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The Agency

Michael Fassbender stars as an undercover CIA agent who is recalled to London for a major new mission—which requires he abandon his secret identity. His new role gets complicated when a romantic interest from his previous life resurfaces in this gripping, sharply-written 10-episode English language adaptation of the hit French series The Bureau. An all-star

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Dune: Prophecy

The series prequel to the recent big-screen Dune movies is set 10,000 years before their events, and follows two sisters up against forces that threaten the future of humankind — leading to the creation of the influential religious and political sect known as the Bene Gesserit. (For some context on their connection to the Jesuits,

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Ireland IRA drama on FX and HUlu

Say Nothing

Based on the award-winning nonfiction best-seller by Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing weaves together four different decades and timelines of the history of Ireland’s IRA resistance movement, from hunger strikes to the abduction of a 38-year-old mother to the spillover into US politics. Expect to hear about this one come awards time.  From TIME’s Judy

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Bad Sisters

Bad Sisters S2

“There’s something bigger afoot” in the long-awaited Season 2 of this twisty murder mystery farce set in Ireland. Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) stars as the matriarch of five sisters bound by the premature deaths of their parents — and now under suspicion by life insurance investigators after the death of a brother-in-law. The cast is full

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It’s Florida, Man

HBO’s new six-episode comedy series marries real-life Floridians sharing their crazy stories about the Sunshine State with reenactment by an eclectic rotation of actors — like Randall Park, Sam Richardson, Anna Faris, Ego Nwodim, Jake Johnson, and Juliette Lewis. From the New York Times’ Margaret Lyons: “…the show’s melody is ‘Get a load of this!’

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Sweetpea british murder drama

Sweetpea

You can count on Starz to bring the edge that might be missing from your endless Netflix scrolls. Their new dark British dramedy is about a young outcast (Ella Purnell) who, while being dismissed by her peers, embraces her inner savage and secret new role as a killer.  More original than its plot would indicate,

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Abbott Elementary Season 4 Quinta Brunson

Abbott Elementary S4

The Emmy-winning sitcom that brought back must-see TV broadcast (and Hulu) is returning with a much-anticipated new season, and creator and star Quinta Brunson has teased a new romance, a big Ava story, a “Will Smith-inspired dance” … and an It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia cross-over. Also some surprise guest appearances, piggy-backing off of previous

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The Franchise

It’s been a while since Entourage skewered Hollywood’s sausage-making egos and idiosyncracies, but HBO’s latest workplace comedy (from Veep creator Armando Iannucci) arrives perfectly-timed to take on the behind-the-scenes world of a superhero franchise movie. The wackadoodle of the characters and their costumes, the chaos, the clueless arrogance of production newbies are all captured with

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ABCs NEW FALL DRAMA DOCTOR ODYSSEY cruise ship Joshua Jackson

Doctor Odyssey

With the edge of a Ryan Murphy series, the setting of Love Boat, and the high stakes of a medical drama, ABC’s hot new fall show Doctor Odyssey is taking us all on a luxury cruise with shirtless Dr. Max (Joshua Jackson). “This ship is heaven,” his new boss (Don Johnson) informs him in the

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The Penguin HBO Max Colin Ferrell

The Penguin

Colin Farrell stars as mob boss Oz Cob (The Penguin), who’s ready to seize his big chance to grab power in Gotham in this immersive 8-episode miniseries that jumps off the Batman movie of 2022, but largely stands alone and will lure in non-DC Comics fans with its cliffhangers and scene-stealing female characters. Co-starring Cristin

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