Streaming Jumped 24% In June To Capture One-Third Of Overall TV Viewing, Nielsen Says; Broadcast And Cable Sank To Record Low Share

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJoe Keery, Lamorne Morris and Richa Moorjani are the latest additions to the Season 5 cast of “Fargo” at FX, Variety has learned.The trio join previously announced season leads Jon Hamm, Juno Temple, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Most details about the character each will play is being kept under wraps. As previously announced, the new season is set in 2019 and asks the questions when is a kidnapping not a kidnapping, and what if your wife isn’t yours?Keery will play the character Gator Tillman.

Jenna Coleman. The new Netflix series is the latest endeavour in Jenna's vastly successful career. The actress first rose to fame starring on Emmerdale as Jasmine Thomas, before moving on to appear in Waterloo Road.

Selome Hailu Per Nielsen, Amazon Prime Video’s Chris Pratt-led thriller series “The Terminal List” was watched for 1.6 million minutes during the July 4-10 viewing window, its first full week of availability after premiering on July 1. The series took the No. 2 position on Nielsen’s Top 10 streaming chart this week, second only to “Stranger Things.”This viewing window marked the first full week of availability for the two episodes that make up Volume 2 of “Stranger Things” Season 4.

Wilson Chapman editorAcademy Award winner Kathy Bates and YouTube star Liza Koshy have joined the cast for an upcoming romantic comedy film from Netflix.The film, which is currently untitled, is headlined by former “The Paperboy” co-stars Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron, as well as “Kissing Booth” lead Joey King. According to the logline, the film will focus on a young woman, her mother and her movie star boss as as a surprising romance kicks off comedic consequences for the trio, forcing them to face complications of love, sex and identity.The film is directed by “The Last Five Years” and “Beautiful Creatures” director Richard LaGravenese, who co-wrote the script with Carrie Solomon.

Oscar-winner Kathy Bates and “Work It” star Liza Koshy have joined the cast of a still-untitled romantic comedy in the works at Netflix that will star the previously announced Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron and Joey King.Richard LaGravenese (“Behind the Candelabra”) is directing the film from a script he co-wrote with Carrie Solomon.The film follows a surprising romance that kicks off when a young woman, her mother and her movie star boss face the complications of love, sex, and identity. No character details were revealed for Bates and Koshy.

Rege-Jean Page sharing some new details about his role in The Gray Man.

Netflix has partnered with Curious Films for feature length John McAfee documentary called “Running With The Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee,” which will deliver exclusive never-before-seen footage of the eccentric software pioneer as he goes on the run following the murder of his neighbor. And you can watch the first trailer for the documentary right now in the player above.McAfee invented one of the most successful and frustrating pieces of software in computer history: McAfee Anti-Virus. At his peak, he was worth $100 million.

Naman Ramachandran Curious Films is producing “Running With The Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee,” a feature length documentary for Netflix telling the story of the life and death of software pioneer John McAfee.British-American McAfee was the inventor of one of the most successful, and reviled, pieces of software of all time: McAfee Antivirus. At his peak, McAfee was worth $100 million.

Netflix has greenlit a premium documentary on software pioneer John McAfee, who went on the run after his neighbor was murdered in Belize.

British actor Regé-Jean Page is in high demand in Hollywood. Since his appearance as Simon Basset in the Shonda Rhimes Netflix show Bridgerton, which earned him an Emmy nomination, he has appeared in big budget films like The Gray Man, and his role as The Paladin in Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. 

Naman Ramachandran Regé-Jean Page, the breakout star from the first season of “Bridgerton,” could be a great James Bond, according to the Russo Brothers, who directed him in Netflix film “The Gray Man.”In an interview with the U.K.’s Radio Times, the Russos were asked about persistent rumors linking Page to the role of James Bond. Joe Russo said: “He’s fantastic.

The Sandman is coming!

Naman Ramachandran Former U.K. Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who is one of the two candidates in the British prime ministerial race, has vowed to go ahead with the privatization of broadcaster Channel 4.In a statement shared with U.K. media on Thursday, a spokesperson for Sunak said: ‘Rishi will take forward Channel 4’s privatization.

Netflix‘s upcoming K-drama The Glory, written by Descendants Of The Sun writer Kim Eun-sook.The streaming service announced today (July 22) in a statement to Korean news outlet Star News the final cast line-up for the forthcoming thriller series; The Glory follows the story of a former victim of brutal school violence seeking to exact revenge on her bullies after taking up a job as a homeroom teacher at an elementary school where her bully’s child is a student, as translated by Soompi.Veteran actress Song Hye-kyo (Now, We Are Breaking Up) will star as vengeful protagonist Moon Dong-eun, with Lee Do-hyun (Beyond Evil, Hotel Del Luna) set to star alongside her as male lead Joo Yeo-jung, described as a man who puts on a cheerful facade in order to hide a complicated secret.Lim Ji-yeon (Rose Mansion) has also been cast as Park Yeon-jin, the series’ main antagonist who was at the forefront of Dong-eun’s traumatic school experiences. Yeom Hye-ran, on the other hand, will star as Kang Hyun-nam, a victim of domestic violence and a protective mother who approaches Dong-eun with an offer.

Selome Hailu The “Stranger Things” hot streak was finally put on pause on the Nielsen’s streaming rankings during the week of June 20-26, when “The Umbrella Academy” took the No. 1 position with 2.5 billion minutes watched thanks to the June 22 premiere of the show’s third season.“Stranger Things” followed in second place with 2.3 billion minutes watched during this viewing window, which marked Season 4 Volume 1’s fourth full week of availability.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterNetflix co-CEO Reed Hastings declared during the streamer’s Q2 earnings interview Tuesday that linear television will go the way of the dinosaur within the next decade.“It’s definitely the end of linear TV over the next 5 to 10 years,” Hastings said while discussing Netflix’s financial and subscriber results on the pre-recorded Q&A, which came on the heels of the reveal the streamer lost 970,000 subscribers in Q2. That loss was actually a win for Netflix, which had originally expected to lose 2 million subscribers by the end of June 30.Though very bold, Hastings thoughts on the state of linear television are hardly a shock given his position at the top of the world’s biggest streamer — and they carry forward data touted by Netflix earlier Tuesday.

Rafael Caro Quintero, whose role in the murder and torture of a US anti-narcotics agent in 1985 was profiled in the Netflix drama series Narcos: Mexico, has been captured by a joint law task force.

”The Gray Man”, an adaptation of the Mark Greaney novel of the same name.For the film, the Russo Brothers have recruited longtime collaborator Chris Evans, seen in their work on “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (2014), “Captain America: Civil War” (2016), “Avengers: Infinity War”(2018), and “Avengers: Endgame” (2019). However, this time around Evans plays the villain not the hero, with Ryan Gosling filling the role of the film’s protagonist.

A film of Where The Crawdads Sing, the best-selling murder mystery novel by Delia Owens, is out this summer.