#67 – New Year, New Marvel: Echo (Plus Amazon, Paramount, and Other Kingpins)

Whoops, we accidentally predicted the future too well in our last episode! So we’re back to catch up on the doom and gloom at Paramount+, the mass hysteria surrounding Amazon Prime Video’s turn to ads, and more news from the past month. Then we’ll make the case for why Marvel’s new “Spotlight” series Echo breathes new life into their struggling TV formula… if you can make it through the first 25 minutes of franchise-mandated flashbacks. Plus it’s a new year, so it’s time to get your streaming house in order. We’ll help you budget with the return of our awards-pending advice segment Add/Keep/Cancel. ——— 📺 Review: Echo 🚨 Light Spoilers: First 3 Episodes (starting at 42:35) 🚨 Total Episodes: 1 Season, 5 Episodes (all released) Where to Watch: Disney+ and Hulu Spinoffs: Hawkeye (Disney+) ——— 🔗 Links: Warner Bros. Discovery in talks to merge with Paramount – Sara Fischer, Axios A merging of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount would be very bad – Alex Cranz, The Verge Max sinks Our Flag Means Death after two seasons – Matt Schimkowitz, A.V. Club Amazon Cutting Hundreds of Jobs at Prime Video and MGM Studios – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th – Chris Welch, The Verge The Mandalorian Has Become the Next Star Wars Movie – Germain Lussier, Gizmodo Star Trek races to announce it's getting a new movie too, okay? – William Hughes, A.V. Club Echo review: A quietly lovely (and very bloody) entry in the superhero canon – Sam Barsanti, A.V. Club All the 2024 TV Show Premiere Dates to Add to Your Calendar – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter ——— Subscribe and share at streamageddon.com