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Season two of Running Point premieres April 23 on Netflix. Isla Gordon is no longer the surprise choice to lead the Los Angeles Waves, she’s the one everyone is watching. With the franchise finally rebounding after last year’s scandal, Isla is determined to prove she’s not just keeping the seat warm for her brother Cam. What she doesn’t know is that Cam is quietly maneuvering behind the scenes to reclaim his post, turning every misstep into ammunition. As she tries to balance the pressure of running a franchise with devoting time to her personal life, every decision on and off the court counts. To survive the family power plays and the scrutiny of the board, she’ll have to rip up last season’s game plan and come up with a whole new playbook if she wants to close out the season on top. The series stars Kate Hudson, Drew Tarver, Brenda Song, Scott MacArthur, Fabrizio Guido, Chet Hanks, Toby Sandeman, Uche Agada and Justin Theroux. Recurring guest stars include Ray Romano, Max Greenfield, Jay Ellis, Roberto Sanchez, Jon Glaser, Scott Evans, Rob Huebel, Marissa Reyes, Blake Anderson, Ken Marino, Tommy Dewey, Richa Moorjani, Aliyah Turner, Jake Picking.
Star City, a spinoff of For All Mankind, will premiere on Apple TV May 29 with the first two episodes, followed by one new episode every Friday through July 10. The series is a propulsive paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humankind forward.
Production has begun on Netflix’s sequel series of A Different World in Atlanta, Georgia. The show will explore the lives and loves of a new generation at the iconic fictional HBCU. The alumni cast Kadeem Hardison, Jasmine Guy, Darryl M. Bell, and Cree Summer will be joined by Charnele Brown and Jenifer Lewis of the original series. Additional guest stars to include Vincent Jamal Hooper as Ellington, Elijah J. Roberts as Jalen, Renee Harrison as Candace, Famecia Ward as Nellie Gaines, and Dasan Onyx Frazier as Xavier. Additional cast will be announced at a later date. When Deborah, Dwayne Wayne, and Whitley Gilbert’s free-spirited, well-intentioned, yet rebellious youngest child, enters her freshman year at Hillman College, she finds the shadow of her parents difficult to escape as she sets out to build her own legacy, while having the time of her life, alongside a whole new generation of Hillman’s best and brightest.
Fox has renewed Animal Control for a fifth season. The series follows a group of local Animal Control workers whose lives are complicated by the fact that animals are simple, but humans are not. McHale stars as Frank, an opinionated, eccentric Animal Control officer who may not have gone to college but is still the most well-read person in the room. A former cop, Frank tried to expose corruption in his department, but his efforts got him fired, which may explain why he’s so cynical and curmudgeonly. He has an almost superhuman ability to understand animals. Humans…not so much.
Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat premieres March 20 on Prime Video, debuting with three episodes, followed by two episodes on March 27, and a three-episode finale on April 3. The series is a documentary-style comedy that captures a corporate offsite event at a family-owned hot sauce company from the perspective of Anthony, a recently hired temporary worker. Unbeknownst to Anthony, the entire experience is staged, every colleague around him is performing a role, and each moment – whether in conference rooms or during downtime – has been meticulously orchestrated. As the founder prepares to step down, the getaway transforms into a clash between big corporate ambitions and small business values, with control of the company hanging in the balance.
The third and final season of The Comeback premieres March 22 on HBO. Twenty years after its debut, the comedy series returns with Lisa Kudrow reprising her role as actress Valerie Cherish. The cast also includes Dan Bucatinsky, Laura Silverman, Damian Young and Tim Bagley, Matt Cook, Jack O’Brien, Ella Stiller, John Early, Barry Shabaka Henley, Abbi Jacobson, Tony Macht, Brittany O’Grady, Zane Phillips, Julian Stern, and Andrew Scott.
Sunny Nights premieres March 11 on hulu. The series features Will Forte as strait-laced American Martin Marvin, who teams up with his loose cannon sister, Vicki, played by D’Arcy Carden, to set up a spray tan business in Sydney. But as Martin and Vicki attempt to turn their company from a start-up operating out of the back of a van into a multi-million-dollar empire, the siblings become tangled up in Sydney’s criminal underworld, and when a ruthless gangster begins to catch up with them, the two must figure out how to stay alive, out of prison, and in the black.
The Vampire Lestat premieres this June on AMC and AMC+. In the new rock and roll centric season, the Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan will appear in the second season of Elle. She will recur as a fellow student in the Prime Video series, which will premiere its first season July 1.
The Reunion: Laguna Beach premieres April 10 on The Roku Channel. For the first time since 2006, Lauren Conrad, Stephen Colletti, Kristin Cavallari, Lo Bosworth, Talan Torriero, Trey Phillips, Christina Shuller, Dieter Schmitz, Jessica Smith, and Alex Hooser will come together to reflect on the series that forever changed the landscape of television. The beloved cast will celebrate the nostalgia, friendships, and coastal backdrop that continues to captivate audiences to this day. It will feature untold behind-the-scenes stories, cast reactions to episodes of the original series, and a present-day return to where it all started – Laguna Beach.
Rob McClure, Joe Morton, and Steven Pasquale have joined the cast of Cupertino. The three will recur in the CBS series joining Renée Elise Goldsberry, Ella Stiller, Nik Dodani, and Busy Philipps.
HIDIVE has announced premiere dates for anime series getting English dubs. Hell Mode: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing premieres March 4. Season two of Chained Soldier premieres March 11. Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling premieres March 18.
Season eight of docuseries F1: Drive to Survive will now premiere on Netflix and Apple TV February 27. The two streamers have also agreed to air the Canadian Grand Prix starting May 22. The new F1 season will begin March 5.
More presenters have been announced for The Oscars, set to air Live from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood March 15, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, on ABC and Hulu. Javier Bardem, Chris Evans, Chase Infiniti, Demi Moore, Kumail Nanjiani and Maya Rudolph will each present at the ceremony hosted by Conan O’Brien. Previously announced Oscars presenters include Adrien Brody, Kieran Culkin, Mikey Madison and Zoe Saldaña.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Cecily Strong will star in an upcoming project based on the article titled The Nanny Squatter. The limited series would stream on Apple TV.
Michaela McManus has been cast in NBC’s The Rockford Files pilot. She joins David Boreanaz in the project. It would also reunite the two, who both appeared in SEAL Team.
Agent from Above premieres April 2 on Netflix. Blending traditional folk beliefs with modern fantasy, Agent from Above follows Han Chieh, a spirit medium bound to serve the Third Crown Prince to atone for a childhood mistake by resolving supernatural disturbances in the human world. Along the way, he meets the optimistic college student Yeh Tzu and detective Chang Min, who can see spirits. Together, they face deadly confrontations with the mysterious and ruthless villain Chen Chi-sha, while uncovering the truth behind Wu Tien-chi, a being threatening the balance between the human and demon realms – leading Han Chieh to rediscover his purpose and the true meaning of his gift.
The World Baseball Classic (WBC) returns to FOX Sports on Wednesday, March 4 – offering a showcase of baseball’s biggest stars representing their countries on the international stage. Headlining FOX MLB’s coverage of Team USA matchups and knockout rounds are highly acclaimed play-by-play announcers Joe Davis, Adam Amin and Kevin Kugler; expert analysts John Smoltz, A.J. Pierzynski and Adam Wainwright; and veteran reporters Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci. The network’s lead team of Davis, Smoltz and Rosenthal will call both semifinal matchups as well as the championship game live from loanDepot park in Miami. Hall of Famers Derek Jeter and David Ortiz, World Series champion Alex Rodriguez and acclaimed host Kevin Burkhardt – will be on-site in Miami for the network’s semifinal and championship coverage.
The wait for Love is Blind: Sweden is almost over and this year fans can expect a new surprise for the third installment. Following the launch of each batch, Netflix will also release an extra episode rolling out on service. The episodes will feature six influencers talking about and reacting to the recorded episodes from the iconic pods – a brand new format for this show. Batch one and the first reaction episode launches on March 12.
ESPN and the Horizon League have announced a new multi-year, multi-platform media rights agreement, continuing a 38-year collaboration that began with the 1988 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men’s basketball championship game. ESPN linear networks will remain the home of the Horizon League men’s basketball semifinals and championship, six regular season men’s basketball contests and the women’s basketball championship game.
Jo Nesbo’s Detective Hole premieres March 26 on Netflix. The series is a whodunnit serial killer mystery led by famed anti-hero Harry Hole. Underneath the surface, this series is a nuanced character drama about two police officers – and supposed colleagues – operating on opposite sides of the law. Throughout the season, Harry goes head-to-head with his long-time adversary and corrupt detective Tom Waaler. Harry is a brilliant but tormented homicide detective who struggles with his demons. As the two navigate the blurred ethical lines of the criminal justice system, Harry must do all he can to catch a serial killer and bring Waaler to justice before it is too late.
Six episode crime procedural A Taste for Murder premieres April 7 on BritBox. The series will launch with two episodes and then follow a weekly cadence. Set amidst the steep cliffs and fast tides of Capri, A Taste for Murder features classic Italian cuisine as the main ingredient to each episode’s central murder mystery, revealing the power of food to foster connection, community, and healing after devastating loss.
Dynasty: The Murdochs premieres March 13 on Netflix. The series offers an unprecedented look at one the world’s most powerful families at a crossroads, as its patriarch, Rupert Murdoch, makes one last play to ensure his legacy at all costs. Drawing on thousands of pages of documents, emails, and text messages that have never before been seen on television, this limited series exposes the private machinations of a family torn apart by power, politics, and a desperate desire for their father’s love. While Rupert Murdoch has spent over 80 years building an empire that shapes governments and democracies, the series poses the ultimate question: Is a dynasty a family or a business?. For the Murdochs, the two have never been separate.
Season eight of Mama June premieres March 13 on We TV. In the first twelve minutes of the new season, June finds an unexpected invitation to Jessica’s bridal shower while going through the mail amid bills for her medical struggles and her new home. Pumpkin reveals her new boo, Darrin and navigates co-parenting with Josh, who shockingly has a new addition of his own. June calls Alana and Pumpkin to talk about Jessica’s invites.
