About this episode

David and Patrick discuss the Hulu series 'Furious' and continue their rewatch of 'Dark Matter' while covering various TV news topics.

In this episode of the Decoding TV podcast, David and Patrick discuss what’s going on in the world of TV, then dive into the Hulu original series Furious and continue their Dark Matter season 1 rewatch. How much do we think Netflix paid Rockstar to broadcast a videogame commercial? Will Disney Verts ever be a thing? And will David Ellison actually move Paramount out of California? Listen to hear us discuss all of these topics and more. Homework for next week: Lanterns (HBO Max) Dark Matter Rewatch: Season 1 Episode 9 (Apple TV) Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate): 03:30 - Show of the Week Furious (Hulu) 21:55 - TV News GTA 6 to debut extended look on Netflix and YouTube August 27 Disney and tiktok strike content-sharing deal Ellison threatens to move out of California Regal and AMC back the Paramount merger David Ellison promises movie theaters that he’ll release 30 movies per year 45:00 - Dark Matter Episode 8 - Jupiter Links: Thanks to Michael J Johnson for our Show of the Week and Patrick Finishes the Damn Show audio bumpers Listen to Patrick’s videogame podcast, Remap Radio Subscribe to Patrick’s newsletter, Crossplay Subscribe to this podcast on YouTube Follow this…

People in this episode

Hosts: David, Patrick

Topics covered

• Furious
• Dark Matter
• TV news
• video game commercial
• Disney Verts
• Paramount merger

Keywords

• Furious
• Dark Matter
• TV news
• Netflix
• Disney
• David Ellison
• video game commercial
• Paramount

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hulu, Netflix, Disney, Paramount

Books & works: Furious, Dark Matter, GTA 6

Places: California

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