Disney issued a statement about Hulu’s livestream of the Oscars, which drew complaints for glitches and ended for many viewers before the two final awards were presented. “Yesterday evening, we experienced technical and live stream issues on Hulu which impacted some Oscars viewers,” wrote the company on Monday. “We apologize for the experience.”

Fox is aiming for football season to kick off its new streaming platform. Speaking at the Morgan Stanley media conference, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch discussed the success of the Super Bowl on Tubi. “This year, despite not the best game, we achieved record ratings, 126 million viewers,” said Murdoch. “Tubi generated about 24 million viewers, and about 15.5 million concurrent views watching the stream.” And notably, about 40% of the audience on Tubi had not used the service before.

Journalist Aaron Katersky has been promoted to ABC News Chief Investigative Correspondent based in New York. “Aaron is a one-of-a-kind and formidable journalist who is always one step ahead, quietly working behind the scenes on the next scoops that make the loudest impact,” said ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic. “With his extensive investigative experience, he will continue to break stories that dominate the news cycle for years to come.”

Over at MSNBC, Eugene Daniels just started as Senior White House Correspondent. The former co-author of Politico’s Playbook newsletter and President of the White House Correspondents’ Association has made frequent appearances on the network, joking to “Morning Joe” host Mika Brzezinski on Monday, “You guys put me on TV all the time, so now they just stuck me there. So this is all your fault.” Responded Brzezinski, “We’ll take it.”

Americans’ trust in the media is at its lowest point in over 50 years, according to Gallup polling. About two-thirds of Americans in the 1970s trusted the mass media either “a great deal” or “a fair amount” to report news “fully, accurately and fairly.” By 1997, confidence had fallen to 53%. Now, 31% of respondent say they trust the media a great deal or a fair amount, 33% say they do “not [trust it] very much,” and 36% (up from 6% in 1972) say they had no trust at all. Republicans’ lack of trust in the media topped 50% for the first time in 2020 and has since remained at the majority level. Lack of trust is also up sharply among independents, now 42%, while it continues to be low – 6% this year – among Democrats. Another 29% of Republicans, 32% of independents and 40% of Democrats in 2024 reported having “not much” trust in the news media, resulting in the vast majority of Republicans (88%) and independents (74%) and nearly half of Democrats (46%) having low trust in the media. Conversely, 12% of Republicans, 27% of independents and 54% of Democrats trust it “a great deal” or “a fair amount.”

Hemisphere Media Group, the US media company targeting US Hispanic and Latin American markets, has expanded its cable networks Pasiones and Cinelatino to Mexico’s Totalplay and Latin America via Millicom.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”) is executive producing and narrating documentary “Octopus!” for Prime Video. The two-parter following the Giant Pacific Octopus from birth to death comes from Wells Street Films’ overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios; the companies will produce with Jigsaw Productions.

Krysten Ritter (“Live & Death”) has joined the cast of Showtime’s “Dexter: Resurrection” in a guest role. Production kicked off in January, with a launch slated for summer.

Particle6 Productions landed a commission from Hearst Networks EMEA for “Two Sides of History,” a five-part digital series that brings together two people from different backgrounds who are linked to the same event from recent history.

Samsung TV Plus is the home of “The Sabrina Soto Show” on The Design Network Channel. The series, featuring interviews and segments with celebrity guests including Jason Momoa and Bobby Berk, launched Monday on Samsung TV Plus and will roll out across other streaming platforms on Monday, March 17.

COZI TV is digitally remastering high-definition episodes of “Roseanne,” airing weekdays from 10p to midnight. Marathon “The Roseanne Enhanced-A-Thon” will run Sunday, March 9, from 11a-midnight.

Today’s Trivia Question
Which short-lived drama focused on a former heavyweight boxer who goes back into the ring after his brother loses his life savings? (Email answers to [email protected] and include your name, company and city. Answers limited to four per time zone.)