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TV Shows Follow Follow 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. Spider-Noir looks like a hard-boiled thriller in first trailer Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 12 J External Link Jay Peters Feb 11 Link Severance could have at least four seasons. A big inside baseball article by Deadline reports that a fourth season of the show, of which Apple has currently aired two seasons, is a “lock.” A fifth would be at the discretion of executive producers Dan Erickson and Ben Stiller. Apple aims to start shooting season three this summer. Apple Acquires ‘Severance’ As It Grows In-House Studio; Series Eyes Summer S3 Start, 4-Season Run & Universe Expansion; Fifth Season To EP [ Deadline ] C Youtube Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 10 Link This isn’t even Tony Tony Chopper’s final form. There’s a lot to see in Netflix’s new trailer for the live-action One Piece ’s upcoming second season , but the most surprising reveal here is a fresh look at Tony Tony Chopper’s (Mikaela Hoover) Walk Point form that turns him into a much more normal-looking reindeer. The show’s out March 10th. C External Link Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 9 Link BOY. Amazon’s live-action God of War series starring Ryan Hurst as Kratos has found its Atreus in Callum Vinson ( Poker Face , Chucky .) ‘God of War’ Live-Action Series Casts Callum Vinson as Atreus [ Variety ] A Youtube Antonio G. Di Benedetto Feb 9 Link Netflix’s drip feed of new Sesame Street episodes continues March 9th. The next four episodes of Sesame Street are dropping soon on Netflix and will include a cameo from Miley Cyrus . Will they also go back to having a Letter and Number of the Day and a proper ending song ? I won’t hold my breath, but I’ll still be bitter. How I Built the Star Trek control panel of my dreams I used ESPHome and LVGL to make my living room a little bit more like the USS Enterprise Ursa Wright Feb 8 T Youtube Terrence O'Brien Feb 7 Link MST3K is coming back. Again. Instead of Jonah Ray, Mike Nelson (from the show’s original run) will be donning the jumpsuit. Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett will also be reprising their roles as Servo and Crow. The focus of MST3K: The RiffTrax Experiments will be on “ classic bad ” movies and it’s already blown past its Kickstarter goal. HBO is turning Baldur’s Gate into a TV show Jay Peters Feb 6 S External Link Stevie Bonifield Feb 5 Link Disney’s Eragon series is showing signs of life. Todd Harthan and Todd Helbing have joined the series as co-showrunners and executive producers, along with Marc Webb and Rachel Moore as executive producers, as Variety reports. Author Christopher Paolini will also be executive producing the adaptation of his YA fantasy series at Disney Plus, which is also home to the hit adaptation of Percy Jackson . ‘Eragon’ Disney+ Series Sets Todd Harthan, Todd Helbing as Co-Showrunners, Marc Webb Boards as Exec Producer [ Variety ] Apple TV details its 2026 streaming lineup with big list of announcements Andrew Webster Feb 4 Fallout’s season 2 finale left plenty unanswered as it expanded in scope Andrew Webster Feb 4 Apple’s sci-fi detective show Sugar is coming back in June Andrew Webster Jan 30 Melania documentary creators say its big price tag wasn’t bribery Jess Weatherbed Jan 30 A Youtube Andrew Webster Jan 29 Link An introduction to the wasteland. Ahead of the finale for Fallout season 2 next week, Amazon has started dropping episodes of the first season on YouTube so you can get a taste of the post-apocalyptic series for free. That finale, meanwhile, will be available a little early, streaming at 9PM ET on February 3rd . Ted Lasso season 4 hits Apple TV in the summer Andrew Webster Jan 28 C Youtube Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 27 Link Jessica Jones has been born again. Disney Plus is teasing Jessica Jones’ return to the MCU in this new teaser trailer for Daredevil: Born Again ’s upcoming second season , and it looks like the detective is going to be knocking heads. As Marvel pivots back to the Avengers, Wonder Man goes its own way Disney Plus’ latest superhero series is dropping at a time when the MCU feels like it’s moving back to square one. Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 26 C Youtube Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 24 Link Bears. Beets. Battle royale collaboration. Soon, you’ll be able to play as The Office ’s Dwight Schrute and Michael Scott in Fortnite when new skins of the characters debut in the game’s item shop. It’s one of Fortnite ’s stranger collaborations, but it makes more sense when you consider how many people are still watching the show . C Youtube Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 22 Link A Darth Maul redemption arc? While the new trailer for Disney Plus’ Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord series doesn’t at all make the Sith Lord look like a heroic figure , it does suggest that meeting his new apprentice is going to reveal new things about his character when the show premieres on April 6th. Adobe is developing ‘IP-safe’ gen AI models for the entertainment industry Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 22 C Youtube Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 21 Link Maul’s to the wall. Ahead of debuting a trailer for its new Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord animated series tomorrow, Disney Plus has shared a short (and inky) teaser that makes it seem like the Sith Lord’s lightsaber is going to be seeing plenty of action. A Youtube Andrew Webster Jan 21 Link For All Mankind is back in the spring. Season 5 of Apple TV’s alternate reality sci-fi series starts streaming on March 27th. It picks up with Mars now home to “a thriving colony with thousands of residents and a base for new missions that will take us even further into the solar system.” You can get a taste of that in the extremely brief new teaser. YouTube TV will launch custom multiview and channel packages ‘soon’ Emma Roth Jan 21 Netflix’s Star Search will let you vote to decide who wins Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 20 J External Link Jay Peters Jan 15 Link “I’m so far behind on everything.” That’s George R.R. Martin, in a big profile published by The Hollywood Reporter . Relatable. The piece also details new work being done on a potential Game of Thrones sequel series featuring Jon Snow; Arya Stark might be in it, too. But that show is in “very early development,” THR says. Heavy Is the Crown: George R.R. Martin on His Triumphs and Torments [ The Hollywood Reporter ] Amazon is turning Fallout’s postapocalypse into a reality show Andrew Webster Jan 15 Over 100 episodes of classic Sesame Street have arrived on YouTube Stevie Bonifield Jan 15 A Andrew Webster Jan 15 Link Here’s Lara. One day after announcing Kratos’ casting for its live-action take on God of War , Amazon has revealed the first image of Sophie Turner as Lara Croft in its upcoming Tomb Raider series. Not much else in the way of details about the show, but Amazon says “production is underway.” Image: Jay Maidment for Prime Video Game of Thrones shows its playful side in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms HBO’s new spinoff prequel takes a humorous look at the grimy lives of Westeros’ smallfolk. Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 15 Amazon didn’t have to go far to find its live-action Kratos Ash Parrish Jan 14 A Youtube Andrew Webster Jan 14 Link The kids are breaking bad. Well, they’re not kids anymore, but things are not looking good for the cast of Euphoria in the new season 3 trailer , which sees just about everyone involved in some kind of criminal enterprise or... content creation. The series returns to HBO on April 12th. D Dominic Preston Jan 14 Link Netflix orders more from the Squid Game creator. The Dealer will be a crime series following a casino dealer who starts gambling herself to fund her wedding. Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk will produce the show , though he isn’t writing or directing this time. Hwang Dong-hyuk (left) will produce the new show, with Jung So-min (third from left) in the lead role. Image: Netflix C Youtube Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 13 Link Something huge is coming to Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2. A mysterious kaiju is stirring up trouble in this new teaser for season 2 of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters . The new creature seems bigger than King Kong and more menacing than Godzilla, but we’ll have to wait for the season’s premiere on February 27th to learn the monster’s name. S External Link Stevie Bonifield Jan 12 Link All 49 seasons of ‘Survivor’ will be free on Pluto TV ahead of ‘Survivor 50.’ If you have a few hundred hours to spare, you can watch every episode of Survivor for free starting January 24th, as reported by TheWrap . Episodes will be available on-demand and air in order on a 24/7 Survivor channel before Survivor 50 premieres on February 25th on CBS and Paramount Plus. Pluto TV to Host Free 'Survivor' Marathon Ahead of Season 50 Premiere [ TheWrap ] The Stranger Things behind-the-scenes doc is a lot more boring than a secret episode Andrew Webster Jan 12 S Youtube Stevie Bonifield Jan 12 Link Amy Poehler snagged the first Golden Globe for Best Podcast. The new awards category debuted at the 83rd annual Golden Globes on Sunday night, where Good Hang with Amy Poehler became its first winner. Good Hang was up against Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard , Call Her Daddy, The Mel Robbins Podcast, NPR’s Up First , and SmartLess , which is co-hosted by Poehler’s ex-husband Will Arnett. C Youtube Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 12 Link The Baroques are coming to One Piece season 2. The new teaser trailer for the second season of Netflix’s live-action One Piece adaptation introduces the show’s take on Baroque Works, the superpowered crime syndicate fixated on toppling the Arabasta Kingdom and taking out anyone who gets in their way. The new season drops on March 10th. Black Mirror has been renewed for another season Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 9 C External Link Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 9 Link The Television Academy wants to know if a show was made with AI. While shows produced with generative AI can still be submitted for Emmy consideration, the Television Academy has updated its rules to reserve the right to inquire about whether the technology was used in a production. “The core of our recognition remains centered on human storytelling,” the organization said. Emmys Rules Changes Address AI, TV Movie Category, Expand Eligibility In Casting, Costume, Lighting & More [ Deadline ] Netflix is bringing back some big franchises in 2026 Andrew Webster Jan 7 Most Popular Most Popular Apple’s doing something on March 4th Why are Epstein’s emails full of equals signs? OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI Anker’s USB-C cable that lets you charge two gadgets at once is 20 percent off The Pocket Taco is the best way to turn your phone into a Game Boy Advertiser Content From This is the title for the native ad