TV
Netflix Had Its Biggest Half Ever and Its Smallest No. 1 in Three Reports
Netflix's own numbers for the first half of 2026 are out: a record 97 billion hours watched, and the smallest No. 1 show in three reporting periods. His & Hers took the top spot with 104M views — against Adolescence's 144.8M a year ago.
Every TV Show Worth Your September, With Episode Counts and Drop Patterns
September is the month American television stops idling. Fourteen scripted premieres, the Emmys on the 14th, one series ending for good, and a spy show that arrives two days after it may or may not have won Outstanding Drama. Here is what is worth your evening, with dates, episode counts and release patterns.
Tires Got a Season 4 in Two Weeks. Will Ferrell Opened Bigger and Got Nothing.
Netflix has formally greenlit a fourth season of Tires, roughly two weeks after season three landed — the fastest renewal the show has had. Deadline frames it as part of a two-year renewal. The reason is arithmetic: this is the cheapest show on Netflix's comedy shelf and the only one whose audience keeps growing.
SNL Just Finished Auditioning Its Next Cast, and Here's Who Stood Out
Saturday Night Live wrapped its 2026 talent showcases this week, running auditions in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York ahead of Season 52. The New York rounds took place at UCB on August 17 and 18.
Prime Video Renewed Sterling Point Two Weeks After It Premiered
Amazon has given Sterling Point a second season, and the speed is the story: the pickup landed roughly two weeks after the YA drama premiered on Prime Video.
The Terminal List Is Back in October, and Chris Pratt Looks Genuinely Unwell
Prime Video released the first teaser and key art for The Terminal List Season 2 on Thursday. All eight episodes arrive Wednesday, October 21, in more than 240 countries.
Aardman Is Making a Stop-Motion Pokemon Series for Disney+, and the Classic Show Is Already There
Disney+ has greenlit Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd & Pichu, a stop-motion series from Aardman, as part of a new global distribution deal with The Pokémon Company International. It lands on Disney XD and Disney+ in 2027.
Netflix Is Making a Manifest Spinoff, and It Announced It on 8/28
Netflix has ordered Arrivals: A New Manifest Mystery, set in the same world as Manifest but following an entirely new group of characters. The announcement went out on Aug. 28 — 8/28, for Flight 828, because of course it did.
