TV Shows

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Peacock’s spinoff of The Office starts streaming tomorrow — with all 10 episodes dropping at once — but today comes news that it’s already been renewed for season 2. No date has been announced, but Variety reports that the plan is to premiere the second season around the same time next year.

While Marvel has released TV-MA projects before, the new trailer for Marvel Zombies makes it look like the series is really going to earn that rating by piling on as much (animated) blood and guts as possible.

After months of teasing us all with snippets from It: Welcome to Derry, HBO has finally given the prequel series an October 26th premiere date.

While the Office spinoff was originally planned to stream new episodes weekly, Peacock now says that it will “drop all 10 episodes on its September 4th premiere date.” Good thing there isn’t anything else releasing that day...

The Duffer Brothers will still be able to oversee their in-development Netflix projects when their current contract with the streamer is finished next year. But Deadline reports that the Stranger Things creators are jumping ship to Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, after signing a new production deal.

Geoff brought out members of the cast and crew of Prime Video’s Fallout TV show to debut the teaser for season 2. (Although, the Ghoul’s Walton Goggins apparently couldn’t make it.) New Vegas looks slick both in its pre-war days and after the bombs fell and we’ll see more of the city and the show when season two premiers December 17th.

Now that Paramount and Skydance’s mega merger is complete, Paramount president Jeff Shell is letting the public know that a “painful” round of job cuts are coming in order to help the company save $2 billion in operating costs.

Charles already declared Alien: Earth “one of this year’s strongest new shows,” so I wasn’t shocked by how much I liked its debut. I was surprised by the scale of its sets, and this featurette has more detail about how they managed that by filming outside in Bangkok.

As part of a One Piece Day event in Tokyo, Netflix shared a teaser for season two and the news that production on season three will start in South Africa later this year. One Piece season two will stream on Netflix in 2026 — here’s our review of season one.