AMC Networks has released a trailer for the latest series of Unreis’s immortal universe, Talamasca: The Secret Order, which will premiere at AMC and AMC+ on Sunday, October 26th.
The first season consists of six episodes, each airing weekly on Sundays. “Unreisse’s Tamaska: Secret Order” focuses on the official loglines, “a secret society called Tamaska, consisting of men and women who are responsible for tracking and containing witches, vampires, and other creatures scattered around the world.”
The cast is concluded with Nicholas Denton, Elizabeth McGovern, William Fickner, Maisie Richardson Sellers and Celine Buckens. Jason Schwartzman is a guest star, and Eric Bogosian and Justin Kirk have changed their roles from Rice’s “Interview with the Vampire” as crossover characters in the New Series.
Rice’s “Tamasca” is an executive produced by John Lee Hancock and Mark Lafferty, who directs co-stars Mark Johnson, Rice’s Immortal Universe and Tom Williams along with Christopher Rice and the late Rice. He will also direct Hancock.
Please see the trailer below.
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Apple TV+ has released a trailer for the third season of “Eugene Levy with Eugene Levy” which will premier globally on September 19th.
The 8-episode season follows the host Eugene Levy, whom he sets up to discover what the ultimate travel bucket list is, with the help of Prince of Wales. This season we will showcase Levi’s trips to Austria, Canada, the UK, India, Ireland, Mexico, Korea and the US. Each presents new opportunities to broaden his perspective on travel.
Levy was joined by a variety of special guests, including five-time Grammy Award winner Michael Bubre. Levi’s daughter, “Schitt’s Creek” star Sarah Levi; K-Pop Boyband Nowz and former Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid.
“The Unchanging Traveler Using Eugene Levy” is produced by Twofour by Apple TV+. Levy, David Brindley, Nic Patten, Sara Brailsford, Iain Peckham and Lily Fitzpatrick are executive producers.
Check out the trailer for “Unwilling Traveler with Eugene Levy” below.
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Amazon Prime Video has released the official trailers for seasons 1 and 2 of the adult comedy series “Helluva Boss,” which will premiere on September 10th.
Previously released on YouTube, the trailer features moments from the first two seasons and teases new footage from the original episode.
A new prequel episode, entitled “Mission: Zero,” follows IMP as he plans his first assassination. “Helluva Boss” arrives on Prime Video will be marked when the series is fully uncensored, subtitles and available in multiple languages for the first time.
“Helluva Boss” stars Brandon Rogers (“Class Act”), Richard Holwitz (“Invader Gym”), Vivienne Williams (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Erica Lindbeck (“Thundercats Roll”), and Blythe Pinkham (“Merci Street”).
The series also includes Alex Brightman (“Hasbin Hotel”), James Monroe Igle Heart (“Super Kitties”), Christina Vee (“Sailor Moon”), Georgee Leahee (“Normal British Series”), Rochelle Diamante and Morganai Gnis (“Class Act”).
The original episode will only be available on 45 days of Prime videos before it becomes available on YouTube.
Please see the trailer below.
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Roku Originals has announced the first exterior image of the new series of “This First House,” an upcoming spinoff of “The Old House,” which will be held in 2026.
According to its official summary, the spinoff will “continue with two millennials and/or Gen Z families to navigate the process of purchasing a first home and learn important skills to maintain and improve your property. Leading them through this journey will lead them to husband and wife Detmore, along with experts in the real estate, mortgage, legal and construction sectors.
In the meantime, the new seasons of “This Old House” and “Ask This Old House” will premiere at Roku from September 29th.
Check out the image of the first exterior of “This First House” below.
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Disney has released the official trailer for season 2 of “Wizard Beyond Waverly Place.”
According to the official summary, the second season follows Billy, “it addresses the fact that being part of the Russo family may be more complicated than she thought.
The overview continues. “Thanks to the new magical powers of Rome and Milo, Justin is tasked with training three young wizards for the family’s wizard competition. As interests in and out of the family rise, a new mystical threat emerges.
The series stars David Henry as Justin Russo, Janice Lean Brown as Billy, Alcaio Thierre as Roman Russo, Max Matenco as Milo Russo, Taylor Cora in Winter and Mimi Gianopoulos as Giada Russo.
Executive producer Selena Gomez will be appearing in guest roles alongside Freia Skye, Harvey Gillen, Kirsten Vansness, Bill Chott, Sean Whelen, Amanda Tepe, Ricker Eanes, Tobias Jelinek, Patrick Bristow and Eleanor Sweeney.
Season 2 will premiere on Friday, September 12th on Disney Channel and Disney Channel on Demand in two episodes.
All episodes will be available on Wednesday, October 8th at Disney+ and Select International Markets in the United States.
Please see the trailer below.
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Oxygen announced that the new true crime series, Death Investigator with Barbara Butcher, will debut on September 27th.
The series follows Butcher, a world-renowned expert in medical death investigations. Butcher is the second woman hired for the role of a death investigator in Manhattan, and the first woman to remain in the position for more than three months, surpassing over 680 murders and mass disasters. The season details ten different cases, including a mission to discover the identity of a victim found in the East River, a Las Vegas journalist ambushed outside his residence, a body abandoned in the NYC tunnel.
“The Death Investigator with Barbara Butcher” is produced in a division of Wolf Entertainment, Alfred Street Industries, Universal Television Alternative Studio and Universal Studio Group. Dick Wolf, Tom Sayer, Dan Cutforce, Jane Lipschitz, Nan Strait, Dan Volpe, Maria Lane and Shannon O’Rourke are executive producers of the series.
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After introducing Moment in 2024, Netflix, a mobile feature that allows members to save, relive and share their favorite scenes, has rolled out member updates.
When launched alongside the release of “Wednesday” Season 2, Part 2, Netflix users can now set both starting points and endpoints, turn a single scene into a full clip, and re-watch and share bit-sized clips.
While Netflix users are watching on mobile, you can tap the “Clip” button to capture a specific scene. The option to adjust where the scene ends is displayed to determine the length of the clip that the user wants to capture. Once saved, the clip is available under the “my netflix” tab and will be re-watched or shared.
Please see how the updated features work below.
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Starz has acquired US and Canadian rights to Season 2 of the suburban drama The Couple Next Door, which premieres September 19 on the Streamer’s app and on-demand platform.
Starts was the first season of “The Couple Next Door,” starring Sam Heugan (“Outlander”) and Eleanor Tomlinson (“Poldark”), and ranked one of the most performant acquisitions in Starts’ history.
Season 2 of “The Couple Next Door” promises to “pull back the curtains of the dead end and explore the consequences of turning fantasies into reality.”
The new season will debut an all-new cast including Annabelle Shorey (The Split, The Sixth Commandment), Sam Palladio (Nashville, Princess Switch), Aggie K. Adams (The Witch, The Greek Salad), Senhill Lamamulu (One Ever), and I Never). Season One’s Hugh Dennis (“Going Out” and “No Going Out”) is back too.
“The Couple Next Door” is written by David Allison (“Marcela”, “Bedram”) and directed by Dries Vos (“Subject”, “Professor T”) and returns to Season 2. Both also act as executive producers.
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Food Network will premiere chapter 2 of “Harry Potter: Wizard of Baking” on EST on November 2nd at 8pm. New episodes will allow you to stream HBO Max and Next Day Discover+.
Hosted by Fred and George Weasley actors James and Oliver Phelps, Harry Potter: Baking of Baking is a competitive cooking show with delicious snacks inspired by the world of wizards. Eight teams compete to prepare the best dishes, with culinary judges Carla Hall, Joseph Yousef and special guests tied to the franchise rating their preferences.
The new season will feature six episodes with guest Warwick Davis, Afshan Azad and Devon Murray, who played Professor Flitwick, Padma Patil and Sheemus Finnigan, respectively, in the original Harry Potter film.
Development/Production
Lyric Hyperion Theatre is an independent production arm Spesh! has been launched. This focuses on producing comedy specials directly to YouTube, along with short vertical content across social.
Launching this fall, Emily Browning and Joey Greer (“Abbott Elementary School”) will release their first hourly specials, “Temporary, Beautiful” and “Teeny Tiny.”
Spesh! According to the book, “Temporary, Beautiful” is a growing deconstruction of crowdwork featuring songs, sex parties and balloons, and will premiere on September 4th. It will debut on September 12th.
Upcoming alt comedy specials include Ahmed Balucha (Late Show, Dream Corporation LLC), Cat Bird (Comedy Store Door Guy), Harper Rose Drummond (Parallel Play), Babs Gray (Toxic: Britney Spears Story, Lady to Lady (Lady), Caesar!), Alyssa Sabo and Uriah Wesman (Three Cults Stepping Foot into the Bar).
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Savannah Art and Design’s Scad Animation Fest will return to the university’s Scadshow Theater from September 25-27, with a lineup of film and television projects, special guests, panels and honors back from the animation world.
This year’s festival includes panels and discussions with executives and creators from Amazon MGM Studios/Prime Video, Crunchyroll, Disney Branded Television, Disney Jr., Netflix and Warner Bros. Animation, along with current and former SCAD film students, including Netflix and Warner Bros. Animation.
The festival also honors creators of Phineas and Ferb Dan Povenmia and Jeff “Swampy” Marsh, as well as directors of “KPOP Demon Hunters” Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, for their special awards for their contributions to the craft.
Additional festival information and tickets are available on the SCAD website.
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MGM+ has announced the renewal of the third season of “Rogue Heroes,” starring Jack O’Connell, Sofia Butera and Dominique West.
The third season of “Rogue Heroes” continues the story of a special forces unit following the influence of the war on men in France in the summer of 1944. The series follows Paddy Maine and his rogue behind the enemy lines. As the units begin to work together with French resistance and new recruits, they face new challenges once Western Europe begins to occur.
New cast members include Lorne Macfadyen, Nick Hargrove, Andrew Dawson and Jake Jarratt. Theo Barklem-Biggs, Corin Silva, Jacob Ifan, Jacob McCarthy, Stuart Campbell, Bobby Schofield and Jack Barton recreate roles from the third season.
“Rogue Heroes” was created by Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”) and by the BBC and praise. Stephen Woolfenden will return as a producer and director alongside Stephen Smallwood. The series is an executive produced by Karen Wilson, Emma Kingsman Lloyd, and Martin Haynes for praise and BBC’s Nick Lambdon.
