Netflix is increasing subscription prices in the U.S. and other markets — including the first hike on its ad-supported plan. The streamer revealed the price increases along with its Q4 2024 earnings results Tuesday, when it announced its biggest-ever quarterly increase in subscribers with a gain of 18.9 million for the period. Under the new […]

Netflix revealed it has now reached 301.63 million subscribers globally when it reported its fourth-quarter 2024 earnings Tuesday. Analysts estimated the streamer would add 9.18 million paid subs during the October-December time period versus the 13.12 million it tacked on in the comparable Q4 2023. Netflix smashed those expectations by adding 18.91 million subscribers, a […]

Lyrical Media chief Alex Black got swarmed with “a million emails and messages” on the day it was announced his young production company was teaming with Ryder Picture Company on a film adaptation of Emily Henry’s best-selling 2024 rom-com “Funny Story,” screen-written by the author herself. A big get for any studio, the deal was […]

Following 2024’s massive wave of layoffs across the video game industry, one in 10 developers say they were among those cut from AAA studios and indie outlets alike. According to the the Game Developers Conference’s newly released “2025 State of the Game Industry” report, 11% of the 3,000 developers surveyed say they were laid off […]

Guy Fieri’s “Tournament of Champions” will debut its sixth season on March 2. The hit Food Network series will debut at 8 p.m. ET on the linear cable channel and stream on Max. Per the description for “Tournament of Champions” Season 6, “Pressure is amped up and emotions run high as chefs face wild challenges […]

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers from Monday’s episode of Fox’s “9-1-1: Lone Star,” titled “All Who Wander.” The 126 returned Monday with the first of the final batch of “9-1-1: Lone Star” episodes. And if the Fox first-responder drama has prepped its fans for anything over the past five years, it’s to expect the […]

LuckyChap and Wattpad Webtoon Studios Inc. are producing a live-action film adaptation of the Webtoon hit “Stagtown.” Filmmaker and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” VFX artist Benjamin Brewer is on board to write and direct the project. The film will be adapted from creator Punko’s Webtoon webcomic, “Stagtown,” which has over 18 million views online. […]

Nintendo has unveiled the long-awaited successor to its popular Switch video game console: the Nintendo Switch 2. First-look images at the console design and a teaser trailer were revealed by Nintendo Thursday, but the Japan-based video game company has held back the price tag for the Switch 2 as well as the official release date. […]

One of the most highly anticipated book releases of 2025 is set for next week, less than a month into the new year: “Onyx Storm,” the latest sequel to Rebecca Yarros’ wildly popular 2023 romantasy hit “Fourth Wing.” From Entangled Publishing’s Red Tower Books, the books follow Violet Sorrengail, a student at Basgiath War College […]

On the heels of the massive success of award-winning indie poker-themed deck-building game “Balatro,” mobile game giant King is getting in on the playing-card trend with the launch of “Candy Crush Solitaire.” Per King’s description for the new “Candy Crush” franchise game, “‘Candy Crush Solitaire’ offers players a fresh, exciting way to enjoy solitaire by […]

Netflix has picked up the rights to adapt Ana Huang’s romance novel “Twisted Love” and its sequels into a TV series in a seven-figure option deal. Per the logline for the project, “A steamy new adult series that follows the lives of four best friends and their brooding love interests, riddled with dark secrets from […]

The release date for “Assassin’s Creed Shadows” has once again been pushed back at Ubisoft. Shifting from Feb. 14 to March 20, the delay “will allow the team to better incorporate the player feedback gathered over the past three months and help create the best conditions for launch by continuing to engage closely with the […]

“Scrubs” creator and “Ted Lasso” writer Bill Lawrence is set to receive the Writers Guild of America East’s Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence at the 77th annual WGA Awards next month. Named in honor of legendary “Saturday Night Live” writer and television producer Herb Sargent, who served as WGAE president for 14 years, the […]

NBCUniversal and Nexstar Media have renewed their ongoing distribution deal across NBC affiliate TV stations. The companies announced the renewal Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The new pact is a multi-year agreement across NBC TV Network affiliates in 33 markets in the U.S., including 29 stations owned by Irving, Texas-based TV […]

The nominations for the 14th annual New York Game Awards were revealed Tuesday. Among the games nominated for the top honor, Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year, are: “Balatro,” “Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth,” “Astro Bot,” “UFO 50,” “1000xResist,” “Indiana Jones and the Great Circle,” “Metaphor: ReFantazio” and “EA Sports College Football 25.” […]

Roku reached more than 90 million streaming households in the first week of the new year. For the third quarter, streaming tech giant Roku reported streaming households of 85.5 million. According to Roku’s Tuesday announcement, it ended 2024 with 89.8 million streaming households, adding the remainder that pushed it over the 90-million mark in the […]

A virtual reality game based on Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon” franchise at Netflix is launching from Sandbox VR. Titled “Rebel Moon: The Descent,” the experience will see players “gear up with their fellow rebels for battle against the ruthless forces of the Motherworld’s military,” per the game’s description. “Inspired by the vision of legendary director […]

Get ready, players: Netflix’s new mobile game “Squid Game: Unleashed” is adding characters and competitions from the recently launched Season 2 into the game beginning this Friday. Among the additions that viewers will find familiar if they’ve already binged Season 2 (which debuted Dec. 26, following the Dec. 17 release of “Unleashed”) are the “Mingle” […]

Ryan Seacrest will be ringing in his 20th New Year as host of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” Tuesday night, with Rita Ora returning as his co-host for the second year in a row for the ABC event. Over the past two decades, the “American Idol” and new “Wheel of Fortune” host has accumulated […]