| Think small: US users spend more time per day watching microdramas on mobile apps than Netflix, Disney+ or Amazon Prime Video on mobile devices, according to Omdia’s analysis of 4Q25 mobile usage data. Omdia predicts that by year’s end, the US will account for 50% of all microdrama revenues – expected to hit $14 billion – outside of China. Microdramas are typically 1-2 minutes in length and vertically formatted.
Hulu has greenlit a pilot for a reboot of “The X-Files,” the 1993-2002 series from Chris Carter. Ryan Coogler (“The Sinners”) is writing and directing the pilot, focused on two FBI agents, with Danielle Deadwyler (“The Woman in the Yard”) set as a co-lead.
There will be no shortage of coverage for tonight’s State of the Union address. On ABC, David Muir will anchor a special edition of “World News Tonight” from Washington DC at 6:30p…. Beginning at 8:50p on Fox News Channel, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum will lead the network’s coverage…. NewsNation is presenting special editions of “The Hill” at 6p, “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” at 7p, and “CUOMO” at 8p…. “N+ Univision Presenta: Estado de la Unión,” led by Ilia Calderón and Enrique Acevedo, will air from the Capitol in beginning at 8 p…. Newsmax coverage will include sit-down interviews with House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader John Thune, among others…. Tony Dokoupil will anchor CBS’s primetime coverage from DC, joined by Margaret Brennan, Nancy Cordes, Weijia Jiang, Ed O’Keefe, Major Garrett and Robert Costa.
Jake Tapper is set to anchor from DC and Anderson Cooper from NYC for CNN…. Rachel Maddow will lead MS NOW coverage starting at 7p, joined by Nicolle Wallace, Ari Melber, Chris Hayes, Lawrence O’Donnell, Stephanie Ruhle, Jen Psaki, Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele, Alicia Menendez, and Ali Velshi…. Tom Llamas is anchoring…
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