TV news
Hannah Whitlock
November 1, 2026 11:45 am
Why does R.J. Decker season 2 have only 7 episodes? The finale has aired, and ABC still hasn't announced season 3
R.J. Decker's second season lasted six weeks, about as long as a decent cold. ABC hasn't said if there'll be a third, and the finale didn't exactly leave things in a place where you can walk away.
Crush of the day
Daniel Okafor
November 1, 2026 9:54 am
Seven Havens' three-episodes-a-week drop killed the slow burn that made Avatar
The first new animated Avatar series in 12 years got a 13-episode first season and burned through it in three weeks.
Daniel Okafor
November 1, 2026 9:17 am
Before Picard, Patrick Stewart played a firefighter on Coronation Street — in his own Yorkshire accent
The 1967 clip making the rounds this week is 26-year-old Stewart in a soap, sounding nothing like the captain of the Enterprise.
Hannah Whitlock
October 31, 2026 4:31 pm
South Park: why is Randy a kid? Blame one trip to Sephora
Randy Marsh walked into Sephora a grown man, which is more than anyone can say about how he walked out.
Hannah Whitlock
October 31, 2026 3:55 pm
Yaga: who is Logan, the roommate who looks exactly like the heir who vanished?
The first person Yaga's detective interviews looks an awful lot like the man he's been hired to find.
Daniel Okafor
October 31, 2026 2:42 pm
From Shazam to a grocery checkout: Zachary Levi's new show plays like his own career
Angel's new sitcom is about a man who loses the only stage he had and starts over somewhere smaller. Its lead knows the material.
Daniel Okafor
October 31, 2026 2:06 pm
I'd watch anything Donald Glover makes. A PUBG show is testing that
Netflix announced the Atlanta brothers' next series this week, and it's an adaptation of a game with no story, no characters and no dialogue. There's a version of this that's an insult and a version that's a blank check.
Daniel Okafor
October 31, 2026 12:16 pm
'What if Trump was actually competent': The Diplomat's scariest character just got a fifth season
Netflix renewed its most politically pointed drama two weeks after the season 4 premiere — fast even by hit standards, and practically unheard of for a show this deep into its run.
Hannah Whitlock
October 31, 2026 11:02 am
Who is Donnie in MobLand, explained: a hitman whose season 2 assignment was not to kill anyone
MobLand's quietest hired gun spends most of his second season taking a woman out to dinner.
Hannah Whitlock
October 31, 2026 9:49 am
What is Line of Fire based on? NBC's thriller grew out of a president's daughter's own life
The First Daughter in Line of Fire goes by the codename Sparrow, and one of the show's producers spent eight years answering to Twinkle.