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ABC has officially ordered a full first season of The Rookie: North, starring Jay Ellis. The season will have ten episodes, and ABC plans to announce the premiere date when it releases its 2026-2027 schedule on May 12th.
According to Deadline, Westworld is being revived after being canceled by HBO. The new version will be a reboot of the original 1973 film directed by Michael Crichton, focusing on a futuristic theme park where guests interact with realistic robots in a Wild West setting. Screenwriter David Koepp is heading the project.
It’s not surprising that the show, which combined the suspenseful crime-solving of HBO’s True Detective with the mind-bending time travel of Dark, didn’t appeal to a broad audience. Dark is a popular, intricate mystery about a small town and the complicated, family-spanning consequences of time travel and parallel worlds. True Detective, on the other hand, is a gritty police drama where the detectives investigating disturbing conspiracies find their own lives falling apart.
Final Fantasy 14 often introduces job classes that are new to the series, like the Reaper in Endwalker and the Viper coming in Dawntrail. While these fresh ideas are welcome, many fantastic job concepts from past Final Fantasy games haven’t made it into Eorzea yet. If the game remains popular, they might eventually be added, but with the current pace of new class releases, fans could be waiting a while.
According to Deadline, eight new actors have joined the cast of the upcoming X-Files reboot in guest roles. The new additions include Academy Award winner Amy Madigan, known for her work in Weapons, along with Steve Buscemi, Devery Jacobs, Lochlyn Munro, Tantoo Cardinal, Joel D. Montgrad, and Sofia Grace Clifton. As of now, details about their characters in the reboot, created by Coogler, have not been released.
Crime thrillers are consistently popular on Netflix, and their gripping nature makes them ideal for watching multiple episodes at once. Netflix releases several shows in this genre each year, and most are well-received. Some of these thrillers come from outside the US, offering fresh settings, moods, and storylines. Now, after a five-year break, one of Netflix’s top thriller series is back – and its strong early viewership numbers prove the wait was well worth it.
At NBCUniversal’s presentation of upcoming shows, Vin Diesel announced that a live-action Fast & Furious TV series is being developed for Peacock. Diesel, famous for playing Dominic Toretto in the popular film franchise for many years, will also be an executive producer on the show.
As a longtime TV watcher, I was really surprised to see Peter Krause absent from regular television for the 2025-2026 season. He was one of the original stars of 9-1-1 on Fox, and continued playing Bobby Nash when the show moved to ABC. So, it was a huge shock – and honestly, a lot of fans were upset – when his character was suddenly killed off. He was such a key part of the show, it felt like a really strange creative decision.
Beyond well-known Dreamcast games, many excellent titles have faded into obscurity. Often, this is simply because they’re hard to play today without the original console and game disc. In other cases, these games weren’t part of a larger series and never developed a dedicated fanbase.
This new medical comedy-drama, ideal for those who enjoy shows like House M.D., launched in January and received positive feedback. With the first season ending on March 10th, viewers were happy to learn that they won’t have to wait until next January for the show’s return.