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Your TV Source Roundup: ‘Ride or Die’ Trailer, ‘The Bear’ Trailer, ‘Rivals’ Trailer, ‘Lupin’ Premiere Date, Live Action Scooby-Doo Revealed, Edward Bluemel Joins ‘Hercule’, and More!

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Ride or Die starring Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham premieres July 15 on Prime Video with all eight episodes. The series follows best friends Debbie Claybourne (Spencer) and Judith Burton (Waddingham) who thought they knew everything about each other, except Judith turns out to be an international assassin. When a mysterious figure emerges from Judith’s past and a hit goes horribly wrong, both of their worlds are turned upside down as they’re forced to go on the run together. It’s a race against time and a road trip across Europe, with law enforcement, highly trained assassins, and some very dangerous criminals at their heels. 

The fifth and final season of FX’s The Bear will premiere on hulu June 25. The series picks up the morning after Sydney, Richie and Sugar discover that Carmy has quit the food industry, leaving the restaurant to them. With no money, the threat of a sale and a storm in their way, the team must band together to achieve one last service. Ultimately, they learn that what makes a restaurant “perfect” might not be the food, but the people.

Season two of Rivals will premiere on hulu this November. As Tony Baddingham and Declan O’Hara’s contest for the Cotswolds crown hits a fever pitch, Rupert Campbell-Black is forced to confront his own personal demons. Across hedonistic parties, Bonfire Night chaos, the Hampshire Hunt Ball and a turbulent Christmas, affairs unravel, alliances fracture and rivalries intensify. Caught in the middle of the frenzied franchise battle, Taggie O’Hara must find the courage to follow her heart while everyone else faces the consequences of ambition, power and secrets that they can no longer hide. 

Lupin Part 4 will premiere on Netflix October 23. Omar Sy reprises his iconic role as Assane Diop, the gentleman thief, in these new 8 episodes alongside Ludivine Sagnier, Antoine Gouy, Soufiane Guerrab, Shirine Boutella, Théo Christine and Laïka Blanc-Francard. 

Netflix invited the world to meet Scooby-Doo, showing how Scooby-Doo: Origins will take on the iconic character in live-action. This marks the first time in the Scooby-Doo franchise that the character of Scooby-Doo will be portrayed by a real dog. The series, which is currently in production in Atlanta, GA, is set to premiere globally on Netflix in 2027. Previously announced cast includes Mckenna Grace as “Daphne Blake,” Tanner Hagen as “Shaggy Rogers,” Abby Ryder Fortson as “Velma Dinkley,” Maxwell Jenkins as “Fred Jones,” and Paul Walter Hauser. The series is a modern reimagining of the iconic mystery-solving group of teens and their very special dog. During their final summer at camp, old friends Shaggy and Daphne get embroiled in a haunting mystery surrounding a lonely lost Great Dane puppy that may have been a witness to a supernatural murder. Together with the pragmatic and scientific townie, Velma, and the strange, but ever so handsome new kid, Freddy, they set out to solve the case that is pulling each of them into a creepy nightmare that threatens to expose all of their secrets. 

Edward Bluemel will star as Agatha Christie’s iconic Belgian detective in new BritBox drama series Hercule. The series is an intimate study of Hercule the man and an epic portrait of Britain between the wars. The series takes a magnifying glass to three of Christie’s most celebrated stories, while also charting Hercule’s burgeoning friendship with Captain Arthur Hastings, his early encounters with Scotland Yard’s James Japp, and introducing him to one particular nemesis. 

Production has commenced in Park City, Utah on the second season of Marshals. Luke Grimes reprises his role as Kayce Dutton. The series follows Kayce Dutton as he joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana. Season two will air this Fall on CBS. 

Season two of Instant Italian premieres June 29 on FYI Network. The new season joins chef, cookbook author, recipe developer, and culinary influencer Anna Francese Gass back in the kitchen as she shares fresh takes on beloved Italian dishes. Drawing inspiration from her childhood visits to Calabria, Anna puts a creative spin on classic recipes while keeping them approachable for home cooks. Each half-hour episode features vibrant dishes and practical tips, with this season showcasing recipes like tiramisu brownies, shrimp scampi meatballs, arancini casserole, and limoncello olive oil cake. 

Special Gamechangers: America’s Top 25 Female Athletes premieres July 2 on The Roku Channel. This hour-long special, which is the second iteration of Roku’s “Gamechangers” anthology series, will feature interviews with star athletes, sports media voices, and celebrities, celebrating the legacy and impact of 25 of the greatest female athletes in American sports history. Four-time WNBA Champion Sue Bird and two-time FIFA World Cup Champion Alex Morgan, both TOGETHXR Co-Founders, executive produce and appear in the special, which also features commentary from Olympic medalists Adam Rippon and Alysia Montaño, comedians Fortune Feimster and Jared Freid, WNBA announcer Ryan Ruocco, FOX Sports soccer analyst Stu Holden, sports media personalities Katie Feeney and Katie Nolan, broadcasters Cari Champion and Hannah Storm, and more. 

Outside Tonight With Julian Shapiro-Barnum premieres June 17 on YouTube. The modern take on the late night talk show will not film in a studio, but will take place in public places. The live show will air weekly and feature interviews, games, live music, and comedy. 

The American Experiment premieres June 24 on Netflix. As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, the new five-part documentary series reexamines the improbable achievement that was the nation’s founding, and the radical question at the center of the revolution: Can a people govern themselves? Featuring an extraordinary range of voices including former vice presidents and cabinet officials, current and former members of Congress, a former Supreme Court justice, leading historians, tribal chiefs, military experts, and thought leaders across the political spectrum, the series presents uniquely bipartisan, wide-ranging, and deeply informed conversations about the origins and future of American democracy. Tracking the years leading up to the Revolution through the drafting of the Constitution and the first American presidency, it explores how a nation built on an untested idea has continued to wrestle with the foundational contradictions of slavery, liberty, individual power, and minority representation – and how American democracy has been built, challenged, and reimagined over the course of two and a half centuries. Cinematic in scope and urgently relevant, the series reveals how the debates that defined the country’s founding era still shape the United States, posing a pivotal question at a moment of profound division: Can this extraordinary experiment endure? 

Season five of Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends premieres July 13 on Disney Jr. (7:00 a.m. EDT/PDT) and later that day on Disney Channel and Disney Jr. on Demand, with five episodes available the next day on Disney+. This season will introduce a new “Rescue-Webs” story arc in which Team Spidey is able to tackle even more daring rescues with their new Spidey-themed firetruck and rescue gear. Along the way, they will team up with Super Hero friends Rocket, Groot, Mr. Fantastic and Silk. 

National Geographic’s annual summer event SHARKFEST returns for its fin-credible 14th year, combining jaw-dropping encounters with groundbreaking science and expert-led storytelling that reveal new insights into the behavior, power and conservation of one of the ocean’s most fascinating predators. The shark-infested celebration kicks off July 5 with Hammerhead Sharks Up Close with Bertie Gregory, streaming on Disney+ and Hulu and airing on National Geographic at 9/8c. The special follows cinematographer and National Geographic Explorer Bertie Gregory as he dives into Mexico’s Pacific waters to discover how protected seas can deliver a spectacle of one of the ocean’s most visually iconic sharks, the unmistakable hammerhead. Additional fin-tastic programming will roll out throughout the month across Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo Mundo, Disney Channel and Disney XD, with select titles also streaming on Disney+ and Hulu. 

Descendants: Wicked Wonderland premieres July 16 on Disney Channel, and next day on Disney+. Awkwafina will step into the twisted world of Wonderland as Chessy the Cat. Now that the Queen of Hearts is nice and Cinderella is safe, things seem perfect for Red and Chloe … but little do they know that changing the past created a new villain: Maddox Hatter. When Maddox captures the Queen of Hearts, Red and Chloe must work with Red’s new sister Pink, Luisa Madrigal’s son Luis, Captain Hook’s daughter Hazel, and Maddox’s son Max to save her and Wonderland. Reprising their roles are Kylie Cantrall (Red), Malia Baker (Chloe), Leonardo Nam (Maddox Hatter), Melanie Paxson (Fairy Godmother), Paolo Montalban (King Charming), with Rita Ora (the Queen of Hearts) and Brandy (Cinderella). New to the cast are Liamani Segura (Pink), Brendon Tremblay (Max Hatter), Alexandro Byrd (Luis Madrigal), Kiara Romero (Hazel Hook), Joel Oulette (Robbie Hood), Zavien Garrett (Felix Facilier), Ryan McEwen (Squirmy Smee) and Dayton Paradis (Squeaky Smee). 

Lee Arvoy
Lee Arvoy joined the TV Source team in the summer of 2020 as a TV Writer.

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