Will Carroll joins for a mega Sports Corner: Fubo meets Hulu to enable Venu, Netflix goes full force into live sports, how football dominates American TV, NFL announcers, and our TV picks!

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TV Picks:

Will: Traitors (US and UK, Peacock), Landman (JERRY JONES!, Paramount+)

Jason: Ludwig (UK, coming to Britbox), All Creatures Great and Small (UK, PBS)

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