TV
A Canadian Hockey Romance Just Won TV's Biggest Critics Prize — and It Can't Compete at the Emmys
The Television Critics Association announced the winners of its 42nd annual awards on Thursday, and the headline is this: Heated Rivalry, the Crave/HBO Max drama about two rival hockey players, took Program of the Year. That's the association's marquee honor, given for cultural impact rather than craft, and it beat The Pitt, Pluribus, Hacks and Widow's Bay to get it.
August 23, 2026 1:58 pm
Dave Bautista Is the New Kratos, and It Took a Torn Bicep to Get Him There
Amazon has closed its deal with Dave Bautista to play Kratos in Prime Video's God of War series, ending a two-month recasting scramble that started with an injury and ended with the internet getting the casting it had been loudly demanding since February.
August 22, 2026 10:57 am
Blue Eye Samurai Is Ending After Season 3 — and Season 2 Finally Has a Date
Netflix used its Anime NYC panel on Thursday to hand Blue Eye Samurai fans two things at once: a release window for the season they've been waiting three years for, and confirmation that the show gets exactly one more after that.
August 21, 2026 6:25 pm
Get up to speed on 'Marshals' season 2, Taylor Sheridan's series
‘Marshals’, Taylor Sheridan’s procedural series, has locked its leads — but it’s who they’re playing that’ll set tongues wagging.
August 18, 2026 12:07 pm
Rotten Tomatoes audiences give Taylor Sheridan’s Lioness a 9/10
Good news if you’re watching: Season 3 now holds the series’ best viewer score on Rotten Tomatoes.
August 10, 2026 9:47 am
Who’s in Ricky Gervais’ ‘Alley Cats’? All the key cast from the animated comedy
Ricky Gervais' Alley Cats is headed to Netflix with a voice cast full of familiar pipes—who’s behind the meows, and what else you should know.
August 9, 2026 12:21 pm
Tomorrow on Netflix: ‘The Ribbon Hero’ adapts the ‘Godfather of Manga’ classic
Netflix revives a beloved manga legacy for a new generation of anime fans with an anime inspired by Princess Knight — but the title isn’t what you’re expecting.
August 7, 2026 3:07 pm
Why The Map of Longing Cast Looks So Familiar
Netflix unveils the cast for The Map of Longing, adapting Alice Kellen’s bestselling novel — and book fans will want to see who made the cut.
August 2, 2026 10:31 am
