Chris Ryan

Netflix has never bought anything.

So you think they're just doing their due diligence?

I also think TV is getting back to being TV again post-COVID, post-strikes, which is really worth keeping in mind when we say the sky is falling is that a lot of people's changing relationships to television was in fact a ripple effect of COVID and the strikes.

That's where the three years in between seasons starts coming in.

And now it's like the pit's coming back on in January or February.

It's a big success.

These Taylor Sheridan shows usually come back

once a year.

So we're starting to get back into TV as something that is repeatable on an annual basis, not something that's an event every three or four years.

Also, are they the only people who can get a merger to go through because of, of the white house?

So it's like, I don't know how that stuff works politically and what happens if like tides change politically.

Yeah, it'll just be interesting to see whether people like your kids graduate into becoming...

Oh, right.

It's not a new episode.

It's not a new episode.

Of Night Court this week.

But that would be your only opportunity to ever watch it again.

Do you think there's a correlation between the popularity of stand-up at any given time and the popularity of comedy television and movies?

In terms of like, are people just going to see stand-up and watching comedy pods rather than watching comedy sitcoms and comedy movies?

That's interesting.