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The Calm Before the Streaming-Wars Storm, Plus ‘High Flying Bird’

Chris and Andy discuss FX CEO John Landgraf’s semi-annual state of television address and Steven Soderbergh’s new Netflix film

By Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald
Netflix

FX CEO John Landgraf gave his semi-annual state of television address this week (2:19) and took digs at Netflix while doing so (13:24). Steven Soderbergh’s new movie, High Flying Bird, is his most emotionally present work to date (33:21).

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