The Most Streamed Show Of 2020 Feels God In This Chili’s Tonight

We’re streaming our shows more and more, especially as COVID-19 keeps us inside and isolated from friends and family. Despite how much we’re streaming, though, broadcast TV is still a dominant force as revealed by Nielsen, the long-running authority on television viewership.

Nielsen revealed the most streamed shows and movies of 2020, split up between original (Mandalorian, Ozark) and acquired (The Office, Supernatural) content.

The most-streamed series of 2020 include The Office, Grey’s Anatomy, and Criminal Minds. The Office wins with over 57 billion minutes streamed from Netflix in 2020. Grey’s Anatomy was at 39 billion, and Criminal Minds at 35 billion. The list also includes NCIS, Schitt’s Creek, Supernatural, Shameless, New Girl, The Blacklist, and Vampire Diaries.

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Dexter Won’t Be a Lumberjack or Returning to Miami in Showtime Revival

It has been revealed that Dexter’s revival on Showtime will take place in upstate New York, hinting that Dexter may not be returning to Miami and may not be lumberjack-ing in Oregon anymore.

As reported by Uproxx (via Deadline), the limited series’ setting was revealed through character details of the new cast members.

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The Mandalorian’s Julia Jones will be playing Angela Bishop, the “first Native American Chief of Police in her town in upstate New York.” Believe’s Johnny Sequoyah will play Audrey, “Bishop’s brash and opinionated teenage daughter. Sylvie’s Love’s Alano Miller is playing Logan, a “sergeant for the Iron Lake Police Department and the assistant wrestling coach for the local high school.” The Good Lord Bird’s Jack Alcott will play Randall, with “whom Dexter (Hall) has a meaningful encounter.”

This news makes no mention of other returning cast besides Michael C. Hall as Dexter, but there could always be surprises in store for fans.

The 10-episode Dexter revival will debut in 2021 and begins production in Massachusetts next month.

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For more on the Dexter revival, check out Clancy Brown’s reveal as the villain, Hall’s comments on returning to Dexter after the “unsatisfying” finale, and how this revival can set things right with fans.

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Daily Deals: $250 Off the Samsung Odyssey G7 27″ 1ms 240Hz G-SYNC Monitor

For today only, you can save on two of the best gaming monitors out there. The Samsung Odyssey G7 has everything you’d want in a 27″ 1440p gaming monitor, and the certified refurbished model is $250 off at Woot. The Samsung CRG9 is for those who want 49 inches of gorgeous screen real estate, and that’s $350 off. Other deals today include Mountain Dew Game Fuel drinks, Nintendo eShop gift card, Microsoft Xbox Series S|X gaming controllers, and more.

32″ Samsung Odyssey G7 2560×1440 Curved 1ms 240Hz G-SYNC QLED Gaming Monitor for $549.99

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This super popular gaming monitor normally sells for $800 new. This is one of the best 27″ gaming monitors you can get, thanks to it’s combination of high resolution, fast 1ms response time, 240Hz refresh rate, and G-SYNC and FreeSync compatibility. You’re getting it for $250 off by opting for a certified refurbished model (with 3 month Samsung warranty). Woot is owned and operated by Amazon; you can even log in with your Amazon account.

49″ Samsung CRG9 5120×1440 Curved 1ms 144Hz QLED Gaming Monitor for $855.99

Certified Refurbished with 3-Month Samsung Warranty

If you want the biggest screen possible, take a gander at the massive 49″ Samsung CRG9 monitor, which boasts a mindblowing 32:9 ultrawide aspect ratio, a pixel-dense 5120×1440 resolution, and an 1800R curve that does a great job of immersing you. This was one of our best selling monitors on Black Friday, but you can get it even cheaper today.

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Justice League: Martian Manhunter Actor Confirms Scenes Shot for Snyder Cut

Zack Snyder’s Justice League actor Harry Lennix, who plays Lt. General Calvin Swanwick, has said that he has shot new scenes that will officially reveal that his character is Martian Manhunter.

As reported by Collider, Lennix had no idea his character was secretly Martian Manhunter when he was cast in Man of Steel, and was still not told of his true identity when he returned for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

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He was finally told he would be playing Martian Manhunter in 2017’s Justice League, but he wasn’t able to film the necessary footage for the film due to his shooting schedule on The Blacklist before Snyder left the film.

In 2020, Snyder released a commentary track for the Ultimate Cut of Justice League and confirmed that Harry Lennix’s character was intended to be Martian Manhunter in the film, and that his reveal was planned for as far back as Man of Steel.

Martian Manhunter a.k.a. J’onn J’onzz is a fan favorite from DC comics that was created in 1955 by writer Joseph Samachson and artist Joe Certa. The telepathic, shapeshifting hero was a founding member of the original Justice League of America in 1960 and has appeared in many forms of DC media, including a surprising debut in Supergirl in 2015.

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It’s Easy To Keep Indiana Jones From Turning Into Uncharted: Take His Gun Away

There are a lot of things about the Indiana Jones movies that make for good video game fodder: a hero who occasionally cracks wise, fascinating historical settings, Nazis and other evildoers to fight, and big action set pieces in which the heroic Indy takes on a tank or escapes ancient traps. Indiana Jones translates so well into video game form that a few other franchises, most notably Uncharted and Tomb Raider, have already more or less lifted key elements from the iconic movies.

That leaves the upcoming Indiana Jones title from current Wolfenstein developer MachineGames facing an uphill battle. One of its bigger challenges is distinguishing itself from the games that have already riffed on some of the essential elements of the Indiana Jones formula. Nathan Drake and Lara Croft are archaeological killing machines and treasure hunters, gunning down whole armies of mercenaries as they fight to keep lost cities and powerful relics out of the hands of bad guys. Some online reactions have already suggested any Indiana Jones game might wind up being an “Uncharted clone” on account of the ideas being so similar.

So how do you make an Indiana Jones game that doesn’t feel like it’s borrowing from the games that have borrowed from Indiana Jones? It might actually not be as difficult as it sounds, at least conceptually. The key is creating a game that is more like the movies than slotting the franchise into the Indiana Jones-shaped framework set out by the video games it inspired.

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