Next year on TV

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Strange things Season 5 is scheduled to premiere this year and it will be interesting to see if the series finale will satisfy the Netflix powerhouse with all the delays and aging cast members. If the show doesn’t stick the landing (return Eddie), we expect to be distracted Wednesday Season 2 and maybe a look at Chopper before that one piece Season two.

What are we waiting for?

As we welcome another year into the dystopia, Hulu The Handmaid’s Tale It is scheduled to end with its sixth season because it has become a reality in the real world. Netflix Squid 2 game We were left hanging in December with a shorter season meant to build on the series’ final arc this year, with audiences wondering why there weren’t too many games this time around as if this was the whole premise of the show and not quite the real dangers of late-stage capitalism truly. Hopefully it will be released sooner rather than later.

The Xenomorphs return home to Noah Hawley’s house Alien: Earth On FX on Hulu. If only our UAPs could tell us how realistic chest explosions on Reddit are or whether mushrooms can really make us click. Plenty of doom and gloom there too with HBO The last of us Back for season two. Hey, at least Apple TV+ to cut Back later this month!

Something is afoot with Disney and BBC Studio; We are waiting for them to announce more bluish Seasons with Ludo Studio, although it will be without creator Joe Broome, who has been working hard on bluish A feature film is scheduled to be released in 2027 (it is scheduled to be his final work in the franchise). Will there be more mini-episodes this year? Or maybe just an announcement for next season? It’s an unfathomable feeling that there will be no more new bluish For two years.

The state of animation on TV remains in flux, as the industry works to find a better deal in the face of artificial intelligence taking jobs and creativity away from the medium. Cartoon Network has shut down and for some strange reason Warner Bros. Discovery announces the release of new episodes of Gremlins: Wild Batch and Tiny Tunes University on Max suddenly in the fall of last year, which left fans excited for an Amblin spin-off and without the Tiny Toons holiday specials. Someone get Spielberg on the phone to fix this and check it out toon out, His friend Robert Zemeckis’ live-action hybrid animated show is set to debut this year on the streamer as well. At Disney, the studio has faced scrutiny over the removal of a trans character and her story in an upcoming Pixar film. Win or lose Series – It’s a shame and a huge shame that Disney and Pixar are taking it by pandering to fanatics.

And on a more exciting note from Disney+, Andor Season 2 is on the way for more star wars Rebellion versus fascist action. Daredevil returns in Daredevil: Born againas well as the Fifteenth Doctor Lenkuti Gatwa Doctor Who. DC will continue to excite its new world Peacemaker Season 2 on Max, which will bring back the characters that were introduced in Commando Creatures Animated but in live-action, it will be released in July alongside James Gunn’s big screen adaptation Superman.

Shows to continue

Strange things Season 5 – Netflix

to cut – Apple TV+

Harley Quinn Season 5 – Max

Doctor Who Season 2 (Series 15) – Disney+

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 6 – Hulu

Squid game Season 3 – Netflix

Peacemaker Season 2 – Max

Alien: Earth – FX on Hulu

toon out – The highest

Wednesday Season 2 – Netflix

Win or lose – Disney+

Andor Season 2 – Disney+

The last of us Season 2 – Max

Daredevil: Born again -Disney+

The miracle man -Disney+

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man -Disney+

Welcome to Derry – The highest

The witcher Season 4 – Netflix

Cobra Kai (Final Episodes) – Netflix

Goosebumps: fading -Hulu

Iron heart -Disney+

Wakanda’s eyes -Disney+

Zombie marvel -Disney+

People to follow

The animators behind all your favorite shows need us now more than ever; The medium needs to be protected from the AI ​​(which could never think to run a Nosferatu gag from it SpongeBob SquarePants)

Creator Tony Gilroy with the cast Diego LunaStellan Skarsgård, and Adria Arjona to Andor Season two

Wednesday Season two Jenna Ortega and lady gaga

Daredevil: Born again cast charlie cox, Jon BernthalAnd Vincent D’Onofrio

James Gunnco-president of DC Studios and director

one piece Straw Hat Crew: Iñaki Godoy, Emily Rudd, Macinio, Jacob Romero, Taz Skylar Suspense for the upcoming season with creator Eiichiro Oda and the series directors Matt Owens And Go Tracks

Companies to watch

Warner Bros. should be positioned. Discovery is on probation if it continues to break up and sell off its scripted TV properties incrementally.

Netflix is ​​becoming more interested in fan experience in the immersive space to promote its shows and we can see it introducing movie theater episode shows for stranger things squid wednesday game, and one piece With questions and answers.

Disney Banking on bluish Meet and greets at Disney parks and Disney cruises for fan attractions: Not going to happen. He also needs to spend some time thinking about Jim Henson Studios Muppets Future: Stop fumbling them and give us more parodies. Imagine a Muppets die hard With Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso, Deflation) Like Hans Gruber. Better yet, let Goldstein figure out an adaptive way to fight back and shine.

A far-fetched bet

No more films from the franchise are planned for streaming following the success Moana 2.

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