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Streaming Wars, December 2021: Netflix edges out the competition

By Dan Selcke

RED NOTICE - (L-R) Dwayne Johnson is the FBI’s top profiler John Hartley, Gal Gadot is the world’s most wanted art thief “The Bishop” and Ryan Reynolds is the world’s greatest art thief Nolan Booth in Netflix's RED NOTICE. Directed and written by Rawson Marshall Thurber, RED NOTICE is releasing November 12, 2021. Cr: Frank Masi / Netflix © 2021
RED NOTICE - (L-R) Dwayne Johnson is the FBI’s top profiler John Hartley, Gal Gadot is the world’s most wanted art thief “The Bishop” and Ryan Reynolds is the world’s greatest art thief Nolan Booth in Netflix's RED NOTICE. Directed and written by Rawson Marshall Thurber, RED NOTICE is releasing November 12, 2021. Cr: Frank Masi / Netflix © 2021 /
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With new titles like Red Notice and Arcane, Netflix came out ahead in Streaming Wars this past month, but others still put up a fight.

Every month, we read over the latest dispatches from the front lines of the Streaming Wars and assess how the likes of Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+ and the rest are doing. Who won the day, who was defeated, and who’s biding their time? We mark it all down on this living graph, which changes every month.

How did the combatants fare in November of 2021? Take a look:

Paramount+

Mayor of Kingstown, a drama about the prison-industrial complex starring Jeremy Renner, was Paramount+’s prestige play this month, but the biggest release was probably the fourth season of Star Trek: Discovery. Unfortunately, ViacomCBS pulled the show out of international markets days before release, resulting in a big backlash. Points: N/A

Netflix

There were lots of buzzy titles coming out on Netflix this month, including Cowboy Bebop, The Princess Switch 3, the second season of The Tiger King, The Harder They Fall and Tick, Tick… Boom! But the biggest hits were probably Red Notice and the animated series Arcane. It was a typically busy month for Netflix. Points: + 3

Disney+

There’s a lot of stuff on Disney+ that is strictly for the younger set (anyone wanna watch The Search For Santa Paws?), but November brought some noteworthy releases, including Hawkeye, the Beatles documentary Get Back, and the streaming premiere of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Points: + 2

Hulu

From The Matrix movies to the Rush Hour films to Sleepless in Seattle, Hulu got a good assortment of library titles this past month. The originals weren’t bad either, including new seasons of The Great and Animaniacs, plus the debut of Marvel’s Hit Monkey. Points: +2

HBO Max

On top of solid library titles (Caddyshack, Thelma & Louise, a bunch of Stanley Kubrick movies), HBO Max hosted the new Will Smith movie King Richard, about Venus and Serena Williams. There were other originals, including new episodes of Succession, but not much to get the blood pumping. Points: + 2

Amazon Prime Video

Amazon has a bunch of solid library titles this month, but the big news was its splashy new fantasy series The Wheel of Time, which is getting a lot of good press. Now if only the user interface was better… Points: + 2

Apple TV+

Apple TV+ may not have a ton of content, but what’s there is often pretty good. This month it had the third season of Dickinson, the Tom Hanks post-apocalyptic drama Finch, the Paul Rudd-Will Ferrell vehicle The Shrink Next Door, and more. Could be worse. Points: + 2

Peacock

Peacock got a bunch of a decent library titles this month, but the originals are pretty lacking. A Psych movie and new episodes of the Saved by the Bell reboot will only get you so far. Points: + 1

And check out our ever-changing living graph here:

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