Leo sat in his apartment in downtown Los Angeles. It was 7:00 PM on the first day of the new era. Usually, at this time, he would be bouncing between three different streaming platforms, doom-scrolling through news feeds, and half-watching a documentary he didn't care about.

: Netflix began previewing major late-July titles such as the sci-fi thriller Extinction (starring Michael Peña and Lizzy Caplan), signaling their aggressive move away from third-party licensing to internal production.

But then, something strange happened.

: High-profile personal stories also dominated headlines, such as Dick Vitale's