Hulu is about to become the latest streamer to piss us off and cost us a lot more

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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

Hulu is the latest streamer that is cracking down on password sharing and as the parent of TWO college kids who do not live in the same state much less in the house, lemme tell ya, this really chaps my hide. But thanks to Netflix seeing a surge in new subscribers when they instituted their password crackdown, this was inevitable.

Hulu is also threatening to cancel subscriptions of users who violate this new policy at their discretion: “We may, in our sole discretion, analyze the use of your account to determine compliance with this Agreement,” the message read. “If we determine, in our sole discretion, 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.”

The change takes effect immediately for new subscribers, and for us old subscribers, it kicks in on March 14. UNHAPPY.

Larry David viciously attacked Elmo on The Today Show this morning and Elmo’s dad threatened to sue and I’m not even kidding. David later apologized.

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS YEAR, YOU GUYS?

The Daytime Emmys are doing away with the Outstanding Younger Performers category after nearly 40 years. They’ve also tweaked some other categories, but not in ways you’ll ever notice as a casual viewer.

This is surprising, but TV creators who specifically chose to work with streamers because there wouldn’t be commercial breaks aren’t happy with those same streamers now chopping up their shows with commercials. Huh!

Happy 30th birthday, Starz! And thanks for Party Down!

The new True Detective showrunner, Issa López, is handling the previous True Detective showrunner’s pissiness with class:

“I believe that every storyteller has a very specific, peculiar, and unique relation to the stories they create, and whatever his reactions are, he’s entitled to them. That’s his prerogative,” López told Vulture. “I wrote this with profound love for the work he made and love for the people that loved it. And it is a reinvention, and it is different, and it’s done with the idea of sitting down around the fire, and [let’s] have some fun and have some feelings and have some thoughts. And anybody that wants to join is welcome.”

A former Community cast member has something to promote so we are getting an update on the Community movie that no one asked for. MAKE IT OR DON’T JUST QUIT TALKING ABOUT IT.

Seth MacFarlane is threatening us with endless Family Guy.

Keke Palmer is threatening to retire. NO MA’AM. YOU ARE ONLY 30.

Showtime is being sued by Tammy Wynette’s ex-husband’s estate over George & Tammy, “citing misrepresentation and unjust enrichment.”

ALRIGHT, LISTEN. I’m going to give you a brief Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce vs. Right-Wing Weirdos update. I’m not going to turn this into a Taylor Swift blog, I promise, but I think the next couple of weeks are going to be busy on this particular subject, and we all just have to get through it:

  • Variety has a helpful breakdown on the right-wing freakout about Taylor Swift, rigged Super Bowl games, psyops, vaccines, and idolatry. They’ve seriously lost their damn minds.
  • And this is a good explanation for the mindset that leads to this conspiratorial insanity: “The MAGA folks are so convinced that they represent the vast majority of Americans that they make up conspiracies … In spite of all the evidence, these people cannot believe that a historically unpopular President lost an election and the same historically unpopular candidate may lose another. These people do not act with logic; their actions and beliefs are motivated by grievance and revenge alone, and these motivations have turned their brains into soup as they convince themselves that these lunatic conspiracies are the only way to explain why more than half the country does not agree with them.”

And the absolute most hysterical of them all:

Finally, Drew Carey opened up about his mental health struggles and previous attempts to take his own life. It’s so important to have these conversations and to take the stigma out of mental health issues.

If you or someone you know needs support now, call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. 

Renewals

  • Bar Rescue has been renewed at Paramount Network for season nine.
  • Ten Pound Poms has been renewed for a second season on BBC and Australia’s Stan.

In Development

Casting News

Mark Your Calendars

  • Bridgerton returns on Netflix on May 16.
  • Mary and George debuts on Starz on April 5.
  • Unsolved Mysteries returns on Netflix sometime this year (!).

  • Damsel will debut on Netflix on March 8.

  • Madu debuts on Disney+ on March 29.
  • History of Evil debuts on Shudder on February 23.
  • Bail Jumpers premieres on Investigative Discovery on March 5.

R.I.P.

William O’Connell, Actor in a number of series including Dennis the Menace, My Three Sons, The Outer Limits, Bonanza, The Munsters, Batman, and The Lucy Show, but most remembered for his role in Star Trek and multiple roles counter to Clint Eastwood

Anne Edwards, Biorapher, screenwriter, novelist and actress

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