TV Shows
We may be living in a golden age of TV, but panning through all the dross to find that gold can be time-consuming and tedious. For every much-discussed hit like Severance, House of the Dragon, and The Bear, there are dozens of new original shows that barely tip the cultural needle. And with so many new streaming services competing with HBO, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Disney Plus, it’s impossible to keep up with everything new to view. But The Verge’s TV section is ready to help. Our news, reviews, and interviews help you find the next Stranger Things or Star Trek: Strange New Worlds in time to keep up with the cultural conversation. And our essays and analysis invite you to consider the deeper context of what you’re watching.
Charles Pulliam-Moore
The It prequel series is a half-hearted attempt at crossing Stephen King’s opus with Stranger Things.
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Andrew Webster
Hijack is back (in January).
The Apple TV thriller returns for its second season, with eight episodes that kick off on January 14th, 2026. This time the setting shifts from an airplane to a train in Berlin. Hopefully they don’t end up in an Exit 8 situation.
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Dominic Preston
Daredevil gets a date.
Last week Marvel confirmed that a third season of the Disney Plus revival is in the works, but now we know when the second will arrive: Born Again will be born again on March 4th, 2026.
Image: JoJo Whilden / Disney
Andrew Webster
All signs point to “huh?”
Following Barbie’s success, Mattel keeps trying to find ways to license out its properties for TV and film. Up next: M. Night Shyamalan is co-developing a series based on the magic 8-ball that’s described as a “high-concept, character-driven supernatural drama.” I just hope it’s part of the Servant connected universe.
Terrence O'Brien
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake season 2 debuts October 23rd.
The new season will have 10 episodes, with one dropping every Thursday between October 23rd and December 25th (an excellent Christmas gift if you ask me). The new season will feature appearances from Adventure Time favorites including Princess Bubblegum, Marceline and, of course, Finn the Human.
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Marvel is getting even more meta with Wonder Man.
First, Yahya Abdul-Mateen showed up at the Fantastic Four: First Steps premiere, giving in-character interviews as Simon Williams — the star of Disney Plus’ upcoming Wonder Man miniseries. And now, Marvel has dropped a Wonder Man teaser that makes it seem like the show will be about an in-universe superhero movie reboot.
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Andrew Webster
It’s almost the witch(er)ing hour.
Ahead of the premiere of season 4 on October 30th — which, of course, introduces Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia — Netflix has released a new Witcher trailer. The new season has more of an ensemble vibe, with Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri all doing their own thing across the Continent.
This is the glass cliff to end all glass cliffs.
Elizabeth Lopatto
The digital avatar’s rollout feels like a stunt meant to normalize gen AI’s creep into Hollywood.
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Andrew Webster
Mr. Scorsese is ready for his closeup.
Apple just released a new trailer for its upcoming five-part documentary on legendary director Martin Scorsese, and it looks filled with an appropriate amount of drama. The series is helmed by director Rebecca Miller and starts streaming on October 17th.
Noah Hawley talks about turning Alien into a TV series following the season 1 finale.
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Jay Peters
The Simpsons are getting another movie.
It’s set to debut on July 23rd, 2027, just about 20 years after the premiere of the first Simpsons movie in July 2007. I remember seeing the first in theaters, so now I feel really old.
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Lionsgate and Runway’s AI partnership is having some technical issues.
Lionsgate has been hyping up generative AI ever since it partnered with Runway to build a model trained on the studio’s IP. But TheWrap reports that the companies have been struggling to get the model to generate anything usable because the “Lionsgate catalog isn’t enough to create those kinds of large-scale projects.”
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Production designer Andy Nicholson looked to the past to make the sci-fi series’ future tech feel real.
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Say hello to the oldest resident of Derry, Maine.
The latest trailer for HBO’s Welcome to Derry series is chock full of alarming new scenes from the It prequel, but the most intriguing thing about it are its shots of what seems to be Pennywise’s arrival on Earth from space(?) in a massive ball of fire.
ABC’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel in fear of Donald Trump is already casting an ugly shadow on the Disney brand.
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Jacob Kastrenakes
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Tubi wants to help you slack off at work.
In an effort to help folks consume as much streaming content as possible, Tubi has just released Productubity, a new Chrome extension designed to make it easier for you to hide the fact that you’re watching movies or shows when you’re supposed to be, you know, increasing shareholder value.
Terrence O'Brien
Russia is pushing AI slop on government run TV.
A weekly show called PolitStacker has been airing on Zvezda, a station owned by Russia’s Ministry of Defense, which it claims is primarily AI-generated. Supposedly topics for the show are picked by AI, the host is an AI avatar, and there’s awful deepfake clips of politicians singing... for reasons.
The artists behind Women Wearing Shoulder Pads wanted to showcase Latin American identity in all of its complexity.
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Apple’s Foundation is coming back for a fourth season.
Though the third season of Apple TV Plus’ Foundation adaptation is set to wrap this Friday, the series won’t be coming to an end. Apple announced today that it has renewed Foundation for a fourth season whose production will kick off some time in early 2026.
In a statement about the renewal, Foundation co-showrunners and executive producers Ian Goldberg and David Kob said they were honored to be coming back for another season. Apple TV Plus head of programming Matt Cherniss added that the studio is beyond excited to be producing a show that has “become such a global phenomenon.”
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Warner Bros. Discovery, a Skydance Corporation?
According to The Wall Street Journal, the newly merged Paramount Skydance Corporation is thinking about making a majority cash bid to acquire the entirety of Warner Bros. Discovery — a move that would consolidate two of the world’s largest media conglomerates into a single entity run by billionaire Larry Ellison’s son.
Paramount Skydance Prepares Ellison-Backed Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
[The Wall Street Journal]
Charles Pulliam-Moore
The Chair Company opens for business next month.
When HBO’s new comedy The Chair Company premieres on October 12th, William Ronald Trosper (Tim Robinson) will set out to discover the truth behind “a far-reaching conspiracy” that has him questioning everything about his life.
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