Christian Cawley and James McLean return to discuss the increasingly uncertain future of television — starting with reports that AMC will become the US streaming home for classic-era Doctor Who.

Does the AMC deal mean Doctor Who is heading back toward an American co-production model? Or is this simply another distribution agreement being overanalysed by a fandom starved for news?

(We think it might be that one ^^...)

The conversation expands into a much broader discussion about the current state of television and streaming: collapsing audience attention spans, the “age of suffocation” caused by overwhelming amounts of content, and whether long-form prestige TV can even survive in a world dominated by YouTube, TikTok, gaming, and algorithm-driven viewing habits.

Along the way, Christian and James discuss:

• AMC acquiring US streaming rights to classic-era Doctor Who
  
  

• Whether Doctor Who could ever become an American production

• Why streaming has created an “age of suffocation” for TV audiences

• The Mandalorian movie and the collapse of “event television”

• Gaming, YouTube, and the battle for audience attention

• William Shatner, AI-generated artwork, and authenticity online

• Remembering Blake’s 7 actor Michael Keating

We also head back into the world of AI, and explore whether AI tools are quietly eroding creative industries, why audiences instinctively reject AI-generated work, and how websites and streaming platforms are increasingly losing their individual identities.

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