☀️NFLX, DIS, WBD, NBCU, PAR Q1 Earnings: Things to Watch
David O. Russell casts up at AMAZON / HULU enlists Lohan / CBS gets 'Jeopardy!' win
Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LINKEDIN here if ya like), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on THURSDAY, April 17, 2025.
Where I’m afraid it’s back to square one for the BAYLOR men’s basketball team next season. Literally.
The university will be bringing new meaning to the term “rebuilding year” as the hoops team has lost . . . all of its players from this season:
1 went pro
4 graduated
9 entered the transfer portal
Quite a state for a program that won the championship just 4 years ago.
ALSO: Nate Bargatze is your Emmys host in September on CBS.
AND: Here is your Tribeca Festival lineup for this June, featuring pics with talent such as Bryan Cranston, Kevin Bacon, Rose Byrne and Lucy Liu. As previously announced, it’ll kick off with the HBO doc Billy Joel: And So It Goes.
Music talent Miley Cyrus, Eddie Vedder, Billy Idol, Becky G and more will also participate (Miley’s new “visual album” will also debut at the fest).
AH MAN: What happened?!
THEN: France’s SPOTIFY equivalent — a service called DEEZER — reported that about 20k AI-generated music tracks are being uploaded to the service every day (I’m sure AI’s French accent is better than mine on the vocals).
No intel on, ya know, if anyone’s actually listening to them . . . but definitely evidence of the “flood the zone” influx that all platforms are only on the cusp of having to deal with in our glorious new AI age.
That 20k a day number is 2x what DEEZER reported just 3 months ago.
PLUS: COMCAST is now offering new broadband customers plans with prices locked in for 5 years. 👀 We’ll see how those Q1 broadband sub numbers come in a week from today (it lost 411k customers in 2024).
Certainly a curious move for a company that has touted rising ARPU for broadband customers over time as the main 💰 growth tactic ahead for that business.
Then again, this is just for new customers.
WAKEUP BOX OFFICE POLL
Well, Sinners seems to be holding to its $40M-ish projections — and if this original, R-rated period vampire piece reaches those heights . . . MBJ’s place among the A-List box office firmament is certainly getting an extra layer of cement (in the good way).
WB has it more $35M to $40M, but some in exhibition think it could hit $50M.
🎥 THE SILVER SCREEN
