Too Much TV: Your TV Talking Points For Tuesday, December 20th, 2022

More TV is disappearing from HBO Max in January.

Here's everything you need to know about the world of television for Tuesday, December 20th, 2022.

THE LAUNCH OF NETFLIX'S AD-SUPPORTED TIER STARTS OFF SLOW
I'm not sure that anyone had a real sense of how Netflix's new ad-supported service would be received by consumers. But based on data from measurement and analytics company Antenna, the new plan is getting off to a slow start.

Antenna finds that 9% of Netflix Sign-ups in the U.S. in November were to the "Basic with Ads" plan, making it the least popular of their plan options. In addition to the Basic with Ads Subscribers who signed-up for Netflix, Antenna observed 0.1% of Netflix’s existing U.S. Subscribers switching to the Basic with Ads plan in November.

There seem to be a number of factors at play here. Antenna notes that streaming services that launch with an ad-supported plan tend to get a better response for that option. And even though the response to Netflix's new plan is a bit underwhelming, the trend tends to be for the ad-supported tier to become more popular with time.

Netflix is also dealing with some challenges that are specific to its service. It was unable to license some of its biggest titles for the ad-supported service ahead of the launch.

And more importantly for parents, while the new plan won't include advertising in kids-oriented programming, subscriber also aren't able to download content. Which makes the service a lot less valuable for parents with small kids.

Additionally, Netflix’s lower-cost ad-supported subscription didn’t work with Apple TV or Apple TV 4K devices at the launch.

PEACOCK'S ERROR MESSAGE
This is the screen I saw on my smart TV when the internet went down while I was watching Peacock. Cute.

HBO MAX IS LOSING MORE CONTENT
The great content unwinding at HBO Max is set to continue in January. 

A number of additional TV titles are leaving the streamer, and there doesn't seem to be any outwardly apparent theme to the decision making:

January 3rd: 
Bachelor in Paradise, Seasons 4-6
Bachelor Pad, Season 1
The Bachelor Winter Games
The Bachelor, Season 21
The Bachelor, Season 24
The Bachelor, Season 25
The Bachelorette, Season 11
The Bachelorette, Season 14
The Bachelorette, Season 15
The Bachelorette, Season 16

January 6th: 
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Elmo Saves Christmas
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

January 21st: 
Everwood

January 25th: 
Babylon 5
What I Like About You, 2002

January 28th: 
Person of Interest

January 31st:
Chopped: Holiday
Chopped: Thanksgiving
Head of the Class (1986)
Holiday Baking Championship, Season 7
Holiday Baking Championship, Season 8
Justice League
Justice League Unlimited
The New Adventures of Old Christine

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ODDS AND SODS
* PBS has announced that The U.S. And The Holocaust, the three-part documentary directed and produced by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein that premiered on September 18th, will be rebroadcast on January 6th, 13th and 20th, 2023, leading up to International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27th, 2023.

* FX’s Snowfall’s sixth and final season will premiere on Wednesday, February 22nd.

* Real Time With Bill Maher returns for its 21st season on Friday, January 20th.

TWEET OF THE DAY

WHAT'S NEW FOR TUESDAY:

A Not So Merry Christmas (Netflix)
Ice Cold Catch Series Premiere (Discovery)
Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas To All! (CBS)
The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge Of Edinburgh Part One (Netflix)

Click Here to see the list of all of the upcoming premiere dates for the next few months.

SEE YOU WEDNESDAY!

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