Here's everything you need to know about the world of television for Wednesday, May 11th, 2022.NOTES FROM DISNEY'S Q2 FY22 EARNINGS CALLThe Q2 investor's call just wrapped a bit ago and here are some of the highlights:* Disney+ has 137.7 million total subscriptions, with about eight million added in Q2. I'd love to know how many of those subscriptions came as the result of the bundle with Hulu. It's also worth noting that much of that growth came from outside the United States.* Speaking of the Disney bundle, ESPN+ ended Q2 with 22.3 million subscribers, adding one million over its total at the end of Q1.* Hulu's numbers were essentially flat. It ended the quarter with 41.4 million SVOD subscribers, up from Q1's 40.9 million. But Hulu Live TV lost subscribers, dipping from 4.3 million at the end of Q1 to 4.1 million.* Around half of Disney+ subscribers are adults without kids. The company is in the process of adding more general entertainment programs to the service, "shifting resources from around our content ecosystem as consumer behavior evolves."* The ad-supported version of Disney+ should launch in the U.S. at the end of the year. No word yet on a price or whether all of the content available on the ad-free version will also be available on the ad-supported version.* Disney expects its cash content spend to total as much as $32 billion. Content spend is about one third sports, the rest primarily in "general interest content that can cross platforms and content that will drive subscriber growth in certain segments."* The company is guiding towards 230-260 million Disney+ subscribers worldwide by 2024.* There are no current plans to raise the subscription price for Disney+, but Disney CEO Bob Chapek said "content investment may give us (Disney) the option to adjust that price. We believe we can move up and cascade up our price over time. We are pretty bullish about that."* Chapek also said the company is well-positioned on the technology front to roll out its ad-supported Disney+ tier. Disney's experience with Hulu ad sales "substantially prepares us" for the challenges. HAS YOUR FAVORITE PRIMETIME TELEVISION BEEN CANCELED/RENEWED?The broadcast network upfronts kick off next week and these are the days when the fate of a number of broadcast TV shows are being decided. Here is a rundown of the decisions that have been announced so far:ABC:Abbott Elementary - Renewed for Season TwoAmerica’s Funniest Home Videos - Likely To Be Picked UpAmerican Idol - No Decision Announced YetA Million Little Things - No Decision Announced YetBig Sky - No Decision Announced YetBlack-ish - Ended In April After Eight SeasonsDancing With The Stars - Renewed, Moving To Disney+Grey's Anatomy - Renewed For Season NineteenHome Economics - No Decision Announced YetPromised Land - CanceledQueens - CanceledShark Tank - No Decision Announced YetStation 19 - Renewed For Season SixSupermarket Sweep - No Decision Announced YetThe Bachelor - No Decision Announced YetThe Bachelorette - No Decision Announced YetThe Conners - RenewedThe Goldbergs - Renewed For Season TenThe Good Doctor - Renewed For Season SixThe Rookie - Renewed For Season FiveThe Wonder Years - No Decision Announced Yet

CBS:B Positive - No Decision Announced YetBeyond The Edge - No Decision Announced YetBlood & Treasure - still awaiting Season 2 premiere dateBlue Bloods - Renewed For Season ThirteenBob Hearts Abishola - Renewed For Season FourBull - Ending After Six SeasonsCSI: Vegas - Renewed For Second SeasonFBI - Renewed For Two SeasonsFBI: International - Renewed For Two SeasonsFBI: Most Wanted - Renewed For Two SeasonsGhosts - Renewed For Second SeasonGood Sam - No Decision Announced YetHow We Roll - No Decision Announced YetMagnum P.I. - No Decision Announced YetNCIS - Renewed For Season TwentyNCIS: Hawai’i - Renewed For Second SeasonNCIS: Los Angeles - Renewed For Season FourteenSecret Celebrity Renovation - Renewed For Second SeasonSurvivor - Renewed For Season Forty-ThreeSWAT - Renewed For Season SixThe Amazing Race - Renewed for Season 34The Equalizer - Renewed For Two SeasonsThe Neighborhood - Renewed For Season FiveTough As Nails - Renewed For Season FiveUndercover Boss - No Decision Announced YetUnited States of Al - No Decision Announced YetYoung Sheldon - Renewed Through 2023/2024 SeasonFOX:Bob's Burgers - Previously Renewed Through 2022/2023 SeasonCall Me Kat - No Decision Announced YetDuncanville - No Decision Announced YetFamily Guy - Previously Renewed Through 2022/2023 SeasonFantasy Island - Season Two Premieres On May 31stHousebroken - Season Two Premiere Date Not Yet Announced911 - No Decision Announced Yet911: Lone Star - No Decision Announced YetOur Kind Of People - No Decision Announced YetPivoting - No Decision Announced YetThe Big Leap - CanceledThe Cleaning Lady - Renewed For Season TwoThe Great North - Renewed For Season ThreeThe Masked Singer - No Decision Announced YetThe Resident - No Decision Announced YetThe Simpsons - Previously Renewed Through 2022/2023 SeasonWelcome To Flatch - No Decision Announced YetNBC:American Auto - No Decision Announced YetAmerican Song Contest - No Decision Announced YetChicago Fire - RenewedChicago Med - RenewedChicago PD - RenewedGrand Crew - No Decision Announced YetKenan - No Decision Announced YetLa Brea - Renewed For Season Two Law & Order - RenewedLaw & Order: Organized Crime - RenewedLaw & Order: SVU - RenewedMr. Mayor - No Decision Announced YetNew Amsterdam - Renewed, But Ending Next SeasonOrdinary Joe - CanceledThe Endgame - No Decision Announced YetThe Blacklist - Renewed For Season TenThe Voice - No Decision Announced YetThe Wall - No Decision Announced YetThe Weakest Link - No Decision Announced YetThis Is Us - Series Ending On May 24thTransplant - No Decision Announced YetYoung Rock - No Decision Announced Yet The CW:All-American - Renewed For Season FiveAll-American: Homecoming - No Decision Announced Yet Batwoman - CanceledCharmed - No Decision Announced Yet Coroner - Season Two Premieres June 2ndDC's Stargirl - Season Three Premiere Date Not Announced YetDevils - Season Two Premieres June 30thDynasty - No Decision Announced Yet 4400 - No Decision Announced Yet In The Dark - Season Four Premieres June 6thKiller Camp - CanceledKung Fu - Renewed For Season ThreeLegacies - No Decision Announced Yet Legends of the Hidden Temple - No Decision Announced Yet Nancy Drew - Renewed For Season FourNaomi - No Decision Announced Yet Penn & Teller: Fool Us - No Decision Announced Yet Riverdale - Renewed For Season SevenRoswell, New Mexico - Season Four Premieres June 6thSuperman & Lois - RenewedThe Flash - Renewed For Season NineTom Swift - Series Debuts May 31stTwo Sentence Horror Stories - No Decision Announced Yet Walker - Renewed For Season ThreeWhose Line Is It Anyway? - No Decision Announced Yet SOME FREE ADVICE FOR PEACOCKI am a big fan of MSNBC's Chris Hayes. He might not always get a lot of love inside the network's executive suites, but I'd argue that he has evolved over the years into an incredibly strong and distinctive voice on cable news. The rap against him seems to be that his show doesn't get the ratings of Rachel Maddow. Which is somewhat like arguing a band might be really good, but they're not the Beatles.Hayes does a podcast and while I don't have time to listen to every one, he is a really intuitive interviewer and has the ability to really drill down to the nuances of any topic.

Several months ago, he did a video version of a podcast which aired during his normal MSNBC timeslot and it was quite compelling. Sort of a cross between the old Bob Costas Later interviews and a less pretentious Charlie Rose. Hayes is a policy wonk, but he's also an experienced anchor and knows how to dig deep into a subject while not devolving into policy speak.After seeing the one-off special, it occurred to me that Hayes should do those video podcast/shows on a regular basis, perhaps for Peacock (as opposed to NBC Now, where it would just be buried). And apparently this is something Hayes has been considering as well:

I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS THE DUMBEST TAKE I'VE READ TODAY. BUT.....Netflix tends out to bring the worst of people employed in the hot take industry. Publishing "man, look at this stupid thing about Netflix" pieces are guaranteed to get plenty of pageviews and social media shares. Even if the post itself is misleading or just monumentally dumb. Which brings us to "10 Flops That Are Huge Hits On Netflix," a ScreenCrush post that - to be fair - is genetically designed to be the perfect bit of streaming media clickbait:So far in 2022, Netflix has released more than 50 original movies — an average of about three new features every single week. And yet if you peruse the company’s data website, where you can see the top ten movies and shows in every single country around the world where Netflix is offered, you’ll see that despite all those new titles made expressly for the company and its customers, the most popular movies on Netflix right now by and large aren’t originals.Now, there's an article to be written about why catalog movies are so popular on Netflix, but this isn't it. Instead, it's a reason to dunk on the craziness of the fact that 2017's King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword is popular in Estonia or 2006's Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer is doing surprisingly well in Qatar, Kuwait, and Jordan.The headline is meant to suck readers in who are looking for stories that reinforce their "Netflix subscribers aren't watching Netflix originals" conventional wisdom. But nearly the entire list is comprised of films that are popular in some small country and region. And honestly, that's what you would expect to see. Netflix doesn't license a lot of new catalog movies each month, but the ones they do grab tend to be films with recognizable names starring in films that underperformed at the box office. They're the streaming industry's equivalent of clickbait. Subscribers see a movie like 2013's R.I.P.D., realize it stars Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges, and decide to give it a try. And while some of these films are pretty terrible, many of them failed at the box office for reasons that had nothing to do with their quality. This trend is even more prevalent in smaller global markets, where many of these films either received minimal distribution or no distribution at all. So these are new films, as far as those Netflix subscribers are concerned.Does Netflix still struggle with its original movie slate? You bet! But this article won't help with that conversation. Unless you're discussing Netflix's subscriber base preferences in Norway or Kenya.GRAPH OF THE DAYUsing data from S&P Global’s Kagan research group, Axios shows the disconnect between subscriber declines and resulting fees collected per cable subscriber. I can't help but think that this trend is not sustainable, although none of the outcomes would be good for the cable TV industry:

ODDS AND SODS* Season two of Netflix's Floor Is Lava premieres on June 3rd.* Starz has renewed the drama Shining Vale for an eight-episode second season. * Buried deep in a vault somewhere is the official White House record collection.* Season four of Virgin River is coming to Netflix on July 20th, 2022.* Paramount Global and its streaming service Paramount+ have cut a deal with Lionsgate for the exclusive U.S. subscription VOD rights to CBS’ hit comedy Ghosts. In addition to Paramount+’s existing in-season rights to Ghosts, the new deal will make the service the official year-round SVOD home for all episodes of the show beginning in Fall 2022.* For the first time since 2019, Fox News will host the Fox & Friends All-American Summer Concert Series. The 14th installment of the series starts on Friday, May 27th, and will feature Flo Rida, Kool & The Gang and Lynyrd Skynyrd.WHAT'S NEW FOR WEDNESDAYHere's a quick rundown of all the new stuff premiering today on TV and streaming:Brotherhood Season Two Premiere (Netflix)42 Days Of Darkness (Netflix)Messy History Of American Food (Discovery+)Operation Mincemeat (Netflix)Our Father (Netflix)The Challenge: All-Stars Season Premiere (Paramount+)The Circle Season Four Premiere (Netflix)The Getaway King (Netflix)The Ignorant Angels Series Premiere (Hulu)The Quest Season Premiere (Disney+)The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills Season Twelve Premiere (Bravo)Workin' Moms Season Six Premiere (Netflix)Click Here to see the list of all of the upcoming premiere dates for the next few months.SEE YOU THURSDAY!If you have any feedback, send it along to [email protected] and follow me on Twitter @aysrick.