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Prime Video has renewed Ballard for a second season. The series continues to bring Michael Connelly’s bestselling novels to life, following Detective Renée Ballard (Maggie Q) as she leads the LAPD’s new and underfunded cold case division, tackling the city’s most challenging long-forgotten crimes with empathy and relentless determination. As she peels back layers of crimes spanning decades, including a serial killer’s string of murders and a murdered John Doe, she soon uncovers a dangerous conspiracy within the LAPD. With the help of her volunteer team and retired detective Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver), Detective Ballard navigates personal trauma, professional challenges, and life-threatening dangers to expose the truth.
Season six of Carl Weber’s The Family Business premieres October 23 on BET+ with two episodes, followed by one episode weekly, with the finale on Thursday, December 18. . In the midst of an action-packed civil war within their family, LC and Chippy Duncan are not only at odds with their son Junior and sister-in-law Donna, but they are also reeling from the discovery of a new son, Roman, who was abducted at birth. As they navigate this new family dynamic, the theft of 140 million dollars and the death of a friend they hold dear, things get even worse when the dreaded text goes out, “Duncan Down!”
Bad Bunny will host the 51st season premiere of Saturday Night Live October 4 on NBC. Doja Cat will serve as musical guest on the late night series.
The English dub of My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s premieres October 6 on Crunchyroll. Akira Oda and his high school classmates are summoned to another world! While the other students are granted cheat abilities through the summoning, Akira merely gains the abilities of a mediocre “assassin.” However, his status soon surpasses “hero,” the strongest profession. After Akira becomes suspicious of the King behind the summoning, he is falsely framed for a crime and forced to flee.
In tribute to the remarkable legacy of Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, Netflix will release the first episode of the groundbreaking docuseries, Famous Last Words. The series showcases reflective interviews with some of the world’s most influential cultural figures, who agreed to sit down and discuss their legacy, and give their final words, with the understanding that it would only be shared with the world after they passed. This special installment features Goodall in one of her last interviews, filmed earlier this year, captured in an intimate and deeply reflective conversation. The episode will offer viewers a rare opportunity to experience Goodall’s deeply personal reflections on her life’s work as someone who connected humanity to Mother Nature like never before. Goodall also shared never before heard stories about her life. The conversation is extremely honest and revealing and, knowing this would only air after she was gone, Goodall spoke movingly about her own death. As with every episode of this unique show, at the end of the interview, Jane was given the opportunity to look into the camera and speak directly to a grieving world. Unedited. One last message to humanity. Her famous last words.
The final season of Boarders will stream on Tubi. The first two seasons are currently streaming. The new season will premiere in 2026.
Adult Swim’s Toonami has announced changes to its upcoming lineup. On October 18, Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga doubles up with two episodes from 1-2 am. On October 25, an Uzumaki marathon will air starting at 1 am.
TNT Sports will be the exclusive home of the 2025 National League Division Series presented by Booking.com and the National League Championship Series presented by loanDepot, simulcast on TBS, truTV and HBO Max, with coverage of both best-of-five NLDS series beginning Saturday, October 4. NL Cy Young candidate Freddy Peralta and slugger Christian Yelich will lead the NL-best Milwaukee Brewers against Michael Busch, Dansby Swanson and the Chicago Cubs, starting at 2 p.m. Alex Faust and Ron Darling will provide commentary for the series, with reporter Lauren Jbara. Later at 6:30 p.m., generational superstar Shohei Ohtani will make his postseason pitching debut in a star-studded affair, joining teammates Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts as the Los Angeles Dodgers face off against sluggers Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber and the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizen Bank Park. The historic blockbuster series will be called by Brian Anderson and Jeff Francoeur, with reporter Lauren Shehadi.
TNT Sports has announced the 2025-26 regular season broadcast schedule for its inaugural coverage of BIG EAST men’s basketball, featuring 57 games airing across TNT, truTV, and HBO Max. TNT Sports will tip off the college basketball season on Monday, November 3 with a matchup pitting Villanova against BYU – featuring consensus No. 1 incoming recruit A.J. Dybantsa and former Las Vegas prep standout Xavion Staton – at 9:30 p.m. ET on TNT, truTV and HBO Max, part of the Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas. Coverage will continue with three games in two days on Friday, November 14 – DePaul will host Northwestern at 8:30 p.m. ET – and Saturday, November 15, featuring a doubleheader of Duquesne visiting Villanova at 5 p.m., followed by St. John’s at home against William & Mary at 7 p.m., with all games airing on truTV and HBO Max. TNT Sports’ regular season BIG EAST men’s basketball schedule will feature 40 appearances by St. John’s, UConn, Creighton, Xavier, and Marquette, programs that each clinched berths in last season’s NCAA Men’s Tournament. The defending BIG EAST champion St. John’s – with the addition of top-flight transfer Ian Jackson – will have nine appearances including a Saturday, December 13, Noon ET showdown against Iona, Coach Rick Pitino’s former team, at Madison Square Garden. Highlights of the Red Storm’s schedule across TNT Sports also includes road matchups against Xavier on Saturday, January 24 – the first matchup of the season between head coaches Richard and Rick Pitino – and Marquette on Wednesday, February 18. Creighton, last season’s BIG EAST Conference tournament runner-up, will have seven appearances on TNT Sports’ networks, most notably facing off against Marquette on Tuesday, January 27, and a late-season matchup against UConn on Wednesday, February 18 at 9 p.m. Along with their BIG EAST conference schedule, St. John’s and Creighton will also take part in the Players Era Men’s Championship, airing exclusively on TNT Sports networks and platforms during Thanksgiving Week (November 24-27). UConn’s retooled roster – featuring top recruit in freshman guard Braylon Mullins – will have seven appearances, including a Wednesday, February 11 game against Butler at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse, a homecoming for the Indiana-native Mullins.
Gold Rush returns for a new season November 7 on Discovery Channel. With only a few short months to mine, top bosses and rising underdogs collide in a race to claim new ground, move more dirt, and strike it rich. Channeling the spirit of America’s original gold rush, this season is a cutthroat scramble where loyalties are tested, tensions run high, and fortunes hang in the balance. By the end of the season, the combined total for all miners will reach nearly $100 million, marking the biggest pay day in Gold Rush history.
