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Conan O’Brien will host the 97th Oscars. It will be O’Brien’s first time hosting the broadcast which will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PST, with the official live red carpet show airing at 6:30 p.m. EST/3:30 p.m. PST. It will be held at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.
Doctor Who returns for an all new Christmas special next month on Disney+. The episodes, titled “Joy to the World” will see the return of the Fifteenth Doctor, played by Ncuti Gatwa. The special will also feature Nicola Coughlan.
Season three of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test premieres January 8 on Fox. The series will air two hour episodes over the course of five weeks. Each episode features household names enduring some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process. This time around, the recruits will be training in Wales, the home of British Special Forces Selection, and will endure the harsh reality of ocean warfare. The recruits must learn the art of getting comfortable with being uncomfortable as they are faced with training challenges across the country’s vast terrain of both land and sea, including a high pressure hostage rescue, a treacherous ladder crossing between steep cliffs nearly 100 ft above the sea, a boat dunk drill where they will be submerged into the frigid ocean and tasked with performing essential survival duties, a surf immersion where they will have to control their panic in an exercise that takes them to the brink of drowning, and much more. In this experiment, there are no votes and no eliminations – just survival. These celebrities, who are so used to being in the spotlight, will quickly learn the meaning of “no guts, no glory” – and no glam.
Charli xcx is set to host Saturday Night Live November 16. She will pull double duty as musical guest as well on the late night NBC series.
The Agency premieres November 29 on Paramount+ with Showtime. A fresh take on the critically acclaimed hit French drama Le Bureau des Legendes, the all-new political thriller follows Martian, a covert CIA agent, ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites. His career, his real identity and his mission are pitted against his heart; hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.
Second Chance Stage premieres November 28 on Max. Filmed in Kansas City, it is an eight-episode talent competition series that offers contestants who have pushed their dreams aside for years, even decades, a second chance at their big break. With performances ranging from dancing to singing to stand-up comedy and more, one winner will receive a $100,000 cash prize in front of an audience full of talent scouts, agents and producers looking for the next big star. Judges include Martina McBride, Taye Diggs and Heidi Gardner with Emmanuel Acho tapped to host.
Miniseries 1992 premieres December 13 on Netflix. A dangerous individual disguised as Curro and linked to the 1992 Seville Expo unleashes chaos after a series of murders with the same hallmark: fire.
A Friday Night Lights reboot is in the works. The series was originally based on the book by H.G. Bissinger and the film of the same name. The series ran for 5 seasons, the first two on NBC and the final three on DirectTV’s The 101 Network.
Poorna Jagannathan has been cast in HBO’s upcoming Lanterns. She will recur and joins Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre and Kelly MacDonald. Garret Dillahunt will also recur. The series follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.
Vegas Lights & Country Nights: Countdown to the CMA Awards – A Special Edition of 20/20 will air November 19 on ABC. Hosted by Luke Bryan, the special features moments with Jason Aldean, who sits down for a candid discussion on his long career history in Vegas from his new Jason Aldean Kitchen+Bar Vegas location and surprises first responders from 2017’s Route 91 Harvest Festival with an intimate performance. Then, Bryan’s fellow American Idol judge, Carrie Underwood takes fans behind the scenes of her long-running “REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency,” while Blake Shelton shows us around his Ole Red Las Vegas bar on the Strip and opens up about his family life and upcoming residency. Keith Urban reflects on his new album “High” and his Las Vegas residency, and Shaboozey talks about his breakthrough year, including his multiplatinum hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” Thomas Rhett shares a behind-the-scenes look at life on the road and being a father of four ahead of his Las Vegas limited residency in December, while winner Carly Pearce gives us an all-access pass for her “hummingbird” world-tour stop in Las Vegas. Dustin Lynch, Brandi Cyrus and the trailblazing YEEDM DJ duo VAVO provide an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at their performances at the Professional Bull Riders after-party, offering a unique glimpse into the vibrant world of country music nightlife in Las Vegas.
“Best Christmas Ever” begins November 30 on AMC and will run through December 26. With over 550 hours of holiday programming, AMC’s jolly lineup has something for everyone in the family, including the holiday classics Elf, the 35th anniversary of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, the 20th anniversary of Christmas with the Kranks, the 20th anniversary of The Polar Express, and other beloved classics including Miracle on 34th Street (1947) and the Rankin/Bass holiday stop-motion collection.
Kylie Cantrall is back as Red, the daughter of the Queen of Hearts, in the music video for “Red Christmas,” an all new holiday song inspired by the hit movie Descendants: The Rise of Red, available today on YouTube and Disney+. It is also available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and other digital platforms.
