Topic: TV

TV covers the programmes, creators and industry decisions shaping what people watch, from returning dramas and animated favourites to new adaptations, streaming hits and broadcaster strategy.

The topic also follows the people and ideas behind the screen, including casting, production changes, audience reactions and the wider cultural impact of television.

  • Arsenal begin title defence with 3-0 Coventry win

    Arsenal opened their Premier League title defence with a commanding 3-0 win over newly promoted Coventry City at the Emirates Stadium, giving the champions an assured start to the new campaign. The victory underlined Arsenal’s attacking strength against top-flight newcomers and set a confident tone for manager Mikel Arteta’s side as they look to retain…

  • Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine

    Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 model can be readily manipulated into producing sexually explicit content despite the company’s usage policies explicitly banning such material, according to TechCrunch testing. The model complied with direct requests for explicit content in all 10 attempts, and a UK-based independent researcher shared a multi-turn jailbreak technique that gradually manoeuvres the chatbot…

  • Women’s Super League 2026-27 preview No 1: Arsenal

    Arsenal begin the 2026-27 Women’s Super League season with a heavily reshaped squad, following a trophyless campaign that left the club hungry for silverware. Eleven players have departed, including club legends Beth Mead and Katie McCabe, who have moved to Manchester City and Chelsea respectively, while seven new signings arrive, among them Spain full-back Ona…

  • ‘The Girls’: Khloé Kardashian Wanted Her Friends to Have Their Own Show. Then Things Got Complicated

    Khloé Kardashian has produced a new unscripted series, “The Girls: A Khloé Kardashian Project,” which premiered on Hulu and Disney+, turning the spotlight onto her close-knit circle of friends rather than herself. The show, on which Kardashian serves as executive producer and narrator, marks a departure from her family’s long-running reality format by deliberately positioning…

  • Swaggering Arsenal want title attack, not defence

    Arsenal began their Premier League title defence with a comfortable 3-0 win over newly promoted Coventry City at the Emirates, projecting a new confidence after ending a 22-year wait for the league title last season. Captain Martin Odegaard said the squad’s mindset has shifted from defending their crown to attacking it again, reflecting a broader…

  • HBO’s Sci-Fi ‘True Detective’ Replacement Officially Lands With Over 9M Views

    HBO’s new sci-fi series “Lanterns,” which premiered its first episode last Sunday on HBO Max in the slot vacated by “True Detective,” has drawn 9.3 million views in its first three days of streaming. The series marks the live-action DC debut of Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre as Green Lanterns, and its strong start suggests…

  • ‘A lot to like!’ Arteta delighted with opening win for Arsenal

    Arsenal began their Premier League campaign with a comfortable 3-0 win over newly promoted Coventry City, prompting manager Mikel Arteta to praise his side’s performance. Arteta said there was “a lot to like” about the display, giving the Gunners a positive start as they look to build on last season’s title challenge. Speaking after the…

  • Michelle Pfeiffer Clarifies She “Never Said” She’s Retiring: “The Most Ridiculous Thing”

    Michelle Pfeiffer has moved to correct reports that she is retiring from acting, calling the claim “the most ridiculous thing” during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The three-time Oscar nominee explained that a comment she made about never wanting to “star in another movie” had been taken out of context, and…

  • Prince Harry’s secret visit to Trump’s backyard days before UK return with Meghan was revealed

    Prince Harry reportedly made an undisclosed visit to Washington DC, home turf of US President Donald Trump, in the days before he and Meghan Markle prepared to return to the UK. The visit’s disclosure comes amid intense scrutiny of the couple’s planned homecoming after six years largely based in the United States, with royal watchers…

  • For Comedy Writers, Saying Goodbye Can Be Tough

    Comedy writers behind HBO’s Hacks and The Comeback have spoken about how difficult it was to end their long-running series, with creators Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King reflecting on saying goodbye to The Comeback’s Valerie Cherish, a character Kudrow has played intermittently since 2005. Speaking at Sublime Primetime, an event hosted by the Writers…