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Bill Lawrence, the co-creator of Rooster, is known for building shows around funny, relatable characters who are part of a close-knit group. He’s had success with this formula in shows like Ted Lasso, Shrinking, and Bad Monkey. Lawrence often creates worlds where people easily connect and form supportive, found families – places where friendships blossom and everyone has someone to lean on. It’s an appealing vision, and Rooster continues this trend, building a kind and curious community.

The show’s basic premise feels a bit shaky, but the three main actors manage to deliver performances. It’s especially fitting that the series seems built around Joel Harbour, given his naturally endearing personality. The latest episode opens with another flashback showing how Clark and Carol first met – a rather awkward encounter at a neighborhood cornhole tournament. (I’m jokingly suggesting ‘cornholed’ as slang for being deceived or outmaneuvered in a suburban setting.) When Clark realizes Carol is flirting with him, he immediately invents a bizarre story about running a demolition business. The joke – that he’s known as the ‘Bang Master’ – falls a little flat, leaving you wondering if it’s intentionally absurd or if Clark genuinely wants to appear successful. It’s hard to say if this scene doesn’t quite work because I haven’t fully grasped the show’s overall style, or if the show itself is struggling to balance its quirky humor with its more straightforward, Netflix-style crime drama elements.

The latest installment in the Scream series, Scream 7, premiered on February 27th, 2026. Despite strong fan support for Sidney Prescott’s return, the film hasn’t been well-received by critics. It highlights a growing trend of slasher movies becoming predictable, but it’s not alone in this issue. Luckily, there are some fantastic, lesser-known classic slasher films that today’s horror filmmakers – and audiences – could really learn from.

The AMC show features Kiowa Gordon as Jim Chee, alongside Zahn McClarnon as Joe Leaphorn and Jessica Matten as Bernadette Manuelito. The series is based on the mystery novels by Tony Hillerman, specifically the Leaphorn & Chee books. Season four adapts The Ghostway, a novel originally published in 1984. Earlier seasons drew from The Listening Woman, People of Darkness, Dance Hall of the Dead, and The Sinister Pig.

Although many people associate Steven Spielberg with animated series like Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs, his work in television actually started much earlier. In 1985 – the same year he produced Back to the Future – Spielberg revisited television, a medium he’d first explored after making Duel and directing episodes of Night Gallery and Columbo in the 1970s. That year, NBC debuted the premiere episode of Amazing Stories.

The ending of Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 left many fans frustrated and eager for news about a third game. Some worried the sequel’s negative reviews might mean there wouldn’t be another installment, but it looks like those concerns might be unfounded.

HBO is known for consistently producing high-quality TV shows. It’s the leading channel for realistic and intense dramas that you won’t find on regular cable. Despite the rise of streaming, HBO Max continues to offer some of the most captivating and unforgettable series ever made, with certain episodes achieving near-perfection in their storytelling and execution.

The Bronze Age of comics saw a resurgence of monster and horror titles, largely because the industry had more freedom after loosening the rules of the Comics Code Authority. This new openness allowed innovative writers like Alan Moore to bring their distinctive vision to genres like horror. His work on Swamp Thing, in particular, became a famously frightening story for DC Comics, and it’s still highly praised by both fans and critics today, even forty years later. Moore transformed Alec Holland’s story into a truly terrifying tale by exploring themes of existential dread and gruesome horror, becoming a defining part of the ’80s comic landscape.

Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese – a creative and romantic duo – first gained recognition with their techno-thriller film, Who Am I. They then created Dark, a TV series that established them as highly acclaimed writers. Their next project, the ambitious Netflix show 1899, was just as compelling as Dark, though it didn’t achieve the same level of popularity.

Like the Star Wars films, several Star Wars television shows have been announced and then canceled. George Lucas’ Star Wars Underworld is a notable example, and more recently, shows like Lando and Rangers of the New Republic were also abandoned before they could air. Interestingly, back in 2013, Star Wars actually stopped production on a show it had already begun filming: Star Wars Detours.