Netflix’s The Night Agent is looking to boost its ranks. Genesis Rodriguez (Lioness) is in talks to join the espionage drama for its third season. Netflix has already greenlit a third installment of one of […]
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Netflix is claiming a nine-figure global audience for its Nov. 15 boxing spectacle between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson. The streamer says 108 million people worldwide watched social media star-turned-boxer Paul beat the 58-year-old former […]
The third season premiere of The Lincoln Lawyer moved the show to the top of the streaming docket. The Netflix drama based on Michael Connelly’s novels recorded 1.64 billion viewing minutes for the week of […]
Lady Gaga is set to appear in Netflix’s Wednesday in its forthcoming second season. The Oscar and Grammy winner will have a role in the Netflix hit, which is in production in Ireland. Details on […]
Hulu is heading back to court with Reasonable Doubt. The Disney-owned streamer has renewed the series for a third season. The pickup comes about four weeks after Reasonable Doubt concluded its second season. Following the […]
Netflix is aging up its dating-show demographic. The streamer has released a trailer for an unscripted series called The Later Daters, which follows six baby boomers (ranging in age from 56 to 71) as they […]
The first quarter of 2025 will bring some familiar names and faces to ABC — both from the network’s own roster and that of its Disney sibling Hulu. ABC’s midseason lineup includes several Hulu series that […]
Netflix is heading back to the Dallas Cowboys’ sideline. The streamer had ordered a second season of its unscripted series America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Season one, which premiered in June, spent four weeks in […]
The season four premiere of Outer Banks brought the Netflix show back onto the streaming charts — but with only half a season released this time, it fell well short of its last premiere. The YA […]
Prime Video took over a soundstage in Los Angeles Tuesday for its first live election special — but despite the expansive space and technology on display, the telecast’s opening hours didn’t feel much different than the […]
Amazon is turning to artificial intelligence to help Prime Video users stay current on shows they’re watching. The streamer has added AI-generated recaps for some of its original series, pitching it as a way for […]
The Pogues of Outer Banks have one more adventure left. Netflix and the show’s creators announced that the show has been renewed for a fifth and final season. The news comes a few days before […]
Netflix’s rom-com series Nobody Wants This attracted more viewing in its second week, moving up one spot to second overall in Nielsen’s weekly streaming charts. The series starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody drew 1.21 […]
Apple TV+‘s forthcoming Margo’s Got Money Troubles is adding to its already star-studded cast. Nick Offerman has joined the series from A24 and showrunner David E. Kelley. The Parks and Recreation favorite will star opposite […]
Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story led Nielsen’s streaming charts for a second straight week — and grew substantially from its debut. The Ryan Murphy-produced series was the top title for the week […]
Netflix is plotting a new set of adventures for its version of Lara Croft. The streamer has renewed its animated series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft for a second season. The pickup was […]
Netflix is adding to the ensemble for its adaptation of John Steinbeck’s East of Eden. The limited series starring and executive produced by Florence Pugh has begun production in New Zealand. Joining the cast are […]
Netflix has canceled its comedy series Unstable after two seasons. The series, co-created by and starring Rob Lowe and his son John Owen Lowe, debuted its second season on Aug. 1. The show didn’t make […]
The top two streaming titles from the first week of September held their spots in the second week — and both improved on their debut showings. Netflix’s limited series The Perfect Couple and its movie […]
The staff of Peacock‘s mockumentary follow-up to The Office is growing. The show from Office creator Greg Daniels and Michael Koman has added Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Tim Key and Eric Rahill to its ensemble. […]
DirecTV is getting into the FAST channel business — no satellite dish necessary. The satellite-TV service is launching a free, ad-supported streaming platform called MyFree DirecTV. It’s slated to go live on Nov. 15 with […]
Netflix will keep The Night Agent on call beyond its forthcoming second season. The streamer has renewed The Night Agent for a third season, with the pickup coming several months before season two premieres. Netflix […]
Netflix has decided not to return to Mount Olympus, canceling its series Kaos after a single season. The decision comes about six weeks after the dark comedy, based on Greek and Roman mythology and created […]
Netflix and creator Kurt Sutter have parted ways on the streamer’s western The Abandons. Sutter, who created the drama and was serving as showrunner, left the show over creative differences with Netflix. The Abandons, set […]
Hulu‘s breakout unscripted show The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is coming back for more. The Disney-owned streamer has picked up 20 additional episodes of the show, which premiered Sept. 6 and became the first […]
The Perfect Couple shot to the top overall spot in Nielsen’s streaming rankings for its premiere week. The murder mystery limited series, which stars Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber and Dakota Fanning, accumulated 1.91 billion minutes […]
Apple TV+ wants another helping of Sugar. The tech behemoth’s streaming service has picked up a second season of the drama, which stars Colin Farrell as the title character, Detective John Sugar. The first season […]
Los Angeles is a killer real estate market — maybe literally, in the case of Netflix‘s upcoming series No Good Deed. The streamer has released a first teaser for the dark comedy from Dead to Me […]
The second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power opened to big viewing numbers in the United States — just not as big as its first season. The Prime Video series amassed […]
Netflix will revisit a classic novel for its latest prestige series. The streamer has formally greenlit East of Eden, a seven-episode limited series based on John Steinbeck’s 1952 novel. The book was previously adapted for […]
Apple TV+‘s upcoming drama Margo’s Got Money Troubles has added another A-list name to its cast. Michelle Pfeiffer will star opposite Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman in the series, which is based on the best-selling […]
The cards are back on the table. Netflix is taking another shot at an animated series based on Magic: The Gathering, the hugely popular role-playing game. The streamer first picked up a series based on […]
AMC made a bet earlier this year that licensing a number of its shows to Netflix would help them find more viewers. That bet appears to have paid off. Two AMC shows, Dark Winds and […]
The Tracy Morgan-led spinoff of The Neighborhood at Paramount+ continues to add to its cast. Adrian Martinez, Braxton Paul and Finn Maloney have joined Crutch, which stars Morgan as Francois Crutchfield, aka Crutch, a Harlem […]
Paramount Streaming and Showtime head of communications Erin Calhoun is leaving the company after seven years. Calhoun will depart at the end of September, she wrote in a memo to staff on Thursday (read it […]
Paramount+‘s limited series about JonBenét Ramsey continues to attract a high-profile cast. The latest addition to the show is three-time Emmy winner Margo Martindale (The Americans, Justified). She’ll recur as Nedra, the mother of Patsy […]
The theme song for Netflix‘s data dump for the first half of 2024 might as well be “Rule, Britannia.” Four U.K.-produced series are at the top of the streamer’s internal rankings for January to June, […]
Peacock had its best month to date in August, scoring the largest share of TV use in the United States in the streamer’s four-year history thanks to the Summer Olympics. With a huge menu of […]
Apple TV+ won’t reset the clock on Time Bandits. The tech giant’s streaming service has canceled the series, an adaptation of a 1981 feature film by Terry Gilliam, after a single season. The news comes […]
Netflix will explore Silicon Valley in its next drama series. The streamer won a bidding war by giving a straight-to-series order to Thumblite, set in the epicenter of the tech industry. The series comes from […]
Netflix released the first half of Emily in Paris‘ fourth season on Aug. 15, and as a result got not a lot more than half of the tune-in for the show’s last full-season premiere. The […]