NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: Netflix has invested $1Billion dollars in a Roald Dahl deal that will bring 16 of the author's books to life -- including, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, The BFG, The Twits, George's Marvellous Medicine and The Enormous Crocodile -- in multiple animated shows. Netflix is developing a 10-episode, live-action "Cowboy Bebop" series. "Ugly Delicious" has been renewed for a second season. The planned spinoff to "The Middle" has been scrapped by ABC "Take Two" has been canceled at ABC CBS will end the "Murphy Brown" sequel after this season. Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of "Spongebob Squarepants," has died at the age of 57. Youtube is going to shift back its strategy with originally scripted content from being a premium pay service back to an ad-based platform in 2020. Jerry Springer will launch his own courtroom reality show called, "Judge Jerry" in the fall of 2019 at NBCUniversal. Legendary TV is developing Blake J. Harris’ "Console Wars" novel, which documents the "behind-the-scenes drama that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry," as a limited series. JACK'S LOSERS: "Dirty John" and "Paradise PD" AARON'S FENCERS: "Room 104," "The Purge" and "The Walking Dead" JACK'S FENCERS: "Queen America" AARON'S WINNERS: "The Good Place," "The Final Table," "The Nightflyers," "The Christmas Chronicles" and "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" JACK'S WINNERS: Matt Baume's Culture Cruise, LegalEagle and NHK WORLD-JAPAN all on YouTube, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and "Hilda" Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 115.