Perry vs. Shari, CNN’s Youthquake, Freedman’s Reality War

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon bundle of Puck’s best new reporting.

Today, we lead with Matt Belloni’s fascinating dissection of Puck’s second original research study, revealing how consumers have soured on the entire streaming industry over the last six months. Is it fallout from the strikes? Price hikes? And why can’t anyone remember that Ted Lasso is on Apple?

Plus, below the fold: Bill Cohan explains why Shari’s BET problem is just the tip of the iceberg. Baratunde Thurston artfully examines our collective Trump fatigue. Matt spotlights Bryan Freedman’s next target. Jonathan Handel solves (at least on paper) Hollywood’s data transparency problem. And on The Powers That Be, Dylan Byers and Peter Hamby discuss Bob Iger’s limited options at Disney, CNN’s next generation, and the defenestration of CBS News’ leader.

MATTHEW BELLONI

Puck’s second original research study reveals consumers are souring on their streaming services, from Apple’s ‘Ted Lasso’ familiarity deficit to the HBO Max/Discovery+ divide and more.

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WILLIAM D. COHAN

Notes on the Wall Street chatter animating the Sconset crowd: Shari Redstone vs. Tyler Perry, the trials of David Solomon, and Steve Schwarzman’s word on Trump.

BARATUNDE THURSTON

A fourth indictment of the former president doesn’t appear to be moving the needle on public opinion. But it is finally providing an accounting, if not accountability, of Trump’s most pernicious crimes.

MATTHEW BELLONI

The feared Hollywood litigator, representing Bethenny Frankel and other Bravo stars, is demanding that everyone who works on the shows be able to speak freely about unlawful workplace conduct.