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Netflix has announced which Bridgerton sibling will lead the upcoming fourth season of Bridgerton. The series turns its focus to bohemian second son Benedict, played by Luke Thompson. Despite his elder and younger brothers both being happily married, Benedict is loath to settle down — until he meets a captivating Lady in Silver at his mother’s masquerade ball.
Season two of Pachinko premieres August 23 on Apple TV+. Based on the novel of the same name, the series is a sweeping and deeply moving story of love and survival across four generations, told through the eyes of remarkable matriarch, Sunja. In season two, parallel stories pick up in Osaka in 1945, where Sunja is forced to make dangerous decisions for her family’s survival during World War II, and in Tokyo in 1989, where Solomon explores new, humble beginnings. The eight episodes season will continue to be told in three languages – Korean, Japanese and English.
MTV has renewed Caught in the Act: Unfaithful for a third season, set to premiere in the Fall. The series tracks Tami Roman as she sets out on a mission to empower suspicious lovers to catch their cheating partners in the act. Once the investigation is complete, the suspicious lover can choose to team up with their partner’s other lover or take them both down in an undercover ambush. The new season will delve into complex relationships, rewrite the rules of love, put marriages to the test, explore sexual identities, and help couples move on together or apart.
Are You Sure?! premieres on Disney+ August 8. The eight part series will give a deeper look into BTS members Jimin and Jung Kook’s undeniable chemistry and endearing friendship as they bond over a variety of unforgettable moments throughout the trip immersing in different cultures, exploring various action-packed activities, and trying out local cuisines.
The eleven episode final season of What We Do in the Shadows premieres on FX October 21 with the first three episodes. The series documents the nightly exploits of vampire roommates Nandor, Laszlo, Nadja, and Colin Robinson as they navigate the modern world of Staten Island with the help of their former familiar and current human friend, Guillermo as well as their vampire bureaucrat acquaintance, The Guide. After a very brief stint as a full-blown vampire, Guillermo is re-evaluating his life. Who is he if not a familiar who will do anything to please his Master in hopes of one day being turned into a vampire? Meanwhile, the vampires are reevaluating, too. When their former roommate reappears after a 50-year nap, they realize how little they’ve done in half a century – not one goal accomplished, not one dream pursued, not one part of the New World conquered (except for their street and part of Ashley Street). Nandor, Nadja, Laszlo, Colin and Guillermo will enter the workforce, visit New Hampshire, go to a human dinner party, fête The Baron and conjure a demon – all while trying to find their place and their purpose in this crazy, mixed-up world.
Beginning Thursday, July 25, the Big Brother Wednesday and Thursday (original) editions will move to 8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT. The Sunday (original) editions will remain at 9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT. Beginning Friday, Aug. 16, Let’s Make a Deal Primetime Specials (originals) will move to 8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT, Lingo (originals) will air at 9:00-10:00 PM. Blue Bloods encore episodes will remain at 10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT.
Josh Charles has been cast in the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale. He will be a series regular in the sixth season of the hulu series. The series will air in 2025.
Lucy Lawless is set to appear in the upcoming new Spartacus series Spartacus: House of Ashur. The series will be a history-bending, erotic, thrilling, roller-coaster experience that builds on everything that made the original series a colossal hit. The series poses the question: what if Ashur, played by fan favorite Nick Tarabay, hadn’t died on Mount Vesuvius at the end of Spartacus: Vengeance? And what if he had been gifted the gladiator school once owned by Batiatus in return for aiding the Romans in killing Spartacus and putting an end to the slave rebellion?
Juliana Aidén Martinez has joined the cast of Law & Order: SVU. She will play a new detective in season 26 of the NBC series. Kevin Kane who has been with the show since season 24 has also been promoted to series regular.
The English dub of The Unwanted Undead Adventurer will premiere July 24 on Crunchyroll. Rentt Faina has hunted monsters for the last 10 years. Sadly, he’s not great at his job, stuck hunting slimes and goblins for a few coins each day. His luck turns when he finds an undiscovered path. At the path’s end, he meets his demise in the maw of a legendary dragon. But, he wakes up as an undead bag of bones! He sets out to achieve Existential Evolution and rejoin the land of the living.
The Influencer premieres August 6 on Netflix. Influence determines your value and authority, and relevance leads to money. Who can wield their influence and become a viral sensation in this fierce competition for social media superiority? 77 influencers play for social media survival.
Terror Tuesday: Extreme premieres August 20 on Netflix. Based on the haunting true stories told on a famous radio show, the new horror series will bring eight stories to the screen directed by eight directors in eight episodes of extreme terror with an incredible cast that will give you a series of unexpected fear.
Season two of Represent premieres August 29 on Netflix. Stéphane Blé’s presidency is off to a rocky start as he faces death threats, protests, international gaffes and some troublesome domestic affairs.
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist premieres September 5 on Peacock. Based on the acclaimed iHeart true-crime podcast, the series follows the infamous story of how an armed robbery on the night of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight changed not only one man’s life but ultimately transformed Atlanta into the “Black Mecca.” When a hustler named Chicken Man hosts an afterparty to celebrate the fight with a guest list of the country’s wealthiest, the night ends with the most brazen criminal underworld heist in Atlanta’s history. Suspected of masterminding the crime, Chicken Man is hellbent on clearing his name but must convince his old adversary, J.D. Hudson, one of the first Black detectives in the city’s desegregated police force, who is tasked with bringing those responsible to justice.
Pulang Araw premieres July 26 on Netflix. Four childhood friends Adelina, Teresita, Hiroshi and Eduardo navigate through World War II together. But their friendship is put to the test when the Japanese occupy the Philippines.
Production on Netflix’s young adult series Olympo has begun. The country’s best athletes train at the Pirineos High Performance Center, such as Amaia, the captain of the national synchronized swimming team who demands only the best from herself and does not allow any mistakes. But when her teammate and best friend Núria outstrips her for the first time, Amaia realizes that some athletes are inexplicably improving their performance… After years of pushing their bodies to the limit and sacrificing their lives for the sport, they face a dilemma: how far are they willing to go?
Season two of Rana Naidu is now filming. The series, which propelled on-screen father-and-son duo Rana and Naga Naidu into the limelight, promises even more adrenaline-pumping drama in the upcoming season. Adding to the simmering tension and magnetic charisma of the ensemble cast, Arjun Rampal joins the powerhouse pairing of Rana Daggubati and Venkatesh Daggubati in Season 2. With his brooding good looks and commanding presence, Rampal’s role is set to raise the stakes in this action-packed drama of family feuds and follies.
Docuseries Cowboy Cartel premieres on Apple TV+ August 2. The series is the unbelievable true story of unlikely hero Scott Lawson, a rookie FBI agent from rural Tennessee whose investigation took down the Treviño brothers, the leaders of Los Zetas, one of the most powerful cartels in Mexico. While the Treviños terrorized thousands in their pursuit of power, money and influence, Lawson risked his life on a hunch: tracking their brother’s racehorse transactions in the United States, infiltrating the deadly cartel and uncovering their international money laundering operations. It features first-time interviews with FBI agent Lawson, who broke the case; IRS agent Steve Pennington; Irving police officers Steve Junker, Brian Schutt and Kim Williams; Assistant United States Attorney Doug Gardner; Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Ginger Thompson; and Joe Tone, the author of “Bones: Brothers, Horses, Cartels, and the Borderland Dream.”
Season two of Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World premieres July 24 on Crunchyroll. For years, a great war has raged on between the scientifically advanced Empire and a paradise of witches known as the Nebulis Sovereignty. This age-old battle sets the scene for a fateful encounter between two young combatants: an imperial swordsman, Iska, and the witch princess, Aliceliese. As sworn enemies, they vow to cut each other down in order to unite their worlds, and yet Iska finds himself entranced by her beauty and righteousness, while Aliceliese is moved by his strength and resolve. In the midst of a never-ending war that forbids them from being together, they have no choice but to destroy each other—or can they find another way?
