TV news
Hannah Whitlock
October 2, 2026 4:29 pm
Where is Sheriff Country filmed? The "California" town sits about 2,500 miles from California
Morena Baccarin's sheriff patrols a Northern California county with redwoods, wildfire country, and a tavern on a two-lane road. The county has an Ontario postal code.
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Hannah Whitlock
October 2, 2026 3:03 pm
What year does Avatar: Seven Havens take place? The time jump is triple the leap from Aang to Korra
The Legend of Korra asked viewers to accept a seventy-year gap and a city that had replaced four nations. The new series asks for considerably more than that, and the size of the ask is the whole design.
Hannah Whitlock
October 2, 2026 2:18 pm
How old is Pavi in Avatar: Seven Havens? Aang was 12, Korra was 17 — the new Avatar is younger than both
Every Avatar show has opened by telling you how old its lead is, because the age is the premise. This one sets a franchise record on that count before it gets to anything else.
Tatiana Santos
October 2, 2026 9:56 am
Crystal Lake release date and cast: the Friday the 13th prequel makes Jason a recurring role — and Shailene Woodley isn't in it at all
After years of rights hell, Jason's franchise finally returns October 15 — and the strangest thing about the cast list is the famous name the internet keeps adding to it.
Tatiana Santos
October 2, 2026 9:33 am
Bradley Whitford is 'working' Aaron Sorkin for a West Wing revival as a limited series — and the cast has already RSVP'd
Josh Lyman got a star on the Walk of Fame this week and used the press line for exactly what you'd expect: lobbying.
Tatiana Santos
October 2, 2026 8:17 am
Paramount+ and HBO Max will combine into one streaming service after the merger — and only one of the two apps survives
The $110 billion deal cleared its last courtroom this week — and the clearest clue about which app is getting buried came not from a press release, but from an exit.
Tatiana Santos
October 2, 2026 7:49 am
Virgin River season 8 release date: Netflix renewed it before season 7 even aired — and the wait looks like the longest yet
Netflix's coziest franchise has never been safer or slower: the next season was guaranteed months in advance, and the calendar still refuses to cough up a date.
Tatiana Santos
October 2, 2026 7:26 am
War release date and cast: Sienna Miller and Dominic West's HBO Max divorce drama got a season 2 order before it even premiered
HBO bought two seasons of a show about famous people's marriages detonating in public — and then cast it with two actors who know the genre from the inside.
Tatiana Santos
October 2, 2026 7:00 am
Why is Joe Miñoso leaving Chicago Fire in season 15? Cruz's goodbye begins October 7
One of the last original firefighters at 51 is hanging up the helmet — and by every available signal, nobody asked him if he wanted to.
Hannah Whitlock
October 1, 2026 2:23 pm
Which one to watch first, Sheriff Country or Fire Country? The wrong order is a HUGE spoiler
CBS built a two-show universe where the sheriff and the fire department share a surname, a zip code, and a body count. Pick the wrong entry point and you'll torch the parent show's biggest gut-punch before you've learned a single character's name.