Is Streaming TV Broken? Plus, What’s Going On With the DC Universe and ‘The English’

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🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Chris and Andy talk about the news that Warner Bros. Discovery will be canceling several more shows, as well as taking shows like ‘Westworld’ off the HBO Max platform (1:00). Then, they try to decipher what is going on with the DC Universe after James Gunn announced that he’s writing a new ‘Superman’ movie and that Henry Cavill will not be returning (35:02). Finally, they make their pitch for why you should be watching ‘The English’ (46:08). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Producer: Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Derek Thompson, long time right with the Atlantic magazine on tech, culture and politics.
0:07.1	There is a lot of noise out there and my goal is to cut through the headlines, loud tweets
0:12.3	and hot takes in my new podcast, Plain English.
0:15.6	I'll talk to some of the smartest people I know to give you clear viewpoints and memorable
0:19.9	takeaways.
0:21.5	Plain English starts November 16th.
0:24.0	Thompson for free on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:38.5	Hello and welcome to the watch.
0:40.3	My name is Chris Ryan.
0:41.3	I am an editor at theranger.com and joining me on the other line about to throw it all
0:47.2	away to become a James Gunn reply guy.
0:50.2	It's Indigree World!
0:53.4	How do we pivot to Twitter?
0:56.2	You know?
0:57.2	I love the way this guy's eggs.
0:58.2	Andy, we're going to talk about everything that's going on at the Warner Bros Discovery
1:02.8	Company because in the world of television and movies there's really only one story
1:06.1	and it's that.
1:07.1	Obviously there's other things going on, avatars coming out.
1:09.9	Tons of stuff.
1:10.9	But we're really going to focus today on some very interesting cancellations, disappearances,
1:16.7	removals happening on the HBO Mac service before it becomes Macs, before it becomes
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