What are the expected Black Friday deals?
I'm wondering if Disney/Hulu/ ESPN will do anything again this year.

Renewal day is this week for me for ESPN/Fox One

MLB will be on Netflix, NBC/Peacock, and ESPN.

Netflix picking up more live sports.

TNT/TBS - don't appear to be involved.

MLB has formed new three-year media rights agreements with Netflix, NBCUniversal, and ESPN.

The agreements, which cover rights for the 2026-2028 MLB seasons, mark the return of NBC to regularly airing MLB games on its broadcast network for the first time in 26 years, will expand… pic.twitter.com/uqMXYpbQFP

— MLB (@MLB) November 19, 2025

Iowaggie said:

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MLB will be on Netflix, NBC/Peacock, and ESPN.

Netflix picking up more live sports.

TNT/TBS - don't appear to be involved.

MLB has formed new three-year media rights agreements with Netflix, NBCUniversal, and ESPN.

The agreements, which cover rights for the 2026-2028 MLB seasons, mark the return of NBC to regularly airing MLB games on its broadcast network for the first time in 26 years, will expand… pic.twitter.com/uqMXYpbQFP

— MLB (@MLB) November 19, 2025

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Of course, the games you want to watch will all be blacked out.

Iowaggie said:

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TNT/TBS - don't appear to be involved

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TNT's current deal goes thru '28 i believe

Need to cancel Disney anyway. If they offer me that $5 deal, I'll recommit though.

So I go to cancel my Disney+ subscription and I get this: Sorry, an unexpected error has occurred. Please try again later.

Haha. How convenient. FU Disney. I'll be cancelling outright now, and you will get no money instead of some money.

Is anyone else having issues with trying to Redeem the Disney+ $4.99 Black Friday deal? Their f'ing website keeps giving me an unexpected error. I've tried this across multiple browsers all with the same outcome.

FL_Ag1998 said:

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You literally just said you were canceling your subscription and they were getting no more money from you!

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Well, I have since just cancelled. I qualify for the BF deal but the site won't let me Redeem it nor will it let me change my current plan. In addition, they unfairly charged me my current rate of $14.08 today when I could have paid $5 if their website wasn't f'ing me. So, I will watch everything I want to watch for next 30 days and then be done with it.

You probably don't qualify for the deal since you only just now cancelled.

TXAG 05 said:

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You probably don't qualify for the deal since you only just now cancelled.

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No, I had a notification that said I qualified even when logged into my account. Regardless, I was unable to even change my current plan period regardless of the deal. In other words, if I wanted to actually upgrade and pay more it was still erroring out. Not able to change at all.

They did offer me $7 per month for 3 months when I cancelled but nah.

I just signed up for it and it said only new or returning customers are eligible.

Try signing up through Hulu instead of Disney, or vice versa.

What is weird for me is that I signed up for the ESPN, Disney, Hulu bundle, but my email address/login doesn't work in Hulu and I have to access via Disney.

Iowaggie said:

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Try signing up through Hulu instead of Disney, or vice versa.

What is weird for me is that I signed up for the ESPN, Disney, Hulu bundle, but my email address/login doesn't work in Hulu and I have to access via Disney.

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Thats how Hulu is for me on all my devices now. Hulu doesnt allow you to log in without having a Disney account now, which I don't want. So basically I can't watch Hulu on any of my devices now (Apple TV, fire stick, roku, laptop, iPhone, iPad) with my Hulu login, which is clearly the point of the changes. They're consolidating everything to push their changes along, and now I can no longer use Hulu without at a minimum signing up for a Disney account, which will likely lead to eliminating a Hulu-only option altogether, which I believe is the plan that's coming. So might as well not bother with Hulu anymore unless willing to eventually accept also paying for disney+ once that happens. Disney loves ruining things...

But it works. Smart mouse.

All right, I got Hulu app to work.

I had been able to access Hulu through Disney+, but to access via the Hulu app, I had to "activate' it through my Disneyplus.com account settings I accessed via the Web.

Iowaggie said:

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All right, I got Hulu app to work.

I had been able to access Hulu through Disney+, but to access via the Hulu app, I had to "activate' it through my Disneyplus.com account settings I accessed via the Web.

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Yeah, thats how it works now as long as you already have a disney+ account (whether you pay for their service or not), but those of us with just a Hulu account are blocked from access, regardless of if we actually should be able to use Hulu independently.

Yes, I could make a Disney account to make it work, but that's not the issue here. The issue is that we shouldn't have to. Why can't people use one account to use one service instead of two accounts for that same service...? It's not even stubbornness, it's more a matter of being forced to do something that shouldn't be necessary, especially with a horrible organization like Disney. Especially knowing that they're killing the entire platform as it has been used forever. But using that logic, I guess it's just a matter of time until Hulu isn't even an option on it's own, so might as well cut it now after they've basically decided that's the plan anyway and they're just pushing that along beforehand.

Yeah, they've already announced Hulu is getting absorbed and going away in 2026. It will just be the Disney+ app going forward.

YouTube TV will release a sports bundle that will include ESPN networks, FS1, and NBC Sports Network.

The price is TBD, but it will be less than the $82.99 per month base price for the full YouTube TV service. pic.twitter.com/NYRvTF1RMh

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) December 10, 2025

YouTube TV will launch a Sports Plan in early '26.

- Includes: ABC/CBS/Fox/NBC, ESPN, FS1, NBCSN, TNT, USA, etc.
- RSNs not mentioned in the announcement
- RedZone sold as add-on

My guess on price point: $55-65/month (gun to my head: $61.99)https://t.co/qrYZwwTYgN

— ✏️Jacob Feldman (@JacobFeldman4) December 10, 2025

Excited to introduce @YouTubeTV Plans to give you more choice and control over what you’re watching 📺

Early next year we’ll start rolling out 10+ genre-specific packages, including our new Sports Plan 🏈

You'll be able to easily choose the plan that works best for you, while… https://t.co/wk1ZuMlp57

— Neal Mohan (@nealmohan) December 10, 2025

YouTube TV Announces 10 New Cheaper TV Packages Coming in 2026 With a Cheaper Sports Package https://t.co/Cw2If7RfsQ

— CordCuttersNews (@CordCuttersNews) December 10, 2025

In on the new sports package if it has the broadcast channels. Thats all I need. Will be curious to see how many people downgrade to that. No one is watching any of the other random channels out there.

YouBet said:

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In on the new sports package if it has the broadcast channels. Thats all I need. Will be curious to see how many people downgrade to that. No one is watching any of the other random channels out there.

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I might be the last person on earth, but any channel that's airing Seinfeld reruns I'll put on in the background while I'm doing other things around the house. Hell, I never once watched it when it was on, but the same goes for King of Queen episodes, I'm embarrassed to say. AMC even has an "AMC Stories" channel that often airs Mad Men 24/7 for weeks at a time. I realize I could just stream any of the shows at any time, but there's a "live," listening-to-the-radio quality I still like. Same goes for ransoms movies on TNT, FX, etc. That, and I still do cable news from time-to-time as well. To that end, though, if I can bundle a "Sports" and "News" package, I'll probably finally give up everything else.

Starting in 2029, the Oscars will be broadcast exclusively on YouTube and YouTubeTV

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/oscars-bolt-from-abc-to-youtube-starting-in-2029-1236453188/

Good way to get fewer viewers I suppose. Maybe that doesn't matter.

This is a play to get way more viewers, and a global play at that. Relatively speaking, hardly anyone is still watching live ABC broadcasts, that number is only going to plummet over the next four years, and no one outside of America is currently able to watch them at all. Come 2029, though? The Oscars will be a global event on the biggest global streamer by a wide margin, with zero barriers to entry, streamed to every country on Earth. IMO, this is going to be a massive win.

double aught said:

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Good way to get fewer viewers I suppose. Maybe that doesn't matter.

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How in the world do you figure that?

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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double aught said:

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Good way to get fewer viewers I suppose. Maybe that doesn't matter.

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How in the world do you figure that?

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Well I'm just thinking domestically. But the number of people who get ABC through various avenues (gotta be somewhere near 100% of US households) has to be way higher than the number of people who subscribe to YouTube TV.

It's not YouTube TV, it's YouTube.

So basically everyone as well.

Think what the Game Awards are now.

Not just YouTube TV.

YouTube.

As in, the biggest streaming platform in the world. On practically every TV, computer, phone, and digital streaming device in the world.

For free.

No antennas or cable provider or streaming subscription required. No geo-blocking or regional lockout.

Last year's Oscar telecast drew 19 million viewers domestically. I promise you, in 2029, the global number will dwarf that one.

The reason people have quit watching the Oscars isn't because of lack of access to whatever channel is playing them. It's because they are no longer relevant. People don't go see as many movies anymore, and a large chunk of the nominated movies are movies no one has ever heard of. It doesn't matter if they are on YT or over the air or HBO. No one is going to care if the movies nominated don't get them excited.

Are the Oscars/movies as popular as they were pre-pandemic? Obviously not.

But movie-going is still incredibly popular, especially/surprisingly among younger generations, attendance is up year over year since the pandemic, while box office is steadily increasing as well, with no plans of slowing down…

Gen Z Went to Movie Theaters Most Often in 2025, According to New Exhibition Report

Could Gen Alpha Save Movie Theaters? New Survey Shows Why 'Minecraft' and 'KPop Demon Hunters' Had Huge Success With Kids

The 2025 Box Office Is Headed for Its Best Post-Covid

Global Box Office Projected To Reach $35 Billion In 2026, Highest Point Since 2019 - Analysts

2026 especially is going to be a banner, blockbuster year - massively so - inevitably resulting in more movies being nominated that people have heard of / are invested in. The last five-ish in that regard have been a dip/phase, not the new norm.

Not to mention, again, 19.7 million people watched the Oscars this year, which is higher viewership than literally every live sporting event in the country, save for the Super Bowl, World Series, Kentucky Derby, and the Final Four.

AustinAg2K said:

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The reason people have quit watching the Oscars isn't because of lack of access to whatever channel is playing them. It's because they are no longer relevant. People don't go see as many movies anymore, and a large chunk of the nominated movies are movies no one has ever heard of. It doesn't matter if they are on YT or over the air or HBO. No one is going to care if the movies nominated don't get them excited.

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Not that it means anything, but I've never met anyone who's ever watched the oscars. I think it might have once held some relevance, maybe...but the attention from this announcement seems to be unwarranted. I know TCTTS loves this, but I can't see the average person caring enough to move the needle significantly.

Maybe I'm wrong, which happens a lot according to every woman I've ever known, but honestly id never know since no-one will point it out to me that I missed it. Like every year. How it is broadcast doesnt make any difference.

I love movies. But there's not the tiniest inkling of caring about making sure the entertainment elite have their egos stroked any more than they already get. They get enough unwarranted attention as it is.

Im sure the change will be a huge hit for those who know it is even happening, but the average person will have no clue what they missed.

I've known plenty of people who watched the Oscars over the years. I have turned it on in the past, especially when there was a movie or two that I really liked going up for an award. Plus I would see it advertised during sporting events or during TV shows that I was watching on Network TV.

I don't watch because there's just plenty of more interesting options between all the streaming services, and I just don't see it advertised anywhere. I'm still interested, just not enough to give up an evening to watch it.


Which will be another benefit of having it on Youtube. The ability for YT to constantly be advertising it on the most visited streaming service there is.