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Season three of HBOsSuccession, for example, is almost certainly now delayed until 2021.
Joe Adalian
Big Changes for CBS All Access
This morning, ViacomCBSreportedits first-quarter earnings.
And it did sort of.
ViacomCBS will likely want time to test new names and hammer out a marketing strategy for the improved service.
Expect all the major ViacomCBS TV brands (MTV, Comedy Central, etc.)
to add shows to All Access very soon.
This will bring first window content from each of our brands to this platform.
I, for one, am excited forCSI: Jersey Shore.
Cable TVs Scripted Quandary
Bakish didnt answer every lingering question about the companys new streaming plans.
And there also wasnt much talk about the big changes happening at the companys linear networks.
Translation: The ratings and health of individual cable networks will no longer drive programming decisions.
Instead, the focus will be on managing the companys overall portfolio of networks and production studios.
By contrast, a Netflix sale is pretty much risk-free for ViacomCBS.
Instead, it sold season ones episodes to Netflix, which also agreed to make a season two.
Season one debuted on Netflix weeks after wrapping on Lifetime and instantly became a buzzy success.
The Netflix-exclusive second season also did well.
Having a half-dozen cable (or even streaming) kingdoms doing their own thing simply doesnt make sense anymore.
Inessential Wrestling?
A Comcast Xfinity rep tells me that TLCs90-Day Fiance: Before the 90 Dayswas the No.
2 most-watched title on the companys video-on-demand platform between March 9 and April 26.
Im secretly hoping viewers are intentionally punishing WWE for its profit-centric thinking.
Unfortunately for Disney, its about the only real bright spot for the company right now.
Looking to Stream Something Different?
Kweli TVAn indie streamer with content from black creators, both in America and across the African diaspora.
Movies from Nigeria (Flower Girl) live next to American docs such asChanging Face of Harlem.
The titles are often award nominees (and winners), festival faves, and foreign-language hits.
Jimmy Kimmel, reflecting on Trumps odd choice of music for his first trip outside of Washington in months.
