Notes on what to read, watch, and hear next.
Short essays on choice paralysis, the texture of mood, and the small craft of picking well. Updated when there's something worth saying.
Silo Season 3: Everything to Know, and Whether It's Worth Sticking With
Silo Season 3 has been releasing weekly on Apple TV since July 3, 2026, with ten episodes running through a September 4 finale. Rebecca Ferguson returns as Juliette Nichols, now dealing with memory loss after surviving her "cleaning" at the end of Season 2, while a second timeline follows journalist Helen Drew and Congressman Daniel Keene centuries earlier, right as the events that led to the silos being built began unfolding. Here's what's confirmed, and my honest read on the mixed reception this season has actually gotten so far.
Read the essay →August 15, 2026 · 4 min readCamp Rock 3: Everything to Know About the Jonas Brothers' Return
Camp Rock 3 premiered August 13, 2026 on Disney Channel and landed on Disney+ the following day, a full 16 years after Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. The Jonas Brothers are back as Connect 3, this time as the established band losing their opening act right before a reunion tour, sending them back to Camp Rock to find a replacement. Demi Lovato executive produces, though whether her character Mitchie actually appears on screen was kept deliberately vague until release. Here's everything actually confirmed.
Read the essay →August 15, 2026 · 4 min readReacher Season 4: Everything to Know Before You Watch
Reacher Season 4 premiered August 12, 2026 on Prime Video with three episodes at once, followed by one new episode weekly through the finale on September 16. This season adapts Gone Tomorrow, Lee Child's 13th novel, moving the action to Philadelphia and setting Jack Reacher on the trail of a subway conspiracy. A spinoff, Neagley, drops its full first season the same day as the finale. Here's everything actually confirmed, and my honest take on where this season fits in the show's run so far.
Read the essay →August 12, 2026 · 6 min readRAYE's Big 2026
Her sophomore album, a headline arena tour, a Bruno Mars stadium support slot, and a Songwriters Hall of Fame honor are all landing in the same year.
Read the essay →August 12, 2026 · 5 min readRod Stewart Cancels Tour Dates
Rod Stewart canceled four weeks of tour dates, including his Caesars Palace residency, after a routine coronary stent procedure. Here's the confirmed timeline.
Read the essay →August 12, 2026 · 5 min readLove Island USA Season 8 Reunion
The Season 8 reunion airs August 31 on Peacock, hosted by Ariana Madix and Andy Cohen, and for the first time filmed in front of a live studio audience.
Read the essay →August 12, 2026 · 5 min readJenna Ortega's Next Chapter
Wednesday Season 3 is filming and The Great Beyond arrives November 13. A look at what's confirmed about Jenna Ortega's next chapter, and why it's worth watching unfold.
Read the essay →August 10, 2026 · 5 min readLet's Marry Harry: Everything to Know
Harry Jowsey dates twenty women at once, leaning on three confidants to help him actually pick someone this time instead of doing it all himself.
Read the essay →August 10, 2026 · 4 min readSuper Troopers 3: Everything to Know
The Broken Lizard troupe is back, sending Officer Farva down the aisle for an over the top Indian wedding while the squad busts a new drug ring on the side.
Read the essay →August 10, 2026 · 5 min readKit Connor Is Cyclops: What We Know
Kit Connor has been cast as Scott Summers, aka Cyclops, joining a slowly forming X-Men cast that already includes Samara Weaving as Emma Frost and Sadie Sink as Jean Grey.
Read the essay →August 10, 2026 · 5 min readTed Lasso Season 4: Everything to Know
Jason Sudeikis is back as Ted, now coaching a second division women's football team after leaving AFC Richmond at the end of what everyone assumed was the series finale.
Read the essay →August 10, 2026 · 5 min readThe Last House Review
A family wakes up one morning and can't leave their own home. A mysterious rain has started outside and just keeps going, and nobody is answering.
Read the essay →August 4, 2026 · 4 min readWidow's Bay Review
Another small-town-with-a-dark-secret premise felt like territory I'd seen before. Then I saw it picked up 19 Emmy nominations, the most of any new show this year.
Read the essay →August 4, 2026 · 4 min readLandman Season 3: What Happens Next
Cami Miller fires Tommy Norris as president of the oil company he built from nothing. That's a bold move for a show to make with its lead character.
Read the essay →August 4, 2026 · 4 min readTulsa King Season 4: Stallone's Update
Sylvester Stallone has been quietly documenting Season 4's production on his own social media, and the show sounds like it's holding together mostly on his own enthusiasm.
Read the essay →August 4, 2026 · 4 min readWelcome to Derry Season 2: Status
A season that broke ratings records, earned real critical praise, picked up two Emmy nominations, and still hasn't received a formal renewal from HBO. That's not normal.
Read the essay →August 4, 2026 · 5 min readThe Bombing of Pan Am 103 Review
I went in expecting a straightforward true-crime procedural. What I got was something messier and more honest: how long and imperfect the pursuit of justice actually is.
Read the essay →August 2, 2026 · 4 min readSamara Weaving Is Emma Frost
Emma Frost is a tricky character to cast — icy, telepathic, and dangerously charismatic all at once. Having looked into Weaving's recent work, I think Marvel got this one right.
Read the essay →August 2, 2026 · 5 min readThe Debt Collector: Netflix Review
A haunted man with a violent past, pulled back into the underworld one last time. What made me actually watch The Debt Collector was the John Wick comparisons in early reviews.
Read the essay →August 2, 2026 · 4 min readWhen Calls the Heart Season 14
Season 14 was renewed before Season 13 had even premiered — a show running since 2014 still finding new life over a decade in, and I don't think Hallmark is worried about this well running dry.
Read the essay →August 2, 2026 · 6 min readChad Powers Season 2: Everything to Know
Chad Powers Season 2 dropped all six episodes on Hulu September 3, 2026, continuing the story of Russ Holliday, a disgraced quarterback who disguises himself as a talented walk-on named Chad Powers to get back on the field, only for his secret identity to become harder to protect. The show, based on a viral Eli Manning sketch, was renewed quickly after strong Season 1 viewership. Here's the full plot, cast, and how a fake-mustache bit became an acclaimed series.
Read the essay →August 2, 2026 · 5 min readTony: The Bourdain Biopic Review
Tony refuses to be about the Bourdain we all know. It plants us with a 19-year-old kid who just wants to be a writer, and trusts us to sit with that.
Read the essay →August 2, 2026 · 6 min readCape Fear Season 2: Renewal Status Explained
No, Cape Fear hasn't been officially renewed for Season 2 — but between what Apple's marketing has quietly signaled and what creator Nick Antosca has said about a way around the show's central problem, I think it's coming back. Just not as a straight continuation.
Read the essay →August 2, 2026 · 7 min readStreet Fighter (2026): Everything Confirmed
Street Fighter, the third live-action attempt to bring Capcom's legendary fighting game franchise to the big screen, arrives in US theaters October 16, 2026, from Paramount Pictures and Legendary. The cast is stacked, mixing established actors with WWE stars, an MMA champion, and a musician, set in 1993 to lean fully into the franchise's arcade-era nostalgia. Here's the full cast, plot, and production history.
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