Robert Carlyle returns as Sherlock on CBS’s Watson season two, episode five, “Lucky.” Directed by Guy Ferland, episode five will air on Monday, November 10, 2025 at 10pm ET/PT.
Morris Chestnut leads the cast as Dr. John Watson, Eve Harlow stars as Dr. Ingrid Derian, and Peter Mark Kendall returns as Dr. Stephens Croft and Dr. Adam Croft. Ritchie Coster plays Shinwell Johnson, Inga Schlingmann is Dr. Sasha Lubbock, and Rochelle Aytes is Dr. Mary Morstan.
“Lucky” Plot: While visiting another hospital, Watson becomes convinced that a coma patient is suffering from locked-in syndrome and has been mistaken for a coma patient for over a decade. After the patient is transferred to UHOP for treatment, he shocks the team with chilling messages. Meanwhile, Sherlock is back in town and is staying with Watson.
Watson is a medical show with a strong investigative spine, starring Morris Chestnut as Dr. John Watson, in a modern version of one of history’s greatest detectives as he turns his attention from solving crimes to solving medical mysteries. While Watson’s team of “doc-tectives” may have defeated Moriarty last season, they remain determined in season two in their mission to investigate and treat the world’s most rare diseases for their clinic’s patients.
With his eyes fixed on the future, Watson faces an unexpected twist when Sherlock Holmes, who was presumed dead, resurfaces, forcing him to confront a buried secret from his past—one that lies hidden within his own body.
Rami Malek and Russell Crowe in ‘Nuremberg’ (Photo Credit: Scott Garfield / Sony Pictures Classics)
How does one dissect evil? Can sane men commit horrific acts? These are some of the questions army psychiatrist Dr. Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek, The Amateur) is seeking to answer in the historical war film Nuremberg.
At the end of World War II, the Allies chose to hold the first international war crimes tribunal, putting 24 of the captured highest-ranking officers of the Third Reich on trial. The U.S. Army brings Kelley to Nuremberg, where the trial is to be held and the prisoners are being kept, to determine if they are sane enough to stand trial.
Kelley spends hours talking to the Nazi prisoners, but the one he is fascinated with the most is Hitler’s right-hand man, Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe, The Exorcism). “He’s highly intelligent, charming, and a narcissist,” warns Kelley his superiors and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Robert H. Jackson (Michael Shannon, Death by Lightning), the prosecutor representing the United States in the trial.
As Kelley sits in Göring’s cell speaking with and studying the war criminal, he finds himself fascinated with this killer. Worse, he begins to develop an unhealthy and disturbing bond with Göring. Kelley also starts to realize almost too late that Justice Jackson isn’t ready to go up against Göring in the courtroom. It’s possible that justice will fail and Göring, the man behind the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question” and the murders of six million Jewish people, will not be held responsible.
Written and directed by James Vanderbilt (Truth), Nuremberg is a historical war drama that immerses viewers in the aftermath of World War II Europe. While the cinematography is excellent, the film falters due to a lackluster script and uneven pacing.
Rami Malek delivers a strong performance as Dr. Douglas Kelley, the psychiatrist who becomes obsessed with Göring and with trying to define and understand evil. Malek portrays Kelley’s initial belief that the interviews with Göring and the other Nazi war criminals are his ticket to writing a bestselling novel and potential fame. As events unfold, Kelley loses his way and begins to develop a genuine bond and respect for Göring.
Russell Crowe delivers a scenery-chewing performance as Hermann Göring. Crowe perfectly captures the man’s arrogance, charm, and cavalier attitude about the situation he’s in and about his upcoming trial. Crowe steals every scene, even the ones with Malek. Michael Shannon delivers an effective performance as Robert H. Jackson, the associate justice who is in way over his head but is determined to show the world what these Nazi war criminals did and to hold them accountable.
The film’s production design, costumes, and overall look are excellent, bringing to the big screen the battered and mostly destroyed parts of war-torn Europe. The uniforms, suits, and vehicles all ring true to 1946.
The strongest moments are the courtroom scenes, which don’t take place until well into the third act of the film. The conversations between Kelley and Göring are the true focal point but lack the intensity and psychological depth needed to truly engage the audience. Nuremberg is a commendable film, highlighted by the powerful performances of Crowe and Malek, but ultimately it does not fully become the courtroom epic it aims to deliver.
GRADE: B-
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 2 hours 28 minutes
Release Date: November 7, 2025
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Disney+ finally released the full trailer for Percy Jackson and the Olympians season two and it was worth the wait. The action-packed two-minute trailer shows the demigod and his friends venturing into the Sea of Monsters.
Walker Scobell returns to lead the cast in the title role. Leah Sava Jeffries returns as Annabeth Chase, Aryan Simhadri is back as Grover Underwood, Charlie Bushnell plays Luke Castellan, Dior Goodjohn is Clarisse La Rue, and Daniel Diemer plays Tyson. Recurring guest stars include Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jason Mantzoukas, Glynn Turman, Timothy Simons, Virginia Kull, Courtney B. Vance, Andra Day, Adam Copeland, Sandra Bernhard, Margaret Cho, Kristen Schaal, Tamara Smart, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Toby Stephens.
The series premiered in December 2023, and season two will debut with the release of the first two episodes on December 10, 2025. Filming is currently underway on season three.
“After Camp Half-Blood’s protective border is breached, Percy Jackson embarks on an epic odyssey into the Sea of Monsters in search of his best friend Grover and the one thing that may save the camp—the legendary Golden Fleece,” reads Disney+’s synopsis. “With help from Annabeth, Clarisse, and his newfound cyclops half-brother Tyson, Percy’s survival becomes essential to stopping Luke, the Titan Kronos, and their impending plan to bring down Camp Half-Blood—and ultimately, Olympus.”
Season two is based on Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson book, The Sea of Monsters. Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg created the series. Executive producers include Rick Riordan, Dan Shotz, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, Jeremy Bell, D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler, and Sarah Watson.
During the 2025 San Diego Comic-Con, Walker Scobell and Daniel Diemer teamed up to discuss what fans can expect from the new season.
The 59th Annual CMA Awards host, Lainey Wilson, is also confirmed to perform on the awards show airing on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 on ABC at 8pm ET/PT. Wilson, BigXthaPlug, Luke Combs, Ella Langley, and Megan Moroney are among the first batch of performers announced. The list also includes Shaboozey, Zach Top, Tucker Wetmore, and Stephen Wilson Jr.
Three-time nominee Luke Combs is expected to perform his latest single, “Back in the Saddle,” and Ella Langley—up for six awards—will sing “Choosin’ Texas.” 2024’s winner for CMA New Artist of the Year, Megan Moroney, is scheduled to perform her hit single “6 Months Later.”
Zach Top, nominated in five categories, will sing “Guitar,” and New Artist of the Year nominee Tucker Wetmore will perform “Wind Up Missin’ You.” Fellow New Artist of the Year nominee Stephen Wilson Jr. is set to sing Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me.”
BigXthaPlug and Luke Combs will collaborate on “Pray Hard,” and Shaboozey and Stephen Wilson Jr. will entertain with “Took A Walk” from The Long Walk.
The Country Music Association production is executive produced by Robert Deaton. Alan Carter will direct the awards show, and Jon Macks will serve as the head writer.
The Stranger Things world expands with the animated series Stranger Things: Tales from ’85. Netflix celebrated “Stranger Things Day,” an annual event marking the day that Will Byers went missing, by releasing a first-look video and two stills.
The animated series was one of Ross and Matt Duffer’s first ideas when considering how to expand Stranger Things. “Our story takes place between seasons two and three, but we soon learn that nothing is quite as they thought it was. So get your flashlights. Get your backpack. It’s going to be amazing,” says showrunner and executive producer Eric Robles.
The new animated series will premiere in 2026. Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Hilary Leavitt, Shawn Levy, and Dan Cohen serve as executive producers.
“Welcome back to Hawkins in the stark winter of 1985, where the original characters must fight new monsters and unravel a paranormal mystery terrorizing their town in Stranger Things: Tales From ’85, an epic new animated series,” reads Netflix’s synopsis.
The voice cast includes Brooklyn Davey Norstedt as Eleven, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport as Max, Luca Diaz as Mike, Elisha “EJ” Williams as Lucas, Braxton Quinney as Dustin, Ben Plessala as Will, and Brett Gipson as Hopper. Odessa A’zion, Janeane Garofalo, and Lou Diamond Phillips also lend their voices to the animated series.
ABC’s 9-1-1 had to delay its Halloween episode to finish up the four-part season nine premiere. Now that Athena and Hen are finally back on Earth, the spooky episode five—”Dia de los Muertos”—will air on Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 8pm ET/PT.
Returning series stars include Angela Bassett as Athena Grant, Jennifer Love Hewitt as Maddie Han, Oliver Stark as Evan “Buck” Buckley, and Kenneth Choi as Howie “Chimney” Han. Aisha Hinds stars as Henrietta “Hen” Wilson, Ryan Guzman plays Eddie Diaz, and Gavin McHugh is Christopher Diaz.
“Día de los Muertos” Plot: The 118’s beliefs are put to the test as they respond to emergency calls involving a jack-o’-lantern and a few more jump scares than they were expecting on Halloween.
Angela Bassett in ‘9-1-1’ season 9 episode 5 (Disney/Christopher Willard)
9-1-1 Series Description, Courtesy of ABC:
The series explores the high-pressure experiences of first responders—including police officers, firefighters, and dispatchers—who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking, and heart-stopping conditions. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.
The show draws from the real lives of first responders who regularly face situations that are often unpredictable, intense, and uplifting at the same time.
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Debra Christofferson in season 9 episode 5 (Disney/Christopher Willard)Ana Mercedes, Terri Hoyos, and Ryan Guzman in season 9 episode 5 (Disney/Christopher Willard)Elijah M. Cooper, Angela Bassett, and Corinne Massiah in season 9 episode 5 (Disney/Christopher Willard)Ryan Guzman in season 9 episode 5 (Disney/Christopher Willard)
Season two of Fox’s Doc continues with episode seven, which finds TJ helping out a social media influencer—among other storylines. Episode seven, “What I Did for Love,” will air on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 9pm ET/PT.
Molly Parker stars as Dr. Amy Larsen, Omar Metwally plays Dr. Michael Hamda, Felicity Huffman is Dr. Joan Ridley, Amirah Vann is Dr. Gina Walker, and Charlotte Fountain-Jardim plays Katie Hamda. Jon Ecker is Dr. Jake Heller and Anya Banerjee plays Dr. Sonya Maitra.
“What I Did for Love” Plot: Amy and Gina, with an assist from Jake, team up to help a victim of domestic abuse, while TJ finds himself in the spotlight when he, Sonya, and Liz treat a social media influencer. Also, Hannah and Charlie conspire to destroy Amy.
“Inspired by a true story and based on the hit eponymous Italian drama series, Doc begins its second season of the life-affirming medical drama following the heartbreak and victories of hard-charging, brilliant physician DR. AMY LARSEN (Parker) as she rebuilds her life after a car crash erased eight years of her memory. This season, Amy will continue to confront hard truths about her missing years, work to repair fractured relationships and seek to reconcile the person she used to be with the one everyone else has come to know.
Determined to get her memory back and piece together who she really is, Amy’s goal is to become the doctor she used to be in those missing years and to eventually, once again, be Chief of Internal Medicine. In the interim, her ex-husband/Westside Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer, DR. MICHAEL HAMDA (Metwally) fills the position with Amy’s former mentor and friend DR. JOAN RIDLEY (Huffman), whose motives and priorities remain hidden, just as long as Amy still can’t recall Joan’s life-changing secret. Amy’s best friend and colleague, DR. GINA WALKER (Vann), is weary of Joan’s motives and continues to be a beacon of support for those around her, while finally learning to put on her own oxygen mask first.
While relearning eight years of medical advancements is complicated, it pales in comparison to learning to navigate her new/old/current romantic entanglements. Amy continues to fight her feelings and let Michael go, especially now with the birth of his son with his new wife, bringing up emotions for both Amy and their daughter KATIE HAMDA (Fountain-Jardim). Amy’s on-again, off-again relationship with Chief Resident DR. JAKE HELLER (Ecker) is a bit more delicate as he struggles to protect his heart from her this time around. However, DR. SONYA MAITRA (Banerjee) would only be too glad to pick up the pieces, navigating the balance between her feelings for Jake and her complicated resentment towards Amy.
The second season of Doc begins as Amy’s past comes back to haunt her when a desperate father sacrifices everything to secure his daughter’s heart transplant. Chaos and confusion reverberate through the hallways of Westside Medical when a subsequent high-stakes emergency leaves a doctor’s life in the balance.”
Maggie’s surprised to discover a murderer is working off a list on CBS’s FBI season eight, episode five. Directed by Alex Chapple, episode five – “Falsetto” – will air on Monday, November 10, 2025 at 9pm ET/PT.
Missy Peregrym stars as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki plays Special Agent Omar Adom “OA” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto returns as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, Alana De La Garza is Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille, John Boyd stars as Special Agent Stuart Scola, and Juliana Aidén Martinez plays Eva Ramos.
“Falsetto” Plot: Maggie partners with Eva to hunt a killer after a shocking daytime stabbing in an NYC park. After a subsequent murder, they realize the assassin has a hit list, begging the question: Who’s on it and who’s next?
FBI is a fast-paced drama about the inner workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This elite unit brings to bear all their talents, intellect, and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep New York and the country safe. Born into a multigenerational law enforcement family, Special Agent Maggie Bell commits deeply to the people she works with as well as those she protects.
Her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom “OA” Zidan, a West Point graduate via Bushwick who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI. Overseeing them is Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille, who operates under intense pressure and has undeniable command authority.
The team also includes Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, the nerve center of the office whose ability to easily relate to and engage with both superiors and subordinates makes him a master motivator, as well as Special Agent Stuart Scola, an Ivy League-educated Wall Streeter-turned-FBI agent. These first-class agents tenaciously investigate cases of tremendous magnitude, including terrorism, organized crime, and counterintelligence.
Season two, episode seven of Fox’s Murder in a Small Town finds the police department on the hunt for kidnappers. Episode seven, “This, That, and the Other Thing,” will air on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 8pm ET/PT.
Rossif Sutherland stars as Karl Alberg and Kristin Kreuk plays Cassandra Lee. Mya Lowe is Corporal Edwina Yen, Savonna Spracklin is Isabella Harbud, Aaron Douglas is Sergeant Sid Sokolowski, Fritzy-Klevans Destine is Constable Andy Kendrick, and Marcia Gay Harden is Mayor Christie Holman. The series also features Bethany Brown, Marci T. House, and Joshua Close.
“This, That, and the Other Thing” Plot: A dual kidnapping sends the Gibsons’ police force in a race against the clock, only to find out the criminals have a larger scheme at play. Work begins to seep into personal lives when Cassandra must make a tough call regarding budget issues with the city council.
Murder in a Small Town Description, Courtesy of Fox:
Murder in a Small Town follows Karl Alberg (Sutherland), who recently moved to the quiet coastal town of Gibsons to be the new police chief and quickly learns that this gentle paradise has more than its share of secrets. As a world-class detective, Karl calls upon all his skills to solve murders that, even in this seemingly idyllic setting, continue to wash up on his shore. Meanwhile, his deepening relationship with the town librarian Cassandra Lee (Kreuk) is challenged as her career and community involvement take her in new and unexpected directions.
In the second season, Karl’s jurisdiction expands, and he has to contend with an increased caseload and limited resources, investigating cases like a body found at a local wedding between members of two feuding families; a double kidnapping that may mask an even bigger crime; a pop star who retreated to Gibsons for a quiet vacation only to be followed by a dangerous stalker; and many more.
Academy Award-winner Marcia Gay Harden joins the cast as Mayor Christie Holman, a practicing doctor, beloved figure in the community, and a consummate political operator. She has the best interests of the people of Gibsons at heart but sometimes lets her personal interests take precedence, as she complicates life for Karl and Cassandra.
Oscar winner Helen Mirren will be the recipient of the 2026 Cecil B. DeMille Award, selected by the Golden Globes in recognition of her contributions to the world of entertainment. Mirren joins a list of recipients that includes Walt Disney, Audrey Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, and Oprah Winfrey.
“Helen Mirren is a force of nature and her career is nothing short of extraordinary,” said Helen Hoehne, President, Golden Globes. “Her transcendent performances and commitment to her craft continue to inspire generations of artists and audiences alike. It is a profound honor to present her with the Cecil B. DeMille Award.”
2026 will mark the first year that the Cecil B. DeMille Award and the Carol Burnett Award will be presented during Golden Eve, a new primetime special airing on Thursday, January 8th at 8pm ET/PT on CBS. The 83rd Annual Golden Globes will take place on Sunday, January 11, 2026 with Nikki Glaser as host.
In addition to winning the Best Actress Oscar for The Queen, Dame Helen Mirren has earned three Golden Globes and an Emmy, as well as Critics Choice, SAG, BAFTA, and Tony Awards. Mirren currently stars in MobLand and 1923 and recently completed work on Goodbye June alongside Toni Collette and Kate Winslet.
