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.

  • Jason Statham’s $397M Shark Thriller Surges Across Global Streaming Charts

    Jason Statham’s shark thriller Meg 2: The Trench has been finding renewed popularity on streaming platforms, resurging across global charts despite a mixed critical reception when it first hit cinemas. The film, a sequel to the hit The Meg, sees Statham return as Jonas Taylor leading a deep-sea research team whose expedition is thrown into…

  • Sheffield Wednesday confirm another pre-season friendly against Championship side – thestar.co.uk

    Sheffield Wednesday have confirmed a further pre-season friendly, this time against Championship opposition, as part of their preparations ahead of the new season. The fixture adds to the Owls’ growing schedule of warm-up matches designed to build fitness and match sharpness before competitive football resumes. Full details of the match, including the opponent, date, kick-off…

  • One of Sci-Fi’s Greatest Trilogies Is Taking Over the Streaming Charts

    The Men in Black trilogy has surged back into popularity, with all three films simultaneously appearing on Peacock’s US Top 10 movie chart. The renewed interest fits a wider trend of science fiction titles reclaiming streaming attention even as fantasy and horror dominate current cinema releases, with audiences turning to platforms to revisit beloved older…

  • ‘The Rest Is Football’ Returning To Netflix For Next Two Premier League Seasons

    Netflix has renewed its daily football podcast series “The Rest Is Football”, committing to broadcast it for the next two Premier League seasons starting next month. The show, fronted by former BBC presenter Gary Lineker alongside ex-players Alan Shearer and Micah Richards, was Netflix’s first daily sports show and had been airing as a vodcast…

  • ‘New-Gen’ Universe Launches First Consumer Products Line With Comic-Con Trading Cards (EXCLUSIVE)

    New-Gen Universe, Inc. is launching its first consumer products initiative at San Diego Comic-Con, debuting an exclusive collector’s trading card set made with Cryptozoic Entertainment to celebrate its Marvel-distributed comic series. Just 300 convention exclusive boxes exist worldwide for the July 23–26 event, making this among the rarest “New-Gen” collectibles released to date. Designed solely…

  • Holly Willoughby Launches YouTube Lifestyle Series

    EXCLUSIVE: Holly Willoughby is setting up shop on YouTube. The top British presenter is launching Holly Willoughby Together, a lifestyle series for YouTube and social that counts Stanley Tucci, Katherine Ryan, Joanne McNally, Emma Bunton and Nicole Appleton in its first tranche of guests. She will also speak to campaigners like Ellen Froome, who is…

  • ‘Shark Tank India’ Sets Season 6 With Parrot Campaign on SonyLIV (EXCLUSIVE)

    “Shark Tank India” has unveiled “#DontBeATota,” a campaign taking aim at founders who mistake the language of entrepreneurship for the substance of it, as the show opens its sixth season for entries on streamer SonyLIV. The campaign lands at a moment when terms such as valuation, burn rate and EBITDA have become everyday vocabulary. It…

  • Louis and Lestat’s diverging paths collide in season finale twist

    The Season 3 finale of “The Vampire Lestat”, titled “The Failures”, brought one major storyline to a close while deliberately laying the groundwork for what comes next, according to cast members who discussed the episode afterwards. Actors Eric Bogosian and Assad Zaman detailed a pivotal sequence in which their characters, Daniel and Armand, orchestrate a…

  • Rhaenyra and Daemon adrift as key rivals vanish from power

    The fifth episode of House of the Dragon’s third season advances the Targaryen civil war by removing several key figures from active roles on both sides of the conflict. King Aegon and Prince Aemond are both absent from King’s Landing, with Aemond recovering from a serious wound at Harrenhal under Alys Rivers’ care, leaving a…

  • Atlanta Hawks dump former No. 1 pick Zaccharie Risacher after disappointing two-year stint

    The Atlanta Hawks have traded Zaccharie Risacher, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, to the Dallas Mavericks after just two seasons, marking an early end to what had been an underwhelming stint in Atlanta. The move, confirmed on Sunday, reflects growing disappointment with Risacher’s development since he was selected as the…