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Yes, Prime Video Has Added More Ads Lately — Like, a Lot More
You're not imagining things: It does take longer to watch a TV show on Prime Video these days. The ad load on Amazon's streaming service has essentially doubled in recent months, from two and a half to three minutes of commercials per hour to four to six minutes per hour, according to a report from AdWeek. More from TVLine Jesse Williams' Amazon Action-Drama Sets Release Date - Also, Watch a Trailer for Hotel Costiera Casting News: Outlander Star Joins The Forsytes, Rings of Power Adds Trio and More The Summer I Turned Pretty: Love Blooms (and Taylor Swift Plays) in New Season 3 Trailer 'Prime Video ad load has gradually increased to four to six minutes per hour,' an Amazon representative admitted in an email to an ad buyer earlier this month. Amazon defended the move in a statement: 'While demand continues to grow, our commitment is to improving ad experiences rather than simply increasing the number of ads shown.' Prime Video was ad-free when it debuted in 2006 as an add-on to Amazon's Prime subscription service that offers free delivery of Amazon products for an annual fee. In January 2024, though, Prime Video introduced ads on all of its films and TV shows, asking subscribers to pay an additional $2.99 per month fee for an ad-free experience. (Other streamers like Netflix, Hulu and Disney+ all offer cheaper subscription tiers with ads as well.) 'This change will allow us to continue investing in compelling content and keep increasing that investment over a long period of time,' the streamer said in a message to subscribers at the time, adding: 'We aim to have meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers.' Have you noticed the uptick in ads on Prime Video shows lately? Is it making you more likely to pay for no ads, or more likely to drop Prime Video altogether? Let us know in the comments! Best of TVLine 'Missing' Shows, Found! Get the Latest on Ahsoka, Monarch, P-Valley, Sugar, Anansi Boys and 25+ Others Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More
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The Summer I Turned Pretty: Love Blooms (and Taylor Swift Plays) in New Season 3 Trailer
The Summer I Turned Pretty will end… this summer. The third and final, 11-episode season of Prime Video's YA series will premiere Wednesday, July 16. (A specific release pattern was not made immediately available, because that'd be too easy.) More from TVLine Jesse Williams' Amazon Action-Drama Sets Release Date - Also, Watch a Trailer for Hotel Costiera Casting News: Outlander Star Joins The Forsytes, Rings of Power Adds Trio and More Save the Dates: Brett Goldstein's Apple Movie, Hallmark's Christmas at Sea and More A farewell poster (below) has also been released, and on Wednesday, the streamer unveiled a new trailer for the final episodes, which continues the show's tradition of using Taylor Swift songs to illustrate the Conrad/Belly/Jeremiah love triangle. This time, it's 'Daylight' and 'Red (Taylor's Version).' You can watch it above. The series, based on creator/showrunner Jenny Han's book trilogy, revolves around the love triangle between 16-year-old Isabel 'Belly' Conklin (played by Lola Tung) and the Fisher brothers, broody Conrad (Christopher Briney) and easygoing Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno), with whom Belly has grown up. The upcoming season will chronicle the events of Han's third (and final) book, We'll Always Have Summer. In the Season 2 finale, which dropped August 18, 2023, Belly released Conrad from her heart and began a relationship with Jeremiah. Reflecting on Belly decision, star Lola Tung told TVLine, 'I think that her choice made sense for her in the moment. She's been through a lot with both of them, and I think she's realized that, at that time, Conrad has not shown her that he will ever be willing to fight for that relationship as much as she will. 'Here's Jeremiah, ready to fight for her, continuing to fight for her, just proving, I think, constantly how much he loves her and cares about her, even in watching her be with Conrad for so long,' Tung continued, adding that Jeremiah 'is the person that she is falling in love with' at the moment. In Season 3, 'it's the end of her junior year of college, and Belly's looking forward to another summer in Cousins with her soulmate, Jeremiah,' reads the official synopsis. 'Her future seems set, until some core-shaking events bring her first love Conrad back into her life. Now on the brink of adulthood, Belly finds herself at a crossroads and must decide which brother has her heart. Summer will never be the same…' As for whether fans can expect the final season to follow the last book and end with [spoiler], 'there are going to be surprises,' Han told Entertainment Weekly. 'There are the things that they know and then there are things they think they know, and then there's going to be, hopefully, things that surprise them.' The 20 Best Teen TV Dramas of All Time View List Best of TVLine 'Missing' Shows, Found! Get the Latest on Ahsoka, Monarch, P-Valley, Sugar, Anansi Boys and 25+ Others Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More
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Reacher Season 4: Sydelle Noel, Jay Baruchel and 6 Others Cast in Gone Tomorrow Adaptation
Prime Video has announced the casting of eight roles for Reacher Season 4, which will, in fact, be based on Lee Child's 13th Jack Reacher novel, Gone Tomorrow. The hit series' socials had previously teased the Season 4 source material with a photo of a script draped across the seat of what appeared to be a New York City subway car — though the casting details below suggest the book's setting has been moved to Philadelphia. Series lead Alan Ritchson, not long after, Instagrammed a photo of himself holding a copy of Gone Tomorrow. More from TVLine Casting News: LEGO Masters' New Host, Miss Austen Returns and More Jesse Williams' Amazon Action-Drama Sets Release Date - Also, Watch a Trailer for Hotel Costiera Casting News: Outlander Star Joins The Forsytes, Rings of Power Adds Trio and More 'When a chance encounter with a distraught stranger on a train goes horribly wrong,' the TV series' official Season 4 synopsis reads, 'Jack Reacher (played by Ritchson) is drawn into a complex and deadly game that pits him against ruthless foes from the highest echelons of power.' The eight castings announced Friday include Sydelle Noel (GLOW, Arrow) as Philadelphia PD detective Tamara Green, Jay Baruchel (FUBAR) as small-town policeman Jacob Merrick and Kevin Weisman (Alias, Marvel's Runaways) as Washington. D.C. journalist Russell Plum. Additionally, Marc Blucas (My Life With the Walter Boys) will play U.S. Congressman John Samson, and Kathleen Robertson (The Expanse, Boss) his wife Elsbeth, while Kevin Corrigan (Godfather of Harlem) will play Tamara's partner, Detective Docherty. Lastly, Indonesian singers Anggun and AGNEZ MO have been cast as Amisha Hoth and her daughter Lila. Want scoop on , or for any other TV show? Shoot an email to InsideLine@ and your question may be answered via Matt's Inside Line! Best of TVLine Stars Who Almost Played Other TV Roles — on Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, Lost, Gilmore Girls, Friends and Other Shows TV Stars Almost Cast in Other Roles Fall TV Preview: Who's In? Who's Out? Your Guide to Every Casting Move!
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Reacher Season 4: Sydelle Noel, Jay Baruchel and 6 Others Cast in Gone Tomorrow Adaptation
Prime Video has announced the casting of eight roles for Reacher Season 4, which will, in fact, be based on Lee Child's 13th Jack Reacher novel, Gone Tomorrow. The hit series' socials had previously teased the Season 4 source material with a photo of a script draped across the seat of what appeared to be a New York City subway car — though the casting details below suggest the book's setting has been moved to Philadelphia. Series lead Alan Ritchson, not long after, Instagrammed a photo of himself holding a copy of Gone Tomorrow. More from TVLine Casting News: LEGO Masters' New Host, Miss Austen Returns and More Jesse Williams' Amazon Action-Drama Sets Release Date - Also, Watch a Trailer for Hotel Costiera Casting News: Outlander Star Joins The Forsytes, Rings of Power Adds Trio and More 'When a chance encounter with a distraught stranger on a train goes horribly wrong,' the TV series' official Season 4 synopsis reads, 'Jack Reacher (played by Ritchson) is drawn into a complex and deadly game that pits him against ruthless foes from the highest echelons of power.' The eight castings announced Friday include Sydelle Noel (GLOW, Arrow) as Philadelphia PD detective Tamara Green, Jay Baruchel (FUBAR) as small-town policeman Jacob Merrick and Kevin Weisman (Alias, Marvel's Runaways) as Washington. D.C. journalist Russell Plum. Additionally, Marc Blucas (My Life With the Walter Boys) will play U.S. Congressman John Samson, and Kathleen Robertson (The Expanse, Boss) his wife Elsbeth, while Kevin Corrigan (Godfather of Harlem) will play Tamara's partner, Detective Docherty. Lastly, Indonesian singers Anggun and AGNEZ MO have been cast as Amisha Hoth and her daughter Lila. Want scoop on , or for any other TV show? Shoot an email to InsideLine@ and your question may be answered via Matt's Inside Line! Best of TVLine Stars Who Almost Played Other TV Roles — on Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, Lost, Gilmore Girls, Friends and Other Shows TV Stars Almost Cast in Other Roles Fall TV Preview: Who's In? Who's Out? Your Guide to Every Casting Move!
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Watch: Jesse Williams plays fixer in 'Hotel Costiera' trailer
June 13 (UPI) -- Grey's Anatomy alum Jesse Williams portrays fixer Daniel de Luca in Prime Video's upcoming series Hotel Costiera, which arrives on the streamer Sept. 24. A trailer released Friday shows Daniel, a former U.S. Marine, interacting with guests at an Almalfi Coast luxury resort. "In addition to dealing with the wealthy guests' problems, Daniel is also on the trail of Alice, one of the owner's daughters who disappeared a month earlier," an official synopsis reads. "Daniel must do everything he can to bring her home, but facing those who kidnapped the girl will be more challenging than any problem Daniel has ever faced." Hotel Costiera, which is directed by Fargo's Adam Bernstein and Giacomo Martelli, will arrive on the streamer with six episodes. Maria Chiara Giannetta, Jordan Alexandra, Antonio Gerardi, Sam Haygarth, Tommaso Ragno, Amanda Campana, Pierpaolo Spollon, Alejandra Onieva and Jean-Hugues Anglade also star.
