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TELEVISION
Fast & Furious Is Coming to Peacock — the Franchise Is About to Learn Whether Its Formula Works Without a Movie Screen
Fast & Furious has spent two decades selling scale, speed and theatrical spectacle. A Peacock series will test whether the franchise’s real engine is action — or the family mythology underneath it.
STREAMING
Carrie Finally Becomes a TV Series — Mike Flanagan’s Biggest Advantage Is Time
Stephen King’s first novel has been adapted repeatedly, but never as an eight-episode television series. That extra space gives Mike Flanagan a chance to make Carrie White’s world as important as the prom-night horror everyone already knows.
AWARDS
The Emmys Are Leaving Broadcast TV for Prime Video — and the Biggest Change Is That Everyone Can Still Watch Free
The Television Academy is ending its decades-old network rotation and moving the Emmys to Prime Video. The real story is not simply streaming — it is a global live event moving platforms without disappearing behind a subscription wall.
MUSIC
Austin City Limits Is Streaming on Disney+ and Hulu — Live Music Is Becoming a Bigger Part of the Streaming Wars
Charli XCX, Lorde, Twenty One Pilots, Skrillex and The xx headline a milestone ACL. For Disney, the bigger story is turning live festivals into programming people have a reason to open the app for right now.
REALITY CHECK
The Traitors Just Got Three More Seasons — Peacock Is No Longer Treating It Like a Hit Show
The Traitors is expanding across Peacock and NBC, and a three-season order changes the conversation. This is no longer a renewal story. It is a franchise strategy.
TELEVISION
Dexter: Resurrection Season 2 Is Adding Bigger Killers — but the Midlife Crisis May Be the Smarter Idea
Season 2 puts Dexter between two killers while Harrison moves deeper into law enforcement. The most interesting threat, though, may be the one Paramount is openly advertising: age.
TRAILER DROP
VisionQuest’s New Trailer Gives Marvel Something Its Disney+ Era Has Needed: An Ending
The new VisionQuest trailer brings Paul Bettany’s Vision back, reunites him with Ultron and closes the trilogy that began with WandaVision — a surprisingly useful promise in an era of endless franchise setup.
STREAMING
East of Eden Gives Netflix a Prestige Drama With an Unusually Difficult Job
Netflix has Florence Pugh, Christopher Abbott, Mike Faist and a deeply personal adaptation from Zoe Kazan. The challenge is turning all that pedigree into television people actually want to keep watching.
STREAMING
Disclosure Day Is Heading to Peacock — and Spielberg’s $241 Million Movie Is About to Face a Different Test
Disclosure Day already proved it could sell tickets. Peacock now gets to test whether a 145-minute UFO epic can become the kind of streaming event that keeps working long after opening weekend.
TELEVISION
Wednesday Season 3 Has Wrapped — and Netflix Is Making Nevermore Bigger Without Abandoning What Worked
The third season adds Paris, more Addams family secrets and a formidable list of newcomers. Growth is easy for a hit this large; controlled growth is harder.