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Puck’s Official Streaming Service Hierarchy

An original research study of what consumers actually feel about the top streamer brands, from Apple TV+ to Netflix and beyond.
Matthew Belloni • January 20, 2023
Matthew Belloni • September 25, 2022
Oprah and Apple Are Splitting Up
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Four years ago, Oprah signed a gigantic multi-year deal with Apple. That relationship is now changing.
Matthew Belloni • September 16, 2022
What the Hell Is Happening with ‘Ted Lasso’?
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Apple’s zeitgeist-defining Emmys magnet has been plagued by production delays and the perfectionism of star-auteur Jason Sudeikis. But the biggest obstacle to Season 3 might be the unresolved question of how streaming blockbusters are valued, and who reaps the benefits, in the post-TV era of television.
Julia Alexander • September 13, 2022
Apple’s Pixar Fantasy
Was Luck, John Lasseter’s high-budget, Pixar-inspired animated feature for Apple TV+, a flop? The convoluted answer reveals as much about the state of the streaming business as it does about Apple—or about Luck itself.
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Julia Alexander • August 2, 2022
The Only Surprise About Plepler’s New Hit Show
Richard Plepler has the surprise of the summer in Black Bird, but not because it is executive produced by the former HBO chief. It’s because the Apple TV+ show is so damn hard to find. Also: Notes on Hulu’s latest strategy.
rendan Hunt, Jason Sudeikis, Brett Goldstein and Nick Mohammed in “Ted Lasso”
Julia Alexander • December 20, 2021
Streaming Ratings 2021: Separating Spin from Reality
A year-end analysis of what’s working for the various streamers, what the metrics actually mean, and what we still don’t know.