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Romantic drama series Heated Rivalry will premiere on HBO Max November 28 with the first two episodes. New episodes of the six-episode season will debut weekly leading up to the finale on Friday, December 26. The series chronicles the story of rival hockey players Shane and Ilya. Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) are two of the biggest stars in Major League Hockey, bound by ambition, rivalry, and a magnetic pull neither of them fully understands. What begins as a secret fling between two fresh-faced rookies evolves into a years-long journey of love, denial, and self-discovery. Over the next eight years, the pair chase glory on the ice while struggling to navigate their feelings off it. Torn between the sport they live for and the love they can’t ignore, Shane and Ilya must decide if there is room in their fiercely competitive world for something as fragile and as powerful as real love. The series also stars François Arnaud, Robbie G.K., Christina Chang, Dylan Walsh, Sophie Nélisse and Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova.
Prime Video has ordered a new Stargate series. Creator Martin Gero will serve as writer, executive producer and showrunner of the new series.
With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration premieres December 3 on Netflix. This December, join Meghan in Montecito for a magical holiday celebration. Together, friends and family deck the halls, create holiday feasts, craft heartfelt gifts, and share lots of laughs – with simple how-tos to follow at home. It’s a holiday wonder with warmth, tradition, and a generous dose of joy. Guests include Naomi Osaka, Tom Colicchio, Will Guidara, Kelly Zajfen, and Lindsay Roth.
Season three of Wild Cards will premiere January 26 on The CW. Season 3 picks up one month after last season’s finale, with Max now working as an official police consultant. Her world is immediately upended by two arrivals: First, Ellis returns to the force, cleared of all charges and ready to be her partner again. Second, the woman at Max’s door is revealed to be her long-lost mother, Vivienne – who Max believed was dead. Vivienne’s shocking return ignites the dangerous, high-stakes events of Season 3 and further upends Max’s already complicated relationship with Ellis.
The English dub of Dusk Beyond the End of the World will premiere on HIDIVE December 17. The world is on the verge of changing from an old fashioned society to a new world, due to issues such as gender, race and compliance along with technological innovations such as an evolving AI. Even in this world where black and white is now gray, we believe that “love” will always exist but in myriad forms and not just between people. This includes love between human and robot and its unique expression. The beauty of these emotions will be shown sometimes beautifully, sometimes brutally, and sometimes comically. How long can this love last? When a robot outlives its human partner, can their love hope to endure?
Season two of The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball premieres December 22 on hulu. The Watterson family is back to prove that reality is just a suggestion in their wonderfully weird world. Gumball, Darwin, and the town of Elmore are more chaotic, hilarious, and bizarre than ever before, navigating a fresh wave of absurdity. This season tackles a promposal involving Penny faking her own death, outright pandemonium with wild animals invading the suburbs, and a witchy student cult attempting a yearbook séance. “The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball” is pure satire and hijinks, offering plenty of laughs for kids and adults alike, culminating in the long-awaited return of the franchise’s biggest foe: Rob and The Void.
The English dub of One-Punch Man season three will begin streaming on hulu November 30. Saitama only became a hero for fun, but after three years of “special” training, he finds that he can beat even the mightiest opponents with a single punch. Though he faces new enemies every day, it turns out being devastatingly powerful is actually kind of a bore. Can a hero be too strong?
Espionage thriller series Ponies premieres January 15 on Peacock. Moscow, 1977. Two “PONIES” (“persons of no interest” in intelligence speak) work anonymously as secretaries in the American Embassy. That is until their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances in the USSR, and the pair become CIA operatives. Bea (Emilia Clarke) is an over-educated, Russian-speaking child of Soviet immigrants. Her cohort, Twila (Haley Lu Richardson), is a small-town girl who is as abrasive as she is fearless. Together, they work to uncover a vast Cold War conspiracy and solve the mystery that made them widows in the first place.
The English dub of Lovely Complex will begin streaming on hulu December 11. The series was previously only able to be streamed with its English dub on the Blu-ray set.
Major League Baseball has formed new three-year media rights agreements with ESPN, NBCUniversal and Netflix. The agreements, which will cover rights for the 2026-2028 MLB seasons, will extend MLB and ESPN’s long-term relationship to 39 consecutive seasons, mark the return of NBC to regularly airing MLB games on its broadcast network for the first time in 26 years, and expand Netflix’s partnership with MLB from original programming to live baseball event coverage for the first time. ESPN has secured the rights to sell and distribute MLB.TV, the league’s out of market streaming service, across ESPN’s industry leading digital and streaming platforms. Starting with the 2026 season, fans will now be able to purchase and watch their favorite teams’ games outside of their home territory on MLB.TV through ESPN. NBCUniversal has secured a package of rights that includes Sunday Night Baseball, Sunday Leadoff, and all four Wild Card Series of the Postseason. This partnership marks the first media rights agreement between MLB, NBC and Peacock to bring a slate of regular season and Postseason games to NBC’s broadcast channel, NBCSN (NBC Sports’ new cable network) and Peacock’s streaming service. Netflix will air live events and games for both Major League Baseball globally and, as previously announced, the 2026 World Baseball Classic in Japan. Netflix will open the MLB season the next three years with a singular game on Opening Night, the evening prior to a full slate of traditional Opening Day games. In 2026, Netflix will open the season with the New York Yankees and seven-time All-Star, three-time A.L. MVP and Northern California native Aaron Judge visiting Rafael Devers and the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday, March 25. Netflix will air the T-Mobile Home Run Derby, the most-watched skills competition in sports, the day before the MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard. The Derby debuted in 1985 as part of MLB’s All-Star festivities and has featured memorable performances from the game’s top sluggers over the last 40 years including three-time champion Ken Griffey Jr. and current stars who won the event like Giancarlo Stanton, Judge, Harper, two-time champ Pete Alonso, Soto, Vlad Guerrero Jr., and reigning champ Cal Raleigh.
Standup special Ricky Gervais: Mortality will premiere on Netflix December 30. Filmed earlier this year at the London Palladium, no topic is off limits as Ricky closes out the year with his best show yet. In a special that further solidifies his reputation as one of the most influential voices in comedy, Gervais takes on his own mortality in a brutally honest and darkly funny stand-up special about his life, death and the state of the world.
Host Andrew Catalon, on-course analyst Colt Knost, and on-course reporter Dan Rapaport were announced today as the on-air team for the return of “The Capital One Skins Game,” in collaboration with PGA TOUR Studios, set for Black Friday on Prime Video. Capital One will serve as the entitlement sponsor for the event in the United States. As part of its partnership, the financial services brand will have a prominent presence across Prime Video’s live coverage and on-site at Panther National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The integration will include in-broadcast branding elements and logo placement on tee markers, pin flags, caddie bibs, yardage signage, and hospitality spaces – underscoring Capital One’s commitment to connecting with fans through marquee sporting moments. Prime Video’s coverage will tee off at 9 a.m. ET on November 28, with no subscription or Prime membership required. Prime Video will exclusively broadcast the special event globally at the start of 15 continuous hours of live sports coverage, including the third annual Black Friday Football game and an NBA on Prime doubleheader. It will feature 2025 FedExCup Champion Tommy Fleetwood, two-time major champion Xander Schauffele, eight-time PGA TOUR winner Keegan Bradley and three-time TOUR winner and major champion Shane Lowry, who replaced Justin Thomas due to injury. The foursome will compete at the new Panther National in South Florida, the vision of Jack Nicklaus and Thomas in his debut design.
Holiday special Elmo & Mark Rober’s Merry Giftmas premieres December 8 on Netflix. Elmo and his Sesame Street friends team up with former NASA engineer turned YouTube star Mark Rober to make special presents for a Merry Giftmas exchange. The special includes three new original songs: “Merry Giftmas,” “Failure is Awesome,” and “The Best Christmas Gift is You.” The new season of Sesame Street is now available on Netflix and Mark Rober’s new competition show will debut in 2026.
Hard Knocks: In Season with the NFC East premieres December 2 on HBO. New episodes will premiere on subsequent Tuesdays through the end of the NFL regular season and continue into the NFL playoffs in January 2026. The series will follow the reigning Super Bowl LIX champion Philadelphia Eagles, the Dallas Cowboys, the New York Giants, and the Washington Commanders during the final stretch of the NFL season. From wins and losses to injuries and adversity, the series will capture an inside look at life in one of football’s most historic divisions. The series will be narrated by Liev Schreiber.
The Price of Confession premieres December 5 on Netflix. The series is a mystery thriller about Yun-su, a woman accused of murdering her husband, and Mo Eun, a mysterious woman called a witch, and the secrets between them.
Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion will premiere November 24 on CBS. The 90-minute special, hosted by Ray Romano and series creator Phil Rosenthal, looks back on the timeless show Everybody Loves Raymond, which premiered on Sept. 13, 1996, and aired for nine seasons on CBS. Twenty years since the show’s finale episode, audiences are invited back to the recreated Barone living room for an unforgettable evening with America’s favorite family. It will feature candid conversations with castmates Brad Garrett, Patricia Heaton, Monica Horan, Madylin Sweeten and Sullivan Sweeten, as well as never-before-seen outtakes and commentary from the cast on how they became one of America’s most beloved families. The special will also include a moving tribute to Doris Roberts and Peter Boyle, whose unforgettable portrayals of Marie and Frank Barone made them fan favorites and the emotional anchors of the series. Cast, crew and special guests will share heartfelt reflections on how this dynamic duo redefined the roles of interfering mother-in-law and couch-potato dad into lovable pillars of the Barone family.
The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Give the Man a Prize premieres December 8 on Comedy Central directly after The Daily Show. Donald Trump is a man of peace, but will it earn him the Nobel Peace Prize he so violently demands? In this half-hour special, Jordan Klepper goes on a quest that sends him across America and Norway to talk to MAGA supporters, naked bike riders, costumed protestors, and even a Nobel Committee alum.
Sarah Squirm: Live + In the Flesh premieres December 12 on HBO. Sarah Sherman’s unholy alter ego, Sarah Squirm, slithers onto your screen in her first stand-up comedy special. After four seasons (and counting) on Saturday Night Live, the comedian rips off the straitjacket, unleashing a festering and hilarious hour of bodily fluids, open-wound confessionals, and jokes that will leave scars on your soul.
Season three of Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventure premieres December 8 on Disney+. Follow your friends one last time.
