Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too:
■ Most of Netflix's shows are absolutely skippable trash - and Netflix admits it (subscription required).
■ MUST READ: What will TV look like after video streaming services have killed the pay-TV bundle?
■ A former producer at The Ellen DeGeneres Show says Ellen - who claims she knew nothing - was definitely aware of the abuse going on and the "culture of fear" (subscription required).
- A complete guide to the downward spiral and implosion of Ellen DeGeneres' public persona.
■ Nowadays the Truth is mostly paywalled but the Lies are mostly free.
When it comes to online content, the lie is more accessible than its refutation.
■ The Disney+ spinoff series from Star Wars keeps on coming. Here's the latest round-up.
■ Netflix shows and films are full of various products and brands. Is this actually product placement?
■ MSNBC (StarSat 263) is changing its programming line-up yet again, extending Nicolle Wallance's Deadline White House to 2 hours, moving Chuck Todd's Meet the Press Daily, and giving Ayman Mohyeldin a show.
■ The average TV viewer now has 1.59 subscriptions to video streaming services - and it's increasing.
■ All of the problematic pseudoscience shared by Netflix in Zac Efron's Down to Earth travel show.
■ On Tuesday Disney will reveal how much the Covid-19 pandemic hit its revenue that the Mouse House gets from its theme parks, ESPN and its Disney+ streaming service.
■ TV news anchor in India who interviewed singer about positivity commits suicide after suffering from depression.
■ Former Springboks coach Peter de Villiers called sport writers "rats"; says they "lacked knowledge" and says he "couldn't find one who had played first team rugby for his school".
