Television

Jimmy McGill cements his transformation into Saul Goodman with that “LWYRUP” license plate in the new trailer for the final season of Better Call Saul.  The trailer (unsurprisingly) doesn’t offer much in the way of hard plot points about the Breaking Bad prequel’s endgame, but it sure does capture an ominous vibe the way only Vince Gilligan and Co. can. The clip pairs the dulcet tones of Andy Williams’ “Days of Wine and Roses” with a moody montage of footage as Jimmy/Saul (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim (Rhea Seehorn) take stock...

Disney+ has finally offered Star Wars fans a glimpse of their upcoming series Obi-Wan Kenobi, with Ewan McGregor reprising the role of the Jedi Master. The limited series takes place between the events of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV: A New Hope, which first introduced Kenobi (then portrayed by Alec Guinness) as a recluse of sorts living on the planet of Tatooine; as shown in the teaser, Obi-Wan was watching the young Luke Skywalker from afar in the decade that preceded the first Star Wars film....

Olivia Rodrigo has shifted almost entirely into pop star mode, but she’s keeping one foot in the door at her old Disney+ stomping grounds, at least for now. According to Entertainment Tonight, the actress-turned-chart topper will reprise her lead role as Nina Salazar-Roberts on High School Musical: The Musical: The Series as a recurring character for season three. The presence of Rodrigo’s character was notably diminished in the early episodes of season two, which was filmed in Salt Lake City — pre-“Drivers License” — during the making of her debut...

Netflix has shared the latest trailer for the much-anticipated second season of Bridgerton ahead of the series’ return to the streaming service on March 25. Based on the novels by Julia Quinn, Bridgerton season 2 will center around Anthony Bridgerton as he works to untangle his love life; as evidenced by the trailer, the second season will feature the fan-favorite Pall Mall game captured in the novels. The hit Shonda Rhimes-produced series received a renewal for a second season after less than a month on Netflix, and a year before even Season...

Manhattan transforms into harrowing place in DMZ, a four-part limited series coming to HBO Max March 17. The series, based on the DC graphic novel of the same name, stars Rosario Dawson as a woman who has to navigate a demilitarized zone in a quest to find her lost son. The trailer for the show reveals a destroyed, overgrown New York City, where cheetahs roam among the crumbling buildings. Along the way, Dawson’s Alma Ortega encounters gangs who may stand in her way. DMZ also stars Benjamin Bratt, Hoon Lee,...

Three years after season one’s Groundhog Day-like mindfuck, Natasha Lyonne’s Emmy-nominated Russian Doll is returning for a second season. And this time, her character Nadia is just going to let the Universe do its thing. On Monday, Netflix announced that the dramedy will be returning on April 20. The short teaser starts with Nadia waiting for a train. As the teaser dramatically spells out the show’s title, clips from the season show Nadia literally walking out of a grave, falling down a set of stairs, and approaching a door with...

We reviewed HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty last week, and we’ll be recapping each episode this season. Spoiler-filled thoughts on the series premiere, “The Swan,” coming up just as soon as I enjoy my sanddab… “The Swan” begins a dozen years after the events of the rest of the episode. Earvin Johnson Jr., better known to the world as Magic, is sitting in a doctor’s office, anxiously rubbing his hands, whispering inaudibly to himself. As he exits, the nurses and other staff gaze on him sadly,...

Saturday Night Live’s latest Weekend Update remained focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including President Biden’s dismissal of nuclear war, banned vodka sales and Russia’s Los Angeles Lakers-esque army. “We’re now at the point that every press conference, the president is asked, ‘Will there be a nuclear war?'” Colin Jost said. “A journalist asked Biden if we should be worried about nuclear war and he said ‘No.’ Because what’s he gonna say? ‘Hell yeah, man. Start digging a bunker, Jack.'” Jost added of the Ukraine invasion, “Some military experts...

Oscar Isaac began his first-ever monologue as the host of Saturday Night Live with an air of self-deprecation: “They actually asked me to host back in 2015 but I said, ‘Nah, I’m not ready. I want to wait until after the pandemic.’ And they were like, ‘What pandemic?'” The Star Wars and Dune actor quickly mentioned his excitement about joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the star of Moon Knight, a new Disney+ television series. “This is a kind of a full-circle moment,” Isaac said since the first movie he...

“Time offers many opportunities,” Jean-Luc Picard intones in the season premiere of Star Trek: Picard, “but it rarely offers second chances.” This new season presents something of a second chance for both Jean-Luc and the Paramount+ show that bears his name. The first season started off with the exciting notion of Sir Patrick Stewart revisiting his most famous role, and the conceit of an elderly Picard staring down his own mortality gave the great actor more to play than he often got back on Star Trek: The Next Generation. But...

HBO pushed back against a recent report about the set conditions on Euphoria, saying the show was in “full compliance with all safety guidelines and guild protocols.” The statement arrived after The Daily Beast published a piece in which multiple sources claimed production on the hit TV show was plagued by everything from long shooting days to late meals. Per the report, enough complaints were made that a union rep for SAG-AFTRA — which represents on-screen talent — turned up on set. HBO rebuffed these claims, however, stating, “The well-being...

The cast of Atlanta is headed to Europe. On Friday, FX released the official trailer of the show’s third season, as it follows Paper Boi (Brian Tyree Henry), Earn (Donald Glover), Darius (LaKeith Stanfield), and Van (Zazie Beetz) during a tour on the other side of the Atlantic. “You not worried about what the streets think?” Earn asks Paper Boi as he tries on a fancy outfit. “The streets?” he responds, confused. The trailer follows the crew as they get into some shenanigans during Paper Boi’s tour. “It’s getting pretty intense,”...

This post contains full spoilers for the season finale of Apple TV+’s The Afterparty, particularly the identity of the killer. Sometimes, actors in serialized mystery shows don’t find out they’re the killer until late in the process. With The Afterparty, Ben Schwartz found out right away, in an email pitch to take the role, written by the show’s creator, Christopher Miller. Schwartz was excited to work with Miller and his partner Phil Lord (of the 21 Jump Street and Lego Movie franchises, among other things). As wannabe music star Yasper,...

An upstart feminist starts a revolutionary magazine after partnering with a publisher who specializes in smut in the new trailer for the upcoming HBO Max series, Minx, premiering on March 17.  The Seventies-set series stars Ophelia Lovibond as Joyce, a young woman eager to start a radical magazine dubbed The Matriarchy Awakens. While she’s unsurprisingly shot down by an array of old men in the publishing world, she manages to elicit the interest of Doug (Jake Johnson, who also serves as co-executive producer), who’s willing to publish her magazine with...