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History made: 'Lanterns' lands a dream debut after 'Supergirl' and DCU heartbreak
After a rough big-screen run, DC just scored a real streaming win — Lanterns set an HBO Max record and carved its own place in franchise history.
August 23, 2026 10:39 am
After heartbreaking Ryan Hurst 'unjury', 'God of War' casts Dave Bautista as Kratos
After Ryan Hurst’s injury forced a recast, Prime Video’s God of War has named a new Kratos—just not the one you were picturing.
August 22, 2026 2:15 pm
How does Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness compare to Curb Your Enthusiasm? Its creators have a three-word answer
Larry David ended Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2024 after 12 seasons. Two years later he's back on HBO in a cravat, playing a founding father who wants the Declaration of Independence to include his personal grievances. The people who made it aren't pretending it's a departure.
August 22, 2026 10:02 am
Television Critics Association Awards: ‘Heated Rivalry’ named program of the year
One of TV’s most talked-about new dramas has claimed Program of the Year at the TCA Awards — find out which one.
August 21, 2026 2:18 pm
What company was Band of Brothers about?
HBO's Band of Brothers follows one company of American paratroopers from training camp in Georgia to Hitler's Eagle's Nest in Austria. Ten episodes, roughly 140 men at the start, and a unit designation that most viewers can recite by the end of episode two.
August 21, 2026 10:22 am
What happened to Cameron Boyce? Remembering the Descendants star — and the cause his family now fights
Cameron Boyce was 20 years old and working constantly — a Disney Channel lead, an HBO series regular, two indie projects in the can. He died on July 6, 2019, less than two months after his birthday. The cause has a name most people had never heard, including his own parents.
August 20, 2026 3:36 pm
Which season of Deadwood is the best? It's a three-horse race — with a late entry that showed up 13 years after the finale
Three seasons, 36 episodes, one feature-length coda, and no shortage of arguments about which chunk of it is the peak. Critics and fans don't fully agree, and the numbers don't settle it either.
August 19, 2026 4:41 pm
After Vhagar, which 'House of the Dragon' beast is deadliest: Vermithor or Carxes?
With Vhagar looming large, House of the Dragon’s deadliest crown comes down to Vermithor vs. Caraxes — and one has the nastier edge.
August 19, 2026 2:10 pm
John Oliver wanted a slap in his Days of Our Lives cameo, EP says
The Days of Our Lives team is spilling on John Oliver’s oddball cameo pitch — and the memorable role he hoped to play.
August 19, 2026 12:45 pm
There's a $250 million reason why Masters of the Air is not on HBO
Band of Brothers aired on HBO in 2001. The Pacific aired on HBO in 2010. When the third installment finally arrived in January 2024, it was on Apple TV+, and viewers who'd waited fourteen years for it had to go get a different subscription.
August 18, 2026 2:52 pm
What episode of Band of Brothers was Tom Hardy in? Look for him in the series' hardest hour to watch
Band of Brothers ran ten episodes on HBO in the fall of 2001 and cast almost entirely unknown British actors as American paratroopers. Several of them became famous later. One of them shows up very late.
August 18, 2026 2:28 pm
How many Masters of the Air episodes are there? Fans still argue it needed twice as many
Apple TV+ spent nine years and a reported nine figures on the third entry in the Band of Brothers line, then released it over seven weeks in early 2024. The episode count came in one short of its predecessors, and viewers noticed immediately. Here's the count and the argument around it.
August 17, 2026 6:41 pm
Nucky's most famous line explains why Boardwalk Empire killed off Jimmy
Boardwalk Empire's tagline came out of a conversation in the 2010 pilot, and by the end of season 2 it had become a plot instruction. HBO viewers took it badly enough to threaten a boycott. Fifteen years later, creator Terence Winter's explanation still comes back to those six words.
August 17, 2026 6:29 pm
Damon Lindelof confirms writers’ room; 'Lanterns' season 2 is underway
No HBO renewal yet, but Damon Lindelof has confirmed Lanterns is already moving on Season 2.
August 17, 2026 3:53 pm
What happened to Old Valyria? The lore House of the Dragon only hints at
Every Targaryen in House of the Dragon is a refugee's descendant. The show mentions Valyria constantly and never shows it, because what happened there predates the series by more than two centuries. Here's the full picture.
August 15, 2026 1:11 pm
Who killed Hearst in Deadwood? His fate in the series and the movie, explained
George Hearst spends all of Deadwood's third season strangling the camp — buying claims, buying lawmen, and having people killed when buying doesn't work. Viewers have been searching for his death scene ever since. There isn't one.
August 15, 2026 10:27 am
Who from Band of Brothers is in The Pacific?
The Pacific arrived on HBO in March 2010 billed as the companion piece to Band of Brothers — same producers, same war, same ten-part format, twice the budget. Viewers have been trying to spot familiar Easy Company faces in it ever since.
August 13, 2026 11:18 am
Who’s in HBO’s ‘Lanterns,’ based on DC’s Green Lantern comics?
With HBO’s Lanterns due August 2026 as a grounded Green Lantern detective thriller across Earth, the cast is taking shape — and some names could turn heads.
August 12, 2026 11:48 am
How many episodes are in House of the Dragon season 3 — and when does the finale air?
If you're pacing yourself through House of the Dragon season 3 — or planning to binge it once it's complete — here's the exact math, as of August 2026.
August 12, 2026 10:49 am
Who wins the Greens vs Blacks war in House of the Dragon? The books settled it long ago
House of the Dragon is still mid-war — season 3 wraps on August 9, 2026, with a fourth and final season to come. George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood, published in 2018, is not mid-anything. The Dance of the Dragons has an ending on the page, and it's been sitting there the whole time.
August 11, 2026 2:36 pm