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Season three of Perfect Match premieres August 1 on Netflix. The series brings together the most famously single stars of Netflix’s unscripted series to a tropical paradise in an attempt to find love. For the first time in the series history, singles from the Netflix Reality Universe will be joined by icons from Bachelor Nation, Love Island, and other fan-favorite shows. As they compete to form relationships, the most compatible couples will play matchmaker, breaking up other couples and sending them on dates with brand-new singles they’ll invite to the house. Will they create better matches, or will they create chaos? In this over-the-top journey of strategy and dating hosted by Nick Lachey, only one couple will be crowned the Perfect Match.
Nickelodeon has canceled The Tiny Chef Show after two seasons. The team behind the series is looking to crowdfund the project to keep it going.
Hitmakers premieres July 24 on Netflix. Behind every hit song is the person who wrote it. The docuseries follows twelve of the industry’s best songwriters and producers as they come together at real high-stakes writing camps to create hits for today’s biggest stars like John Legend, Shaboozey, and Lisa of Blackpink. With tensions high and time short, viewers get a front-row seat to the creative chaos, emotional stakes, and personal breakthroughs. This isn’t just about writing music… it’s the journey to becoming a HITMAKER.
Love & Marriage: Huntsville returns July 19 on OWN. The winds of change are sweeping through the city of Huntsville. Martell Holt makes a decision about his future and moving forward after his divorce. Chris and Nell Fletcher realize they have different opinions about raising their new grandchildren, while Nell steps in to defend her husband from some of the Huntsville residents. Destiny Payton starts to embrace her single era after learning her ex, Lance, fathered a child while they were dating. As LaTisha and Marsau face their eldest child preparing to leave for college, they attempt to rise above gossip about their relationship, and a family member returns to get to the bottom of the rumors. Kimmi and Maurice Scott confront uncomfortable truths when Kimmi’s son, Jaylin, challenges Maurice about his parenting double standard. And LaTricia Reedus finds herself torn between her partner, Ken Lee, and her estranged husband, Marques, whose return stirs up old wounds and sends LaTricia on a powerful journey of self-discovery.
The Road announced today the 12 emerging musicians competing on the new CBS music competition series. The docu-follow format trailing the up-and-coming musicians as they navigate the gritty and unforgiving life of a touring musician is set to premiere fall 2025 airing Sundays (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on CBS. The 12 talented artists on the verge of stardom will compete as opening acts for Grammy Award winner Keith Urban at music venues across America, providing a high-stakes platform to document their musical journey and seize the grand prize. Throughout the season, Keith is joined by executive producers Blake Shelton and Taylor Sheridan, “Tour Manager” Gretchen Wilson and other country music stars (to be announced) who, along with the live venue audience, will determine who advances to the next city. Only one of these talented triple threats – singers, songwriters and instrumentalists – will walk away with the grand prize (to be announced). The 12 emerging musicians competing this fall are Adam Sanders, Billie Jo Jones, Blaine Bailey, Briana Adams, Britnee Kellogg, Cassidy Daniels, Channing Wilson, Cody Hibbard, Forrest McCurren, Jenny Tolman, Jon Wood, and Olivia Harms.
Apple TV+ announced a new three-part docuseries featuring the legendary University of Connecticut (UConn) women’s basketball team – the 2025 NCAA National Champions and one of the most iconic women’s teams in sports history, spanning 40 years of the program’s historic dynasty under Hall of Fame head coach Geno Auriemma. In 1985, the UConn women’s basketball program had one winning season in its history, but with the arrival of Auriemma as coach and an iconic collection of players, including Rebecca Lobo, Swin Cash, Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore, Tina Charles, Breanna Stewart and No. 1 2025 WNBA Draft pick Paige Bueckers, the Huskies became the gold standard for excellence in college basketball. In all, UConn has won 12 national championships, more than any other team – men or women – in the history of NCAA Division I basketball. With a relentless work ethic and drive, Auriemma has mentored multiple generations of superstars, become an unlikely leader in women’s sports and created historic rivalries, with each chapter in his career marked by success, struggle and a passionate pursuit of perfection. This documentary reveals the epic narrative of UConn’s roller coaster path to becoming the greatest dynasty in women’s sports history, with each episode featuring a blend of unique archival footage, incisive interviews and intimate access with UConn’s 2024-25 championship squad.
Scott Speedman has been cast in ABC’s RJ Decker pilot. He will play the lead in the project which is based on Carl Hiaasen’s novel Double Whammy.
Brandon Larracuente has been cast in Chicago Fire. Larracuente will be a series regular in the NBC drama series.
Xavier Molyneux has been cast in the lead role of Erik Bloodaxe in the new Prime Video series Bloodaxe. Additionally, Jessica Madsen has been cast as Gunnhild, the lead female role. The series is an epic historical drama, created, written, and executive produced by Michael and Horatio Hirst, which chronicles the rise of one of history’s most famous Norse raiders, Erik Bloodaxe, and his formidable wife Gunnhild, Mother of Kings. As they fight for the throne of Norway, the land is torn apart by fierce rivals, shifting loyalties, and bloody betrayals. With war looming and chaos consuming the kingdom, drawing in the ruthless Kings of other Scandinavian countries, and even a powerful English ruler, the stage is set for a thundering, cataclysmic, compelling and utterly magical new Norse Saga.
New Nova series Human premieres September 17 on PBS. Around 300,000 years ago, Homo sapiens emerged in Africa – one of at least seven human species alive at the time. Now, we are the only remaining human species, and our impact on the planet is undeniable. HUMAN, the latest co-production from the BBC Studios Science Unit and NOVA, examines how this happened and how we came to be. This stunningly cinematic five-part series, hosted by paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi, takes us back in time to meet the inventors of the modern world. For most of our species’ history, there was no written record, but now with remarkable new fossil evidence, the latest discoveries in DNA sequencing, and other cutting-edge scientific tools, we can piece together clues to better understand our past. Viewers will discover how closely related we are to the other, now-vanished human species, and see how the traces they left behind reveal just how “human” our prehistoric ancestors really were.
ESPN and the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) powered by Ticketmaster have renewed a five-year media rights agreement that will span ESPN platforms. The deal begins with the 2026 season and encompasses all Premier Lacrosse League regular season, All-Star, Playoff and Championship games, Maybelline Women’s Lacrosse League games, as well as future PLL and WLL Drafts.
Maigret premieres October 5 on PBS. Chief Inspector Maigret and his team of maverick but loyal detectives, Les Maigrets, solve a series of complex crimes in Paris. Maigret’s unconventional methods and unique sense of justice put him at odds with his superiors and the judicial system he is supposed to represent. Maigret must outwit some of Paris’s most cunning and violent criminals, while dealing with his own troubled past. The series is a contemporary adaptation of Georges Simenon’s beloved novels.
Action thriller series Trigger premieres July 25 on Netflix. Set in gun-free South Korea, Trigger explores the chaos that erupts when illegal firearms suddenly begin to circulate, sparking unprecedented violence in a country unaccustomed to such events. In this gripping action thriller, two men take up arms for very different reasons. Kim Nam-gil plays Lee Do, a former military sniper turned determined police detective, who races to stop a string of deadly incidents and trace the source of the illicit weapons. Kim Young-kwang takes on the role of Moon Baek, a mysterious figure who hides his true motives behind a carefree demeanor.
Docuseries Critical: Between Life and Death premieres July 23 on Netflix. The series goes over the shoulder and under the scalpel with exclusive access with 40 cameras embedded for 21 days across the London Major Trauma System.
Docuseries Amy Bradley Is Missing premieres July 16 on Netflix. On March 23, 1998, 23-year-old Amy Bradley disappears without a trace from the cruise ship she and her family were vacationing on. Despite thorough searches of the ship, Amy is nowhere to be found and the cruise has already docked in their next port, Curaçao, opening the door for 2400 passengers to explore the island and allowing Amy to potentially disappear into the crowd. Hours later, Amy is still nowhere to be found and fear sets in that Amy may have fallen overboard before port. But a body is never discovered. The search for Amy expands as the FBI and local authorities launch an investigation where everyone becomes a potential suspect. The docuseries delves into this cold case decades in the making as the search for Amy continues. As the years pass by, possible sightings of Amy pop up in various locations from multiple people. Is it really her? Was this a tragic accident or a crime? – anything is possible. But for Amy’s family – only one thing matters: bringing their daughter home alive.
Season two of Community Squad premieres July 17 on Netflix. The Urban Guard expands, and so does the chaos. In the midst of an election campaign, the neighborhood is more dangerous than ever. To investigate a criminal gang operating out of the Cuero Café specialty coffee shop, the Intelligence Services recruit Felipe Rozenfeld. The city isn’t ready. The Palermo Division, even less so.
