For the last decade, the mantra of entertainment media was "more." More originals, more IP, more debt. But on , the hangover has fully set in. The era of limitless content budgets is over.

Netflix debuted The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping , while Disney+ and Hulu premiered

: Pop culture was in "Oscars mode," preparing for the March 10 ceremony. Oppenheimer was the clear frontrunner, ultimately sweeping major categories including Best Picture and Best Actor.

(FX on Hulu) : The critically acclaimed historical drama continued its weekly rollout, with new episodes airing around this time.

The human attention span is now officially shorter than that of a goldfish (a tired fact, but relevant). However, the new phenomenon in 2024 is "double-decker content"—watching a reaction video of a podcast that is summarizing a Netflix documentary. Popular media has collapsed into endless recursion. The most popular entertainment is no longer the content itself, but meta-commentary on the content.