Kumail Nanjiani to star in Amazon's Sex Criminals / Mandy Patinkin cast on God of War / Damon Lindelof is back at HBO with The Chain
PLUS: CNN to explore longevity and anti-aging with docuseries Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever.
Kumail Nanjiani to star in Amazon comic book adaptation Sex Criminals
Nanjiani and his wife Emily V. Gordon, who co-wrote The Big Sick together, are adapting Image Comics’ Sex Criminals for Amazon Prime Video alongside Gotham and Once Upon a Time vet Tze Chun. Sex Criminals, which debuted in 2013 and released six volumes through 2020, was written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by Chip Zdarsky. Nanjiani also will appear in the series, which comes from Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap production company. “Sex Criminals is centered around Suze, a normal girl with an extraordinary ability: when she has sex, she stops time,” according to Deadline. “One night, she meets Jon, who has the same gift. And so they do what any other sex having, time stopping couple would do: they rob banks.” “Sex Criminals is the exact kind of thing Winter Coat aims to bring to life: love stories in weird places,” said Gordon and Nanjiani. “From the moment LuckyChap brought us Matt and Chip’s comic book, we knew we wanted to bring these characters to screen and are so excited to do that alongside Tze Chun and Prime Video.”
Mandy Patinkin to play Odin in God of War
Patinkin is the latest addition to Amazon Prime Video’s adaptation of the popular PlayStation video game. “Odin, the All-Father, is not physically imposing or particularly god-like, but looks can be deceiving. He is the most powerful Aesir god, a patriarch who leads with an iron fist, and an unrivaled seeker of knowledge,” according to Deadline. “When it comes to seeking out prophecy, Odin is paranoid, manipulative, and dangerous— he will do anything to try and prevent Ragnarök, the Norse end of days. He serves as a formidable antagonist to Kratos (Ryan Hurst).” ALSO: Severance’s Ólafur Darri Ólafsson to play God of Thunder on God of War.
Helena Bonham Carter and Chris Messina officially join The White Lotus Season 4 cast, along with newcomer Marissa Long
Carter, Messina and Long join a cast that includes the previously announced Alexander Ludwig, AJ Michalka, Steve Coogan and Caleb Jonte Edwards. Their characters are being kept under wraps.
Jury Duty reveals fake hot sauce company retreat Season 2 premise
Amazon has released a brief teaser for Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat, premiering March 20 with three episodes. The official description states that it “captures a corporate offsite event at a family-owned hot sauce company from the perspective of Anthony, a recently hired temporary worker. Unbeknownst to Anthony, the entire experience is staged, every colleague around him is performing a role, and each moment – whether in conference rooms or during downtime – has been meticulously orchestrated. As the founder prepares to step down, the getaway transforms into a clash between big corporate ambitions and small business values, with control of the company hanging in the balance.”
Damon Lindelof returns to HBO with kidnap thriller limited series The Chain
The Lost co-creator, who was behind HBO’s Watchmen and The Leftovers, will adapt Adrian McKinty’s 2019 novel The Chain, described as “Jaws for parents.” It’ll mark Lindelof’s first time as showrunner since his Emmy-winning Watchmen in 2019. (Lindelof has served as executive producer on shows including Mrs. Davis and Lanterns.) The eight-episode The Chain “follows a mother, who is targeted by a dangerous group of masterminds, she must commit a crime to save her kidnapped daughter—or risk losing her forever.” According to Deadline’s Peter White, The Chain as originally optioned in 2020 to become a movie directed by Edgar Wright and written by Jane Goldman. “That never happened but Media Res subsequently optioned it in 2024 to turn it into a television series,” says White.
Top Chef unveils the trailer for Season 23, set in the Carolinas
Season 23 will be centered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with several other challenges taking place in Greenville, South Carolina. Guest judges include Emeril Lagasse, Liza Koshy, Fortune Feimster, and Danielle Brooks.
CNN to explore longevity and anti-aging with docuseries Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever
Tech journalist Kara Swisher will “investigate movements promoting longevity and anti-aging, seeking to differentiate real science from wishful thinking,” per Variety. “Her interest has been spurred in party by the early death of her father and a recent health scare.” “For too long, the longevity space has been captive of the rich tech bros, jacked dude influencers, nonsense sellers of useless supplements and some lady who sells candles that are named after her private parts (sorry, Gwyneth, but you started it!),” Swisher said in a statement. “Well, after enduring endless conversations over the years about how to live forever, I want in, except I am going to show the way for the rest of us, and it will be grounded in science and facts about the best and most affordable ways to stay healthy, happy and smart. Also, I took ketamine, so you don’t have to.”
Rupert Friend joins Sharon Horgan on HBO’s Youth
The former Homeland star will co-star with Horgan on the drama series that “follows a 50-year-old divorcee’s search for sex and love whilst juggling caring for her ailing parents and parenting her should-be grown up son.”
Grey’s Anatomy adds Jen Landon and Sara Paxton
Yellowstone alum Landon will recur as Dr. Toni Wright in the second half of Season 22, while Murder in the First alum Paxton will guest on two episodes as a patient’s relative.
Peacock posted $552 million in fourth quarter losses as subscribers climb to 44 million
The $552 million was up from the $372 million in losses from the fourth quarter of 2024.
Joe Rogan: I wasn’t up for the Golden Globes’ Best Podcast award because I refused to pay the $500 submission fee
“So here’s the thing. A lot of people say, ‘Why wasn’t Joe Rogan nominated for the Golden Globes? Why did Amy Poehler win?’ I didn’t submit,” Rogan told Bert Kreischer on The Joe Rogan Experience, per Mediaite. “So they asked me to submit to be nominated for the Golden Globes and you had to pay $500 and the $500 is like for paperwork or whatever. I said, ‘no.’” Rogan added: “I already won. You can’t tell me I didn’t win. I’ve been number one for six years in a row. All of sudden you’re going to have a contest in front of all these people wearing tuxedos and you’re going to say now I’m not number one? F*ck off — I don’t care that I’m number one, but I am, in fact, number one.”
Elsbeth books Beanie Feldstein and Griffin Dunne
They’ll separately appear in guest-starring roles in Season 3.
Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Food Fight gets a Food Network premiere date
Fieri’s newest food competition series premieres March 4. “In each episode, Fieri will welcome three chefs to Flavortown where skills and cooking chops can earn advantages and ultimately a win,” per Deadline. “Competitors will choose their own adventure as they compete in authentic food establishments ranging from street food carts to neighborhood spots to fast casual eateries and the finest fine dining restaurants in the world.”
Pepsi’s Super Bowl ad features a Coca-Cola-esque Polar Bear
Watch as an animated Polar Bear usually associated with Coca-Cola feel conflicted feels after enjoying drinking Pepsi.
Jason Kelce opts against a second season of ESPN’s They Call It Late Night
They Call It Late Night with Jason Kelce, the ESPN late-night show that had a brief run at the beginning of 2025, won’t be back for a second season. “The decision came from Kelce, who wanted to explore other opportunities during the offseason rather than commit to another run of the show,” reports Awful Announcing’s Sam Neumann. “ESPN remained supportive of continuing the program and will work with Kelce on other projects going forward.”
Norah O’Donnell to host a primetime CBS News town hall with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore
The town hall, airing after 60 Minutes on Feb. 15, is the latest in Bari Weiss’ “Things That Matter” series.
Katt Williams sets his fourth Netflix special
The Last Report, which follows 2024’s Woke Folk, premieres Feb. 10.
The Pitt’s Katherine LaNasa tells Stephen Colbert how he helped her amid “depths of my despair”
A year before landing the role that earned LaNasa her first Emmy, the actress said she was in a “very dark place” grappling with unemployment and a cancer diagnosis. “I felt like a failure, and I was riddled with regrets,” LaNasa said on The Late Show, per People. But that’s when she encountered a clip of Colbert speaking to Anderson Cooper about overcoming the grief of losing his father and two brothers in a plane crash when he was 10. “Our grief and our loss is part of what makes us human, and it allows us to understand and connect with other people,” LaNasa recalled Colbert saying. Colbert’s wise words were incredibly moving, LaNasa said, and helped her as she navigated the “depths of my despair.”
HBO Max acquires Gomorrah – The Origins
The Sky Italia prequel series to Gomorrah, which recently premiered, is set in “Naples, Italy, in 1977 (and) follows tough city kid Pietro who, along with his friends, survives through petty theft and low-level crime with ambitions of becoming like the neighborhood ‘king’, Angela ‘A’ Sirena,” per Deadline. “He finds himself in the graces of the young boss and soon finds himself in a power game far beyond him. Pietro goes on to become Don Pietro Savastano, the godfather of the Camorra.”
Stephnie Weir joins ABC comedy pilot Do You Want Kids?
The Mad TV and A Million Little Things alum will play Carol, a sweet Orange County mom who is very excited to become a grandmother, in the comedy pilot starring Rachel Bloom and Rory Scovel.
Hulu announces Jackie Fabulous comedy special You Can Leave
The comedian tackles topics ranging from ex-husband and diet pills to menopause in her special, dropping Feb. 4.
Danny McBride is writing a masculinity-themed book
The Righteous Gemstones, Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals vet’s upcoming Thrilling Tales of Modern Men, out June 23, is a short story collection that will expand upon the masculine themes of his HBO shows. “Between seasons of writing the Righteous Gemstones, I wrote short fiction to shift gears and tell more stories, even if just for myself” says McBride. “This collection takes place in the spaces men build for themselves when the world moves on without asking their permission. These stories aren’t here to fix men. They’re here to watch them spiral out of control, eat shit, get back up, and occasionally do something accidentally decent.”
The Chi promotes Hannaha Hall and Jason Weaver
They’ll become series regulars for the Paramount Showtime drama’s eighth and final season.
Paramount+ announces true-crime docuseries Wild Boys: Strangers in Town
Watch the trailer for the two-part series telling the story of brothers Will and Tom Green, who in 2003 appeared in a small town in British Columbia with tales of growing up in the wilderness. Wild Boys: Strangers in Town premieres Feb. 18.
AMC teases The Audacity, the Silicon Valley drama series starring Billy Magnussen as a stressed-out CEO
The eight-episode drama series from Jonathan Glatzer premieres Sunday, April 12 on AMC and AMC+.
Watch Netflix’s trailer for Age of Attraction, the dating reality show that contestants’ real ages under wraps
Nick Viall and Natalie Joy host the experimental dating reality show, premiering March 11 with five of eight episodes. “Age is thrown out the window when singles search for their soulmates, but will the years come between them?” the official synopsis reads.
Starz unveils an emotional trailer for Outlander’s final season
The time-traveling romance drama returns Friday, March 6 for its eighth and final season.