A newsletter,
not a press release.

The Drop is a weekly newsletter about new TV on the major US streamers. Written by a human. Delivered every Friday morning. Free.

Most TV coverage is PR in a trench coat. The streamers want you to think every new thing they drop is essential viewing because that justifies what they charge you every month for a library you're never going to finish. It isn't. A lot of it is very bad. Some of it is very good. A tiny slice is worth rearranging your weekend around. The Drop is the accounting of which is which.

What you get

• A short weekly recap of every meaningful new show on the big six streamers
• A Pick of the Week — one thing actually worth your Saturday
• A running tab of what to skip, and why
• No sponsored content dressed as editorial
• No "this isn't just a show — it's a journey"

What you don't get

• Press releases rewritten with adjectives
• Ten emails a week
• "Binge-worthy," "must-watch," or "game-changer"
• A newsletter that pretends the sixth Marvel spinoff is a cultural event

Who writes it

Marty Ralston. Watches too much TV. Got tired of coverage that reads like a press release with adjectives. Started The Drop because somebody had to tell the truth about what's actually worth a Saturday night — and it wasn't going to be the same 12 publications that run the same interview with the same actor pitching the same show.

No venture-backed newsroom. No content farm. One guy, a keyboard, a grievance, a weekly deadline. If something's bad he'll tell you. If something's good he'll tell you exactly why. That's the whole pitch.

The Drop has published every Friday since February 2026 — every issue in the archive written by him, along with the guides and every ruling on the verdict board. Nothing here is syndicated and nothing is ghostwritten. Rulings get revisited when a show earns it, and revisions are made on the page rather than quietly swapped out.

Corrections, tips, and complaints all go to the same place — see the contact page.

Contact

Tips, hate mail, or a show to champion: drop@weekly.thedropnewsletter.com.