Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Ian J. Ball" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Streaming(/Cable) Rant: ANIMAL CONTROL Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 11:36:33 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 36 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 20:36:34 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b0ea7264657200a40877d2037f4665c0"; logging-data="619540"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19Ihm0iTmbQRkl92j2xHbI8" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:Iij3AK8ZgVMR/ni7NaDBUVMZxyY= Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2441 So, after finishing off "Night Court" (2023) season #2, I next intended to tackle FOX's "Animal Control", starring Joel McHale. The short answer: I basically can't do it. "Animal Control" season #1 (which I obviously would want to watch first) is not available on any streamer, nor via Spectrum (OnDemand). Hulu does not have it. They have season #2 now. But what's frustrating is that they had season #1 in the past. No longer. So no season #1 from Hulu at all. There is no longer a "FOX (network)" app - FOXNOW looks to be defunct, suggesting that you go elsewhere, to other apps, like Tubi... or Hulu. Speaking of Tubi - surprisingly to me, they don't have "Animal Control" either. I want to say that they did, some months back. But they don't have season #1 either. And Spectrum OnDemand is like Hulu - only season #2 is available. FOX (TV network) seems to be f*cked. They don't have a standalone streamer (Tubi comes the closest), so apparently there is now no way to look at previous seasons of shows like "Animal Control". This seems like a major marketing FAIL - I am now not going to watch a show I otherwise would have watched because I can't get access to its season #1 (without paying an arm and a leg to Apple TV to). It amazes me that Fox doesn't just stick stuff like this on Tubi - they would get ad revenue for it, and they could just leave it there. (Maybe their deal with Hulu prevents this?!...) Fox better figure this sh*t out if they want to not go the way of The CW(sic).