Its party ended in a $1.8B failure, when an emotional Jeffrey Katzenberg suggested laid off staffers "listen to the song ‘Get Back Up Again,’ sung by actress Anna Kendrick in the animated film Trolls, to buoy their spirits.” per a Wall Street Journal exposé.
15A
Croft in a crypt
16A
Together, musically
17A
Soother
18A
West of Gotham
19A
Punishing exclamation from a parent
20A
Abbreviation “i.e.”
22A
"Seconded"
24A
Winds associated with Santa
27A
Its party ended with a surprise pick up of "Community" which was billed as being "uncancelled"... right before being recancelled.
29A
Gin, lime, and soda
31A
"___ 101" (Nickelodeon sitcom)
32A
Possibly repeated cry in the morning
33A
Entire essence
35A
Feeling in Monument Valley, say
38A
They're scattered on the floor when the party's over... or a clue to 14A, 27A, 48A, and 66A
42A
Salty "yes"
43A
Oldest surviving American automaker
44A
Recommended 8 and up for Scrabble
45A
No good one goes unpunished
46A
Yellow flower in a balm
48A
Its party happened twice — once from 2007-2008 and again in 2015-2018. In 2019, it was rebranded as "Tatered."
53A
Sun spot?
54A
Starbuck's biggest
55A
Vote in
57A
Småland store
58A
Many a quince guest
60A
Pushes
64A
Egghead
65A
____ van Heemstra (Audrey Hepburn's pseudonym during Nazi occupation)
66A
Its party was hosted by cost NBCU roughly $60M for a paltry 300,000 subscribers and was almost named "Picky." A year later, its former CEO was sued by the National Lampoon for (allegedly) embezzling $3 million dollars.
67A
Top halloween costume most years since 2013
68A
Figure (out)
69A
Corporate figures
Verticales
1D
Mensa members' pride
2D
Grammy winner Lipa
3D
Zip
4D
"Duh!"
5D
Phish fashion
6D
Lock horns
7D
Couldn't resist
8D
Glass on a radio
9D
Strapped top
10D
Running on empty
11D
Treasure
12D
One in a class by themself
13D
Neutral pH
21D
Wolf or pig out
23D
Only high-speed rail in America (sadly)
24D
Unease
25D
Actor who brought a Jewish hand gesture into pop culture
26D
Tickle
28D
Netflix crime drama starring Laura Linney and Jason Bateman
30D
Items with 33Ds
33D
"We Will Rock You" to "We Are the Champions"
34D
Yadda, yadda, yadda
35D
Athena's shield
36D
Hunk of junk
37D
English assignment
39D
"Your Movie Sucks" author
40D
Times when only five percent of babies are born, surprisingly
41D
"Oh, brother!"
45D
Rosarito reply
46D
Send packing
47D
Withdraw, as a judge
48D
Author of "Say Cheese and Die!"
49D
"Family Matters" breakout
50D
Jury members
51D
Yorkshire city
52D
Arm bones
56D
Sue at the Field Museum
59D
Part of a dean's address
61D
"No kidding!"
62D
Quick way out that's PC
63D
Lines in the sand?
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That is an impressive rogue's gallery of failed streaming services! I almost got it (really had to dig in the memory banks for SEESO) but I was stymied by 1A, of all entries. Look forward to more puzzles soon!