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Last Week Tonight host John Oliver just blackmailed Congress

April 11th, 2022

Companies playing fast and loose with user data online is certainly not a new phenomenon, but one whose practitioners continue to get more egregious and brazen over time, it seems. Google banned dozens of apps from the Google Play Store in recent days, for example, after discovering that they were secretly harvesting data. On Sunday’s …

Stranger Things 4 hits Netflix on May 27th.

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Stranger Things season 4 episodes will all be over an hour long

April 11th, 2022

Jacob Siegal

Nearly three years after the third season, Stranger Things is finally returning for season 4 in May. Unlike previous seasons, not every episode of Stranger Things 4 will hit Netflix at once. Instead, Netflix split the new season into two volumes, as it has done with many of its most popular shows. But as Stranger …

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Huge Better Call Saul update: Walter White and Jesse appear in the final season

April 10th, 2022

Andy Meek

Better Call Saul co-creator Vince Gilligan had already teased, in a chat from a few days ago with our sister publication Variety, that Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul will reprise their iconic Breaking Bad characters (of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, respectively) in the upcoming final season of the spinoff series focused on lawyer Jimmy …

Moon Knight is coming to Disney Plus in March.

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Oscar Isaac hints at new Moon Knight personalities we haven’t met yet

April 10th, 2022

Chris Smith

Moon Knight is out on Disney Plus, where you can already watch the first two episodes of the limited series. They do a great job introducing this new Marvel character without actually referencing any other MCU events so far. But Moon Knight is a troubled superhero, a character who features multiple personalities that contend for …

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Roku will replace traditional TV commercials with targeted ads

April 7th, 2022

Jacob Siegal

Before too long, it will be virtually impossible to escape targeted ads. To that point, Roku is launching a linear ad beta program this week which will allow advertisers to serve targeted ads in real time. Dynamic linear ads have become increasingly common as internet TV has grown in popularity. It was only a matter …

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Better Call Saul season 6 already has a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score

April 7th, 2022

Andy Meek

The first half of Better Call Saul season 6 — yes, the first half, since this is yet another popular show cutting its final season in half, prolonging the goodbye — is still a little more than a week away. Nevertheless, critics who’ve gotten an early look at the new season’s initial episodes are already …

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This new Netflix true-crime docuseries is shocking viewers

April 6th, 2022

Andy Meek

One of the clearest indications of the horror that awaits viewers of Netflix’s newest true-crime series — Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story — comes from a review in The Guardian, of all places. You might, for example, expect a certain refinement of manner from a UK print journalist. But that review of Netflix’s new …

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Leak reveals Daredevil and Kingpin will appear in Marvel’s Echo series

April 6th, 2022

Jacob Siegal

Ever since Daredevil finished its run on Netflix, fans have been clamoring for a revival. And they finally got their wish last year. Not only did Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) return as Peter Parker’s lawyer in Spider-Man: No Way Home; Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio) also reemerged in Hawkeye on Disney Plus. These two cameos set the stage …

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Save money on Netflix, HBO Max, and more with one brilliant streaming trick

April 6th, 2022

Andy Meek

Like a lot of you, I find myself at the moment paying significantly more each month for the various streaming services I’m signed up for than I ever did for cable. At least $135 a month, in fact, which encompasses Netflix; Hulu with the live TV add-on option; YouTube Premium; HBO Max; Apple TV Plus; …

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If you have a Roku, you’re getting 16 new channels for free in April

April 6th, 2022

Jacob Siegal

Roku is more than just a platform for popular streaming services like Netflix or Spotify. The company also launched a live TV service of its own called The Roku Channel. Unlike YouTube TV or Sling, The Roku Channel is free. And in addition to on-demand movies and shows, The Roku Channel also has tons of …