📺 “War” Teaser Trailer: Dominic West and Sienna Miller Turn Divorce Into an All-Out Legal Battle in HBO’s New British Drama — Premiering Thursday, October 1st on HBO and HBO Max

Divorce is one of the most painful things that can happen to two people who once loved each other. No matter how well-intentioned a couple may be when they enter a marriage, they rarely consider what happens when it falls apart. Add wealth and fame to the equation, and you’ve got yourself more than a little breakup... you’ve got war.

The Crown’s Dominic West and Anatomy of a Scandal’s Sienna Miller star as two very public figures who find themselves at the center of one of the biggest divorce trials in Britain’s legal history in the upcoming eight-episode drama War.

West’s Morgan Henderson is a tech entrepreneur, while Miller’s Carla Duval is a well-known film star. He has the money. She has the fame. And both have high-powered divorce lawyers convincing their respective clients that they are each the “wronged party”; making anything close to an amicable split nearly impossible.

The new series is written and created by prolific British TV writer-producer George Kay, the creator behind Idris Elba’s tense Apple TV hostage thriller Hijack and co-creator of the twisty French caper series Lupin. Kay is also behind the forthcoming Netflix Swedish detective series Blood Sacrifice (watch the newly released teaser below).

Seemingly drawing on real-life high-profile divorce battles, the British series will examine the legal strategies and personal fallout as each party tries to paint the other as the villain and themselves as the true victim. But as we all know, there are two sides to every story. And in a divorce, the truth usually gets lost somewhere in the middle.

Co-starring Phoebe Fox, James McArdle, Archie Renaux, Nina Sosanya, and Pip Torrens, War is slated to premiere Thursday, October 1st on HBO and HBO Max.

📺 “High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam” Trailer: Joel Kinnaman Stars as the CIA Agent in Charge of Interrogating Saddam Hussein in TNT’s Four-Part Political Thriller — Debuting Sunday, September 13th on TNT

It’s been a while since we’ve heard much from TNT, but the cable network may finally have something to spark interest with its latest limited series. This new drama thriller takes TV viewers back to December 2003, when the world was glued to the news of Saddam Hussein’s capture after U.S. forces pulled him from a small underground hideout in Iraq. But as it turns out, the manhunt was only part of the story.

High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam is a new four-episode miniseries starring Joel Kinnaman (Suicide Squad, For All Mankind) as CIA analyst John Nixon, tasked with identifying and interrogating Saddam Hussein after his capture. Inspired by true events, the drama traces the events leading up to and following his capture, focusing on the high-stakes interrogation that unfolds behind closed doors.

Nixon was the first American intelligence officer to positively identify and interrogate the former Iraqi dictator. And rather than approaching that encounter as a straightforward political history lesson, it seems this drama aims to turn those conversations into the center of a psychological chess match between two men sitting on opposite sides of history, each trying to assert control... and perhaps each trying to shape the narrative through his own version of the truth.

Waleed Zuaiter, the actor and co-producer of the 2013 Oscar-nominated Palestinian drama Omar, takes on the task of portraying Saddam Hussein as a complex, commanding figure at the center of the interrogation, seemingly defiant to the bitter end.

Meanwhile, it seems Kinnaman’s John Nixon may have gone into the interrogation convinced that Saddam was hiding the truth about Iraq’s supposed weapons of mass destruction. The implications of what he discovers, however, could force him to question not only the intelligence that led them there, but the entire justification for the war.

Based on Nixon’s memoir, directed and developed by Leslie Greif, the co-creator of The Offer, the limited series also co-stars Tom Berenger, Lena Góra, Talia Balsam, and Matt Barr.

High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam debuts Sunday, September 13th on TNT.

📺 “Outer Banks: Season 5” Final Trailer: Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline & the Pogues Return for One Last Treasure Hunt in the Final Season of Netflix’s Hit Teen Adventure Drama — Premiering Thursday, August 20th on Netflix

To be honest, when Netflix first launched Outer Banks, it felt like it might just be another quick grab at a younger audience, especially since that was clearly their fastest-growing demographic at the time. But we certainly didn’t expect it to go the distance, let alone make it to five seasons. Not only has it done that, but it also ended up launching the careers of breakout stars like Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Drew Starkey, Carlacia Grant, Madison Bailey, Rudy Pankow, and Jonathan Daviss.

For anyone new to it, the Netflix series, created by Jonas Pate, Josh Pate (Surface), and novelist Shannon Burke, is set along the coastal Outer Banks of North Carolina. It follows a tight-knit group of working-class teens known as the Pogues, who get pulled into a dangerous treasure hunt that constantly puts them up against their wealthy rivals, the Kooks, along with a whole range of other threats along the way.

Over the past four seasons, the Pogues have chased treasure, dodged danger, dealt with plenty of bad dudes, and still somehow managed to find their way back to each other every time. And through it all, fans have stayed right there with them.

Now, as the series heads into its final fifth season, the story begins in grief following the events of Season 4. JJ (Pankow) is gone, the Blue Crown has been lost, and John B (Stokes), Sarah (Cline), Kiara (Bailey), Pope (Daviss), and Cleo (Grant) are left carrying a loss that could either bring them closer together or completely pull them apart.

With revenge now driving the chase, Season 5 feels less like just another adventure and more like the Pogues’ final chance to settle everything before their story comes to a close. And we’re sure, for fans, this final ride is going to be a bittersweet one.

And with the summer winding down, it only adds a little more bittersweetness to the idea that Outer Banks: Season 5 offers a fitting farewell to the Pogues with its final treasure-hunting adventure. And from the looks of it, it’s going to be every bit as adventurous and emotional as ever when it premieres Thursday, August 20th on Netflix.

📺 “Star Wars: Visions Presents: The Ninth Jedi” Final Trailer: Would-Be Jedi Kara Searches for Her Lightsaber-Maker Father in This New Eight-Episode Anime Series Based on the Fan-Favorite ‘Visions’ Shorts — Streaming Now on Disney+ and Hulu

The Force has always been about choosing between light and dark. But what happens when that choice becomes less and less clear? In this new anime continuation of the Star Wars: Visions shorts “The Ninth Jedi” and “Child of Hope,” Kara (Chinatsu Akasaki / Kimiko Glenn), the daughter of a kidnapped lightsaber maker, trains under Margrave Juro (Tetsuo Kanao / Andrew Kishino) while searching for her father, Lah Zhima (Shinichiro Miki / Simu Liu), across a galaxy hunted by forces determined to wipe out the Jedi. Trying to understand her own connection to the Force, Kara joins a small group of Jedi-in-training on a mission that could reveal whether light and dark were ever as simple as they seemed. While taking one of the most compelling standalone stories in Star Wars: Visions and expanding it into a full eight-episode adventure, the series gives Kara’s journey more room to explore what it really means to choose a side.

📺 “Conan O’Brien Must Go: Season 3” Trailer: Conan Takes His Shameless Travel Comedy to Four More Countries... and Once Again Makes a Fool of Himself — Premieres Friday, August 21st on HBO and HBO Max

Conan O’Brien is at his best when he’s front and center, acting ridiculously and shamelessly foolish in all his self-effacing glory. That’s likely why he’s so perfectly suited to hosting his own travel show, fully committing to the bit while gleefully playing up every embarrassing version of the “ugly American tourist” stereotype. In the third season of his HBO travel comedy series, Conan heads to four different countries to meet fans, stumble through local traditions, and turn himself into the main attraction for all the wrong reasons. The joke is rarely on the places he visits. It’s on Conan, who somehow manages to embarrass himself internationally while still finding a genuine connection beneath all the nonsense. So, if you happen to be in the country Conan is visiting, don’t be too embarrassed to laugh at him... chances are, everyone else already is. Because, from the looks of things, making a fool of himself abroad is pretty much the whole mission.

📺 “Average Joe: Season 2” Trailer: Deon Cole Takes His Darkly Comic Crime Series From Pittsburgh to South Africa — Premieres Wednesday, August 19th on Paramount+

Comedian Deon Cole may have started his career writing jokes for The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and Conan, but he has since made a smooth transition into acting, stealing scenes in shows like Black-ish and taking on more dramatic roles in films such as the Western actioner The Harder They Fall, the musical adaptation of The Color Purple, and, most recently, playing Don King in the Michael Jackson biopic Michael. With the second season of his hit BET series, Cole puts that sharp comic timing to work while showing another side of himself as Joe, an ordinary plumber and family man whose late father’s mob ties have pulled him and his loved ones deeper into a dangerous criminal world. This time, Joe’s troubles follow him far beyond Pittsburgh, sending him and his crew to Cape Town, SoutH Africa after a new threat tied to the Russian mob puts his family directly in the crosshairs. Co-starring Michael Trucco, Malcolm Barrett, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Katlego Lebogang, and Hakeem Kae-Kazim, this darkly comic crime series proves that being an “average Joe” doesn’t always mean living an average life.

📺 “Colin From Accounts: Season 3” U.S. Trailer: Ashley and Gordon (Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall) Face the Fallout From a Painfully Botched Proposal in the Hit Aussie Rom-Com Series — Premieres Thursday, September 10th on Paramount+

It starts with the most adorable meet-cute imaginable, only to quickly turn into one of the most awkward and random romantic encounters ever. One injured dog and an accidental wardrobe malfunction later, Ashley and Gordon have gone on to build a relationship that’s somehow just as messy and oddly endearing as the way it began. Creators and stars Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall, who are also a real-life married couple, return for a brand-new season of their hit Aussie rom-com series, where love is only one bad decision away from becoming a full-blown crisis. This time around, Ashley and Gordon are dealing with the fallout from Gordon’s painfully botched proposal, forcing them to figure out whether they’re actually ready for marriage... or just barely holding together the relationship they already have. Looking for some heartfelt romance with a slightly sharper edge? Give this Aussie gem a try, as it has quietly become one of the better romantic comedies on television.

📺 “The Shards” Music Video Promo: Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis Take Us Back to 1981 Los Angeles for a Little Sex, Teen Angst, Murder, and ’80s Music Videos — Streaming Now on FX, Hulu, and Disney+

Looking for a time machine back to the ’80s? Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis may have found one. By the looks of this new promo, their latest FX series doesn’t simply revisit the decade... it drops us right into the neon glow and VHS haze of an early 80s music video. Based on Ellis’s semi-autobiographical novel, the series takes place in 1981 Los Angeles and stars Igby Rigney as Bret, an aspiring writer finishing his senior year at an elite prep school where money, sex, and jealousy are all part of the daily routine. But when magnetic new student Robert Mallory (Homer Gere) enters Bret’s inner circle just as a serial killer begins targeting teenagers across the city, attraction quickly gives way to suspicion and obsession. With Kaia Gerber, Hayes Warner, and Graham Campbell rounding out the cast, this retro-soaked teen-gone-bad mystery-thriller suggests that a little paranoia may be healthy... especially when the object of your obsession might also be a killer.

📺 “Blood Sacrifice” Trailer: Jakob Oftebro and Peter Andersson Star as Detectives Hunting a Killer in a New Swedish Crime-Thriller Series From Hijack Creator George Kay — Premieres Thursday, August 20th on Netflix

George Kay, the British writer and producer behind Hijack, Lupin and HBO’s upcoming War, is back with another crime mystery. This time, he brings the suspense to the Swedish islands. During the brightness of a Swedish summer, two police officers respond to a call at an empty house and walk straight into a carefully planned execution. The attack is only the beginning. As the police realize someone is targeting their own, investigator Thomas (Jakob Oftebro) is forced to work with his estranged father, former detective Alfred (Peter Andersson). With another officer potentially next on the list, the two men must put years of bad blood aside long enough to catch the killer before it’s too late.

📺 “Made in Korea: Season 2” Teaser: Power, Revenge, and Family Rivalry Drive This New Season of the Korean Political Thriller, Starring Hyun Bin — Streams Wednesday, September 9th on Hulu / Disney+

Nine years can change a man... or simply give him more time to tighten his grip on power. In the new season of this sprawling Korean political crime series, undercover agent turned smuggler Baek Kitae (Hyun Bin) has risen to the height of his influence, but prosecutor Jang Geonyoung (Jung Woo-sung) is finally ready to strike back. Meanwhile, Kitae’s brother Baek Kihyun (Woo Do-hwan) begins chasing power on his own terms, creating a family rift that could bring everything Kitae has built crashing down. In a world built on secrets and corruption, the people closest to you may be the ones capable of doing the most damage.

📺 “Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black: Season 3” Trailer: Taylor Polidore Williams Fights to Hold Onto Power in Netflix’s Soapy Family Drama as the Bellarie Clan Strikes Back — Streams Thursday, August 27th on Netflix

Power inside the Bellarie family has always come with a price, and Kimmie may finally be the one holding the bill. Tyler Perry returns as creator, writer, and director for Season 3, with Taylor Polidore Williams leading the cast as Kimmie alongside Crystle Stewart, Ricco Ross, Charles Malik Whitfield, Terrell Carter, Debbi Morgan, Richard Lawson, Julian Horton, and Steven G. Norfleet. After fighting her way from the club floor to the top of the Beauty in Black empire, Kimmie enters the new season with more control than ever. But staying on top proves more dangerous than getting there, as the Bellarie family closes ranks and prepares to take back everything Kimmie claimed.

📺 “Lion” Trailer: A Vulnerable Cub Grows Into a Leader in National Geographic’s Four-Part Wildlife Series — Premieres Wednesday, August 19th on National Geographic and Streams Thursday, August 20th on Disney+ / Hulu

Every king’s journey has to start somewhere. For lion cub Kio, that begins not with a crown, but as a vulnerable youngster trying to survive the dangers surrounding his pride. In this new four-part nature docuseries, cameras follow Kio over four years as loss, exile, and fierce rivals push him from cubhood toward becoming a leader. Every king has to earn his roar before he can lead the pride, and this little guy has a long road ahead of him before he’s ready to claim that crown.

📺 “102 Minutes Inside the Towers” Trailer: Survivors Recount the Fight to Escape the World Trade Center in Robin Roberts’ 9/11 Documentary Special — Premieres Friday, September 11th at 8/7 on HISTORY

For 102 minutes on September 11, 2001, the people inside the World Trade Center towers faced an unimaginable disaster that those watching from the outside could never fully see or understand, even after the world watched it unfold live on television. Executive produced by Good Morning America host and journalist Robin Roberts, this HISTORY documentary special brings together survivors, office workers, security personnel, window washers, and first responders to recount what happened inside the buildings... and how they miraculously found a way out.

📺 “Disney Worldbuilders” Trailer: Leslie Iwerks’ Documentary Special Looks at How Disney Turns Big Ideas Into Worlds You Can Step Inside — Streaming Thursday, August 20th on Disney+

Building a world takes more than six days. It takes patience, persistence, and a whole lot of imagination. No better example exists than the world builders at Disney, where ideas don’t just become stories; they become places people can actually step inside. That creative journey sits at the heart of Leslie Iwerks’ new documentary, which looks at how some of Disney’s biggest worlds are dreamed up, designed, and brought to life for everyone to experience. This Disney special gives viewers an early look at the artists, filmmakers, executives, and Imagineers who turn personal sparks of inspiration into full-scale worlds built to last.

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📺 “Below” Teaser Trailer: Josh Hartnett and Mackenzie Davis Face a Terrifying Sea Creature in Netflix’s Newfoundland-Set Horror Mystery Series — Premiering Thursday, October 8th on Netflix

Josh Hartnett is back, people. And this time, he’s leading a new Netflix series that might have us fearing the water all over again.

Hartnett, who has been one of our favorites since the days of Pearl Harbor and Black Hawk Down, has enjoyed a steady career resurgence in recent years, particularly after starring in M. Night Shyamalan’s 2024 twisty serial-killer thriller Trap, along with memorable appearances in FX’s The Bear and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.

Now, he’s heading to the rocky shores of Newfoundland for Below, an all-new six-episode horror-mystery series where a small fishing town might be the last place you’d expect to find something monstrous hiding just beneath the ocean’s surface.

Hartnett stars as Calvin Penney, a working-class fisherman and single father struggling to hold together a family still carrying the weight of personal loss. Life in the remote community of Snooks Arm is already difficult enough, but things take a far more dangerous turn when a mysterious sea creature begins terrorizing the town and threatening the waters that generations of local fishermen have depended on for decades.

And who better to get to the bottom of this creature mystery than the guy from one of the coolest and most overlooked sci-fi flicks of the ’90s, The Faculty?

Calvin joins forces with visiting marine researcher Fonda Howander, played by Station Eleven’s Mackenzie Davis, hoping to identify whatever is moving beneath the surface before another resident becomes its next victim. But as their investigation continues, the attacks begin pointing toward the island’s buried history, along with Calvin’s own traumatic past, suggesting that the creature may have been haunting the community for far longer than anyone realizes.

Created and showrun by Canadian writer Jesse McKeown, whose previous credits include The Umbrella Academy and 19-2, the upcoming limited series draws heavily from Newfoundland’s maritime culture, folklore, landscape, and history.

The strong ensemble cast—all sporting distinct Newfoundland accents, by the way—also includes Stranger Things’ Charlie Heaton as Wade Penney, Bridgerton’s Ruby Stokes as Mary Penney, Halloween Ends’ Rohan Campbell as Jay Penney, Willow Kean as Ruth Penney, and Kaleb Horn as Noah. Species’ Natasha Henstridge also appears as one of the community’s local leaders.

All six episodes of Below will premiere Thursday, October 8th on Netflix.

📺 “Ted Lasso: Season 4” Trailer: Jason Sudeikis Heads Back to Richmond for a New Challenge Coaching the Women’s Team — Returning Wednesday, August 5th on Apple TV

Americans have a rather negative reputation for being rude and obnoxious while traveling abroad. And while we’re not saying that stereotype is entirely untrue, it’s good to know there are shows like Ted Lasso making a genuine effort to change the narrative and suggest that American “optimism” might be our greatest export to foreigners. Then again, some might call it stupidity. And yes, that isn’t entirely untrue, since maintaining blind optimism often requires ignoring all available evidence. You just gotta… “believe.”

Three years after Ted Lasso walked away from AFC Richmond and returned home to Kansas, Jason Sudeikis’ relentlessly optimistic football coach is heading back across the pond. But rather than simply reclaiming his old position, Ted is taking on a challenge that pushes him into entirely new territory: coaching Richmond’s second-division women’s soccer team.

Season 4 reunites Ted with Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham), Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein), Keeley Jones (Juno Temple), Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt), and Leslie Higgins (Jeremy Swift), while introducing a new roster of players and staff members with their own ambitions, frustrations, and reasons for taking the field.

Sudeikis returns to lead the comedy as both star and executive producer. The ensemble also includes new cast members Sex Education’s Tanya Reynolds as coach Alice Chilton, along with Jude Mack, Faye Marsay, Rex Hayes, Aisling Sharkey, Abbie Hern, and Grant Feely as Ted’s son, Henry.

Created by Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Joe Kelly, and Brendan Hunt, and based on the NBC Sports sketch character, the Apple series appears ready to continue its belief that the sport isn’t necessarily just about skill and hard work, but also the friendships formed along the way. Now Ted gets to test that philosophy with a whole new team fighting for its own place at Richmond.

The 10-episode fourth season is slated to premiere Wednesday, August 5th on Apple TV, with new episodes arriving weekly through October 7th.

📺 “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 18” Trailer: Charlie, Mac, Dennis, Dee, and Frank Return for More Shameless Schemes and Socially Unacceptable Misadventures — Premiering Monday, August 17th on FXX and Streams on Hulu / Disney+

In this day and age, it’s hard enough for a television show to survive its first season, let alone make it all the way to Season 18. And for a comedy series? That’s almost unfathomable.

Most comedies begin running out of steam by their fourth, fifth, or sixth season, so the fact that It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has lasted this long has to be credited to the incredible chemistry among its main cast. Over the years, they’ve built a devoted audience willing to follow these characters to the ends of the Earth just to watch them act like complete fools and stumble into increasingly ridiculous situations.

Season 18 doesn’t appear to be any different. Charlie, Mac, Dennis, Dee, and Frank are back at Paddy’s Pub, cooking up more selfish schemes involving inheritance money, automation, conspiracy theories, sobriety culture, school, youth sports, and even a Renaissance Faire.

In other words, the world continues to change while this pub-owning group remains completely incapable of learning anything from it.

Rob Mac (McElhenney), Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Kaitlin Olson, and Danny DeVito once again lead the ensemble, returning as five of television’s most stubbornly terrible people. David Hornsby also returns as the perpetually unfortunate Rickety Cricket, while Jimmi Simpson is back as Liam McPoyle, suggesting the Gang’s latest disasters will spread well beyond the walls of Paddy’s.

This long-running FXX comedy has survived by refusing to soften its characters or force them into meaningful growth. Instead, every new pop-cultural shift becomes another opportunity for the group to make terrible life choices, turning even the most ordinary situations into unbearably awkward disasters.

After 17 seasons, we’re still ready to see what they come up with next. The jokes will be big. The humor will be crass. And the Always Sunny Gang will almost certainly find new taboos to cross.

Season 18 premieres Monday, August 17th on FXX and streams on Hulu and Disney+.

📺 “The Shards” Final Trailer: Igby Rigney, Homer Gere and Kaia Gerber Enter 1980s L.A. Prep-School Obsession in Ryan Murphy’s New Bret Easton Ellis Thriller Series — Debuts Wednesday, August 5th on FX and Hulu / Disney+

Remember the ’80s: big hair, louder fashion, and a whole generation of young people up to no good. Famed provocateur Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho, Less Than Zero) teams up with executive producer Ryan Murphy for a new ’80s throwback series where a privileged class of teenagers may be even more treacherous than the serial killer stalking Los Angeles. Based on Ellis’ semi-autobiographical novel and set inside the moneyed world of 1980s L.A., this FX thriller follows Bret (Igby Rigney), an aspiring writer at an elite prep school whose polished social circle begins to fracture when magnetic newcomer Robert Mallory (Homer Gere) arrives before senior year. Kaia Gerber, Hayes Warner, Graham Campbell, Wes Bentley, Evan Rachel Wood, and Jordan Roth co-star as desire, jealousy, status games, and a killer known as the Trawler turn teenage obsession into something far more dangerous. ’80s L.A. excess wasn’t just about consumption and privilege... it also meant the city was crawling with people willing to cross any line to get what they wanted.

📺 “Cupertino” Teaser: Mike Colter and Rachel Keller Take on Big Tech in a New Legal Drama From ‘The Good Wife’ Creators Robert and Michelle King — Premieres Thursday, October 8th on CBS and Paramount+

When it comes to network television, legal dramas are a dime a dozen. But this one has Luke Cage. “Sweet Christmas!” Mike Colter trades in his bulletproof hoodie for a courtroom suit to lead this David-versus-Goliath drama from Robert and Michelle King, creators of The Good Wife, Evil, and Elsbeth. He stars as Michael Price, a lawyer fired by a tech startup and cheated out of stock options just before its breakthrough. Teaming with Rachel Keller’s Olivia Siffre, another discarded attorney, he builds a practice for workers exploited by Silicon Valley’s most powerful companies. Big Tech may have the money and data, but these lawyers are ready to serve notice.

📺 “Outer Banks: Season 5” Trailer: Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline and the Pogues Go After Revenge, Redemption, and One Last Treasure in Netflix’s Final Season — Premieres Thursday, August 20th on Netflix

Netflix has no shortage of hit shows, but one of its biggest recent breakouts might still be one of its most unexpected: a sun-soaked teen mystery-adventure about treasure hunts, class wars, and a crew of young troublemakers from the coast of North Carolina. Now the Pogues are heading into their fifth and final season, with John B (Chase Stokes), Sarah (Madelyn Cline), Pope (Jonathan Daviss), Kiara (Madison Bailey), and Cleo (Carlacia Grant) reeling from the death of JJ and chasing the stolen Blue Crown. With revenge, redemption, and one last shot at a future all on the line, the final hunt sends them into dangerous new territory while Rafe (Drew Starkey) gets pulled back into the Pogues’ orbit. Summer may have started as a coastal fantasy, but for the Pogues, it might just end in one final fight for everything they have left.

📺 “Dugout Dads” Trailer: Patrick Renna Reunites With His Sandlot Castmates and Boy Meets World’s Danielle Fishel in This New Little League Comedy Series — Coming Soon

’90s kids, rejoice! Prepare for some heavy nostalgia as Patrick Renna heads back to the baseball diamond with several of his former The Sandlot castmates. Only this time, they’re the grown-ups causing all the trouble. In this forthcoming streaming series, Renna stars as an idealistic father who volunteers to coach his children’s Little League team, only to discover that managing a group of 10-year-olds is easier than handling their fiercely competitive parents. Co-created by Renna and fellow actor Kyle Howard, and featuring Boy Meets World’s Danielle Fishel alongside The Sandlot alums Tom Guiry, Chauncey Leopardi, Marty York, Victor DiMattia, and more, this original sports comedy brings the old gang back together to awaken the ’90s kid in all of us. The kids just want to play ball ... but it seems the dads are the ones who need a timeout.

📺 “Lioness: Season 3” Final Trailer: Zoe Saldaña’s CIA Officer Faces a War That Hits Home in Latest Season of Taylor Sheridan’s Military Action-Thriller — Out This Sunday, August 2nd on Paramount+

Zoe Saldaña returns as CIA officer Joe McNamara, who has spent years keeping covert wars away from her front door. But as hidden networks, foreign operatives, and personal betrayals close in, she finds the line between duty and family disappearing fast. Nicole Kidman, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Kelly are also back for this new eight-episode season from creator Taylor Sheridan, where every mission carries serious consequences... and this time, the battlefield is closer than ever. Joe may know how to survive the enemy, but protecting her family could prove to be her most dangerous assignment yet.

📺 “Possession” International Trailer: Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jonny Lee Miller Confront a Plantation’s Haunted Past in Sky’s Supernatural Thriller Miniseries — Debuts Thursday, August 6th in the UK on Sky and NOW

Some houses are haunted by ghosts; others by the horrors of history. Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars as Claudia, a British lawyer sent to Jamaica to defend a wealthy aristocrat (Jonny Lee Miller) in a disputed inheritance claim involving Hope Hill, his family’s former plantation. But when Claudia recognizes the estate from her recurring dreams, the legal battle opens the door to a supernatural mystery connecting the property’s violent past to the injustices of the present. Created by Karla Crome and directed by Jamaican filmmaker Storm Saulter, this five-episode British thriller suggests the law may decide who owns the house, but the trauma within its walls might still lay claim to everyone who enters.

📺 “Robot Chicken: Adult Swim’s 25th Anniversary Special” Trailer: Seth Green and Matthew Senreich Send Adult Swim’s Strangest Characters on a Cruise From Hell — Airing Sunday, August 30th on Adult Swim and Streaming Monday, August 31st on HBO Max

Adult Swim is turning 25, and Robot Chicken has volunteered to ruin the party. Seth Green and Matthew Senreich’s stop-motion special packs characters from The Venture Bros., Smiling Friends, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Metalocalypse and more aboard an anniversary cruise that quickly becomes a fight for survival. With decades of late-night oddballs and deep cuts available for roasting, this is less a heartfelt tribute than one seriously overcrowded disaster at sea.

📺 “The Airport Chaplain” International Trailer: Hugo Weaving and ‘The Pitt’ Breakout Shabana Azeez Clash Inside a Chaotic Australian Airport in This New Miniseries — Premieres Wednesday, August 26th in Australia on SBS and SBS On Demand

Shabana Azeez is one of the many breakout stars to emerge from HBO’s hit medical drama The Pitt. What some viewers may not realize is that she’s Australian. And somehow, between seasons, she found time to return home for this eight-part workplace drama starring opposite an Aussie legend. Hugo Weaving stars as Tobias Wallace, an unconventional airport chaplain who considers himself indispensable until Azeez’s formidable new boss, Mira, arrives determined to rein him in. Their power struggle soon spreads throughout the terminal, where fixers, cleaners, baggage handlers, and passengers are already juggling crises of their own. Airports are stressful enough without a chaplain who thinks he runs the place... and a boss determined to prove he doesn’t.

📺 “The Chosen” Season 6 Teaser: Jonathan Roumie’s Jesus Faces His Final Day in Dallas Jenkins’ Hit Biblical Drama — Premiering Sunday, November 15th on Prime Video

It all leads back to the cross. Jonathan Roumie returns as Jesus as the sixth season follows his final hours through the followers who love him, the authorities who condemn him, and the disciple whose betrayal sets everything in motion. Creator Dallas Jenkins unfolds the story across six new episodes before concluding it with a feature-length theatrical finale in spring 2027.

📺 “Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes” Trailer: Documentarian Joe Berlinger Uses Unreleased Prison Recordings to Revisit the Cult Leader, the 1969 Murders and the Trial That Became a Media Spectacle — Debuts Wednesday, August 12th on Netflix

Nearly six decades later, Charles Manson’s voice remains as disturbing as ever. Award-winning documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost trilogy) returns for the fourth installment of his true-crime anthology, using unreleased prison recordings, interviews, and archival footage to trace Manson’s rise as a cult leader, the 1969 murders carried out by his followers, and the trial that turned the case into a media spectacle. The tapes may bring us closer to Manson’s voice, but closeness is not the same as understanding.

📺 “Leanne: Season 2” Trailer: Leanne Morgan Faces More Family Troubles in Chuck Lorre’s Southern Sitcom — Returning Thursday, August 27th on Netflix

Starting over was only the opening act. Stand-up comic Leanne Morgan returns with sister Carol (Kristen Johnston) beside her as old habits, new challenges, and changing family roles complicate her hard-won fresh start. Lainey Wilson, Jaime Pressly, Billy Gardell, and Tyne Daly join the family circle for a second season filled with more domestic disruption and Southern humor. Reinvention may be personal... but in this family, it never stays private.

📺 “Mousetrap” Teaser: A Man Hunts Down the Hacker Who Stole His Identity in Netflix’s Korean Crime Thriller Series — Premieres Friday, August 28th on Netflix

Identity theft is bad enough when someone steals your password. It’s a whole other nightmare when they steal your entire life. In this new Korean series, Ryu Jun-yeol stars as Moon-jae, a reclusive novelist who wakes up to find his name, money, phone, and proof that he even exists taken over by a mysterious impostor known as the Rat. With his only friend missing and nowhere else to turn, he forms an uneasy alliance with No-ja, the ruthless loan shark (Sul Kyung-gu), to track down the man who has erased him. Directed by Kim Hong-sun and written by Lee Jae-gon, this Netflix thriller asks what happens when a stolen identity turns into a full-blown existential manhunt.

📺 “La Mesías” International Trailer: A Man Confronts His Family’s Cult-Like Past in Los Javis’ Spanish Psychological Thriller Series — Begins Streaming Thursday, September 3rd on MUBI in the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia and other Select International Markets

Spanish actor Roger Casamajor stars as Enric, a man shaken by the sudden fame of Stella Maris, a Catholic pop group whose young singers remind him of the religious fanaticism, maternal control, and buried secrets he and his sister Irene have spent years trying to escape. Created by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, this seven-episode Spanish thriller moves through different periods of one fractured family, where music becomes both a performance of faith and a trigger for the past.

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📺 “Lanterns” Comic Con Trailer: Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre Bring the Veteran-Rookie Cop Formula to DC’s Alien-Tinged Neo-Western Mystery Series — Premiering Sunday, August 16th on HBO and HBO Max

Every great cop story... or, in this case, a “space cop” story, starts with a veteran, a rookie, and a partnership neither one of them asked for. Lanterns sends that formula into space and down again, pairing two Green Lanterns who look less like future best friends and more like detectives struggling to survive their first week together.

Kyle Chandler, of Friday Night Lights fame, plays Hal Jordan, a hardened veteran who carries himself like Tommy Lee Jones in Men in Black: craggy, experienced, and increasingly tired of explaining how everything works. He understands the ring, the job, and the dangers surrounding both, but years of Lantern duty appear to have left him deeply disgruntled, which sets up his new partner perfectly: John Stewart, played here by Rebel Ridge breakout Aaron Pierre.

John is the ambitious recruit waiting to claim the ring and prove he belongs. He’s confident, determined, and ready to embrace his heroic destiny, despite what Hal thinks of him. There’s only one problem, though: John hasn’t quite figured out how to fly... or at least not yet, from what this new full trailer has led us to believe.

When John is asked to summon the ring’s power and fly, he comes up painfully short. Hal responds with more sarcasm than sympathy. But here’s the interesting thing: this DC series, which arrives with plenty of expectations attached, appears to take a tonal detour from typical superhero fare.

Rather than launching directly into cosmic warfare, this eight-episode HBO drama brings its intergalactic officers down to Earth. A shooting in rural Nebraska pulls Hal and John into a small-town murder investigation that may carry unmistakably alien fingerprints. And those fingerprints could point toward something far more dangerous than an ordinary human killer.

“What do you know about Manhunters?” John asks Hal in this new Lanterns trailer, suggesting their investigation may involve a suspect capable of changing shape.

Hal’s expression immediately hardens. “Where did you hear that word?”

Created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King, Lanterns looks closer to a neo-Western detective thriller than a conventional superhero adventure. The rings may be capable of creating anything their wearers imagine, but solving a murder and learning to trust the person beside you could prove considerably harder when a shapeshifter is on the loose... and could very well be anyone.

Also starring Kelly Macdonald as the local sheriff, who doesn’t take too kindly to outsiders poking their noses into her town’s business, the cast also includes Garret Dillahunt, Paul Ben-Victor, Jason Ritter, and Poorna Jagannathan, along with surprise turns from Laura Linney, Ulrich Thomsen as Thaal Sinestro, and Nathan Fillion returning as Guy Gardner.

Lanterns premieres Sunday, August 16th, on HBO and HBO Max.

📺 “Blade Runner 2099” Comic Con Teaser Trailer: Hunter Schafer and Michelle Yeoh Enter a Future Where Replicants Rule and Humanity Is on the Run in Upcoming ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel Miniseries — Premiering Wednesday, November 25th on Prime Video

Wait a minute. Hold up. Stark silhouettes of futuristic Los Angeles. Smog hanging over brutalist-style towers. Giant digital billboards flickering through the haze.

That can only mean one thing: Blade Runner. Only this time, the year is 2099.

There’s something amusing about how far the franchise has traveled. Ridley Scott’s original took place in 2019, which was then 37 years into the future. Denis Villeneuve’s sequel jumped ahead to 2049. Now, this eight-episode Prime Video series moves another half-century forward.

And yet, judging by this first look coming straight from San Diego Comic-Con, the Blade Runner world still carries the same visual scars. The smoky streets, neon glow, monolithic architecture, and advertisements cascading from above all remain firmly intact. The world looks familiar, but the power structure has changed.

Following a Replicant uprising, humanity no longer appears to sit at the center of society. Hunter Schafer, coming off her turn in the HBO series Euphoria, stars as Cora, a human fugitive who has survived by repeatedly changing identities over the years, with the city’s darkest corners becoming her refuge. Hoping to secure a future for herself and her brother, she makes one final transformation and becomes a Blade Runner.

Blade Runners were once special police detectives tasked with hunting rogue Replicants. But in the year 2099, a Blade Runner’s job is something much different: instead of hunting Replicants, they now hunt rogue human runaways.

That new role forces Cora into an uneasy partnership with Olwen, played by Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, a veteran Replicant with only days left to live. Together, they are assigned to hunt a runaway carrying information powerful enough to collapse the city’s fragile new order, possibly revealing that whoever controls the power also controls the truth.

Created by Silka Luisa (Shining Girls), with Shōgun helmer Jonathan van Tulleken directing the first two episodes, Blade Runner 2099 appears ready to preserve the franchise’s visual identity while shifting its perspective toward the Replicants now holding power.

The future may belong to them, but the old questions remain: Who gets to decide what counts as human, and what happens when the hunted finally take control?

Executive produced by Ridley Scott, all eight episodes of Blade Runner 2099 are due to premiere Wednesday, November 25th, on Prime Video.

📺 “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 3” Comic Con Teaser Trailer: Sauron Forges the One Ring as Middle-earth Descends Into War in Amazon’s Epic Fantasy Series — Premiering Wednesday, November 11th on Prime Video

You can’t have Comic-Con without something from Middle-earth, especially with Amazon coming to San Diego to showcase the third season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, set to debut this November.

So, check out the first teaser for the upcoming third season of The Rings of Power, fresh from Hall H. And judging by the footage, the time for uneasy peace and political maneuvering has officially ended.

Five years have passed since the fall of Eregion, and Middle-earth is now deep in the War of the Elves and Sauron. The Dark Lord’s armies have swept across the land, leaving Khazad-dûm, Lindon, and Rivendell among the few remaining strongholds capable of resisting him.

But Sauron isn’t settling for military victory. From his newly completed tower of Barad-dûr, he begins forging the One Ring, hoping to seize control of every remaining free people. That threat forces Elves, Dwarves, Men, and Wizards into alliances built less on trust than on the simple need to survive.

Charlie Vickers returns as Sauron alongside Morfydd Clark as Galadriel, Robert Aramayo as Elrond, Daniel Weyman as Gandalf, and Benjamin Walker as Gil-galad.

Season 3 is also set to introduce Jamie Campbell Bower as Celeborn, Zubin Varla as Khamûl, Eddie Marsan as Thrain, and Simon Pegg as the voice of the Balrog, who apparently has something to say after all these years.

Created by J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, the new season appears ready to move beyond the forging of the Rings and into the full-scale war that will shape Middle-earth for generations. And fingers crossed, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will finally deliver the sweeping fantasy conflict it has been building toward.

The first four episodes of Season 3 are slated to premiere Wednesday, November 11th, on Prime Video, followed by two episodes on November 18th and the final two on November 25th. Remember, it takes One Ring to rule them all... but only one Amazon Prime subscription to stream them all.

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📺 “Carrie” Comic-Con Teaser: Horror Filmmaker Mike Flanagan Reimagines Stephen King’s Classic Coming-of-Age Nightmare for a New Amazon Miniseries Starring Summer H. Howell — Premieres Wednesday, October 7th on Prime Video

You know what they say: it’s always the quiet ones you have to look out for. You never know what might finally set them off. Summer H. Howell stars as Carrie White, a sheltered teenager pushed into public school after her father’s death, only to become the target of a viral bullying scandal as strange telekinetic powers begin to surface. Samantha Sloyan, Siena Agudong, Alison Thornton, Joel Oulette, Amber Midthunder, and Matthew Lillard join Mike Flanagan’s modern reimagining of Stephen King’s horror classic. High school cruelty has consequences, and Carrie is about to make everyone feel them. Flanagan may also prove once again that his creative partnership with King remains one of modern horror’s most compelling combinations.

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📺 “Reacher: Season 4” Comic-Con Trailer: Alan Ritchson Returns to Take on a Deadly Pentagon Conspiracy in Amazon’s Hit Action Thriller — Premieres Wednesday, August 12th on Prime Video

Alan Ritchson is back as Jack Reacher, the muscle-bound drifter with a knack for finding trouble as often as he solves it. After a late-night subway encounter ends in a Pentagon employee’s death, the former military investigator follows the trail into a conspiracy involving political power, terrorism, and a missing child. Christopher Rodriguez-Marquette, Sydelle Noel, Agnez Mo, Anggun, Kevin Weisman, Marc Blucas, Kevin Corrigan, and Kathleen Robertson join Ritchson for this adaptation of Lee Child’s Gone Tomorrow. The people behind it expect fear and silence... two things Reacher has never been built to deliver.

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📺 “Neagley” Comic Con Teaser: Maria Sten Steps Out of Reacher’s Shadow to Lead Prime Video’s New Action-Thriller Spinoff — Premiering September 16th

How big a hit is Reacher for Amazon? Big enough that Jack Reacher’s most trusted ally is getting a fight of her own. Maria Sten returns as Frances Neagley, the guarded Chicago investigator whose search for answers after a friend’s suspicious death pulls her into the city’s criminal underworld and forces her to confront a past she has kept buried. Greyston Holt, Adeline Rudolph, Jasper Jones, Matthew Del Negro, and Damon Herriman join the new series, with Alan Ritchson appearing as Reacher. Neagley has spent years helping Reacher clean up trouble, now she gets to make a mess on her own terms.

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📺 “Neuromancer” Comic-Con Teaser: William Gibson’s Genre-Defining Cyberpunk Classic Finally Reaches the Screen in Apple TV’s Sci-Fi Series Starring Callum Turner and Briana Middleton — Premiering Friday, January 22nd, 2027 on Apple TV

Long before The Matrix plugged into the cultural consciousness, William Gibson’s landmark 1984 novel was already mapping the digital frontier through hackers, artificial intelligence and disembodied identities. After decades of stalled film projects and rumored television adaptations, the quintessential cyberpunk novel finally reaches the screen with Callum Turner as Case, a damaged hacker pulled into a high-stakes conspiracy alongside Briana Middleton’s razor-girl assassin, Molly. Their mission targets a corporate dynasty guarding secrets powerful enough to blur the lines between technology, consciousness and control. Created by writer Graham Roland and director JD Dillard, and co-starring Mark Strong, Clémence Poésy, Peter Sarsgaard, Dane DeHaan and more, this 10-episode thriller finally brings one of science fiction’s most influential worlds to life. Before cyberpunk entered the mainstream, Gibson’s visionary tale had already imagined the digital future we all now inhabit.

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📺 “Dark Matter: Season 2” Comic Con Trailer: Joel Edgerton Faces More Versions of Himself as Apple TV’s Multiverse Hit Returns — Premiering Friday, August 28th on Apple TV

In a multiverse crowded with doppelgängers, alternate lives and countless versions of the same man, finding the right reality was only the beginning. Joel Edgerton returns as Jason Dessen, whose attempt to build a quiet life with Daniela (Jennifer Connelly) unravels when multiple paths—and multiple Jasons—converge into one expanding existential crisis. The hit Apple TV series returns for a second season after leaving audiences questioning the nature of reality, identity and the lives waiting on the other side of every choice. As the Box pulls Jason deeper into obsession and the people around him into new dangers, surviving the multiverse means protecting the family he loves most—including them from himself.

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📺 “Futurama: Season 14” Comic Con Trailer: Fry, Leela, Bender and the Planet Express Crew Return for More Intergalactic Chaos, Space Pirates and Questionable Meat — Premiering Monday, August 3rd on Hulu

The future keeps finding new ways to get weirder. Fry, Leela, Bender and the Planet Express crew return for another round of badly managed intergalactic adventures involving swaggering space pirates, lab-grown meat, seductive scams and the unexpected return of Dr. Zoidberg’s lost love. Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio and the returning voice cast once again bring Matt Groening and David X. Cohen’s animated sci-fi comedy to life, using tomorrow to make fun of everything going wrong today. In the 31st century, progress is optional, chaos is guaranteed and Planet Express still somehow stays in business.

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📺 “Yaga” Comic Con Teaser: Noah Reid Hunts for a Missing Heir as Carrie-Anne Moss and an Old Witch Legend Haunt AMC’s New Coastal Mystery Thriller Series — Premiering This October on AMC+

Every small town has secrets. Whitlock may have a witch hiding among them. Noah Reid stars as Rapp, a private investigator searching for missing fishery heir Henry Park (Hudson Williams), only to find local detective Carson (Clark Backo), university professor Katherine (Carrie-Anne Moss) and an entire coastal community tangled in suspicion, folklore and old magic. Adapted by Kat Sandler from her own stage play, this contemporary Baba Yaga mystery mixes noir, horror and police procedural into one deeply uneasy disappearance.

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📺 “Knight Rider: Declassified” Trailer: David Hasselhoff, William Daniels and the Original Crew Revisit the Making and Legacy of K.I.T.T. in This ’80s Nostalgia-Filled, Crowdfunded Docuseries — Coming Soon, with Preorders Ending Sunday, August 2nd

K.I.T.T. had the voice, the gadgets and the flashing red light, but the people behind the wheel have stories of their own. David Hasselhoff, William Daniels, Patricia McPherson and other members of the original cast and crew revisit the design, engineering, stunts, music and production decisions that transformed a talking Pontiac into a television icon. Told across five planned hours, this documentary series combines new interviews with rare behind-the-scenes footage to retrace the road from ambitious action show to enduring pop-culture phenomenon. Four decades later, the engine is still running. It’s a must for anyone raised on ’80s television, when action heroes drove talking cars, technology looked like magic and every adventure began with that flashing red light.

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📺 “Common Side Effects: Season 2” Comic Con First Look: Marshall and Frances Take Their Miracle Mushroom Underground in Adult Swim’s Animated Conspiracy Thriller — Coming in 2027

The person most likely to jam up the corporate machine may also be the last one anyone would suspect. Meet Marshall Cuso (voiced by Dave King), a chubby guy in a bucket hat, open Hawaiian shirt, shorts, and sandals who may have stumbled upon the most powerful healing mushroom ever discovered. Now he’s returning for a new season of Adult Swim’s animated conspiracy comedy, where he remains a thorn in the side of every institution determined to keep that discovery buried. With the magical Blue Angel mushroom outlawed, Marshall and his childhood friend Frances (voiced by Emily Pendergast) retreat to Oregon and attempt to build something useful while staying beyond the reach of the government, Big Pharma, and a new adversary who considers the mushroom sacred. Co-creators Joe Bennett and Steve Hely return with this animated action-comedy, executive produced by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, where changing the world becomes considerably harder when keeping people sick is more profitable than curing them.

📺 “Anne Rice’s Queen of the Damned” Comic-Con Teaser: Akasha Takes the Throne in AMC’s Gothic Horror Drama Series — Coming Soon to AMC and AMC+

And just like that, Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe is preparing another transformation. After reinventing Interview With the Vampire around The Vampire Lestat, AMC’s gothic horror drama turns to The Queen of the Damned, with Sheila Atim (of The Underground Railroad and The Woman King fame) stepping forward as Akasha. The ancient mother of all vampires has awakened with a vision for remaking the world, forcing the series’ familiar immortals to confront a ruler who sees domination as salvation. Season 4 will be led by new showrunner Hannah Moscovitch alongside executive producer Mark Johnson, and from the look of things, this queen isn’t looking to rule quietly.

📺 “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Season 3” Comic-Con Teaser: The Titan’s Curse Sends Percy Into a Darker Quest in Disney+’s Fantasy Adventure Series Based on Rick Riordan’s Bestselling Novels — Premiering Friday, November 20th on Disney+

The next quest is already closing in. Walker Scobell returns as Percy Jackson alongside Leah Sava Jeffries’ Annabeth and Aryan Simhadri’s Grover as Season 3 adapts Rick Riordan’s The Titan’s Curse, pushing the young demigods toward a missing ally, a dangerous prophecy, and the larger war gathering around Camp Half-Blood. This fantasy adventure continues Percy’s search for where he belongs while destiny keeps making the answer more complicated.

📺 “Avatar: Seven Havens” Comic Con Teaser: A Young Earthbender Inherits the Avatar’s Power in Paramount’s New Animated Fantasy Adventure Series — Premiering Friday, October 9th on Paramount+

Being the Avatar once meant bringing hope. In a world broken by catastrophe, it now makes a young Earthbender the most feared person alive. Branded as humanity’s destroyer and hunted by enemies from both the human and spirit worlds, she joins her long-lost twin to uncover their shared past and protect civilization’s seven remaining havens. Created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, this animated fantasy adventure begins a new Avatar era where restoring balance may first require surviving everyone determined to stop it.

📺 “Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO” Comic Con Teaser: Humanity’s Greatest Discovery Creates a New War in Kenji Kamiyama’s Upcoming Mecha Anime Series — Coming in 2027

A technological miracle becomes the seed of humanity’s next disaster. When an object from another galaxy gives civilization the power to control gravity, communicate faster than light, and materialize thought, the solar system enters a new age of expansion. Less than a decade later, that same object begins producing a hostile ecosystem capable of replicating itself. Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, this science-fiction anime begins a new Gundam continuity set roughly a century before the action game Gundam Rogue Orbit, laying the groundwork for a conflict designed to unfold across generations.

📺 “House of the Dragon: Season 3” Mid-Season Trailer: The Targaryens Set Westeros Ablaze in a War No Dragon Can Control — New Episodes Weekly on Sundays, HBO Max

The throne is still standing. The family fighting over it may not be. Emma D’Arcy, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Tom Glynn-Carney, and Ewan Mitchell return as the Dance of the Dragons spreads across Westeros, turning rival claims into advancing armies, shattered alliances, and fire raining from the sky. With Rhaenyra and Aegon’s courts driving the realm deeper into open war, every victory strips another piece from the dynasty they are trying to save. The dragons may decide who rules... but the bloodshed will decide what remains.

📺 “Tires: Season 3” Trailer: Shane Gillis and Steve Gerben Take Ownership of More Bad Decisions in Netflix’s Workplace Comedy Series — Streaming Thursday, August 13th on Netflix

Valley Forge Auto has new owners. Unfortunately, they’re still Will and Shane. Steve Gerben’s Will starts questioning the life he never pursued, while Shane Gillis’ Shane finds adulthood taking an unwanted turn into his lane. Created by Gillis, Gerben, and director John McKeever, this workplace comedy keeps business growth, personal responsibility, and basic professionalism trapped inside a tire shop where every attempt at progress is only one terrible idea away from total collapse.

📺 “The Shards” New Teaser: Obsession, Privilege, and Murder Haunt 1980s Los Angeles in This New FX Series from Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis — Premiering Wednesday, August 5th on FX and Hulu

Privilege can buy almost anything... except protection from obsession. In 1981 Los Angeles, an aspiring teenage writer becomes convinced that his prep school’s magnetic new student is connected to a killer stalking the city. Igby Rigney, Homer Gere, Kaia Gerber, Hayes Warner, and Graham Campbell star in Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis’ psychological teen thriller series, where jealousy, desire, and paranoia begin tearing through an insulated world of wealth. Based on Ellis’ semi-autobiographical novel, sometimes the most privileged communities hide the darkest secrets.

📺 “LEGO One Piece” Official Teaser: Usopp Spins the Straw Hats’ Wildest Adventures Into a Brick-Built Pirate Legend in This Two-Part LEGO Special — Premiering Tuesday, September 29th on Netflix

Usopp telling the truth? Now that would be the real fantasy. Jacob Romero’s long-nosed Straw Hat takes command of this two-part animated LEGO special, rebuilding the crew’s early adventures with more bricks, bigger laughs, and a proudly unreliable grip on the facts. Iñaki Godoy, Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, and Taz Skylar return in voice form as Luffy, Zoro, Nami, and Sanji, with Tom Hyndman steering the special as showrunner, writer, and executive producer. The Grand Line was already dangerous enough before Usopp got to edit the legend.

📺 “My Brilliant Career” Trailer: A Young Woman Defies Marriage, Manners, and 1900 Australia in Netflix’s New Spirited Aussie Period Drama Mini-Series Starring Philippa Northeast — Premiering Thursday, August 13th on Netflix

Sybylla wants a career... not a cage. Aussie actress Philippa Northeast (of Home and Away) stars as a sharp, restless aspiring writer in 1900 Australia, where family expectations keep pushing her toward marriage while her own ambition keeps pulling her toward independence. Christopher Chung’s Harry complicates the plan with romance, while Anna Chancellor, Genevieve O’Reilly, and Kate Mulvany help fill out a world determined to tell Sybylla what kind of woman she should become. Developed by executive producer Liz Doran from Miles Franklin’s landmark novel, this six-part drama lets its heroine chase the only ending that matters: the one she writes herself.

📺 “Apollo Has Fallen” Trailer: A Hijacking Unleashes a Viral Conspiracy Across Europe — Coming Soon on Hulu US, and Prime Video UK

Europe is about to catch something deadly. Ritu Arya and Tewfik Jallab star as MI6 agent Zara Taylor and former protection officer Vincent Taleb, whose investigation into a hijacking exposes a cross-border conspiracy built around a devastating virus. With mercenary leader Yuri Mishkin (played by Jacek Koman) pulling the strings and trust collapsing on every side, the partners must outrun betrayal, old trauma, and a biological threat designed to turn an entire continent into collateral damage. The hijacking may only be the distraction. The real attack is already spreading.

📺 “Camp Rock 3” Trailer: Connect 3 Returns to Find the Next Act Ready to Steal the Spotlight in Disney Channel’s New Jonas Brothers Musical Sequel — Premiering Thursday, August 13th on Disney Channel and Friday, August 14th on Disney+

The campfire is lit, the microphones are live, and everyone wants the opening slot. Joe, Nick, and Kevin Jonas return as Connect 3, heading back to Camp Rock after losing their tour’s opening act and launching a competition among a new generation of performers. As Sage, Fletch, Desi, Rosie, and their fellow campers chase the spotlight, rivalries spark, friendships bend, and romance finds its way into the setlist. Winning may open the tour, but finding your own sound is the real encore.

📺 “The Undeclared War: Season 2” Trailer: The UK Government Hunts a Mole as Britain’s Cyberwar Turns Inward in This British Thriller Series Starring Hannah Khalique-Brown and Simon Pegg — Premiering Thursday, August 27th on Peacock

The most dangerous breach is already inside the room. After surviving a devastating Russian cyberattack, the UK Government Communications Headquarters’ (GCHQ) Malware Department discovers that someone within its own ranks may be feeding an even larger operation. Hannah Khalique-Brown, Simon Pegg, Siân Brooke, Alex Jennings, and Danny Sapani return as suspicion spreads, loyalties fracture, and Britain’s invisible war moves closer to home. The code may expose the attack. But trusting the wrong person could bring the whole system down.

📺 “Women in Blue: Season 2” Trailer: Mexico’s First Female Police Force Reopens the Wounds of 1968 in This Spanish-Language Crime Series — Premiering Wednesday, August 12th on Apple TV

Some cases won’t stay buried. They wait for someone brave enough to dig. After the murder of a student activist, newly promoted police officer María and her fellow “Azules” uncover a conspiracy tied to Mexico’s 1968 student massacre. Bárbara Mori, Natalia Téllez, Amorita Rasgado, and Ximena Sariñana return as corruption closes ranks and a second victim suggests someone is settling old scores. When you need order, send the police. But when you need the truth, send the Azules.

📺 “The Prisoner: The Complete Series” Trailer: Patrick McGoohan’s Number Six Refuses to Surrender His Identity in This Cult 1960s British Spy Thriller Series — Streaming Now on the Criterion Channel

You can imprison the man. Breaking him is another matter. Patrick McGoohan stars in this landmark 1960s British sci-fi spy series as Number Six, an abducted agent held inside the Village and subjected to an escalating campaign of surveillance, manipulation, and mind games. Considered a precursor to mind-bending mystery shows like Twin Peaks and Lost, this cult classic pits one stubborn individual against a system built to erase individuality. He may be numbered, but he will not be owned.

📺 “Whitmer Thomas: Terminal Crew of Dudes” Trailer: Whitmer Thomas Turns Friendship, Memory, and Original Punk Rock Music Into a Deeply Personal HBO Stand-Up Comedy Special — Premiering Friday, August 14th on HBO and HBO Max

Some friendships become memories. Others become material. Alternative comedian Whitmer Thomas returns to HBO with a deeply personal stand-up comedy special that blends jokes, original songs, photographs, and home videos into a funny, affectionate look at the friends, family, and fellow weirdos who shaped him. What begins as a comedy set gradually becomes something warmer and messier: a tribute to the friends who made him who he is.

📺 “Disney Worldbuilders” Teaser: Filmmaker Leslie Iwerks Celebrates the Artists Behind Disney’s Most Immersive Worlds in This New Documentary Special — Streaming This August on Disney+

Every magical world begins with someone staring at a blank page. Then an army of artists turns imagination into somewhere audiences can actually visit. Director Leslie Iwerks goes behind Disney’s familiar stories, characters, and creative traditions to spotlight the craftspeople who design, shape, and build every detail. The magic may feel effortless, but worldbuilding is where the real work begins.

📺 “Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks” Trailer: The Super Bowl Champions Discover That Defending the Crown Starts in the Heat — Premiering Tuesday, August 4th on HBO and HBO Max

The confetti is gone. Now the real title defense begins. NFL Films and HBO’s on-going docuseries follows head coach Mike Macdonald, Sam Darnold, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Devon Witherspoon, Byron Murphy II, and the reigning Super Bowl champions through a training camp where every drill, roster decision, and mistake carries championship weight. Veterans fight to stay sharp, hopefuls fight to stay employed, and an entire locker room learns that repeating is harder than arriving.

📺 “Special Ops True” Trailer: New Docuseries Chronicles and Reconstructs Some of the U.S. Military’s Highest-Stakes Missions Through Firsthand Testimony — Premiering Tuesday, August 4th on Paramount+

History looks different from inside the mission. This Paramount+ original docuseries revisits major special-operations missions through firsthand accounts and previously unseen footage, putting the fear, pressure, and split-second choices back into stories often remembered only by their headlines. Told from the perspective of the people who lived them, the series trades distant battlefield myth for ground-level memory, including the U.S. operation that killed Osama bin Laden.

📺 “The Chosen in the Wild With Bear Grylls” Trailer: British Adventurer Bear Grylls Takes the Cast of ‘The Chosen’ From Biblical Drama to Wilderness Survival — All Six Episodes Premiere Sunday, August 9th on Prime Video

Faith is about to get a lot more rugged. Bear Grylls leads The Chosen cast members Jonathan Roumie, Paras Patel, Elizabeth Tabish, Noah James, and Luke Dimyan, along with series creator Dallas Jenkins, through rivers, deserts, forests, and canyons as wilderness challenges open the door to candid conversations about fear, endurance, and belief. Across six episodes, the group trades scripts and sets for skydives, climbs, scorpions, and whatever else the wilderness throws their way. This time, the leap of faith is literal.

📺 “MLB at Field of Dreams” Trailer: The Phillies and Twins Bring Baseball Back to the Iowa Cornfields in Netflix’s Live Sports Special — Streaming on Netflix Live Thursday, August 13th

Some ballparks hold history. This one was built from a movie dream. The Philadelphia Phillies face the Minnesota Twins as Major League Baseball returns to Dyersville, Iowa, for a live game surrounded by cornfields and memories of the 1989 classic. With Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber, and Byron Buxton taking the field... and Kevin Costner narrating this trailer, this Netflix sports special turns a regular-season matchup into a night where Hollywood nostalgia meets baseball history.

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📺 “Lioness: Season 3” Trailer: Zoe Saldaña Faces Domestic Terror, Compromised Identities, and a War With No Clear Border in Taylor Sheridan’s Military Thriller Series with Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman — Returning Sunday, August 2nd on Paramount+

“A soldier’s job is to fight.”

The full trailer for Lioness: Season 3 wastes little time reminding us what that job looks like: covert assignments, skies crowded with drones, and enough explosions to make even hardened operatives stop and mutter, “Holy sh#t.”

Taylor Sheridan’s series appears to be returning to its most immediate attractions: military operations, black-ops maneuvering, and plenty of bombs! But the spectacle still serves the show’s larger conflict. Zoe Saldaña’s Joe may lead an elite undercover unit into some of the most dangerous regions in the world, yet her most difficult mission has always been keeping that violence from following her home.

This season, that separation may no longer be possible.

The trailer points toward compromised identities, domestic threats, and the growing possibility that terrorism is no longer something happening overseas. Joe’s name could be exposed publicly. Attacks may be moving onto American soil. Protecting the country and protecting her family are beginning to look like the same assignment—and possibly two responsibilities she cannot fulfill at once.

That tension has always made Lioness more interesting than a straightforward display of military power. The series pays close attention to the complexity of counterterrorism operations, but it also repeatedly exposes how fragile those operations can be. Missions constantly go sideways. Leadership often fails. Half-baked plans are handed to people who may not fully understand the consequences of carrying them out.

If we didn’t know better, we might say Taylor Sheridan accidentally made a show about how even one of the strongest militaries in the world is useless without competent leadership, careful planning, and people willing to take the assignment seriously. Whether that criticism is intentional or simply the natural result of Sheridan grounding the series in the day-to-day realities of military operations remains an open question.

Either way, Season 3 appears ready to push Zoe Saldaña’s Joe into a war with no clean border between battlefield and home. Saldaña’s performance alone makes the show a must-see, as she has become that rare actor who can display genuine ruggedness alongside quiet emotional vulnerability without becoming overly sentimental.

With Nicole Kidman returning as CIA honcho Kaitlyn Meade, Morgan Freeman back as U.S. Secretary of State Edwin Mullins, and Michael Kelly reprising his role as CIA Deputy Director Byron Westfield, along with Laysla De Oliveira, Genesis Rodriguez, Dave Annable, Ian Bohen, and Hannah Love Lanier, Lioness: Season 3 is set up for another explosive season. Quite literally.

The show returns Sunday, August 2nd, exclusively on Paramount+.

📺 “The Shards” Trailer: Highly Privileged Teens and a Serial Killer Converge in Seedy 1980s Los Angeles in FX’s New Series from Ryan Murphy and American Psycho Author Bret Easton Ellis — Premiering Wednesday, August 5th on FX and Hulu/Disney+

Yet another examination of rich young elites doing nasty things? Okay. Well, we can’t think of two creators better suited to the task than television mogul Ryan Murphy and American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis.

One has spent decades examining wealthy, beautiful people and all their carefully concealed depravity. The other has done exactly the same. So, again, the pairing of Murphy and Ellis feels less like a surprise and more like an inevitability.

Based on Ellis’s 2023 novel, said to be loosely inspired by the author’s senior year of high school in 1981 Los Angeles (Jesus, what was he up to back then?), The Shards follows a fictionalized teenage version of the author, played by Igby Rigney (Midnight Mass), navigating his final year at an elite L.A. prep school. His carefully controlled social circle begins to fracture with the arrival of Robert Mallory (played by Euphoria’s Homer Gere—and yes, son of Richard Gere and Carey Lowell), a charismatic new student whose secrets become entangled with jealousy, sexual obsession, and a serial killer stalking the city.

Kaia Gerber (again, yes, the daughter of iconic ’80s and ’90s supermodel Cindy Crawford) also joins the cast as one of the story’s highly privileged teens, making this production feel almost suspiciously well cast. Graham Campbell and Hayes Warner round out the younger ensemble, while Evan Rachel Wood and Wes Bentley bring some adult menace to this increasingly unstable L.A. world of loud ’80s fashion, big hair, and even bigger egos.

Naturally, the trailer looks immaculate. The clothes are sharp, the homes are spotless, and nearly everyone appears ready for a magazine spread. That sleek presentation falls directly within Murphy’s wheelhouse, while Ellis—the author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho, who has long explored the sleaze beneath L.A.’s elite circles—provides the poison likely to keep audiences glued.

With ’80s nostalgia nearly exhausted as the ’90s take center stage, so too is the romanticizing of that decade. Now comes a more cynical reassessment. The rose-colored glasses are now ripped off, and Murphy and Ellis are here to expose the festering rot beneath all that neon ’80s polish; which feels especially timely as audiences have become more interested than ever in stories about privilege, excess, and the consequences that finally catch up with both.

But yes, it’s told with all that over-stylized fluff Murphy is known for. You can’t have the medicine without a little sugar, and in this case, Murphy and Ellis have baked an entire cake.

The Shards appears ready to let the beautiful people fall apart in style when it debuts Wednesday, August 5th on FX and Hulu/Disney+.

📺 “Crystal Lake” Teaser: Linda Cardellini Becomes Pamela Voorhees in A24 and Peacock’s Psychological Friday the 13th Prequel Series — Debuting Thursday, October 15th on Peacock

A24 and the Friday the 13th franchise? Together in one show.

Sure, it makes for an eye-catching combination. One is known for psychologically charged, filmmaker-driven horror that gets under the skin; the other built its reputation on machetes, massive body counts, and decades of slasher mythology. Which begs the question: can an iconic horror franchise known more for gore than introspection receive the full A24 treatment?

Seemingly cut from the same cloth as HBO Max’s It: Welcome to Derry—which makes sense, given that showrunner and creator Brad Caleb Kane worked on the Stephen King–based prequel series—Peacock’s Crystal Lake appears interested in expanding familiar mythology by tracing the trauma beneath the iconography. Expect a richer, more psychologically layered world than the franchise has traditionally explored, with this small-screen reimagining centered on Pamela Voorhees, the grieving single mother whose loss would eventually give rise to one of horror cinema’s most enduring killers.

Linda Cardellini, best known for Dead to Me and Freaks and Geeks, and coming off her Emmy-nominated turn in HBO’s DTF St. Louis, has been tasked with bringing Pamela Voorhees to life; possibly giving the franchise’s original killer a deeper, more tragic dimension than we’ve ever seen before. At least, that’s the hope.

Set nearly a year after her son’s tragic death at Camp Crystal Lake, the series finds Pamela being visited by two strangers who have been digging into her past, setting off a disturbing chain of events. The premise suggests that the series will treat Pamela as the emotional and psychological catalyst behind everything that follows.

That approach immediately gives Crystal Lake a different kind of potential. The camp, the lake, the bloodshed, and the Voorhees name are all present, but the real horror may come from watching grief harden into something far more troubling and sinister.

The teaser is brief, but it still suggests a series steeped in psychological damage, buried secrets, and emotional anguish, while flashes of blood promise it hasn’t forgotten the franchise’s core audience. Hey, you can’t have a slasher series without a little bucket of blood thrown at the screen from time to time.

After years of sequels, reboots, legal complications, and abandoned reinventions, the franchise may have finally found a way to evolve. Cardellini certainly has the dramatic range to uncover layers in Pamela that the original films never had much interest in exploring. This new version might even make audiences sympathize with her before revealing just how deeply grief has damaged her.

Co-starring Callum Vinson as young Jason Voorhees, along with William Catlett, Devin Kessler, Cameron Scoggins, and Gwendolyn Sundstrom, Crystal Lake is due to premiere Thursday, October 15th on Peacock.

📺 “Mayfair Witches: Season 3” Teaser: Alexandra Daddario Returns as Rowan Fielding and Heads to Salem in AMC’s Anne Rice Supernatural Drama — Coming in 2027 to AMC/AMC+

The Anne Rice universe keeps expanding, with Alexandra Daddario returning as Rowan Fielding, the brilliant neurosurgeon whose discovery of her Mayfair lineage pulled her into a dangerous supernatural world. Season 3 takes Rowan to Salem, where powerful families, buried secrets, and the lingering legacy of the witch trials deepen the series’ mythology. Her arrival threatens to stir forces that may be even darker than anything she has faced before. Harry Hamlin, Tongayi Chirisa, Alyssa Jirrels, Betsy Brandt, Michiel Huisman, James Frain, Eliza Scanlen, and Omar Maskati round out the cast. Esta Spalding and Thomas Schnauz serve as co-showrunners, guiding the series further into the increasingly troubled history of the Mayfair family. When it comes to witch lore, Salem is the one town where history still casts a long shadow.

📺 “My Life With the Walter Boys: Season 3” Trailer: Nikki Rodriguez Returns to Silver Falls for More Love-Triangle Fallout in Netflix’s Coming-of-Age Drama with Noah LaLonde and Ashby Gentry — Premiering Thursday, August 6th on Netflix

Netflix might be best known as the home of true-crime obsessions and bingeable thrillers, but it has also carved out a reliable lane for coming-of-age hits, where young people fall in love and make terrible decisions. Nikki Rodriguez returns for Season 3 of Netflix’s hit teen drama as Jackie heads back to Silver Falls, where secrets, heartbreak, and very bad timing remain part of the local scenery. Picking up after the emotional fallout between Jackie, Cole (Noah LaLonde), and Alex (Ashby Gentry), the new season pushes her toward complicated relationships, fresh ambitions, and consequences the Walter family can no longer ignore. Created by Melanie Halsall from Ali Novak’s story, the series proves that growing up is hard enough without your heart becoming the town’s main event. But in a teenager’s life, a little romantic chaos is practically unavoidable.

📺 “Euphoria: A Look Back” Trailer: Zendaya and the Cast Revisit the Chaos, Heartbreak, and Cultural Impact of HBO’s Teen Drama — Premiering Friday, July 24th on HBO Max

Still recovering from that emotionally gut-wrenching Season 3 finale? Well, HBO Max is attempting to soften the blow with a new retrospective revisiting the cast, chaos, and cultural impact of the series. Gathering interviews and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the show, this Euphoria special explores how Rue, Jules, Cassie, Nate, Maddy, and their tangled lives became part of the modern teen-TV conversation. Featuring Zendaya, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Maude Apatow, and Hunter Schafer, the retrospective looks back at the performances, moments, and emotional fallout that turned the series into a cultural phenomenon. Sometimes the emotional hangover is simply part of the story.

📺 “The Walking Dead: Dead City: Season 3” On-Set Preview: Jeffrey Dean Morgan Introduces Negan’s New Ally and Bar Buddy Dillard (Jimmi Simpson) Ahead of AMC’s Return — Premiering Sunday, July 26th on AMC and AMC+

In the apocalypse, even a bar tour comes with baggage. This Season 3 preview introduces new cast member Jimmi Simpson as Dillard, Negan’s newest ally, as Jeffrey Dean Morgan walks viewers through the place Dillard calls home. With Lauren Cohan returning as Maggie and Aimee Garcia joining the cast, AMC’s New York-set Walking Dead spinoff keeps its uneasy alliances moving into another dangerous chapter. Dead cities still have room for new trouble.

📺 “Monsters of God” Trailer: ‘Tiger King’ Filmmaker Eric Goode Enters the Billion-Dollar Underworld of Reptile Smuggling in This Five-Part HBO Docuseries — Premiering Thursday, August 6th on HBO Max

The rarer and more dangerous the reptile, the higher the price... and the deeper the obsession. From Tiger King and Chimp Crazy filmmaker Eric Goode, this five-part documentary series infiltrates a global trade where collectors, alleged traffickers, zoo figures and wildlife officers battle over some of the planet’s most coveted creatures. As passion gives way to exploitation, the pursuit of the next exotic prize fuels a criminal economy built on secrecy, scarcity and survival. In this cold-blooded world, the most dangerous predators may not be the ones behind glass.

📺 “Power: Origins” Teaser: Young Ghost, Tommy and Kanan Begin Their Rise in Starz’s New ‘Power’ Prequel Series — Coming Soon to Starz

Every criminal empire begins with someone hungry enough to build it. Spence Moore II, Charlie Mann and MeKai Curtis lead this Power prequel as young Ghost, Tommy and Kanan, three ambitious hustlers whose friendships, rivalries and early choices begin shaping the legends they will become. Created by Raising Kanan showrunner Sascha Penn, the series returns to the streets of New York to explore how loyalty and ambition laid the foundation for an empire... and planted the seeds of its eventual destruction.

📺 “Gone” Trailer: David Morrissey Falls Under Suspicion After His Wife Disappears in This Twisting British Crime Thriller — Premiering Thursday, July 23rd on US’s BritBox

When a headmaster’s wife suddenly vanishes, the search for answers quickly turns into a case against him. David Morrissey stars as Michael Polly, whose seemingly quiet life begins to unravel as suspicion closes in and every secret becomes potential evidence. Eve Myles co-stars as DS Annie Cassidy, the detective determined to uncover what really happened, even as Michael fights to prove he is not the man everyone believes him to be. Written by George Kay and directed by Richard Laxton, this BritBox crime thriller turns a missing-person investigation into a tense battle of motives, mistrust, and buried truths. The wife may be gone, but the secrets are still very much present.

📺 “The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare” Trailer: New True-Crime Docuseries Reexamines the Shocking University of Idaho Killings Through the Lives Behind the Headlines — Premiering Wednesday, July 29th on Netflix

Four students went to sleep in a quiet college town. By morning, Moscow, Idaho, had become the center of one of the most haunting murder cases in recent memory. Directed by Skye Borgman and executive produced by Emmy Award-winner Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost), this Netflix docuseries examines the 2022 killings of University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle through bodycam footage, text messages, and interviews with those who knew them best. Moving beyond the headlines and speculation, the series focuses on the lives that were cut short and the questions that continue to surround the case.

📺 “The Dynasty: UConn Huskies” Trailer: Geno Auriemma’s Championship Machine Gets a Generational Breakdown in Apple TV’s Basketball Docuseries — Premiering Friday, August 21st on Apple TV

Winning once can change a program. Winning for four decades creates something much harder to explain. This three-part sports documentary traces the rise of UConn women’s basketball under coach Geno Auriemma, revealing how a once-overlooked program became the standard every rival was forced to chase. Sue Bird, Rebecca Lobo, Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart, Paige Bueckers, and other UConn greats pull back the curtain on the pressure, discipline, sacrifice, and culture behind the championship banners. Through archival footage and firsthand accounts, the series looks beyond the victories to the relentless work required to sustain excellence across generations. It also examines how winning became part of UConn’s identity, and why preserving that legacy presents a challenge as demanding as building it in the first place.

📺 “One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part Two” Trailer: The Buendía Family Faces Its Final Reckoning as Macondo Marches Toward Ruin in Netflix’s Sprawling Gabriel García Márquez Adaptation — Streaming Wednesday, August 5th on Netflix

It’s the grand finale for this sprawling Colombian series based on Gabriel García Márquez’s classic 1967 novel. Completing its 16-episode run with eight final installments arriving this summer, this Spanish-language family saga follows new generations of the Buendías through uneasy peace, political violence, the arrival of the railroad, and a banana company hastening Macondo’s decline. Claudio Cataño, Marleyda Soto, Janer Villarreal, Viña Machado, Ruggero Pasquarelli, Moreno Borja, and Salvador del Solar return as history tightens its grip on the family’s legacy, carrying them through an era of turmoil as the country itself is reshaped by war, modernization, and exploitation. The final stretch suggests destiny isn’t written in glyphs alone; it’s etched into every choice that cannot be undone.

📺 “All the Truth in My Lies” Trailer: A Bachelorette Road Trip Turns Into a Camper-Van Confessional in Netflix’s New Spanish Rom-Com Series — Premiering Friday, August 28th on Netflix

Secrets travel badly in tight quarters. Based on Elisabet Benavent’s novel, this Netflix limited series sends Marin, Coco, Blanca, Gus, Aroa, and Loren on what should be a breezy bachelorette getaway, until buried feelings and messy truths turn the summer escape into emotional gridlock. With Daniel Ibáñez, Itziar Manero, Ricardo Gómez, Clara Sans, Lucía de la Fuente, and Brays Efe along for the ride, the road trip starts looking less like a celebration and more like group therapy on wheels. The destination may be fun, but getting there is the real disaster.

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📺 “MobLand: Season 2” Teaser: Tom Hardy Tries to Hold the Harrigans Together as Civil War Threatens Their Criminal Empire — Premiering Friday, September 18th on Paramount+

Anyone who has seen the first season of the British crime series MobLand knows that Tom Hardy is kicking into a new gear. While known for his ferocious on-screen energy, Hardy mostly shines here through restraint, letting every stare, pause, and quiet threat do much of the heavy lifting. It’s still an intensely physical performance, but bottled up inside a far more nuanced and internal character. Hardy even allows his scene partners, most notably Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren, to chew the scenery while he hangs back, watches carefully, and waits for the right moment to strike. It’s the same Hardy ferocity, only played in a different key.

Despite recent rumors of on-set clashes with producers (and speculation that the upcoming second season could mark the end of his run), Hardy nevertheless returns to strike fear and settle scores as mob enforcer Harry Da Souza.

Initially conceived as a British spinoff of Ray Donovan, the series was later spun into its own project after filmmaker Guy Ritchie came aboard as executive producer and director. MobLand follows Hardy’s Harry, a loyal fixer for the Harrigans, a powerful North London crime family whose business dealings tend to leave bodies, grudges, and unfinished wars in their wake.

Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren also return as Conrad and Maeve Harrigan, the formidable heads of this criminal dynasty who, following the events of Season 1, have seen their power tested and their grip on the underworld begin to slip. Brosnan plays against type here, turning Conrad into a paranoid lunatic, while Mirren’s Maeve, his supposed “better” half, is equally volatile but far more calculating and willing to stab even her own family in the back to get what she wants.

Season 2 finds Harry still grappling with that burden as he contends with a massive civil war that is leaving London bloodied and the Harrigan empire more vulnerable than ever. Harry is once again stuck in the middle as the family’s competing factions rip apart a legacy built not on allegiance but on fear, ambition, and self-preservation.

Paddy Considine reprises his role as Conrad and Maeve’s son—and Harry’s childhood friend—Kevin, while Mandeep Dhillon returns as Seraphina Harrigan, Conrad’s beloved daughter from another marriage, whom Maeve absolutely despises.

Joanne Froggatt also returns as Harry’s wife, Jan, while other returning cast members include Lara Pulver and Teddie Allen, with Anson Boon back as Eddie Harrigan, the heir apparent who might be the most psychotic of them all.

Created by Ronan Bennett, whose television credits include Top Boy, Gunpowder, and The Day of the Jackal, the series has Guy Ritchie returning to direct a few episodes while remaining among the executive producers alongside Bennett, Jez Butterworth, and David C. Glasser.

Paramount+ will release the ten-episode second season of MobLand weekly on Fridays beginning September 18th, while Season 1 is currently available to stream on the platform. It’s one of the rare Paramount+ series that isn’t produced by Taylor Sheridan.

📺 “The Gentlemen: Season 2” Teaser: Theo James and Kaya Scodelario Take Their Criminal Empire International in Guy Ritchie’s Gangster Series — Premiering Thursday, September 3rd on Netflix

Okay, so let the Guy Ritchie-fueled underworld mayhem continue.

Here’s a newly released teaser for another Ritchie-produced crime saga, this time for the second season of Netflix’s The Gentlemen, the series inspired by his 2019 gangster film of the same name... or, technically, a spinoff from the film.

Theo James returns as Eddie Horniman, the reluctant aristocratic head of his family’s weed empire, a criminal enterprise he never intended to inherit but can no longer escape.

It has now been one year since Eddie accepted his place inside the Glass organization, and he is no longer simply trying to survive the business. He wants to expand it. His next move involves crossing borders, which means pushing into territory controlled by the Italian mafia.

And crossing those borders can only lead to more bloodshed and betrayal. Eddie might have the ambition to build an empire, but whether he has the nerve to survive one is another question.

Kaya Scodelario also returns as Susie Glass, Eddie’s elegant partner in crime, while Ray Winstone, Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones, Daniel Ings, and Giancarlo Esposito are all back for another puff of gangster action.

Guy Ritchie (damn, this guy never sleeps) is also back to direct, taking the series further into the kind of world he has been refining since his earliest crime films. So expect even more fast talkers, polished criminals, tangled schemes, and ambitious gangsters who believe they are clever enough to stay ahead of everyone else.

The Gentlemen: Season 2 is slated to premiere Thursday, September 3rd, on Netflix. Eddie may still have the manners of an aristocrat, but taking on the mafia will require something considerably less gentlemanly... and far more ruthless.

📺 “Sterling Point” Trailer: A Surprise Island Inheritance Uncovers a Hidden Sister and a Summer of Family Secrets in Megan Park’s Coming-of-Age Series Starring Ella Rubin, Amélie Hoeferle, and Keen Ruffalo — Premiering Wednesday, August 5th on Prime Video

Some summers come with beaches, laughs, and teen crushes. And if you’re lucky, a few lifelong memories. This one, however, comes with one very complicated inheritance and a whole lot of family secrets, as this new Prime Video series sets out to prove that summer might bring new beginnings, but it can also expose a family history no one saw coming.

In the new coming-of-age drama Sterling Point, Ella Rubin (Fear Street: Prom Queen, Until Dawn) stars as Annie Jacobson, a New York teenager who arrives on her estranged grandfather’s Canadian island with her twin brother Connor, played by newcomer Keen Ruffalo—yes, Mark Ruffalo’s son.

Still grieving the loss of her mother at a young age, Annie is stunned when she spots a mysterious girl on the island who bears an uncanny resemblance to her. Her name is Ramona, played by Amélie Hoeferle. And there’s a reason she looks so much like Annie’s mother: Ramona is the half-sister Annie never knew existed. So when the two accidentally come face-to-face inside their grandfather’s cabin, each initially believes the other is an intruder. But as this long-buried family secret finally comes to light, it pits the two sisters against each other while forcing them to grapple with the family bond that was kept from them.

Over the course of one defining summer, Annie, her twin brother Connor, and her newly discovered half-sister Ramona begin untangling their family history, while Annie also forms new friendships and romantic connections with the island’s other young residents.

Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie, Bo Bragason, and Daniel Quinn-Toye round out the ensemble, while Jay Duplass co-stars as Annie and Connor’s father and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Ramona’s father.

Megan Park, the filmmaker behind the critically acclaimed coming-of-age films My Old Ass and The Fallout, created the forthcoming Amazon series and serves as showrunner alongside Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, the veteran producers behind The O.C. and Gossip Girl.

All eight episodes of Sterling Point are due to premiere Wednesday, August 5th, on Prime Video.

📺 “Marshals: Season 2” Teaser: Luke Grimes Brings Kayce Dutton Back Into Montana Justice in New Season of CBS’ Yellowstone Spinoff — Coming Fall 2026 to CBS and Paramount+

The ranch may be behind him, but Montana still knows his name. Luke Grimes returns as Kayce Dutton, the former Navy SEAL and rancher now serving with an elite U.S. Marshals unit confronting violent threats across big-sky country. With Arielle Kebbel and Tatanka Means joining the ride, alongside Mo Brings Plenty as Mo and Gil Birmingham as Thomas Rainwater, this Spencer Hudnut-showrun Yellowstone spinoff keeps Kayce caught between duty, family, and the emotional cost of drawing another line in the dirt. ’Cuz out there in Montana, a Dutton can leave the ranch behind... but trouble rarely returns the favor.

📺 “Fightland” Trailer: Howard Charles Stars as a Former Heavyweight Champion Coming Home Swinging in 50 Cent’s London-Set Crime Series with Deborah Ayorinde, Nicholas Pinnock, and Clarke Peters — Premieres Friday, July 31st on STARZ

Rapper-turned-producer 50 Cent takes his brand of hard-hitting crime drama across the pond for a new STARZ series where revenge lands harder than any punch. Howard Charles stars as Duke Kilroy, a British-born heavyweight champion who returns to London after serving several years in prison. Determined to destroy the criminal kingpin he believes ruined his life and killed his brother, Duke infiltrates a cartel where loyalty is fragile, betrayal is everywhere, and every move could be his last. From executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, and also starring Deborah Ayorinde, Nicholas Pinnock, and Clarke Peters, the series suggests that no one ever truly leaves the fight game until the final bell rings.

📺 “The Rapture” Trailer: Ruth Jones Plays a Forensic Psychologist Investigating a Teenage Killer Who Claims She Can Predict the Future in BBC’s Psychological Thriller with India Amarteifio — Coming Soon to BBC

Some warnings sound impossible until they start coming true. Adapted from Liz Jensen’s bestselling novel, this high-stakes British thriller stars Gavin & Stacey’s Ruth Jones as forensic psychologist Gabs Fox, who begins working at a high-security psychiatric hospital and meets Bethany Krall, played by Queen Charlotte’s India Amarteifio, a 17-year-old convicted of murdering her mother who insists she is innocent. As Bethany’s psychic predictions pull Gabs toward a deeper mystery involving the girl’s estranged father and his religious movement, belief becomes its own kind of danger. The question is no longer just what Bethany did or what she knows, but what happens if she is right about the future.

📺 “Diarra From Detroit: Season 2” Trailer: Diarra Kilpatrick’s Chaotic Detroit Mystery Moves to Paramount+ With Murders, Treasure Hunts, and Trouble — Premiering Wednesday, July 29th on Paramount+

Summer plans are overrated when there’s a triple homicide to solve. Series creator/star Diarra Kilpatrick returns as Diarra Brickland, whose attempt to keep things breezy gets derailed by a furniture-recovery job that opens the door to murder, urban legends, gang conflict, a citywide treasure hunt, and a secret society. With Morris Chestnut, Phylicia Rashad, Bryan Terrell Clark, and DomiNque Perry in the mix, Season 2 sends Detroit’s messiest amateur sleuth back undercover. Some people find themselves over the summer; Diarra finds another criminal underworld.

📺 “Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy” Trailer: Charlie Brown Helps Snoopy Track Down His Missing Doghouse in Apple TV’s New Peanuts Special — Premiering Friday, July 31st on Apple TV

Home is where the doghouse is. When Snoopy’s beloved little red residence is accidentally sold at a yard sale, Charlie Brown sets out to help his devastated best friend get it back. Directed by Ridd Sorensen and based on Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts, this Apple TV special turns a missing house into a sweet reminder that home is built from more than wood, nails, and a really good roof. Even Snoopy knows curb appeal only gets you so far.

📺 “The Apartment Job” Trailer: A Former Gang Boss and an Aspiring Lawyer Try to Rob the System in This New Korean Crime Comedy Series Starring Ji Sung, Ha Yoon-kyoung and Park Byung-eun — Premiering Saturday, July 11th on Netflix

Real estate fraud gets a very messy tenant meeting in this new Korean crime comedy series. Ji Sung stars as a cash-strapped former gang boss who teams up with an aspiring lawyer to steal an apartment complex’s reserve fund, only to stumble into a deeper corruption scheme than either one expected. With Ha Yoon-kyoung and Park Byung-eun co-starring, the scam quickly turns into something bigger, stranger, and harder to walk away from.

📺 “A Shop for Killers: Season 2” Trailer: Kim Hye-jun Reenters the Assassin Underworld to Defend Her Uncle’s Deadly Legacy in This Korean Action Thriller — Premieres Wednesday, July 22nd on Hulu and Disney+

Surviving the shop was only the opening round. Kim Hye-jun returns as Jeong Ji-an, who protected the dangerous operation her uncle left behind but still has assassins chasing her through the shadows. With Lee Dong-wook back as Jeong Jin-man and Hyunri and Masaki Okada joining the cast, Season 2 pulls Ji-an deeper into the killer network she inherited. When the family business is murder, closing up shop is never that easy.

📺 “Though I Am an Inept Villainess” Trailer: A Palace Body-Swap Turns Deadly in Netflix’s Court Fantasy Anime — Streaming Sunday, July 12th on Netflix in Select Regions of Asia

Palace intrigue is rough enough before someone steals your body. This fantasy anime follows Keigetsu and Reirin after a body swap leaves one of them trapped in a beloved noblewoman’s dying body and the other facing punishment for crimes she did not commit. As danger coils beneath the royal court, the two unlikely allies have to untangle betrayal, survival, and identity before the palace finishes the job.

📺 “Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You” Trailer: A Burnt-Out Salaryman Finds an Unexpected Connection During Late-Night Smoke Breaks in Netflix’s Romantic Anime — Streaming Friday, July 10th on Netflix

A cigarette break is supposed to clear the head, not complicate the heart. In this new romantic anime series, burnt-out salaryman Sasaki gets through each day with cigarettes and the smile of supermarket clerk Yamada. Until one evening, a mysterious woman invites him to smoke behind the store. What begins as a quiet escape from work slowly becomes an unexpected connection, giving him something new to look forward to after closing time.

📺 “Black Clover: Season 2” Trailer: Asta and Yuno Return for a New Magical Saga on Their Road to Becoming the Wizard King — Coming to Crunchyroll in October

A new saga begins, but the dream remains the same. In a world ruled by magic, powerless Asta continues wielding his rare Anti-Magic grimoire alongside gifted rival Yuno as both face tougher enemies on their separate paths toward becoming the Wizard King. Based on Yūki Tabata’s manga, this anime fantasy adventure returns with higher stakes, stronger spells, and another reminder that giving up has never been part of Asta’s vocabulary.

📺 “Suikoden: The Anime” Trailer: Two Child Soldiers Are Pulled to Opposite Sides of a War in Konami’s Fantasy Adventure Adaptation — Airing in Japan starting in October

Two boys share the same tent, the same sky, and the same hope of surviving the war together. Lilyu and his closest friend Jowie serve as child soldiers for the powerful Highland Kingdom, believing ordinary life will return once the fighting ends. Instead, destiny grants them extraordinary power and pulls them deeper into a conflict that threatens to divide their friendship and reshape the Dunan region. Based on Konami’s Suikoden II and directed by Yūzō Satō, this anime fantasy saga suggests that protecting everything may require choosing what (and who) you are willing to lose.

📺 “Return to Fox Hollow: New Victims, Darker Secrets” Trailer: Fresh Leads Expose a More Disturbing Chapter in the Fox Hollow Farm Murders — Streaming Wednesday, July 8th on Hulu/Disney+

The case may have gone cold, but Fox Hollow is still giving up its secrets. This true-crime documentary revisits the murders linked to Herb Baumeister as new evidence, additional victims, and previously unheard sources push the investigation in unsettling directions. What once looked like a closed chapter now appears to be only part of a much larger story.

📺 “WWE: Unreal: Season 3” Trailer: John Cena Says Goodbye as WWE’s Next Generation Steps Into the Spotlight — Premieres Tuesday, July 21st on Netflix

The matches may be scripted, but the pressure behind them is very real. Season 3 follows John Cena’s farewell, the return of a fan favorite, and a new generation of WWE Superstars fighting for their place on the card as injuries, creative pivots, and career-defining decisions disrupt the road to WrestleMania 42. With cameras returning to the writers’ room and backstage corridors, this sports documentary series reveals how quickly even the biggest plans can get pinned.

📺 “The Final Problem” Teaser: A Retired Sherlock Holmes Actor Investigates a Murder Among 13 Storm-Trapped Suspects in This Spanish Mystery Series Starring José Coronado — Premiering Friday, September 25th on Netflix

Thirteen guests, one isolated hotel, and a death no one can escape. Set in 1959, this period mystery follows Basil (José Coronado), a retired actor once famous for playing Sherlock Holmes, who puts his old detective instincts to work after a woman’s apparent suicide begins looking like murder. With a storm cutting the island off from the outside world, every guest becomes a suspect and every secret offers another possible motive. Directed by Félix Viscarret and adapted from Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s novel, this locked-room mystery proves that playing a great detective and solving a real crime are two very different games.

📺 “Love in Slow Motion” Trailer: A Best Friend’s Engagement Turns Into a Friend-Zone Wake-Up Call in This Kuwaiti Romantic Comedy Series Starring Nour Al Ghandour and Ali Kakooli — Streaming Thursday, July 23rd on Netflix

Nothing complicates the friend zone quite like an engagement. Egyptian actress Nour Al Ghandour stars as Haya, a chronically single woman who has always kept romance at a safe distance, until her best friend Jawad (Ali Kakooli) announces he is getting married. As familiar feelings begin taking on an entirely new meaning, Haya must decide whether she has missed her chance or finally recognized the love that was beside her all along. Sometimes the heart moves slowly right up until time starts running out.

📺 “Death Inc.: Final Season” Trailer: A Fight Over Leadership Turns Funeral-Home Management Into a Corporate Disaster in This Spanish Workplace Comedy Finale Starring Diego Martín and Carlos Areces — Premiering Friday, August 7th on Netflix

Running a funeral home is hard enough without killing morale. In this six-episode final season, Chemi (Diego Martín) installs himself as Torregrosa’s temporary director, leaving Dámaso (Carlos Areces) torn between sabotage and shameless flattery while waiting for his promised turn. But Chemi’s corporate-minded reforms quickly prove disastrous for the funeral trade. This Spanish workplace comedy prepares to bury itself with one last round of bad decisions before closing its doors for good.

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📺 “Star Wars: Visions Presents — The Ninth Jedi” Trailer: Kara Continues Her Anime Jedi Journey in Lucasfilm and Production I.G’s New Limited Anime Series — Streaming Wednesday, August 5th on Disney+/Hulu

Whatever you make of Star Wars these days, whether the recent projects have worn you down or you’re still curious about where the franchise goes next, some would probably agree that one of Lucasfilm’s clearest bright spots has been its move into anime.

In a lot of ways, it feels like a natural progression. After all, Star Wars has always lived somewhere between science-fiction fables, space westerns, samurai lore, pulp adventure, and operatic fantasy, which makes it surprisingly well suited to the style, gestures, and visual energy that anime is known for.

A prime example is The Ninth Jedi, the standout short from Star Wars: Visions Volume 1, and its follow-up, The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope. Written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama, with the follow-up written and directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani, these stories do not simply remix George Lucas’s familiar space-opera ingredients. They give Star Wars a looser, more adventurous pulse; a much-needed flair and visual personality that feels distinct and refreshingly removed from the more over-managed shape of recent Star Wars projects, many of which have unfortunately lacked any real originality.

Now Lucasfilm and Japanese anime studio Production I.G. are building that story out into its own limited series, Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi.

Set in the distant future, long after the Empire and the Rebel Alliance, the series follows Lah Kara after the Jedi and Sith have faded into legend. Kara, the daughter of legendary sabersmith Lah Zhima, joins a small fellowship of Jedi-in-training as she searches for her missing father and tries to stay ahead of dangerous Jedi Hunters.

Zhima is not just a father in need of rescue. As the only known sabersmith in the galaxy, he carries the key to something much larger: the return of the Jedi not as a memory, but as a living force again.

The series is directed by Shunsuke Tada and written by Mitsuyasu Sakai, with Kenji Kamiyama serving as supervising director. Returning English voice cast members include Kimiko Glenn as Lah Kara, Andrew Kishino as Juro, Masi Oka as Ethan, Patrick Seitz as Homen, JP Karliak as Gramps, Simu Liu as Lah Zhima, and Neil Kaplan as The Narrator.

Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi is due to premiere Wednesday, August 5th on Disney+ and Hulu.

📺 “The Bombing of Pan Am 103” Trailer: Connor Swindells, Peter Mullan, Eddie Marsan, Patrick J. Adams, and Merritt Wever Star in Netflix’s Six-Part British Miniseries Tracing the Grief, Outrage, and Search for Justice After the 1988 Lockerbie Attack — Premiering Thursday, July 30th on Netflix

For those who still remember classic network TV miniseries from the ’80s and ’90s, you’ll understand that some of the best ones were built around true-life tragedies. The TV movie of the week. The ripped-from-the-headlines event drama. We suppose their popularity derived from the emotional weight of these stories, which made for compelling dramatic material while also giving viewers a fuller view of what happened, who was affected, and how communities reacted.

Well, The Bombing of Pan Am 103, Netflix’s latest limited series, could technically be considered true crime, and yes, it does center on an investigation. But in spirit, it feels much closer to the miniseries of yesteryear: a wide-reaching dramatization of a real-world tragedy, one that seems less interested in sensationalizing the case than in tracing the grief, outrage, and long search for accountability that followed.

Featuring a strong ensemble cast led by Sex Education’s Connor Swindells, Suits star Patrick J. Adams, Emmy winner Merritt Wever, I Swear’s Peter Mullan, along with Eddie Marsan, Tony Curran, Nicholas Gleaves, and Grey’s Anatomy’s Kevin McKidd, this six-part limited series revisits the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988.

Considered one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in U.K. history, the airplane bombing killed 270 people and left families across several countries searching for answers. From there, the drama follows the investigation that grew out of the disaster, beginning with the first work on the ground in Scotland before expanding into a wider international effort to identify who was responsible.

The series follows investigators, officials, and family members pulled into the same tragedy from very different sides, including the families living with the loss, the pressure on Scottish police and U.S. law enforcement, and the slow, often frustrating process of turning wreckage, testimony, and political pressure into a viable case for prosecution.

Created and written by British writer Jonathan Lee and directed by Michael Keillor (Line of Duty, Mr Selfridge), The Bombing of Pan Am 103 is seemingly a docudrama throwback that tells a historical crime story through the investigation itself, but also through the many officials, investigators, and grieving families who had to sift through the noise and confusion in search of answers.

The Bombing of Pan Am 103 premieres Thursday, July 30th, on Netflix.

Side note: the same tragedy was also dramatized in Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, the five-part Peacock series starring Colin Firth as Dr. Jim Swire, a father seeking accountability after his daughter’s death. That series premiered January 2, 2025, and is currently available to stream on Peacock.

📺 “The Greatest” First Look Teaser: Muhammad Ali’s Life Enters the Ring in Prime Video’s First Authorized Scripted Series About the Boxing Icon — Premiering November 4th on Prime Video

Jaalen Best stars as Muhammad Ali in this upcoming scripted series exploring the champion’s rise, battles, beliefs, and larger-than-life presence inside and outside the ring. Executive produced by Ali’s wife, Lonnie Ali, the series goes beyond the victories and defeats to look at the man who became a global icon without ever letting the world tell him who to be. Some fighters simply win titles; Ali changed the entire landscape of the sport.

📺 “Colin From Accounts: Season 3” Trailer: Australia’s Beloved Rom-Com Returns as Ashley and Gordon Face the Next Chapter Together — Premiering Monday, July 27th on Australia’s BINGE

Ashley and Gordon are back, and life doesn’t appear to be getting any less complicated. Aussie actors Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer return as the lovable, imperfect couple whose relationship began with an injured dog and an unlikely meet-cute. Created and written by the real-life husband-and-wife duo, this award-winning Australian romantic dramedy continues balancing heartfelt romance with awkward humor as its two leads navigate love, commitment, and whatever fresh surprises await them in Sydney.

📺 “Ms. X” Trailer: Melissa George’s Desperate Housewife Stumbles Into a Criminal Underworld in This Dark Australian Drama Series with Dean O’Gorman — Premieres in Australia on BINGE Tuesday, June 30th

What begins as a plan to scare a cheating husband quickly spirals into something far more dangerous in this offbeat Aussie drama series. Melissa George (The Slap) stars as suburban mother Mia, who teams up with an old high school friend (played by The Almighty Johnsons’s Dean O’Gorman) to teach her husband a lesson, only to find herself caught between the police, a ruthless cartel, and an increasingly hostile PTA. Created by Hannah Marshall and David de Lautour, this crime drama mixes domestic chaos with escalating criminal consequences in ways that look equal parts tense and darkly funny.

📺 “Baywatch” Sneak Peek Teaser: Stephen Amell Leads Fox’s Sun-Soaked Lifeguard Reboot with a New Generation Protecting the Shoreline — Premieres January on Fox

The red swimsuits are back, but this new Baywatch is bringing a fresh crew to the sand. Stephen Amell stars as Hobie Buchannon, now a Baywatch captain following in the footsteps of his legendary father, Mitch, only for his life to get complicated when his daughter arrives ready to carry on the family legacy. Jessica Belkin, Hassie Harrison, Shay Mitchell, Thaddeus LaGrone, Noah Beck, and Brooks Nader join the cast, with Livvy Dunne making her acting debut and David Chokachi returning as Cody Madison. McG directs the premiere, while Burn Notice creator Matt Nix serves as showrunner for this Fox reboot.

📺 “Ann Droid” Trailer: Diane Morgan Becomes Sue Johnston’s Overly Attentive Robot Carer in BBC’s Near-Future Comedy — Premiering Friday, July 17th in the U.K. on BBC One and BBC iPlayer

A second-hand robot carer is not exactly the retirement gift anyone dreams about. Set in 2029, this six-part BBC comedy stars veteran British TV actress Sue Johnston (The Royle Family, Downton Abbey) as Sue, a recently widowed pensioner whose son leaves her in the care of Linda, a socially awkward “AnnDroid” eldercare robot played by comedienne Diane Morgan (Mandy). Created by Morgan and Sarah Kendall, the series turns a sharp AI premise into a story about loneliness, independence, family guilt, and the strange comfort of bad technology.

📺 “The Undeclared War: Season 2” Trailer: Simon Pegg and Hannah Khalique-Brown Return to GCHQ as Channel 4’s Cyber-Thriller Raises the Digital Stakes — Coming Soon in the U.K. to Channel 4

The cyberwar is far from over. Set in 2024, the second season of this British thriller brings the Malware Department at GCHQ back into crisis mode after a devastating Russian cyber-attack leaves the UK scrambling for control. Simon Pegg returns as Danny Patrick, Hannah Khalique-Brown returns as young coder Saara Parvin, and Siân Brooke joins as Barbara Patrick, an ex-MI6 analyst now working inside GCHQ. Written by Colin Teevan and directed across all six episodes by Paul McGuigan, the new season pushes the team toward a more dangerous threat hiding behind the attack’s aftermath.

📺 “Neuromancer” New Sneak Peek Teaser: William Gibson’s Cyberpunk Classic Finally Reaches the Screen in This Long-Awaited Sci-Fi Series — Coming Soon on Apple TV

More than four decades after William Gibson helped define cyberpunk, his ground-breaking sci-fi novel is finally making the leap to live action. Callum Turner stars as washed-up hacker Case, who is pulled into one last impossible job alongside Briana Middleton’s deadly cybernetic assassin Molly. Developed by Graham Roland and JD Dillard, with Mark Strong, Clémence Poésy, Peter Sarsgaard, Emma Laird, and Joseph Lee rounding out the cast, this adaptation looks ready to dive headfirst into a future world of rogue A.I., corporate conspiracies, and digital ghosts.

📺 “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2” Teaser: A New Standalone Anime Series Returns to Night City for Another Brutal Tale of Revenge and Redemption — Streaming This Fall on Netflix

Night City is ready to create another legend. This standalone 10-episode story returns to the world of Cyberpunk 2077 with an entirely new cast of characters navigating a future driven by violence, ambition, and survival. Centered on themes of revenge and redemption, the anime looks set to expand the franchise’s dystopian universe while asking how far someone will go to leave their mark on a world obsessed with neon-tinted spectacle.

📺 “Fool Night” Teaser: A Sunless Future Pushes Humanity Toward a Strange New Form of Survival in This New Sci-Fi Anime Series — Streaming Worldwide in 2026 on Netflix

In a future starved of sunlight, warmth, and oxygen, humanity survives through Transfloration, a grim technology that turns dying people into plant life. Based on Kasumi Yasuda’s acclaimed manga, this new series follows Toshiro Kamiya, a poor young man crushed by taxes, survival, and caring for his mentally ill mother, until despair pushes him toward becoming a “Spiriflor.” Directed by Atsushi Yukawa, with series composition by Jin Tanaka and character design by Robert Sato, this Netflix anime marks the first collaboration between anime studios Sunrise and SHAFT, which is already enough to make this one worth watching closely.

📺 “The Ghost in the Shell” Trailer: This New Anime Series Reimagines Shirow Masamune’s Cyberpunk Landmark Saga of Cyborgs, Hackers, and High-Tech Crime — Streaming Tuesday, July 7th on Prime Video

One of anime’s defining cyberpunk worlds is getting a bold new interpretation. Based on Shirow Masamune’s landmark manga, The Ghost in the Shell follows full-body cyborg Motoko Kusanagi as she helps establish Public Security Section 9 while pursuing the elusive hacker known as the Puppet Master. Directed by Mokochan and produced by Science SARU, the series promises a visually striking return to the franchise’s philosophical blend of technology, phantom hackers, and high-stakes cybercrime.

📺 “STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: 2nd STAGE” Trailer: Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli Ride Into the Devil’s Palm as Netflix’s Anime Saga Continues — Streaming Friday, September 25th on Netflix

The race across America is starting to look less like a sporting event and more like a supernatural trap. Set in 1890, Netflix’s anime adaptation follows former jockey Johnny Joestar and outlaw Gyro Zeppeli as they push deeper into the Steel Ball Run, a brutal cross-continent horse race with a $50 million prize and far stranger forces moving underneath it. The 2nd STAGE sends them across a 750-mile desert stretch haunted by the feared Devil’s Palm, while new players like Mountain Tim, Hot Pants, and Funny Valentine enter the ride.

📺 “The East Palace” Trailer: Ghosts, Royal Secrets, and a Cursed Palace Fuel Netflix’s Korean Fantasy Mystery — Premiering Friday, July 17th on Netflix

A feared ghost-slayer and a court lady who can hear the voices of the dead are forced into an uneasy alliance when supernatural forces begin haunting the royal palace. Nam Joo-hyuk, Roh Yoon-seo, and Cho Seung-woo lead this dark fantasy mystery as they unravel ancient secrets hidden behind the kingdom’s walls. Blending palace intrigue, folklore, and spectral horror, this Korean series looks poised to deliver a haunting mix of mystery and historical fantasy.

📺 “The Doll” Trailer: A Polish Literary Classic Becomes a Story of Desire, Wealth, and Obsession in This Titillating Period Miniseries — Premiering Wednesday, September 16th on Netflix

Love, ambition, and social status become a dangerous combination in this new adaptation of one of Poland’s most celebrated novels. Tomasz Schuchardt and Sandra Drzymalska lead the six-episode drama as two people drawn together despite the rigid barriers separating their worlds, while obsession and wealth steadily reshape their lives. Directed by Paweł Maślona, the series explores class, desire, and freedom against the backdrop of a society struggling to evolve.

📺 “The Bad Guy” Trailer: A Wrongfully Convicted Prosecutor Reinvents Himself to Take Down the Mafia From Within In This Italian Crime Series — Streaming Tuesday, July 7th on The Network App

Justice takes a back seat when revenge becomes the only path forward. Luigi Lo Cascio stars as a Sicilian prosecutor whose life is destroyed after he’s falsely accused of Mafia ties and sent to prison, prompting him to assume a dangerous new identity to strike back at those who betrayed him. Directed by Giancarlo Fontana and Giuseppe G. Stasi, this Italian crime drama turns one man’s search for redemption into a calculated war against organized crime.

📺 “Average Joe: Season 2” Teaser: Deon Cole Returns to Take His Family’s Mob Problems From Pittsburgh to South Africa — Streaming Wednesday, August 19th on Paramount+

Joe’s ordinary life keeps drifting further from ordinary. Deon Cole returns as the plumber whose family’s ties to the Russian mob spark another dangerous adventure, this time stretching from Pittsburgh to Cape Town as new enemies and buried secrets emerge. Blending action, comedy, and crime, the second season raises the stakes with an international chase where every decision could prove costly.

📺 “Diarra From Detroit: Season 2” Teaser: Another Detroit Mystery Pulls Diarra Into Murder, Treasure Hunts, and Secret Societies in This Chicago-set Series From Creator and Star Diarra Kilpatrick — Coming Soon to Paramount+

Diarra Brickland just wanted a carefree summer, but trouble has other plans. Creator and star Diarra Kilpatrick returns for another offbeat mystery that begins with a furniture recovery job before spiraling into homicide investigations, urban legends, and hidden conspiracies beneath Detroit. Mixing comedy, crime, and unpredictable twists, the new season promises another wildly entertaining ride through the city’s stranger corners.

📺 “Camp Rock 3” Teaser: A New Generation Competes for the Spotlight as the Jonas Brothers Return to Camp — Debuts Thursday, August 13th on Disney Channel; Streaming Next Day Friday, August 14th on Disney+

Returning to the place where their journey began, Connect 3 heads back to Camp Rock in search of the next act to join them on tour, turning the beloved music camp into a stage where ambition, talent, and friendship are all put to the test. As campers including Sage, Desi, Rosie, and others chase the coveted opportunity, rivalries intensify, romances blossom, and every performance carries a little more weight. Directed by Veronica Rodriguez and featuring Everett Andres, Orlando Lucas, Lumi Pollack, Ava Jean, Ella Lucas, Brooklynn Pitts, Liamani Segura, Casey Trotter, Hudson Stone, and the Jonas Brothers, this musical sequel aims to introduce a new generation of rising stars while celebrating the spirit that made the original music films fan favorites.

📺 “Das Boot: Season 2” Trailer: The German WWII Drama Surfaces in the U.S. with a Never-Before-Seen Season on MHz Choice — Premieres Tuesday, August 4th in the U.S. on MHz Choice

The pressure of war spreads far beyond the U-boat in Season 2 of the German WWII drama expands its story across two continents. Klaus Hoffman lands in New York and finds himself caught inside the American system, while the series continues weaving espionage, resistance, military duty, and survival into one tense wartime drama. Franz Dinda, Tom Wlaschiha, Rick Okon, Rainer Bock, Fleur Geffrier, Vicky Krieps, Vincent Kartheiser, and Lizzy Caplan star in the eight-episode season, created and written by Tony Saint and Johannes Betz.

📺 “Impractical Jokers: Season 13” Trailer: Sal, Q, and Murr Return with More Painfully Awkward Dares and Celebrity-Fueled Punishments — Premieres Thursday, July 23rd on TBS

More than a decade in, this long-running prank-laded reality comedy series is still finding new ways to make its stars squirm in public. Season 13 sends Sal, Q, and Murr back into the wild for another round of outrageous challenges where refusing a dare is never an option, and the loser faces an over-the-top punishment with help from celebrity guests.

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📺 “The Hawk” Trailer: Will Ferrell’s Washed-Up Golf Legend Refuses to Retire Quietly in Netflix’s New Sports Comedy Series with Jimmy Tatro and Molly Shannon — Premieres Thursday, July 16th on Netflix

They say the problem with Will Ferrell is that all he ever plays are whiny man-child characters with bloated egos, always one tantrum away from total collapse.

And we say… yeah, so what’s wrong with that? Especially when Ferrell keeps turning these man-baby characters into comedy gold. So yes, Ferrell is back doing what he does best: screaming, crying, complaining, collapsing, and somehow turning emotional instability into a comic art form.

In the upcoming Netflix sports comedy series The Hawk, Ferrell stars as Lonnie “The Hawk” Hawkins, a former No. 1 golfer whose glory days are fading faster than his swing. Once ranked at the top of the sport back in 2004, Lonnie is now stuck on the back nine of his career, clinging to one final dream: winning the last major championship he needs to complete golf’s Grand Slam.

Of course, the problem with a comeback is that everyone else has to believe in it too. Lonnie’s body seems ready to quit. His ex-wife Stacy, played by fellow SNL alum Molly Shannon, thinks retirement might be the healthier option. And his son Lance, played by Scream 7’s Jimmy Tatro, has become golf’s new golden boy, which is probably not great for a father whose ego already needs its own caddie.

From there, the fairway starts to feel less like a path to redemption and more like a public breakdown waiting to happen as Lonnie and his son Lance duke it out for bragging rights, family pride, and possibly the last functioning piece of Lonnie’s sanity.

Comedian Fortune Feimster joins the mix as Lonnie’s new caddie Sam, with Luke Wilson as rival golfer Golden Fisk, SNL alum Chris Parnell as PGA Tour board member Anton, Ballers’ Katelyn Tarver as Lance’s fiancée Natalie, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s David Hornsby as Stacy’s new partner Radford.

Ferrell serves as co-creator alongside Ferrell’s longtime collaborator and former SNL writer Harper Steele and Funny or Die co-founder Chris Henchy, with filmmakers David Gordon Green and Rian Johnson on board as executive producers.

The Hawk premieres Thursday, July 16th on Netflix. So prepare for Ferrell to once again turn a sport into a glass case of emotions... and then smash his way out with a golf club.

📺 “Furious” Trailer: Emmy Rossum Hunts an Elusive Female Serial Killer in Liz Meriwether’s New FBI Thriller Series with Lola Petticrew and Scoot McNairy — Debuting Monday, July 27th on Hulu/Disney+

There are detective thrillers built around one question: who is the killer?

And then there are detective thrillers less interested in the whodunit and more locked into the pursuit. That seems to be the case with Furious, a new Hulu thriller where Emmy Rossum, of Shameless fame, plays an FBI agent chasing a mysterious, dangerous woman tied to a string of murders.

Rossum stars as Alice Black, a hard-charging FBI agent with a dark past who is drawn into the hunt for Catherine, a calculating and elusive female serial killer played by Irish actress Lola Petticrew (of FX’s Say Nothing). As Alice digs into Catherine’s personal history, looking for clues that might reveal where she’ll strike next, the case becomes less like a standard investigation and more like a psychological chase between two women shaped by shared trauma and competing ideas of justice.

The suspense seems to come from one dangerous question: is Catherine always one move ahead, or is the FBI simply arriving too late every time another victim turns up? Which just goes to show you that catching a serial killer before they strike again might be harder than figuring out who they are once the bodies start piling up.

Loosely inspired by the 1987 Debra Winger and Theresa Russell-starring thriller Black Widow, the series appears to rework the original premise into something more morally complicated than a man-murdering madwoman tale. As the death toll rises, Alice’s pursuit of Catherine begins to blur into something more unsettling, especially as the boundaries between justice, obsession, victimhood, and vengeance start to shift from line to line.

Rounding out the cast are Scoot McNairy, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, and Jake Lacy, with Emmy-nominated TV producer-writer Liz Meriwether (New Girl, The Dropout, Dying for Sex) executive producing. Meanwhile, acclaimed TV helmer Brian Kirk (Game of Thrones, The Day of the Jackal) directs the first two episodes.

Furious is slated to premiere Monday, July 27th on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.

📺 “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” Trailer: The Big Bang Theory’s Comic Book Store Owner Accidentally Breaks Reality in This Spinoff Series Starring Brian Posehn, Kevin Sussman, Lauren Lapkus, and John Ross Bowie — Debuting Thursday, July 23rd on HBO Max

Sitcoms have a certain formula: set up a situation for the characters to stumble through, hit the jokes on time, and wait for the laughs to come roaring in.

Now what happens if you not only overhaul the sitcom formula but take it into a completely different arena, where the laughs come less from punchlines and more from watching familiar characters stumble through the absurdity of an alternate universe?

That appears to be the setup behind Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, HBO Max’s new sci-fi comedy series that brings Kevin Sussman back as Stuart Bloom, the anxious comic book store owner from The Big Bang Theory.

This time, Stuart is no longer just hovering around the edges of the sitcom world. He’s pushed into the center of a reality-threatening disaster after breaking a device built by Sheldon and Leonard, accidentally triggering a multiverse Armageddon.

So, naturally, the fate of existence now rests with Stuart. And he’s not exactly the hero for the job, which may be the joke and the problem rolled into one.

Feeling a lot like a live-action version of Rick and Morty with a dash of Bill & Ted, the upcoming series follows Stuart as he tries to repair reality with help from his girlfriend Denise, played by Lauren Lapkus, geologist friend Bert, played by Brian Posehn, and quantum physicist Barry Kripke, played by John Ross Bowie.

Their mission? Travel through alternate realities populated by different versions of characters connected to The Big Bang Theory, turning the familiar sitcom universe into a broader comic sci-fi adventure that feels a lot less like a multi-camera sitcom and more like a single-cam Mad Max spoof.

Created by Chuck Lorre, Zak Penn, and Bill Prady, the comedy seems built around the joke of taking characters designed for awkward conversations and nerdy arguments, then dropping them into a cosmic crisis they are in no way emotionally prepared to handle. The multiverse may be collapsing, but at least it picked the least qualified guy possible to fix it.

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe debuts Thursday, July 23rd on HBO Max.

📺 “King of the Hill: Season 15” Trailer: Hank and Peggy Return to a Changed Arlen as Bobby Builds a Life of His Own — Premieres Monday, July 20th on Hulu

Retirement was never going to calm Hank Hill down. If anything, it might just give him more time to be irritated. After returning to Texas following several years in Saudi Arabia, Hank and Peggy are trying to adjust to life back on Rainey Street while figuring out what retirement is supposed to look like. Meanwhile, Bobby is carving out his own adult life as a Dallas chef and taking a new step with his childhood crush, Connie. But as their relationship moves forward, things get a little complicated in this new season of the animated revival from Mike Judge. With Judge, Kathy Najimy, Stephen Root, Pamela Adlon, Lauren Tom, Toby Huss, and more back in the voice cast, this animated comedy proves that some things change with time, but on Rainey Street, common sense still has its work cut out for it.

📺 “Batman: Caped Crusader: Season 2” Trailer: Gotham Gets More Dangerous as Prime Video’s Noir-Styled Batman Series Returns — Streams Friday, July 31st on Prime Video

Gotham is getting darker, and Batman’s crusade is starting to leave a mark. Season 2 sends Hamish Linklater’s Bruce Wayne back into the city’s criminal underworld as new villains rise, citizens live in fear, and the line between justice and obsession grows harder to see. With Alfred Pennyworth, Jim Gordon, Barbara Gordon, and Renee Montoya all orbiting Batman’s dangerous mission in their own ways, this noir-soaked animated series keeps digging into a Gotham where every good deed seems to create another problem. The cape may scare criminals, but it doesn’t make the city any less broken.

📺 “President Curtis” Trailer: Keith David’s Rick and Morty Character Gets His Own Adult Swim Spin-Off — Premieres Sunday, July 26th on Adult Swim

President Andre Curtis finally gets the crises Rick Sanchez usually ignores. Legendary character actor Keith David reprises his role in this adult animated Rick and Morty spin-off, following the Commander-in-Chief and his oddball staff through interdimensional diplomacy, paranormal investigations, and other problems that probably should not reach the Oval Office. Created by Dan Harmon and James Siciliano, the series turns the U.S. presidency into a ridiculous cosmic disaster, not that it isn’t already one.

📺 “Ransom Canyon: Season 2” Trailer: Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly Return as Love, Land, and Legacy Shake Up This Texas Ranching Drama — Premieres Thursday, July 23rd on Netflix

Land, love, and legacy are still causing trouble in this Texas town. Season 2 brings Staten and Quinn back into each other’s orbit after six months apart, with Quinn returning home from New York and Staten chasing risky new ventures that could help bring hope back to Ransom Canyon. Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly return as the ranching drama digs deeper into family power plays, land disputes, new threats, and the long-simmering feelings neither character can fully outrun. ’Cuz in Ransom, the past is never truly buried, and the personal beefs are just as big as the cattle herds themselves.

📺 “The Librarians: The Next Chapter: Season 2” Trailer: Magic, Mayhem, and Merlin Push the Team Into Stranger Territory in This New Season of TNT’s Cult Spinoff Franchise — Premieres Sunday, August 2nd on TNT

The Library is open again, and the job is getting messier. Season 2 sends Vikram (Callum McGowan), Lysa (Olivia Morris), Connor (Bluey Robinson), and Charlie (Jessica Green) into a new run of magical missions involving rage outbreaks, dangerous artifacts, and a surprise encounter with Merlin himself, played by Lord of the Rings star Dominic Monaghan. With old allies returning and new threats testing the team’s limits, this fantasy-adventure series looks ready to make responsibility feel just as dangerous as the monsters.

📺 “Possession” Teaser: Gugu Mbatha-Raw Faces Family Secrets and Plantation Horrors in Sky’s New Thriller Series — Coming Soon in the U.K.

The past has a very ugly way of finding its way back home. Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars in this new British original series as Claudia, an ambitious young lawyer sent to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim involving a wealthy aristocrat and a contested estate. But when she discovers the property is Hope Hill, the Connaught family’s former plantation and the same house haunting her nightmares, a legal case begins to twist into something far more personal and unsettling. Some houses don’t just hold history... they make sure the scars never heal.

📺 “Marble Hall Murders” Teaser: Lesley Manville Returns for One Last Susan Ryeland Mystery in New Magpie Murders Series — Premieres Sunday, September 6th on MASTERPIECE on PBS

Susan Ryeland has found another manuscript with a body count attached. Lesley Manville returns as the crime-fiction editor is hired to work on a new Atticus Pünd continuation novel, only to get pulled into a real murder case that leaves her under suspicion. Meanwhile, Tim McMullan’s Pünd heads to Corfu for a mystery of his own, giving this final chapter of the Magpie Murders series another layered puzzle where fiction and murder keep bleeding into each other.

📺 “Fightland” Trailer: A Fallen Boxing Champion Comes Home Looking for Revenge in STARZ’s New Crime Drama Starring Howard Charles, Nicholas Pinnock and Deborah Ayorinde — Premieres Friday, July 31st on STARZ

Duke Kilroy (Howard Charles) climbed to the top once, then lost almost everything. After eight years in a U.S. prison, the British-born heavyweight returns to London determined to take down the criminal kingpin he blames for his brother’s death. But with family ties, old love, cartel pressure, and a vanished enemy complicating the path, revenge starts to look less like justice and more like a trap.

📺 “JAŸ-Z In 8” Teaser: Jay-Z Sits Down with Rick Rubin for HBO’s Eight-Part Music Documentary — Coming This Fall to HBO Max

Jay-Z and Rick Rubin are putting the conversation at the center of the story. This eight-part HBO documentary series brings the rapper and producer together to discuss music, lyrics, life, and creative process. With a long shared history between the two, the series looks built less like a standard music doc and more like an extended session inside the mind of one of hip-hop’s defining artists.

📺 “Blood Sacrifice” Teaser: A Swedish Detective Teams with His Estranged Ex-Cop Father to Hunt a Police Killer in This New Swedish Crime Thriller Starring Jakob Oftebro and Peter Andersson — Premieres Thursday, August 20th on Netflix

A killer is targeting police, and time is already running out. Jakob Oftebro and Peter Andersson star as a detective and his retired ex-cop father, an estranged pair forced into an uneasy alliance after two officers are brutally murdered. From George Kay, the creator behind Lupin and Hijack, this Swedish crime thriller turns a family fracture into the only path toward catching a murderer.

📺 “Ricky Gervais’ Alley Cats” Trailer: Feral British Cats Get Foul-Mouthed and Philosophical in Netflix’s Adult Animated Comedy Created by and Starring Ricky Gervais — Premiering Friday, August 7th on Netflix

Life on the street gets very rude, very scrappy, and apparently very existential for a group of alley cats. Created by and starring British comic Ricky Gervais, this six-part adult animated comedy follows a gang of feral British cats causing trouble, searching for companionship, and trying to survive in a human world that doesn’t exactly roll out the welcome mat. With Gervais bringing his usual mix of blunt comedy, social commentary, and oddly sincere reflection, this looks like one litter box full of bad manners, big questions, and plenty of hairballs.

📺 “Breaking Bear” Trailer: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Annie Murphy Lead Tubi’s Drug-Dealing Bear Family Comedy — Premieres Thursday, July 24th on Tubi

Saving the forest apparently takes more than hugs and picnic baskets. This Tubi original animated comedy follows a family of bears who build a drug empire to raise enough money to protect their home from frackers, only to find themselves surrounded by deranged enemies and escalating criminal headaches. Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Annie Murphy, Josh Gad, Elizabeth Hurley, Chris Parnell, Chris Diamantopoulos, Harland Williams, Tony Plana, and Jackie Beat are among the voice cast, with Sylvain Lavoie directing this very not-for-kids woodland crime spree.

📺 “Helluva Boss: Season 3” Sneak Peek Clip: Stolas and Blitz Return for More Demon-Assassin Trouble — Premieres Wednesday, October 14th on Prime Video

Hell’s messiest murder-for-hire crew is back on the clock. Season 3 brings Stolas, Blitz, Moxxie, Millie, and Loona into another round of adult animated mayhem as the Immediate Murder Professionals continue turning paid hits into personal disasters. With its mix of musical comedy, violent absurdity, and messy demon relationships, this series keeps proving that Hell has workplace problems too.

📺 “Sakamoto Days: Season 2” Teaser: Taro Sakamoto Heads Back Into the Assassin World in This Anime Series Based on Yuto Suzuki’s Manga — Coming January 2027 to Netflix

Retirement was never going to be simple for Taro Sakamoto. Season 2 sends the legendary hit man turned convenience store owner and Shin into Japan’s assassin training institution as the hunt for Slur’s database pulls them deeper into old histories and new threats. Between ORDER’s Kyoto mission and the secrets connecting Sakamoto, Nagumo, Rion, and Slur, this anime keeps finding new ways to make a quiet life feel impossible.

📺 “The One Piece” Teaser: Netflix and WIT Studio Revisit Luffy’s East Blue Beginning in New Anime Adaptation — Streaming February 2027 on Netflix

Luffy’s journey is starting over, this time with a new anime adaptation from WIT Studio. Based on Eiichiro Oda’s uber-popular manga, the upcoming anime series returns to the East Blue saga and follows Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates from the beginning. With Masashi Koizuka directing, this version aims to make the familiar adventure feel fresh without losing the spirit that turned the original into a global phenomenon. Time to follow the map to the Grand Line... one more time.

📺 “Chainsmoker Cat” Trailer: A Catgirl With a Bad Smoking Habit Tries, and Fails, to Get Her Life Together in This New Anime Series — Streaming Thursday, July 2nd on Netflix

Quitting is hard enough without rent problems, job trouble, and a cigarette habit that keeps winning every argument. Based on the manga serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Young Magazine, this offbeat anime comedy follows Yani, a catgirl whose daily life has become a messy loop of failed fresh starts and instant cravings. Directed by Taku Kimura at Bilbury Animation Studios, the series tracks one very smoky attempt at adulthood, with friends and family trying to help even when Yani makes that almost impossible. Let’s just say her nine lives may need a designated no-smoking section.

📺 “BEAT & MOTION” Trailer: Music and Animation Push Two Young Artists Toward a Dream They Can’t Reach Alone In This New Anime Series — Coming 2027 to Netflix

Two different creative dreams start moving in rhythm in Netflix’s upcoming anime adaptation of Naoki Fujita’s Shonen Jump+ manga. Produced by MAPPA, the coming-of-age series follows Tatsuhiko, a young man who has lost his dream, and Niko, an indie musician still fighting for hers. As music and animation begin to pull them into each other’s orbit, the story points toward a creative partnership built on friction, ambition, and the search for an expression neither could reach alone.

📺 “Sparks of Tomorrow” Trailer: Two Dreamers Chase the Age of Electricity in This Alternate-History Anime Series — Premiering Sunday, July 5th on Netflix

A lost catalog may hold the future in Kyoto Animation’s new alternate-history anime set in a smoke-covered version of early 20th century Kyoto. The series follows Kihachi Sakamoto, a boy hardened by the disappearance of his brother, and Inako Momokawa, the daughter of a sake brewer carrying private regrets of her own. When the two are brought together by the mysterious 20th Century Electrical Catalog, their search becomes a journey through grief, invention, and the fragile hope of building a different future. Sometimes all it takes to change the world is one missing book and the right spark.

📺 “Mary Beth Barone: Galaxy Brain” Trailer: Dating Apps, Ex-Best Friends, and NYPD Merch Fuel Netflix’s New Stand-Up Special — Debuting Tuesday, July 28th on Netflix

Mary Beth Barone is bringing big questions to her first hour-long Netflix special. From ex-best friends to dating apps and the strange cultural life of NYPD merch, this stand-up set turns everyday irritation into sharp comic material. The result looks like a smart, tightly wound hour from a comic ready to pick apart modern life without pretending any of it makes sense.

📺 “Jeff Arcuri: Nice to Meet You” Trailer: Rapid-Fire Jokes Meet Personal Reflection in Netflix’s New Stand-Up Special — Debuting Tuesday, July 7th on Netflix

Comedian Jeff Arcuri brings quick timing and personal candor to his new Netflix comedy special. The hour balances rapid-fire crowd-ready comedy with reflections on making his wife laugh during her cancer journey. That mix gives the set a sharper emotional edge, turning Jeff Arcuri’s stand-up debut into something more intimate than a standard joke machine.

📺 “Tyler Perry’s Ruthless: Season 6, Part 1” Trailer: Ruth (Melissa L. Williams) Tightens Her Grip as the Rakudushis Compound Starts to Crack — Streaming Tuesday, June 30th on Paramount+

Power inside the Rakudushis compound is shifting, and Ruth (a returning Melissa L. Williams) may be closer than ever to turning survival into control. Season 6 of Tyler Perry’s The Oval spinoff finds loyalties breaking down, outside pressure building, and The Highest facing a dangerous new dynamic as Ruth’s influence grows. With the FBI closing in and new allies entering the picture, this next chapter looks ready to push the cult drama toward another brutal confrontation.

📺 “The Man Will Burn” Trailer: New Four-Part HBO Docuseries Goes Behind the Dust, Art, and Growing Tensions of Burning Man — Premiering Thursday, July 9th on HBO and HBO Max

Every year, a temporary city rises in the Nevada desert, and The Man Will Burn looks at what it takes to keep that experiment alive. Directed by Jehane Noujaim and Vikram Gandhi, this four-part HBO documentary series follows Burning Man’s evolution from San Francisco counterculture gathering to massive global spectacle. With access to Burning Man Project leadership and years of archival footage, the series tracks the event through COVID-19, a renegade gathering, historic rains, influencer culture, and the growing pressure of Big Tech money pushing against the community’s original spirit. Turns out, keeping the fire burning may be the easy part.

📺 “Quarterback: Season 3” Trailer: Jayden Daniels, Baker Mayfield, Cam Ward, and Joe Flacco Take the Spotlight in Netflix’s NFL Docuseries — Returning Tuesday, July 14th on Netflix

The quarterback job never looks simple once the cameras move past the huddle. Season 3 follows Jayden Daniels, Baker Mayfield, Cam Ward, and Joe Flacco through the 2025 NFL season as they deal with pressure, injuries, trades, family life, and the weight of leading a franchise. Produced by Omaha Productions, NFL Films, and 2PM Productions, this sports docuseries keeps its focus on the human toll behind football’s most scrutinized position.

📺 “2026 MLB Home Run Derby” Trailer: Baseball’s Biggest Sluggers Step Into the Spotlight for Netflix’s Live Sports Event — Streaming Live Monday, July 13th on Netflix

The Home Run Derby is heading to Netflix with all the towering shots, superstar swagger, and pure bat-crack theater that comes with baseball’s loudest night. The 2026 T-Mobile Home Run Derby will take place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, continuing an All-Star tradition that began back in 1985. After decades of memorable slugger showcases, the event now gets a bigger streaming spotlight as Netflix brings the annual power display to a global live audience. In other words, clear the fences and maybe the couch too.

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📺 “The Westies” Trailer: J.K. Simmons Rules 1980s Hell’s Kitchen in MGM+’s Irish Mob Crime Drama with Titus Welliver — Premiering Sunday, July 12th on MGM+

Hell’s Kitchen in the early 1980s was not exactly a neighborhood built on peace, patience, or clean money. And in MGM+’s upcoming crime drama The Westies, one accidental killing of a “made man” might be all it takes to turn a fragile underworld arrangement into open war.

The series centers on the Westies, the infamously violent Irish gang trying to hold its ground in a New York criminal landscape dominated by the Italian Mafia. Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons stars as Eamon Sweeney, the gang’s ruthless leader, while Bosch star Titus Welliver co-stars as Glenn Keenan, a veteran NYPD officer with deep ties to the same streets he is supposed to police.

Anyone looking for a moody throwback to the hard-nosed crime thrillers of the 1970s and early ’80s... you know, where cops were as corrupt and dirty as the crooks they were trying to bust — this definitely looks like the kind of thing built to scratch that itch. Add J.K. Simmons and Titus Welliver chewing scenery together, and this could be appointment television.

• Young thugs running amok and giving the old guard some serious headaches? Check.

• Beat cops watching the neighborhood slide toward a turf war? Check.

• Irish mobsters trying to protect their piece of Hell’s Kitchen with brute force and bad decisions? Check.

• Italian crime families circling any weakness they can exploit to tighten their grip? Check.

Put it all together, and The Westies looks like it has all the makings of a bruising old-school mob saga where loyalties aren’t only tested, but broken, bought, and buried.

Joining Simmons and Welliver, the cast also includes Tom Brittney (Grantchester) as James “Jimmy” Roarke, Jessica Frances Dukes (Ozark) as Birdie Polk, Stanley Morgan (A Thousand Blows) as Mickey Flanagan, Sarah Bolger (Mayans M.C.) as Bridget Walsh, Allen Leech (Downton Abbey) as Brendan Cahill, and Hamish Allan-Headly (Daredevil: Born Again) as a young John Gotti.

Created by Godfather of Harlem creators Chris Brancato and Michael Panes, with Brancato serving as showrunner, The Westies looks like another bruising crime saga that may force us to think about adding one more streaming subscription to the pile.

The Westies debuts with a two-episode premiere starting Sunday, July 12th on MGM+.

📺 “Murder 101” Trailer: A Tennessee High School Sociology Class Reopens the Redhead Murders Case in This New True-Crime Docuseries About Teens Trying to Solve It — Premieres Monday, July 13th on Prime Video

True crime has taken plenty of heat over the years, and not without reason. The genre can tip into exploitation fast, turning real pain into bingeable mystery-box fodder and treating victims like plot devices rather than people who had lives, families, and stories of their own.

But Murder 101 looks like it might be coming at the form from a different angle. One that may even change how we think about what true crime can be. Not as a way of capitalizing on tragedy, but as a way of honoring the difficult work of bringing justice to those who need it most, while building empathy in the process.

Based on the hit KT Studios and iHeart Media podcast, this upcoming three-part docuseries follows teacher Alex Campbell and his high school sociology class at Elizabethton High School in Tennessee as they investigate the Redhead Murders, a series of decades-old unsolved killings that once drew attention across the South before slowly fading from public memory.

On paper, that sounds like familiar true-crime territory: cold cases, buried clues, old headlines, long-delayed justice. But the trailer points toward something more unusual and, frankly, more human. This isn’t a team of seasoned detectives or media pros stepping in with cameras and theories. It’s a classroom of teenagers, guided by an unorthodox teacher, trying to understand what happened to victims who can no longer speak for themselves.

That gives the series an underdog quality. The students are not just studying crime as an abstract subject; they’re learning about vulnerability, injustice, and the responsibility that comes with paying attention to someone else’s pain. The lesson isn’t about punishment as much as it is about sensitivity to other people’s suffering, and that distinction truly matters.

Directed by Stacey Lee, Murder 101 is produced by KT Studios and Freshman Year, with Jon Watts, Dianne McGunigle, and Stephanie Lydecker serving as executive producers.

At its best, true crime can restore focus to cold cases that have been forgotten. Murder 101 seems interested in showing how a group of students, working together with purpose, might help bring buried stories back into the light.

Following its SXSW debut earlier this year, Murder 101 is now slated to premiere Monday, July 13th on Prime Video.

📺 “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Season 4” Trailer: Captain Pike and the Enterprise Crew Encounter New Dangers on the Final Frontier — Premiering Thursday, July 23rd on Paramount+

The Enterprise is heading back into the great unknown, which is exactly where Star Trek: Strange New Worlds tends to feel most at home. New planets, strange encounters, terrifying aliens, emotional detours... you know, just another week aboard one of Starfleet’s most famous ships.

Season 4 of the Paramount+ original series once again follows the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, led by Captain Christopher Pike, as they embark on a new run of interstellar adventures across the stars.

Anson Mount returns as Captain Pike, joined by Rebecca Romijn as Number One Una Chin-Riley, Ethan Peck as science officer Spock, Jess Bush as nurse Christine Chapel, Christina Chong as security chief La’An Noonien-Singh, Celia Rose Gooding as communications officer Uhura, Melissa Navia as helmsman Erica Ortegas, Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. Joseph M’Benga, and Martin Quinn as engineer Montgomery Scott, among others.

The new season looks to keep leaning into the bright, exploratory spirit that has made this series such an interesting corner of the franchise. The crew will face external threats and inner demons, cross paths with colorful new characters, reunite with familiar faces, and try to hold onto a hopeful future, even when the universe keeps throwing very large problems directly in their path.

One of the more interesting pieces here is the continued development of Spock and James T. Kirk. With Ethan Peck’s Spock and Paul Wesley’s Kirk moving closer to the legendary friendship we know is coming, Season 4 appears ready to build out that early tit-for-tat dynamic before it becomes one of the defining relationships in Star Trek history.

Carol Kane will return as Commander Pelia for a guest-star arc in this fourth season, which is produced by CBS Studios, Secret Hideout, and Roddenberry Entertainment. Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers serve as co-showrunners.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Season 4 premieres globally Thursday, July 23rd on Paramount+. Meanwhile, all three previous seasons are available to stream on Paramount+.

📺 “The Ark: Season 3” Trailer: Ark One’s Mission Splits Between Deep Space Rescue and a Dangerous New Homebase — Premieres Wed, July 29th on SYFY

Humanity finally has somewhere to land, but survival doesn’t get any simpler. Season 3 follows Captain Sharon Garnet (Christie Burke) and the crew of Ark One as their mission expands, sending part of the team back into space to search for lost Earth survivors while those on Homebase 1 begin uncovering troubling signs about their new world. Reece Ritchie and Richard Fleeshman also return as the series stretches its survival story across both ship and colony. Humanity found a home... now it has to survive the neighborhood.

📺 “Esports World Cup: Level Up: Season 2” Trailer: 5-Part Esports Docuseries Returns for a High-Stakes Look at Players, Clubs, and a $70 Million Global Video Game Competition — Premieres Fri, June 26th on Prime Video

The stakes are bigger, the spotlight is brighter, and the controller grip is probably getting a little tighter. Season 2 returns with a five-part look inside the world’s largest esports competition, following players, clubs, and families through the seven-week event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker R.J. Cutler, the docuseries tracks the chase for a $70 million prize pool and the EWC Club Championship, while appearances from Post Malone, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lando Norris, Tony Hawk, and more show just how far esports culture has pushed into the mainstream. For these competitors, one match can change a career... or end a dream in real time.

📺 “The Gilded Age: Season 4” In Production Teaser: HBO’s High-Society Drama Returns to Set for More Old Money, New Money, and Social Warfare — Coming This Fall on HBO

The cast of The Gilded Age is back on set as HBO’s lavish historical drama prepares for its fourth season. Created by Downton Abbey mastermind Julian Fellowes, the series returns to late 19th-century New York, where Bertha Russell’s climb through high society continues to rattle the old-money world of Agnes van Rhijn, Ada Brook, and Marian Brook. Carrie Coon, Louisa Jacobson, Christine Baranski, and Cynthia Nixon remain at the center of a series that has steadily become less about polite period-piece manners and more about how power, class, and influence helped shape modern America.

📺 “Outer Banks: Season 5” Teaser: The Pogues Take One Last Ride in Netflix’s Final Season — Premieres Thurs, August 20th on Netflix

The treasure hunt is almost over, but the Pogues are heading into the final season bruised, broken, and far from home. After the tragic loss of JJ in Morocco, John B, Sarah, Kiara, Pope, and Cleo are stranded, grieving, and still hunted by familiar enemies, with Chandler Groff at large, Dalia and the Corsairs closing in, and the Kooks cutting off any safe return. Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Madison Bailey, Jonathan Daviss, Carlacia Grant, and Drew Starkey return as the crew is forced into an uneasy alliance with Rafe while trying to avenge their best friend and reclaim the future they’ve been chasing since the beginning. One last ride means one last chance to bring it all home.

📺 “Survival of the Thickest: Season 3” Trailer: Comedienne Michelle Buteau Takes One Last Strut Through Love, Fashion, and Family in Her Show’s Final Season — Premieres Thurs, July 2nd on Netflix

Mavis Beaumont is stepping into her final season with big style, bigger feelings, and one more chance to build the life she wants. Comic actress Michelle Buteau returns as the plus-size Black stylist riding high in the designer fashion world, while she and Luca begin the life-changing journey of starting a family. Based on Buteau’s acclaimed book of essays, this farewell season brings back the show’s mix of romance, self-worth, chosen family, and pointed comedy. Mavis came in funny, fabulous, and fully herself... and that seems exactly how she plans to go out.

📺 “The East Palace” Teaser: A Spirit Walker and a Court Lady Hear the Dead in Netflix’s Korean Supernatural Mystery Series — Premieres Fri, July 17th on Netflix

A dead crown prince, a cursed pond, and a palace full of secrets make for a pretty ominous royal crisis. This Korean supernatural mystery takes viewers into an ancient kingdom where tradition and superstition become matters of life and death. Nam Joo-hyuk stars as Gu-cheon, a man who can cross into the spiritual Realm of Gwi, summoned by the King after rumors spread that a vengeful spirit is wiping out his bloodline. Roh Yoon-seo co-stars as Saeng-gang, a court lady who can hear spirits and is ordered to watch Gu-cheon as he enters the East Palace on a life-or-death mission. Directed by Choi Jung-kyu and co-starring Cho Seung-woo as the King, the series looks like a haunted palace thriller where conspiracy, distress, and ghostly vengeance may all be hiding beneath the same dark water.

📺 “Vigil: Season 3” Teaser: Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie Investigate a Killing at a Remote Arctic Research Station in BBC’s Tense Police Procedural — Coming Soon to BBC iPlayer and BBC One

The coldest cases can be the most dangerous. DCI Amy Silva (Suranne Jones) and DI Kirsten Longacre (Rose Leslie) head to a remote Arctic research station after a British special forces officer is found shot dead, pulling them into another high-pressure investigation far from familiar ground. As the case unfolds against an unforgiving frozen backdrop, Vigil returns with suspicion in the air and danger closing in from every direction. The temperature may be brutal, but the real chill comes from realizing no one is easy to trust.

📺 “Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston” Trailer: Actor Tom Hiddleston Reexamines the Human Choices Made Before Mount Vesuvius Erupted — Premieres Wed, July 22nd on NatGeo, Hulu/Disney+

Pompeii was not just a city frozen in catastrophe. This cinematic documentary series follows Tom Hiddleston as archaeologists, historians, geologists, and disaster experts revisit the crucial hours before and during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Blending scripted drama with investigative storytelling, this historical docuseries looks beyond the ruins to the real people who lived in the volcano’s shadow, including those who may have had a chance to escape. Rather than treating the disaster as one fixed moment of destruction, the series digs into the fear, choices, and resilience that came before it. The past may be carved in stone, but the people caught inside it were anything but still.

📺 “Agent Kim Reactivated” Trailer: So Ji-Sub Plays a Former Black-Ops Spy Searching for His Missing Daughter in Netflix’s Korean Action Series — Premieres Fri, June 26th on Netflix

Being a quiet dad only works until someone drags the past back into the open. Based on the Webtoon Manager Kim, this Korean action series stars So Ji-Sub as a mild-mannered savings bank employee and single father hiding a dangerous secret: he’s a former spy with years of special-ops missions behind him. But when his daughter disappears, the skills he tried to bury come roaring back, turning an anonymous civilian into a dangerous man hiding in plain sight. Some fathers will do anything for their children; this one just happens to have a black-ops résumé.

📺 “The Bear: Season 5” New Promo: Carmy Steps Away as Sydney, Richie, Sugar, and the Crew Fight for One Last Service — Premieres Thursday, June 25th on Hulu/Disney+

Yes, chef! The shouted orders, hallway blowups, and kitchen panic may be reaching their final service as FX’s award-winning series heads toward its close. With Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) walking away, Sydney (Ayo Edebiri), Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), Sugar (Abby Elliott), and the rest of the crew are left to hold the restaurant together on their own. Between money problems, a possible sale, and a storm closing in, the team has to figure out whether they can finally move as one. After everything they’ve built, one last service could decide what survives.

📺 “The Amazing Digital Circus Finale” Trailer: Gooseworx’s Surreal Animated Web Series Reaches Its Final Act — Arriving Fri, June 19th on Netflix

The circus tent is closing, which probably means things are about to get even stranger before the final curtain drops. Created, written, and directed by Gooseworx and produced by Glitch Productions, this Australian independent animated series follows a group of humans trapped inside a circus-themed virtual reality simulation overseen by an erratic artificial intelligence. After episodes eight and nine received a theatrical rollout as The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act, the series finale now heads to Netflix and YouTube this weekend. For a show built on neon-colored absurdity, one last trip through the circus feels like the only proper exit.

📺 “The F Ward” Trailer: Anna Friel Leads a Group of Medical Interns Fighting for One Last Shot at an Underfunded Sydney Hospital — Premieres Fri, July 17th on Australia’s Stan

Second chances are hard enough without life-or-death consequences attached. This Australian medical drama follows a group of flawed but talented interns sent to Pines Hospital, an underfunded Sydney facility where they must confront their insecurities, past mistakes, and the brutal expectations of the job. British actress Anna Friel leads the cast alongside Ioane Sa’ula, Daniel Wyllie, Lola Bond, Alex Fitzalan, and Emily Barclay, as the series turns medical training into a pressure cooker of ambition, exhaustion, and devastating failure.

📺 “Treasure & Dirt” Trailer: Michael Dorman and Liv Hewson Investigate a Grisly Murder in Australia’s Opal Mining Underworld — Streams Sun, July 19th on Australia’s ABC iview

A headless body found deep inside an opal mine is the kind of case that tends to bring every buried secret clawing back to the surface. This Australian crime drama stars Michael Dorman (For All Mankind) as Ivan Lucic, a big-city detective pulled into a brutal murder investigation in a lawless outback mining town where greed, corruption, and old sins run deep. Yellowjackets star Liv Hewson co-stars as rookie detective Nell Buchanan, whose knowledge of the town’s underbelly may be the only thing keeping the case from swallowing them both. With veteran Kiwi actress Sarah Peirse (Heavenly Creatures) also starring, the series looks like a sun-scorched murder mystery where the dirt may be just as dangerous as the people digging through it.

📺 “Louis C.K.: Ridiculous” Trailer: Stand-Up Comic Louis C.K. Returns to New York with a New Comedy Special — Debuting Tues, June 30th on Netflix

Louis C.K. is back onstage in New York, returning to the strange machinery of his own mind after years of public controversy and career fallout. The ridiculous thoughts are still coming, as the veteran comic works through absurd stories, uncomfortable hypotheticals, and blunt observations that turn small moments into darkly comic riffs. Whether poking at everyday behavior or spiraling into more uneasy territory, this new special puts him back in familiar mode: one man, one microphone, and a head full of thoughts that somehow keep making it to the stage.

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📺 “The Bear: Season 5” Trailer: Carmy Walks Away as Syd, Richie, and Sugar Fight to Keep the Doors Open in Final Season — Premiering Wed, June 25th on FX on Hulu/Disney+

Here’s a thought: the success of The Bear was never really about audiences suddenly becoming fascinated by the subtle idiosyncrasies of fine dining. Or about whether a neighborhood sandwich shop could somehow become one of Chicago’s most talked-about eateries.

The show’s success, at least we believe, came from how it challenged our understanding of what success really is and how it should be measured. Personal growth, professional ambition, family baggage, creative fulfillment... all of it gets sifted into a bowl of anxiety, pride, and hard-earned self-discovery. Success isn’t a damn Michelin star.

It was the simple, brutal acknowledgment that Carmy, Syd, Richie, Tina, Sugar, Neil, Marcus, and the rest of the crew are all struggling in one form or another, yet still have to figure out how to work as a unit just to survive the day. Success is honoring that struggle without letting it burn the whole place down. Success is understanding that no one in that kitchen is worth less or more than anyone else.

And as much as Carmy is a culinary wunderkind, the kitchen he has built might very well close up shop sooner than anyone expected. But the true measure of success might be how everyone on that staff has grown, not just as cooks or workers, but as people learning how to trust themselves, trust each other, and keep showing up when the pressure feels impossible.

Something to think about as the fifth and final season prepares to debut later this month, capping off a phenomenal show that was never really just about food, but about the messy, painful, deeply human work of becoming better together.

That seems to be the idea sitting at the center of the final season, which picks up after Jeremy Allen White’s Carmy walks away from the restaurant business, leaving The Bear in the hands of Sydney (Ayo Edebiri), Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), and Sugar (Abby Elliott). And because this show has never been interested in giving anyone an easy shift, the team is immediately staring down a financial crisis, a possible sale, a delivery cutoff, and even a flood threatening to wash away whatever stability they had left.

With Sydney now in a new position of authority, stepping into the role of head chef, Richie appears to be stepping up as the kitchen’s biggest cheerleader as everyone fights to keep the place alive. Carmy, meanwhile, is still the tortured chef who seems to have buckled under the pressure of perfection, and his words of encouragement sound more like a confession than a victory lap.

Created by Christopher Storer, who also serves as executive producer alongside Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson, and Matty Matheson, the final season once again brings back Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Matty Matheson, Oliver Platt, Jon Bernthal, Ricky Staffieri, Molly Gordon, and more. Storer also serves as the season’s primary director, with Hiro Murai returning to direct as well.

Will The Bear stay open, or will it fail to keep its doors from closing? Maybe the real victory was never the menu, the reviews, or the Michelin star. The true accomplishment isn’t just the food on the plate, but the people who found a way to stand beside each other long enough to serve it.

The final season premieres Wednesday, June 25th on FX on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+. Bon appétit, cousin!

📺 “Little House on the Prairie” Trailer: Netflix Reimagines the Ingalls Family’s Journey West in a Sweeping Frontier Drama Series Starring Luke Bracey and Alice Halsey — Streaming Thurs, July 9th on Netflix

Anyone raised on late-1970s and early-’80s television would know — and likely watched — Michael Landon’s classic TV series Little House on the Prairie, one of the pivotal shows of its era to offer American audiences a romantic vision of 19th-century frontier life, where grit, decency, and family values were enough to carry people through even the hardest stretches of hardship.

It was a family show meant to reassure viewers that goodness, faith, and perseverance could still hold a family together, even when life on the frontier kept testing them at every turn. Which just might make it the perfect show to bring back, as today’s audience seems hungrier than ever for comfort viewing that still wants to believe old-fashioned resilience can carry us through hard times.

Featuring Australian actor Luke Bracey (Hacksaw Ridge) in the Michael Landon role of Charles “Pa” Ingalls, Netflix’s new Little House on the Prairie series offers a fresh adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved semi-biographical books about her family establishing a homestead on the American frontier during the 1870s. The story begins with the Ingalls family setting out to build a new life in the West, following their journey across the frontier, where the beauty of the open prairie comes with isolation, danger, uncertainty, and the daily struggle to survive.

As seen in the trailer, this appears to be a heartfelt reimagining that keeps the focus on family, sacrifice, and the fragile idea of home. It also gives Netflix a chance to revisit a familiar American story with a broader scope, leaning into a more historically grounded setting and character landscape without drifting too far from the core principles of family struggle, resilience, and communal harmony.

Alice Halsey, of the soap series Days of Our Lives, steps into the shoes of young Laura Ingalls, once played famously by Melissa Gilbert in the original TV series. Laura is the heart and eyes of her family’s frontier experience, traveling across the plains in search of a better life.

Halsey is joined by Crosby Fitzgerald and Skywalker Hughes as Caroline and Mary Ingalls, along with Jocko Sims as Dr. George Tann, Warren Christie as John Edwards, Wren Zhawenim Gotts as Good Eagle, Meegwun Fairbrother as Mitchell, and Alyssa Wapanatâhk as White Sun.

Whether this new version can capture the warmth and staying power of the original remains to be seen. But the timing might be better than ever for a revival built around the stubborn belief that home is something worth building.

Little House on the Prairie premieres Thursday, July 9th on Netflix.

📺 “Ride or Die” Trailer: Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham Go on the Run After One Best Friend Turns Out to Be an Assassin in Amazon’s New Buddy-Comedy Action Series — Debuting Wed, July 15th on Prime Video

Some friendships come with baggage. Others come with aliases, getaway routes, and a body count that definitely should have come up over brunch.

That’s the setup behind Ride or Die, a new Prime Video series starring Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer (The Help) and Emmy Award winner Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) as Debbie Claybourne and Judith Burton, two lifelong best friends whose relationship hits a very unusual speed bump when Debbie discovers Judith has been living a secret life as an international assassin.

Naturally, this is the kind of revelation between close friends that leads to a little anger and some awkward tension. But those group hugs will have to wait after a hit goes wrong and a mysterious figure from Judith’s past resurfaces, putting both women in immediate danger. With Judith’s secret blown and Debbie’s husband seemingly tied to some very bad people, the ladies are thrown into a frantic race across Europe, with law enforcement, trained killers, and dangerous criminals closing in from every direction.

The success of the show appears to rest heavily on Spencer and Waddingham, whose onscreen pairing seems primed for a little comedic friction. Put them together in a cross-continental buddy comedy with bullets flying, and the series has plenty of room to play both the friendship angle and the spies-on-the-run hijinks.

Created by Tessa Coates, with Matt Miller serving as showrunner, Ride or Die also features a strong supporting cast led by Bill Nighy as a stern British operative running operations from base, alongside Ed Skrein, Sylvia Hoeks, Calam Lynch, Savannah Steyn, and Jamie Parker.

Filmmaker Peyton Reed, best known for Bring It On and the Ant-Man films, is among the directors helming episodes.

Sometimes besties forever simply means dodging bullets and bad guys. We’ll see if Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham are truly “ride or die” buddies when the series debuts Wednesday, July 15th on Prime Video.

📺 “Elle” Trailer: This ’90s-Set Legally Blonde Prequel Series Rewinds Elle Woods Back to Her Grunge-Era High School Years Starring Lexi Minetree — Premiering Wed, July 1st on Prime Video

Before Harvard Law, courtroom victories, and one of the most famous bend-and-snaps in movie history, Elle Woods was just trying to survive high school. And yes, apparently even Elle had to deal with messy friendships, questionable romances, unwelcoming cliques, and the deeply unfair emotional warfare of teenage life.

Set in 1995 at the height of the grunge era, Elle rewinds the Legally Blonde universe back to Elle’s formative years, with Lexi Minetree stepping into the role of the future pink-powered legal icon. This time, Elle is navigating family friction, a major move, and the kind of fashion choices only the mid-’90s could fully justify.

The series also puts a strong focus on Elle’s family, especially her bond with her mother Eva, played by June Diane Raphael. Tom Everett Scott co-stars as Elle’s father Wyatt, who moves the family from the sunny hills of Southern California to the rainy gray of Seattle, during a time when grunge was in and glitz was out. While Elle struggles to fit into her new high school environment, she doesn’t let the flannel-clad locals break her stride, leaning into her sunny disposition to turn the whole experience into a very Elle Woods kind of reinvention.

Jacob Moskovitz, Gabrielle Policano, Chandler Kinney, Zac Looker, Amy Pietz, and the late James Van Der Beek help round out the ensemble cast of this ’90s-era comedy throwback, as this fish-out-of-water story gets bedazzled with a little Beverly Hills sparkle.

Created by Laura Kittrell (High School, Insecure), who co-showruns and executive produces alongside Caroline Dries, the streaming series also has Reese Witherspoon onboard as an executive producer.

Elle premieres Wednesday, July 1st on Prime Video.

📺 “Lioness: Season 3” Teaser: Zoe Saldaña Returns to Taylor Sheridan’s CIA Thriller as the War Comes Closer to Home — Returning Sun, August 2nd on Paramount+

Zoe Saldaña is one of those rare actresses probably best known for playing space-age heroines, from Avatar to the Guardians of the Galaxy films. And despite winning an Oscar for the wildly divisive narco-musical Emilia Pérez, Saldaña has quietly been delivering some of her strongest work in Taylor Sheridan’s military action-thriller series Lioness.

She stars as Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program, a no-nonsense CIA operative responsible for training and leading female undercover agents through some of the government’s most dangerous missions. The balance between mother and warrior is nothing new for Saldaña, but the difference here is obvious: she isn’t hidden beneath motion capture or alien makeup. She’s raw, lethal, and quietly intimidating, proving she can still do the heavy lifting herself, no special effects required.

In Season 3, Joe finds herself surrounded by hidden networks, foreign operatives, and personal betrayals as the war she’s been fighting begins reaching into every corner of her life. That means the line between duty and home gets thinner, especially as she tries to protect her family while managing a program built for deception, sacrifice, and impossible choices.

Morgan Freeman returns as U.S. Secretary of State Edwin Mullins, with Nicole Kidman as CIA official Kaitlyn Meade, Michael Kelly as Deputy Director Byron Westfield, Dave Annable as Joe’s husband Neal, and Hannah Love Lanier as their teenage daughter. Also returning are Laysla De Oliveira and Genesis Rodriguez, with Yellowstone alum Ian Bohen joining the Season 3 cast.

Lioness: Season 3 is slated to premiere Sunday, August 2nd on Paramount+.

📺 “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness” Trailer: Larry David Takes on American History in HBO’s New Limited Sketch Comedy Series Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary — Premieres Fri, June 26th on HBO Max

America’s 250th anniversary is getting a history lesson, which naturally means Larry David has arrived to complain about it. Executive-produced by David, Jeff Schaffer, and Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions, this seven-episode HBO limited sketch comedy revisits the country’s past through awkward misunderstandings, petty grievances, and social discomfort. With Schaffer directing and familiar Curb Your Enthusiasm faces expected to appear, this looks like a very Larry David way to celebrate history: by turning national reflection into one long, uncomfortable argument.

📺 “The Walking Dead: Dead City: Season 3” Trailer: Maggie and Negan’s Uneasy Alliance Faces a Major Reset in AMC’s Zombie Spin-Off with Lauren Cohan & Jeffrey Dean Morgan — Returns Sun, July 26th on AMC and AMC+

Maggie and Negan may never fully outrun their brutal history, but survival has a strange way of rewriting the rules. Season 3 brings Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan back into a walker-filled world where their reluctant partnership continues to shift from bitter necessity into something closer to trust. With the new season teasing a major twist, an alternate-reality episode set in a very different version of New York City, and another test of their complicated dynamic, this spin-off looks ready to ask whether two former enemies can ever truly become allies.

📺 “Trying: Season 5” Trailer: Hard-Pressed Couple Nikki and Jason Face a New Family Storm in Apple’s British Comedy Series Starring Esther Smith, Rafe Spall & Charlotte Riley — Premieres Wed, July 8th on Apple TV

Parenting is hard enough before someone from the past knocks everything sideways. Season 5 of Apple’s heartfelt British comedy finds Nikki (Esther Smith) and Jason (Rafe Spall) facing a new wave of complications after Princess and Tyler’s biological mother Kat (Charlotte Riley) suddenly reenters their lives. With their carefully built family thrown into fresh emotional confusion, the new season looks set to keep balancing messy parenting with the kind of domestic mayhem that comes from trying to hold everyone together.

📺 “Human Vapor” Trailer: Toho’s Classic Sci-Fi Horror Gets a Modern Reboot as a Killer Turns Fear Into a Deadly Force in Netflix’s New Japanese Sci-Fi Thriller Series — Premieres Thurs, July 2nd on Netflix

A villainous vapor is about to make society hold its breath. This new eight-episode Netflix series follows suspended detective Kenji Okamoto (Shun Oguri) as he’s pulled into a bizarre murder investigation after a college professor suddenly swells and explodes on live television. When a man calling himself the Human Vapor (UTA) announces more killings, Kenji teams with reporter Kyoko (Yu Aoi) to uncover the truth behind a culprit who seems impossible to contain. Based on the classic 1960 Toho film, this new version brings in Japanese director Shinzo Katayama and Korean writers Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan) and Ryu Yong-jae (Parasyte: The Grey), with visual effects by Shirogumi, the Academy Award-winning team behind Godzilla Minus One, for a bold new visual spectacle.

📺 “Notes from the Last Row” Trailer: A Failed Novelist Finds Dangerous Inspiration in His Student’s Writing in Netflix’s Korean Psychological Drama Starring Old Boy’s Choi Min-sik — Arrives Fri, June 26th on Netflix

A great piece of writing can change a life, though maybe not always for the better. Old Boy’s Choi Min-sik stars as a failed novelist turned literature professor who becomes fascinated by the work of a quiet student whose writing carries an unsettling kind of power. What begins as private instruction soon slips into obsession, as teacher and student blur the line between mentorship, control, and creative possession. Adapted from Juan Mayorga’s play The Boy in the Last Row and directed by Kim Gyu-tae, this Korean psychological drama series turns literary ambition into a slow-burning mind game.

📺 “Fightland” Teaser: A Former Boxer Turned Newly Released Convict Seeks Redemption and Revenge in This 50 Cent-Produced Crime Series Starring Howard Charles and Nicholas Pinnock — Debuts Friday, July 31st on STARZ

Boxing has always had a dirty side, and this new STARZ crime drama looks ready to throw every punch from inside the criminal machine. Executive-produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, the series stars Howard Charles as Duke Kilroy, a British-born boxer whose world heavyweight title win turns tragic when his brother is killed and Duke’s own fallout sends him to prison for eight years. Once released, Duke returns home chasing vengeance against the vanished criminal kingpin and former promoter Kingsley Marshall (Nicholas Pinnock), only to find Kingsley’s family, including Joy (Deborah Ayorinde), the love of Duke’s life, left behind in the wreckage. With cartels, boxing money, and old betrayals closing in, Duke has to turn the instincts that made him a champion into weapons for revenge.

📺 “The Map of Longing” Trailer: A Final Gift Sends One Young Woman (Alícia Falcó) Through Grief, Self-Discovery, and Unexpected Romance in This Spanish Miniseries Based on Alice Kellen’s Bestselling Novel — Streams Friday, July 17th on Netflix

Grief becomes a map in this emotional Spanish miniseries based on Alice Kellen’s bestselling novel. Alícia Falcó stars as Greta, a young woman who has spent her life believing she was born to save her sister Lucy, only to be left lost when Lucy dies unexpectedly. But before her death, Lucy leaves behind “The Map of Longing,” a deeply personal game meant to guide Greta through her pain, push her toward self-discovery, and lead her to Will (Pablo Álvarez), a mysterious young man carrying heartbreak of his own.

📺 “Camp Snoopy: Season 2” Trailer: Snoopy Leads the Beagle Scouts Into the Wild for a New Round of Summer Camp Adventures — Streams Fri, June 26th on Apple TV

The Beagle Scouts are back on badge duty. Season 2 finds Snoopy and his troop heading into nature after learning their group may be on the verge of disbanding, using the Beagle Scout Manual as their guide through the Great Outdoors. While Snoopy chases merit badges, Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang settle into summer at Camp Spring Lake, where hiking, swimming, campfires, and classic camp mishaps are all part of this new season.

📺 “The Doomies” Trailer: Two Best Friends Accidentally Open a Portal to Evil in Disney’s New Animated Creature Comedy Series — Debuts Thurs, June 26th on Disney+

Friendship gets a serious stress test when the underworld comes knocking. Disney+’s new animated adventure comedy follows Bobby (Max Mittelman) and Romy (Madison Calderon), two best friends who accidentally open a portal to evil and turn their peaceful coastal town into a playground for creatures of doom. With monsters let loose and Bobby becoming a major target, the duo must chase down the mystery while dealing with the kind of inner demons that don’t always come with fang and claws.

📺 “Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston” Teaser: Tom Hiddleston Revisits the Final Hours of Pompeii in National Geographic’s New Historical Documentary — Coming Soon to NatGeo, Hulu, and Disney+

Sometimes to understand the present, we have to dig through the ash of the past. Loki star Tom Hiddleston produces and narrates this National Geographic documentary, which revisits the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the ordinary people caught in Pompeii’s final hours. Tracing the disaster minute by minute and hour by hour, this new TV special looks at the choices, panic, and survival stories buried beneath one of history’s most infamous natural disasters.

📺 “Worst Neighbor Ever” Trailer: Netflix’s True-Crime Series Turns Next-Door Tension Into Stories of Violence, Harassment, and Fear — Streams Wed, July 1st on Netflix

Bad neighbors are one thing. Lethal ones are another. Netflix’s true-crime series returns with firsthand accounts of neighborhood disputes that spiral into violence, intimidation, and deadly obsession. Using testimonials, bodycam footage, and animated reenactments, this docuseries digs into the unsettling possibility that the biggest threat on the block may be living right next door.

📺 “The American Experiment” Trailer: Netflix’s Five-Part Documentary Series Reexamines the Radical Question Behind American Democracy — Premieres Wed, June 24th on Netflix

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, this five-part American history docuseries looks back at the country’s founding through one deceptively simple question: can a people govern themselves? The series brings together historians, political figures, legal voices, tribal chiefs, military experts, and thinkers across the political spectrum to explore how America’s original debates still echo today. With Tom Hanks involved among its executive producers, this looks like a broad, serious-minded civic history lesson with the present very much in view.

📺 “Hammerhead Sharks Up Close with Bertie Gregory” Trailer: National Geographic Heads Into Mexico’s Pacific Waters for a Rare Shark Encounter — Premieres Sun, July 5th on NatGEO, Hulu/Disney+

Fearless wildlife filmmaker Bertie Gregory heads into Mexico’s Pacific waters in this new National Geographic documentary focused on one of the ocean’s most recognizable predators. The special follows Gregory as he investigates why hammerhead shark sightings have become increasingly rare and how protected waters may offer a path forward. The journey builds toward a rare encounter that proves the ocean still has plenty of ways to make humans feel very small.

📺 “Avatar: The Last Airbender: Season 2” Sneak Peek: Netflix Introduces Toph Beifong as Team Avatar Enters the Earth Kingdom — Debuts Thurs, June 25th on Netflix

Team Avatar gets a major new ally in this behind-the-scenes sneak peek at this new season of Netflix’s hit fantasy adventure series based on the beloved anime franchise. The preview introduces Toph Beifong (played by Miyako Cech) as Aang, Sokka, and Katara continue their journey into the Earth Kingdom. With Aang needing to master earthbending and the larger war still pressing in, Season 2 looks ready to open up a more complicated battlefield of politics, secrets, and alliances.

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📺 “Lucky” Trailer: Anya Taylor-Joy Goes on the Run in Apple’s New Crime Thriller Series with Annette Bening, Timothy Olyphant, Drew Starkey & Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor — Premiering Wed, July 15th on Apple TV

When your entire world gets turned upside down and you no longer know which way is forward, survival can start to feel like random chance. Maybe even a little luck just to make it through the day. But when you’ve spent your entire life preparing for disasters like this, luck eventually stops being part of the equation. That’s when instinct takes over.

And judging by this official trailer for Lucky, Anya Taylor-Joy’s newest role involves plenty of running, lying, fighting, and knowing exactly when to weaponize charm and sympathy to stay alive.

In the upcoming Apple original crime-thriller series, the Furiosa and Dune star leans into her elegant beauty and steely resolve as Luciana “Lucky” Armstrong, a highly skilled con artist whose carefully managed life implodes after a multimillion-dollar heist goes catastrophically wrong. Suddenly, she’s on the run with federal agents closing in from one direction and a ruthless crime boss, played by iconic actress Annette Bening, hunting her from the other.

From there, things spiral fast. As the walls close in, Lucky is forced to rely on every trick she has left: deception, manipulation, survival instincts, old connections, and whatever pieces remain of the identity she’s spent years building. The trailer leans hard into cat-and-mouse tension, last-minute disguises, close calls, and a little fake crying to get what she wants. After all, when your back is against the wall, leaning into people’s sympathy isn’t only useful... it’s survival.

Joining Taylor-Joy is a strong supporting lineup that includes Timothy Olyphant as Lucky’s veteran con artist father and Drew Starkey as Lucky’s boyfriend and partner in crime, who mysteriously goes missing along with a large stash of money when the proverbial shit hits the fan, igniting a chain of chaotic events.

Annette Bening plays the powerful crime boss hunting down Lucky in an attempt to retrieve her stolen cash. She is also the mother of Lucky’s missing boyfriend.

Meanwhile, King Richard breakout Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor costars as the tenacious FBI Agent Billie Rand, hot on Lucky’s trail, while Clifton Collins Jr., William Fichtner, and Eric Lange round out the cast.

Created by Jonathan Tropper, of Banshee, Your Friends & Neighbors, and Warrior, and based on Marissa Stapley’s bestselling novel, the upcoming series appears to blend crime drama, action-thriller momentum, and cat-and-mouse tension in a way that seems perfectly suited for someone of Anya Taylor-Joy’s caliber, especially since she has already proved she can be both absolutely ferocious in Furiosa and effortlessly magnetic in The Queen’s Gambit.

Lucky premieres Wednesday, July 15th on Apple TV.

📺 “Silo: Season 3” Trailer: Rebecca Ferguson Searches for the Truth Behind Apple’s Acclaimed Dystopian Sci-Fi Mystery with Jessica Henwick, Colin Hanks, Steve Zahn, Rick Gomez and More — Premiering Friday, July 3rd on Apple TV

Imagine this: a dystopian world where people are forced to live underground in massive silos because the air outside has become so toxic that stepping outside means instant death. But what if the people in charge have been lying? What if the real reason no one is allowed to leave has less to do with survival and more to do with control?

That’s the fascinating hook behind Silo, Apple’s terrific sci-fi mystery series based on Hugh Howey’s bestselling book trilogy. And with Season 3 arriving this July, the show appears ready to widen the scope in a major way, moving beyond the question of what’s outside and digging into how this whole nightmare began in the first place.

Rebecca Ferguson returns as Juliette Nichols, the stubborn, brilliant engineer who has spent the series pulling at every loose wire in the system until the entire underground society starts to short-circuit. After surviving her forced “cleaning” and discovering that the world beyond her own silo is far more complicated than she was ever told, Juliette now finds herself caught between buried truths, broken memories, and an increasingly fractured community still reeling from rebellion.

Season 3 will continue the present-day story inside the silo as the survivors try to recover from social turmoil while facing a new threat that could push their fragile society even closer to collapse. But the season also jumps back centuries earlier to the so-called “Before Times,” where D.C. journalist Helen Drew, played by Glass Onion’s Jessica Henwick, and Congressman Daniel Keene, played by Succession’s Ashley Zukerman, begin uncovering a conspiracy with catastrophic consequences.

That dual timeline might feel like a big swing. But Season 3 seems ready to pull back the curtain on the origin story of the silos and the carefully built secrecy that surrounds them, tracing the moment when civilization above ground started falling apart and the future of humanity was sealed underground.

Among those returning this season are Common, Harriet Walter, Chinaza Uche, Avi Nash, Alexandria Riley, Shane McRae, Remmie Milner, Rick Gomez, Billy Postlethwaite, and Clare Perkins. New additions include Laura Innes, Jessica Brown Findlay, Morven Christie, Reed Birney, Matt Craven, and Colin Hanks in a recurring role. Steve Zahn is also set to return as Jimmy “Solo” Conroy, the only living survivor of the rebellion in Silo 17.

Executive produced by showrunner Graham Yost, of Justified and Speed fame, Silo has turned Howey’s dystopian world into one of Apple’s most gripping slow-burn sci-fi dramas to date. And if the Season 3 trailer is any indication, this season won’t just ask what happened to the world. It’s going to ask who helped bury the truth in the first place.

Silo: Season 3 premieres Friday, July 3rd on Apple TV.

📺 “The Walking Dead: Dead City: Season 3” New Teaser: Maggie and Negan Finally Become True Allies as the AMC Spin-Off Returns — Premieres Fri, July 26th on AMC & AMC+

Maggie and Negan may never fully outrun their brutal history, but Season 3 of their spin-off series looks ready to push their uneasy partnership into new territory. Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan return for another round of walker-filled chaos, this time with the promise of a major twist, an alternate-reality episode set in a very different version of New York City, and what may be the biggest reset yet for Maggie and Negan’s complicated dynamic. After years of hatred, survival, betrayal, and reluctant teamwork, the two longtime enemies might finally be forced to become real allies... assuming that kind of peace can actually last in The Walking Dead universe.

📺 “Paul Simon: The Quiet Celebration Concert” Trailer: The Legendary Singer-Songwriter Returns to the Stage in an Intimate Hulu Concert Special — Premieres Fri, June 26th on Hulu/Disney+

Paul Simon returns to the stage with something quieter, smaller, and deeply personal in this new Hulu concert special. Recorded live at Seattle’s McCaw Hall during his recent acoustic tour, the two-hour concert features Simon performing his Grammy-nominated work Seven Psalms live for the first time, alongside reimagined classics and deeper cuts from his legendary catalog. Simon also reflects on the hearing loss that made live performance feel uncertain for years, turning this into more than just another career-spanning showcase. It’s a warm, intimate portrait of an artist finding his way back to the musicians, the audience, and the songs that shaped him.

📺 “I Will Find You” Official Trailer: Sam Worthington Escapes Prison to Find the Son He Was Convicted of Killing in Netflix’s New Harlan Coben Mystery Series with Britt Lower & Milo Ventimiglia — Premieres Thurs, June 18th on Netflix

A dead child, a convicted father, and one image that changes everything. Sam Worthington stars as David Burroughs, a man serving life in prison for murdering his young son... until a shocking new clue suggests the boy may still be alive. Based on Harlan Coben’s novel and also starring Britt Lower, Milo Ventimiglia, Erin Richards, Jonathan Tucker, Madeleine Stowe, Clancy Brown, and Logan Browning, this fugitive thriller sends one desperate father running from the law and straight into a web of buried secrets.

📺 “Outlander: Blood of My Blood: Season 2” Teaser: Two Love Stories Across Time Face New Heartbreak, Highland Trouble, and the Pull of Destiny — Returning Fri, September 18th on STARZ

Love was never going to come easy in the Outlander universe, and this prequel series seems determined to keep that tradition alive. Season 2 continues the intertwined romances of Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy) in 18th-century Scotland, while Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine) face their own time-tangled trials tied to war, fate, and those mysterious stones. With clan politics, family loyalties, and supernatural forces closing in, this next chapter looks ready to make romance hurt in all the familiar Outlander ways.

📺 “Oasis” Trailer: A Luxury Resort Turns Into a Locked-Down Mystery in Netflix’s New Spanish Teen Crime Thriller — Streams Fri, June 19th on Netflix

Paradise gets a little less relaxing when one of its guests mysteriously disappears. Set inside an elite luxury resort built for privileged families, this glossy mystery thriller follows a group of young people whose perfect summer escape quickly turns into a locked-down investigation where no one can leave and everyone has something to hide. Starring Ana Garcés, Tomy Aguilera, Victoria Kantch, Berta Castañé, Manel Duarte, Ada Molina, Álex Mola, and Cande Méndez, this Spanish Netflix series mixes sun-soaked excess with secrets, suspicion, and plenty of rich-kid panic. Now that’s a five-star vacation nightmare waiting to happen.

📺 “Bust Up” Trailer: Exes Become Small-Town Cops Solving Weird Crimes in This New Zealand Crime Comedy Series Starring Morgana O’Reilly & Roimata Fox — Now Airing in NZ

Small-town policing gets awkward fast when your new partner also happens to be your ex. Morgana O’Reilly (of Housebound) and Roimata Fox (of The Wrecking Crew) star as Deb Brighton and Mihi Renata, former romantic partners forced back into each other’s orbit after a decade apart while investigating bizarre crimes in the fictional town of Waitote, the garden gnome capital of Aotearoa. As the cases grow stranger and the danger ramps up, this offbeat crime series looks ready to mix mystery, unresolved feelings, and one very uncomfortable work reunion.

📺 “All the Queen’s Men: Season 5 (Final Season)” Trailer: Madam’s Empire Faces Its Final Fight as Loyalty, Survival, and Revenge Take Center Stage — Streams Wed, June 10th on Paramount+

Madam’s kingdom is under attack, and the final season is making sure nobody walks away untouched. With Madam’s life hanging by a thread and her shooter still at large, the dancers of Eden are left rattled as enemies move in to exploit the chaos. Eva Marcille returns for one last round of power plays, betrayal, and high-stakes survival as All the Queen’s Men heads toward its final bow.

📺 “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Season 3” Trailer: A New Group of Hopefuls Chases the Dream, the Pressure, and the Perfect High Kick in This Cheerleader Docuseries — Streams Tues, June 16th on Netflix

The kicks are high, the expectations are higher, and the competition is not here to hand out participation trophies. Season 3 follows a new batch of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders hopefuls as they fight for a spot on one of the most recognizable squads in sports entertainment. Between the precision, pressure, and personal stakes, this Netflix docuseries continues to show just how much work goes into making game-day glamour look effortless.

📺 “Tony Hinchcliffe: Man of the People” Sneak Peek: Equal-Opportunity Offender Returns with a Brutally Unfiltered New Stand-Up Special — Premieres Tues, June 9th on Netflix

Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe is back at the mic, and apparently, nobody in the room is getting out clean. The stand-up comic returns with a new Netflix hour built around his signature roast-heavy style, tearing into the audience, the culture, and just about every group imaginable. Whether that sounds fearless, reckless, or both probably depends on where you’re sitting.

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📺 “House of the Dragon: Season 3” Final Trailer: Westeros Burns as Rhaenyra Enters a Dragon-Fueled War for the Iron Throne — Premiering Sun, June 21st on HBO

War is hell. That goes without saying. War with dragons, however, is a massacre in motion that, once it gets going, might be impossible to contain.

That’s something worth pondering as House of the Dragon heads into its highly anticipated third season, where a Targaryen civil war isn’t just tearing a family apart, it’s threatening to burn an entire kingdom down with it. And it’s something Rhaenyra Targaryen (again played with fiery determination by Emma D’Arcy), the disputed Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, is facing as her claim to the Iron Throne becomes harder to defend without turning the entire realm into a mountain of smoky ash.

The pursuit of power has always been messy, bloody, and full of betrayal in the world of Game of Thrones. But taking power is rarely the hardest part. Holding onto it is where the real damage begins. Now add a fractured kingdom, a royal bloodline at war with itself, and several fire-breathing dragons, and Westeros is once again staring down a family feud big enough to scorch just about everything worth fighting for.

After the surprise success of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which brought a lighter dose of honor and humor to the franchise, House of the Dragon aims to return this June with the kind of political chaos and dragon-fueled carnage that made the Game of Thrones universe famous. Backstabbing alliances, brutal strategy, feuding bloodlines, and throne-room ambition are all back on the menu as viewers prepare for another fiery descent into Targaryen madness.

The new season finds Westeros in utter turmoil as multiple factions fight for control. Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell) now sits on the throne after turning against his own brother, Prince Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney), leaving him scarred and believed dead. Meanwhile, Alicent (Olivia Cooke), shaken by what her son has become, secretly aligns herself with Rhaenyra in hopes of restoring order before the realm tears itself apart. But they all seem to have forgotten that the throne isn’t a prize to be won, but a curse that demands blood from everyone who gets too close to it.

Joining this new season is James Norton as Ormund Hightower, Tommy Flanagan as Roderick Dustin, and Dan Fogler as Torrhen Manderly, along with returning cast members Matt Smith as Daemon Targaryen, Steve Toussaint as Corlys Velaryon, Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria, Phoebe Campbell as Rhaena Targaryen, Phia Saban as Helaena Targaryen, Bethany Antonia as Baela Targaryen, Fabien Frankel as Criston Cole, and more.

With showrunner Ryan Condal back, working from George R. R. Martin’s Fire & Blood, Season 3 serves as the show’s penultimate chapter, with Season 4 expected to bring the saga to its conclusion in 2028. So expect escalation, shifting loyalties, plenty of dragon-sized consequences, and a whole lot of blood-soaked political fallout.

House of the Dragon: Season 3 premieres Sunday, June 21st on HBO and streams on HBO Max.

📺 “X-Men ’97: Season 2” Trailer: Apocalypse Rises as Marvel’s Mutant Heroes Get Thrown Across Time — Premiering Wed, July 1st on Disney+

Anyone who picked up a few X-Men comic books back in the 1990s can tell you those stories were something else. Arguably, the ’90s was the best decade in X-Men history, not just because these issues were flying off the shelves and becoming some of the biggest-selling comics of their era, but because the storytelling felt massive and operatic in the best comic-book way.

That’s probably one reason why the ’90s animated series became such a favorite among fans, capturing all that mutant angst, comic-book melodrama, and world-ending drama in a way that made Saturday morning cartoons feel unexpectedly epic. So it was a pretty nice surprise when Marvel Animation managed to rekindle that same spark with X-Men ’97, the revival series designed to pick up exactly where the original series left off nearly 30 years ago.

Well, it seems the highly acclaimed Marvel animated series is returning this summer with its eagerly awaited second season, aiming to bring viewers back to the very decade that helped make the X-Men feel larger than life in the first place. And this season, it’s the age of Apocalypse. The X-Men’s infamous supervillain Apocalypse is back in play, bringing with him the kind of mutant mayhem, time-twisting chaos, and extinction-level stakes that made the comics feel so cinematically epic.

Season 2 finds the heroic mutant team divided and scattered across different eras in time, from the ancient past to the present and even a distant future, as they struggle to find their way back home. Meanwhile, back in the 1990s, new enemies and fresh waves of mutant intolerance begin rising in the wake of the X-Men’s absence.

The nine-episode season features the returning voice cast of Ross Marquand as Professor X, Matthew Waterson as Magneto, Ray Chase as Cyclops, Jennifer Hale as Jean Grey, Alison Sealy-Smith as Storm, Cal Dodd as Wolverine, Lenore Zann as Rogue, and George Buza as Beast.

X-Men ’97: Season 2 streams Wednesday, July 1st on Disney+. So prepare to follow the X-Men back to the ’90s... and maybe a few other timelines as well.

📺 “Sugar: Season 2” Trailer: Colin Farrell Digs Into a New L.A. Mystery in Apple TV’s Stylish Neo-Noir Detective Series — Premiering Fri, June 19th on Apple TV

At this point, Colin Farrell has entered one of those interesting phases in his career where he can stretch his acting chops while still leaning into his status as a classic leading man with character-actor instincts.

That worked beautifully in The Penguin, where Farrell delivered a genuinely stunning performance buried under layers of full prosthetic makeup, disappearing so completely into Oz Cobb that it almost felt like a magic trick of sorts.

But with Sugar, Farrell is doing something different. No heavy makeup. No comic-book grotesquerie. Just old-school movie-star cool, bruised melancholy, and plenty of gumshoe mystique. He’s still stretching those chops, still leaning into his leading-man charm, but also diving into a character who feels like he stepped out of a classic detective movie and wandered into a very modern Los Angeles mystery.

And now, Farrell is back as John Sugar in the second season of Apple TV’s neo-noir mystery series, once again playing a dashing Los Angeles private detective with a fondness for cinema and a few secrets tucked away in the shadows.

Season 2 brings Sugar into a new case, tracking the troubled older brother of an up-and-coming local boxer while his search for a beloved missing sister continues. But because this is noir territory, one missing-person case doesn’t stay small for long. The deeper Sugar digs, the more the investigation pulls him into a citywide conspiracy with sinister intentions.

Naturally, that also means Sugar will have to wrestle with the big moral question at the heart of every great detective story: how far is he willing to go to do what’s right?

Farrell returns as both star and executive producer, with Sugar creator Mark Protosevich still behind the series. Season 2 is showrun by Sam Catlin, known for Breaking Bad and Preacher, with executive producers including Audrey Chon, Simon Kinberg, Scott Greenberg, and Chip Vucelich.

The new season also introduces a fresh ensemble cast that includes Sasha Calle, Jin Ha, Raymond Lee, Tony Dalton, Laura Donnelly, and special guest star Shea Whigham.

Sugar: Season 2 premieres Friday, June 19th on Apple TV.

📺 “Zorro” U.S. Trailer: Jean Dujardin Suits Up as the Legendary Masked Hero in This Playful French-Language Action-Comedy Series — Premiering Tues, June 30th on MHz Choice

It’s Zorro... but in French?

If you need an example of just how far and wide the swashbuckling Spanish Californian character has traveled through pop culture over the decades, this new French-language reimagining might do the trick.

After all, Zorro has long been considered a prototype for the modern superhero: a masked hero with a secret identity who fights for justice, stands up against corrupt tyrants, and knows how to make an entrance with a sword. He’s certainly a proto-superhero character with worldwide appeal. And much like Robin Hood, Zorro has become a symbol of righteous rebellion.

Of course, the myth can also be a source of humor.

In this playful French-language period action-comedy, Oscar-winning French superstar Jean Dujardin, of The Artist fame, dons the Zorro mask and sword as Don Diego, a reluctant mayor trying to save Los Angeles from financial ruin in 1821.

After inheriting the mayor’s chair following the sudden death of his father, Diego finds himself overwhelmed by a city in turmoil. So, with some encouragement from his mute servant Bernardo, he decides to bring his legendary alter ego back to life after a ten-year break. The only problem? The suit feels a little tighter, the heroics are a little rustier, and being Zorro isn’t quite as simple as it used to be.

Before long, Zorro is restoring order, winning hearts, and becoming the toast of the town. Unfortunately for Diego, that includes winning over his own wife, Gabriella, while his everyday mayoral self becomes increasingly unpopular. So now Diego has a new problem: how do you defeat your own alter ego when everyone likes him better?

Directed by Émilie Noblet and Jean Baptiste Saurel, the series also stars Audrey Dana, Salvatore Ficarra, and Grégory Gadebois.

Zorro is slated to premiere Tuesday, June 30th in the U.S. and Canada on the streaming platform MHz Choice, via watch.mhzchoice.com.

📺 “A Different World” Sneak Peek Teaser: Dwayne Wayne and Whitley Gilbert’s Daughter Starts Her Own Hillman Legacy in the New Spinoff/Sequel Series Starring Maleah Joi Moon — Premiering Thurs, September 24th on Netflix

Class is back in session at Hillman College, and this time the next Wayne generation is trying to make the grade without living under a famous family shadow. Maleah Joi Moon stars as Deborah, the free-spirited youngest daughter of Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Whitley Gilbert (Jasmine Guy), whose freshman year brings new friends, old expectations, and plenty of campus-sized growing pains. With Guy, Hardison, Darryl M. Bell, and Cree Summer, among others, returning alongside a fresh young cast, this reboot sequel series looks ready to mix a little ’90s nostalgia with some new-school energy at Hillman.

📺 “The Simpsons: Extreme Makeover — Homer Edition” Trailer: Homer Gets a Full-Blown Marital Makeover in Disney+’s New Exclusive Simpsons Special — Streaming Wed, June 17th on Disney+

Springfield’s favorite family is kicking off a summer of new Disney+ exclusives, and naturally, Homer is already finding new ways to make married life more complicated. When Marge discovers Homer left Bart, Lisa, and Maggie unsupervised with only a doorbell camera as a babysitter, date night takes a hard left into tipsy fantasy territory. The result is a trilogy of “what if?” versions of Homer, proving that even after 800-plus episodes, America’s most lovable doofus still has plenty of room for self-improvement... or at least a few more donuts.

📺 “AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy” Sneak Peek: Netflix Celebrates a Comedy Legend with a Star-Studded Hollywood Tribute — Premieres Sun, May 31st on Netflix

Eddie Murphy’s career has never exactly been short on iconic moments, and this Netflix special looks ready to celebrate the full sweep of that massive comedy legacy. The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award honors Murphy’s decades of blockbuster roles, stand-up brilliance, and culture-shifting screen presence with a lineup of friends, collaborators, and admirers. From fast-talking comic firepower to genuine movie-star charisma, this tribute puts the spotlight on an entertainer who didn’t just make audiences laugh... he helped redefine what comedy could look like on the big screen.

📺 “All American: Season 8 (Final Season)” Trailer: The CW’s Long-Running Football Drama Heads Into Its Series Finale — Premieres Mon, July 13th on The CW

The end zone is finally in sight, but nobody’s getting there without a few hard hits first. The final season of this long-running CW football drama picks up six months after the Beverly-versus-Crenshaw showdown, with Jordan still sorting through Cassius’ betrayal, Cassius facing the fallout at Beverly, and the Baker legacy once again casting a long shadow. With Daniel Ezra and Samantha Logan returning as Spencer and Olivia, now expecting twin girls, this farewell season looks ready to bring the drama full circle before the final whistle blows.

📺 “A Woman of Substance” Trailer: Jessica Reynolds and Brenda Blethyn Lead This Sweeping Rags-to-Riches British Period Drama Series — Premieres Wed, June 24th on BritBox, U.S.

A penniless Yorkshire maid with a master plan is about to turn hardship into empire-building in this sweeping BritBox period drama. Jessica Reynolds and Brenda Blethyn star as Emma Harte across six decades, tracing her rise from early 1900s servant girl to one of the wealthiest women in the world. Based on Barbara Taylor Bradford’s bestselling novel, this ambitious saga mixes family power struggles and glass-ceiling-smashing fortitude into one long climb to the top.

📺 “Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence” Teaser: Antonia Thomas and Josh Dylan Bring Christie’s Classic Detective Duo Into Modern London — Premieres Tues, September 15th on BritBox, U.S.

Agatha Christie’s sharp-witted sleuthing duo gets a modern-day refresh in this BritBox mystery series about romance, danger, and detective work that rarely stays tidy. Antonia Thomas and Josh Dylan star as Tuppence and Tommy, a complicated pair navigating both their turbulent relationship and a string of thrilling cases across contemporary London. With Imelda Staunton, Nicholas Richardson, Charlie Condou, Callie Cooke, and Chizzy Akudolu rounding out the cast, this new adaptation brings a fresh spark to one of Christie’s most playful crime-solving teams.

📺 “Surviving Earth” Trailer: This New Prehistoric Nature Docuseries Journeys Through 450 Million Years of Extinction, Evolution, and Survival — Premieres Thurs, June 11th on NBC, Streaming Next Day on Peacock

Earth has been through a lot, and this eight-part NBC and Peacock docuseries looks ready to dig into the planet’s long, brutal history of survival. From the producers of Walking with Dinosaurs, this prehistoric deep dive travels across 450 million years to explore major extinction events and the creatures that somehow fought their way through them. Dinosaurs may get the marquee treatment, but the real star here is the planet itself... resilient, chaotic, and apparently very hard to keep down.

📺 “Notes from the Last Row” Teaser: Choi Min-sik Becomes Dangerously Obsessed With a Student’s Writing in Netflix’s Korean Psychological Drama — Premiering Fri, June 26th on Netflix

Some teachers inspire their students… while others start reading a little too closely. Old Boy’s Choi Min-sik stars as a failed novelist turned literature professor whose stalled creative life gets jolted when he discovers the unsettling brilliance of a quiet student seated in the back of his classroom. Adapted from Juan Mayorga’s play The Boy in the Last Row and directed by Kim Gyu-tae, this Korean psychological drama mini-series turns private writing lessons into a tense battle of envy, obsession, and authorship.

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📺 “Vought Rising” First Look Teaser: Jensen Ackles Returns as Soldier Boy in Upcoming ‘The Boys’ Prequel Series Digging Into Vought’s Twisted 1950s Origins — Premiering 2027 on Prime Video

Now that the popular, ultra-violent, provocative superhero satire The Boys has ended its five-season run with a season finale that landed with a bloody, fist-pounding wallop, fans might be feeling a little empty as the twisted yet outrageously hilarious world that showrunner Eric Kripke helped shape finally takes its last bow. But if you think this will be the last time you’ll be invited into this live-action universe birthed from the warped mind of comic book creator Garth Ennis... well, don’t be so sure.

Amazon Studios clearly isn’t done with the franchise just yet. The streamer has already greenlit Vought Rising, a new prequel series set decades before the arrival of Homelander, taking us all the way back to the 1950s to explore the twisted origins of Vought International.

The series will revolve around one of the franchise’s breakout characters: Soldier Boy, with Jensen Ackles returning to the role once more. Also back in the mix is Aya Cash as Stormfront, making this prequel less about clean superhero mythology and more about digging into the rotten foundation beneath Vought’s patriotic branding.

Billed with the ominous tagline “One nation, under gods,” Vought Rising looks to pull back the curtain on where the supes began and how Vought’s corporate nightmare first took shape. And knowing this universe, that origin story will probably come wrapped in blood, propaganda, ego, and a whole lot of deeply questionable American exceptionalism.

Ackles and Cash will also serve as producers, with Paul Grellong acting as showrunner and executive producer. The cast includes Mason Dye, Will Hochman, KiKi Layne, Jorden Myrie, Nicolo Pasetti, Elizabeth Posey, Ricky Staffieri, and Brian J. Smith.

Executive producers include Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson, and more, with Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios producing.

Vought Rising is set to premiere in 2027 on Prime Video. The Boys may be done, but Vought clearly has plenty of skeletons left in the corporate closet yet to be unearthed.

📺 “Lanterns” New Teaser: Kyle Chandler & Aaron Pierre Bring Green Lantern Down to Earth in DC’s Small-Town Superhero Crime Series — Premiering Sun, August 16th on HBO and HBO Max

The online conversation after the first footage from the upcoming Lanterns series dropped months ago has mostly centered on one big question: just how much cosmic territory will the show actually cover? After all, Green Lantern and the Green Lantern Corps are fan-favorite DC heroes known for their sprawling space-opera mythology, intergalactic adventures, alien worlds, and glowing green power-ring powers.

So it makes you wonder why the entire show is being set in a small American Western town, complete with sheriffs, deputies, and local criminal activity, when the source material is famous for sending its heroes across galaxies.

Well, perhaps to offer a little more clarity, WB has released a brand-new teaser this week confirming that, yes, audiences will see a bit of Hal Jordan’s backstory as a chosen Lantern donning the suit. A flashback before he becomes the war-weary grump who isn’t too keen on giving up the ring to new recruit John Stewart.

Much of the series appears to be built around the tense and contentious dynamic between veteran Lantern Hal Jordan (played by Friday Night Lights star Kyle Chandler) and young Lantern-in-training John Stewart (played by Rebel Ridge’s Aaron Pierre). Hal clearly isn’t thrilled by the idea that he may be replaced someday, likely sooner rather than later, while John seems more than ready to suit up, take the ring, and prove he’s up for the job.

But wearing the ring doesn’t automatically make you a hero. It only gives you the power to prove whether you have what it takes to become one. It’s something Hal has already learned and something John will have to discover the hard way, as the two are pulled into a strange murder investigation in the American heartland that will likely point to something much bigger. That alone gives the series a different flavor and tone from the usual superhero story.

Joining Chandler and Pierre is a stacked supporting ensemble that includes Kelly Macdonald as the local sheriff and Garret Dillahunt as a cowboy with possibly more secrets than he’s willing to let on. They are joined by Poorna Jagannathan, Jason Ritter, Ulrich Thomsen, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Paul Ben-Victor, Chris Coy, and Jasmine Cephas Jones, with Nathan Fillion making a guest appearance, reprising his role as Guy Gardner. Laura Linney also appears in an undisclosed role, rumored to be Carol Ferris, Hal’s longtime love interest in the comics, though nothing has been confirmed yet.

With directors James Hawes, Stephen Williams, Geeta Vasant Patel, and Alik Sakharov helping steer the season, and Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King serving as executive producers alongside James Gunn and Peter Safran, Lanterns is set to debut Sunday, August 16th on HBO and HBO Max.

And judging by that final question: “Are you afraid?”... fear may be the real villain here.

📺 “Spider-Noir” Final Trailer: Nicolas Cage Goes Full Hard-Boiled Gumshoe in Marvel’s Pulp-Soaked Superhero Noir Series — Premiering Wed, May 27th on Prime Video

For more than 40 years, Nicolas Cage has given us some of the most out-there performances ever captured on screen. Sure, some have been wildly over the top, while others have been immensely memorable. But Cage’s larger-than-life screen presence has always been something to marvel at, as he has never tackled a role with anything less than full-throttle commitment. Yet there is one thing he has somehow never attempted until now: committing to a character over the course of several episodes.

Cage will be making his television debut this month, and in pure Cage fashion, it’s a role that feels tailor-made for his particular brand of theatrical weirdness, as he taps into some of cinema’s greatest noir detectives while adding his own slightly unhinged spin on the Spider-Man mythos.

In Spider-Noir, Cage stars as Ben Reilly, a down-on-his-luck private investigator in 1930s New York who’s forced to confront his past life as the city’s one and only masked vigilante. Think classic noir gumshoe, but with webs, bruises, bad memories, and a whole lot of cigarette-smoke atmosphere, with Cage at the center doing exactly what he does best: making the weird feel strangely magnetic.

Based on the alternate Marvel comic from the 2010 Marvel Noir universe, the series gives Spider-Man a pulp-fiction makeover, blending hard-boiled detective spunk with superhero mythology. The final trailer leans heavily into that mix: shadowy streets, stark lighting, mob trouble, and a weary hero being dragged back into a fight he thought he left behind.

Cage previously voiced Spider-Man Noir in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and this live-action version looks like it’s letting him fully sink into the trench coat, fedora, and tortured inner monologue of it all.

The eight-episode series comes from co-showrunners Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot, with Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal executive producing. The cast includes Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, and Abraham Popoola, with Jack Huston as a film-noir version of Sandman and Brendan Gleeson as mob boss Silvermane.

Spider-Noir arrives Wednesday, May 27th on Prime Video, with audiences able to choose between “True-Hue Full Color” and “Authentic Black & White” when deciding which version of the show they want to experience.

Though, let’s be honest: if Cage is going full noir, black and white feels like the only respectable choice here. After all, Cage has said his performance was designed with the intention that viewers would see it through a black-and-white format. Now that is truly the most Cage thing we’ve ever heard.

📺 “The Agency: Season 2” Trailer: Michael Fassbender’s CIA Spy Gets Pulled Deeper Into Paranoia, Betrayal, and a Dangerous Mole Hunt — Premieres Sun, June 21st on Paramount+

Michael Fassbender is a damn liar. He has lied to his friends, lied to his colleagues, betrayed his own country, and gotten people hurt because of it. But what do you expect? He’s a CIA spy.

In The Agency: Season 2, Fassbender returns as Martian, a compromised CIA operative whose already messy life gets even messier when London Station is thrown into chaos by a mole hunt. Betrayed, exposed, and still haunted by the woman he couldn’t save, Martian finds himself trapped in a world where loyalty is temporary, trust is dangerous, and the truth can do just as much damage as a bullet.

The new season looks to push him even deeper into the kind of psychological spy-game hell where every answer opens another door, and every door probably has someone waiting behind it with a gun, a secret, or both.

Jeffrey Wright returns as Martian’s CIA boss and mentor, with Richard Gere also back as the CIA London Station chief. Jodie Turner-Smith, Katherine Waterston, and India Fowler round out the cast.

If Season 1 was about deception and secrets, this next chapter appears ready to turn paranoia into the main event, as Fassbender squirms even harder to find a way out before the whole operation closes in around him.

Created by Edge of Tomorrow scribes Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth and based on a French espionage series, The Agency: Season 2 is due to debut Sunday, June 21st exclusively on Paramount+ (no Showtime package needed this time).

📺 “Avatar: The Last Airbender: Season 2” Trailer: Aang, Katara, and Sokka Enter the Earth Kingdom as Toph Beifong Joins the Gaang — Premiering Thurs, June 25th on Netflix

Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender is heading back for Season 2, and fans are finally getting a taste of what’s coming next.

After the events of Season 1, the Gaang has grown up a bit. And the stakes have grown right alongside them. Aang (Gordon Cormier), Katara (Kiawentiio), and Sokka (Ian Ousley) are still carrying the weight of their hard-won, bittersweet victory over the Fire Nation at the Northern Water Tribe, but there’s no time to sit around and celebrate.

The next leg of the journey pushes them deeper into the Earth Kingdom, where their mission becomes clear: find the elusive Earth King and convince him to join the fight against Fire Lord Ozai, once again played by Daniel Dae Kim.

But Season 2 also brings one of the franchise’s most beloved characters into the fold: Toph Beifong. Played by Miya Cech, the earthbending powerhouse makes her live-action debut this season, and if the original animated series taught us anything, her arrival should shake up the group dynamic in a major way... emotionally, comedically, and probably quite literally on the battlefield.

Avatar: The Last Airbender: Season 2 is coming soon to Netflix beginning Thursday, June 25th. The Earth Kingdom awaits, and something tells us the ground is about to move just enough to get fans properly rattled.

📺 “The Westies” Teaser: J.K. Simmons Stars in MGM’s Upcoming Brutal 1980s Irish Mafia Series with Titus Welliver — Premieres Sun, July 12th on MGM+

Hell’s Kitchen in the early 1980s was not exactly known for playing nice, and this gritty MGM+ crime drama looks ready to turn old neighborhood muscle into full-blown mob warfare. J.K. Simmons, Titus Welliver, Tom Brittney, Jessica Frances Dukes, and Sarah Bolger star in this bruising series about the Westies, the notoriously violent Irish gang trying to hold onto power while sharing uneasy territory with the Italian mafia. Created by Chris Brancato and Michael Panes, the producers of Godfather of Harlem, this kinetic underworld saga suggests that when money, pride, and territorial control start boiling over, even a fragile truce can go up in flames.

📺 “The Vampire Lestat” Extended Look Preview: Sam Reid’s Immortal Rock Star Hits the Road in AMC’s Glam-Goth Anne Rice Series — Debuts Sun, June 7th on AMC and AMC+

Lestat de Lioncourt has spent centuries being misunderstood, so naturally his next move is to form a band and turn his side of the story into a full-blown rock spectacle. Sam Reid returns as the flamboyant vampire icon, now clawing his way back into public view after Daniel Molloy’s bestselling book leaves him feeling more than a little misrepresented. With Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, and Jennifer Ehle joining the chaos, showrunner Rolin Jones keeps AMC’s Anne Rice universe humming as immortality and old wounds hit the stage with plenty of bite.

📺 “Power Book III: Raising Kanan: Season 5” Trailer: Kanan Stark (Mekai Curtis) Faces the Beginning of the End in STARZ’s Final Season — Premieres Fri, June 12th on STARZ

Kanan Stark (Mekai Curtis) has spent years learning the truth about his family, his mother, and himself... and now those truths are coming due. The final season of this STARZ crime drama finds the Thomas family ready for all-out war as secrets, loyalty, and survival push everyone toward their breaking point. As Kanan steps closer to becoming the man we know he’s destined to be, this last chapter looks ready to prove that family business can be the bloodiest business of all.

📺 “The Doll Factory” Trailer: Esmé Creed-Miles Chases Artistic Freedom as Victorian London Turns Dangerous in This British Period Thriller — Streams May 28th on The Network App, in the U.S.

Victorian London gets dark and dangerous in this 2023 British miniseries about one young woman’s hunger for freedom, art, and a life beyond the walls closing in around her. Esmé Creed-Miles stars as Iris, a frustrated shopgirl secretly chasing her dream of becoming an artist while her sister Rose, played by Mirren Mack, grows increasingly worried about the dangers circling around them. Based on Elizabeth Macneal’s bestselling novel, directed by Sacha Polak and adapted by Charley Miles, this shadowy thriller suggests that to be free, one may first have to step into the dark.

📺 “The Capture: Season 3” Trailer: Holliday Grainger Hunts the Truth in Peacock’s Deepfake-Fueled Surveillance Thriller Series — Premieres Thurs, June 18th on Peacock

In a world where video evidence can lie, trusting your own eyes is starting to feel like a rookie mistake. Holliday Grainger returns as Rachel Carey, now acting head of SO15 after exposing a secret deepfake program that shook public faith in surveillance technology. But when a coordinated terrorist attack drags her into a sprawling geopolitical conspiracy, Season 3 looks ready to turn truth itself into the most dangerous weapon in the room.

📺 “Harry Wild: Season 5” Trailer: Jane Seymour’s Literature-Loving Sleuth Returns for More Dangerous Cases in Acorn TV’s Irish Mystery Series — Premieres Mon, June 22nd on Acorn TV

Retirement clearly does not suit Harry Wild, especially when murder keeps giving her fresh material to work with. Jane Seymour returns as the sharp-witted former literature professor whose knack for solving crimes once again pulls her into undercover operations, chilling murders, and criminals who refuse to go quietly. With a new pathologist joining the team, Season 5 looks ready to give this cozy-ish Irish mystery series a few sharper edges.

📺 “Tip Toe” U.K. Trailer: Alan Cumming and David Morrissey Face Suburban Paranoia in Russell T Davies’ Gripping British Thriller Series — Premieres Sun, May 31st on Channel 4

The suburbs are supposed to be quiet, but this Manchester-set thriller looks ready to turn neighborhood tension into something far more dangerous. Alan Cumming and David Morrissey star as two neighbors—one openly gay and the other increasingly consumed by animosity—whose lives begin to unravel as prejudice, paranoia, and radicalization poison the community around them. From Russell T Davies, this gripping Channel 4 drama suggests that the scariest threat on the block might not be the one living right next door, but the hate festering behind closed doors.

📺 “Two Weeks in August” U.K. Trailer: Jessica Raine Hits Her Breaking Point in BBC’s Greek-Island Black Comedy Drama Series — Premieres Sat, May 23rd on BBC iPlayer

A sunny Greek island vacation should be relaxing, but apparently nobody told this group of friends. Jessica Raine leads a sharp ensemble cast—including Damien Molony, Nicholas Pinnock, Antonia Thomas, Leila Farzad, and Hugh Skinner—in this BBC black comedy drama about a people-pleaser who finally reaches her limit. As secrets surface and friendships start cracking under the heat, this getaway looks less like a holiday and more like emotional baggage claim.

📺 “Two Years Later” Aussie Trailer: Phoebe Tonkin & Brenton Thwaites Find Post-Lockdown Romance in This Brisbane-Set Love Story — Streaming Now on Paramount+ in Australia

Returning to the office is bad enough, but falling for someone on the commute? That’s where things get complicated. Phoebe Tonkin and Brenton Thwaites star in this Brisbane-set romantic drama series about two people reconnecting with work, life, and maybe each other two years after a global COVID lockdown. Created by Pete Bridges, this Australian love story explores the thin line between ambition and commitment... because apparently rush-hour romance comes with plenty of emotional traffic.

📺 “Teach You a Lesson” Trailer: Kim Moo-yul & Lee Sung-min Fight Back Against School Bullies in Netflix’s Action-Packed K-Drama — Premieres Fri, June 5th on Netflix

Kim Moo-yul and Lee Sung-min star as hard-hitting inspectors from the fictional Teachers’ Rights Protection Bureau, a government agency called in when schools spiral into chaos and bullies start running the show. Directed by Hong Jong-chan and written by Lee Nam-kyu, this action-packed Netflix K-drama turns classroom discipline into full-contact justice.

📺 “Michael Jackson: The Verdict” Trailer: New 3-Part Doc Reexamines the Trial, Legacy, and Lingering Questions Around the King of Pop — Premieres Wed, June 3rd on Netflix

Few celebrity trials became cultural events quite like Michael Jackson’s 2005 courtroom saga. This three-part Netflix docuseries revisits the case through key figures who were inside the courtroom, including jurors, eyewitnesses, accusers, and defenders. Directed by Nick Green and created by showrunner David Herman, this comprehensive documentary looks back at the trial, the acquittal, and the complicated legacy that continues to stir public discord.

📺 “Hannah Berner: None of My Business” Trailer: Hannah Berner Gets Personal, Messy, and Part-Time Hot in Hulu’s New Stand-Up Special — Premieres Fri, June 5th on Hulu

Hannah Berner is back onstage, and this time the jokes come with a little more oversharing. The comedian’s sophomore stand-up special finds her digging into dating secrets, career detours, future anxiety, and the very relatable burden of being “part-time hot.” It sounds like Hulu’s latest comedy special is less about having life figured out and more about making life’s little disasters sound painfully funny.

📺 “Untold UK: Vinnie Jones” Trailer: Netflix Revisits the Football Hard Man’s Wild Rise, Fall, and Hollywood Comeback — Premieres Tues, May 26th on Netflix

Before he became a familiar tough-guy face in Hollywood, Vinnie Jones was already building a reputation the hard way... on the football pitch. This raw Netflix documentary tracks his unlikely journey from construction worker to Wimbledon’s infamous Crazy Gang, FA Cup glory, tabloid chaos, and a second act as an actor. As the latest installment in Netflix’s Untold sports documentary series, this one looks at a career built on grit, red cards, reinvention, and the kind of screen presence you apparently can’t teach.

📺 “RAFA” Trailer: Spanish Tennis Star Rafael Nadal Opens Up About His Legendary Career in Netflix’s Intimate Four-Part Tennis Documentary — Streaming Fri, May 29th on Netflix

Not everything behind a legend happens on the court. This four-part Netflix documentary offers an intimate look at Rafael Nadal’s life and career, from his childhood beginnings to his emotional final ATP Tour season in 2024. With Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, John McEnroe, family members, and Nadal’s inner circle adding perspective, the series digs into the strain, sacrifice, and stubborn drive behind one of tennis’ greatest careers. Even the trophies don’t tell the whole story.

📺 “WWE: Made in America” Trailer: USA Network Explores How Professional Wrestling Became One of America’s Biggest Cultural Exports — Premieres Fri, May 29th on USA Network

WWE has never been shy about going big, and this new USA Network documentary special looks at just how far that spectacle has traveled. Tied to America’s 250th birthday celebration, the special explores how professional wrestling grew from regional showmanship into a global sports-entertainment machine. With Triple H calling WWE one of America’s greatest exports, this documentary aims to unpack the patriotic pageantry, pop-culture muscle, and worldwide appeal behind the squared circle.

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📺 “The Hawk” Teaser Trailer: Will Ferrell Plays a Washed-Up Golf Legend Swinging for One Last Comeback in Netflix’s New Golfing Comedy Series with Molly Shannon, Jimmy Tatro, Fortune Feimster & Luke Wilson — Premiering Thurs, July 16th on Netflix

Will Ferrell has mocked the world of NASCAR, figure skating, youth soccer, basketball, and just about every other sport that lets grown men take themselves way too seriously. So, honestly, it was only a matter of time before he grabbed a golf club and took a big, ridiculous swing at the PGA Tour. And here we are. Meet Ferrell’s latest creation: a loud-mouthed, egomaniacal golf pro with absolutely zero self-awareness who goes by the name of... The Hawk!

In this upcoming Netflix comedy series, Ferrell stars as Lonnie “The Hawk” Hawkins, a once-dominant golf legend whose glory days are sitting somewhere back in 2004, right next to his better knees, sharper swing, and probably a few questionable endorsement deals. Lonnie was once the number one golfer in the world. Now, he’s stuck on the back nine of his career, trying to convince everyone around him that he still has enough magic left to mount one last comeback. His body says retire. His pride, on the other hand, says the opposite.

But The Hawk’s path to golfing glory becomes a whole lot messier when he faces his number one rival... who not only happens to be golf’s new golden boy but also his very own son, Lance (played by Jimmy Tatro). Now this twisted father-son dynamic should give Ferrell plenty of room to do what he does best: playing a man whose confidence is somehow both completely delusional and yet also weirdly inspiring.

With fellow SNL alum Molly Shannon as The Hawk’s fuming ex-wife, along with comedian Fortune Feimster as his loyal caddy, joined by Luke Wilson, David Hornsby, Katelyn Tarver, and Chris Parnell, this cast seems to suggest that it won’t just be about golf, but about all the messy personalities orbiting a fallen sports icon looking for one last shot at greatness.

Created by Ferrell with a producing team that includes filmmakers Rian Johnson and David Gordon Green, the series looks like another entry in Ferrell’s long-running mission to turn every corner of the sports world into his own playground of man-child hijinks and buffoonery.

The Hawk premieres Thursday, July 16th on Netflix.

📺 “East of Eden” Teaser Trailer: Florence Pugh, Mike Faist & Christopher Abbott Star in Zoe Kazan’s Netflix Miniseries Adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Classic American Saga — Coming Fall 2026

Some stories don’t just follow a family. They dig through generations of hurt, ambition, betrayal, and questionable decisions until the whole thing starts to feel so expansive it practically demands multiple episodes to unpack.

That’s the territory Netflix is stepping into with East of Eden, a new seven-episode miniseries adapted from John Steinbeck’s 1952 literary classic that tells the story of the Trask family, whose lives become tangled in love, jealousy, moral conflict, and the darker side of the California dream. And in this iteration, the story shifts its attention toward one of Steinbeck’s most unforgettable figures: Cathy Ames, played here by Florence Pugh.

The limited series is written and executive produced by actress-writer Zoe Kazan, whose acting credits include HBO’s The Plot Against America and The Big Sick, and who also wrote and starred in the fantasy-laced rom-com Ruby Sparks. Kazan also brings an interesting bit of family history to the project, since her grandfather, legendary filmmaker Elia Kazan, famously adapted Steinbeck’s novel into the James Dean classic.

This new interpretation, however, follows Florence Pugh’s Cathy as her life becomes tangled with generations of men in the Trask family, including Adam Trask (played by The Testament of Ann Lee’s Christopher Abbott) and Charles Trask (played by Challengers’ Mike Faist). Across decades, their choices ripple through family history, turning the American dream into something much darker, stranger, and harder to escape.

The series spans from the shadow of the American Civil War to the dawn of World War I, tracing the lives of Cathy and the Trasks as they cross paths with a wide circle of characters trying to survive a rapidly changing America. Among them are Samuel Hamilton, played by Ciarán Hinds, an Irish immigrant who builds a life in California; Lee, played by Hoon Lee, a deeply intelligent Chinese American caretaker; and Faye, played by Martha Plimpton, a brothel owner whose generosity may come at a dangerous cost.

The cast also includes Joseph Zada as Caleb “Cal” Trask, Cathy and Adam’s son and Aron’s fraternal twin brother; Joe Anders as Aron Trask; and Tracy Letts as Cyrus Trask, Charles and Adam’s stern war veteran father.

Acclaimed Lion filmmaker Garth Davis directs the first four episodes, while Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, known for The Mustang, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, and The Act, directs episodes five through seven.

Veteran screenwriter-producer Jeb Stuart, whose credits include The Fugitive, Die Hard, and Netflix’s Vikings: Valhalla, serves as executive producer and co-showrunner alongside Kazan.

And while the 1955 James Dean film only covered the final part of Steinbeck’s novel, this new Netflix adaptation aims to tell the whole story, putting Pugh’s Cathy Ames at the center of its sprawling tale of family, fate, and moral corruption.

East of Eden is coming to Netflix in Fall 2026.

📺 “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” Teaser Trailer: Kevin Sussman’s Big Bang Theory Fan Favorite Breaks Reality in HBO Max’s New Multiverse Comedy Series with Brian Posehn, Lauren Lapkus & John Ross Bowie — Debuting Thurs, July 23rd on HBO Max

Well, if you haven’t noticed, turning a franchise into its own multiverse is all the rage these days. But no one said comic book heroes are the only ones who get to deal with alternate timelines and reality-bending mayhem. ‘Cuz sometimes a couple of comic book geeks can get sucked into the madness as well. With that in mind, prepare to witness a Big Bang Theory spinoff like no other; one where the fate of the universe falls into the hands of one nerdy comic book store owner... Stuart Bloom.

In this new HBO Max original comedy series Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, Kevin Sussman returns as Stuart Bloom, the comic book store owner and longtime sad-sack survivor of social awkwardness and whatever chaos the Pasadena nerd circle dragged through his front door. This time, however, Stuart’s problems are a little bigger than slow book sales and uncomfortable small talk.

After breaking a device built by Sheldon and Leonard, Stuart accidentally tears reality wide open, triggering a full-blown multiverse... Armageddon. So now it’s up to Stuart to fix the universe he helped break. Which, let’s be honest, does not exactly inspire a whole lot of confidence. The universe just might be cooked.

Well, thankfully, he’s not doing it alone. Joining him on this reality-saving quest are his girlfriend Denise, played by Lauren Lapkus, and his geologist friend Bert, played by Brian Posehn. Lispy quantum physicist Barry Kripke (John Ross Bowie) is also here, remaining exactly the kind of brilliant, aggravating person you’d both need and deeply regret having to deal with. But because this is the multiverse, an alternate Barry has somehow turned into a controlling post-apocalyptic tyrant ruling over all of South Pasadena... naturally.

Along the way, Stuart and his crew will encounter alternate-universe versions of familiar characters from The Big Bang Theory, giving the series plenty of room to play with fan-favorite faces, weird timelines, and sitcom-style hijinks on a much larger cosmic scale.

Created, written, and executive produced by Chuck Lorre, Zak Penn, and Bill Prady, the ten-episode series comes from Chuck Lorre Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Kyle Newacheck also executive produces and directs multiple episodes, which should help give the show some extra comic momentum as Stuart stumbles through one disaster after another.

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe debuts Thursday, July 23rd on HBO Max.

📺 “The Five Star Weekend” Trailer: Jennifer Garner Invites Old Friends for an Emotional Weekend in Peacock’s Nantucket-Set Dramedy with Chloë Sevigny, Regina Hall, Gemma Chan & D’Arcy Carden — Premiering Thurs, July 9th on Peacock

When you’re facing a personal crisis, it’s best to invite a few friends over for some emotional support. But when you’re throwing a weekend get-together with several friends from different stages of your life, emotional support isn’t the only thing you’re asking for... you’re also inviting some serious self-reflection.

That’s the emotional setup at the core of Jennifer Garner’s new Peacock original series, where she plays a woman turning to her lifelong friends during one of the most vulnerable moments of her life. What starts as a few days of comfort and support quickly turns into something much more emotional, as friendships are tested to levels they may not be ready for.

Based on Elin Hilderbrand’s bestselling novel, The Five Star Weekend brings Garner to the New England coast as Hollis Shaw, a beloved food blogger, famed cook, and bestselling author whose life appears almost perfect from the outside. But after the devastating loss of her husband (Josh Hamilton), that polished image begins to crack. Her daughter pulls away, and her carefully curated world starts to feel on the verge of collapse.

So begins a weekend away at her comfy beachfront Nantucket estate, where she invites four lifelong friends from four different stages of her life. The idea is to gather for some much-needed five-star treatment, as well as personal healing and self-reflection, as Garner’s Hollis finds herself dealing with grief, loneliness, and the uncomfortable realization that a picture-perfect life can still leave you feeling completely lost.

Among those playing Garner’s closest friends in this heartfelt dramedy are Chloë Sevigny as Tatum McKenzie, Regina Hall as Dru-Ann Jones, Gemma Chan as Gigi Ling, and D’Arcy Carden as Brooke Kirtley.

Executive produced by Bekah Brunstetter, whose producing and writing credits include This Is Us, Switched at Birth, and Maid, the limited series also co-stars Harlow Jane as Hollis’s daughter, and Timothy Olyphant as Jack, Hollis’s former teenage boyfriend who just so happens to come back into her life at this moment of emotional free fall.

Rounding out the cast are Caroline Shaw, David Denman, Rob Huebel, and the always lovely Judy Greer, reuniting with Jennifer Garner after the two starred together in 13 Going on 30.

The Five Star Weekend is slated to premiere Thursday, July 9th on Peacock.

📺 “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed” New Teaser: Tatiana Maslany Gets Pulled Into a Twisted Scam in Apple’s Darkly Comic Thriller Series — Premieres Wed, May 20th on Apple TV

Tatiana Maslany stars as a newly divorced working mother who thinks she has witnessed a kidnapping online, only to be told it’s probably just another cruel dating scam. But when the people behind the con seem to know every detail of her life, embarrassment turns into panic, and panic turns into a very bad plan. Created by David J. Rosen, with David Gordon Green directing the pilot, this darkly comic Apple TV thriller sets out to prove the internet is a terrible place to look for love... and an even worse place to find yourself trapped in someone else’s game.

📺 “The Walking Dead: Dead City: Season 3” Teaser: Maggie and Negan’s Uneasy Alliance Faces New Horrors — Premieres Sun, July 26th on AMC/AMC+

Maggie and Negan’s relationship has always been complicated, but somehow this twisted survival partnership keeps finding new ways to get messier. Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan return as the former mortal enemies are once again forced to stand together in a crumbling city cut off from the mainland, where the dead still roam and the living may be even harder to fend off. Hope is running thin, danger is closing in, and in this city, old wounds have a nasty habit of reopening.

📺 “House of the Dragon: Season 3” Behind-the-Scenes Look: The Cast Returns to Set as HBO’s Fiery Fantasy War Drama Gears Up for Battle — Premieres Sun, June 21st on HBO Max

Season 2 lit the fuse, and Season 3 looks ready to burn the whole kingdom down. This new behind-the-scenes look brings us back to the set with co-creator and showrunner Ryan Condal, alongside Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Matt Smith, and more as the Targaryen civil war moves closer to all-out fire and blood. In Westeros, family drama is never just family drama... it usually comes with dragons and a whole lot of scorched-earth chaos.

📺 “Anna Pigeon” Trailer: Tracy Spiridakos Trades City Life for National Park Mysteries in USA Network’s New Crime Drama Series — Premieres Fri, August 7th on USA Network

The great outdoors gets a little less peaceful in this new mystery crime series, where every scenic trail seems to lead straight into trouble. Tracy Spiridakos (Revolution, Chicago P.D.) takes on the title role as Anna Pigeon, a grieving former city slicker who becomes a national park ranger after a devastating loss upends her life. Based on Nevada Barr’s bestselling mystery novels, this 10-episode series blends crime, open-air suspense, and personal reckoning across America’s most breathtaking (and dangerous) landscapes, with Paulina Alexis, Ronnie Rowe Jr., Tricia Helfer, and Kim Coates rounding out the cast.

📺 “Bad Thoughts: Season 2” Trailer: Comedian Tom Segura Unleashes More Darkly Twisted Sketches From the Weirdest Corners of His Brain — Premieres Sun, May 24th on Netflix

Comedian/podcaster Tom Segura is back with another round of bad ideas, worse impulses, and cinematic nightmares played for maximum discomfort. This new six-episode season sends the comedian into a new batch of unthinkable situations and deranged fantasies, where every sketch feels like it crawled out of the darkest corner of his imagination. Consider it comedy with the safety rails removed... and the emergency brake snapped clean off.

📺 “Human Vapor” Teaser: Toho’s Legendary Sci-Fi Thriller Gets a Gaseous New Netflix Remake From Director Shinzo Katayama — Premieres Thurs, July 2nd on Netflix

Japan is gripped by fear after a man suddenly swells up and explodes on live television, revealing a killer unlike anything the country has ever seen. Shun Oguri, Yu Aoi, Suzu Hirose, Kento Hayashi, UTA, and Yutaka Takenouchi star in this new remake of Toho’s legendary sci-fi thriller, where a mysterious figure transformed into gas begins carrying out impossible murders while slipping through every attempt to identify him. Directed by Shinzo Katayama and written by Yeon Sang-ho and Ryu Yong-jae, this eerie Netflix series brings The Human Vapor back with large-scale action, Shirogumi’s Oscar-winning VFX muscle, and one very hard-to-catch killer.

📺 “The Season” Trailer: Shadow and Bone’s Jessie Mei Li Takes Aim at Hong Kong’s Elite in Hulu’s Glossy High-Society Revenge Drama Series — Premieres Wed, June 17th on Hulu/Disney+

Every empire has cracks, and this one is about to spring a very expensive leak. Set inside the luxurious, cutthroat world of Hong Kong’s high-society boating scene, this White Lotus-esque revenge drama follows a privileged circle of friends whose sun-drenched summer spirals into lies, power plays, and life-changing consequences. Shadow and Bone’s Jessie Mei Li stars as Cola, a newcomer with a hidden agenda and the Hext family in her crosshairs, joined by Toby Stephens, Karena Lam, Chris Pang, Celina Jade, Justin Chien, Yvonne Chapman, Kōki, Lee Jae-yoon, Anson Lo, and Marf Yau.

📺 “Every Year After” Trailer: Sadie Soverall and Matt Cornett Revisit First Love, Old Heartbreak, and One Very Complicated Summer in Prime Video’s BookTok-Favorite Romance — Premieres Wed, June 10th on Prime Video

Some summer loves fade. Others just wait for the right lake house to reopen old wounds. Based on Carley Fortune’s bestselling novel, this romance series follows Percy and Sam across six years and one unforgettable week in Barry’s Bay, where first love, bad timing, and the choices that stick with us all come rushing back. Sadie Soverall and Matt Cornett lead this eight-episode Amazon series, with Elisha Cuthbert, Abigail Cowen, Aurora Perrineau, Michael Bradway, and Joseph Chiu rounding out the cast.

📺 “Little House on the Prairie” New Teaser: Alice Halsey, Luke Bracey & Crosby Fitzgerald Star in Netflix’s Sweeping Reimagining of the Ingalls Family’s Journey West — Premieres Thurs, July 9th on Netflix

Home isn’t just a place, it’s something you build. This heartfelt reimagining of the classic ’70s series, based on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved books, follows the Ingalls family as they leave everything behind in search of a new life on the American frontier, where hope and hardship go hand in hand. With Alice Halsey, Luke Bracey, and Crosby Fitzgerald leading the way, this new take blends intimate family moments with the unforgiving realities of frontier life. Out on the prairie, survival is never guaranteed... but neither is giving up.

📺 “Sweet Magnolias: Season 5” Trailer: Wedding Bells, Big Dreams, and a Summer of Change Return to Serenity in New Season of Netflix’s Beloved Southern Drama — Premieres Thurs, June 11th on Netflix

The Magnolias are back, and Serenity is serving up another round of friendship, romance, family drama, and sweet-tea wisdom. JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Brooke Elliott, and Heather Headley return as lifelong best friends navigating new dreams, changing relationships, and a summer that may push them beyond the comfort of home. Change may be in the air, but these women still know how to hold each other together when life gets messy.

📺 “Homestead: Season 2” Teaser: Winter Tightens Its Grip on This Post-Apocalyptic Survival Drama From Angel Studios — Streaming Late 2026 on Angel.com and the Angel App

Winter has come for this faith-driven survival drama, and the walls of the Homestead are starting to feel just as dangerous as the wasteland outside. Dawn Olivieri, Charles Esten, Olivia Sanabia, and Bailey Chase return as a community already shaken by nuclear disaster now faces colder weather, scarce resources, power struggles, and hard moral choices.

📺 “The World of Money Heist” Announcement Promo: The Revolution Isn’t Over Yet as Netflix Teases More Red Jumpsuits, Dalí Masks, and High-Stakes Robberies — Coming Soon to Netflix

The world of Money Heist is cracking open again, and apparently one perfect strike was never going to be enough. From the original cash-grabbing heist to Berlin and The Lady with an Ermine, Netflix’s red-suited revolution keeps finding new ways to grow, twist, and sing “Bella Ciao” at full volume. The plan may change, the players may shift, but the mask still means trouble.

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📺 “Cape Fear” Trailer: Javier Bardem Revives Max Cady to Torment Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson in Apple TV’s Modern Reimagining of the Classic Revenge Thriller — Premieres Fri, June 5th on Apple TV

Heeeey, counselor!

Javier Bardem, who won an Oscar for his immensely chilling performance as hired killer Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men, is back to tapping into those dark, sinister instincts for his latest role. And this time, he’s stepping into some very dangerous shoes.

We’re talking about Max Cady, one of the great screen villains: a sociopathic ex-convict who may have been unjustly imprisoned and screwed over by his own lawyer, but is now free and looking for payback.

It’s a character we’ve seen before in two unforgettable incarnations. Robert Mitchum brought a quiet, predatory menace to the role in the 1962 original. Robert De Niro turned Cady into a tattooed, Bible-quoting nightmare in Martin Scorsese’s classic 1991 remake.

Now it’s Bardem’s turn to deliver his own unnerving spin on a character who is undeniably evil yet was also a victim of a corrupted legal system that failed to throw him into prison the right way, giving him just enough moral ammunition to justify his own twisted revenge.

Bardem is joined by Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson as the married couple, Anna and Tom Bowden, at the center of this new ten-episode thriller for Apple TV. And in a gender flip, Adams is the one playing the defense attorney who chose to deliberately bury evidence that could have altered Cady’s fate, leading to him spending years behind bars before he was able to reverse his conviction and walk free.

Set against a blistering summer in the South, this modern take follows Bardem’s convicted killer Max Cady after he finds a way to overturn his life sentence, serving as his own lawyer. Once out, Cady sets his sights on defense attorney Anna Bowden (Adams), the woman who betrayed him with the assistance of her lawyer husband, Tom (Wilson). But Cady doesn’t just attack. He stalks, studies, manipulates, and torments Anna, Tom, and their teenage children (played by Lily Collias and Joe Anders) while operating just close enough to the boundaries of the law. Cady is a true monster, that’s for sure, but he’s also a clever tactician who knows exactly how to weaponize the system in his favor this time.

The upcoming series comes from creator Nick Antosca, whose past work includes critically acclaimed miniseries, A Friend of the Family and The Act, with filmmaker Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) directing the pilot. The project also has some serious heavyweight backing, with Oscar-winning filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg both serving as executive producers while veteran character actors CCH Pounder, Ron Perlman, Ted Levine, Anna Baryshnikov, and Jamie Hector round out the cast.

Drawing from John D. MacDonald’s original 1957 novel The Executioners as well as the previous film adaptations, this new version looks to bring Cape Fear into the modern TV-thriller era, where the line between justice and revenge gets dangerously thin... and the cost of crossing it could be brutal.

Cape Fear is scheduled to premiere Friday, June 5th on Apple TV.

📺 “Elle” Teaser Trailer: Newcomer Lexi Minetree Becomes a Young Elle Woods in Amazon’s ‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel Series — Premieres Wed, July 1st on Prime Video

Reese Witherspoon’s classic 2001 underdog legal comedy Legally Blonde has become one of those beloved comfort movies that, over the last few decades, has only grown more quotable, rewatchable, and charming. And despite a 2003 sequel and a 2009 straight-to-video spin-off, fans have been clamoring for a proper return to Elle Woods’ pink-powered world.

Well, those prayers have been answered, so to speak. Amazon is set to deliver a prequel series this summer that rewinds the clock back to Elle’s high school days, a time when she’s forced to leave behind her plush Beverly Hills life for the grimy, rain-soaked streets of Seattle. And despite the gloom and grunge of the Emerald City, Elle still has her signature sparkle and sunny optimism to make everything around her a little brighter.

Set in 1995, Elle features newcomer Lexi Minetree as the young Elle Woods, who finds herself relocating to Seattle due to her father’s job switch. So now, this eternally sunny heroine must deal with the grunge-infused culture shock of the Pacific Northwest. But even surrounded by flannel, drizzle, and teenage drama, Elle still has plenty of pink-powered confidence to go around, whether the world is ready for it or not.

As Elle navigates those formative years, she grows closer to the version of the character we all know and love. At the center of the story is her bond with her family, especially her mother Eva, played by June Diane Raphael, and her father Wyatt, played by Tom Everett Scott.

The ensemble also includes Jacob Moskovitz, Gabrielle Policano, Chandler Kinney, Zac Looker, and Amy Pietz, with the late James Van Der Beek appearing in a recurring role, marking one of his final screen performances.

Created by Laura Kittrell (High School, Insecure), who also serves as co-showrunner and executive producer alongside Caroline Dries, the series has Reese Witherspoon onboard as an executive producer. Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect) directs the first two episodes and also serves as an executive producer.

Produced by Amazon MGM Studios in association with Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, Elle is already getting a vote of confidence, with Prime Video ordering a second season before the first one even premieres. So yes, Elle Woods is back... she’s just younger, pre-law, and stuck in the mid-’90s.

Elle premieres Wednesday, July 1st on Prime Video.

📺 “Dutton Ranch” Trailer: Kelly Reilly & Cole Hauser Bring Beth and Rip to Texas in Taylor Sheridan’s New ‘Yellowstone’ Spin-Off with Ed Harris & Annette Bening — Premieres Fri, May 15th on Paramount+

For those who loved Beth and Rip from Taylor Sheridan’s hit series Yellowstone, there’s something to celebrate. The fan-favorite power couple is not only coming back this month, but this time they’re leading their own spin-off series. And if you think a change of setting might have mellowed these two, think again.

Apparently, moving to one of the most unforgiving states in the country has only made them tougher... and maybe even a little more dangerous, if that’s even possible.

Taylor Sheridan’s ever-expanding Yellowstone universe continues with Dutton Ranch, a new spin-off following Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler (once again played by Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser) as they leave Montana behind for a fresh start in one of the most unforgiving corners of the country. Of course, fresh starts rarely come easy for a Dutton. Especially when the locals don’t take kindly to outsiders with a reputation for trouble.

This time, Beth and Rip find themselves on the other side of the fence. They’re the gatecrashers now, stepping into territory controlled by ruthless Texas ranchers determined to protect their land and power at any cost. But telling a Dutton to leave has never worked out well for anyone. While facing a new frontier battle where the terrain is different but the danger feels awfully familiar, the stakes feel just as bloody as ever before. The Texas setting brings a harsher edge, filled with uneasy alliances, long-held grudges, and enemies who don’t scare easily.

Oscar nominees Ed Harris and Annette Bening join the cast, adding even more weight to the brewing ranch war as powerful figures taking Beth and Rip head-on.

Finn Little, Jai Courtney, Natalie Alyn Lind, and Marc Menchaca also star, while Chad Feehan (Lawmen: Bass Reeves) serves as creator and showrunner, with Sheridan and John Linson executive producing.

Like the rest of the franchise, Dutton Ranch digs into land, legacy, family, and the cost of holding onto all three. It’s set to premiere Friday, May 15th on Paramount+, with two episodes at launch and weekly installments to follow. So dust off those boots and don’t forget those spurs, because this new dusty showdown looks ready to kick up plenty of trouble.

📺 “The Boroughs” Trailer: Alfred Molina Finds Monsters at His Retirement Community in the Duffer Brothers-Produced Supernatural Mystery Series with Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Clarke Peters, Denis O’Hare & Bill Pullman — Premieres Thurs, May 21st on Netflix

Despite what some might say, once you hit a certain age, life becomes a little different. The children are all grown up. The family home has been packed up and sold off. Retirement is finally coming into view. But the golden years aren’t exactly turning out the way you had in mind.

It’s a little lonely. A little strange. And the people you thought would be at your side for this next chapter aren’t always there the way you expected.

That’s the emotional doorway into The Boroughs, the new twisty Netflix sci-fi mystery series executive produced by the Duffer Brothers, the minds behind Stranger Things. Only instead of kids on bikes discovering monsters in the shadows, this one shifts the supernatural dread to a quiet retirement community, where the residents may be older, slower, and more overlooked... but they’re not imagining things.

At least, we don’t think they are.

Alfred Molina stars as Sam Cooper, a grieving, grumpy newcomer who is having a very difficult time adjusting to life in a sun-soaked New Mexico senior community. After the death of his beloved wife, Sam finds himself forced into a new home, surrounded by friendly neighbors, quiet streets, and the kind of forced cheerfulness that can sometimes feel more unsettling than comforting.

Part of Sam’s struggle comes from grief. Part of it comes from feeling neglected by his family. But the biggest problem is much harder to explain: he thinks there’s something lurking in the neighborhood at night.

And because this is a Duffer Brothers production, he just might be onto something.

The Boroughs takes a familiar late-in-life setup and twists it into something far less comforting and far more life-threatening. The place may look like an average retirement community, but beneath the sunshine and small talk, something otherworldly appears to be preying on the residents. What others dismiss as elderly confusion slowly reveals a darker truth: something is out there, something is watching, and leaving may not be as easy as simply packing a bag.

Molina leads an impressive ensemble that includes Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Clarke Peters, Denis O’Hare, and Bill Pullman. Jena Malone, Carlos Miranda, and Seth Numrich round out the cast, with Dee Wallace and Ed Begley Jr. appearing in guest roles.

Created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance), with Ben Taylor (Sex Education, Catastrophe) directing the first two episodes, the series also has the Duffer Brothers involved behind the scenes. So expect that familiar mix of eerie mystery, character-driven tension, and ordinary people stumbling into something much stranger than they ever expected. Retirement was supposed to be peaceful. No one said anything about fighting off monsters after bingo night.

The Boroughs premieres Thursday, May 21st on Netflix.

📺 “Alice and Steve” Trailer: Nicola Walker & Jemaine Clement Test the Limits of Friendship in Hulu’s Awkward British Comedy with Yali Topol Margalith — Premieres Mon, June 8th on Hulu/Disney+

Best friends tell each other everything. Unless, of course, one of them starts dating the other one’s daughter. Created and written by Sophie Goodhart (My Blind Brother) and directed by Tom Kingsley (BBC’s Ghosts), this British comedy series stars Nicola Walker (Last Tango in Halifax) and Jemaine Clement (What We Do in the Shadows) as Alice and Steve, whose 25-year friendship hits a spectacularly uncomfortable snag when Steve begins dating Alice’s daughter (Yali Topol Margalith). With Joel Fry co-starring, this sounds like a painfully funny friendship crisis where honesty may be the one thing that makes everything worse.

📺 “The Four Seasons: Season 2” Trailer: Tina Fey, Will Forte, Colman Domingo, Marco Calvani, and Friends Reunite for More Vacation Turmoil and Midlife Mayhem — Premieres Thurs, May 28th on Netflix

Vacationing with old friends sounds relaxing until everyone brings grief, regrets, personal blind spots, and a baby along for the ride. Following the sudden death of their close friend, Nick (Steve Carell), Season 2 picks back up with Kate (Tina Fey), Jack (Will Forte), Anne (Kerri Kenney-Silver), Danny (Colman Domingo), Claude (Marco Calvani), and Ginny (Erika Henningsen) as they carry on their tradition of seasonal getaways, moving from the Jersey Shore and upstate New York to the sun-kissed beauty of Italy. Co-created by Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield, this heartfelt Netflix comedy continues to find the humor and heart in long-term friendships, midlife reinvention, and the emotional baggage no one remembers packing.

📺 “I Will Find You” Teaser: Sam Worthington Faces a Nightmare Conviction in Netflix’s Harlan Coben Mystery Series with Britt Lower — Premieres Thurs, June 18th on Netflix

Nothing cracks open a murder conviction quite like the possibility that the victim may still be alive. Based on Harlan Coben’s bestselling novel, this Netflix mystery series stars Sam Worthington as David Burroughs, a man wrongly imprisoned for killing his own son, Matthew, only to receive shocking information that the missing boy may be alive. With Britt Lower, Milo Ventimiglia, Erin Richards, Jonathan Tucker, Logan Browning, Vas Saranga, and Chi McBride joining the twisty search for answers, this thriller turns one father’s nightmare into a race to uncover what really happened to Matthew.

📺 “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder: Season 2” Trailer: Wednesday’s Emma Myers Returns as Pip Faces a New Missing-Person Mystery — Premieres Wed, May 27th on Netflix

Pip thought cracking a cold case would bring answers, but apparently detective work has a nasty habit of following her home. Wednesday breakout Emma Myers returns as everyone’s favorite teen sleuth in this British mystery thriller series based on Holly Jackson’s bestselling novels and developed by Poppy Cogan. Season 2 finds Pip waiting for a major trial when a friend suddenly goes missing, pulling the good-girl-turned-detective into another mystery with even higher personal stakes.

📺 “Deli Boys: Season 2” Trailer: The Dar Brothers Drown in Dirty Cash and Deli-Counter Chaos in Hulu’s Crime Comedy — Premieres Thurs, May 28th on Hulu/Disney+

Running a family business is hard enough before the family business turns out to be a criminal empire. Season 2 of this Onyx Collective crime comedy finds the Dar brothers buried under dirty cash, dodging Philly’s sketchiest crooks, and trying to keep DarCo from blowing up in their faces. Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh, and Poorna Jagannathan return, with Fred Armisen joining as casino king and money launderer Max Sugar, Andrew Rannells as an ambitious district attorney, and Kumail Nanjiani as a defense attorney pulled into the brothers’ latest mess. More money, more problems... and apparently, more deli-counter dysfunction!

📺 “Not Suitable for Work” Trailer: Five Ambitious 20-Somethings Face Career Chaos through Manhattan in Hulu’s New Comedy Series Hailing from Mindy Kaling — Premieres Tues, June 2nd on Hulu

Work-life balance sounds nice, but these Manhattan strivers seem a lot more interested in work-life imbalance. From executive producer Mindy Kaling and showrunner Charlie Grandy, this new Hulu comedy follows five work-obsessed twentysomethings chasing professional success in Murray Hill while trying to squeeze in personal happiness somewhere between meetings, meltdowns, and poor judgments. Ella Hunt, Avantika, Will Angus, Jack Martin, Nicholas Duvernay, and Jay Ellis lead the cast, with Constance Wu, Ego Nwodim, Victor Garber, Judy Gold, Greg Germann, and more dropping into the workplace mayhem.

📺 “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness” Teaser: Larry David Takes on American History in HBO’s Obama-Produced Limited Comedy Series — Premieres Fri, June 26th on HBO Max

America’s 250th anniversary is getting a history lesson, which naturally means Larry David has arrived to complain about it. Executive produced by David, Jeff Schaffer, and Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions, this seven-episode HBO limited sketch series finds the Curb Your Enthusiasm mastermind revisiting the country’s past with all the awkward misunderstandings, petty grievances, and social discomfort we’d expect.

📺 “Criminal Minds: Evolution: Season 19” Trailer: The BAU Faces New Chilling Cases as Serial Killer Elias Voit (Zach Gilford) Reveals What Made Him ‘Sicarius’ — Premieres Thurs, May 28th on Paramount+

The BAU is back on the hunt, and this time evil appears to be spreading. The new season of this long-running crime drama finds the FBI’s elite team of profilers tackling a string of disturbing new cases while serial killer Elias Voit (Zach Gilford) sits down for revealing interviews about his transformation into Sicarius. Starring Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez, Paget Brewster, RJ Hatanaka, and Gilford, this latest chapter keeps digging into the darkest corners of criminal behavior... because understanding the monster is usually the first step toward stopping the next one.

📺 “The Listeners” U.S. Trailer: Rebecca Hall Hears a Haunting Hum in STARZ’s Unsettling British Miniseries — Premieres Fri, June 12th on STARZ

Some sounds get stuck in your head. Others start tearing your life apart. Based on Jordan Tannahill’s 2021 novel and directed by Janicza Bravo (Zola), this eerie British miniseries stars Rebecca Hall as Claire, a woman plagued by a mysterious hum that no one around her can hear, until one of her students can. What begins as a strange shared affliction soon grows into something more intimate, obsessive, and dangerous, as migraines, insomnia, fractured relationships, and a support group for “the Hum” pull Claire deeper into a world where reality starts sounding very unstable.

📺 “The Mystery of Richard Simmons: A Diane Sawyer Special” Trailer: ABC News Revisits the Fitness Icon’s Rise, Retreat, and Final Years — Premieres Tues, May 12th on ABC

Fitness guru Richard Simmons turned exercise into a glittery, sweat-soaked cultural movement, then disappeared from public life and left the world wondering what happened. In this new hour-long ABC special, famed broadcast journalist Diane Sawyer looks back at Simmons’ rise as a joyful, larger-than-life fitness personality while exploring the decade of seclusion that followed his sudden exit from the spotlight in 2014. Featuring interviews with those closest to him, the special pieces together his final years, his private world, and the planned interview that never happened after Simmons’ sudden death.

📺 “Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine” Trailer: Pedro Alonso Returns as the Smooth-Talking Mastermind in Netflix’s Stylish New Money Heist Prequel Series — Premieres Fri, May 15th on Netflix

Berlin is back, and this time the target is pure Renaissance-level trouble. From creators Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato, this stylish Netflix prequel sends Pedro Alonso’s silver-tongued thief to sun-drenched Seville, where he assembles a sharp new crew to steal a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece from an ambitious duke. With Michelle Jenner, Tristán Ulloa, Begoña Vargas, Julio Peña Fernández, Joel Sánchez, and Inma Cuesta joining the game, this heist turns crime into performance art... until ego, desire, and bad decisions threaten to ruin the whole show.

📺 “The Chi: Season 8” Trailer: Lena Waithe’s Acclaimed Chicago Drama Heads Into Its Final Chapter — Premieres Fri, May 22nd on Paramount+

One last winter is coming to the South Side, and nobody is walking into it untouched. The eighth and final season of Lena Waithe’s acclaimed drama finds the community facing life-or-death choices as legacy, conflict, joy, and pain all come rushing to the surface. Starring Jacob Latimore, Birgundi Baker, Luke James, Shamon Brown Jr., Michael V. Epps, Hannaha Hall, and Jason Weaver, this final 10-episode season brings The Chi to a close with the kind of hard-earned emotion that has always powered the series.

📺 “Survival of the Thickest: Season 3” Trailer: Michelle Buteau’s Netflix Comedy Goes Out in Style with Its Final Season — Premieres Thurs, July 2nd on Netflix

Mavis Beaumont is taking one last strut through love, life, and the messy business of rebuilding on her own terms. Michelle Buteau returns for the final season of her scripted Netflix comedy, following the plus-size Black stylist as she chases success, romance, and self-worth with help from her chosen family, body-positive attitude, and a cute v-neck with some lip gloss. Based on Buteau’s acclaimed book of essays, this farewell season sends Mavis out exactly how she came in: funny, fabulous, and fully herself.

📺 “Pioneer Girl” Trailer: Kat Barrell Stars as a Feminist Historian Stuck Reenacting the 1800s in This New Web Comedy Series — Premieres Wed, May 13th on KindaTV, via YouTube

History has a funny way of repeating itself, especially when it comes with bonnets, bad wages, and humiliating day-job requirements. This sharp web comedy stars Kat Barrell as Eleanor, a feminist history PhD forced to take work as a 19th-century re-enactor at a struggling pioneer village, only for her brutally honest take on the past to suddenly go viral. Created by Davida Aronovitch and co-starring Paloma Nuñez, Ishan Davé, and Joelle Peters, this chaotic little period-piece nightmare asks whether internet fame can become something meaningful... or just another historically accurate disaster.

📺 “Kylie” Trailer: Kylie Minogue Looks Back at Her Journey From Soap Star to Pop Superstar in Netflix’s Three-Part Docuseries — Premieres Wed, May 20th on Netflix

Popstar Kylie Minogue has had the kind of career that doesn’t just evolve, it spins around, reinvents itself, and keeps the glitter ball turning. This three-part Netflix docuseries takes a closer look at the Australian pop icon’s rise from soap star to global superstar, tracing the twists, turns, comebacks, and reinventions that shaped her decades-long career. With Kylie speaking candidly about her life in the spotlight, this unfiltered portrait promises a more personal look at the performer behind the pop perfection.

📺 “Craig Ferguson: American On Purpose” Trailer: Former Late Night Talk Show Host Craig Ferguson Hits the Road to Explore the American Dream in CNN’s New Humor-Laced Docuseries — Premieres Sat, May 30th on CNN

Scottish-born comedian Craig Ferguson is taking the American dream out for a spin, complete with all the good, bad, weird, and wonderfully contradictory stuff packed in the trunk. In this five-part CNN Original Series, the Emmy and Peabody-winning comedian travels coast-to-coast to examine what it means to be American through history, humor, and his own experience as a naturalized citizen. Timed to America’s 250th anniversary, the series digs into free speech, individualism, patriotism, capitalism, and immigration, with guests including Tiffany Haddish, Daymond John, Jason Biggs, KT Tunstall, Salman Rushdie, and more.

📺 “Wanda Sykes: Legacy” Trailer: Wanda Sykes Returns to Her Alma Mater for a Sharp, Fearless Netflix Stand-Up Special — Premieres Tues, May 19th on Netflix

Wanda Sykes is heading back to school, but don’t expect anything close to a polite lecture. In her new stand-up comedy special, the veteran comedian returns to her alma mater for a razor-sharp set that takes aim at the state of the world, personal legacy, and, somehow, the great cultural divide over washcloths. It’s Wanda doing what she does best: finding the absurdity in everything and making sure no one leaves class early.

📺 “Josh Johnson: Symphony” Trailer: The Daily Show’s Josh Johnson Brings His First HBO Comedy Special to the Wiltern — Premieres Fri, May 22nd on HBO Max

Comedian Josh Johnson is tuning up something a little different for his first HBO comedy special. Filmed at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, the Emmy-nominated comedian, actor, NAACP Award winner, and rotating host/correspondent on The Daily Show steps away from strictly timely takes for a more personal set about family, religion, relationships, and the weird little notes that make us human.

📺 “Brazil ‘70: The Third Star” Trailer: Netflix’s Soccer Drama Revisits Pelé and the Legendary Squad That Made World Cup History — Premieres Fri, May 29th on Netflix

Before Brazil became forever linked with beautiful soccer, one legendary squad had to carry a nation’s pride onto the world stage. This scripted Netflix miniseries follows Pelé (Lucas Agrícola) and Brazil’s 1970 national team as they fight to reclaim soccer’s ultimate crown after the sting of the 1966 World Cup. With Rodrigo Santoro as João Saldanha and Bruno Mazzeo as Mário Zagallo, the series digs into the pressure, politics, and behind-the-scenes instability that shaped a team chasing not just victory, but immortality.

📺 “My 2 Cents” Trailer: Italian Cartoonist ‘Zerocalcare’ Turns Bar Life, Money Trouble, and Messy Friendships Into Netflix’s New Animated Comedy Series — Premieres Wed, May 27th on Netflix

Running a small neighborhood bar sounds charming, until the bills pile up, the misunderstandings multiply, and everyone’s personal life starts spilling over the counter. From popular Italian cartoonist Zerocalcare (Tear Along the Dotted Line, This World Can’t Tear Me Down), this Italian animated comedy follows Zero and Wild Boar as they try to keep their tiny local spot afloat while financial pressure and everyday chaos close in. But when a figure from the past returns, their already complicated lives get one more problem on the tab.

📺 “Teach You a Lesson” Trailer: Kim Moo-yul and Lee Sung-min Bring No-Nonsense Justice to Netflix’s Action-Packed School K-Drama — Premieres Fri, June 5th on Netflix

School bullies may want to check their homework, because class is officially in session. This action-packed K-drama follows the Teachers’ Rights Protection Bureau, a fictional government agency sent into troubled schools when students, parents, or even teachers push things too far. Led by Kim Moo-yul, Lee Sung-min, Jin Ki-joo, and Pyo Ji-hoon, and directed by Juvenile Justice filmmaker Hong Jong-chan, this classroom crackdown turns school discipline into a full-contact lesson plan.

📺 “The Yogurt Shop Murders: The Final Chapter” Trailer: HBO’s True-Crime Docuseries Returns with One More Episode After a Major Cold Case Break — Premieres Fri, May 22nd on HBO Max

Just when The Yogurt Shop Murders seemed finished, the decades-old case took one final, staggering turn. This surprise fifth episode, titled “The End of Wondering,” follows the aftermath of the docuseries’ original finale, as Austin police announce that DNA evidence has identified serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers as the man behind the 1991 murders. Directed by Margaret Brown and featuring investigators, genetic genealogist CeCe Moore, the victims’ families, and those who were wrongly accused, this final chapter looks at a long-awaited answer... and the painful damage left behind by years of false confessions and unanswered questions.

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📺 “The Five Star Weekend” Teaser Trailer: Jennifer Garner Heads to Nantucket With Chloë Sevigny, Regina Hall, Gemma Chan & D’Arcy Carden in Peacock’s New Limited Series — Debuts Thurs, July 9th on Peacock

Nothing says healing quite like inviting friends from every era of your life to one gorgeous Nantucket house and hoping nobody brings emotional baggage. Spoiler alert: they always bring emotional baggage.

Based on Elin Hilderbrand’s bestselling novel, The Five Star Weekend brings Jennifer Garner to the New England coast as Hollis Shaw, a beloved food blogger, famed cook, and bestselling author whose life looks pretty close to perfect from the outside. But a closer look reveals something entirely messier underneath.

After Hollis suffers the devastating loss of her husband (Josh Hamilton), the polished surface of her life begins to crack open. Her daughter pulls away, her carefully curated world starts to feel hollow, and her desperate need for validation reveals just how fragile the image she’s built may have been all along. Thus begins a weekend away at her Nantucket home, where she invites four lifelong friends to gather for some much-needed five-star treatment, personal healing, and self-reflection.

Playing Garner’s closest friends in this heartfelt dramedy are Chloë Sevigny as Tatum McKenzie; Regina Hall as Dru-Ann Jones; Gemma Chan as Gigi Ling; and D’Arcy Carden as Brooke Kirtley.

But no emotionally loaded reunion is complete without a few wildcards to keep things interesting. As old friendships are tested, secrets rise to the surface, and boundaries get pushed, these women will be forced to confront the versions of themselves they’ve been carrying around for years. What begins as a luxurious coastal escape soon turns into a weekend of confessions and confrontations. But nothing a few glasses of wine can’t help soften before everything hits the fan.

Developed and executive produced by Bekah Brunstetter, whose producing and writing credits include This Is Us, Switched at Birth, and Maid, the limited series also costars Harlow Jane as Hollis’s daughter, Caroline Shaw; Timothy Olyphant as Jack, Hollis’s former teenage boyfriend; along with David Denman, Rob Huebel, and the always lovely Judy Greer, reuniting with Jennifer Garner after the two starred together in 13 Going on 30.

The Five Star Weekend debuts Thursday, July 9th on Peacock. So, watch it with a friend, preferably one who’s cool with all your unresolved emotional baggage.

📺 “Ted Lasso: Season 4” Teaser Trailer: Jason Sudeikis Returns to Coach a Women’s Football Team — Premieres Wed, August 5th on Apple TV

Welcome back, Coach… ya wanker!

After wrapping up what seemed like a perfectly lovely final lap, Ted Lasso is heading back to the pitch for season four. And because this show has never been shy about leading with heart before strategy, Ted’s latest challenge isn’t just about winning matches. It’s about taking a big swing with a whole new team... the women’s football team, that is.

In season four, comedian Jason Sudeikis returns to Richmond, where he finds his overly hopeful Ted Lasso coaching a second-division women’s football team from the ground up. That means we can expect to be introduced to a new roster of players, new pressure, and probably a whole lot of biscuits, locker-room pep talks, and emotional breakthroughs disguised as sports metaphors.

The new season follows Ted and the team as they learn to leap before they look, taking chances they never thought they would. Which, honestly, feels about right for a show built on relentless optimism, awkward honesty, and the radical belief that kindness can somehow survive professional sports.

Returning fan favorites include Emmy winners Hannah Waddingham and Brett Goldstein, along with Juno Temple, Brendan Hunt, and Jeremy Swift. Season four also brings in new cast members Tanya Reynolds, Jude Mack, Faye Marsay, Rex Hayes, Aisling Sharkey, Abbie Hern, and Grant Feely.

Emmy-winning writer-producer Jack Burditt, whose credits include Nobody Wants This, Modern Family, and 30 Rock, joins season four as an executive producer. Sudeikis returns as both star and executive producer alongside Joe Kelly, Jane Becker, Jamie Lee, and Bill Wrubel, while Goldstein is back as writer, executive producer, and recurring guest star as veteran footballer Roy Kent.

Developed by Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Kelly, and Hunt, based on the preexisting format and characters from NBC Sports through Doozer Productions, Ted Lasso: Season 4 is slated to premiere Wednesday, August 5th on Apple TV.

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📺 “The Witness” Trailer: A Father Fights for Justice After His 2-Year-Old Son Becomes the Sole Witness to a Brutal Murder in This 3-part British True-Crime Drama Starring Jordan Bolger — Premieres Thurs, June 4th on Netflix

A child sees what no child should ever see. Based on true events, this three-part Netflix drama follows Andrè (Jordan Bolger), the grieving partner of Rachel Nickell, as he tries to protect their 2-year-old son Alex after the boy becomes the only witness to her murder. As a flawed investigation, police failures, and relentless press scrutiny close in around them, father and son are left searching for justice in the aftermath of unimaginable loss.

📺 “You’re Killing Me” Trailer: Brooke Shields & Amalia Williamson Team Up to Solve a Murder in This New England Cozy Mystery Series — Debuts Mon, May 18th on Acorn TV

Small-town charm gets a body count in this cozy New England crime mystery. Brooke Shields stars as a bestselling novelist whose quiet life takes a deadly turn when a close friend is murdered in Founders’ Cove, pulling her into an amateur investigation alongside an aspiring writer and true-crime podcaster (Amalia Williamson). As more bodies pile up and the clues point toward darker secrets beneath the town’s picture-perfect surface, the pair find themselves clashing with a local detective (Tom Cavanagh). Literary curiosity is one thing, but chasing a real killer is a whole different draft.

📺 “Deli Boys: Season 2” Teaser: Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh & Poorna Jagannathan Return for More Dirty-Cash Chaos in Hulu’s Crime Comedy — Begins Streaming Thursday, May 28th on Hulu

Inheriting a criminal empire was apparently the easy part. Season 2 of this Onyx Collective crime comedy finds the Dar brothers buried under dirty cash, surrounded by Philly’s sketchiest crooks, and still trying to keep DarCo from blowing up in their faces. Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh, and Poorna Jagannathan return, with Fred Armisen stepping in as casino king and money launderer Max Sugar, Andrew Rannells playing an ambitious district attorney, and Kumail Nanjiani joining as a defense attorney pulled into the brothers’ hijinks. More money, more problems... and more deli-counter dysfunction.

📺 “It’s Not Like That” Trailer: Scott Foley Starts Over as a Widowed Pastor in This Warmhearted Family Drama Series with Erinn Hayes — Streams Fri, May 15th on Prime Video

Grief, parenthood, and maybe-romance make for complicated household chemistry in this warmhearted family drama from Ian Deitchman and Kristin Robinson. Scott Foley stars as a recently widowed pastor and father of three whose longtime family friend Lori (played by Erinn Hayes) is newly divorced and raising two teens of her own. As their once-close families navigate loss, single parenthood, and the awkward possibility of something more, the series leans into the messy, funny, deeply human business of starting over.

📺 “The WONDERfools” Trailer: A Ragtag Group of Accidental Superheroes Fumbles Into Action in Netflix’s Y2K-Era Korean Comedy Series — Premieres Fri, May 15th on Netflix

Saving the world is hard enough without having absolutely no idea what you’re doing. Set in 1999, this wild Korean action comedy follows a motley crew of ordinary Haeseong City residents who suddenly gain superpowers just as Y2K panic and rising evil begin to spread. Park Eun-bin stars as Eun Chae-ni, an unlikely new hero swept into chaos, while Cha Eun-woo plays a suspicious civic servant digging into a string of mysterious disappearances. Directed by Extraordinary Attorney Woo’s Yoo In-sik, this superpowered romp proves not every hero is born ready... some just trip into the job and hope for the best.

📺 “Untold UK” Trailer: Jamie Vardy, Liverpool’s Miracle of Istanbul, and Vinnie Jones Take the Spotlight in Netflix’s New UK Sports Anthology Docuseries — Premieres Weekly Beginning Tues, May 12th on Netflix

Three football stories. Zero respect for the odds. This Netflix sports anthology documentary series heads across the pond for a trio of candid, no-holds-barred films centered on Jamie Vardy, Liverpool’s legendary 2005 Champions League comeback, and Vinnie Jones’ bruising rise from football hardman to pop-culture fixture. Premiering weekly in May, the series digs into the grit, heartbreak, locker-room banter, and behind-the-scenes chaos that turned these football tales into something bigger than the final score.

📺 “The Roast of Kevin Hart” Trailer: Shane Gillis Hosts Netflix’s Live Comedy Smackdown as Kevin Hart Takes the Hot Seat — Streams LIVE Sun, May 10th at 8 PM ET/ 5PM PT

Kevin Hart has spent years firing off jokes at everyone else, so now Netflix is handing the microphone to the people ready to fire back. Hosted by Shane Gillis, this live comedy event puts Hart in the hot seat for a roast filmed during the final night of Netflix Is a Joke Fest at the Kia Forum. The guest lineup is still under wraps, but with Hart’s comedy circle running deep, expect a ruthless night of sharp jokes, bruised egos, and one very loud target trying not to crack first.

📺 “Lisa Ann Walter: It Was An Accident” Trailer: The ‘Abbott Elementary’ Star Takes on Feral Gen-Xers, Self-Loathing, and a Backsliding America in Her Debut Comedy Special — Premieres Fri, May 15th on Hulu/Disney+

Lisa Ann Walter steps up to the mic with the kind of no-filter perspective that only comes from surviving Gen-X childhood, adulthood, and whatever this current timeline is supposed to be. In her long-awaited debut comedy special, the “Abbott Elementary” star takes on feral upbringings, self-loathing, and a backsliding America through the eyes of a grown-ass woman who has clearly been paying attention.

📺 “Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano” Trailer: Two Women’s MMA Trailblazers Return for Netflix’s First-Ever Live MMA Broadcast — Streams LIVE Sat, May 16th on Netflix at 9 PM ET/ 6 PM PT

Two pioneers of women’s MMA step back into the spotlight for a combat sports showdown built on history, legacy, and a whole lot of unfinished business. Ronda Rousey returns for her first fight in nearly a decade, facing fellow trailblazer Gina Carano in a headline bout that turns Netflix’s first live MMA broadcast into a major crossover event.

📺 “Pop Culture Jeopardy!” Trailer: Colin Jost Hosts Netflix’s Team-Based Twist on the Classic Quiz Show — Streams Weekly Starting Mon, May 11th on Netflix

What is: a beloved quiz show getting a pop-culture remix? Hosted by Colin Jost, this Netflix game show brings Jeopardy!’s classic answer-and-question format into the fast-moving world of movies, music, TV, sports, internet culture, and whatever else contestants think they know until the buzzer proves otherwise. With teams competing tournament-style for a grand prize and ultimate bragging rights, this spin on the iconic trivia format turns casual fandom into serious competition.

📺 “Welcome to Wrexham: Season 5” Trailer: Rob McElhenney & Ryan Reynolds Chase Bigger Stakes as Wrexham AFC Climbs Into League One — Premieres Thurs, May 14th on FX on Hulu/Disney+

The underdog story keeps leveling up. Season 5 of FX’s hit sports docuseries follows Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds as Wrexham AFC enters EFL League One after back-to-back promotions, bringing higher stakes, tougher competition, and the kind of rising costs that make fairy-tale football feel very real. As the club continues climbing the English football pyramid, the dream gets bigger, the pressure gets heavier, and the margin for error gets a whole lot smaller.

📺 “Soccer Meets America” Trailer: A New Docuseries Explores How the Beautiful Game Found Its Footing in the United States — Streaming Free Sun, May 3rd on The Roku Channel

Soccer didn’t suddenly arrive in America. The audience was already here, waiting for the rest of the country to catch up. This new docuseries tells the untold story of the sport’s rise in the United States through the people who lived it, tracing the key moments, cultural shifts, and hard-earned breakthroughs that helped turn America into a growing global soccer force. This one looks ready to remind us that the beautiful game’s U.S. story has been building for a lot longer than some folks think.

📺 “The A List” Trailer: Fifteen Asian and Pacific Diaspora Voices Reflect on Identity, Culture, and Belonging in HBO’s New Docuseries — Premieres Wed, May 13th on HBO Max

Fifteen voices, fifteen stories, and one deeply personal question: what does it mean to be Asian or Pacific Islander in America? This HBO docuseries brings together influential and insightful perspectives from across Asian and Pacific diasporas, exploring identity, culture, belonging, and the lived experiences that shape a community too often treated as a single story.

📺 “Surviving Earth” Trailer: NBC’s Landmark Docuseries Revisits 450 Million Years of Prehistoric Survival — Debuts Thurs, June 11th on NBC

Life finds a way, even when Earth keeps trying to wipe the slate clean. This epic docuseries travels back 450 million years to explore how creatures survived, adapted, and thrived through some of the planet’s most catastrophic environmental crises. Using cutting-edge CGI, the series brings ancient worlds roaring back to life, from giant sea scorpions to mammoths and sabertooths, across landscapes shaped by meteor strikes, volcanic eruptions, plunging sea levels, and scorching heat storms.

📺 “The Map of Longing” Teaser: Alícia Falcó Finds Love, Grief, and a New Path Forward in Netflix’s New Spanish Miniseries Based On Alice Kellen’s Best-Seller — Premieres Fri, July 17th on Netflix

Grief leaves behind a road map in this tender Spanish romantic miniseries about a young woman searching for herself after losing the sister she believed she was born to save. Alícia Falcó stars as Greta, whose life is upended when Lucy (Georgina Amorós) leaves her one final gift: a mysterious game designed to push her through heartbreak and toward a future of her own. Along the way, she meets Will, an enigmatic young man (Pablo Álvarez) whose own troubled past makes the journey even more complicated. Based on Alice Kellen’s best-selling novel, this limited series asks whether love can truly begin before self-acceptance does.

📺 “Murder Mindfully: Season 2” Trailer: Tom Schilling Gets in Touch With His Inner Child While Running a Mafia Family in Netflix’s German Dark Comedy Series — Premieres Thurs, May 28th on Netflix

Self-care gets suspiciously lethal in the second season of this German dark comedy, as Björn Diemel returns to prove that mindfulness and mob management remain a deeply unhealthy combination. Tom Schilling is back as Björn, who must juggle the ongoing tensions of his mafia activities while therapist Joschka Breitner (played by Peter Jordan) pushes him toward his most difficult confrontation yet: his inner child. Old wounds, buried patterns, and unresolved needs come bubbling up fast, and unfortunately for everyone else, Björn’s path to healing may still involve making people disappear.

📺 “Thank You, Next: Season 3” Trailer: Serenay Sarıkaya Stops Running and Starts Healing in Netflix’s Turkish Romantic Drama — Premieres Fri, May 8th on Netflix

No more running, no more romantic damage control. Season 3 of this Turkish romantic drama finds Leyla facing the fallout of a life-shattering relationship as she finally decides to approach love, life, and her own past on her terms. Serenay Sarıkaya returns for the new season, with creator and scriptwriter Ece Yörenç and director Bertan Başaran guiding Leyla through emotional turning points and the unexpected closeness that may force her to stop dodging what still hurts.

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📺 “Star City” Trailer: Apple TV’s ‘For All Mankind’ Spinoff Takes the Space Race Behind Soviet Curtain with Rhys Ifans — Premieres Fri, May 29th on Apple TV

The space race looks very different from the other side of the Iron Curtain, especially when history takes a little detour.

In Apple TV’s acclaimed alt-history series For All Mankind, the show has spent years imagining what might have happened if the Soviet Union beat the United States to the Moon, forcing America to push harder, dream bigger, and stretch its space program far beyond the history we know. And now, the story is shifting perspectives.

Star City, the upcoming spinoff series set within the For All Mankind universe and alt-history timeline, takes us back to that pivotal moment when Soviet cosmonauts took the lead in the 1960s space race, beating their American counterparts to the Moon. In this skewed version of history, the new series unfolds from behind Soviet lines, playing with the provocative thought experiment of what might have happened to Russia and its history if it had won the space race first.

Co-created by For All Mankind honcho Ronald D. Moore alongside executive producers Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert, the eight-episode series explores the lives of the Russian cosmonauts, engineers, and intelligence officers inside the Soviet space program as they race toward a historic lunar victory. But winning the Moon isn’t just a matter of rockets, math, and national pride. In this version of history, success comes with secrets, paranoia, political pressure, and plenty of people watching from the shadows.

It still seems to be a story about ambition and exploration, but with a sharper focus on the immense pressure that comes with every achievement being tied to state power, personal sacrifice, and the very real danger of failure.

House of the Dragon actor Rhys Ifans leads the ensemble cast, playing the Chief Designer in the ’60s-era Soviet space program. He is joined by Anna Maxwell Martin, Agnes O’Casey, Alice Englert, Solly McLeod, Adam Nagaitis, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Josef Davies, and Priya Kansara.

Nedivi and Wolpert serve as showrunners and executive producers alongside Moore, Maril Davis, Andrew Chambliss, and Steve Oster, with Sony Pictures Television producing for Apple TV.

Star City is scheduled to premiere globally on Apple TV with two episodes Friday, May 29th, followed by one new episode every Friday through July 10th. Houston will have a prob...ah scratch that! Moscow, we have a problem, comrade.

📺 “Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat” Trailer: Sam Reid Rocks Out as the Infamous Bloodsucker in AMC’s Glam Gothic Rebirth — Premieres Sun, June 7th on AMC and AMC+

People adore vampires. People also adore rock stars. And really, the overlap is hard to ignore: both stay up all night, avoid sunlight like it’s a personal attack, attract obsessive fans, and tend to treat self-destruction less like a warning sign and more like a lifestyle choice.

So, naturally, Lestat de Lioncourt, arguably one of the most theatrical vampires in literary history, was always destined to front his own rock band. Because there’s nothing more on-brand for an immortal narcissist than turning a personal grievance into a full-blown arena show.

Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat is AMC’s newly rebranded third season of its critically acclaimed Interview with the Vampire series. And this time, Sam Reid’s infamous bloodsucker is not just stepping back into the spotlight. He’s grabbing the mic, cranking the amps, and giving audiences the full glam-goth vampire rock opera they didn’t know they needed.

Based on Anne Rice’s novel of the same name, The Vampire Lestat picks up after the events of Interview with the Vampire, with Lestat de Lioncourt clawing his way back into public view after feeling more than a little misrepresented in Daniel Molloy’s best-selling book. His response? Naturally, he forms a band, hits the road, and decides to set the record straight in the loudest, flashiest, most gloriously dramatic way possible. It’s a full-blown glam rock spectacle, complete with screaming fans, supernatural theatrics, and the kind of rock-star swagger that only Lestat can pull off.

Of course, old wounds are bound to resurface. Jacob Anderson returns as Louis, watching from a distance as his former vampire companion rewrites their shared history in real time, while Eric Bogosian’s Daniel Molloy continues pressing for the truth. Assad Zaman also returns as Armand, with Jennifer Ehle joining as Lestat’s mother Gabrielle, Christopher Heyerdahl as Marius, Damien Atkins as Magnus, and Ella Ballentine as Baby Jenks.

Showrunner Rolin Jones and executive producer Mark Johnson continue steering AMC’s expanding Anne Rice Immortal Universe, which also includes Mayfair Witches and the upcoming Talamasca: The Secret Order. Composer Daniel Hart also returns, now fusing the show’s lush romantic melancholy with a harder rock edge.

Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat is slated to premiere Sunday, June 7th on AMC and AMC+.

📺 “Citadel: Season 2” Trailer: Stanley Tucci Takes Center Stage as Amazon’s Big-Budget Spy Thriller Returns with Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Jack Reynor, and Matt Berry — Premieres Wed, May 6th on Prime Video

The thing about being in the spy game is that it isn’t just about the secrets you must hold. It’s also about the secrets being kept from you. Which begs the question: can you really trust anyone with your life when you can’t even trust your own team to have your back?

Amazon’s big-budget espionage series Citadel returns for its second season, with Stanley Tucci tapping into his inner John Wick as veteran Citadel spymaster Bernard Orlick, who is forced back into action after a major shakeup leaves his international spy organization completely exposed and vulnerable to dangerous enemies. Now unable to trust anyone outside his inner circle, he must figure out a way to pick up the pieces and rebuild his team before rival spy agency Manticore finishes what it started.

Irish actor Jack Reynor, fresh off starring in Lee Cronin’s horror flick The Mummy, joins Tucci as Hutch, a brash Citadel agent who literally rides in to offer Orlick a helping hand, becoming his unlikely partner. First on Orlick’s list is calling in the cavalry in the form of top-ranked Citadel spies Nadia Sinh and Mason Kane, again played by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Game of Thrones’ Richard Madden, former partners with a long history both on and off the battlefield.

This new season looks to expand the show’s already massive spy-game playground, which already includes two international spinoff series: Italy’s Citadel: Diana and India’s Citadel: Honey Bunny.

Co-created by Josh Appelbaum (Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop), Bryan Oh (Zoo), and David Weil (Amazon’s Hunters), and executive produced by Joe and Anthony Russo and Angela Russo-Otstot under their production banner AGBO, the series has been set up as the flagship title for an ambitious international action franchise for Prime Video. But after lackluster reviews for the show’s first season, which was released back in 2023, it seems Season 2 has something to prove beyond just going bigger.

With more focus on Tucci’s character, this new season seems to be giving the series a clearer center of gravity, leaning into Bernard Orlick’s experience, history, and dry sense of humor while pushing the action into a slightly more playful, darkly comic direction as British comedian Matt Berry joins the cast as Franke Sharpe, a new operative who brings his own offbeat energy to this spy game drama.

Returning cast members include Lesley Manville and Ashleigh Cummings, while Merle Dandridge, Lina El Arabi, Gabriel Leone, and Rayna Vallandingham round out the ensemble.

With Joe Russo and Greg Yaitanes directing episodes this season, Citadel: Season 2 is set to premiere Wednesday, May 6th, exclusively worldwide on Prime Video.

📺 “Spider-Noir” Villains Reveal Promo: Nicolas Cage’s Web-Slinging Gumshoe Faces Silvermane, Sandman, Tombstone, and Megawatt in Amazon’s 1930s Pulp Superhero Series — Debuts Mon, May 25th on MGM+ and Wed, May 27th on Prime Video

Nicolas Cage’s hard-boiled “The Spider” (Spider-Man) is about to have his hands full. Set in 1933 New York City, this Spider-Verse-related series reimagines Marvel heroes and villains as Prohibition-era gumshoes, gangsters, and shadowy underworld players. With Brendan Gleeson as mob boss Silvermane, Jack Huston as Sandman, Abraham Popoola as Tombstone, and Andrew Lewis Caldwell as Megawatt, this behind-the-scenes reveal suggests the city’s criminal web is only getting stickier.

📺 “The Terror: Devil in Silver” Opening Scene: Dan Stevens Gets Trapped Inside a Nightmarish Psychiatric Hospital in AMC’s Ridley Scott-Produced Supernatural Horror Series — Premiering Thurs, May 7th on AMC+ and Shudder

Dan Stevens stars as a hot-tempered working-class man wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital, where crooked systems, suspicious staff, and terrified patients make escape feel nearly impossible. Based on Victor LaValle’s horror novel and developed by Chris Cantwell and LaValle, with Karyn Kusama directing the first two episodes, this third installment of the Ridley Scott-produced horror anthology looks like a claustrophobic descent into madness. Watch the opening scene before the new season premieres in a few weeks.

📺 “Silo: Season 3” Teaser: Rebecca Ferguson Searches for the Truth Beneath the Lies in Apple TV’s Dystopian Sci-Fi Drama — Begins Fri, July 3rd on Apple TV

The truth may finally surface, but that doesn’t mean anyone is ready for what comes with it. Based on Hugh Howey’s bestselling Silo novels and created by Graham Yost, Apple TV’s dystopian sci-fi drama stars Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette Nichols, a silo engineer whose search for answers pulls her deeper into the secrets buried inside humanity’s mile-deep underground home. As the mysteries behind the silo’s origins grow harder to contain, Season 3 looks ready to prove that the outside world isn’t the only thing capable of killing you.

📺 “The Legend of Vox Machina: Season 4” Trailer: The Critical Role Heroes Reunite for a New Realm-Shaking Threat — Streams Wed, June 3rd on Prime Video

The party may be scattered, but adventure has terrible timing. Set one year after the Chroma Conclave, Season 4 finds Vox Machina chasing love, family, and purpose before a long-slumbering evil wakes up and drags them back into the fight. From Critical Role and Titmouse, this animated fantasy series brings back the voice cast of Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham for another round of magic, monsters, and emotionally messy heroics.

📺 “Worst Ex Ever: Season 2” Trailer: Netflix’s True-Crime Docuseries Returns With Another Batch of Chilling Betrayals, Twisty Murder Plots, and Relationships Gone Horribly Wrong — Arrives Wed, May 6th on Netflix

Love can hurt, but this true-crime docuseries takes that idea to nightmare levels. Through eyewitness accounts, bodycam footage, and animated reenactments, Season 2 digs into harrowing stories of betrayal, violence, and deceit from relationships that went from toxic to terrifying. Consider it a chilling reminder that sometimes the scariest person in your life is the one you used to date.

📺 “Off Campus” Trailer: Ella Bright & Belmont Cameli Strike a Deal That Turns Complicated in Amazon’s Ice Hockey-Centric College Romance Based on Elle Kennedy’s Best-Sellers — Debuting Wed, May 13th on Prime Video

College is messy enough before you add hockey players, heartbreak, and one very inconvenient spark. Based on Elle Kennedy’s bestselling romance books, this Amazon original series follows music major Hannah Wells (Ella Bright), a sharp-tongued hockey hater, and Garrett Graham (Belmont Cameli), Briar University’s confident ice hockey star, as their simple deal starts sliding into something much harder to ignore. Created by Louisa Levy, with Levy and Gina Fattore serving as co-showrunners, this looks like a sexy, soapy college drama where the ice is cold, but the complications are anything but.

📺 “Devil May Cry: Season 2” Trailer: Dante and Vergil Head Straight to Hell in Netflix’s Stylish Animated Video Game Adaptation — Premieres Tues, May 12th on Netflix

Demon hunting is apparently a family business, and business is looking hellishly complicated. Based on Capcom’s hit video game franchise, this Netflix animated series from Adi Shankar and Studio Mir follows Dante, a wisecracking demon-hunter-for-hire caught between the human world and the demon realm. With Vergil entering the fray and sinister forces threatening to tear open the gates of Hell, Season 2 looks ready to turn sibling rivalry into an apocalyptic blood feud.

📺 “Summerwater” U.S. Trailer: Hidden Tensions Rise Among Holidaymakers in This Scottish Loch-Side Drama Starring Dougray Scott & Shirley Henderson — Available to Stream Mon, May 25th on Acorn TV in U.S.

A quiet vacation can still make plenty of noise. Adapted from Sarah Moss’ novel, this British ensemble drama follows several families staying at a remote Scottish cabin park, where private struggles, simmering resentments, and fleeting moments of joy unfold against the misty beauty of the loch. With Dougray Scott, Shirley Henderson, Valene Kane, Arnas Fedaravičius, Anna Próchniak, and Daniel Rigby leading the cast, this looks like a slow-burn getaway where everyone brought more baggage than they packed.

📺 “The Roast of Kevin Hart” Teaser: Shane Gillis Hosts Netflix’s Live Comedy Event as Kevin Hart Takes the Hot Seat — Launching Sun, May 10th at 5PM PT Live on Netflix

Kevin Hart has built a career on laughing loud, talking fast, and taking shots at everybody else, so now it’s his turn to sit still and take the heat. Hosted by comedian Shane Gillis, Netflix’s live roast follows the streamer’s blockbuster Tom Brady roast with another celebrity pile-on, this time filmed at the Kia Forum during the final night of Netflix Is a Joke Fest. The lineup is still under wraps, but Hart’s comedy circle runs deep, so expect a long night of brutal jokes, bruised egos, and one very small target with a very big mouth.

📺 “On The Roam: Season 2” Trailer: Jason Momoa Hits the Road Again for More Art, Adventure, and Craftsmanship — Available to Stream Thurs, May 14th on HBO Max

Jason Momoa is back on the road, chasing the kind of stories that don’t fit neatly on a postcard. Created and executive produced by Momoa, Season 2 of this cinematic docuseries follows him across the country as he connects with artists, makers, and friends through craftsmanship, adventure, and a deep love for hands-on creativity. Consider it part travel show, part hangout session, and part ode to the people who still make cool things the hard way.

📺 “We’ll Be Fine” Trailer: A Turkish Drama-Romance Turns Uncontrollable Love Into a Turbulent Emotional Journey — Now Streaming on Hulu/Disney+

This Turkish drama-romance follows Aktan and Lal, two people from different worlds who fall into an impossible, irresistible connection they can’t explain and can’t escape. As their bond grows more passionate and painful, this looks like the kind of romantic drama where love doesn’t fix everything... it reveals every hidden crack underneath.

📺 “The Great American Baking Show: Season 4” Trailer: Hosts Casey Wilson & Andrew Rannells Welcome a New Batch of Bakers to the Tent — Begins Streaming Mon, May 11th on The Roku Channel

Flour, frosting, and fragile egos are heading back into the tent. Hosted by Casey Wilson and Andrew Rannells, this American spin on The Great British Bake Off brings eight aspiring bakers before judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith for another season of sweet victories, soggy bottoms, and dessert-fueled drama. Consider it comfort viewing with a timer, a handshake, and just enough pastry panic to keep things interesting.

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📺 “Man on Fire” Trailer: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Ignites as a Haunted Bodyguard in Netflix’s Gritty Crime Thriller Series — Premieres Thurs, April 30th on Netflix

Fresh from starring in the well-received MCU miniseries Wonder Man, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II heads back to the small screen later this month in another explosive series, trading superpowers for a gritty story about how some heroes are forged in fire.

Based on A. J. Quinnell’s best-selling 1980 crime novel (previously adapted into a 1987 film starring Scott Glenn and, more famously, Tony Scott’s hyper-kinetic 2004 thriller with Denzel Washington), Man on Fire reimagines the story of former Special Forces operative turned bodyguard mercenary John Creasy, with Abdul-Mateen stepping into the role for a new pulse-pounding take.

In this Netflix version, Creasy is a man shaped by violence and weighed down by severe PTSD, searching for some form of redemption. As he tries to step away from that life, he’s hired to protect a wealthy family in Rio de Janeiro. But when the rebellious teenage girl (Billie Boullet, from the Anne Frank miniseries A Small Light) under his watch becomes entangled in a dangerous situation, he’s pulled right back into the chaos he’s been trying to outrun. Now, with a horde of mercenaries closing in, Creasy steps up to become her last line of defense. And he’s a man not only of his word, but of action.

Joining Abdul-Mateen is Alice Braga as Valeria Melo, a street-smart driver with underworld connections, while Scoot McNairy appears as CIA agent Henry Tappan, a calculated presence operating behind the scenes. Bobby Cannavale rounds out the cast as Paul Rayburn, Creasy’s loyal ally who is a former Special Forces soldier whose charm masks a deeper familiarity with violence.

The series is developed by Kyle Killen (creator of NBC’s Awake and co-showrunner of Paramount’s Halo), with filmmaker Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts) directing the first two episodes, setting the tone for a grounded, character-driven thriller that leans into the tension and emotional fallout of a man trying to outrun his past, only to find the fire follows wherever he goes.

Man on Fire is slated to premiere Thursday, April 30th on Netflix.

📺 “The Boroughs” Teaser Trailer: Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Clarke Peters, Denis O’Hare & Bill Pullman Face a Monstrous Threat in Duffer Brothers-Produced Supernatural Horror Series — Premieres Thurs, May 21st on Netflix

In Ron Howard’s classic 1985 sci-fi film Cocoon, a group of elderly residents crosses paths with visiting aliens—a strange encounter that reminds us it’s never too late for a little adventure, and you’re never too old to experience something extraordinary.

Well, the Duffer Brothers, the minds behind the hit Netflix series Stranger Things, have developed a new show that takes that Cocoon concept and twists it into something far less life-affirming and far more life-threatening. Welcome to The Boroughs, a seemingly average retirement community where residents begin to experience something out of the ordinary... like alien-like monsters lurking at night.

Featuring an all-star cast led by Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Clarke Peters, Denis O’Hare, and Bill Pullman, The Boroughs flips that sense of wonder into pure dread. Set in a sun-soaked New Mexico retirement community, the story follows Sam Cooper (Molina), a grieving, grumpy newcomer forced to move into a new home alone after the death of his beloved wife.

Still grappling with that loss, Sam begins to suspect something is deeply wrong with his new surroundings. Sure, the neighbors are friendly, but the people running the place don’t feel quite right. Worse yet, at night, something begins to stir. What others dismiss as elderly confusion soon reveals a darker truth: something otherworldly is preying on the residents… and leaving might not be an option.

Jena Malone, Carlos Miranda, and Seth Numrich round out the cast, with Dee Wallace and Ed Begley Jr. appearing in guest roles.

Created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance), with acclaimed TV helmer Ben Taylor (Sex Education, Catastrophe) directing the first two episodes, the series aims to blend supernatural horror with late-in-life frustration and creeping paranoia. And knowing it’s produced by the creators of Stranger Things, it’s likely to lean into that same mix of eerie mystery and character-driven tension they’re known for.

The Boroughs premieres Thursday, May 21st on Netflix.

📺 “The Terror: Devil in Silver” Trailer: Dan Stevens Is Trapped in a Nightmarish Psychiatric Hospital in Ridley Scott-Produced Supernatural Horror Series — Premieres Thurs, May 7th on AMC+ and Shudder

There’s something especially unsettling about stories set inside institutions; the kind where the walls are meant to protect, but instead start to feel like a trap. That’s the space this latest chapter of The Terror leans into, trading historical trauma for something far more claustrophobic and psychological.

The Terror: Devil in Silver marks the third installment of the Ridley Scott–produced horror anthology series, following 2018’s The Terror, set on a doomed 1820s Arctic expedition, and 2019’s The Terror: Infamy, which unfolded inside a WWII-era Japanese internment camp. Each season shares a defining thread: an unseen evil lurking within the confines of its setting. In this case, it’s a mental hospital, where curing the patients may be the least of anyone’s concerns.

Dan Stevens stars as Pepper, a working-class guy who, thanks to a streak of bad luck and a short fuse, finds himself wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital. What should be a temporary nightmare quickly turns into something far worse, as Pepper realizes that surviving the patients is only part of the problem.

Things soon spiral beyond his control. The staff aren’t exactly trustworthy, the system feels stacked against him, and whispers of something darker begin to take shape in the shadows. Whether it’s paranoia or something real, Pepper starts to believe there’s an entity feeding off the suffering inside the hospital... and getting out may mean confronting it head-on.

Joining Stevens is a stacked ensemble that includes Judith Light, CCH Pounder, Aasif Mandvi, John Benjamin Hickey, Stephen Root, and Marin Ireland, each adding to a world where every face feels like it’s hiding something... and more often than not, they are.

Originally developed by David Kajganich, this new season, however, is spearheaded by TV writer-producer Chris Cantwell (Halt and Catch Fire) alongside author Victor LaValle, adapting his novel into what looks like a slow-burn descent into madness.

Acclaimed filmmaker Karyn Kusama, of The Invitation and Jennifer’s Body fame, directs the first two episodes, setting the tone for a season that turns a hospital into a reflection of just how fragile reality can be. With Ridley Scott continuing on board as an executive producer, the series carries that familiar sense of uneasy dread that has defined The Terror from the start. It’s the kind of horror that aims to get under your skin and refuses to let go.

The Terror: Devil in Silver premieres Thursday, May 7th on AMC+ and Shudder.

📺 “Good Omens: Season 3 (Final Season)” Trailer: Michael Sheen & David Tennant Return for One Last Heavenly Showdown as Armageddon Looms Again — Debuts Wed, May 13th on Prime Video

The end times are back on the calendar... and this time, it’s personal. This mischievous fantasy comedy follows a fussy angel and a fast-talking demon, played by Michael Sheen and David Tennant, as their long-standing friendship is tested once more when Armageddon threatens to finally stick. With a missing Antichrist and Heaven and Hell closing in, the duo is forced into another reluctant partnership, joined by a stacked ensemble including Jon Hamm, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Frances McDormand as the voice of God. Created by Neil Gaiman from the beloved novel with Terry Pratchett, this final chapter leans into cosmic chaos and character-driven charm. Saving the world is hard enough... but doing it without ruining a perfectly good friendship might be impossible.

📺 “Widow’s Bay” New Promo: Matthew Rhys Battles Curses and Small-Town Secrets in Apple’s New Offbeat Horror-Comedy Series — Premieres Tues, April 29th on Apple TV

Matthew Rhys, best known for bringing quiet intensity to The Americans, trades espionage for small-town politics in this eerie coastal tale. He plays a struggling island mayor desperate to revive his fading community with a dark past of buried curses and whispered folklore. As tourists arrive and old legends awaken, he’s forced to confront a town that never believed in him... and may not let him fix it.

📺 “Mating Season” New Trailer: Nick Kroll, Zach Woods & June Diane Raphael Voice Lovelorn Forest Critters in Raunchy Animated Comedy from the ‘Big Mouth’ Team — Premieres Fri, May 22nd on Netflix

Love gets primal in this no-holds-barred animated comedy from the minds behind Big Mouth. Set in a forest where instincts run wild, a group of hormonally driven animals stumble through romance, rejection, and everything in between, with voices from Nick Kroll, Zach Woods, June Diane Raphael, and Sabrina Jalees leading the charge. As hookups spiral and emotions get messy, this wild ensemble proves that finding “the one” might be the most animalistic challenge of all.

📺 “Zorro” First Look Clips: Oscar-winner Jean Dujardin Swings Back Into Action as a Reluctant Hero in This French Comedic Reimagining — Premieres Tues, June 30th on MHz Choice

The mask still fits… more or less. This playful French-language period action-comedy follows a reluctant mayor who dusts off his legendary alter ego to save a crumbling Los Angeles, only to find his heroic double life creating more problems than it solves. French superstar Jean Dujardin, of The Artist fame, dons the Zorro mask and sword alongside Audrey Dana and a lively ensemble, as sword fights, romance, and identity crises collide.

📺 “Tucci in Italy: Season 2” Trailer: Stanley Tucci Returns to Savor New Regions, Culinary Traditions, and Timeless Flavors Across Italy — Premieres Mon, May 11th on NatGeo, Hulu/Disney+

Food tells the story, and Stanley Tucci is ready to listen again. This flavorful travel series follows Tucci as he journeys through five distinct Italian regions, uncovering the culture, history, and identity behind every dish. From Naples to Sicily, each stop serves up new discoveries, debates, and traditions worth savoring.

📺 “Nemesis” Trailer: Matthew Law & Y’lan Noel Face Off as Cop and Master Thief in This High-Stakes Crime Drama from the Producers of STARZ’s ‘Power’ — Premieres Thursday, May 14th on Netflix

Two men, one collision course. This gritty crime drama follows a relentless LAPD detective (Matthew Law) and the elusive thief (Y’lan Noel) he can’t shake, as their cat-and-mouse game spirals into something far more personal. As both men blur the line between right and wrong in their fight for control, survival, and family, the tension keeps building. When obsession takes hold, it’s not about winning... it’s about who cracks first.

📺 “Rivals: Season 2” Trailer: David Tennant & Aidan Turner Return as Power Plays, Scandal, and ‘80s Excess Collide in This Ruthless Period Drama Series — Premieres Fri, May 15th on Hulu/Disney+

Power, passion, and petty revenge... turned all the way up. This ‘80s-era period drama drops us back into the cutthroat battle for a regional TV empire, where David Tennant’s manipulative tycoon tightens his grip while rivals circle for the kill. With Aidan Turner, Alex Hassell, and a stacked ensemble caught in a swirl of affairs, ambition, and bruised egos, the fight for control gets messier by the minute. In an era fueled by excess and ego, winning might cost more than anyone’s willing to pay.

📺 “Amandaland: Season 2” Trailer: Lucy Punch Returns as the Queen of Chaos Navigating Divorce, Teenagers, and Social Survival in This British Comedy Series — Coming Soon on BBC and BBC iPlayer

Divorce, downsizing, and teenage terror... welcome to the next chapter of this sharply observed British comedy. Lucy Punch is back in full force as the ever-delusional social climber trying to reestablish her place in a less-than-glamorous corner of London, with Joanna Lumley looming nearby as her delightfully cutting mother. As old habits meet new realities, this Motherland spin-off doubles down on awkward encounters, class anxieties, and the quiet horror of raising teens who refuse to be managed.

📺 “The Cage” Trailer: Sheridan Smith and Michael Socha Risk It All in This High-Stakes British Casino Crime Series — Premieres Sun, April 26th on BBC and BBC iPlayer

Easy money never stays easy for long. This gritty British crime series follows two casino workers who discover they’re both skimming from the same safe, setting off a chain reaction that pulls them deeper into trouble. With Sheridan Smith and Michael Socha leading the scheme, things spiral fast as a local gangster closes in and the law isn’t far behind. In a game where everyone’s playing to win, the real question is who gets out before the house calls time.

📺 “Mint” Trailer: Emma Laird & Ben Coyle-Larner Ignite a Forbidden Romance Between Rival Crime Families — Premieres Mon, April 20th on BBC and BBC iPlayer

Love doesn’t ask for permission. This crime-tinged drama follows the daughter of a powerful crime family whose world shifts when she falls for a man tied to the opposition. With Emma Laird and Ben Coyle-Larner at the center, passion quickly turns dangerous as loyalties are tested and consequences become unavoidable.

📺 “Little House on the Prairie” Teaser: A New Generation Reimagines the Ingalls Family’s Journey West in Netflix’s Sweeping Frontier Drama Starring Alice Halsey, Luke Bracey & Crosby Fitzgerald — Premieres Thurs, July 9th on Netflix

Home isn’t a place, it’s something you build. This heartfelt reimagining of the classic ’70s series based on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved books follows the Ingalls family as they leave everything behind in search of a new life on the American frontier, where hope and hardship go hand in hand. With Alice Halsey, Luke Bracey, and Crosby Fitzgerald leading the way, the series blends intimate family moments with the unforgiving realities of frontier life. Out on the prairie, survival is never guaranteed... but neither is giving up.

📺 “SkyMed: Season 4” Trailer: Natasha Calis & Morgan Holmstrom Return as New Recruits Shake Up the High-Flying Canadian Medical Drama — Premieres Thurs, May 21st on Paramount+

Set against the remote skies of northern Manitoba, this rugged Canadian medical drama follows seasoned nurses and pilots facing fresh chaos as a new class of rookies enters the fold. With Natasha Calis and Morgan Holmstrom leading a crew built on grit and instinct, every mission tests skill, trust, and nerves under pressure. ’Cause up in the air, there’s no room for second guesses.

📺 “Roosters: Season 2” Trailer: Four Friends Tackle Modern Masculinity and Midlife Chaos in Netflix’s Dutch Comedy — Premieres Wed, May 13th on Netflix

This offbeat Dutch comedy series follows four friends attempting to ditch their cocky ways and embrace a more vulnerable version of themselves, only to find the world isn’t exactly cheering them on. As awkward self-reflection meets everyday chaos, their midlife reset quickly turns into a series of uncomfortable misfires. Turns out, redefining what it means to be a man doesn’t come with a manual.

📺 “Killing Grounds: The Gilgo Beach Murders” Trailer: A Chilling True-Crime Docuseries Reexamines a Decades-Long Mystery as New Revelations Emerge — Premieres Wed, April 22nd on Prime Video

This new true-crime docuseries revisits the haunting discoveries along Gilgo Beach, where multiple victims and years of unanswered questions turned a stretch of shoreline into one of the nation’s most unsettling mysteries. Directed by Emma Cooper, the series digs into the investigation with fresh perspective as recent developments bring long-awaited answers into focus.

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📺 “The Punisher: One Last Kill” Trailer: Jon Bernthal Returns as Frank Castle for a Brutal Marvel One-Shot — Premieres Tues, May 12th on Disney+

The big question hanging over this new season of Daredevil: Born Again is a simple one: where the hell is Frank Castle? In a city slipping into something that looks a lot like a ruthless police state, where masked vigilantes are hunted down and locked away in prison camps, you’d have to imagine Castle has a few thoughts on the matter. At least there must be a really good reason why he has gone quiet. Well, apparently, it’s enough to warrant his own spotlight.

Enter The Punisher: One Last Kill, a Marvel Television Special Presentation that checks in on Frank Castle at a moment when he’s trying, at least on paper, to step away from the life that defined him. The setup is straightforward but loaded with emotional tension and rage: Frank attempts to live without the pull of revenge, only to find himself dragged into a conflict he cannot ignore; one that dredges up the torment of his painful past and the loss of his family far too soon. If there’s one thing we know about Castle, it’s that peace doesn’t tend to last very long as fury is a constant companion.

Jon Bernthal returns as the skull-wearing vigilante, once again walking that razor-thin line between controlled restraint and explosive violence. And if the premise suggests anything, it’s that this version of Frank might be wrestling with something deeper than just another target list. This is a different Frank. He’s much more vulnerable and emotionally fragile as he seems to be dealing with his inner demons.

Acclaimed filmmaker Reinaldo Marcus Green directs and co-writes the special alongside Bernthal himself. It’s a reunion that makes sense: Green and Bernthal previously teamed up on King Richard and HBO’s We Own This City, the latter earning Bernthal some of the strongest reviews of his career for his portrayal of corrupt Baltimore cop Wayne Jenkins. Clearly, the creative shorthand is already there, and this project feels like two very talented artists getting together to play in a Marvel sandbox.

As for where this fits into the bigger Marvel picture, that’s where things get interesting. With Spider-Man: Brand New Day arriving just a month later, and Bernthal already confirmed to appear alongside Tom Holland, the timing raises some obvious questions. Namely: how does Frank Castle cross paths with Peter Parker, and does this special lay the groundwork for that collision?

We’ll find out soon enough when The Punisher: One Last Kill premieres Tuesday, May 12th on Disney+.

📺 “Half Man” Trailer: Baby Reindeer’s Richard Gadd and Jamie Bell Play Fractured Brothers in This Dark, Decades-Spanning British Drama — Premiering Thurs, April 23rd on HBO MAX

If Baby Reindeer proved anything, it’s that Richard Gadd isn’t afraid to dig into the parts of human behavior most people would rather avoid. That series turned personal trauma into something unsettling and intimate. Now, Gadd returns with a story that shifts the focus inward. The focus is now toward makeshift families and the kind of bonds that don’t easily break... until they do. And when they do, so does everything built around them.

In the upcoming HBO limited series Half Man, Gadd stars alongside Jamie Bell (of Rocketman and All of Us Strangers) in a decades-spanning drama about two men bound together by circumstance rather than blood. Gadd’s Ruben and Bell’s Niall grew up as brothers in everything but name. Ruben is fierce, loyal and at times extremely volatile, while Niall has always been quiet and reserved since childhood. But when they reunite years later at a wedding, something feels off. Ruben isn’t the same, and whatever’s changed soon erupts into violence that sends the story spiraling backward through their shared past, tracing the fractures that led them here.

The drama unfolds across 30 years, moving from the 1980s to the present, peeling back layers of loyalty, resentment, and buried trauma. What begins as a story about brotherhood and deep friendship gradually reveals something far more erratic, where emotional dependence and identity blur into something harder to define... and harder to control. Ruben and Niall aren’t just close friends and brothers by marriage but also have shared a long history making them the only people in the world who know how each other is wired. But it’s that intimacy that makes them so dangerous to one another.

Gadd and Bell lead a strong ensemble that includes Stuart Campbell, Mitchell Robertson, Neve McIntosh, Marianne McIvor, and Bilal Hasna, among others. Behind the camera, Alexandra Brodski and Eshref Reybrouck direct, with Gadd also serving as creator, writer, and executive producer.

At this point, Gadd is carving out a lane that feels distinctly his own; one that leans directly into discomfort, vulnerability, and the uneasy truth that the people closest to us can also be the ones who know exactly how to destroy us. With such a willingness to go down some very dark corridors of the human psyche, Gadd is both a performer and writer with the ability to examine personal toxicity and how it relates to identity and connection. If Baby Reindeer was an exploration on how personal trauma can attract troublingly unhinged people in your inner circle, this new series seems to ask, what if those unhinged people happened to become a part of your family.

Half Man is slated to premiere Thursday, April 23rd on HBO MAX.

📺 “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed” Teaser: Tatiana Maslany Spirals Into Blackmail, Murder, and Suburban Chaos in This Darkly Comedic Thriller Series with Jake Johnson — Premiering Wed, May 20th on Apple TV

Count us among those who believe Tatiana Maslany is a true talent. Also count us among those who believe her time spent starring in the She-Hulk series might not have been the best use of her acting chops. But call us crazy, her latest series just might be the role that finally reminds us why she deserves better, as she gets to play in a space that suits her far better than what Marvel had to offer. Here, she’s playing a working mother stifled by obsession and blackmail while barely treading water. In other words, Tatiana Maslany gets to go full Maslany.

In Apple’s upcoming dark comedy thriller Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, Maslany looks like she’s finally been handed a character that lets her chew up scenery in all the best, messiest ways. She plays Paula, a newly divorced mom who’s barely holding it together. Between custody battles, an identity crisis, and the everyday chaos of parenting, she’s already stretched thin. But things take a sharp turn when she becomes convinced she’s witnessed a crime, sending her down a rabbit hole that pulls in blackmail, murder, and—somehow—youth soccer.

From there, things begin to spiral as her personal investigation starts uncovering something much bigger. The deeper Paula digs into the mystery, the more it becomes clear she’s stepped into something far more dangerous than she ever expected. And as she tries to hold her life together, everything around her begins to fall apart.

Maslany is joined by Jake Johnson and Dolly de Leon, with Charlie Hall and Murray Bartlett rounding out the ensemble.

The series hails from creator and showrunner David J. Rosen (Us & Them), with David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, the Halloween reboot franchise) on board to direct and executive produce. That pairing points to a tone that leans into character-driven tension and real danger, with just enough humor to keep the chaos feeling unpredictable.

Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed is due to premiere Wednesday, May 20th on Apple TV.

📺 “M.I.A.” Trailer: A Cartel Massacre Ignites A Young Woman’s Relentless Quest for Payback in This Gritty Miami Crime Series from the Co-Creator of ‘Ozark,’ Starring Shannon Gisela — Premieres Thursday, May 7th on Peacock

South Florida is known for its sunny beaches, gorgeous ocean waters, vibrant culture, and neon-lit party scene. People from around the world flock there to soak it all in. But let’s face it, that doesn’t make for great television. That’s why most shows set in this part of the state lean into its criminal underworld, as South Florida also has a long history tied to drug trafficking. And when there’s blood in the water, revenge is never far behind.

From Ozark co-creator Bill Dubuque, with Dexter veteran Karen Campbell serving as showrunner, M.I.A. is a new Miami-set crime thriller series that taps newcomer Shannon Gisela (in her first major acting role) as Etta Tiger Jonze, a restless young woman stuck in the Florida Keys, dreaming of something bigger across the water. That dream quickly turns into a nightmare when her entire family is slaughtered by the cartel, leaving her with nothing but grief, anger, and a growing list of names.

As she sets off a revenge-driven descent into Miami’s underworld, Etta is forced to adapt fast or disappear. She’s not just running anymore... she’s hunting. And with a dozen targets tied to her family’s destruction, she must navigate a world of shifting alliances and constant danger. Along the way, she finds unlikely allies in Lovely (Brittany Adebumola) and Stanley (Dylan T. Jackson), forming a tight-knit trio that reflects the city itself: a collision of communities, cultures, and survival instincts. It’s a mix that gives the series its own spicy flavor, where every interaction carries risks and every move could be the wrong (and last) one. Just when you thought South Florida couldn’t get any more heated, here comes a woman destined to burn it all down.

Alethea Jones (High Potential, Spider-Noir) directs the opening episodes, setting the tone for what looks like a slick, character-driven crime saga that’s a mix of Miami Vice, Scarface, and Kill Bill.

The cast also includes Cary Elwes as a local detective watching the clues trickle in as Etta blazes a trail of carnage. Elwes is joined by Danay Garcia, Alberto Guerra, Maurice Compte, Gerardo Celasco, and Marta Milans, with guest appearances from Edward James Olmos and Sonia Braga, along with Billy Burke, Loretta Devine, and more.

M.I.A. premieres Thursday, May 7th on Peacock.

📺 “Rick and Morty: Season 9” Trailer: The Multiverse Gets Even Wilder as the Fan-Favorite Duo Returns for More Interdimensional Mayhem — Arriving Sun, May 24th at 11pm on Adult Swim

Back to the chaos... and then some. This new season sends everyone’s favorite mad scientist and his anxious grandson crashing through fresh dimensions, bizarre timelines, and the usual mix of existential dread and ridiculous sci-fi mayhem. With the core family along for the ride, the animated series keeps balancing domestic dysfunction with universe-hopping insanity. Loud, weird, and unapologetically unhinged, this latest batch of episodes promises exactly what fans keep coming back for... just dialed up even further.

📺 “Legends” Trailer: Tom Burke and Steve Coogan Go Undercover in a High-Risk Drug War Operation In This New British Thriller Series Based on a True Story — Premieres Thurs, May 7th on Netflix

In early ’90s Britain, a losing war on drugs pushes authorities to take a radical gamble… sending ordinary people undercover. Tom Burke, Aml Ameen, Tom Hughes, and Hayley Squires star as customs officers pulled from everyday life and thrust into the criminal underworld, operating under the watch of a seasoned handler played by Steve Coogan. With minimal undercover training and no room for error, they must adopt new identities (aka “Legends”) and navigate a dangerous world where one slip could cost them everything. Created by Neil Forsyth, this true-story thriller turns a covert operation into a tense game of survival where the line between who they are and who they pretend to be is as fragile as their cover.

📺 “Lord of the Flies” U.S. Trailer: ‘Adolescence’ Co-Creator Jack Thorne Reimagines Author William Golding’s Teen Survival Classic as a Brutal Power Struggle Among Stranded Schoolboys in This Four-Part Miniseries — Premieres Mon, May 4th on Netflix, U.S.

Featuring an ensemble of young actors including Winston Sawyers, Lox Pratt, and David McKenna, this new television adaptation of British author William Golding’s classic novel follows a group of schoolboys stranded on a remote island, where attempts at order—led by Ralph and the ever-rational Piggy—begin to fracture under pressure. As the boys turn toward hunting and dominance, fear and instinct take over, pulling the group into a chilling descent from structure to savagery. Adapted by Emmy-winner Jack Thorne, of Netflix’s Adolescence and HBO’s His Dark Materials fame, and directed by Marc Munden (Utopia, The Third Day), this tense survival drama strips away innocence to reveal just how quickly rules collapse when no one’s left to enforce them.

📺 “Widow’s Bay” New Promo: Matthew Rhys Confronts a Cursed Coastal Town Where Old Legends Refuse to Stay Buried — Premieres Wed, April 29th on Apple TV

Small town. Big problem. Something in the water. This eerie, offbeat series follows a well-meaning mayor (played by Matthew Rhys) trying to revive a struggling island community, only to discover the locals might be right about the place being cursed. As tourism picks up, so do the strange and terrifying events tied to old folklore, forcing him to face fears he barely understands. Created by Katie Dippold and co-created and directed in part by Hiro Murai, this coastal mystery blends dry humor with creeping dread, where progress comes at a cost the town may not survive.

📺 “Hulk Hogan: Real American” Trailer: The Man Behind the Icon Gets One Final Say in This Unfiltered Wrestling Docuseries — Premieres Wed, April 22nd on Netflix

Before the bandana, the leg drop, and the roar of the crowd, there was just Terry Bollea. This raw, four-part docuseries pulls back the curtain on the larger-than-life wrestling legend through his final interview, revealing the man behind the persona with a mix of reflection, ego, and hard truths. Along the way, voices like Bret “The Hitman” Hart, Kevin Nash, and Linda Hogan help piece together a career that reshaped professional wrestling—from the rise of Hulkamania to the chaos of the nWo era. Packed with rare footage spanning decades in the ring, this behind-the-scenes look reminds us that even the biggest icons eventually have to face who they really are when the spotlight fades.

📺 “4x20: Quick Hits” Trailer: Four Doc Shorts Roll Up a Smoky Celebration of Cannabis Culture Across Film, Media, and Art — Debuts Mon, April 20th (4/20) on Hulu/Disney+

Four stories. Four filmmakers. One very hazy throughline. This laid-back anthology docuseries breaks cannabis culture into four bite-sized films, digging into everything from cult ’80s oddities and the rise of High Times to the legacy of Harold and Kumar and the underground art of glass-blown bongs. With directors like Alex Ross Perry, Brent Hodge, Kyle Thrash, and Todd Kapostasy guiding each chapter (and Jimmy Kimmel executive producing under his Kimmelot banner), this four-part series leans into the weird, funny, and surprisingly influential corners of weed history. Consider it a breezy, smoke-filled crash course in how one plant sparked decades of creativity, controversy, and counterculture.

📺 “Mating Season” Trailer: From the Creators of Big Mouth Comes a New Wild Animated Spin-off About Love, Lust, and Survival in the Animal Kingdom — Debuting Fri, May 22nd on Netflix

Love is messy. Nature makes it messier. This adult animated comedy drops us into a forest full of hormonally charged critters navigating relationships, hookups, and the instinct to reproduce... whether they’re ready or not. With voices from Nick Kroll, Zach Woods, June Diane Raphael, and Sabrina Jalees, and a familiar presence in Maury the hormone monster, the series leans into the same chaotic, unfiltered humor that made Big Mouth a hit. Expect awkward encounters, emotional entanglements, and plenty of animal instincts running the show.

📺 “Tales from the Crypt” Trailer: The Crypt Keeper Returns as Shudder Brings the Iconic ’90s Horror Anthology Back — Begins Streaming May 1st on Shudder

The vault creaks open once again. This beloved ’90s horror anthology returns in full, bringing back the wisecracking Crypt Keeper and a lineup of twisted tales packed with dark humor and gruesome payoffs. Voiced by John Kassir, the iconic host guides viewers through stories where greed, revenge, and bad decisions rarely end well. With all seven seasons rolling out weekly, this cult favorite proves some stories are too good… and too wicked to stay buried.

📺 “Criminal Record: Season 2” Trailer: Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo Reunite as Rival Detectives Face a Deadly Conspiracy in London — Premieres Wed, April 22nd on Apple TV

A murder case pulls them back together... but trust is still in short supply. This second season finds rival detectives June Lenker (Cush Jumbo) and Daniel Hegarty (Peter Capaldi) forced into an uneasy alliance after a fatal stabbing at a political rally sparks a deeper investigation. What begins as a search for a killer quickly escalates into a high-stakes undercover operation tied to a far-right bomb plot threatening London.

📺 “Prisoner” U.K. Trailer: Tahar Rahim and Izuka Hoyle Go on the Run in This New British Action-Thriller Series — Premiering Thurs, April 30th on Sky, U.K.

One prisoner. One officer. No way out but through. This high-stakes British action thriller follows a young transport officer forced into a desperate alliance with a notorious contract killer after their convoy is ambushed. Handcuffed together and hunted by a ruthless crime syndicate, the unlikely pair must navigate a deadly race to reach court alive. Starring Tahar Rahim and Izuka Hoyle, this tense cat-and-mouse ride turns trust into a weapon... and survival into a moral gamble.

📺 “The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek” Trailer: Detectives Return to Track a Nursery Rhyme Killer in This Chilling Danish Sequel Series — Premiering Thurs, May 7th on Netflix

A children’s rhyme becomes a killer’s calling card. This dark Danish crime thriller reunites detectives Mark Hess (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard) and Naia Thulin (Danica Curcic) as they investigate the disappearance (and murder) of a woman tied to a stalking predator who toys with victims before striking. As the case deepens, the pair are pulled back into a tense partnership, complicated by lingering trust issues and past scars. With a killer who watches, waits, and plays games, this eerie sequel to the 2021 series turns a simple rhyme into something deadly.

📺 “Nikki Glaser: Good Girl” Trailer: The Comedian Gets Brutally Honest About Aging, Fame, and Staying Relevant in Her New No-Mercy Stand-Up Special — Premieres Fri, April 24th on Hulu/Disney+

Getting older in Hollywood isn’t for the faint of heart… and comedian Nikki Glaser knows it all too well. In this sharp, no-filter stand-up special, she takes aim at aging, beauty standards, and the absurd pressure to stay desirable in an industry that rarely looks away. Armed with biting honesty and self-aware humor, Glaser leans into uncomfortable truths, turning personal anxieties into laugh-out-loud moments.

📺 “Trevor Noah: Joy in the Trenches” Trailer: Former ‘The Daily Show’ Host Returns to the Stage with a Self-Reflective Stand-Up Special — Debuts Tues, April 14th on Netflix

The world’s a mess... so why not laugh through it? In this sharp, playful stand-up special, comedian and former The Daily Show host Trevor Noah turns everything from social media feuds to therapy sessions into comedy gold, unpacking the chaos of modern life with wit and self-awareness. Blending global perspective with personal reflection, he leans into both the absurd and the honest, finding humor in all the cracks.

📺 “Funny AF with Kevin Hart” Trailer: Comics Battle It Out as Kevin Hart Searches for the Next Stand-Up Superstar — Premieres Mon, April 20th on Netflix

Stand-up isn’t just about being funny, it’s about surviving the room. This high-energy competition series follows comedian Kevin Hart as he travels the country alongside comedy heavyweights, scouting rising talent and putting them through a gauntlet of live performances. With brutal rounds, real stakes, and audience votes deciding the outcome, every set could make or break the next breakout comic.

📺 “My Brother the Minotaur” Trailer: A Mythical Misfit Sets Out to Discover His True Origins in This Family-Friendly Animated Adventure — Premiering Fri, April 24th on Apple TV

Normal is overrated... and this kid’s anything but. This colorful animated series follows a young minotaur raised in the human world who begins dreaming of a past he doesn’t fully understand. With the help of his brother and a tight-knit group of friends, he sets off on a playful, heartfelt journey to uncover where he comes from. This family-friendly animated adventure leans into the idea that figuring out who you are can be the greatest quest of all.

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📺 “Beef: Season 2” Trailer: Oscar Isaac & Carey Mulligan Reunite as a Fractured Couple at the Center of a Country Club Power Struggle in Emmy-Winning Series with Cailee Spaeny, Charles Melton, Youn Yuh-jung & Song Kang-ho — Premieres Thurs, April 16th on Netflix

It’s an Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan reunion!

The two have a track record of playing complicated couples. In Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 neo-noir thriller Drive, Isaac portrayed a husband fresh out of prison who returns home to find his wife (Mulligan) and young son have grown close to their neighbor (Ryan Gosling), a professional getaway driver. In Joel and Ethan Coen’s 2013 1960s folk singer dramedy Inside Llewyn Davis, Mulligan played the pregnant, on-again, off-again girlfriend of Isaac’s struggling musician, pushing him to take responsibility for his life.

Now, 13 years after Inside Llewyn Davis, Isaac and Mulligan are back together once again as a couple in Season 2 of the Emmy-winning Netflix series Beef, but this time navigating a new set of complicated dynamics that might lead to even deeper fractures... or worse, violence.

If season one of Beef was focused on themes of class disparity and socioeconomic tension, season two seems to pivot toward the generational divide between two different couples: one suffering through years of dysfunction and resentment, and the other still in the honeymoon phase of their relationship. Though we imagine class tensions will still play a part, with this season set against the manicured backdrop of an exclusive country club.

Created, written, and partly directed by Lee Sung Jin, who went on to win three Emmys for the series, the show found a sharp, darkly funny way to explore just how far people are willing to go when pushed to the edge. While season one began with a minor road-rage incident, this new season seems to kick off with a moment that feels almost accidental: a young Gen Z couple (played by Wake Up Dead Man’s Cailee Spaeny and Warfare’s Charles Melton) witnesses an intensely personal argument between an older pair (Isaac and Mulligan), where their fight might even turn physical before their presence interrupts it. That single moment sets the stage for another slow-burn escalation where nothing stays quiet for long.

Here, Isaac plays Josh Martín, the general manager of an elite country club, eager to impress his bosses as the club’s elderly billionaire owner (played by Oscar-winning Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung, of Minari) arrives for a high-stakes visit, accompanied by her personal doctor and second husband, played by Parasite star Song Kang-ho. Mulligan plays Josh’s wife, Lindsay, who feels a bit out of her depth as she is forced to show support and put on a strong front, even though her marriage appears to be unraveling behind closed doors.

Josh and Lindsay’s polished facade is put in jeopardy when Austin and Ashley (Melton and Spaeny), a newly married couple and staff members at the country club, accidentally stumble into their private turmoil, setting the stage for a tension-filled season where boiling animosities begin to spill over.

Co-starring William Fichtner, Mikaela Hoover, and K-pop rapper BM, Beef is set to return with Season 2 on Thursday, April 16th, only on Netflix.

📺 “Euphoria: Season 3” New Trailer: Zendaya Returns as Rue Faces New Dangers Beyond High School in Likely Final Chapter of HBO’s Emmy-Winning Drama with Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Maude Apatow & Hunter Schafer — Premieres Sun, April 12th on HBO

Euphoria might go down as one of the most cutting-edge shows in recent memory. Not necessarily because of the subject matter of its stories, although they are pretty provocative, but because of its now-iconic cast. It may ultimately be remembered as the show that launched several of Hollywood’s biggest stars, while also giving them bold material to really showcase what they can do.

As a new third season (likely its final chapter) is set to debut this month, it feels less like a continuation and more like a reunion, catching up with where these characters have landed. Much of that shift comes from the time jump, which moves the story several years ahead, placing everyone firmly beyond their high school years. After all, it’s been about four years since Season 2 premiered, with delays largely tied to the writers’ and actors’ strikes, along with a cast that has since become busier and in high demand.

Series honcho Sam Levinson shapes this new season into a natural evolution, showing how much these characters have changed while still remaining tethered to the trauma and choices that defined them. Zendaya’s Rue is still trying to stay afloat, juggling addiction and mounting debts while attempting to stay clean and hold herself together. But when she crosses paths with a dangerous new figure (played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), she’s pulled deeper into trouble, ultimately landing in Mexico accused of being a drug mule. Meanwhile, her former classmates are facing their own uneasy transitions into adulthood.

Nate (Jacob Elordi) is now running his own construction business, while his new bride, Cassie (Sydney Sweeney), is carving out her own lane as a paid online model—only to drift into darker territory with the help of Maddy (Alexa Demie). Jules (Hunter Schafer), meanwhile, is living a more isolated, upscale life that comes with its own complications, seemingly working as a high-end call girl. On the other end is Lexi (Maude Apatow), now working in the television industry under a demanding boss (played by Sarah Stone). Everyone’s grown... but not necessarily grown out of their bad habits.

Rounding out the cast are newcomers Danielle Deadwyler, Marshawn Lynch, Natasha Lyonne, Rosalía, and Kadeem Hardison, while the late Eric Dane returns one last time as Nate’s father, Cal; a man whose past remains tangled with Jules.

Produced with A24, the series remains one of HBO’s biggest hits, with 25 Emmy nominations and nine wins across its first two seasons. Season 3 premieres Sunday, April 12th on HBO, with episodes streaming weekly on HBO Max. Sure, the setting may have changed... but the instability hasn’t.

📺 “Cape Fear” Teaser: Javier Bardem Steps Into an Iconic Villain Role of Max Cady in Apple’s Modern Reimagining with Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson — Premieres June 5th on Apple TV

When director Martin Scorsese took on the tense 1991 thriller Cape Fear, many critics questioned his decision to revisit a classic like the 1962 original. What could he possibly bring to the story? Well, for one, it delivered one of Robert De Niro’s most unhinged and terrifying performances to date; a truly mesmerizing turn that we’re still quoting today: “Heeeey, counselor! Is that you?”

Max Cady might be one of the most fascinating villains ever put to screen, someone who is justified in feeling wronged by the system that failed him, but also rightly deserves to be put behind bars for the rest of his life. Mainly because he’s a sociopath capable of calculated cruelty. He’s a convicted killer whose own attorney deliberately withheld evidence that could have altered his fate. Now, most movies would stop there, with the attorney deemed a hero for putting a dangerous man behind bars, despite the questionable ethics it took to do so. Cape Fear, on the other hand, puts those ethics on trial, where Max Cady becomes both judge and executioner.

So, it’s such a juicy part. Who could possibly follow what Robert De Niro did in the 1991 version... or even what Robert Mitchum did in the 1962 original? Well, none other than Anton Chigurh—that’s who.

Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem will once again tap into that same dark intensity, this time playing his version of Max Cady for an upcoming Apple TV series, also starring Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson.

Produced by both Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, this modern take on Cape Fear will seemingly follow the same core story: set against a blistering summer in the South, convicted killer Max Cady is released from prison after finding a way to overturn his life sentence. Now setting his sights on defense attorney Tom Bowden (Wilson), whom he believes betrayed him, Cady is extremely deliberate in how he operates within the boundaries of the law to torment and stalk Tom, his wife (Adams), and their teenage child. Things come to a head when Tom makes the decision to take a more aggressive approach to protect his family, triggering a volatile showdown that places everyone in jeopardy.

Created by Nick Antosca (A Friend of the Family, The Act), with filmmaker Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) directing the pilot, the ten-episode thriller draws from both John D. MacDonald’s novel The Executioners and the previous film adaptations, offering a modern reimagining of a classic that shows just how thin the line between justice and revenge can be.

Cape Fear premieres Friday, June 5th on Apple TV.

📺 “Widow’s Bay” Teaser: Matthew Rhys Plays a Mayor Battling Small-Town Curses in Apple’s Darkly Comic Supernatural Series — Premieres Wed, April 29th on Apple TV

Every small town has its charming history. But sometimes that charm hides something far darker than anyone would want to admit. But for a mayor looking to boost its tourism, it’s going to be a major problem if the town has a sinister reputation to shake.

That’s the issue Matthew Rhys is facing in this new Apple original series Widow’s Bay, a darkly comic supernatural series set on a foggy island off the New England coast, where a small-town community is struggling as it grapples with bad rumors and local legends that might not be that far from the truth.

Rhys, who is mostly known for his dramatic work in such shows as The Americans, Perry Mason, and The Beast in Me, gets to show off some of that dry wit as Mayor Tom Loftis, a well-meaning but outmatched local official determined to revive the town by turning it into a tourist hotspot, despite one major problem: the island has no Wi-Fi, barely any signal, and a reputation for being cursed.

Against the warnings of locals who know better, Loftis pushes forward with his plan... and somehow, it works. Visitors start arriving, bringing new life (and money) into the town. But the moment things begin to look up, the stories everyone dismissed as superstition start to prove themselves very real, turning this seaside getaway into a nightmare.

Co-created by comic screenwriter Katie Dippold (The Heat, Haunted Mansion) and co-created and partly directed by Hiro Murai (Barry, The Bear), the series leans into a mix of offbeat humor and creeping horror, balancing civic ambition with supernatural mayhem. Rhys leads a strong ensemble that includes Kate O’Flynn, Stephen Root, Kevin Carroll, Kingston Rumi Southwick, and Dale Dickey, all navigating a small New England town where supernatural forces might know the island better than its residents.

With additional episodes directed by filmmakers Ti West (Pearl, MaXXXine), Andrew DeYoung (Friendship), and Sam Donovan, Widow’s Bay is slated to premiere Wednesday, April 29th on Apple TV.

📺 “Amadeus” U.S. Trailer: Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany Ignite a Legendary Rivalry Fueled by Genius, Jealousy, and Obsession in This New British Miniseries — Streaming May 8th on STARZ

More than 40 years after director Miloš Forman’s classic Amadeus, a new British miniseries revisits the volatile world of Mozart and Salieri... where genius dazzles, but envy cuts deeper. Like the 1984 film, this leans into the dark, often satirical side of fame, exploring how talent, ego, and insecurity collide in a world that doesn’t always reward brilliance.

Will Sharpe (The White Lotus: Season 2) plays Mozart as a bold, volatile force arriving in Vienna hungry for freedom and recognition, while Paul Bettany (WandaVision, Avengers) brings a simmering intensity to Salieri, a devout composer and the King-appointed court musician, shaken by the realization that Mozart’s talent may be both a divine gift and his personal torment. Created and written by Joe Barton (Giri/Haji, The Lazarus Project), this marks a new take on the 1979 stage play that inspired the Oscar-winning film. Some geniuses inspire awe. Others invite ire.

📺 “Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic Special” Trailer: HBO Goes Behind the Scenes of Its New Harry Potter Series — Premieres Sun, April 5th on HBO MAX

Crafting movie magic takes more than spells. It takes time, vision, and a team of talented artists working behind the scenes. Months before HBO unveils its highly anticipated Harry Potter series (set to debut in December), the network will release this behind-the-scenes special, offering an inside look at the cast and crew bringing the beloved wizarding world to the small screen, and revealing the detail and care behind every wand wave and set piece. From early design to on-set execution, the journey shows how imagination becomes reality ahead of the series’ debut. Before the story begins, the magic needs to be made first.

📺 “Kevin” Trailer: Jason Schwartzman Voices a Lost Cat Finding Purpose in Aubrey Plaza’s Offbeat Animal Comedy — Debuts Mon, April 20th on Prime Video

Nine lives and one identity crisis. Jason Schwartzman trades quiet neurosis for feline confusion as the voice of a housecat suddenly uprooted by his owners’ breakup in this new animated comedy series co-created by Parks and Recreation star Aubrey Plaza and Emmy-nominated writer-comedian Joe Wengert (Big Mouth). After a messy split leaves him without a home, a pampered cat named Kevin (Schwartzman) lands in a Queens pet rescue, where a chaotic crew of misfit animals forces him to rethink everything he thought he wanted. Featuring voices from Whoopi Goldberg, Aparna Nancherla, Gil Ozeri, Amy Sedaris, John Waters, and Plaza herself, this offbeat comedy leans into existential dread with claws out and humor intact. Sometimes losing your home is the first step toward finding it again.

📺 “Ramy Youssef: In Love” Trailer: The Comedian Blends Heart, Humor, and Honest Reflection in His Latest HBO Stand-Up Special — Premieres Fri, April 17th on HBO MAX

Comedian Ramy Youssef returns to the stage with his signature mix of sincerity and sharp wit, turning everyday anxieties into something both funny and unexpectedly heartfelt. Filmed in an intimate Chicago venue, he dives into marriage, religion, AI, and life as a dog dad, engaging the crowd with a loose, conversational energy. Blending personal reflection with playful honesty, this stand-up set aims to find humor in the messiness of modern life where even the heaviest questions can land with a laugh.

📺 “Avatar: The Last Airbender: Season 2” Behind-the-Scenes Promo: New Allies, New Powers, and a Growing War Take Shape — Arriving Thurs, June 25th on Netflix

Victory is only the beginning… and the war is far from over. Take a behind-the-scenes look at the highly anticipated second season of Netflix’s hit adaptation of the beloved anime series, as a young cast grows more confident and more connected to their characters (and each other) while stepping into a bigger, bolder chapter of the saga.

📺 “Big Mood: Season 2” Trailer: Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West Navigate Love, Chaos, and a Very Unwelcome New Rival in This British Dark Comedy Series — Premieres Thurs, April 16th on TUBI

A year of silence shatters when one half of this chaotic duo crashes back into the other’s life, only to find a relentlessly upbeat spiritual healer already filling the void. Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan and It’s a Sin’s Lydia West slip right back into the push-and-pull of a bond built on dysfunction, loyalty, and emotional whiplash, with creator Camilla Whitehill leaning into the awkward truths of growing apart. Some friendships evolve... others fight like hell to stay exactly the same.

📺 “Twenty Twenty Six” U.K. Trailer: Hugh Bonneville Heads to Miami as ‘Director of Integrity’ in This World Cup Spoof — Available on Wed, April 8th on BBC & iPlayer

Bureaucracy meets the world’s biggest stage. This six-part British mockumentary comedy follows the chaotic inner workings behind planning the 2026 FIFA World Cup, where good intentions, bad decisions, and endless meetings threaten to derail everything. A follow-up to the spoof Twenty Twelve, Hugh Bonneville returns as Ian Fletcher, now the “Director of Integrity,” navigating a fresh wave of dysfunction alongside familiar faces and new recruits, with David Tennant back as the ever-dry narrator. The stakes are global... yet, the margin for error somehow feels even smaller.

📺 “Full Swing: Season 4” Trailer: Golf’s Biggest Moments and Rising Stars Build Toward a Historic Ryder Cup — Premieres Fri, April 17th on Netflix

This behind-the-scenes sports docuseries tracks a pivotal season in professional golf, from a historic Masters run to a dramatic U.S. Open comeback and a career-defining FedExCup victory. Rising stars and seasoned veterans chase legacy and momentum as the road leads to a high-stakes showdown at Bethpage Black for the Ryder Cup. In a game measured by inches, every shot carries the weight of history.

📺 “Ronaldinho: The One and Only” Trailer: A Brazilian Prodigy’s Rise to Global Soccer Icon Takes Center Stage — Premieres Thurs, April 16th on Netflix

Brazilian football (soccer) star Ronaldinho takes center stage in this new sports docuseries charting his rise from prodigy to global icon, turning street football into a worldwide spectacle and dazzling fans with creativity, flair, and a smile that defined a generation. Through career highs, global fame, and the pressures that follow, his story unfolds with the same imagination that shaped his game. Some players win titles. Others simply leave a legacy that transcends them.

📺 “Game of Thrones: 15th Anniversary” Promo: HBO Celebrates 15 Years of Battles, Betrayals, and Bloodshed

This April marks the 15th anniversary of the groundbreaking medieval fantasy epic adapted from George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. HBO is celebrating 15 years of Westeros all month long, with whispers of a new Game of Thrones project possibly on the horizon. It’s the perfect time to revisit every battle. Every betrayal. Every death. All hail to the game that changed everything.

📺 “American Gladiators” Trailer: 24 Contenders Battle 16 Gladiators in This High-Impact Competition Revival — Debuts Fri, April 17th on Prime Video

Strength, speed, and stamina take center stage in this high-impact competition revival where everyday contenders step into the arena to face off against larger-than-life warriors. Twenty-four competitors push their limits through punishing events (Joust, Powerball, and The Wall), each designed to break both body and will. Every episode builds toward a brutal Eliminator round that decides who survives and who gets sent home. With $100,000 and ultimate bragging rights on the line, this throwback showdown proves some battles are still won the hard way.

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📺 “Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85” New Trailer: The Duffer Brothers Rewind to Winter 1985 With an All-New Animated Spinoff Packed With Monsters, Mystery, and a Lot of ’80s Vibes — Premiering Thurs, April 23rd on Netflix

Just when we thought Netflix was done with Stranger Things, along come the inevitable spinoffs. This time, it’s an all-new animated series that returns to the town of Hawkins and unfolds during the winter break between Seasons 2 and 3. And if the show’s finale was set in November 1987, this rewinds the clock back two years to when the Hawkins gang were still a bit younger and a lot more naive about the Upside Down.

Harkening to the style and energy of classic ’80s Saturday morning cartoons, this animated throwback finds Eleven, Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Will, and Max still balancing friendship, D&D, and the illusion of normalcy. But of course, this is Hawkins, and normal never lasts long. Just beneath the frozen surface, something new is stirring… something that suggests the danger never really left.

With showrunner Eric Robles (of Nickelodeon’s Fanboy & Chum Chum and Glitch Techs) at the helm and the Duffer Brothers producing, the animated series seems to be leaning into ’80s nostalgia while also hinting at a darker undercurrent as the kids get pulled into another monster-filled mystery that feels smaller in scale but just as unsettling.

Between snowball fights and winter hijinks, the Hawkins crew may think they’re catching a break. But in this town, even a quiet season comes with a chilling catch.

Produced by Flying Bark Studios and featuring an all-new voice cast of young actors taking on the lead roles, Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 is slated to premiere Thursday, April 23rd on Netflix.

📺 “Running Point: Season 2” Trailer: Kate Hudson Returns to Face Family Power Plays and Championship Pressure in Netflix’s Basketball Comedy Series — Premiering Thurs, April 23rd on Netflix

Fresh off her Oscar nomination for her lead performance in the musical drama Song Sung Blue, Kate Hudson returns to more familiar territory, reprising her role as the ever-driven Isla Gordon in Season 2 of Netflix’s Running Point.

Executive produced by Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, the comedy series is a wildly exaggerated fictional take on Buss’s life as a woman raised in a basketball dynasty who had to prove she was more than capable of taking over the family’s business as the team’s new president.

In Season One, Hudson’s Isla Gordon, a reformed socialite, found herself thrust into the top job of the professional basketball team, the Los Angeles Waves, after her older brother was pushed out following a public scandal. Stuck in the shadow of her famous father and second-guessed by her own brothers, Isla pushed past public skepticism to prove she was more than just a temporary fix.

Now heading into Season Two, Isla is no longer the surprise choice. She’s the one firmly under the spotlight. With the franchise finally steadying after last season’s fallout, she’s determined to prove she deserves the job, even as her brother Cam (Justin Theroux) quietly begins maneuvering for a comeback behind the scenes.

As power struggles heat up within both the organization and her own family, Isla must juggle boardroom politics, locker room egos, and the pressure of chasing a championship, all while navigating a family dynamic where loyalty rarely lasts and winning tends to smooth over everything.

Scott MacArthur, Drew Tarver, and Fabrizio Guido return as the Gordon siblings, while Brenda Song’s Ali, Isla’s best friend and the team’s chief of staff, may be eyeing ambitions of her own this time around. Meanwhile, players like Toby Sandeman’s Marcus Winfield and Chet Hanks’ unpredictable Travis Bugg keep the on-court drama just as volatile.

From executive producers and co-creators Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, and David Stassen, Running Point: Season 2 premieres Thursday, April 23rd on Netflix.

📺 “Unchosen” Trailer: A Devoted Wife Faces a Crisis of Faith When a Fugitive Outsider Disrupts Her Religious Community in This British Psychological Thriller Starring Molly Windsor, Asa Butterfield, Fra Fee & Christopher Eccleston — Premiering Tues, April 21st on Netflix

Community is something one might take for granted, until you realize just how much it can shape your entire world. Sure, a community can offer safety, belonging, even a sense of purpose. But it can also come at the cost of freedom and self-autonomy. And sometimes, it takes an outsider to show you just how much you’ve given up to stay within it. Add religion to the mix, and what once felt like a simple circle of friends and family can become something far more complicated… maybe even a psychological cage you don’t realize you’re living in.

That’s exactly the space Unchosen operates in, a new British thriller series from creator Julie Gearey (Intergalactic, Prisoners Wives) that drops us inside a cloistered religious sect where faith isn’t just a way of life… it’s the rulebook.

At the center is Rosie, played by Molly Windsor (Three Girls), a devoted wife and mother whose world begins to quietly unravel when an outsider arrives, asking for help and salvation. What begins as a portrait of structured devotion soon shifts into something far more uneasy. Rosie’s marriage to her husband Adam (played by Sex Education’s Asa Butterfield) is already showing signs of strain, but the arrival of a mysterious stranger named Sam (Fra Fee, from Hawkeye and Rebel Moon) throws everything into sharper focus. As Rosie starts to notice the cracks in the system she once trusted, her growing connection to Sam begins to complicate everything she thought she believed. But when it’s revealed that Sam is a wanted fugitive on the run, Rosie spirals into a deeply personal crisis of faith that threatens to unravel everything she thought she knew.

The six-episode series is directed by British TV helmers Jim Loach (Criminal Record, Save Me) and Philippa Langdale (A Discovery of Witches, Dickensian), each taking on three episodes, with Gearey writing and executive producing. The series leans into a growing sense of control slipping away, both within the community and behind closed doors at home.

Acclaimed actor Christopher Eccleston (The Leftovers, Doctor Who) also stars as the community’s authoritative preacher, with Happy Valley alum Siobhan Finneran rounding out the cast as his wife. If the trailer is any indication, this isn’t an indictment on religion per se, but rather a look at how faith can be weaponized to control... and how fragile some communities can be when that control is challenged.

Unchosen debuts Tuesday, April 21st on Netflix.

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📺 “The Old Stories: Moses” Trailer: Sir Ben Kingsley Brings Moses to Life in This ‘House of David’ Prequel Miniseries — Coming This Spring to Wonder Project

Before kings, there were prophets… and a story that changed everything. Sir Ben Kingsley steps into sacred ground as Moses in this sweeping three-part biblical drama, bringing gravitas to the story of a reluctant prophet called to lead his people to freedom. Opposite him, The Handmaid’s Tale’s O-T Fagbenle plays Pharaoh, a powerful force resisting that destiny. From exile in Midian to the burning bush and the parting of the Red Sea, this companion to Amazon’s biblical series House of David charts a journey defined by faith, doubt, and defiance.

📺 “Man on Fire” Sneak Peek: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Stars as a PTSD-Stricken Mercenary Pulled Back Into Violence in This Gritty Action Series — Premiering Thurs, April 30th on Netflix

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II steps into the fire as a battle-scarred mercenary struggling to outrun his past in this gritty action thriller based on A. J. Quinnell’s book series. As John Creasy, he’s a former Special Forces operator haunted by PTSD, trying to rebuild a life that won’t stay quiet for long. When a young woman is kidnapped, he’s pulled back into the chaos he knows best. Watch Abdul-Mateen flex those instincts in this early clip from the Netflix series.

📺 “If Wishes Could Kill” Teaser: Korean Teens Face a Deadly Wish-Granting App in This New Korean Horror Series — Premieres Fri, April 24th on Netflix

One app. Five wishes. And a countdown no one can stop. This chilling Korean horror series follows a group of high school students who discover a mysterious app that grants their desires… then predicts their deaths. Jeon So-young, Kang Mi-na, and Baek Sun-ho star as the teens racing to uncover the truth before time runs out. In this game, getting what you want might be the worst thing that can happen.

📺 “Star City” Teaser: Apple Expands the ‘For All Mankind’ Universe with a Soviet-Side Moon Race Thriller Starring Rhys Ifans — Premieres Fri, May 29th on Apple TV

The space race looks very different from the other side of the Iron Curtain. Set within the For All Mankind universe, this upcoming alt-history thriller follows Soviet cosmonauts, engineers, and intelligence operatives as they push toward a historic lunar victory while navigating secrecy, ambition, and mounting political pressure. Rhys Ifans leads the ensemble, with Anna Maxwell Martin and Agnes O’Casey caught in a system where success comes at a steep cost. From executive producers Ronald D. Moore, Ben Nedivi, and Matt Wolpert, this series asks what it really took to win the race to the Moon.

📺 “Widow’s Bay” New Promo: A Struggling Mayor Awakens a Town’s Dark Past in Katie Dippold’s Quirky Horror-Comedy Series with Matthew Rhys — Premieres Wed, April 29th on Apple TV

Some small towns carry deep histories… and even darker shadows. This horror-comedy follows a struggling island mayor (Matthew Rhys) attempting to revive his fading community as a tourist destination, only to awaken something far worse than bad publicity. Also starring Kate O’Flynn, Stephen Root, and Dale Dickey, and from creator Katie Dippold (The Heat, Haunted Mansion), this offbeat series mixes supernatural dread with deadpan humor. Get a glimpse of the show’s dry, offbeat charm in the new promo above.

📺 “SisterS: Season 2” Trailer: Sarah Goldberg & Susan Stanley Reunite as Long-Lost Siblings Facing Family Secrets and Emotional Fallout in This Irish-Canadian Dramedy — Premieres Wed, April 22nd on Acorn TV

This Irish-Canadian dramedy follows two women—one from Canada, the other from Ireland—who discover they’re half-sisters and set out on a road trip to find their elusive, alcoholic father. Co-creators and co-stars Sarah Goldberg and Susan Stanley return for a second season, as their uneasy reunion pushes them to confront infertility, illness, and the emotional fallout they’ve been carrying.

📺 “Secret Service” Trailer: Gemma Arterton Uncovers a High-Level Russian Asset Inside British Government in This Tense MI6 Thriller Series — Coming Soon

Power, secrets, and a threat hiding in plain sight. It’s just the normal life of being a spy. This tense espionage thriller stars Gemma Arterton as a senior MI6 officer who uncovers evidence that a high-ranking British politician may be working as a Russian asset. Also starring Rafe Spall, Roger Allam, and Alexander Terentyev, and written and executive produced by Tom Bradby and Jemma Kennedy, this five-part British drama delves into paranoia, politics, and the cost of knowing too much.

📺 “Devil May Cry: Season 2” Teaser: Half-Demon Gunslinger Dante Gets Caught Between DARKCOM and a Revenge-Fueled Terrorist in Adi Shankar’s High-Octane Animated Series — Premieres Tues, May 12th on Netflix

Hell is breaking loose! In this blood-soaked animated action series, a wisecracking half-demon gun-for-hire is hunted by a secret government task force while battling a revenge-driven terrorist bent on wiping out humanity. Johnny Yong Bosch leads the voice cast, joined by Scout Taylor-Compton, Hoon Lee, and the late, great Kevin Conroy, as showrunner Adi Shankar delivers stylish, high-octane anime mayhem where choosing sides becomes inevitable.

📺 “Bridgerton: Season 5” Now-in-Production Announcement: A New Chapter of Love and Loss Unfolds in a Groundbreaking Season Led by Hannah Dodd and Masali Baduza — Coming Soon

Love once again gets a second chance in high society. Netflix’s hit romantic period series returns as a widowed noblewoman cautiously steps back into the marriage market, only to find her heart pulling her in an unexpected direction. Hannah Dodd and Masali Baduza lead this new season as Lady Francesca (Bridgerton) Stirling and Lady Michaela Stirling, two women bound by shared grief who find themselves drawn into a growing connection that challenges duty, desire, and expectation. Now in production, this new season marks the series’ first same-sex central romance.

📺 “Hooligans: The ARCH Racing Project with Keanu Reeves and Gard Hollinger” Teaser: Reeves Trades Hollywood for High-Speed Racing in This Motorcycle Docuseries — Premiering Summer 2026 on Samsung TV Plus

Keanu Reeves trades in movie sets for the racetrack in this six-part docuseries, bringing his real-world passion for motorcycles front and center. Alongside ARCH co-founder Gard Hollinger, he shifts from crafting custom machines to testing them in the unforgiving world of professional racing. As the pressure mounts, the duo must prove their custom-built bikes can compete with motorsport’s elite.

📺 “Untold: Jail Blazers” Trailer: Netflix’s Latest Documentary Installment Revisits the Rise and Fall of the Early 2000s Portland Trail Blazers — Premieres Tues, April 14th on Netflix

As part of Netflix’s Untold series, this sports documentary revisits the early 2000s Portland Trail Blazers, a powerhouse roster stacked with talent whose off-court controversies threatened to overshadow their on-court success. Through interviews and archival footage, this latest installment examines how media scrutiny, personal struggles, and public perception turned a promising team into one of the NBA’s most infamous eras. Sometimes the real story unfolds far from the hardwood.

📺 “Untold: The Shooting at Hawthorne Hill” Trailer: A Trainer-Student Feud Turns Deadly in This Shocking Equestrian True-Crime Documentary — Premieres Tues, April 21st on Netflix

One lesson. One feud. And one moment that changed everything. As part of Netflix’s Untold series, this twisty true-crime documentary follows a retired Olympic equestrian trainer and his new dressage student as their relationship unravels from mentorship into accusations and rising tension. As things escalate, their carefully controlled world begins to fracture, leading to 911 calls, cryptic social media posts, and claims of spying. The conflict ultimately erupts into a shocking act of violence and a trial that shook the equestrian world.

📺 “Should I Marry A Murderer?” Trailer: A Fiancée Goes Undercover to Expose the Man She Loves in This Chilling True-Crime Docuseries — Premieres Wed, April 29th on Netflix

She said yes… to a man accused of murder. This true-crime docuseries follows a fiancée who remains engaged while secretly helping build the case against him. As she gathers evidence from the inside, the line between devotion and deception begins to blur. Who says marriage has to be a life sentence?

📺 “Flunked” Trailer: Alexandre Kominek Goes Undercover as a Teacher to Track Down a Criminal’s Child in This Offbeat French Crime Series from Lupin co-creator François Uzan — Premieres Thurs, April 23rd on Netflix

One criminal. One classroom. And one very bad cover story. This offbeat French series drops a math whiz turned small-time crook into a school where his mission is to pose as a teacher and sniff out the child of a major criminal. Alexandre Kominek leads the scheme, alongside Laurence Arné and Leslie Medina, in a series from Lupin co-creator François Uzan that mixes sharp humor with undercover hijinks.

📺 “The House of the Spirits” Trailer: A Multi-Generational Family Saga Unfolds Amid Love, Secrets, and Revolution in This Spanish-Language Series Based on Isabel Allende’s Acclaimed Bestseller — Premieres Wed, April 29th on Prime Video

One family. Four generations. And a legacy forged in love and revolution. Featuring Alfonso Herrera, Dolores Fonzi, and Nicole Wallace, this sweeping Spanish-language series follows three generations of women navigating passion, power, and political upheaval in a changing South American nation. With Eva Longoria producing, this first-ever adaptation of Isabel Allende’s acclaimed novel traces secrets and loyalties that echo across decades. In a world where history repeats itself, some families must adapt to survive.

📺 “World War II With Tom Hanks” Trailer: A Powerful Documentary Series Offers a Definitive Look at the War That Shaped the Modern World — Premieres Mon, May 25th on History Channel

With Tom Hanks guiding the journey as narrator and host, this sweeping documentary series revisits World War II through its defining battles, human cost, and the hidden forces of espionage, codebreaking, and industrial power that shaped its outcome. It offers a wide-ranging look at one of history’s most devastating conflicts.

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