Upfronts 2026: NBCU, TelevisaUnivision, Telemundo and WBD Bet on Stars, Sports and Streaming Scale
Another round of television upfronts, the annual mid-May series of events in New York City targeted at advertisers, is in the books. Here’s a look at the presentations we attended at venues throughout the city. NBCUniversal: Fallon, Bowen Yang and Vin Diesel Bring the Showmanship NBCUniversal, celebrating 100 years in business, kicked off its upfront presentation at Radio City Music Hall with a comedy-heavy opening that set the tone...
‘Half Man:’ Richard Gadd’s Unflinching Dive Into Masculinity, Memory and Violence
When you start watching Half Man, it grabs you by the collar and refuses to let go. Created by and starring Richard Gadd, the new HBO drama is an often brutal exploration of masculinity, trauma, and the long shadows cast by youth. Spanning decades and emotional extremes, the series tracks the volatile bond between two men, Ruben –vividly portrayed by Gadd– and Niall, played by Jamie Bell, tracing how childhood wounds...
Kate Hudson is Back in the Game in ‘Running Point’ Season 2
What a year for Kate Hudson who started off this one as an Academy Award nominee for her role in Song Sung Blue opposite Hugh Jackman. And there’s a distinct possibility an Emmy nomination could be in her future for Running Point, whose second season just dropped on Netflix. The new chapters in the comedy based on the Buss family ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers see Hudson settling more deeply into her character of Isla Gordon, the...
‘Balls Up’ Contending for the World Cup of Comedy
Put Mark Wahlberg, Paul Walter Hauser and Molly Shannon together and what do you get? A very fun and funny feature romp now streaming on Prime, Balls Up. It’s the kind of chaotic, big-swing comedy that’s broad, unapologetically ridiculous, and surprisingly sharp when it wants to be. The film leans hard into its absurd premise of a condom company trying to become an official World Cup sponsor and is largely set in Brazil....
‘Euphoria’ Returns in a Season 3 Premiere That Reminds Us Why We Couldn’t Look Away
It’s been four years since we’ve been down that road, and now we have a five-year time jump. Yes, Euphoria storms back onto HBO with a premiere that is equal parts hypnotic and harrowing—an hour of television that doesn’t just pick up where it left off, but plunges deeper into the emotional wreckage its characters can’t seem to escape. Just the first scene along with Zendaya drving through the Mexico desert to the US border gets...
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