Streaming now represents more TV viewing than broadcast and cable combined. 44.8% of viewing during May happened on streaming services, as opposed to broadcast and cable, which accounted for 44.2%. And streaming has grown 71% since May 2021. Netflix is still the 800-pound gorilla in the room, but YouTube accounted for 12.5% of all television viewing in May. And the free services PlutoTV, Roku Channel and Tubi combined for 5.7% of all viewing. It makes sense. With streaming, you can watch things at your convenience, you can re-watch all sorts of reruns and old shows, and even with a lot of the new releases, you can binge a whole season in a couple of nights.
Speaking of streaming...
Your next binge is We Were Liars … Teenage angst and a mystery? Sign us up for We Were Liars. Based on the young adult novel, the series hits Amazon Prime today. It centers on four teenagers in the ridiculously wealthy Sinclair family who spend their summers on a private island near Martha’s Vineyard. Because they are known for getting into all sorts of juvenile trouble, they’re known as the Liars. But in Summer 16 (the year they’re all 16 years old), Cadence (Emily Alyn Lind) suffers some kind of trauma that leaves her injured, nearly drowned and half-naked on the beach. And at the urging of her doctors, nobody will tell her what happened. So Summer 17 is all about her quest to figure it out for herself. Of course, in any ultra-wealthy family, there’s plenty of infighting, entitlement and betrayal. Will Cadence find the truth? Cue up We Were Liars on Amazon Prime now.
