Law & Order: Organized Crime canceled after five seasons / ITV’s Up series will conclude with 70 Up / NFL and YouTube enter advanced talks for a five-game package
PLUS: Euphoria’s Season 3 premiere delivers 8.5 million viewers across all platforms in its first three days.
Law & Order: Organized Crime canceled after five seasons
The cancelation of the Christopher Meloni-led spinoff of Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU, which premiered on NBC in 2021, “doesn’t come as a huge surprise; the Law & Order spinoff’s most recent fifth season launched on Peacock exactly a year ago. It subsequently got a second-window run on NBC, the series’ home for its first four seasons, last fall,” says Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva. “Still, as Deadline reported in February, while dormant, Organized Crime was not completely dead and there had been a soft outreach for a new showrunner. I hear that never materialized and, with NBC bullish on its five drama pilots that have started to come in, Organized Crime‘s fate has been sealed.” Meloni is already starring in another series: Dan Fogelman’s upcoming Hulu NFL drama The Land.
Euphoria’s Season 3 premiere delivers 8.5 million viewers across all platforms in its first three days
The finale of limited series DTF St. Louis also put up solid numbers.
ITV’s long-running Up series will conclude with 70 Up
The British network’s long-running 7 Up documentary series that began in 1964 following 10 boys and four girls at age 7 is concluding with an “epic and moving” final installment later this year. The news comes five years after the death of 7 Up’s longtime director and producer Michael Apted. “In the finale, the participants will look back at their lives in a way very few people ever have, caught on camera and recorded for ever,” according to Radio Times. “In 2014 I named the Up Series as my favourite documentary of all time,” says 70 Up director Asif Kapadia. “Who knew that two decades later I would have the incredible honour and privilege to be asked to direct 70 Up, the legendary documentary series. I love the show! I have watched it all my life, first as a child with my parents and siblings, growing up in East London and then as an adult. I was lucky to meet Michael Apted a few times.”
Gugu Mbatha-Raw to lead BBC sci-fi series about space travel
The Surface vet will star in the untitled series as Mirren, “who works at Paravel Space Hub as flight director for the UK’s first crewed mission to the stars. Everything is going to plan when, just hours after launch, a series of unexplained events engulf Sutherland in mystery and risks destroying everything Mirren’s been striving for.” Stuart Martin and Iain De Caestecker will also star.
NFL and YouTube enter advanced talks for a five-game package
YouTube is expected to follow its NFL game debut last September with five more games in the 2026 season. “The NFL has extra inventory to sell following ESPN’s acquisition of NFL Network,” explains Front Office Sports’ Ryan Glasspiegel. “As a part of the deal, ESPN assumed the games that previously aired on the league-owned cable channel, while relinquishing its Monday Night Football doubleheaders.”
Gregg Sulkin to reprise his fan favorite role on Wizards Beyond Waverly Place
Sulkin, who recurred as Alex Russo’s love interest Mason Greyback on 18 episodes of Wizards of Waverly Place, will be part of the four-episode final season of its reboot series. Details of his return are being kept under wraps. But Disney released a photo of Sulkin leaning on a doorframe.
Jonathan Bennett joins General Hospital
The Mean Girls star will make his debut on the ABC soap opera as Joe Fitzpatrick, starting in May.
The CW to kick off All American’s final season with a two-hour premiere, plus an All American: The Final Season Special
The eighth and final season will kick off with a two-hour premiere episode on June 22. A week before, The CW will air an “hour-long celebration” titled All American: The Final Season Special. The special will chronicle “the journey of the characters who captured the hearts of viewers both on and off the field. The tribute will look back at the show’s most memorable moments, relationships, and milestones, honoring the legacy of a series that has resonated with audiences and redefined the modern sports drama,” says The CW.
Paramount+’s The Elephant & Piggie Show! reunites Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s Tituss Burgess and Ellie Kemper — Neil Patrick Harris also cast
The animated preschool series The Elephant & Piggie Show! is an adaptation of Mo Willems‘ children’s books, with Burgess as the Elephant and Kemper as the Piggy and Harris as the bus driver.
Heated Rivalry, Adolescence, Dying for Sex and South Park are among the recipients of the 19th Television Academy Honors
Deaf President Now! and Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television are also being honored for leveraging the power of television to raise awareness about complex issues facing society.
PBS Masterpiece’s Maigret renewed for Season 2
Filming is already in Budapest for the Benjamin Wainwright-led detective drama’s second season.
Netflix’s podcast slate expands with magician David Kwong, Evan Ross Katz, Stephanie Soo and Ellison Barber
Brian Williams isn’t the only new Netflix podcast addition announced today. Netflix is also adding The Puzzle Room with David Kwong, true-crime podcast Allegedly from NBC News correspondent Ellison Barber, The Rotten Files by Rotten Mango podcast host Stephanie Soo and Shut Up Evan from Evan Ross Katz.
The Brady Bunch house will be open for tours this summer
Proceeds from “The Brady Experience” will go to Wags and Walks, a local nonprofit dog rescue dedicated to saving at-risk dogs and helping them find loving homes.
Hulu to livestream its Get Real House event
The event featuring announcements about Hulu programming will be livestreamed next Wednesday with Scott Evans as host. “Hulu’s Get Real House will give fans front-row access to major announcements, exclusive first looks and surprise talent moments as they happen,” says Hulu.
Roku reaches 100 million streaming households worldwide
The company reached its 100 million milestone after announcing it hit 90 million streaming households in January 2025.
Josh Johnson reveals the premiere date for his first HBO comedy special
In his first late-night interview on The Late Show, The Daily Show star revealed his special Josh Johnson: Symphony will premiere on May 22. Symphony was filmed at Los Angeles’ historic Wiltern Theater.
Jack Schlossberg admits mom Caroline Kennedy were “laughing so hard” at her Love Story portrayal
“I showed her a clip of her and we were laughing so hard,” the John F. Kennedy grandson said on Katie Couric’s Real Question podcast, per EW, of Grace Gummer portraying his mom. Though he couldn’t remember which clip, he said “the person was freaking out and we’re just laughing so hard as if that that’s how my mom acts. People (need to) keep in mind it might be entertaining, but it’s fiction.”
Watch Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Netflix Man On Fire trailer
The trailer leans into that bruised, heavy-lidded version of John Creasy, the haunted protector Denzel Washington made unforgettable in Tony Scott’s 2004 film version of Man on Fire. Based on the A.J. Quinnell’s novels, Man on Fire premieres April 30.
John Krasinski is back as CIA analyst Jack Ryan in Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War movie trailer
Wendell Pierce and Michael Kelly reprise their roles from the Prime Video series of the same name in the feature film spinoff, premiering on May 20.
Rivals unveils its full-length Season 2 trailer
The Disney+ British period dramedy returns May 15, with new additions Hayley Atwell and Rupert Everett.
Dr. Orna Guralnik tackles four new partners in Couples Therapy’s Season 5 trailer
The Paramount+ reality show returns May 17 with three episodes, followed by a weekly release.
Outlander: Blood of My Blood teases Season 2
Premiering on Starz this fall, Season 2 of the Outlander prequel series has the following logline: “As Season Two unfolds, the two young couples will be tested and separated by forces beyond their control, as every clan chooses a side in the rebellion.”
Netflix drops the trailer for Mating Seasons
Premiering May 22, the animated series from the creators of Big Mouth follows bears, raccoons, and other forest creatures dealing with their love lives.
Paramount+’s SkyMed gets a Season 4 premiere date and trailer
The Canadian first responders series returns May 21.