Cordkillers 439 - I Work For The Dog
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CordKillers: 439 - I Work For The Dog
Recorded: January 16 2023
Guest: None
Intro Video
Gunther's Millions
What to Watch
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’: New Trailer Has Paul Rudd Facing A Grim Ending
‘History Of The World, Part II’: Hulu Drops Official Trailer For Mel Brooks Sequel Series
- There's a trailer for History of the World Part II from Mel Brooks which will not be a movie but an 8 episode series premiering March 6th with two episodes each day until March 9th. Pick a comedian you like, there's a better than even chance they're in it.
‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ Nears $1.9B WW As It Closes In On ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ – International Box Office
James Cameron Teases ‘Avatar 3’ Will Introduce Fire Element & Two New Cultures
- Avatar: The Way of Water has brought in $1.894 billion worldwide as of Sunday making it the 7th highest-grossing film of all time, just behind Spider-Man: No Way Home's $1.921 billion. $1.331 Billion of that comes from overseas making it the 5th biggest international release. And don't forget there are two more to come. At the Critics Choice Awards, James Cameron said fire will play a part in Avatar 3 which will introduce two more cultures from Pandora.
Eyes On:
Brian: Stutz
Tom: Big Mouth
On the Lookout: The Menu
Front Lines
MLB hires Billy Chambers as EVP/Local Media
Diamond Sports Removes Sinclair as Operator of Regional Sports Networks
- The Sports Business Journal says Major League Baseball has hired regional sports network exec Billy Chambers in order to figure out how to end local market blackouts and not lose local market broadcaster's money. Chambers worked at Fox Sports Net which had the largest number of local broadcasters for sports until Fox sold that unit to Disney which sold it on to Sinclair which operates it under the Bally name as part of its Diamond Sports Group subsidiary. On Feb. 1 Chambers will take over as EVP/Local Media for MLB. Sports Business Journal speculates MLB will try to take back rights from Diamond Sports, and then get rights from Comcast and Warner shortly after. That would let MLB control the broadcasts and where they get distributed, which would mean they could decide to not do blackouts.
HBO Max’s first price hike raises the monthly rate by $1
- HBO Max will raise the price of its ad-free service from $14.99 a month in the US to $15.99 a month as of February 11th. This comes in advance of a merger of HBO Max with Discovery Plus, expected in the spring.
MoviePass Completes Seed Financing Round Led by Animoca Brands
- MoviePass announced it had raised its seed funding, led by a Hong-Kong gaming and blockchain company called Animoca Brands. This money will be used to extend the beta launch of the service and implement a "Web3" strategy as promised. MoviePass beta is live in 9 US cities in partnership with 25 cinema chains.
DirecTV Sets Layoffs Of Hundreds Of Workers, Citing “Secular Decline” Of Pay-TV
- DirecTV laid off a few hundred workers, mostly in management, citing declining subscriptions and increasing carriage rates. DirecTV runs a satellite TV service, fiber service called U-verse and a streaming service called DirecTV Stream. DirecTV will also lose a cash cow in NFL Sunday Ticket which moves to YouTube next season.
Netflix released a trailer for an 8-episode documentary series about the Pro Golf Association, called Full Swing. It arrives February 15th.
ABC renewed Abbott Elementary for a third season.
‘Fear the Walking Dead’ to End With Season 8 at AMC
- Season 8 of Fear the Walking Dead on AMC will be its last. First group of episodes premieres May 14th, with the last group coming later in the year.
‘The Bear’: FX Sets Summer Premiere; Season 2 Upped To 10 Episodes
Dispatches from the front
What’s a show you’d want to watch but haven’t had a chance to watch? I think I’d watch The Sopranos as I’ve seen many episodes but not all. But not in any rush…
What’s a show you’ve seen before but want to watch again? For me, that would be The Wire.
And a divergent opinion, what is a show or movie broadly liked that you don't? For me it is Always Sunny and any animated show and I HATE The Big Lebowski. Can't stand them.
There are three for you.
- Norm
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