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Am I overwhelmed by how many TV-streaming shows are out and about and that I want to watch? YES. Do I want to keep adding to the list anyway, in the feverishly excitable hope that I will one day get to them all? Also YES.
I am nothing if furiously optimistic and when you have shows like the following wouldn’t you be too?
Who can ignore all that rich, exciting storytelling? Not me and I will find some way to watch it all and have a great time doing it …
Ted Lasso S4
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In season four [of Ted Lasso], Ted returns to Richmond, taking on his biggest challenge yet: coaching a second division women’s football team. Throughout the course of the season, Ted and the team learn to leap before they look, taking chances they never thought they would.Season four marks the return of fan favourites, including Emmy Award winner Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple, Emmy Award winner Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt and Jeremy Swift, alongside new additions Tanya Reynolds, Jude Mack, Faye Marsay, Rex Hayes, Aisling Sharkey, Abbie Hern and Grant Feely. (courtesy AppleTV)
The 10-episode fourth season of Ted Lasso will premiere on Apple TV with the first episode on 5 August, followed by one new episode every Wednesday through 7 October, 2026.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S3
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In Season 3, Middle-earth is at war. Five years have passed since the fall of Eregion. Sauron’s armies have marched across the whole of the world, conquering all in their path. A few isolated pockets stand between the Dark Lord and total victory – Khazad-dûm, where the Dwarves are now sealed deep within their mountain halls, and the elven realms of Lindon & Rivendell, which are protected by their Three Rings. But deep in the land of Mordor, in his newly completed tower of Barad-dûr, the Dark Lord toils day and night, obsessed with harnessing a power that will bring the last of his enemies to their knees: One Ring to rule them all… Now, the free peoples of Middle-earth – Dwarves, Elves, Men, Wizards alike – must find a way to come together, in a race against time to prevent Sauron from achieving his goal of utter domination…The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a series developed by Amazon Studios, in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate & Trust, HarperCollins, New Line Cinema. J. D. Payne & Patrick McKay are showrunners and developed the streaming series adaptation, set in the Second Age of Middle-earth before the events of the Lord of the Rings novels and all of the films. Episodes in Season 3 directed by Charlotte Brändström, Sanaa Hamri, Stefan Schwartz. Executive produced by Lindsey Weber, Justin Doble, Kate Hazell, J. D. Payne, Patrick McKay, Charlotte Brändström. (courtesy First Showing)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power premieres its third season on 11 November with the first four of eight episodes with two episodes each releasing 18 and 25 November.
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In a small coastal town, Rapp, a private detective, investigates the disappearance of Henry Park, the heir to a commercial fishery. Rapp encounters Carson, a local detective, and Katherine, a university professor who has a taste for younger men, as the investigation is complicated by enigmatic suspects and ancient magic.(courtesy Wikipedia)
Yaga is set to be released on Crave in October 2026. The show has been acquired for international release by Sky in the United Kingdom and Ireland, HBO Max in the rest of Europe, AMC+ in the United States, Foxtel in Australia, and Sky New Zealand in New Zealand.
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“The Chatsubo was a bar for professional expatriates; you could drink there for a week and never hear two words in Japanese.” The cyberpunk series will follow a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case (Callum Turner) who’s thrust into a web of digital espionage & high stakes crime with his partner Molly (Briana Middleton), a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes aiming for a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets. Neuromancer is a sci-fi series created by writers Graham Roland (writer on Fringe, Mile 22, Jack Ryan, Dark Winds) & J.D. Dillard (director of Sleight, Sweetheart, Devotion). Adapted from William Gibson’s seminal sci-fi novel also titled “Neuromancer” first published in 1984. Showrun by Graham Roland, with J.D. Dillard directing the pilot. Made by Skydance Television. Anonymous Content, and DreamCrew Entertainment. Executive produced by Graham Roland, J.D. Dillard, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Matt Thunell, Drake, Adel “Future” Nur, Jason Shrier, Zack Hayden, + William Gibson.(courtesy First Showing)
Neuromancer streams from 22 January 2027 on AppleTV.
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“Welcome to a future we no longer control.” In the futuristic new series Blade Runner 2099, Michelle Yeoh stars as Olwen, a replicant from the old days grappling with the end of her life. While Hunter Schafer co-stars as Cora, a human who is on the run from Blade Runners. Blade Runner 2099 is a sci-fi series created and showrun by the screenwriter Silka Luisa (The Wilding, Strange Angel, Halo, creator of Shining Girls). With series writing by Claire Kiechel, Kirsa Rein, Tom Spezialy, Monika Revilla, Ryan Willison, Silka Luisa. Based on / inspired by the original novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? written by Philip K. Dick first published in 1968. With episodes directed by Jonathan van Tulleken (The Changeling, Shogun, Dope Thief, Lucky). Produced by April Moore. Made by Scott Free Productions, Alcon Television Group, Amazon MGM Studios, Sony Pictures Television. Exec produced by Silka Luisa, Ridley Scott, Michael Green, Broderick Johnson, Andrew Kosove, Ben Roberts, Clayton Krueger, David W. Zucker, Cynthia Yorkin, Frank Giustra, Isa Dick Hackett, Tom Spezialy. (courtesy First Showing)
Blade Runner 2099 opens with all eight episodes on 25 November.
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