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We may be living in a golden age of TV, but panning through all the dross to find that gold can be time-consuming and tedious. For every much-discussed hit like Severance, House of the Dragon, and The Bear, there are dozens of new original shows that barely tip the cultural needle. And with so many new streaming services competing with HBO, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Disney Plus, it’s impossible to keep up with everything new to view. But The Verge’s TV section is ready to help. Our news, reviews, and interviews help you find the next Stranger Things or Star Trek: Strange New Worlds in time to keep up with the cultural conversation. And our essays and analysis invite you to consider the deeper context of what you’re watching.

The best entertainment of 2024

Our guide to the most interesting games, movies, and TV shows of the year.

Henry Cavill is suiting up for Amazon’s live-action Voltron movie.

It still doesn’t really feel like it has been long enough since Netflix’s Voltron: Legendary Defender series ended for Amazon to be producing its own live-action take on the 80s sci-fi franchise. But the Rawson Marshall Thurber-directed project has just added Henry Cavill to its cast, which makes it seem that much more likely we’ll be seeing it in theaters soon enough.


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This prophecy girl is on fire.

Into every generation, a(t least one) fictional girl destined to save the world from demons is born, and the latest addition to the Buffy-inspired canon comes by way of Echo Wu’s Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld.

The show hits Netflix on December 5th.


Apple’s Disclaimer uses sex and scandal to shape your perception of reality

Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer is a gripping erotic thriller about the power stories have over us.

And then there’s Hal.

There was still time for HBO to make its Lanterns show all about Aaron Pierre’s John Stewart, but the network has just officially cast Kyle Chandler to co-star as Hal Jordan.


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Netflix is putting an end to all the Kaos.

Netflix’s Greek myth-inspired drama Kaos seemed like it had quite a bit (like Jeff Goldblum) going for it, but Variety reports that the show has been canceled after just one season.


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Let’s stop (motion) and take another look Over the Garden Wall.

Though Over the Garden Wall still remains criminally unavailable on Max where it belongs, a new two-minute-long stop-motion short from series creator Patrick McHale and Aardman is coming to Cartoon Network’s YouTube channel on November 3rd.


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Toxic fandoms are scaring the hell out of studios.

Focus grouping upcoming films is a pretty standard practice. But according to Variety, the rise of toxic online fandoms who treat review bombing and leading harassment campaigns like it’s their job has prompted many of Hollywood’s studios to start soliciting feedback from “superfans” about how to avoid potential backlash from trolls who “are just out for blood, regardless.”


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The cameras are ready to roll in The Franchise’s new trailer.

Though everything about The Franchise’s big budget superhero movie production makes the fictional project seemed doomed to fail, its crew has no choice but to soldier forward in the show’s latest trailer.


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Amazon’s Like a Dragon: Yakuza show might be too serious for its own good.

While the first teaser for Amazon’s new Like a Dragon: Yakuza adaptation made it hard to get a read on what kind of tone the show would aim for, a new trailer makes it seem like we’re in for a much more buttoned-up take on Kazuma Kiryu.


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Fubo is getting multiview in beta on some Roku devices.

You’ll be able to watch up to four Fubo channels simultaneously. “Additional” Roku devices are set to get the feature in the “coming weeks,” Fubo says.

Fubo’s multiview is also available on Apple TV.


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Some books may have been harmed in the making of Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer.

The new trailer for Alfonso Cuarón’s upcoming series Disclaimer reveals a bit more of the secrets Catherine Ravenscroft (Cate Blanchett) desperately wants to keep hidden.

It seems like there’s a bit of infidelity in her past, which isn’t all that monstrous, but the idea being exposed is enough to send Catherine into a book-burning frenzy.


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The game never ends.

If Seong Gi-hun / Player 456 (Lee Jung-jae) had just walked away with his winnings, his life might be peaceful, but in this teaser from Squid Game’s upcoming second season, there’s an entire army of Masked Men that seem hellbent on killing him.


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Let the Chopper sing, Netflix.

While Netflix has yet to officially announce who will be voicing / portraying Tony Tony Chopper in the second season of its live-action One Piece adaptation, the (CGI) anthropomorphic reindeer makes a brief appearance in this new behind-the-scenes video.


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Netflix’s Magic: the Gathering series is very much alive and still in production.

Despite reports that Netflix’s animated Magic: The Gathering series might have been on the chopping block, the streamer announced during this year’s Geeked Week that the project is still in production with showrunner Terry Matalas at the helm.


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More Cyberpunk is coming to Netflix.

We have no idea what it is or what it will look like, but the streamer has confirmed that it’s working with CD Projekt Red on some kind of follow up to the excellent anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. “More info coming soon,” Netflix says.


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Behind the scenes with Stranger Things.

It’s not the trailer fans were probably hoping for, but Netflix did at least release (another) behind the scenes clip for the upcoming fifth and final season of Stranger Things. The long wait continues.


Agatha All Along is a whimsical road trip through Marvel’s world of witchcraft

Disney Plus’ new WandaVision spinoff series steers clear of the franchise’s multiversal messiness to do its own thing.