Netflix’s released the official trailer for The Waterfront, a new crime drama inspired by true events. The trailer introduces the powerful Buckley family and teases the lengths they’re willing to go to to save their family business.
The series stars Holt McCallany, Maria Bello, Jake Weary, Melissa Benoist, Rafael L. Silva, Humberly González, Danielle Campbell, and Brady Hepner. Topher Grace, Dave Annable, Michael Gaston, Gerardo Celasco, and Zach Roerig guest star.
“For decades, the Buckley family has ruled Havenport, North Carolina, dominating everything from the local fishing industry to the town’s restaurant scene,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “But their fishing empire has started to crumble as patriarch Harlan Buckley (McCallany) recovers from two heart attacks, and his wife Belle (Bello) and son Cane (Weary) venture into the deep end to keep the family businesses afloat.
As their attempts spiral out of control and into treacherous waters, Harlan steps back in to take command. Facing her own demons, Buckley daughter Bree (Benoist) — an addict in recovery who’s lost custody of her son Diller (Hepner) — finds herself entangled in a complicated relationship that could threaten the family’s future forever.”
The series was created by Kevin Williamson (Dawson’s Creek, The Vampire Diaries) who serves as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. “It’s about a bunch of people who make mistakes, they do some bad things, and then they get in deeper and deeper and deeper,” said Williamson, describing his latest series to Netflix’s Tudum.
The eight episode first season premieres on Netflix on June 19, 2025.
The two-minute trailer for Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires shows how a summer road trip gone wrong leads to Zed, Addison, Eliza, and Willa plopped into the middle of a supernatural feud. The fourth film of the popular franchise premieres on Disney Channel July 10, 2025 at 7pm Et/PT, and July 11th on Disney+
Milo Manheim and Meg Donnelly reprise their roles as Zed and Addison, and Zombies newcomers Freya Skye and Malachi Barton play Nova and Victor. Kylee Russell stars as Eliza, Chandler Kinney is Willa, Julian Lerner is Ray, Swayam Bhatia is Vera, Mekonnen Knife is Vargas, Lisa Chappell is Vampire Eldress, and Jonno Roberts is Commander Bright.
Poster for ‘Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires Poster’ (Photo Credit: Disney Channel)
“In the first three Zombies movies, Zed and Addison brought human and monster kind together in their hometown of Seabrook. Now, a new adventure dawns for the duo when their summer road trip takes an unexpected detour, landing them in the middle of yet another monster rivalry: Daywalkers vs. Vampires. Tensions flare when Zed and Addison find themselves acting as camp counselors between the two opposing supernatural factions,” reads Disney Channel’s synopsis. “With the help of Eliza and Willa, they must convince sworn enemies Nova and Victor to try to unite their warring worlds before an even greater threat endangers them all.”
Zombies veteran Paul Hoen returns to direct, and David Light, Joseph Raso, and Josh Cagan wrote the screenplay. Hoen, Manheim, Donnelly, Light, Raso, Jane Fleming, and Mark Ordesky serve as executive producers.
Apple TV+’s trailer for The Buccaneers season two introduces Leighton Meester’s character and features Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck Babe.” Season one premiered in November 2023, and season two will debut on June 18, 2025. New episodes of the eight-episode season will stream on Wednesdays.
Returning series stars include Kristine Frøseth, Alisha Boe, Aubri Ibrag, Josie Totah, Imogen Waterhouse, Mia Threapleton, and Christina Hendricks. Guy Remmers, Matthew Broome, Josh Dylan, Barney Fishwick, Amelia Bullmore, and Fenella Woolgar also reprise their roles. In addition to Meester, new faces for season two include Greg Wise, Jacob Ifan, Grace Ambrose, and Maria Almeida.
Josie Totah, Alisha Boe, Aubri Ibrag and Kristine Frøseth in ‘The Buccaneers’ (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)
“In the first season of The Buccaneers, a group of fun-loving young American girls exploded into the tightly corseted London of the 1870s … setting hearts racing and kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash. Now the Buccaneers are no longer the invaders—England is their home. In fact, they’re practically running the place. Nan is the Duchess of Tintagel, the most influential woman in the country. Conchita is Lady Brightlingsea, heroine to a wave of young American heiresses. And Jinny is on every front page, wanted for the kidnapping of her unborn child,” reads Apple TV+’s synopsis.
“All of the girls have been forced to grow up and now have to fight to be heard, as they wrestle with romance, lust, jealousy, births, and deaths … themes consuming all women of any age, no matter what year it is. Last time we got a taste of England. This time we’re in for a veritable feast.”
Katherine Jakeways created the series and serves as writer. Executive producers include Jakeways, Beth Willis, and Susanna White. William McGregor, Rachel Leiterman, John Hardwick, and Charlie Manton directed season two episodes. The second season’s soundtrack features Empress Of’s new single “Little Secret” and new music from Suki Waterhouse, Madi Diaz, Holly Humberstone, Kacy Hill, Jade Bird, and Emily Kokal of Warpaint. Stella Mozgawa is the executive music producer.
Disney’s at it again. After the giant box office bomb earlier this year of their live-action Snow White, the studio has remade another of their beloved animated films, Lilo & Stitch, into a live-action CGI movie. If only it were worth watching.
The story is pretty much the same as the zany and lovable 2002 film. The little furry blue alien Stitch (voiced again by Chris Sanders) escapes from his planet, where he was about to be exiled for being too dangerous a weapon created by Jumba (Zach Galifianakis). Stitch crash lands on planet Earth—Hawaii, to be exact—and the chase is on, with Jumba and Agent Pleakley (Billy Magnussen), the alien expert on Earth, trying to capture the escapee.
Stitch ends up at an animal shelter where he’s mistaken for a dog, which is one of the film’s running gags. He winds up being adopted by little Lilo (Maia Kealoha), an outgoing and rambunctious little girl who doesn’t have any friends. Lilo takes him home, and the two quickly bond over being silly, obnoxious, and mischievous. This makes life even more difficult for Lilo’s older sister, Nani (Sydney Agudong), who is trying her best to be both sister and mother to Lilo since their parents died.
One funny example of this is when Nani is hunting for a job and Lilo and Stitch keep unintentionally sabotaging her interviews by creating chaos and destruction while entertaining themselves.
As Stitch spends more time with Lilo and Nani, he begins to understand what friendship, love, and family are all about. Stitch needs to avoid being captured by Jumba and Pleakley so that he can be part of Lilo’s family for good.
Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch remake has the goofy, madcap chaos of the animated film but is missing the magic and heart that made the 2002 film so endearing. It’s a loud, shallow, and empty retooling of a story already told perfectly the first time around.
The performance of young Maia Kealoha as Lilo is, sadly, one of the weaker parts of the film. Her ear-piercing screams and headache-inducing laughter make Lilo an annoying, unruly brat instead of the odd, well-meaning, and lovable little girl she’s supposed to be. Kealoha also delivers her lines poorly, almost as though she’s reading them. This is especially true in the few quiet and more intimate scenes with her sister, Nani.
Sydney Augdong delivers a decent performance as Nani, the semi-responsible older sister who is desperately trying to take care of Lilo and stay one step ahead of social worker Mrs. Kekoa (Tia Carrere) so she can remain Lilo’s guardian.
The best things about the remake are Chris Sanders returning to voice Stitch and the appearance of Stitch and the character’s integration into scenes. The film does capture the spirit and cuteness of the creature, but it already is there to be watched and enjoyed in the 2002 original film.
Disney’s live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch is soulless, forgettable, and proof that they should have left the original alone.
GRADE C-
Rating: PG for peril, action, and thematic elements
Release Date: May 23, 2025
Running Time: 1 hour 48 minutes
Directed By: Dean Fleischer-Camp
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Malcolm-Jamal Warner returns in his guest starring role as Chief Inspector Bill Houston in the season three finale of Fox’s Alert: Missing Persons Unit. Episode 10, “Chase,” will air on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 9pm ET/PT.
“Chase” Plot: When a limousine filled with teenagers, including a senator’s son, is hijacked on the way to prom, MPU discovers that the ex-girlfriend of one of the victims may have been the actual target. Now, Jason, Mike, and the team must race to the prom in order to save the girl before it’s too late.
Scott Caan leads the season three cast as Jason Grant. Ryan Broussard plays Mike Sherman, Adeola Role is Kemi Adebayo, and Alisha-Marie Ahamed plays Wayne Pascal. Guest stars include Diana Bang as Helen Gale and Ian Tracey as Charlie McGannon.
Alert: Missing Persons Unit is a procedural drama set in the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit (MPU). Each episode features a heart-pounding, life-or-death search for a missing person, with Jason Grant working his magic out in the field and Nikki Batista heading the team. Their job is to find the missing or abducted and reunite them with their loved ones. Jason and Nikki, once married, have a very personal connection to these cases as their own son went missing and was never found.
Their highly skilled team includes Nikki’s new husband, Mike Sherman, whose bantering bromance with Jason never gets in the way of results; Kemi Adebayo, a spiritually savvy detective with an astonishing knowledge base; and Helen Gale, MPU’s effervescent young forensic scientist. Jason also relies on his relationship with master hacker Wayne Pascal, both on and off the clock.
As the third season begins, MPU is tasked with cases ranging from a missing female collegiate rowing team who disappeared while on the water, a missing street artist due to donate his rare bone marrow to save his dying brother, and Nikki’s ongoing and dangerous association with Irish mob boss Charlie McGannon. But the most harrowing case to date is when MPU must band together in a race to find one of their own. Now more than ever, together, the team must work to find the missing or abducted and help reunite them with their loved ones before it’s too late.
Discovery Channel’s Expedition Unknown returns for season 15 with an episode that features host Josh Gates digging for the truth about Hitler’s Amerikabomber. The new season kicks off on June 18, 2025, with new episodes airing on Wednesdays at 9pm ET/PT.
“I’ve never been more excited to share a new season of Expedition Unknown,” said Josh Gates. “Every year, we try to set a new bar for adventure, archaeology, and action, and I think these may be our biggest expeditions yet.”
Josh Gates explore a tunnel in Poland as he searches for evidence of the Amerikabomber in ‘Expedition Unknown’ (Photo Credit: Discovery Channel)
Discovery Channel offers this description of the new season:
“Gates’ intrepid curiosity and passion for epic exploration lead him on a truth-seeking quest spanning five continents. Gates sets sail across the Mediterranean to unravel the mystery of ancient shipwrecks consumed by Greece’s own Bermuda Triangle. In Turkey, he unlocks the secrets and symbols of the oldest manmade structures in the world at Göbekli Tepe. And deep in the Pacific, he embarks on a groundbreaking mission to rediscover the lost plane of an American hero from World War II.
In the season premiere, Gates uncovers the truth about Adolf Hitler’s terrifying Amerikabomber, a long-range airplane designed to bring the terror of the Third Reich to the United States and obliterate New York City. Unearthing still-sealed Nazi tunnels and long-lost top-secret weapons factories in Poland, he’ll take viewers into a subterranean facility that may have been used to manufacture Hitler’s dream killing machine.
Later this season, Gates embarks on a treacherous safari in the savannahs of Kenya to investigate the Ghost and the Darkness, the legendary man-eating lions who killed as many as 135 railroad workers in 1898. Then, it’s on to the Wild West, where Gates will investigate the mysteries of renowned hunter and showman Buffalo Bill Cody and the conspiracy surrounding the location of his final resting place. In the remote swamps of South Carolina, the search is on for the lost treasure of Anne Bonny, the notorious female pirate who escaped a death sentence before vanishing from history.”
Poster for ‘Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills’ (Photo Credit: HBO)
The Buffalo Bills will finally be showcased on HBO and NFL Films’ Hard Knocks: Training Camp. The documentary series will turn its cameras on the Bills’ during their 2025 NFL season training camp, with the new season set to premiere on August 5, 2025. New episodes of the five-episode season will air on Tuesdays at 9pm ET/PT. NFL Films also announced the upcoming edition of Hard Knocks: In Season will spotlight the NFC East.
“We are thrilled to provide Hard Knocks fans a summer with the Bills and winter with the Cowboys, Giants, Commanders, and Eagles in the first year of our exciting new deal with NFL Films,” stated Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller, co-executive vice presidents HBO Documentary and Family Programming, and Bentley Weiner, senior vice president HBO Sports Documentaries. “There will be no shortage of star power.”
The NFL changed the rules prior to this season’s Hard Knocks, with teams now able to participate as long as they haven’t in the previous eight years. Playoff appearances no longer matter. Teams with a first-year head coach remain ineligible to participate.
“There aren’t many shows in history that have had a successful 25-year run,” said Ross Ketover, NFL Films senior executive. “We are thrilled that the partnership between NFL Films and HBO – which has captivated football fans for so long – will continue years into the future.”
Liev Schreiber will return to narrate both series.
Poster for HBO’s ‘Hard Knocks: In Season with the NFC East’
Details on the 2025 Hard Knocks Seasons, Courtesy of HBO:
“Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills marks the first time the iconic franchise has been selected to take part in the 19-time Sports Emmy-winning series. Head coach Sean McDermott and general manager Brandon Beane will be featured alongside the 2024 NFL Most Valuable Player, quarterback Josh Allen, and an array of veteran and rookie players training at St. John Fisher University in Pittsford, New York.
Hard Knocks: In Season with the NFC East will debut in December with the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Washington Commanders, and reigning Super Bowl LIX champion Philadelphia Eagles, following some of the most storied teams and biggest names in football during the final stretch of the NFL season and into the playoffs. The Cowboys’ Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb, the Giants’ Russell Wilson and Malik Nabers, Jayden Daniels and Terry McLaurin of the Commanders, and Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley of the Eagles are among the stars to be featured in the series.”
Catsitting a friend’s feline leads to major trouble in Sony Pictures’ Caught Stealing. The trailer shows Austin Butler reluctantly watching Matt Smith’s furry BFF, getting beat up by thugs and then running for his life. The lesson? Just say no to watching a friend’s cat.
Joining Austin Butler and Matt Smith in the crime caper are Zoë Kravitz, Regina King, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio, Griffin Dunne, Benito A. Martínez Ocasio (Bad Bunny), and Carol Kane.
“Hank Thompson (Butler) was a high-school baseball phenom who can’t play anymore, but everything else is going okay. He’s got a great girl (Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant,” reads Sony Pictures’ synopsis. “When his punk-rock neighbor Russ (Smith) asks him to take care of his cat for a few days, Hank suddenly finds himself caught in the middle of a motley crew of threatening gangsters. They all want a piece of him; the problem is he has no idea why. As Hank attempts to evade their ever-tightening grip, he’s got to use all his hustle to stay alive long enough to find out…”
Caught Stealing opens in theaters on August 29, 2025.
Oscar nominee Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan) directs from a screenplay by Charlie Huston, who adapted his book for the screen. Producers include Aronofsky, Jeremy Dawson, Dylan Golden, and Ari Handel. Huston and Ann Ruark serve as executive producers.
Season four of NBC’s popular medical drama Transplant kicks off with back-to-back episodes on Thursday, May 22, 2025 beginning at 8pm ET/PT. New episodes of the fourth season will air on Thursdays at 8pm ET/PT.
Hamza Haq stars as Bashir “Bash” Hamed, Sirena Gulamgaus is Amira, Laurence Leboeuf plays Mags, Ayisha Issa is June Curtis, Jim Watson stars as Theo Hunter, Rekha Sharma is Dr. Neeta Devi, Torri Higginson plays Claire Malone, and Kenny Wong is Arnold De Luca.
“CRETE” Plot: A young woman and middle-aged man are airlifted to the hospital after a mountain rescue, sparking speculation from Bash, Mags and June about their relationship. Theo deals with his suspension. Flashbacks reveal Bash and Amira’s arrival in Crete.
“SINKHOLE” Plot: While Bash and Mags compete for a residency position, Bash risks his own life to save a man who falls into a sinkhole. A busy night for Mags, June and the rest of the staff leaves everyone stressed. Theo helps a woman with chest pain.
Laurence Leboeuf as Dr. Magalie Leblanc and Hamza Haq as Dr. Bashir Hamed in ‘Transplant’ season 4 episode 1 (Photo by: Yan Turcotte/Sphere Media/CTV)
Transplant Season 4 Description, Courtesy of NBC:
Season four of Transplant finds Bashir “Bash” Hamed (Hamza Haq) on the precipice of finishing his residency at York Memorial and officially requalifying as a doctor. With his future uncertain once again, Bash and his sister, Amira (Sirena Gulamgaus), are Canadian citizens now, but are still trying, with everything they have, to build a life in their adopted country.
Hamza Haq as Dr. Bashir Hamed in season 4 episode 1 (Photo by: Sphere Media/CTV)Ayisha Issa as Dr. June Curtis in season 4 episode 1 (Photo by: Yan Turcotte/Sphere Media/CTV)Rekha Sharma as Dr. Neeta Devi in season 4 episode 1 (Photo by: Yan Turcotte/Sphere Media/CTV)Jim Watson as Dr. Theo Hunter in season 4 episode 1 (Photo by: Sphere Media/CTV)
Fox’s The Cleaning Lady season four episode 10 will, hopefully, be a little less stressful for Thony. Episode nine found her performing surgery on a woman with a bomb implanted in her chest, thanks to Ramona. It also confirmed a love triangle has developed between Jorge, Thony, and Dr. Sean Dupont. The teaser for episode 10 indicates all of that may be put on the back burner when Jorge’s arrested.
Season four episode 10, “Queen for a Day,” will air on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 8pm ET/PT.
“Queen for a Day” Plot: Thony must find a way to protect her freedom and family as she finds herself surrounded by chaos. When Jorge catches wind of Ramona’s plans, he’s willing to do anything to stop her. With the future of Sin Cara hanging in the balance, unexpected foes cause dire consequences. As Fiona finds new security, a fatal decision changes her relationship with Thony forever.
Elodie Yung leads the cast as Thony, Santiago Cabrera plays Jorge, Kate del Castillo is Ramona Sanchez, Martha Millan plays Fiona, Faith Bryant is Jaz, and Sean Lew plays Chris. Recurring season four guest stars include Danny Pardo as El Don, Daniel Bonjour as Dr. Sean Dupont, Alain Uy as Feng, and Brian Norris as Cowboy Hat.
The Cleaning Lady returns for an action-packed season four, with the series’ beloved characters in ever-changing and increasingly dangerous situations. After three seasons of being a pawn caught between the FBI and the world of organized crime, THONY (Yung) makes the bold decision to take charge of her own destiny — by exchanging her cleaning lady uniform for the scrubs of a surgical intern at a small community hospital.
Thony’s return to the medical career she sacrificed for her son, LUCA (Sanchez), opens a new path to citizenship for them both. But to make this happen, she must continue her service to the Sin Cara cartel — not as a cleaning lady, but as the new mob doctor — bringing her ever closer to JORGE (Cabrera), the cartel’s brooding new leader. Under the watchful eye of the hospital’s brusque yet handsome chief resident, DR. SEAN DUPONT (Bonjour), Thony straddles the line between two worlds until they inevitably come crashing into each other.
Newly enthroned as the head of Sin Cara, Jorge has ambitious plans to take the cartel in a surprising, yet lucrative, direction. He’s invested Sin Cara’s assets into a rare earth mine worth billions. It’s easy, legitimate money that will result in generational wealth for them all. But the old dogs of the cartel are unwilling to learn new tricks from their upstart leader, which results in a fracture within the organization. Flanked by his lieutenants, the veteran EL DON (Pardo) and quirky newcomer FENG (Uy), Jorge must fend off a mutiny within Sin Cara, which threatens the lives of everyone he loves.
Even from within the walls of a maximum-security prison, former head of Sin Cara, RAMONA (Del Castillo) remains a threat. She continues to exert influence through her unpredictable proxy on the outside, the loner only known as COWBOY HAT (Norris). But she’s vulnerable on the inside. When a tough prison gang puts Ramona in their crosshairs, she must dig deep into her devious bag of tricks to find a way to survive.
Meanwhile, FIONA (Millan) struggles to keep her cleaning business afloat, leading her into the world of identity theft. CHRIS (Lew) learns the painful truth about first love and channels his raw emotions into an unexplored passion — dance. And JAZ (Bryant) deals with the difficulties of being the perfect child in a decidedly imperfect family.
The Cleaning Lady continues its exploration of the experience of undocumented immigrants and the hurdles they face in this country. The series tells their stories of resourcefulness in the face of institutional adversity and the sacrifices they must make to achieve their American dream.
