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Ted Lasso returns for season four August 5 on Apple TV. In season four, Ted returns to Richmond, taking on his biggest challenge yet: coaching a second division women’s football team. Throughout the course of the season, Ted and the team learn to leap before they look, taking chances they never thought they would. Returning to the series are Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt and Jeremy Swift, alongside new additions Tanya Reynolds, Jude Mack, Faye Marsay, Rex Hayes, Aisling Sharkey, Abbie Hern and Grant Feely.
Netflix has renewed Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 for a second season. After uncovering a fearsome mystery at the end of Season 1, Eleven (voiced by Brooklyn Davey Norstedt), Mike (Luca Diaz), Will (Benjamin Plessala), Dustin (Braxton Quinney), Lucas (Elisha “EJ” Williams), Max (Jolie Hoang-Rappaport), and Nikki (Odessa A’zion) will take on another perilous threat when new episodes head to Netflix this fall.
Season five of Welcome to Wrexham premieres May 14 on FXX. In 2020, Rob Mac and Ryan Reynolds teamed up to purchase the 5th tier Wrexham Football Club in the hopes of creating an underdog story the whole world could root for. The Club achieved back-to-back promotions to bring them into EFL League One for the first time in 20 years. As they continue to rise in the pyramid, the stakes get higher with a new level of intensity, competition and costs.
Season four of Perfect Match premieres May 13 on Netflix. The series returns, bringing together some of the most famously single stars from Netflix’s unscripted series, alongside fan favorites from other hit shows including Love Is Blind, Age of Attraction, Vanderpump Rules and more, in a tropical paradise where romance and strategy collide. As connections form and relationships evolve, the most compatible couples gain power, stepping into the role of matchmaker by breaking up other pairs and inviting new singles into the house for dates. Will their choices lead to stronger connections or ignite chaos? In this high-stakes dating competition, hosted by Nick Lachey, only one couple will be crowned the Perfect Match.
Sterling Point will premiere August 5 on Prime Video with all eight episodes. The series is a heartfelt, coming-of-age drama led by 17-year-old Annie Jacobson. Raised in New York City with her twin brother and loving adoptive father, Annie’s life takes a turn when she inherits her mysterious grandfather’s island in Canada. There, she finds new friends, budding romances and untold family secrets.
Newly dubbed selected episodes of Detective Conan will begin streaming on Netflix and Crunchyroll May 1. In Detective Conan Episode Selection Vol. 3: “FBI Intervention”, Conan learns that he is not alone in his pursuit of the Black Organization. The American FBI has been investigating the secretive and ruthless Black Organization long before Shinichi Kudo had fallen victim to them. As new faces enter Conan’s orbit, the line between friends and foe blurs even deeper with every new case raising the same question: Who can Conan really trust?
Following Helena Bonham Carter’s exit from The White Lotus season four, Laura Dern has joined the cast. Dern will play a newly imagined character in the HBO series.
Docuseries Crime and Punishment in America will air on PBS November 16, over four consecutive nights. The four part, eight hour series explores the history of criminal justice in America – from the pre-colonial period to 21st century mass incarceration. It seeks to answer a deceptively simple question: “How did we get here?” In doing so, it explores the architecture of justice – prisons, police, courts – and the profound moral and social questions beneath them. What are the root causes of crime? How has justice been meted out in a country founded on ideals of liberty, equality and the rule of law, yet haunted by histories of slavery, segregation, and surveillance? Why have Americans always been fascinated by outlaws and criminals? How did the fear of violent crime become one of the most potent forces in American life? How, in the late 20th century, did the United States become the world’s leading incarcerator? The series features evocative archival footage and first-person voices drawn from letters, memoirs, and testimony brought to life by acclaimed actors including Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Laura Linney, Hugh Dancy, Bobby Cannavale, David Hyde Pierce, Matthew Rhys, Michael Stuhlbarg, John Proudstar, Corey Stoll, Bill Camp, and BD Wong. Original music by Jongnic Bontemps, cinematic photography, and expert interviews enrich the film’s tapestry, offering historical insight and emotional resonance.
Forever Young: A Grammy Salute to Rod Stewart Live premieres May 19 on CBS. This electrifying once-in-a-lifetime television event honors Sir Rod Stewart, the GRAMMY Award-winning two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and one of the best-selling artists in music history. This two-hour celebration brings viewers on stage and behind the scenes for an all-access concert experience. In addition to Stewart’s unrivaled showmanship and iconic catalogue, the special also reveals the man behind the music. Stewart invites viewers backstage for an intimate interview reflecting on his extraordinary life, devotion to his family and enduring passion for performing. Featuring rare archival footage and exclusive behind-the-scenes access, the broadcast captures the superstar still at full throttle as Stewart and his band launch the extended U.S. leg of his “One Last Time” tour, which launched in 2024 and has evolved into a multi-year must-see global event driven by overwhelming fan demand.
Starting today, all WWE NXT Premium Live Events (PLEs) will now air exclusively on The CW. Beginning with The Great American Bash later this summer, The CW will broadcast 20 PLEs in their entirety live on both coasts over the next several years, including Stand and Deliver, Deadline, and Vengeance Day. With the addition of NXT PLEs to The CW’s lineup, the network is now the exclusive home for all NXT programming – which showcases WWE’s hottest up-and-coming Superstars – also airing weekly live NXT installments every Tuesday night. WWE will continue to produce all PLEs.
Docuseries U.S. Against the World: Four Years with the Men’s National Soccer Team premieres May 12 on HBO. It is an unprecedented look inside the United States Men’s National Soccer Team (USMNT) in the leadup to the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America this June. Filmed over the course of four years, the series follows Christian Pulisic, Tyler Adams, Tim Weah, Weston McKennie, and an array of U.S. players on their personal and collective journeys toward their sport’s biggest stage. Beginning with never-before-seen footage of the USMNT at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the series captures the players through training camps and international matches, as well as intimate off-the-field moments at home and abroad. Cameras also document the 2024 transition from former head coach Gregg Berhalter to current head coach Mauricio Pochettino – a significant shift that resets their strategy and recalibrates the team. As June 2026 approaches, the focus turns to the rising urgency of individual players fighting to secure their spots on the World Cup roster and the pressure on Pochettino and his team to deliver a historic performance on home soil.
Craig Ferguson: American on Purpose premieres May 30 on CNN. The weekly series explores what it means to be American through humor, history, and personal reflection. The series sees host Craig Ferguson travel coast-to-coast to explore the defining ideas, and contradictions, at the heart of the United States. Guided by his distinct humor and point of view, Ferguson examines the country’s founding ideals while reflecting on his own experience becoming an American citizen. Along the way, he visits iconic locations and unexpected corners of the country and encounters a wide range of voices from comedians and entrepreneurs to historians and everyday Americans. Across five episodes, Ferguson dives into the First Amendment, exploring the boundaries of free speech; examines the myth and reality of Individualism, from Jay Leno’s famed garage to the wilds of the Everglades; and unpacks Patriotism alongside figures like Jason Biggs and a World War II veteran who stormed Omaha Beach. He ventures into Capitalism by attempting to launch his own business while meeting icons of hustle including Tiffany Haddish, Daymond John and Vivian Tu, and ultimately reflects on the immigrant experience of Becoming American, connecting with fellow naturalized citizens such as KT Tunstall and Salman Rushdie.
Between Father and Son premieres May 13 on Netflix. In just a few suspense-filled minutes, a lawyer’s world is shaken when her visit to her fiancé’s family estate sparks an irresistible connection with her future stepson.
Soccer Meets America premieres May 3 on The Roku Channel. Soccer didn’t “suddenly arrive” in America. The audience had been here all along. This riveting series reveals how the convergence of key events transformed the United States into the global soccer powerhouse it is today.
