywood and the Entertainment Industry Right Now

My (Initial) Thoughts on the Netflix Data Drop, Plus The Crown Struggles, Swing to Survive Misses, and More

7 Reasons Why Disney’s Marvel-cession May Continue: 2023 Update

Are We in a “Marvel-cession”?” The 2023 Update

A Licensed TV Check-In: The Simpsons, Friends and Low Budget Reality Shows

SAG-AFTRA Ends…Now What? Plus My Thoughts on a Coyote vs. Warner Bros. Discovery

A Final Look at Halloween Scares, Including Five Nights at Freddy’s, A Haunting in Venice and American Horror Stories

The November 2023 Renewals, Cancellations, Un-Orders and Removals Update

We’ve Waited a While for Frasier, The Fall of the House of Usher and Goosebumps...Were They Worth the Wait?

Unlocked: Should We Worry About a Recession? (Maybe, But Entertainment is Still in a Bad Place!)

Now That Disney Is Officially Buying Hulu, Will Merging the Two Apps Work?

Loki Underwhelms, Football Doesn’t, and Horror Films End Up Somewhere In Between

Who Has the Best “Hit Rate” in Streaming?

The Emerging "Dual-Cast" Model

How Have Horror Films Done on Streaming and in Theaters in 2023?

14% of Shows Would Have Qualified for the WGA’s Success-Based Residual

Spies vs Turtles, FASTs vs Streamers, and Netflix Returning Series vs “Meh”

5 Signs That The “Drunken Sailor” Era Of Hollywood Spending Is Over

American Football Takes on British TV Plus The Morning Show, Elemental and Fast X

No, That’s Not a Hit Show

Putting The Little Mermaid’s “Record” Debut in Context

The Writers Just Got a Big Raise…But Just How Big?

How Often Do Celebrity Production Companies Launch Hit Shows?

Which Genre Keeps Working on Streaming? Plus…My Initial Thoughts on the WGA "High Performing" Residual

The Biggest Story of August That Not Enough Folks Heard About…

Sitcoms Struggle While "Ahsoka" Thrives, Plus My Problem with "Views"

Was Charter versus Disney “Win-Win”, “Lose-Lose” or Somewhere in Between?

My Third Renewals, Cancellations and Un-orders/Removals Update

The EntStrategyGuy US Subscriber Estimates for Q2 of 2023

Which Weekly Series Won the Summer?

What I Got Right and Wrong in 2023 So Far

How Often Do Shows Make the Ratings Charts After a Slow Start?

Everyone Wants to Be the Next “Twitter”…and How They’re All Doing It Wrong

Are the FASTs Gaining Ground on the Streamers?

Dun Dun...Dun Dun...Dun Dun...Shark Week is Back and Sharkier (And More Profitable) Than Ever

Data, Strategy and Content Thoughts on the Flops, Bombs and Misses From the First Half of 2023

Foundation and A24, How Have They Done on Streaming?

Over 110 of the Biggest TV Show Flops, Bombs and Misses for the First Half of 2023

Over 40 of the Biggest Flops, Bombs and Misses for Film in the First Half of 2023

What Hurt The Witcher and Jack Ryan in the Ratings?

Entertainment M&A Just Got a “Yellow Light” for Future Mergers

Have We Ever Seen a Season Two Like 'The Bear'?

Exclusive: WGA Screenwriter Earnings Likely Broke Records in 2022...

We Finally Find Out If Black Mirror Lives Up To Its Buzz, Plus Extraction 2 vs Avatar: The Way of Water

The EntStrategy Guy US Subscriber Estimates for Q1 of 2023

Four Big TV Shows End Their Runs, Plus Avatar: The Way of Water Opens Big

The DGA Signs a Deal While We Wait For Everyone Else…

Why the Best Month in Theaters Since 2019 Has Everyone So Depressed

What to Make of Nielsen’s Latest "The Gauge" Report

Solving Two Hulu Mysteries...Plus Platonic, FUBAR and American Born Chinese

15 Thoughts On Disney’s Big Content Purge

Real or Not? Apple TV+’s Latest Run of Streaming “Hits”

Is the End of Copyright Protections Good, Bad or Mixed?

The Mother vs Air vs Crater, Plus a Whole Bunch of TV Shows (That Didn’t Make the Charts...)

The DGA Agrees to a Huge, Not-Actually-A-Big-Deal-At-All Deal

My Second Renewals and Cancellations Scorecard

Do Spinoffs Work in Streaming?

The Algorithm is Still a Lie

To IP or Not to IP? Should Amazon Have Spent $300 Million on Citadel? And Should Peter Pan & Wendy Have Gone To Theaters?

Bob Iger Puts His Stamp on Disney, Plus My “Solution” To AI's Potential (Massive) Social Harms

Streaming’s Content Bubble Problem Continues Into Earth Day

Visualizing and Quantifying the WGA-AMPTP Negotiations Part I: Overall Compensation

On My “Pay Wall-versary”, A Big Thank You To My Paying Subscribers

Should Kids Shows Be “Popular”?

Sending a Strategy Postcard from Strike-Land

The Battle for Emmy Awards Begins! Plus Beef, 80 for Brady, Grease, Chupa, and more.

Why the UK’s Decision to Block the Microsoft-Activision Acquisition Could Hamper Future Entertainment Industry Mergers

"Tetris" vs. "Murder Mystery 2" (and What This Battle Says About Apple TV+...)

EntStrategyGuy Ruins Everything: Debunking 8 Myths About the WGA/AMPTP Negotiations

Weekly Releases Take Back the Ratings Spotlight, Plus 'The Night Agent' vs. 'Rabbit Hole' vs. 'Great Expectations'

PART III on Streaming vs Theatrically-Released Films: Are Straight-to-Streaming Films More Like Made-for-TV Movies or Theatrical Films?

Top Gun: Maverick and An Oscars Streaming Bump?

WME Tag Teams with WWE, the WGA Wants to Choke Slam the AMPTP, Mario Bodyslams the Box Office, and Substack Escapes From Twitter’s Chokehold

PART II on Streaming vs Theatrically-Released Films: The Nielsen Data for All Films, 2022, By Streamer and By Genre

The Data Is In: Theatrical Films Massively Outperform Straight-To-Streaming Films

The Streaming Wars Kick Into High Gear: Paramount+ Joins the Nielsen Charts, The Mandalorian vs. Daisy Jones, and a Whole Lot More

The New New New Rules for a Newer Hollywood

Buzz vs. Viewership: Outer Banks, Bel-Air, M3GAN, We Have a Ghost, and More!

12 Charts For Nielsen's “Tops of 2022” Lists

Did “The Woman King” Conquer the Charts? Plus My Thoughts on the Streamers’ Confusing Release Strategies

More Popular Films Make For More Popular Oscar Shows...Plus the Streaming Measurement Wars Heat Up

Plum Research’s ShowLabs Joins the Streaming Ratings Report, Plus the Battle of the Valentine’s Day Romcoms

My First Renewals and Cancellations Report Card

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Set Records While “The Last of Us” Chases “House of the Dragon"

To Bundle or Not To Bundle?

What’s Old is New (and Successful!) Again: Sitcoms and Procedurals Come to the Streaming Wars

Which Streamer Won 2022? Who Lost? And the Genre Winners and Losers of 2022!

The Winners and Losers for Film and TV for All of 2022

Over 140 of the Biggest TV Show Flops, Bombs and Misses for the Second Half of 2022

The Top 35 Film Flops, Bombs and Misses for the Second Half of 2022

The Streaming Dog Days... Velma, Dog Gone, Vikings: Valhalla and the (Unsurprising) Hit of the Year So Far.

Theaters Are (Still) Dying, But Theme Parks Aren’t

Foreign Failures Part V

Can Disney Launch a Non-MCU/Star Wars Series? Plus Ginny & Georgia’s Bonkers Opening...

What I Got Right, What I Got Wrong - Q4 2022 Edition

Who Won: Glass Onion, Strange World or Top Gun: Maverick?

Who Won The War for Christmas?

Greg Berlanti’s New Overall Deal is a BFD for WBD

The Bad Guys Takes the Crown as Netflix’s Second Biggest Animated Launch...Plus Emily in Paris vs Jack Ryan

My Most Important "Question of the Year" - 2023 Edition

Too Much Streaming Too Handle: The Crown, Andor, Harry & Meghan, The White Lotus, and So Much More!!!

The EntStrategyGuy Streaming Subscriber Estimates for Q3 of 2022

Wednesday’s Enormous Thanksgiving Weekend, "Bullet Train" vs "Troll", and Apple TV+ Ends Their Year Long Drought…

YouTube Does It Again: My Thoughts on One of the Smartest Companies in Entertainment Making Another Great Move