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Superman (2025): You’ll believe a man can fly… because all movies are just cartoons now.
The 1978 Superman movie told audiences that “You'll believe a man can fly.” It was a way of talking up what was then-groundbreaking special effects and…
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Dan Barrett
They just do it different in France... (I'm talking about TV)
A few weeks back French broadcaster TF1 announced a deal with Netflix for carriage of its live linear broadcasts, along with on-demand library access.
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A trio of celebrity deaths shocked and startled
It’s been a rough couple of days with celebrity deaths.
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Finally, you can watch those missing Mad About You episodes. If you're not watching Sinners or an immortal Charlize Theron
This is, without an absolute doubt, the quietest weekend I can remember for years in terms of new and returning shows.
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With the 'Mushroom Lady' show, is ABC positioned as the new Channel 9?
A TV drama about the “Mushroom Lady” Erin Patterson seemed inevitable.
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Netflix cancellations. Hooray!
It’s always frustrating when a beloved show gets cancelled. These are not those shows.
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Trump settles with Paramount over case that should never have happened. Now we watch the merger that should have happened by now.
Good afternoon from the ABW bunker.
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Don't read too much into that Squid Game 3 cameo
I’ve been slammed all morning.
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June 2025

Foxtel forms a smart partnership. Suggests a way forward in a shifting market.
It was in early January of 2016.
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Dan Barrett
You'll all be watching Squid Game and The Bear, but what you should be watching...
Volume-wise, it’s a quiet week for streaming.
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We want to pay for ALL of the BBC. Also... the last taboo...
There’s an ABW reader who will often send me a text message to see if I am okay if the newsletter isn’t in his inbox by midday.
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Allison Williams said 'WHAT?' on the Megan 2.0 publicity tour?
Allison Williams is on the publicity tour for the film Megan 2.0. As is the way with any publicity tour, she has found herself answering questions that…
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