Welcome back to What I’m Hearing+, my newish weekly complement to Matt Belloni’s flagship property, focused on the streaming industry and the analytics behind it all.

Tonight, a look at Hollywood’s sprint back toward live TV after years running the other direction. But first…

1. Walter Hamada’s Scary-good Move: Until his recent Warner Bros. exit, Walter Hamada was running the DC movie universe. Where Hamada really shined, however, was in his past work producing New Line horror films like the Conjuring franchise, which has grossed more than $2.1 billion over eight movies. He also oversaw the successful two-film reboot of It with director Andy Muschietti. Now Hamada is moving to Paramount in a production deal to shape its horror strategy. Some might consider that a step back from running Warners’ Marvel competitor, but the role will put Hamada in a position to shine—instead of staying in one where he was constantly set up to fail.
2. Manifesting Netflix History: Congratulations to Manifest’s first season for becoming the first English-speaking series to crack Netflix’s Top 10 global list for more than...

It’s easy to forget, after all, that some of the fastest growing platforms in the fragmented streaming space aren’t the ones you read most about, but rather YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, and even the FAST...