Since its debut, Pluribus has become the highest-rated sci-fi series on Apple TV, according to Rotten Tomatoes. It currently boasts an impressive 98% critics’ score, a record it continues to hold. After just seven episodes, the show created by Vince Gilligan has proven incredibly popular, establishing itself as a major success story for Apple TV’s science fiction programming.
Avatar: Fire and Ash is predicted to have a massive opening weekend in China, potentially earning between $90 and $100 million. This would make it the third-highest-grossing Hollywood film to open in China since the pandemic began!
Zoe Saldaña turned heads at the Miami premiere of Fire and Ash with a vibrant floral dress. The Academy Award winner looked radiant and happily posed for photos. It was a dress everyone wanted to own!
Though he briefly retired, Jason Fox returned to acting in May, joining the cast of Shrinking season 3 as a guest star. This isn’t the first time Fox has worked with the show’s co-creator, Bill Lawrence – they previously collaborated on Spin City and Scrubs.
Whether it’s hugely popular shows or lesser-known favorites like Invader Zim, critics consistently recognize quality television. Even shows made for children receive praise when they tell a compelling story. While very few series achieve perfection, some are exceptional enough to rise above the rest and often attract viewers of all ages.
The promotional poster for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy caused a lot of discussion, and it’s unclear if Paramount+ anticipated the reaction. The poster showed six young cadets relaxing together in a grassy field, and it clearly took inspiration from popular teen dramas of the past, like Beverly Hills, 90210.
Let me tell you about 11.22.63, a really intriguing miniseries starring James Franco as Jake Epping, a divorced teacher who gets a shot at changing history – specifically, preventing the assassination of JFK. It originally came out on Hulu way back in 2016, and since then, finding it has been a bit of a hassle. It’s popped up on Tubi and other places, but mostly you had to rent or buy it. But good news! As of January 7, 2026, 11.22.63 is finally hitting Netflix in the US, making it much easier to check out. I highly recommend giving it a watch if you’re a fan of time travel stories!
Michael Lawrence and Bill Fox have a long working relationship. Fox was a main cast member for the first four seasons of Spin City, Lawrence’s first TV series, and later made guest appearances on Clone High and Scrubs. Shrinking will be Fox’s first on-screen role since he revisited his character, Louis Canning, from The Good Wife in two episodes of its spin-off, The Good Fight. Lawrence recently told TVLine how he brought Fox onto his new show.
A remake of the original film is coming to Netflix on January 1, 2026. This film was director Zack Snyder’s first feature-length project, written by James Gunn. The cast includes Sarah Polley (known for Splice), Ving Rhames (Lilo & Stitch), Jake Weber (Medium), and Meki Phifer (ER, House of Lies). The story follows a small group of people struggling to survive a zombie outbreak while trapped inside a shopping mall in Milwaukee.
At the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony where Chadwick Boseman received a posthumous star, Ryan Coogler shared a touching story. He showed a copper bracelet Boseman had given him after they finished filming Black Panther, and said: