FX’s Snowflakes has a new title and a confirmed premiere date. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon‘s Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw’s new ensemble comedy is now titled Adults and will debut with the release of its first two episodes on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 9pm ET/PT.
The eight-episode season stars Malik Elassal, Lucy Freyer, Jack Innanen, Amita Rao, and Owen Thiele. Just announced guest stars include Charlie Cox, Julia Fox, D’Arcy Carden, Grace Kuhlenschmidt, John Reynolds, and Ray Nicholson.
“The show puts a slightly heightened twist on the wins, losses, and humiliations of starting out in the adult world. Whether they’re trying to get ahead at work, navigating the healthcare system, hosting a dinner party, or dating in the age of Find My Friends, the group is finding that nothing about the real world is simple, and all their best intentions tend to make things worse,” reads FX’s synopsis.
Creators Kronengold and Shaw serve as executive producers along with Nick Kroll (Big Mouth), Stefani Robinson (Atlanta), Sarah Naftalis (What We Do in the Shadows), Alicia Van Couvering (Tiny Furniture), and Jonathan Krisel (English Teacher).
Poster for ‘MasterChef’ season 15 (Photo Credit: Fox)
Fox has cooked up a MasterChef season 15 renewal, continuing their creative relationship with chef Gordon Ramsay. Judges Gordon Ramsay and Joe Bastianich will be joined by James Beard Award nominee Tiffany Derry (Top Chef, Bobby’s Triple Threat, Great American Recipe) for season 15 set to air this summer.
“Season after season, Gordon Ramsay and his team deliver limitless creativity and always raise the competitive bar, keeping MasterChef among the top cooking shows on television, as we saw again with its impressive performance last summer,” stated Michael Thorn, President, FOX Television Network. “The long-standing, collaborative partnership we enjoy with Gordon, Joe, and the Endemol Shine North America team continues to bring compelling, differentiated experiences to our audience—a winning recipe we know will get even better by welcoming Tiffany’s fresh, expert perspective to the mix.”
Season 15 has a new theme, MasterChef: Dynamic Duos, to go along with a new judge.
“I’m beyond excited to join MasterChef as a judge for season 15, which is unlike any other. For me, cooking has always been about passion, precision, and heart, and I can’t wait to bring my perspective to the table alongside Gordon and Joe,” stated Tiffany Derry, founder of Tiffany Derry Concepts and co-founder of T2D Concepts. “The season challenges home cook duos in a whole new way, and it was so fun to see them rise to the occasion. Get ready for some incredible food, tough love, and maybe even a little spice!”
Gordon Ramsay, Danny Schrader, Jennifer Fazey, Elisabeth Murdoch, Ben Adler, and Pat Llewellyn serve as executive producers. Endemol Shine North America’s Sharon Levy and Michael Heyerman also executive produce.
Fox offered this description of season 15: “This season, for the first time in MasterChef history, pairs of home cooks will participate together, in hopes of becoming America’s next MasterChefs. From married and dating couples to mothers and daughters, siblings, best friends, and even divorcees—relationships are tested in some of the toughest challenges to date. Plus, to make things even more difficult, the dreaded Pressure Test makes an intimidating return. In the end, only one Dynamic Duo will be awarded the grand prize of $250,000, the MasterChef trophy and the title of MasterChefs!”
Emmy nominee Robin Weigert (Tracker, Deadwood) continues her guest-starring role as Rain Woods on ABC’s Will Trent season three episode 13. “One of Us Now” will air on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 8pm ET/PT.
Ramón Rodríguez leads the cast as the titular character. Erika Christensen stars as Angie Polaski, Iantha Richardson is Faith Mitchell, Jake McLaughlin is Michael Ormewood, and Sonja Sohn is Amanda Wagner. Gina Rodriguez joins the cast as Marion Alba for season three.
“One of Us Now” Plot: Will digs deeper into Olas Collective, reporting shocking truths to Amanda. Meanwhile, the APD closes in on the cult’s leaders, setting the stage for a showdown that could turn everything upside down.
Ramon Rodriguez and Robin Weigert in ‘Will Trent’ season 3 episode 13 (Disney/Daniel Delgado Jr.)
Will Trent Series Description, Courtesy of ABC:
Based on Karin Slaughter’s New York Times bestselling Will Trent series, Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta’s overwhelmed foster care system. Now, Will uses his unique point of view in the pursuit of justice and has the highest clearance rate in the GBI.
Ramon Rodriguez and Anthony S Goolsby in season 3 episode 13 (Disney/Daniel Delgado Jr.)Erika Christensen in season 3 episode 13 (Disney/Wilford Harewood)Tyler Buckingham and Robin Weigert in season 3 episode 13 (Disney/Daniel Delgado Jr.)Katherine Pittard and Robin Weigert in season 3 episode 13 (Disney/Daniel Delgado Jr.)Iantha Richardson and Deion Smith in season 3 episode 13 (Disney/Wilford Harewood)
National Geographic’s Titanic: The Digital Resurrection makes the Titanic wreck accessible without needing to dive to its final resting place. The documentary, which provides a groundbreaking look at the ship’s wreckage and the debris field, will air on April 11, 2025 at 9pm ET/PT on NatGeo.
The documentary uses the digital restoration to examine the ship’s boiler room and verifies reports that 35 men remained at their posts long after the impact. Due to the details uncovered in digital scans, the documentary shows evidence that supports the claim by Second Officer Charles Lightoller that First Officer Murdoch was attempting to launch lifeboats right up until the moment the ship was engulfed with water.
National Geographic released the following description of the documentary that features the first “full-scale, 1:1 digital twin” of the shipwreck:
“In 2022, award-winning and pioneering filmmaker Anthony Geffen and his team followed deep-sea mapping company Magellan as they undertook the largest underwater 3D scanning project of its kind, mapping the wreck 12,500 feet below the North Atlantic. Over three weeks, they worked around the clock, producing 16 terabytes of data, 715,000 still images, and 4K footage, capturing the Titanic in unparalleled detail. After nearly two years of analysis, a team of leading historians, engineers, and forensic experts, including Titanic analyst Parks Stephenson, metallurgist Jennifer Hooper, and master mariner Captain Chris Hearn, come together in Titanic: The Digital Resurrection to reconstruct the ship’s final moments—challenging long-held assumptions and revealing new insights into what truly happened on that fateful night in 1912.
Stephenson, Hooper, and Hearn dissect the wreckage up close on a full-scale colossal LED volume stage, walking around the ship in its final resting place. From the boiler room where engineers worked valiantly to keep the lights on until the bitter end, to the first-class cabins where the ship ripped in two, the scan brings them face-to-face with where the tragedy unfolded.
The 90-minute special also examines in stunning detail the 15-square-mile debris field, rich with hundreds of personal artifacts, including pocket watches, purses, gold coins, hair combs, shoes, and a shark’s tooth charm, offering a poignant glimpse into the lives lost. Historian Yasmin Khan and the team connect these items to their original owners. Scans also reveal the wreck’s alarming deterioration, with iconic areas of the wreck already collapsing. However, thanks to this digital twin, the Titanic is preserved in perfect detail as it appeared in 2022, securing its place in history for generations to come and marking a new era in underwater archaeology.”
Grammy nominee Jelly Roll shows up in a guest-starring role on CBS’s Fire Country season three episode 17, “Fire and Ice.” Directed by Gabriel Correa, episode 17 will air on Friday, April 11, 2025 at 9pm ET/PT.
Max Thieriot stars as Bode, Billy Burke plays Vince, Kevin Alejandro is Manny, and Diane Farr is Sharon. Stephanie Arcila plays Gabriela, Jordan Calloway is Jake, Jules Latimer is Eve, and Leven Rambin guest stars as Audrey James.
“Fire and Ice” Plot: The station 42 crew responds to a ski resort accident after a chair lift malfunctions, and Vince struggles to connect with his father. Jelly Roll guest stars as Noah, a healthcare worker and former convict who is in the process of turning his life around in the episode 17 written by Sara Casey and Manuel Herrera.
Fire Country stars Max Thieriot as Bode Leone, a young convict seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence by joining a prison release firefighting program in Northern California, where he and other inmates are partnered with elite firefighters to extinguish massive, unpredictable wildfires across the region. It’s a high-risk, high-reward assignment, and the heat is turned up when Bode is assigned to the program in his rural hometown, where he was once a golden all-American son until his troubles began.
Years ago, Bode burned down everything in his life, leaving town with a big secret. Now he’s back, with the rap sheet of a criminal and the audacity to believe in a chance for redemption with Cal Fire.
Wicked‘s Ethan Slater and St. Denis Medical‘s David Alan Grier guest star on CBS’s Elsbeth season two episode 17, “Four Body Problem.” Directed by Bille Woodruff, episode 17 will air on Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 10pm ET/PT.
Carrie Preston stars as Elsbeth Tascioni, Wendell Pierce stars as Captain C.W. Wagner, and Carra Patterson is back as Officer Kaya Blanke. Robert King, Michelle King, Liz Glotzer, and Jonathan Tolins serve as executive producers.
“Four Body Problem” Plot: Elsbeth visits the historic and elite funeral home owned by Arthur Greene Jr. (Grier) when his conspiracy-minded nephew goes missing. Meanwhile, Elsbeth continues to adjust to Kaya’s new role and works the case with a chatty new hire, Officer Chandler (Slater). Written by Erica Shelton Kodish and Sarah Beckett.
Emmy Award winner Carrie Preston is back as Elsbeth Tascioni, the astute but unconventional consent decree attorney working with the NYPD to catch New York’s most well-heeled murderers utilizing her unique point of view. Season two of the critically acclaimed series brings new cases and challenges when mistakes of the past come back to haunt Elsbeth, her boss Captain Wagner (Pierce), and detective in training Officer Kaya Blanke (Patterson).
Investigation Discovery’s upcoming three-part documentary series The Bakersfield 3: A Tale of Murder and Motherhood takes a deep dive into the 2018 disappearances of Baylee Despot and Micah Holsonbake and the murder of James Kulstad. The docuseries premieres on Sunday, May 11, 2025 at 8pm ET, with episode two following at 9pm and episode three airing at 10pm.
The trailer shows the parents of the three individuals piecing together clues connecting Baylee, Micah, and James. The case took a shocking turn when Baylee was suspected of murder.
ID has released a description of the documentary series:
“In the spring of 2018 over the course of just 34 days, a young woman and man went missing, and another young man was murdered in Bakersfield, California. While initially thought to be tragic but unconnected events, a string of coincidences unearthed by the victims’ mothers led to the realization that these three cases were entangled with one another. Desperate for answers, they banded together in their unyielding quest for the truth, dubbing their children’s death and disappearances as ‘The Bakersfield 3.’
Now, this three-part docuseries charts the mothers’ journey as they navigate through a labyrinth of clues, dead ends, and unexpected revelations to find out what really happened to their children—and how exactly they were connected. As they uncover disturbing allegations, their newfound bond is put to the ultimate test.
After Di Byrnes’ son James was gunned down, Di’s determination to find answers led her to Cheryl Holsonbake, whose son Micah had disappeared within days of James’s murder. As the two joined forces looking for answers, they discovered another mother in the community, Jane Parrent, who was frantically searching for her missing daughter, Baylee. Each of their children vanished under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind a trail of unanswered questions, unimaginable grief, and one mysterious connection to unravel: they all knew each other.
As the months went on and the investigation evolved, authorities uncovered Micah’s remains, leading to a shocking question in the case: was one of the Bakersfield 3 responsible for the other’s murder?”
Poster for ‘The Bakersfield 3: A Tale of Murder and Motherhood’ (Photo Credit: ID)
The Bakersfield 3: A Tale of Murder and Motherhood Episode Guide
One Mystery – or Three?
Premieres Sunday, May 11 at 8/7c on ID
When two friends go missing in Bakersfield, California, and another is murdered in the space of one month, their families fear something sinister is brewing. They join forces to find out what happened and where their children are now.
The Boogieman of Bakersfield
Premieres Sunday, May 11 at 9/8c on ID
Terrifying discoveries in local waterways solidify the moms’ fears that the cases are connected. Their kids were all on dark paths that brought them face to face with dangerous local characters, including the self-proclaimed “Boogieman of Bakersfield.”
Fights Like a Mother
Premieres Sunday, May 11 at 10/9c on ID
Police hunt for Micah’s killer, and evidence points to someone he knew. A dramatic arrest furthers the investigation, but answers won’t come easily. The moms continue their quest for justice, but a shocking press conference threatens to tear them apart.
Tom Cruise runs, hangs from a plane, and asks for everyone to trust him one final time in the official Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning trailer. Cruise, who hasn’t confirmed if this is his final outing as Ethan Hunt, shows no signs of slowing down. The two-minute M:I – The Final Reckoning trailer teases the death-defying stunts to come in this eighth entry of the blockbuster action franchise.
In addition to Tom Cruise, The Final Reckoning stars Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, and Mariela Garriga. Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, and Shea Whigham also star. Rounding out the ensemble are Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Mark Gatiss, Rolf Saxon, Lucy Tulugarjuk, and Angela Bassett.
“Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” reads Paramount Pictures’ synopsis. Christopher McQuarrie, director of M:I films Dead Reckoning, Fallout, and Rogue Nation, is back at the helm and co-wrote the screenplay with Erik Jendresen. Cruise and McQuarrie serve as producers, with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, and Chris Brock executive producing.
Paramount Pictures has set a May 23, 2025 release in theaters, Dolby Cinema, 4DX, ScreenX, large formats, and IMAX.
A scene from ‘Warfare’ (Photo Credit: Murray Close / A24)
Warfare skips the backstories, skips the reasons behind why American boots are on foreign soil, and instead is laser-focused on a specific 2006 mission in Ramadi, Iraq. By eschewing every Hollywood war movie trope, Warfare catapults the genre into striking new territory.
What co-writers/co-directors Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland deliver is a visceral and unrelenting examination of the effects of war on the men and women who serve our country. It’s not glamorous. There aren’t any shirtless hunks working out and cracking jokes about their wives or girlfriends back home. We’re never even told anything about the private lives of the men involved in the mission. That alone sets Warfare apart from decades of war films.
Mendoza, drawing on his memories of the battle and those shared by his fellow SEALs, filters out all the extraneous noise, allowing the audience to feel immersed in the battle alongside the SEALs who fought it. The constant sounds of bullets and heavier artillery provide the soundtrack to the harrowing events unfolding in real-time on the screen. Once the SEALs come under attack, the true, sheer brutality of war is unleashed.
Two critically injured SEALs add their voices to the soundtrack, wailing in agony and pleading for relief from pain via morphine. It’s unnerving sitting in a theater listening to these men who’ve suffered traumatic injuries. Being there in person as it was happening is almost unthinkable. But Warfare forces you to put yourself in their shoes as they face an enemy who is more heavily armed and greatly outnumbers them.
Decisions are made on the fly that are shocking but reflect the reality of what the SEALs were going through while pinned down. Mendoza and Garland do not sugarcoat or gloss over the doubts voiced by the men, including their leaders, while the attack was underway. But they also show the willpower and sheer grit needed to overcome those doubts.
Garland and Mendoza, who first collaborated on Civil War, assembled an exceptionally talented group of young actors to fill out the ensemble. D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (as Ray Mendoza), Will Poulter, Kit Connor, Charles Melton, Joseph Quinn, Michael Gandolfini, and Cosmo Jarvis are the standouts, but the entire ensemble is fully committed to honoring the real men they portray. Many of the SEALs were on set and accessible to the actors, and a three-week boot camp experience helped them form a strong bond. It also helped them understand the teamwork required to survive in a situation where they had to depend solely on each other.
The production design is outstanding, and the editing is a masterclass in how to cut a film that reflects real-time events. The sound design, acting as an additional key character in the film, is truly remarkable. The sounds of war never let up, and when the characters have their ears rung by a close-proximity flyover, the audience also feels the jet’s propulsion rattle in our bones.
There was a lot of rumbling online prior to the first Warfare screenings that Garland and Mendoza’s film would be pro-American and pro-military. It’s neither. Instead, Garland and Mendoza don’t spell out how we should feel, allowing us to draw our own conclusions. Warfare definitely isn’t a 90-minute recruitment ad. It’s unlikely anyone will watch this film and immediately join the military. What Warfare absolutely nails is honoring those who put their lives on the line for their country in the most brutally violent and horrifyingly honest way possible.
GRADE: A
Rating: R for language throughout, intense war violence, and bloody, grisly images
Running Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
Release Date: April 11, 2025
Studio: A24
Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart in ‘Hacks’ season 4 (Photograph by Courtesy of Max)
Hacks co-creator, co-showrunner, executive producer, writer, director, and actor Paul W. Downs says the series has been building up to the events of season four for a long time. The fourth season of Hacks focuses on Deborah Vance finally accomplishing the near-impossible: hosting a late-night show. And, of course, nothing about the experience will be easy.
“We always knew we wanted Deborah to get her white whale, to get this late-night show. But like with stand-up, we’ve always said that this is a show about the wig-off moments. You know, the behind-the-curtain moments,” said Downs during a press conference hosted by Max. “So, there is a lot of behind-the-scenes drama and comedy that happens at a late-night show. So, it was really fun to explore that and also to, I mean, write what you know as writers writing a comedy show. So, it was easy.”
Season four picks up at a pivotal point in Deborah and Ava’s personal and professional relationship. Max’s super-short synopsis reads, “Tensions rise as Deborah and Ava endeavor to get their late-night show off the ground and make history in the process.” And that’s putting it very mildly, based on the season four teasers.
Series stars Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder also took part in the season four press conference, discussing Deborah and Ava’s evolving relationship, among other topics. The following is a spoiler-free takeaway from the press conference.
Season four premieres on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at 6pm PT/9pm ET on Max.
Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder Talk Hacks Season 4
On season four serving up new sides of Deborah Vance:
Jean Smart: “Well, I give credit to the writing for that. I mean, it continually amazes me that they are able to find more and more for us and also keep this dynamic going, because I think that’s a lot of the fun for the audience is this relationship. And the fact that they’ve been able to keep that the way they have … because that was my biggest fear after the first season, was that, ‘Well now that they’re kind of friendly and working together, is that going to be as much fun for the audience to sort of see them butting heads?’ But it’s amazing to me that it continues in the same vein and just gets better and better. And meaner and nastier.”
Ava’s evolution into head writer of a late-night series:
Hannah Einbinder: “I think Ava is in a position, I think, [where] her hand has kind of been forced. I think a lot of people ask me, like, ‘Has Ava turned bad or is she, you know?’ No, I think she has to kind of speak Deborah’s language. I think her hand has been kind of forced, and I think she still has her core. I think she still retains that spirit but just kind of has to play ball.
And so, it’s been really cool to get to play the adversarial thing. It’s obviously, like, you know when we have to fight, Lucia calls cut and we’re just like [hugging]. It’s like, ’I’m sorry!’ But it’s fun to kind of traverse this winding road with the two of them.”
On the devastating LA fires claiming the house used as Deborah’s home:
Jean Smart: “The beautiful mansion that was built in 1930, I think. It’s been sitting there and been touched by fire [for] 100 years almost and it burns. It was really sad. And we had just finished shooting there, I think, the week before or something. And to envision those beautiful rooms and that beautiful fountain and the backyard and the couple that lived there and their dog. I mean, they’re safe, thank God. But yeah, that was shocking.”
On the tough love versus nurturing approach to acting:
Jean Smart: “I was just going to say it’s interesting because I’ve been talking about this with, I have a 16-year-old and he’s in the drama department at his school, and he just finished this weekend playing a part in the school musical.”
Hannah Einbinder: “Beautifully.”
Jean Smart: “Beautifully, yes, of course – stole the show. I don’t know where he got that; I can’t imagine. But his teacher is rather … can be verbally abusive, and it’s very upsetting as a parent, and I don’t agree with it either. As an actor, I’ve never had that in my experience. Certainly, when I was in school, no one ever spoke to me like that. I don’t see how you can possibly get good results out of somebody or have someone be able to work, you know, in that environment.
I’m the same. I mean, some people, I think, probably don’t mind it that much. It’s, I don’t know, I guess it’s sort of the cliché of the crazy directors screaming and yelling or the drama teachers saying you need to suffer for your art. It’s like, why? I don’t. I never got that. You know, it’s like, ‘Tell us your most private moment. It’ll make you a better actor.’ Really? No, I don’t think so. Just tell me what to say, thank you. It’ll be fine. Just calm down. You know, so that’s that for me. I like warm and cozy.”
Hannah Einbinder: “Yeah. I think we’re really inherently sensitive people. And I myself am really attuned to reading into even the twitch of an eyebrow. […] So, I really am, I think, like gentle and supportive. Although I will say, like I have, and we all actually have, a background in athletics. We’ve all had coaches. And I think I do kind of like having that sort of coach dynamic a little at times. But I think that can also exist with support.”
Jean Smart: [Laughing] “So I can yell at you on the set now?”
Hannah Einbinder: “Yeah. Please. By all means.”
Jean Smart: “Finally? After five years, I think you could have told me sooner.”
Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder in ‘Hacks’ season 4 (Photograph by Courtesy of Max)
On the importance of including multiple queer characters, especially in the current environment:
Hannah Einbinder: “Very, very meaningful. And we always have, and I’m sure that that will always be a part of all of our work. I mean, Jean’s first acting role, Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, was a lesbian play.”
Jean Smart: “Started my whole career, yeah, kissing a girl.”
Hannah Einbinder: “It’s important now more than ever. And I really do think in the face of such a horrendous fascist crackdown on our community, it’s really important for people to be able to see themselves, see themselves fully, and see themselves in a way that is fully realized. And so, yeah, it is really, really meaningful to be a part of it.”
Co-creator, co-showrunner, EP, writer, and director Lucia Aniello: “And also, it feels like no matter what legislation or whatever tries to pass or does pass, at the end of the day we are reflecting society and gay people exist, trans people exist, non-binary people exist, and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop them from existing. And so, good luck.”
On the shift in how the senior community is depicted on TV:
Jean Smart: “I think it’s happening because of me. [Poses] I get a little uncomfortable when the subject comes up, because I feel like I don’t want to be like the poster child for older actresses. But certainly, it’s nice to be able to play a character where you show that people have the same kinds of hopes and dreams and desires and everything that they do when they’re 30. So, for people to be able to see that and get used to that, is just because it’s not something we used to see in film and television. But why not? You know, it’s like Lucia was saying, that’s part of real life. And no, it’s great, it’s great. And if our show has helped with that a little bit, then bravo, you know?”
On Deborah continuing to grow and open her heart to new experiences:
Jean Smart: “I think that that’s been a great thing to see on the show because she was a person who just hung on to anger and hung on to bitterness and resentment. And to see her being able to maybe let go or at least recognize that, you know, it’s important. Because it’s shocking how long it takes you in life to learn stuff. I mean, it really is true. You think, ‘Oh god, why didn’t I figure that out, you know, 30 years ago?’”
