As the 2025–2026 television season comes to a close, Variety has compiled Nielsen viewership data across streaming, broadcast, and cable television. While it is no surprise that Netflix’s Stranger Things claimed the number-one spot, more concerning for Disney is that none of its streaming shows made the top ten.
The creator of Andor is tying the show's theme of "fascism" to President Trump and modern U.S. politics, pulling Disney's only modern Star Wars critical hit into divisive political rhetoric. For a franchise that has struggled to win back longtime viewers, Andor was...
Jac Schaeffer, the creator and showrunner of Agatha All Along, is parting ways with Disney. According to an exclusive report from Variety, Schaeffer has signed a three-year television overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios.
Sky TV customers in the U.K. and Ireland will soon have another way to access Disney+. Ironically, it’s a return to the very thing many cord-cutters hoped to escape through streaming. Thanks to a multi-year deal with Disney+, Netflix, HBO Max, and Hayu, those services will now be included in the broadcaster’s £24-a-month Ultimate TV package.
The conversation surrounding adult content on Disney+ is heating up as Disney moves forward with plans to consolidate its streaming ecosystem into a single unified platform. Following Disney’s full acquisition of Hulu, the company has begun laying the groundwork to...
Despite collapsing viewership, a quarter-billion-dollar production price tag, and its cancellation after just one season, Star Wars: The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland claims her failed show actually "succeeded." Yes — she claimed it was a success. That’s the word...
Less Americans are watching content made by Disney, and that may just signal a huge problem for the House of Mouse. Disney’s share of total U.S. TV viewing has slipped over the past year in Nielsen’s “Media Distributor Gauge,” and the details of what did drive...
As Kathleen Kennedy prepares to exit Lucasfilm, her farewell interview with Deadline reads less like an honest assessment of her tenure and more like a final attempt to rewrite the narrative — one that once again places the blame on Star Wars fans themselves. Rather...
Kathleen Kennedy is officially leaving Lucasfilm (for real this time...) bringing an end to her 14-year tenure overseeing Star Wars under Disney. This confirms a recent rumor by PUCK News. The announcement confirms a leadership transition that Disney appears eager to...
As Disney looks for ways to appeal to the next generation of viewers, Disney+ will soon introduce short-form vertical videos. Social media apps like TikTok and Instagram have made the format popular with younger users, and YouTube later adopted it with YouTube Shorts.
For years, Disney executives and legacy media outlets have insisted that Disney+ is a dominant force in the streaming wars. But new data tells a very different story — and it’s one that puts the entire Disney+ growth narrative in serious doubt.
Disney+ and the ABC broadcast network have released the first official teaser trailer for an upcoming The Muppet Show special featuring Sabrina Carpenter and developed by Seth Rogen, set to premiere on February 4, 2026. The special marks the first major television event tied to the franchise in decades and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the original series.
On December 17, the Walt Disney Company released its year in review streaming numbers for Disney+ and Hulu. The data was shown in a series of amusing images, but unfortunately a close look at the numbers may be no laughing matter for investors. It reveals a troubling decline in viewership and that new content didn’t find an audience.