Binge-watching and weekly release models
Subject in TV & Film
Binge-watching and weekly release models has come up in 3 episodes across 3 podcasts in TMT, including Friends Keep Secrets, The Bill Simmons Podcast, The Toast. 4 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Joanna RobinsonThe Ringer TV critic and podcaster
Robinson said she opposes binge releases because they undermine the communal experience of television.
“And I've just like always been anti-binge. It is very antisocial”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: The Knicks Land a Haymaker, With Doc Rivers. Plus, a Mini-Mailbag, the End of 'Euphoria,' and a Movies Resurgence With Joanna Robinson and Chris Ryan. (Jun 4, 2026) · Listen from 1:40:01
Robinson argued that mid-level original movies migrated into stretched-out limited series because TV became the only outlet for them.
“Then all those like mid-level original idea movies became like, drawn-out limited series because that's the only place you could tell those stories”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: The Knicks Land a Haymaker, With Doc Rivers. Plus, a Mini-Mailbag, the End of 'Euphoria,' and a Movies Resurgence With Joanna Robinson and Chris Ryan. (Jun 4, 2026) · Listen from 1:36:53
Bill SimmonsSportswriter and founder of The Ringer, host of The Bill Simmons Podcast
Simmons said he watches binged shows less attentively than weekly ones.
“I also find when you binge a show, I just don't watch it as carefully”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: The Knicks Land a Haymaker, With Doc Rivers. Plus, a Mini-Mailbag, the End of 'Euphoria,' and a Movies Resurgence With Joanna Robinson and Chris Ryan. (Jun 4, 2026) · Listen from 1:44:02
Jackie OshryAmerican podcaster and co-host of The Toast, Claudia Oshry's sister
Jackie Oshry says the rapid hype cycle around streaming hits feels artificial and fatiguing.
“This person's like everywhere. It's just, it feels a little artificial and I find it fatiguing”
The Toast: Sincerely, Sincere: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 9:35
Claudia OshryAmerican media personality, podcaster and co-host of The Toast, known as Girl With No Job
Claudia Oshry argues streaming shows cost huge sums yet hold public attention for less than a week.
“They spend like $20 million on a TV show that people talk about for less than a week and then it's on to the next”
The Toast: Sincerely, Sincere: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 10:17
Podcasts
- Friends Keep Secrets · 1 episode
- The Bill Simmons Podcast · 1 episode
- The Toast · 1 episode
Episodes
The Breaking Bad EpisodeFriends Keep Secrets · Jun 23, 2026 · 1 h 13 min
Benny Blanco, Dave Burd and Kristin Batalucco host Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul to discuss Breaking Bad, their friendship, Dos Hombres mezcal, marriage and acting craft.
The Knicks Land a Haymaker, With Doc Rivers. Plus, a Mini-Mailbag, the End of 'Euphoria,' and a Movies Resurgence With Joanna Robinson and Chris Ryan.The Bill Simmons Podcast · Jun 4, 2026 · 2 h 5 min
Bill Simmons and Doc Rivers break down the Knicks' Game 1 NBA Finals win over the Spurs, then Simmons answers mailbag questions and discusses Euphoria's finale and TV versus movies with Joanna Robinson and Chris Ryan.
Sincerely, Sincere: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026The Toast · Jun 3, 2026 · 1 h 5 min
Claudia and Jackie Oshry recap the Summer House reunion part two and the Love Island USA season eight premiere, then discuss a Rosemary Kennedy biopic, Kylie Jenner's brand trip and Pink hosting the Tonys.