Sitemap - 2023 - The Entertainment Strategy Guy
The 20 Biggest Myths in Hollywood and the Entertainment Industry Right Now
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
The November 2023 Renewals, Cancellations, Un-Orders and Removals Update
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
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?
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...
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?
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.
"Tetris" vs. "Murder Mystery 2" (and What This Battle Says About Apple TV+...)
EntStrategyGuy Ruins Everything: Debunking 8 Myths About the WGA/AMPTP Negotiations
Top Gun: Maverick and An Oscars Streaming Bump?
The Data Is In: Theatrical Films Massively Outperform Straight-To-Streaming Films
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
More Popular Films Make For More Popular Oscar Shows...Plus the Streaming Measurement Wars Heat Up
My First Renewals and Cancellations Report Card
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Set Records While “The Last of Us” Chases “House of the Dragon"
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
Theaters Are (Still) Dying, But Theme Parks Aren’t
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
My Most Important "Question of the Year" - 2023 Edition
The EntStrategyGuy Streaming Subscriber Estimates for Q3 of 2022