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.
While we all impatiently wait for more news about the final season of Stranger Things, Netflix has shared a little about the show’s animated spinoff. It’s called Tales From ’85 and, well, that’s about all we know right now. The Duffer brothers say that the vibe will be “in the vein of the Saturday morning cartoons that we grew up loving,” which provides some idea of what to expect whenever it does stream.
In addition to dropping a new trailer for Wednesday’s upcoming second season, Netflix has confirmed that the series’ next chapter will be split in two with the first half debuting on August 6th, and the second on September 3rd.
Andor’s final chapter feels like a series of mini-movies about how wars for freedom are won in fits and starts.
Hayden Christensen will return to Ahsoka as Anakin Skywalker and rebel commander Admiral Ackbar will go “head-to-head” with Grand Admiral Thrawn, series creator Dave Filoni told the audience at Star Wars Celebration in Japan last night.
That’s according to Deadline, which also writes that the series will feature Rory McCann as the fallen Jedi Baylen Skol, following the May 2023 death of actor Ray Stevenson.
It’s been a while since Darth Maul last appeared Star Wars Rebels, but during this year’s Star Wars Celebration, Luscasfilm announced that the horned Sith is set to star in a new animated Disney Plus series due out in 2026.
Though Disney Plus and Marvel haven’t officially announced when the second of Daredevil: Born Again will debut, showrunner Dario Scardapane seems fairly confident in a recent Instagram post that it’s happening next March.
After Warner Bros. Discovery passed on Genndy Tartakovsky’s Fixed, it seemed like the animated feature about a dog’s last night before getting the snip might never see the light of day, but Netflix has scooped the film up and plans to debut it on August 13th.
While Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale can always tell when someone is lying, the new trailer for Poker Face’s upcoming second season makes it pretty hard to tell which of its characters are murderers hiding in plain sight. Clearly, there’s something up with that strange little girl, but is she a killer? You be the judge.
The excellent British comedy show where five contestants are judged in how they complete ridiculous tasks is back for series 19 starting May 2nd on YouTube. That means you have more than two weeks to catch up on previous series, which are also available on YouTube. Your time starts now.
Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies sees the new season’s first villain as a reflection of our times.
Apropos of it being the weekend, Bandai Namco Filmworks has just announced that there’s a new Ghost in the Shell animated series in the works directed by Dandadan storyboarder Moko-chan and produced by Science Saru (the studio behind Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.) The series is due out next year, and there’s a new trailer teasing what’s to come.
Ahead of Lazarus‘ second episode airing this weekend, Sony has released the series’ trio of soundtracks from Kamasi Washington, Bonobo, and Floating Points. All three of the soundtracks are on most major platforms, but there’s no word yet on whether they’ll be getting physical releases.
Doctor Who stars Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu open up about how Miss Belinda Chandra is going to shake up the series.
Though Adi Shankar’s Devil May Cry animated series has only been out for a week, Netflix has already greenlit it for a second season.
Balatro is once again having a moment. The game snapped up the best debut game award at this year’s BAFTAs. (With Ben Starr reprising his role as Jimbo to accept the award to maintain its creator’s strict policy of anonymity.) Then the game made a brief but fun appearance in the new Black Mirror season in the Hotel Reverie episode. As you can imagine, its creator, localthunk, was quite chuffed at the shout-out.
The Netflix anthology is back, but it’s a little warmer this time around.
Here’s a look at a Severance-themed “evening of sanctioned merriment” that Apple hosted this weekend at the New Jersey Bell Works building. The Apple TV Plus show’s cast and crew were able to “share their experience and connect with fans,” as 9to5Mac writes.
Today of all days would be a pretty terrible time for Netflix to announce its wants to produce a Monopoly-inspired reality competition show. But Deadline reports that a Monopoly series where “contestants battle for fortune and navigate the fine line between capitalism and chaos” is in the works. Grim!
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HBO’s post-apocalyptic world is more than just Joel and Ellie, though the second season doesn’t tell the whole story.
With Lazarus set to debut on Adult Swim this Saturday, now’s a good time to check out our interview with series creator Shinichirō Watanabe.
Before Dandadan’s upcoming second season streams on Netflix this July, the series’ season one finale, three new episodes, and an interview with co-directors Fuga Yamashiro and Abel Gongora will screen together in theaters as Dandadan: Evil Eye. In Asia (outside of Japan), Evil Eye screenings start on May 30th, US screenings begin on June 6th, and European screenings start June 7th.
If you’ve been looking for a way to get away from all the anti-art, ersatz Ghibli AI slop flooding the internet (and you’ve already gone to see the Princess Mononoke 4K restoration), some good news: Future Boy Conan, the 1978 series where Hayao Miyazaki got his directorial debut, will begin airing on anime streamer RetroCrush beginning April 18th.
We’re not far out from the next batch of Black Mirror episodes hitting Netflix on April 10th. And while we’ve already seen some of the new season, that latest trailer provides a more detailed rundown of the six episodes, including the direct sequel to “USS Callister.”
Ashly Burch, John Howell Harris, and Katie McElhenney saw their Side Quest series as a way to flesh out the world of Mythic Quest prime.
