(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) The big data news for the end of August is that Nielsen is finally rolling out a “new ... Read MoreHas KPop Demon Hunters Passed Encanto For Biggest Stre...| Entertainment Strategy Guy
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Today’s article is free for all to read.) What’s my goal with this newsletter? I’d argue that it’s this: To turn down the volume. Sometimes, a trend gets hyped to, ... Read MoreIntroducing…The Taylor Swi...| Entertainment Strategy Guy
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) As I wrote last Friday, it’s been about four months since my last “Renewals, Cancellations, Un-Orders and Removals” update, so I had to split this article into two parts. Last ... Read MoreEven More Streaming an...| Entertainment Strategy Guy
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) This summer, I updated the article on my data philosophy. While I was rewriting it, I cut a section—which I first wrote three years ago—that argued “We have streaming ratings ... Read MoreHow to Know if Netflix ...| Entertainment Strategy Guy
(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) I know it’s going to be a good Streaming Ratings Report issue when I argue with my editor/researcher ... Read MoreNetflix Gives Up On The Binge (Not Real...| Entertainment Strategy Guy
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) Last week, I had dinner with a friend who works at a streamer, but doesn’t know what I do. We were chatting about TV shows, and he kept calling TV ... Read MoreOver 93 of the Biggest TV Show Flops, Bombs and Misses ...| Entertainment Strategy Guy
(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) Looking at the stories for July and August of 2025, a lot of them struck me as “this may happen” stories, not ... Read MoreThe (Sports) Bundle Lives!!! The post The (Sp...| Entertainment Strategy Guy
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) It’s that time! Time for my semi-annual collection of all the “Flops, Bombs and Misses” on streaming for the first half of 2025. Up first, films. (And specials…) As happens ... Read More36 of the Biggest Fil...| Entertainment Strategy Guy
