Which streaming news stories did you miss this week?
Which streaming news stories did you miss this week?
Top streaming series get renewals, ‘The Office’ spinoff sets its release date, and more streaming stories you might have missed this week.
Coming back from a holiday weekend is always a little tough. A lot of readers were probably focused solely on the grind this week, and you’d be forgiven for missing out on some of the smaller stories from around the streaming universe as you tried to get back into the groove. Don’t worry if you didn’t catch the stories you’ll see below. We’ve assembled our traditional list of streaming stories you might have missed in the course of your week, and you can read up on all of them below!
Which streaming stories did you miss this week?
Prime Video announces broadcast team for NBA games
The NBA is leaving TNT for Prime Video this fall, but when you tune into the streamer to watch games, you’ll hear plenty of familiar voices. Former TNT announcers Ian Eagle and Kevin Harlan will join Prime Video’s play-by-play team, alongside Michael Grady and Eric Collins. Analysis will be provided by former NBA stars Steve Nash and Dwayne Wade, WNBA legend Candace Parker, Stan Van Gundy, Brent Barry, and Dell Curry. Cassidy Hubbarth, Allie Clifton, and Kristina Pink will serve as sideline reporters for the league’s first season on Prime Video.
Prime Video
Prime Video is a subscription video streaming service that includes on-demand access to 10,000+ movies, TV shows, and Prime Originals like “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” “Jack Ryan,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The Boys,” and more. Subscribers can also add third-party services like Max, Showtime, STARZ, and dozens more with Prime Video Channels. Prime Video also offers exclusive live access to NFL Thursday Night Football.
Apple TV+ announces renewal of ‘Slow Horses’
Season 5 of the darkly comedic spy series “Slow Horses” is hitting Apple TV+ on Sept. 24, and the show has already been confirmed for a sixth season. But fans need not fear that Season 6 will be the last; on Tuesday, Apple announced that it was renewing “Slow Horses” for a seventh season.
“‘Slow Horses’ has won fans all over the world with its unique mix of self-deprecating British humor and high-octane action,” Apple TV+ executive Jay Hunt said. “I’m delighted viewers will have another season to enjoy Gary’s magnificent performance as Jackson Lamb alongside the Slow Horses’ slightly inept spycraft.”
Apple TV
Apple TV (formerly known as Apple TV+) is a subscription video streaming service for $14.99 per month, offering a growing slate of original series, films, documentaries, and specials. Unlike other platforms that combine licensed titles with originals, Apple TV is built entirely around exclusive programming, making it the home of critically acclaimed hits such as “Ted Lasso,” “Severance,” “The Morning Show,” and “Silo.” Its lineup continues to expand with award-winning dramas, comedies, family-friendly shows, and blockbuster original films like “CODA,” which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
‘The Bear’ cooks up Season 5
Staying on the topic of renewals, “The Bear” will be back with a new season soon as well. Hulu and FX announced that the fan-favorite show about a fine-dining restaurant in Chicago has indeed been renewed for a fifth season. The show’s fourth season debuted in late June, showing the continued efforts of chef Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto and his staff to keep their new restaurant, The Bear, afloat.
“‘The Bear’ continues to be a fan favorite worldwide and their response to this season, as seen through incredibly high viewership, has been as spectacular as any of its previous seasons,” chairman of FX John Landgraf said. “Year-in and year-out, Chris Storer, the producers, cast and crew make ‘The Bear’ one of the best shows on television, and we are excited that they will continue to tell this magnificent story.”
Hulu
Hulu is a video streaming service that gives access to thousands of full seasons of exclusive series, hit movies, kids shows, and Hulu Originals like “Only Murders in the Building,” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
TCM will not join other WBD cable channels in spin-off
Warner Bros. Discovery has made the big decision to spin off its cable channels into a separate company, while keeping its streaming service HBO Max and its movie studio sequestered in another company. On Tuesday, Variety reported that one WBD channel isn’t joining its linear siblings: Turner Classic Movies. The classic movie channel has set a co-management structure, with creative functions like programming and strategy remaining under the purview of the Studios & Streaming Group. Business operations at the channel will be looked after by the Global Networks company. Other cable channels like CNN, Food Network, HGTV, and Magnolia Network will be completely folded into Global Networks; TCM is the only channel to get this special arrangement.
HBO Max
HBO Max is a subscription video streaming service that gives access to the full HBO library and exclusive Max Originals. There are hubs for content from TLC, HGTV, Food Network, Discovery, TCM, Cartoon Network, Travel Channel, ID, and more. Watch hit series like “The Last of Us,” “House of the Dragon,” “Succession,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and more. Within HBO Max, B/R Sports allows users to watch live NBA, MLB, NHL, March Madness, and NASCAR events.
ESPN signs deal with Big East for basketball, Olympic sports
The Big East is continuing to make big-name summertime broadcast deals. Last year, the conference signed new agreements with Fox, NBC, and TNT, and on Tuesday it followed those successes with a new deal with ESPN.
Beginning in the 2025-26 season, ESPN will offer a minimum of 75 women’s basketball games from the Big East, as well as 200 Olympic sports events. All of these contests will be available to stream on ESPN+. That means they’ll also be found in the forthcoming ESPN streaming service that will launch this fall.
ESPN Select
ESPN Select is a streaming service that replaced ESPN+ and provides access to live NHL, MLB, and MLS games, PGA Tour Golf, international sports events, ESPN original programming, and a complete archive of “30 for 30.” Find out our review of the service and how to start streaming ESPN Select.
Peacock sets premiere date for ‘The Paper’
If you’ve been missing “The Office,” then Peacock has great news for you. A spinoff of the series entitled “The Paper,” which will see the same documentary crew that observed the inner workings of Dunder Mifflin paper company for years begin filming life at a Midwestern newspaper, is coming to the streamer later this year.
This week, Peacock announced the series would debut on Sept. 4, and two new episodes would appear every subsequent Thursday until Sept. 25. The series stars a mostly new cast, but will see Oscar Nuñez return to the role of Oscar Martinez that first originated in “The Office.”
Peacock
Peacock is a subscription video streaming service from NBCUniversal that includes original shows, blockbuster movies, and classic television series. Peacock is home to “Yellowstone,” “The Office,” and original hits like “Poker Face” and “Bel-Air.” You can also watch live sports and NBC programming, including the NFL, MLB, WWE, the Olympics, the Premier League, NASCAR, the French Open, college football and basketball, and the PGA Tour. Premium Plus subscribers can stream their local NBC feed in all 210 markets.
Disney+ unveils sizzle reel for releases in the second half of 2025
There’s plenty of content headed to Disney+ in the second half of 2025. On Tuesday, the streamer released a sizzle real to get viewers excited about this programming lineup, including footage from highly-anticipated shows like “Alien: Earth,” “King of the Hill,” “Only Murders in the Building,” “Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” “Wonder Man,” and more.
Check out the footage here:
Disney+
Disney+ is a video streaming service with over 13,000 series and films from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, The Muppets, and more. It is available in 61 countries and 21 languages. It is notable for its popular original series like “The Mandalorian,” “Ms. Marvel,” “Loki,” “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” and “Andor.”