Sarah Wayne Callies (The Walking Dead) directs CBS’s Sheriff Country season one, episode 11. Written by Heather F. Robb, episode 11—”The Aftermath”—will air on Friday, March 6, 2026 at 8pm ET/PT.
“The Aftermath” Plot: When a courthouse security test ends in a shocking murder, Sheriff Mickey Fox uncovers a dangerous conspiracy reaching deep into Edgewater’s justice system.
Morena Baccarin leads the cast as Mickey Fox, Matt Lauria plays Nathan Boone, W. Earl Brown is Wes Fox, Michele Weaver plays Cassidy Campbell, and Christopher Gorham stars as Travis Fraley. Executive producers include Fire Country star Max Thieriot, Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Matt Lopez, Jerry Bruckheimer, and KristieAnne Reed.
Morena Baccarin stars as straight-shooting sheriff Mickey Fox, the stepsister of Cal Fire’s division chief Sharon Leone (Diane Farr of Fire Country). She investigates criminal activity while she patrols the streets of small-town Edgewater, contending with her ex-con father, Wes (W. Earl Brown), who is an off-the-grid marijuana grower, and a mysterious incident involving her wayward daughter.
Josh Zuckerman, Ci Hang Ma, Sarah Yarkin, Nick Pugliese and Miles Elliot as Yuri in ‘School Spirits’ season 3 episode 8 (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/Paramount+)
We’ve arrived at Paramount+’s School Spirits third season finale and, yes, we get a few of the dangling storylines wrapped up. But by the end of the season finale, there will be more questions than at the start.
(The following is a recap of season three, episode eight, and there are spoilers.)
Maddie (Peyton List) walks through her door and into the woods, passing by other doors but not stopping. In reality, her body is walking in a tunnel and then she gets into a car that nearly hit her.
The ghosts are all depressed, with Charley (Nick Pugliese) taking Wally’s sudden disappearance the hardest. Mr. Martin (Josh Zuckerman) tries to lift everyone’s spirits as chairs are set up in the library for a town meeting. The school’s fate will be decided that evening.
Yuri (Miles Elliot) wonders how they’ll know if Wally found Simon, and Mr. Martin admits they may never learn that.
Xavier (Spencer Macpherson), Nicole (Kiara Pichardo), and Claire (Rainbow Wedell) work on coaching Principal Hartman (Alex Zahara) on what he’s supposed to ask Deborah. He rehearses his questions, demanding answers about her involvement with Jeff and K.C. Jensen. Hartman’s exhausted and keeps messing up, and they decide to take a break. But first they have to make sure Hartman knows how to tape record a confession.
Livia (Erika Swayze) calls Nicole, insisting she’s trying to help. It turns out she was driving the car that picked up Maddie. She can’t get Maddie to talk and she’s in a trance. Nicole sends Xavier off to the hospital to meet Livia.
Meanwhile, Maddie continues walking through the woods. Suddenly, Dawn (RaeAnne Boon) comes out of nowhere and tackles her. Dawn confirms all the doors in the scars lead to these woods, not to pearly gates and definitely not to heaven. Maddie begs Dawn to help her find Simon and learns Dawn hasn’t seen Wally or Simon, but she has seen Janet. Dawn explains this place isn’t like the school and doesn’t make much sense.
Wally (Milo Manheim) is walking on a foggy bridge that seems to be in the same woods. He screams for Simon, but no one answers so he keeps on walking.
Maddie’s in the hospital waiting room, still in a trance, and Xavier lies to Livia that it’s just exhaustion. He thanks her for helping Maddie and she insists it was the right thing to do. Maddie’s dad, Dave (Danny Mac), wonders if it’s happened before and thinks they better keep her moving so that no one hops into her body.
Principal Hartman confronts Dr. Deborah Hunter-Price (Jennifer Tilly) and she pushes her way past him without answering any questions.
Back in the woods, Dawn says they rarely see anyone and there are ghost roads in the woods that they usually stick to. Maddie spots a piece of cloth she’s sure belongs to Simon and continues following the path.
Simon (Kristian Ventura) is walking the paths, too, but gets spooked and trips. Janet (Jess Gabor) tries to remind him who she is, but he runs away in terror.
Claire decides they need to ambush Deborah at the meeting since Hartman couldn’t get any answers.
Wally keeps walking and hears something that sounds like a radio transmission. He sees a rearview mirror in a tree and picks it up, and suddenly he’s plunged into his memories and the DJ’s dedicating a song to him for winning a football game. It’s as if he’s experiencing it now—not remembering something that happened decades ago—as he steps out of his car and heads into school.
Dawn hears the sound and tells Maddie that someone’s stuck. Wally looks at himself in a mirror and sees Dawn warning him not to get lost in there. “You have to come out,” says Dawn. Maddie also appears and yells, “Wally, come back now!”
Wally steps out of the memory and into the woods, and Maddie runs to him. They can touch! They hug and kiss, making up for lost time. Once they separate, Maddie punches him, pissed that he stepped through his door. He explains he did it to find Simon. Maddie picks up the mirror that Wally dropped and Dawn slaps it out of her hand. Apparently, they need to stay away from mirrors and not cross the river.
Wally confesses he wasn’t going to take his door until it appeared there was no other way to find Simon.
Janet follows Simon, asking what he’s looking for and assuring him she can help. He asks if she knows who he is and Janet confirms she does and realizes he doesn’t know. He keeps walking and Janet follows him again.
Kiara Pichardo as Nicole Herrera and Rainbow Wedell as Claire Zomer in ‘School Spirits’ season 3’s finale (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/Paramount+)
Over at the school, the meeting begins, and Deborah demands that they vote right now on what’s happening with the school. She doesn’t want to hear any defense of the school, and Nicole and Claire speak up. Claire asks if it’s true Deborah has a special interest in what happens, and Deborah becomes quiet.
Before Nicole can speak, Maddie’s mom, Sandra (Maria Dizzia), calls asking where Maddie is because she’s worried. Nicole starts to lie but Sandra informs her she knows the truth. Nicole reveals Maddie’s at the hospital with her dad.
Claire addresses the attendees and claims none of this is about a new school. It’s about greed and corruption. Nicole joins her and holds up statements and canceled checks, showing Deborah taking money in exchange for knocking down the school.
All eyes turn to Deborah’s seat, but she’s no longer in it.
Charley has a moment alone with Yuri and assures him he’ll be there for him if he wants to freak out. Charley wants them to promise each other that if they disappear into oblivion and can’t communicate, they’ll still hold hands. But then Charley starts sniffing and they realize someone spilled gas that they took from the fallout shelter.
They follow the splashes up the stairs as they try and figure out why someone stole gas. Deborah pushes past them and snarls, “Watch where you’re going.” Charley and Yuri realize she can see them!
Deborah slowly turns around and she’s holding Van Heidt’s ring.
Xavier and Dave are keeping watch over Maddie when Sandra rushes in. She demands to know what’s happening, and Xavier isn’t sure what to say. Sandra reveals she knows about the school, Dave, and all the ghosts. Xavier says they think she’s safe, and Sandra realizes there must be a ghost there too. Xavier glances at Dave, and Sandra takes a deep breath, smiles, and says her husband’s name.
Xavier confirms Maddie’s trapped inside one of her visions right now. He wonders if maybe she took the door she kept seeing in the visions. “Find her. Go find our girl,” says Sandra, and Dave has Xavier tell her he’s going to bring Maddie back.
Ci Hang Ma as Quinn, Josh Zuckerman as Mr. Martin, Miles Elliot as Yuri, Nick Pugliese as Charley and Sarah Yarkin as Rhonda in ‘School Spirits’ episode 8, season 3 (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/Paramount+)
Charley and Yuri fill the other ghosts in on Deborah as they watch the security cameras. The ring confirms that Van Heidt’s in Deborah’s body. They watch as she lights a fire in the cafeteria, which is right below the library.
The ghosts race to the library and find the doors have been chained shut. Van Heidt wants to kill anyone who can stop the school from being destroyed. The school will burn up, and all the ghosts will be trapped there forever and forgotten.
Mr. Martin realizes they can warn them by going through the pool in the scar to get to the library. It’s possible they can warn everyone in the few seconds they can be seen by the living.
Mr. Martin asks Charley and Yuri to try and stop the fire. If they can’t, then maybe they can slow Van Heidt down.
Wally, Maddie, and Dawn hear Janet yelling at Simon to get out of the river. Janet quickly explains that Simon doesn’t know how he is. Maddie tries to get him to look at her as Simon’s mom appears on the other side of the river. Maddie keeps trying and Simon asks if she knows who he is. He takes a few steps and Maddie rushes into the river and retrieves him. She tells him he’s Simon Elroy and she’s Maddie Nears. She has him look into a puddle with her and they’re transported into a memory of them watching TV.
Janet fills Wally in on what’s happening and that reflections are like scars, transporting them into a memory. But instead of nightmares, these are happy memories. Unfortunately, it’s easy to get trapped there. Only people you’ve lost or left behind can reach you.
Over at the hospital, Sandra pleads with Maddie to come back. Maddie hears Sandra’s pleas in her memory, and Maddie realizes the memory isn’t real. She wants them to leave as Simon’s eyes glaze over.
Maddie sees Wally in a mirror telling her to come back, and she grabs Simon’s hand, insisting they leave. She and Simon jump through the mirror and back into the woods. Maddie grabs Simon’s head and tells him again to remember that he’s Simon Elroy, and that he lost himself trying to save everyone.
“You belong back in your life, back in our life, and I would rather die than let you get lost here,” pleads Maddie. “Come home to your family, Simon. Come home to me.”
Simon’s eyes clear and he regains his memories!
Dave holds his key (a family photo), steps into his scar, and walks through his door.
Yuri and Charley throw water on the fire, but it doesn’t help since it’s not real water. Yuri suddenly realizes that they might be able to use the reset rule and bring the water into a scar.
Mr. Martin, Quinn (Ci Hang Ma), and Rhonda (Sarah Yarkin) make it into the church, but the pool’s gone. The hole in the floor now just leads to the basement. Mr. Martin asks Ralph for help and Ralph fills the hole with water. Mr. Martin suddenly realizes Ralph’s been in charge of where the water leads all along. Ralph sent him to the bus stop and Mr. Martin believes he did that to punish him for leaving him alone in the field. He apologizes but Quinn and Rhonda piece together what Ralph is actually trying to tell them. Ralph takes Mr. Martin’s hand as Rhonda explains that Ralph knew something bad was going to happen and sent Mr. Martin there so the students who died wouldn’t be alone.
Rhonda realizes Ralph can warn the living. Mr. Martin cries as he apologizes for leaving Ralph to get snatched by Van Heidt 90 years ago. The pastor appears and Ralph goes to his side. They realize Ralph was never alone; he had the pastor for company.
The church roof begins falling down as Quinn, Rhonda, and Mr. Martin head to the exit Ralph created to the library. The pastor is hit by a falling beam and Ralph refuses to leave him. Mr. Martin also stays, saying he’s staying with his friend.
Suddenly, the room lights up and a door appears. A bright white light fills the church.
Quinn and Rhonda fall into the library, landing on the stage. Quinn yells that Deborah set the school on fire and they’re in danger. No one moves. Rhonda adds, “Get the f**k out of here now!”
Claire and Nicole stare at Rhonda and Quinn, knowing they’re ghosts. Hartman calls for the fire department as the meeting attendees bang on the doors to get out.
Simon’s back to himself and with Wally, Maddie, Janet, and Dawn as Janet explains they’ve tried to leave this place by going back through their doors—but they never found them. Simon looks across the river and sees the pastor is with the children who were killed in the church. That confirms the pastor crossed over.
Maddie hears her name and sees her dad! They hold each other tight and then Dave says he’s there to take them home. The group follows him to a door, and he tells them to hurry through, but only Simon and Maddie are allowed to enter before it slams shut.
Simon and Maddie fall through the air, and Simon reaches out to grab Maddie’s hand but she’s too far away.
Maddie returns to her body and takes a gulp of air. She sobs as she holds her mom and thanks her for helping her find her way back. She asks about Simon, but Xavier and Sandra haven’t seen him.
Sandra tells Maddie to do what she needs to do but be careful. Nicole calls Xavier and tells him about the fire, while Charley and Yuri fight the fire by bringing the water through the scar. Charley wonders if they’re fighting it because it’s also burning in the ghost world. Yuri says, “I really love you,” and Charley responds, “God, you have terrible timing. I love you too.”
Xavier and Maddie rush to the school and encounter Van Heidt in Deborah’s body in the hallway. They refuse to let him pass by. Van Heidt reminds them he’s been going into bodies for a century, and no one has been able to stop him. He insists he’ll keep doing it and Xavier calls him a coward. Van Heidt wants the school to burn to the ground and bury all his worst memories. He warns them that if they stop the destruction, he’ll kill everyone they love.
Simon sneaks up behind Deborah/Van Heidt and hits her in the head with a fire extinguisher. Maddie’s thrilled to have her bestie back live and in the flesh. Xavier races off to get help.
The camera lingers in the hallway and seems to show Van Heidt standing in the smoke. No one notices the apparition.
The fire department rescues everyone trapped in the library and manages to put out the fire. Deborah’s taken away, alive but injured.
Xavier finds his dad outside and they hug. It’s obvious his dad’s proud of him.
The gang’s finally reunited and they wonder what Van Heidt did with the real Deb. After Maddie walks away, Xavier says Van Heidt threatened her. Also, he knows who they are. Claire isn’t worried since they know who he is, too.
Maddie heads to the bus stop and tells Yuri, Quinn, Charley, and Rhonda that she knows where the doors lead. She had to leave Wally, her dad, Janet, and Dawn there. School will be closed for a while so she’s not sure when she’ll see them again but wanted to make sure they’re safe.
The ghosts are exhausted, but Yuri really wants a smoke. Charley suggests he take the shortcut by stepping out of the school boundary. (That would send him directly to his scar.) Yuri takes a step over the boundary and doesn’t disappear! He takes a few more steps and can leave the school property.
Charley wonders if they burned down the boundary.
Three days later Maddie and Simon debate a horror film, but Maddie pauses when she sees a guy that looks like Wally. Simon agrees there feels like a lot is still undone, but a movie will help them take their minds off of it. The movie: Night of the Living Dead.
Season three ends with Sandra cleaning a knife as Maddie finally gets home after the movie. Maddie heads to bed and Sandra closes the curtains, adjusting Van Heidt’s ring and seeing his reflection in the window!
Deniz Akdeniz, Kaitlin Olson, and Daniel Sunjata in ‘High Potential’ season 2 episode 13 (Disney/Mitch Haaseth)
ABC’s High Potential season two returns after a month-long break with episode 13, “In the Driver’s Seat.” Episode 13 opens with two thieves breaking into a luxury car dealership and attempting to steal a car worth half a million. Unfortunately for the thieves, the car’s so automated that it automatically pairs with their phone. It also initiates the self-driving mode and destroys a portion of the dealership while trying to exit the building.
The following morning, the place is crawling with cops, as Morgan (Kaitlin Olson) takes in all the evidence before joining Karadec (Daniel Sunjata) next to a dead body. The body’s inside the dealership, under the car’s front tire. But it’s not all as it appears. The victim has a bullet in his chest.
Morgan goes upstairs to get a bird’s-eye view of the dealership’s interior. Karadec joins her and confirms the victim’s face was obliterated by the tire and he doesn’t have a wallet. So, was he shot or run over first? It doesn’t make sense.
Karadec does the cutest little sneeze, which Morgan notes is very weird, just as the dealership’s owner arrives. Gannick doesn’t recognize the victim but offers to pull up the security footage. It shows the thieves lost control of the car, and another camera reveals the victim was already shot and killed before the thieves arrived. The footage shows the killer wearing a dark hoodie dumping the body where it was found.
At the station, the detectives and Lt. Selena Soto (Judy Reyes) go over the clues and admit they can’t figure out why the killer would break into the dealership to plant the body. They haven’t located the actual location of the killing, and the victim’s fingerprints aren’t in the system. He’s still a John Doe.
Morgan found evidence pointing to one of the thieves, and she and Oz (Deniz Akdeniz) bring him in. Karadec and Soto interrogate the thief and promise to put in a good word with the district attorney if he helps identify John Doe. Karadec runs through the clues Morgan pieced together to find him—tennis court dust and expensive scalp moisturizer led to a private tennis club. And he’s the only bald man there with airbag dermatitis. Voilà!
The thief says the only time he saw the victim last night was in the headlights as he crashed. However, he’d seen the victim multiple times before, while they were casing the dealership. Since he was always on foot, he probably lived close by. The thief agrees to sit with a sketch artist.
Kaitlin Olson and Amirah Johnson in ‘High Potential’ season 2 episode 13 (Disney/Mitch Haaseth)
Morgan’s home early from work and Ava (Amirah J) asks for a ride to the design center after dinner. She wants to apply to a night class for a design course because she’s been thinking about her future. Morgan freaks out that Ava’s almost an adult and that she’s acting so mature. She totally supports the idea but also is about to start crying.
Oz and Karadec show the sketch to people in the neighborhood, and Oz finds three people who’ve seen him but don’t know him. Karadec’s allergies flair up again and he realizes that he’s near wherever the victim was. There’s a community garden nearby, and Karadec reveals one of the few things he’s allergic to is chard pollen. There’s a photo of their victim in the garden, and it turns out he was teaching kids to garden. John Doe is actually Joaquin Herrero, and he lives in the neighborhood.
They find his front door’s been broken and barge in, guns drawn. The couch has blood and a bullet hole, so he was shot at home while grading papers. But they don’t know why his body was placed at the dealership.
As they’re leaving, they question Katie, a neighbor who doesn’t seem to like Joaquin. She feels bad that he’s dead and describes him as an eco nut. He was constantly protesting in support of the environment. Joaquin claimed his neighborhood is covered in toxic waste, and Katie hands over a flyer Joaquin made accusing the dealership of killing the neighborhood.
Karadec and Morgan return to the dealership armed with the knowledge that Joaquin believed it was dumping service center waste in the neighborhood. Joaquin was causing problems for the dealership, affecting their profits.
Morgan asks a computer tech if a mom would be able to monitor her daughter’s movements in one of their cars. She’s happy to learn the cars are fully capable of allowing parents to spy on their kids. Karadec doesn’t think buying a car from a polluter/possible murderer fits her MO, and Morgan explains that after the dealership’s shut down, the cars will go for much less during an auction.
They bring Gannick in for questioning and he claims he was set up. Oz and Karadec point out Joaquin was hurting the dealership’s business, which would hurt his plans to build a second dealership. Gannick’s lawyer reveals his client fired the company dumping the waste and issued an apology a month ago. Gannick had no idea about the waste dumping and won a civil case against Joaquin. A judge even issued a restraining order against Joaquin. Apparently, Joaquin had been obeying the order.
Gannick claims he didn’t hurt Joaquin and that chapter was closed.
Javicia Leslie as Daphne and Daniel Sunjata as Adam Karadec in ‘High Potential’ season 2 episode 13 (Disney/Jessica Perez)
Back at the station, Karadec tells Selena he believes Gannick was framed. Their attention turns to the waste hauler Gannick fired, but there isn’t really a motive. They weren’t named in the civil suit. The team’s learned that Joaquin’s students liked him; however, during the civil case there were lots of character witnesses who spoke against him.
Morgan hurries home after Ava sends an urgent text. It turns out Ava opened a letter from an East Coast prep school inviting Elliot to attend. Neither Morgan nor Ava is aware they’re being spied on by the guy in the photos in Roman’s backpack. He’s sitting in his car sending a text when Arthur reaches in, tases him, and then smashes his phone. Arthur takes over the driver’s seat and drives off.
Morgan shows Selena the letter from the exclusive Connecticut academy for gifted kids. They’re offering Elliot a full ride, and Morgan is conflicted because it’s a fantastic opportunity, but she doesn’t want him to leave. Selena suggests the next step is to actually ask Elliot what he wants.
Karadec and Morgan speak to a man at the courthouse, and it turns out Joaquin threatened the judge in his civil case. He sounded unhinged when he demanded to be allowed to return to his neighborhood garden, even though it was in the radius of the restraining order. Joaquin had told Judge Lyne that he would tell the voters the truth, which would end the judge’s career.
Judge Lyne joins them and Morgan walks around his office as he answers Karadec’s questions. She notices his calendar says he has lunch with Stew every week, and she found a piece of a band banks use to wrap up $2000 in 20s. Given the cleanliness of his office, the paper is from today.
Judge Lyne laughs and says Stew is an old friend who isn’t successful. He always takes Stew to lunch and gives him cash.
After they leave, Morgan explains that the judge had vanilla body spray on his hand. Also, his lunch was on his assistant’s desk. So, that means he does something else on his lunch break and it probably isn’t with his wife. Makeup on his neck leads Morgan to believe he was meeting with a dominatrix every week. Joaquin must have known that and threatened to expose him.
Morgan suggests they tail Judge Lyne, but Karadec doesn’t want to right now, just as Soto texts with a tip on Joaquin’s neighbor. Someone saw Katie hide a gun and blanket, but she claims to have never seen the items before as she’s being arrested. The gun is the same caliber as the one that shot Joaquin.
The team looks around Katie’s house and discovers she emailed a realtor offering to buy Joaquin’s house. Karadec is certain she’s guilty, but Morgan disagrees. She finds a spot where someone broke in just a few hours ago. Katie’s window was popped, the evidence was planted, and then they re-puttied the window. Oz thinks they’re looking for a professional window installer, and traffic cams may help find a window installer’s truck in the area.
Darby Winters, the window guy, is questioned, and he’s super jittery. Morgan thinks he’s a druggie, but Karadec still doesn’t see a connection between him and Joaquin. However, it’s possible he was hired to do the job by someone who knew about his addiction. And it’s strange that Darby and the judge both drive cars from Gannick’s dealership. Morgan’s put the pieces together—of course—and realizes Gannick’s known the killer’s identity all along.
Apparently, Gannick framed himself for murder. Joaquin had discovered Gannick is a serial blackmailer who used the intel his electric cars collected to blackmail his customers. Darby made drug deals in his car, so Gannick held that against him, threatening to get his child taken away. And he blackmailed the judge to rule in his favor. Joaquin overheard him blackmailing the judge, so Gannick decided to kill him. He then framed himself and sent Darby to set up Joaquin’s neighbor, Katie.
Karadec returns home and Lucia (Susan Kelechi Watson) has made dinner, has wine sitting out, and Ella Fitzgerald playing. Lucia confesses she explored a few houses today that they may want to buy. She doesn’t want to rush him but thinks their relationship is different and better now. Karadec agrees that he’s changed for the better and credits Morgan with the improvements. He even agrees to look at properties.
Morgan shows Elliot the acceptance letter and reminds him Connecticut is far away from her. She also wants him to be a kid as long as he can; he’s more than just his intelligence. Elliot’s already decided not to go and confesses he and Ava talked about it. She reminded him the school will still be there years from now, but he’ll only get to experience being with his family now.
Morgan hugs him but looks at Ava and says, “You know, when it’s time, it’s going to be really, really hard to let you go.”
Lt. Soto calls with news that Arthur was arrested after beating up the man in the photos in Roman’s backpack. And then Selena drops a bombshell: the man confessed he abducted Roman 16 years ago!
First photo from ‘Where There’s Smoke’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)
Netflix released the first photo of the Tyler Perry’s Where There’s Smoke cast as production begins in Atlanta. As part of his creative partnership with Netflix, Perry is writing, directing, and serving as a producer on the new drama.
The first season of the hour-long drama will have 16 episodes. Netflix hasn’t set a target premiere date.
Netflix offers this description: “Tyler Perry’s Where There’s Smoke follows the lives of a group of firefighters as they navigate the intense challenges of their high-stakes profession while grappling with personal struggles, fractured relationships, and the emotional toll of saving lives in a world filled with danger, drama, and heartbreak.”
The streamer also released an updated cast list:
o Tyler Lepley (Ruth & Boaz) will play Owen
o Mike Merrill (STRAW) will play Cameron
o Da’Vinchi (All American) will play Noah
o Eltony Williams (If Loving You is Wrong) will play Jermaine
o Brock O’Hurn (The Righteous Gemstones) will play Ethan
o Joe Hunter (Survivor seasons 48 and 50) will play Chief Bailey
o Karen Obilom (Doom Patrol) will play Laura
o Brittany S. Hall (Finding Joy) will play Angela
o Mariah Goodie (The Message and the Messenger) will play Rhonda
o Jordan Rodriguez (Here Comes the Flood) will play Brent
o Judi Moon (What Love Will Make You Do) will play Darcy
Jeffrey Dean Morgan in ‘Destination X’ (Photo by: Michael Krosny/NBC)
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Boys, The Walking Dead: Dead City) will return to host the just-announced second season of Destination X. The new season is currently in the casting process, with NBC announcing they’re searching for “those who love international travel, adventure, and outsmarting the competition.”
NBC reports that the first season holds the top spot among new summer 2025 series.
“Destination X is returning with the world as our playground to deliver new unforgettable adventures that will keep viewers guessing every step of the way,” stated Sharon Vuong, EVP, Unscripted Programming, NBC. “With the incomparable Jeffrey Dean Morgan back at the helm, season two promises to deliver surprising twists and push boundaries even further.”
Season one premiered in May 2025. Production is expected to begin later this year on season two.
“Merging fantasy with reality in this larger-than-life adventure competition series, contestants embark on the road trip of a lifetime but have no idea of their location. In order to win, they must figure out their mystery locations,” reads NBC’s synopsis. “Once they’re on the blacked-out Destination X bus, the journey transforms into a real-life game board, with challenges designed to offer clever clues as to their location, along with a few misdirects to keep them guessing.
At the end of each episode, the contestant who places an X on a map farthest from the actual location packs their bags. The first participant to reach the final Destination X will be crowned the winner and take home $250,000.”
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Andy Cadman, Sophie Alcock, Darren Brown, and Emanuel Vanderjeudg serve as executive producers along with Twofour’s Dan Adamson and Shireen Abbott. Destination X is produced by Twofour and Universal Television Alternative Studio.
David Oyelowo stars in Treasure Island (Photo Credit: Misan Harriman / Provided by MGM+)
MGM+’s Treasure Island, inspired by the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story, has begun production on the six-part series. MGM+ and Paramount+ UK & Ireland production has brought on board David Oyelowo (Silo), Hayley Atwell (Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning), Jack Huston (Mayfair Witches), Tomer Capone (The Boys), and Tom Sweet (Great Expectations) to star.
“Treasure Island is a bold and atmospheric reimagining of a story that has captivated audiences for generations. This adaptation brings fresh emotional depth and a striking contemporary edge to Stevenson’s classic. We’re thrilled to be partnering with Playground and MGM+ to bring this richly cinematic adventure to audiences in the UK and Ireland, the U.S. and beyond,” stated Paramount’s Sebastian Cardwell.
Oyelowo will play Long John Silver, Atwell is Bess Hawkins, Huston plays Aaron Graham, Capone stars as Billy Bones, and Sweet is Jim Hawkins.
MGM+ U.S. and Paramount+ UK & Ireland released this description of the series:
“Treasure Island is a bold, high-stakes coming-of-age adventure series for a new generation, charting the transformation of teenager Jim Hawkins from sheltered boy to emboldened young pirate. When Jim gets his hands on a legendary treasure map, his mother Bess’s clever and decisive actions leave him holding valuable knowledge that puts both of their lives in danger.
Sailing aboard The Hispaniola, Jim and Bess are caught between the charming, terrifying pirate Long John Silver and the debonair, duplicitous British agent Aaron Graham. Jim must grow up fast as he and his mother fight for survival on a voyage where alliances shift, secrets multiply, and peril closes in from all sides.
Set across the Atlantic, in a Caribbean on the brink of revolution and on the terrifying Skeleton Island, the series tracks Jim as he confronts a world far more complex and dangerous than he ever imagined, where resilience, loyalty and identity are tested – and fortune is the prize.”
Jeremy Lovering (Slow Horses), William McGregor (The Buccaneers), and Paul Walker (Shameless) will direct the series, which Robert Murphy created. Playground is producing the action drama.
Commenting on the series, MGM+’s Michael Wright said, “This thrilling new adaptation of Stevenson’s classic adventure Treasure Island is a perfect expression of the MGM+ brand. It is a classic Hollywood storytelling crafted for a contemporary audience, brought to life with an extraordinary ensemble cast led by David Oyelowo, Hayley Atwell, Jack Huston, Tomer Capone, and Tom Sweet.
Robert Murphy’s fresh take on Stevenson’s classic captures the timeless themes of the beloved story, and we are delighted to partner with Playground and our colleagues at Paramount+ UK and Ireland on this ambitious adventure.”
To be one with nature and to communicate with the animals is the focus of Pixar’s 2026 animated film Hoppers.
19-year-old Mabel (voiced by Piper Curda) has been a huge fan of all animals since she was a kid. When the film opens, little Mabel tries to sneak out all the class pets in her school—including a turtle, guinea pigs, fish, and other small creatures—but gets caught and punished by the school and her mom. Only her grandma (voiced by Karen Huie) seems to understand Mabel’s deep love for animals and anger toward those who would capture and keep wildlife.
Mabel’s grandma takes her to a beautiful glade, where she teaches her to calm herself and take in all the creatures living there. This sparks her love and passion for conservation.
Fast forward to a 19-year-old Mabel, who is always at odds with Mayor Jerry Generazzo (voiced wonderfully by Jon Hamm) over his efforts to expand the city at the cost of cutting into the existing wildlife. The latest battle now involves trying to stop the mayor from building a beltway over the glade.
When she’s not trying to save her beloved glade, Mabel attends Beaverton University. It’s there that she accidentally discovers new technology created by her favorite professor, Dr. Sam (voiced by Kathy Najimy), that allows a person to transfer their consciousness into a robot that looks exactly like a living animal to fool the real animals into believing that the robot is an animal.
“Guys, this is like Avatar,” says an impressed Mabel. “This is nothing like Avatar,” replies Dr. Sam, a little annoyed with Mabel for the comparison.
Mabel sees a chance to use this technology to save the glade. She transports her consciousness into a beaver robot, against Dr. Sam’s protests, and she escapes into the wild. Now Mabel, as the beaver robot, looks for animals to communicate with them and try to convince them to move back to the glade.
Her search leads to King George (voiced by Bobby Moynihan), who has created a new home for the animals displaced by the mayor’s beltway work. Beaver robot Mabel has her work cut out for her trying to get King George, along with hyper-energized lizard Tom (voiced by Tom Law); a huge grumpy grizzly bear named Ellen (voiced by Melissa Villasenor); and other creatures to move back to the glade to save it.
Visually stunning and extremely funny, Hoppers is a chaotic, warm-hearted adventure with a positive message about working together to overcome obstacles and about saving the environment.
The film has a fantastic voice cast led by Piper Curda, who brings to life Mabel’s determination, love of nature, and even her occasional selfishness in using others to get her own way. She’s a refreshing, multi-layered heroine for a Pixar film.
Jon Hamm is hilarious as the voice of Mayor Jerry Generazzo, the smooth, smiling politician who loves himself more than the community he represents and is determined to build the beltway no matter what the cost. Hamm really shines comedically in the second half of the film when Jerry becomes the focus of some of the animals’ wrath.
Hoppers is breathtaking to look at with lush, bright animation, and it’s jam-packed with zany and comical action. The only issue is with the film’s runtime, coming in at 106 minutes, which is about 20 minutes too long. The children at this critic’s screening were getting antsy and bored until the big crisis near the end of the film…which is actually another concern. The dark and dangerous tone of the film during the crisis may be too intense for children under seven.
Still, with marvelous animation, a stellar voice cast, and solid messages about friendship, compassion, and environmental awareness, Hoppers may not be in the upper tier of Pixar films, but it’s definitely a fun addition to their roster.
GRADE: B
Rating: PG for some scary images, mild language, action, and peril
Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes
Release Date: March 6, 2026
Directed By: Daniel Chong
Michael B Jordan accepts the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role award at the 32nd Annual Actor Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, (Photo by Rich Polk/Shutterstock for The Actor Awards)
The 32nd annual celebration of actors by actors has a new name and a new record in the film categories. The SAG Awards are now known as the Actor Awards, and One Battle After Another is the new record holder with seven nominations.
One Battle After Another‘s nominations come in the Male Actor in a Leading Role (Leonardo DiCaprio), Female Actor in a Leading Role (Chase Infiniti), Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn), Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Teyana Taylor), Cast in a Motion Picture, and Stunt Ensemble categories. Sinners followed with five nominations, moving it into a tie for the second-most nominations in SAG Awards history. And it was Sinners that emerged the big winner, with Michael B. Jordan and the cast taking home awards.
The Studio earned the most nominations in the television categories, picking up five and winning three.
118,000+ SAG-AFTRA members were eligible to vote on this year’s awards. Winners of the 32nd Annual Actor Awards were announced on Sunday, March 1, 2026 in a live stream on Netflix hosted by Kristen Bell.
Actor Awards Film Nominees & Winners:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET / Marty Mauser – “MARTY SUPREME”
LEONARDO DICAPRIO / Bob – “ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER”
ETHAN HAWKE / Lorenz Hart – “BLUE MOON” WINNER: MICHAEL B. JORDAN / Smoke/Stack – “SINNERS”
JESSE PLEMONS / Teddy – “BUGONIA”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role WINNER: JESSIE BUCKLEY / Agnes – “HAMNET”
ROSE BYRNE / Linda – “IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU”
KATE HUDSON / Claire – “SONG SUNG BLUE”
CHASE INFINITI / Willa – “ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER”
EMMA STONE / Michelle – “BUGONIA”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
MILES CATON / Sammie Moore – “SINNERS”
BENICIO DEL TORO / Sensei Sergio St. Carlos – “ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER”
JACOB ELORDI / The Creature – “FRANKENSTEIN”
PAUL MESCAL / Will – “HAMNET” WINNER: SEAN PENN / Col. Steven J. Lockjaw – “ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
ODESSA A’ZION / Rachel Mizler – “MARTY SUPREME”
ARIANA GRANDE / Glinda – “WICKED: FOR GOOD” WINNER: AMY MADIGAN / Gladys – “WEAPONS”
WUNMI MOSAKU / Annie – “SINNERS”
TEYANA TAYLOR / Perfidia – “ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER”
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture FRANKENSTEIN
DAVID BRADLEY / Blind Man
CHRISTIAN CONVERY / Young Victor Frankenstein
CHARLES DANCE / Leopold Frankenstein
JACOB ELORDI / The Creature
MIA GOTH / Elizabeth/Claire Frankenstein
OSCAR ISAAC / Victor Frankenstein
FELIX KAMMERER / William Frankenstein
LARS MIKKELSEN / Capt. Anderson
CHRISTOPH WALTZ / Harlander
HAMNET
JOE ALWYN / Bartholomew
JESSIE BUCKLEY / Agnes
NOAH JUPE / Hamlet
PAUL MESCAL / Will
EMILY WATSON / Mary
MARTY SUPREME
ODESSA A’ZION / Rachel Mizler
SANDRA BERNHARD / Judy
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET / Marty Mauser
EMORY COHEN / Ira Mizler
FRAN DRESCHER / Rebecca Mauser
ABEL FERRARA / Ezra Mishkin
PENN JILLETTE / Hoff
KOTO KAWAGUCHI / Koto Endo
LUKE MANLEY / Dion Galanis
TYLER OKONMA / Wally
KEVIN O’LEARY / Milton Rockwell
GWYNETH PALTROW / Kay Stone
GÉZA RÖHRIG / Béla Kletzki
LARRY RATSO SLOMAN / Murray Norkin
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
BENICIO DEL TORO / Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
LEONARDO DICAPRIO / Bob
REGINA HALL / Deandra
CHASE INFINITI / Willa
SEAN PENN / Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
TEYANA TAYLOR / Perfidia
WINNER: SINNERS
MILES CATON / Sammie Moore
BUDDY GUY / Old Sammie
MICHAEL B. JORDAN / Smoke/Stack
JAYME LAWSON / Pearline
DELROY LINDO / Delta Slim
OMAR MILLER / Cornbread
WUNMI MOSAKU / Annie
JACK O’CONNELL / Remmick
HAILEE STEINFELD / Mary
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
F1
FRANKENSTEIN WINNER: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
SINNERS
Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Hahn and Seth Rogen in ‘The Studio’ (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)
Actor Awards Television Nominees:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
JASON BATEMAN / Vince Friedkin – “BLACK RABBIT” WINNER: OWEN COOPER / Jamie Miller – “ADOLESCENCE”
STEPHEN GRAHAM / Eddie Miller – “ADOLESCENCE”
CHARLIE HUNNAM / Ed Gein – “MONSTER: THE ED GEIN STORY”
MATTHEW RHYS / Nile Jarvis – “THE BEAST IN ME”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
CLAIRE DANES / Agatha Wiggs – “THE BEAST IN ME”
ERIN DOHERTY / Briony Ariston – “ADOLESCENCE”
SARAH SNOOK / Marissa Irvine – “ALL HER FAULT”
CHRISTINE TREMARCO / Manda Miller – “ADOLESCENCE” WINNER: MICHELLE WILLIAMS / Molly – “DYING FOR SEX”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
STERLING K. BROWN / Agent Xavier Collins – “PARADISE”
BILLY CRUDUP / Cory Ellison – “THE MORNING SHOW”
WALTON GOGGINS / Rick Hatchett – “THE WHITE LOTUS”
GARY OLDMAN / Jackson Lamb – “SLOW HORSES” WINNER: NOAH WYLE / Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch – “THE PITT”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
BRITT LOWER / Helly – “SEVERANCE”
PARKER POSEY / Victoria Ratliff – “THE WHITE LOTUS” WINNER: KERI RUSSELL / Kate Wyler – “THE DIPLOMAT”
RHEA SEEHORN / Carol – “PLURIBUS”
AIMEE LOU WOOD / Chelsea – “THE WHITE LOTUS”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
IKE BARINHOLTZ / Sal Saperstein – “THE STUDIO”
ADAM BRODY / Noah Roklov – “NOBODY WANTS THIS”
TED DANSON / Charles Nieuwendyk – “A MAN ON THE INSIDE” WINNER: SETH ROGEN / Matt Remick – “THE STUDIO”
MARTIN SHORT / Oliver Putnam – “ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
KATHRYN HAHN / Maya Mason – “THE STUDIO” WINNER: CATHERINE O’HARA / Patty Leigh – “THE STUDIO”
JENNA ORTEGA / Wednesday Addams – “WEDNESDAY”
JEAN SMART / Deborah Vance – “HACKS”
KRISTEN WIIG / Maxine Simmons – “PALM ROYALE”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series THE DIPLOMAT
ALI AHN / Eidra Park
PENNY DOWNIE / Frances Munning
ROSALINE ELBAY / Nora Koriem
ATO ESSANDOH / Stuart Hayford
DAVID GYASI / Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison
RORY KINNEAR / Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge
NANA MENSAH / Billie Appiah
GRAHAM MILLER / Neil Barrow
KERI RUSSELL / Kate Wyler
RUFUS SEWELL / Hal Wyler
LANDMAN
PAULINA CHÁVEZ / Ariana
MARK COLLIE / Sheriff Walt Joeberg
SAM ELLIOTT / T.L. Norris
COLM FEORE / Nathan
ANDY GARCIA / Gallino
JAMES JORDAN / Dale Bradley
ALI LARTER / Angela Norris
JACOB LOFLAND / Cooper Norris
CALEB MARTIN / Ben “BR” Reynolds
DEMI MOORE / Cami Miller
MICHELLE RANDOLPH / Ainsley Norris
MUSTAFA SPEAKS / Boss
BILLY BOB THORNTON / Tommy Norris
KAYLA WALLACE / Rebecca Falcone
WINNER: THE PITT
AMIELYNN ABELLERA / Nurse Perlah Alawi
SHABANA AZEEZ / Med Student Victoria Javadi
PATRICK BALL / Dr. Frank Langdon
ISA BRIONES / Dr. Trinity Santos
JALEN THOMAS BROOKS / Nurse Mateo Diaz
TAYLOR DEARDEN / Dr. Mel King
FIONA DOURIF / Dr. Cassie McKay
SUPRIYA GANESH / Dr. Samira Mohan
JOANNA GOING / Theresa Saunders
GERRAN HOWELL / Med Student Dennis Whitaker
MICHAEL HYATT / Gloria
TRACY IFEACHOR / Dr. Heather Collins
KATHERINE LANASA / Charge Nurse Dana Evans
KRYSTEL V. MCNEIL / Kiara Alfaro
BRANDON MENDEZ HOMER / Nurse Donnie Donahue
ALEXANDRA METZ / Dr. Yolanda Garcia
TRACY VILAR / Lupe Perez
KRISTIN VILLANUEVA / Nurse Princess Dela Cruz
NOAH WYLE / Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch
SEVERANCE
PATRICIA ARQUETTE / Harmony Cobel
SARAH BOCK / Miss Huang
MICHAEL CHERNUS / Ricken
ZACH CHERRY / Dylan
DICHEN LACHMAN / Ms. Casey
BRITT LOWER / Helly
DARRI ÓLAFSSON / Drummond
ADAM SCOTT / Mark
TRAMELL TILLMAN / Milchick
JEN TULLOCK / Devon
JOHN TURTURRO / Irving
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN / Burt
THE WHITE LOTUS
LESLIE BIBB / Kate Bohr
CARRIE COON / Laurie Duffy
NICHOLAS DUVERNAY / Zion Lindsey
ARNAS FEDARAVIČIUS / Valentin
CHRISTIAN FRIEDEL / Fabian
SCOTT GLENN / Jim Hollinger
WALTON GOGGINS / Rick Hatchett
JON GRIES / Gary/Greg Hunt
DOM HETRAKUL / Pornchai
SARAH CATHERINE HOOK / Piper Ratliff
JASON ISAACS / Timothy Ratliff
YURI KOLOKOLNIKOV / Vlad
JULIAN KOSTOV / Aleksei
CHARLOTTE LE BON / Chloe
LALISA MANOBAL / Mook
MICHELLE MONAGHAN / Jaclyn Lemon
SAM NIVOLA / Lochlan Ratliff
MORGANA O’REILLY / Pam
LEK PATRAVADI / Sritala
SHALINI PEIRIS / Amrita
PARKER POSEY / Victoria Ratliff
SAM ROCKWELL / Frank
NATASHA ROTHWELL / Belinda Lindsey
PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER / Saxon Ratliff
TAYME THAPTHIMTHONG / Gaitok
AIMEE LOU WOOD / Chelsea
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
QUINTA BRUNSON / Janine Teagues
WILLIAM STANFORD DAVIS / Mr. Johnson
JANELLE JAMES / Ava Coleman
CHRIS PERFETTI / Jacob Hill
SHERYL LEE RALPH / Barbara Howard
LISA ANN WALTER / Melissa Schemmenti
TYLER JAMES WILLIAMS / Gregory Eddie
THE BEAR
LIONEL BOYCE / Marcus Brooks
LIZA COLÓN-ZAYAS / Bettina “Tina” Marrero
AYO EDEBIRI / Sydney Adamu
ABBY ELLIOTT / Natalie “Sugar” Berzatto
EDWIN LEE GIBSON / Ebraheim
COREY HENDRIX / Gary “Sweeps” Woods
ANDREW LOPEZ / Garrett
MATTY MATHESON / Neil Fak
EBON MOSS-BACHRACH / Richard “Richie” Jerimovich
OLIVER PLATT / Uncle Jimmy
SARAH RAMOS / Jessica
RICKY STAFFIERI / Theodore Fak
JEREMY ALLEN WHITE / Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto
HACKS
ROSE ABDOO / Josefina
DAN BUCATINSKY / Rob
CARL CLEMONS-HOPKINS / Marcus Vaughan
PAUL W. DOWNS / Jimmy Lusaque, Jr.
HANNAH EINBINDER / Ava Daniels
MARK INDELICATO / Damien
JEAN SMART / Deborah Vance
MEGAN STALTER / Kayla Schaeffer
MICHAELA WATKINS / Stacey
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
MICHAEL CYRIL CREIGHTON / Howard Morris
BEANIE FELDSTEIN / Thē
JERMAINE FOWLER / Randall
SELENA GOMEZ / Mabel Mora
JACKIE HOFFMAN / Uma Heller
STEVE MARTIN / Charles-Haden Savage
MARTIN SHORT / Oliver Putnam
DIANNE WIEST / Rainey
WINNER: THE STUDIO
IKE BARINHOLTZ / Sal Saperstein
KATHRYN HAHN / Maya Mason
CATHERINE O’HARA / Patty Leigh
SETH ROGEN / Matt Remick
CHASE SUI WONDERS / Quinn Hackett
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
ANDOR
LANDMAN WINNER: THE LAST OF US
SQUID GAME
STRANGER THINGS
61st Annual SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award Harrison Ford
CBS’s Matlock season two continues with episode 10, “The Greater Good.” Directed by Helen Shaver, episode 10 will air on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 9pm ET/PT.
“The Greater Good” Plot: Matty and Olympia navigate a new trust dynamic with Julian as he accompanies Matty to surveil the ex-wife of a Wellbrexa exec. Meanwhile, Hunter, a member of the firm’s floater pool, assists Olympia, Matty, and Sarah on a manslaughter case involving a health care worker.
Kathy Bates leads the cast as Madeline “Matty” Matlock. Skye P. Marshall stars as Olympia Lawrence, Jason Ritter plays Julian Markston, Leah Lewis stars as Sarah Franklin, Sam Anderson is Edwin Kingston, and Aaron Harris is Alfie Kingston. Season two also features Sarah Wright Olsen as Gwen, Edwin Hodge as Langston, and Henry Haber as Hunter.
“Matlock stars Emmy and Academy Award winner Kathy Bates as Madeline ‘Matty’ Matlock, a brilliant septuagenarian who achieved success in her younger years and rejoins the workforce at a prestigious law firm with a hidden agenda, using her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases. Matty is assigned to Olympia (Marshall), a senior attorney and key rainmaker with a thirst for justice; Olympia’s ex-husband, Julian (Ritter), the son of the head of the firm, is intrigued by Matty and her clever skills.
As Matty endeavors to establish herself in her new high-stakes world, she works alongside the firm’s younger associates—the charismatic Billy (Del Rio) and the uber-ambitious Sarah (Lewis).”
Netflix has set a Sunday, March 8, 2026 premiere date for Harry Styles. One Night in Manchester. The special will be taped during Styles’ first live performance of his fourth studio album on March 6th at the Co-Op Arena in Manchester, England. The album also drops on March 6th.
Styles’ most recent album, Harry’s House, was released in May 2022 and won three Grammy Awards in 2023: Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.
Styles will be launching his “Together, Together” tour on May 16, 2026 at the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam. Additional tour stops include London, Sao Paolo, Mexico City, New York, Melbourne, and Sydney.
Poster for ‘Harry Styles. One Night in Manchester.’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)
