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]]>Severance stars Adam Scott as Mark Scout, a grieving man working for the sinister corporation Lumon Industries, after agreeing to a become a part of “severance” program, allowing for his workplace memories to be separated from his personal memories.
In addition to Scott, the cast of this acclaimed series also includes Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, Michael Chernus, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Sarah Bock, and Patricia Arquette.
Ben Stiller, who serves as producer and primary director of Severance, confirmed the show’s renewal for Season 3.
“Making Severance has been one of the most creatively exciting experiences I’ve ever been a part of. While I have no memory of this, I’m told making Season 3 will be equally enjoyable, though any recollection of these future events will be forever and irrevocably wiped from my memory as well,” said Stiller in a statement.
Severance premiered on Apple TV+ in 2022, and it grew into the streamer’s most-watched series in history, after logging 589 million minutes viewed in the U.S. following the Season 2 premiere.
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]]>The post “Abbott Elementary” Gets Season 5 Renewal appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>Abbott Elementary is set at an underfunded elementary school in Philadelphia, and centers on a group of teachers and staff trying to educate unruly kids with limited resources while dealing with personal and professional drama.
In addition to Quinta Brunson, who serves as creator and lead of Abbott Elementary, the ensemble cast of this acclaimed series also includes Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, William Stanford Davis, and Sheryl Lee Ralph.
ABC announced the show’s renewal shortly after Abbott Elementary attracted 8.05 million viewers with its winter premiere. This episode aired on January 8, and it marked the long-awaited crossover with the hit series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Abbott Elementary is currently halfway through its fourth season, and here’s what its next episode titled “Strike” has in store:
“City buses have stopped running due to a strike, resulting in many students being absent from school. The teachers at Abbott try to find creative solutions and adapt to hybrid learning. Meanwhile, Gregory and O’Shon strike up a friendship,” reads ABC’s official logline.
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]]>The post “Squid Game” Season 2 Opens With Netflix’s Biggest TV Debut Ever appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>The first season of Squid Game already holds the record for the most-watched show in Netflix history, with 1.65 billion hours viewed within its first 28 days on the platform. The second season is currently on the quest to join it on the list of Netflix’s most-watched seasons of television after scoring impressive first-week numbers.
Season 2 premiered on December 26, and attracted 68 million views in its first four days of availability. This helped it score Netflix’s biggest TV debut in history, breaking a record previously set by Wednesday, which debuted with 50.1 million views in 2022.
Season 2 saw Seong Gi-hun aka Player 456 returning to the arena three years after his victory, determined to take take revenge on the Front Man and end the game for good. Netflix already renewed the series for its third and final season, and they teased its 2025 return with a promo clip featuring a new killer doll named Chul-su.
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]]>The post “Stranger Things” Season 5 Wraps Production appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>Netflix dropped hints about what Season 5 has in store by sharing a series of behind-the-scenes photos from the set of the final season. The show’s last season officially wrapped production, but we’ll have to wait until next year to see what its grand finale has in store.
Many Stranger Things stars bid farewell to the series that put them on the map, including Millie Bobby Brown, who said she’ll “forever carry the memories and bonds” she created while filming this series during her final day on set.
She’ll return for the show’s fifth and final season along with Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, and Priah Ferguson.
Season 5 will feature a significant time jump, and it will take us to Hawkins in the fall of 1987, over a year after the devastating events of Season 4. Netflix is yet to announce its release date, but we know it will feature eight episodes, including the series finale titled “The Rightside Up”.
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]]>The post HBO Renews “Dune: Prophecy” For Season 2 appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>Dune: Prophecy is the origin story of Bene Gesserit, the fabled sect of powerful women that influence Arrakis’ politics behind the scenes. It takes place 10,000 years before the events of Dune and centers on two Harkonnen sisters who founded this secret order while combating forces that threaten the future of humanity.
Emily Watson and Olivia Williams lead the cast of Dune: Prophecy, which also includes Mark Strong, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Travis Fimmel, Jodhi May, Josh Heuston, Chloe Lea, Jade Anouka, Faoileann Cunningham, Edward Davis, Aoife Hinds, Chris Mason, Jessica Barden, Emma Canning, and Yerin Ha.
Showrunner Alison Schapker confirmed the show’s renewal during a recent press conference and expressed gratitude to everyone who helped bring this project to life.
“We’re so thrilled and grateful for their support, for our partners at Legendary, and most of all that we get to keep working with these incredible people in front of and behind the camera and get to keep telling this story,” said Schapker in a statement.
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]]>The post “Mayor of Kingstown” Gets Season 4 Renewal appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>Season 3 of Mayor of Kingstown debuted on Paramount+ this summer, and its future has been uncertain since it ended its run in August. Rumors about its potential renewal started circling around in October when Paramount+ opened a writers’ room for Season 4, but it took a few months for the streamer to officially confirm that the Mayor is coming back for another ride.
Mayor of Kingstown stars Renner as Michael “Mike” McLusky, whose family has been keeping the peace between the street gangs, prisoners, guards, and cops in Kingstown for decades. The show’s third season took place in the wake of a series of explosions that rocked Kingstown and its citizens to their core.
In addition to Renner in the lead role, the supporting cast of this series includes Hugh Dillon, Tobi Bamtefa, Taylor Handley, Derek Webster, and Nichole Galicia. Taylor Sheridan co-created Mayor of Kingstown for Paramount+ with Dillon, and they both serve as executive producers alongside Renner and Dave Erickson, who’s also the showrunner of this crime drama.
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]]>The post “Silo” Ending with Season 4 After Getting Renewed for Two More Seasons appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>Based on Hugh Howey’s trilogy of novels, Silo is set in the dystopian future where the remaining survivors built a community inside a giant underground silo comprising 144 levels. Rebecca Ferguson leads the show’s cast as Juliette Nichols, an engineer who finds herself embroiled in the mysteries of the silo while working on the generators at its lowest levels.
In addition to Ferguson, the cast of this series also includes Tim Robbins, Common, Steve Zahn, Harriet Walter, Chinaza Uche, Avi Nash, Alexandria Riley, Shane McRae, Remmie Milner, Billy Postlethwaite, Rick Gomez, Clare Perkins, Caitlin Zoz, Tanya Moodie, and Iain Glen.
Showrunner and executive producer Graham Yost released a statement confirming the show’s renewal and said he’s thrilled to have the opportunity to bring Howey’s complete story to the screen.
“It has been a richly rewarding experience to adapt Hugh’s epic novels with our partners at Apple… With the final two chapters of Silo, we can’t wait to give fans of the show an incredibly satisfying conclusion to the many mysteries and unanswered questions contained within the walls of these silos,” said Yost in a statement.
Season 2 of Silo premiered on Apple TV+ on November 15, and it features ten episodes debuting weekly until January 17, 2025.
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]]>The post Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser Officially Returning for “Yellowstone” Spin-Off appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>Yellowstone will end its run with Season 5, but it turns out this won’t be the end of the Dutton family story. The future of this hit Western drama has been uncertain since Kevin Costner announced his departure, but the creator Taylor Sheridan eventually figured out how to keep the story going without him.
Yellowstone will come to an end on December 15, but Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser will get the chance to reprise their roles in the upcoming offshoot series. Reilly spent the past five seasons playing John Dutton’s daughter Beth, while Hauser portrays her husband and jaded ranch foreman Rip Wheeler.
Yellowstone inspired several spin-offs over the years, most of them set in a distant past. Two prequel series, 1883 and 1923, were met with critical acclaim, and they chronicled the Dutton family origins through the post-Civil War era and the Great Depression. The third official spin-off The Madison is currently in development, and its ensemble cast will be led by Michelle Pfeiffer.
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]]>The post “The Agency” Gets Season 2 Renewal After Attracting 5.1 Million Viewers appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>Based on the French series Le Bureau des Legendes, The Agency centers on a covert CIA agent who must leave the undercover life behind and return to London Station, where he’s thrust into a deadly game of international intrigue after the love he left behind suddenly reappears.
Michael Fassbender leads the star-studded cast of this series, which also includes Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, Katherine Waterston, John Magaro, Alex Reznik, Andrew Brooke, Harriet Sansom Harris, India Fowler, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Reza Brojerdi, Richard Gere, and Hugh Bonneville.
Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios, announced the show’s renewal and praised everyone who transformed it into an instant success.
“The success of ‘The Agency’ is proof that our new Showtime slate is poised to propel Paramount+ to its next phase of growth. This achievement is a testament to the creative power of the team led by George Clooney, Jez Butterworth, Joe Wright, and David Glasser and our incredible cast,” said McCarthy in a statement.
The Agency premiered on Paramount+ with the first two episodes on November 29 before its linear debut on December 1, while the remaining eight episodes will debut weekly.
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]]>The post “Wednesday” Season 2 Gets First Look After Wrapping Production appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>Wednesday sees its titular heroine trying to find her footing at the Nevermore Academy, a private school for young misfits with special powers. While trying to master her emerging psychic abilities, she must also uncover the secrets of the small town of Jericho, which can be traced decades into her parents’ past.
The second season of Wednesday was filmed throughout 2024 in Ireland, and it finally wrapped production this month. Netflix announced the happy news by sharing a photo of Jenna Ortega in character as Wednesday Addams, crossing her arms against a spooky backdrop, with her signature frown gracing her face.
Season 2 will also mark the return of supporting players Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Emma Myers, and Joy Sunday. They’ll be joined by Steve Buscemi, Thandiwe Newton, Billie Piper, Joanna Lumley, Noah Taylor, Christopher Lloyd, Frances O’Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Heather Matarazzo, and Lady Gaga in supporting roles.
Wednesday will return to Netflix in 2025, and the streaming giant is yet to announce its official release date.
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]]>The post Apple TV+ Renews “Severance” For Season 3 appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>Severance stars Adam Scott as Mark Scout, a grieving man working for the sinister corporation Lumon Industries, after agreeing to a become a part of “severance” program, allowing for his workplace memories to be separated from his personal memories.
In addition to Scott, the cast of this acclaimed series also includes Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, Michael Chernus, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Sarah Bock, and Patricia Arquette.
Ben Stiller, who serves as producer and primary director of Severance, confirmed the show’s renewal for Season 3.
“Making Severance has been one of the most creatively exciting experiences I’ve ever been a part of. While I have no memory of this, I’m told making Season 3 will be equally enjoyable, though any recollection of these future events will be forever and irrevocably wiped from my memory as well,” said Stiller in a statement.
Severance premiered on Apple TV+ in 2022, and it grew into the streamer’s most-watched series in history, after logging 589 million minutes viewed in the U.S. following the Season 2 premiere.
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]]>The post “Abbott Elementary” Gets Season 5 Renewal appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>Abbott Elementary is set at an underfunded elementary school in Philadelphia, and centers on a group of teachers and staff trying to educate unruly kids with limited resources while dealing with personal and professional drama.
In addition to Quinta Brunson, who serves as creator and lead of Abbott Elementary, the ensemble cast of this acclaimed series also includes Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, William Stanford Davis, and Sheryl Lee Ralph.
ABC announced the show’s renewal shortly after Abbott Elementary attracted 8.05 million viewers with its winter premiere. This episode aired on January 8, and it marked the long-awaited crossover with the hit series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Abbott Elementary is currently halfway through its fourth season, and here’s what its next episode titled “Strike” has in store:
“City buses have stopped running due to a strike, resulting in many students being absent from school. The teachers at Abbott try to find creative solutions and adapt to hybrid learning. Meanwhile, Gregory and O’Shon strike up a friendship,” reads ABC’s official logline.
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]]>The post “Squid Game” Season 2 Opens With Netflix’s Biggest TV Debut Ever appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>The first season of Squid Game already holds the record for the most-watched show in Netflix history, with 1.65 billion hours viewed within its first 28 days on the platform. The second season is currently on the quest to join it on the list of Netflix’s most-watched seasons of television after scoring impressive first-week numbers.
Season 2 premiered on December 26, and attracted 68 million views in its first four days of availability. This helped it score Netflix’s biggest TV debut in history, breaking a record previously set by Wednesday, which debuted with 50.1 million views in 2022.
Season 2 saw Seong Gi-hun aka Player 456 returning to the arena three years after his victory, determined to take take revenge on the Front Man and end the game for good. Netflix already renewed the series for its third and final season, and they teased its 2025 return with a promo clip featuring a new killer doll named Chul-su.
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]]>The post “Stranger Things” Season 5 Wraps Production appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>Netflix dropped hints about what Season 5 has in store by sharing a series of behind-the-scenes photos from the set of the final season. The show’s last season officially wrapped production, but we’ll have to wait until next year to see what its grand finale has in store.
Many Stranger Things stars bid farewell to the series that put them on the map, including Millie Bobby Brown, who said she’ll “forever carry the memories and bonds” she created while filming this series during her final day on set.
She’ll return for the show’s fifth and final season along with Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, and Priah Ferguson.
Season 5 will feature a significant time jump, and it will take us to Hawkins in the fall of 1987, over a year after the devastating events of Season 4. Netflix is yet to announce its release date, but we know it will feature eight episodes, including the series finale titled “The Rightside Up”.
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]]>The post HBO Renews “Dune: Prophecy” For Season 2 appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>Dune: Prophecy is the origin story of Bene Gesserit, the fabled sect of powerful women that influence Arrakis’ politics behind the scenes. It takes place 10,000 years before the events of Dune and centers on two Harkonnen sisters who founded this secret order while combating forces that threaten the future of humanity.
Emily Watson and Olivia Williams lead the cast of Dune: Prophecy, which also includes Mark Strong, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Travis Fimmel, Jodhi May, Josh Heuston, Chloe Lea, Jade Anouka, Faoileann Cunningham, Edward Davis, Aoife Hinds, Chris Mason, Jessica Barden, Emma Canning, and Yerin Ha.
Showrunner Alison Schapker confirmed the show’s renewal during a recent press conference and expressed gratitude to everyone who helped bring this project to life.
“We’re so thrilled and grateful for their support, for our partners at Legendary, and most of all that we get to keep working with these incredible people in front of and behind the camera and get to keep telling this story,” said Schapker in a statement.
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]]>The post “Mayor of Kingstown” Gets Season 4 Renewal appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>Season 3 of Mayor of Kingstown debuted on Paramount+ this summer, and its future has been uncertain since it ended its run in August. Rumors about its potential renewal started circling around in October when Paramount+ opened a writers’ room for Season 4, but it took a few months for the streamer to officially confirm that the Mayor is coming back for another ride.
Mayor of Kingstown stars Renner as Michael “Mike” McLusky, whose family has been keeping the peace between the street gangs, prisoners, guards, and cops in Kingstown for decades. The show’s third season took place in the wake of a series of explosions that rocked Kingstown and its citizens to their core.
In addition to Renner in the lead role, the supporting cast of this series includes Hugh Dillon, Tobi Bamtefa, Taylor Handley, Derek Webster, and Nichole Galicia. Taylor Sheridan co-created Mayor of Kingstown for Paramount+ with Dillon, and they both serve as executive producers alongside Renner and Dave Erickson, who’s also the showrunner of this crime drama.
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]]>The post “Silo” Ending with Season 4 After Getting Renewed for Two More Seasons appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>Based on Hugh Howey’s trilogy of novels, Silo is set in the dystopian future where the remaining survivors built a community inside a giant underground silo comprising 144 levels. Rebecca Ferguson leads the show’s cast as Juliette Nichols, an engineer who finds herself embroiled in the mysteries of the silo while working on the generators at its lowest levels.
In addition to Ferguson, the cast of this series also includes Tim Robbins, Common, Steve Zahn, Harriet Walter, Chinaza Uche, Avi Nash, Alexandria Riley, Shane McRae, Remmie Milner, Billy Postlethwaite, Rick Gomez, Clare Perkins, Caitlin Zoz, Tanya Moodie, and Iain Glen.
Showrunner and executive producer Graham Yost released a statement confirming the show’s renewal and said he’s thrilled to have the opportunity to bring Howey’s complete story to the screen.
“It has been a richly rewarding experience to adapt Hugh’s epic novels with our partners at Apple… With the final two chapters of Silo, we can’t wait to give fans of the show an incredibly satisfying conclusion to the many mysteries and unanswered questions contained within the walls of these silos,” said Yost in a statement.
Season 2 of Silo premiered on Apple TV+ on November 15, and it features ten episodes debuting weekly until January 17, 2025.
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]]>The post Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser Officially Returning for “Yellowstone” Spin-Off appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>Yellowstone will end its run with Season 5, but it turns out this won’t be the end of the Dutton family story. The future of this hit Western drama has been uncertain since Kevin Costner announced his departure, but the creator Taylor Sheridan eventually figured out how to keep the story going without him.
Yellowstone will come to an end on December 15, but Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser will get the chance to reprise their roles in the upcoming offshoot series. Reilly spent the past five seasons playing John Dutton’s daughter Beth, while Hauser portrays her husband and jaded ranch foreman Rip Wheeler.
Yellowstone inspired several spin-offs over the years, most of them set in a distant past. Two prequel series, 1883 and 1923, were met with critical acclaim, and they chronicled the Dutton family origins through the post-Civil War era and the Great Depression. The third official spin-off The Madison is currently in development, and its ensemble cast will be led by Michelle Pfeiffer.
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]]>The post “The Agency” Gets Season 2 Renewal After Attracting 5.1 Million Viewers appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>Based on the French series Le Bureau des Legendes, The Agency centers on a covert CIA agent who must leave the undercover life behind and return to London Station, where he’s thrust into a deadly game of international intrigue after the love he left behind suddenly reappears.
Michael Fassbender leads the star-studded cast of this series, which also includes Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, Katherine Waterston, John Magaro, Alex Reznik, Andrew Brooke, Harriet Sansom Harris, India Fowler, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Reza Brojerdi, Richard Gere, and Hugh Bonneville.
Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios, announced the show’s renewal and praised everyone who transformed it into an instant success.
“The success of ‘The Agency’ is proof that our new Showtime slate is poised to propel Paramount+ to its next phase of growth. This achievement is a testament to the creative power of the team led by George Clooney, Jez Butterworth, Joe Wright, and David Glasser and our incredible cast,” said McCarthy in a statement.
The Agency premiered on Paramount+ with the first two episodes on November 29 before its linear debut on December 1, while the remaining eight episodes will debut weekly.
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]]>The post “Wednesday” Season 2 Gets First Look After Wrapping Production appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.
]]>Wednesday sees its titular heroine trying to find her footing at the Nevermore Academy, a private school for young misfits with special powers. While trying to master her emerging psychic abilities, she must also uncover the secrets of the small town of Jericho, which can be traced decades into her parents’ past.
The second season of Wednesday was filmed throughout 2024 in Ireland, and it finally wrapped production this month. Netflix announced the happy news by sharing a photo of Jenna Ortega in character as Wednesday Addams, crossing her arms against a spooky backdrop, with her signature frown gracing her face.
Season 2 will also mark the return of supporting players Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Emma Myers, and Joy Sunday. They’ll be joined by Steve Buscemi, Thandiwe Newton, Billie Piper, Joanna Lumley, Noah Taylor, Christopher Lloyd, Frances O’Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Heather Matarazzo, and Lady Gaga in supporting roles.
Wednesday will return to Netflix in 2025, and the streaming giant is yet to announce its official release date.
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