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We may be living in a golden age of TV, but panning through all the dross to find that gold can be time-consuming and tedious. For every much-discussed hit like Severance, House of the Dragon, and The Bear, there are dozens of new original shows that barely tip the cultural needle. And with so many new streaming services competing with HBO, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Disney Plus, it’s impossible to keep up with everything new to view. But The Verge’s TV section is ready to help. Our news, reviews, and interviews help you find the next Stranger Things or Star Trek: Strange New Worlds in time to keep up with the cultural conversation. And our essays and analysis invite you to consider the deeper context of what you’re watching.

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Rachael Lillis, the English voice of Pokémon’s Misty and Jessie, has died at 55.

She played both Ash’s companion and Team Rocket’s female lead from 1997 to 2015 across TV, film, and commercials. She also voiced some Pokémon like Jigglypuff and Goldeen, including in the Smash Bros. games.

Her sister Laurie Orr and her “Ash” co-star Veronica Taylor both confirmed the news. Here’s her IMDB page with other roles, including Your Lie in April and Hunter x Hunter.

Correction: Lillis was 55, not 46.


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Disney Plus will get Simpsons exclusives.

While Fox will show most of it, Simpsons executive producers said at Disney’s D23 showcase that some episodes from the show’s 36th season will only show on Disney Plus, according to Variety.

The episodes include a Christmas one titled “O Come All Ye Faithful” on December 17th. The streamer will also get an exclusive Halloween-themed short in October.


D23 2024: all the biggest trailers and news out of Disney’s biennial showcase

Disney’s D23 showcase of new projects from Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, Pixar, and more is upon us.

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Agatha’s on the (witches’) road.

Even though Marvel’s Agatha All Along Disney Plus series is going to be something of a comedy, its latest trailer is big on witchy vibes that’ll be perfect for its September 18th two-episode premiere.


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Inside Out is getting a dreamy Disney Plus series.

After spending two films knocking around Riley’s waking mind, Disney is taking the Inside Out franchise in a new direction with Dream Productions. It’s a Disney Plus series (out next year) about how dreams are kinda sorta like movies.


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Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer hits Apple TV Plus October 11th.

A journalist discovers a novel in which she appears to be the main character and all of her dark secrets are laid bare. The first trailer for the Apple TV Plus series based on Renée Knight’s book doesn’t spell out what those secrets are, but hopefully it’s better than the last time Apple tried a similar concept.


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Welcome to Derry, kids.

Even though you can’t see Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise in this new teaser for HBO’s It prequel series Welcome to Derry, it’s pretty obvious the clown’s going to be up to his regular, degular demonic tricks when he makes his small screen debut.


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Westeros runs on Dunk and Egg.

It’ll be a while before before House of the Dragon is back for a third season, but HBO’s forthcoming A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms spin-off series looks like it’ll keep Game of Thrones fans fed when it premieres next year.


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Joel’s got a lot of explaining to do.

Season two of HBO’s The Last of Us Adaptation will see Catherine O’Hara join the cast as someone very keen on seeing Ellie alive and well. And it looks like Joel’s going to move hell and high water to keep the girl safe in this new preview from the show’s next chapter.


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There must be some way out of here.

Peacock is no longer developing the Battlestar Galactica reboot from Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail, Variety reports. The show is apparently being shopped around, but given that it’s already been in the works for years, I’m not getting my hopes up for an imminent release.

While I wait, I’ll just have to watch the best moment of the show on YouTube again, darn.


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A premiere date not so far, far away.

Now that the first season of The Acolyte has wrapped, Lucasfilm is shifting attention to the next Star Wars spinoff, Skeleton crew. In addition to revealing the first images for the coming-of-age series, the studio also confirmed that it’ll start streaming on Disney Plus on December 3rd.


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A disarming new Terminator trailer.

The anime Terminator Zero hits Netflix next month as part of a busy summer of streaming sci-fi. Now we have our first full trailer for the series, which takes place in 1997 just as the Skynet AI becomes self-aware. If nothing else, the new clip will likely get the Smashing Pumpkins stuck in your head.


Billy Crystal will go towards the (Judith) Light on Apple TV Plus’ Before this fall.

Ahead of its debut on October 25th, Apple TV Plus has released a series of new images from Before — executive producer Billy Crystal’s new supernatural drama in which he also stars a child psychiatrist mourning the death of his wife (Judith Light) who seems to be haunting a young boy (Jacobi Jupe.)


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San Diego Comic-Con 2024: all the biggest trailers and news

Check out all of The Verge’s coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2024.

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The Vampire Lestat is headed for superstardom.

Interview With the Vampire’s second season finale closed out on Lestat (Sam Reid) getting together a band, and it looks like the group’s going to be the subject of a documentary when the show returns for season three.


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Philippa Georgiou is ready for her close-up.

The pandemic and arrival of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds put the kibosh on a Paramount Plus series built around Michelle Yeoh’s Philippa Georgiou. But the Mirror Universe empress is back in the first trailer for Star Trek: Section 31Olatunde Osunsanmi’s upcoming film that will dig deeper into her dark past.


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The Penguin is for the streets.

Max has finally given The Penguin a September 19th release date, and the series’ latest trailer pits Oswald Cobblepot (Colin Farrell) against Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti) in a war for Gotham’s streets.


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The end of Lower Decks is near.

The fifth — and final — season of the animated Star Trek spinoff hits Paramount Plus on October 24th. Meanwhile, season 3 of Strange New Worlds starts streaming next year, and you can check out an early clip right here.


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The world of AMC’s The Walking Dead trudges on.

Ahead of the season two premiere of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon — The Book of Carol in September, AMC has renewed the spinoff for third installment. The Walking Dead: Dead City, which debuts in 2025, has also been renewed for a second season, and a new trailer for the series teases how Maggie Green (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) reunite.


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James Gunn’s Creature Commandos looks like some sort of monstrous suicide squad.

Technically speaking, Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) not allowed to run her typical Task Force X in Max’s new animated Creature Commandos series. But monsters like the Bride (Indira Varma), Eric Frankenstein (David Harbour), Nina Mazursky (Zoë Chao), and Weasel (Sean Gunn) aren’t technically human, which is why you’ll be seeing them going on suicidal missions this winter.


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Solar Opposites’ fifth season will rip ass, apparently.

It’s hard to believe that Solar Opposites has been running for four years, but Hulu’s new trailer for the show’s upcoming fifth season (due out August 12th) is a showcase of how far Korvo (Dan Steven) and Terry (Thomas Middleditch) have come.


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Adult Swim’s Common Side Effects include diarrhea, paranoia, and immortality.

Big pharma doesn’t want the public to know the truth in Adult Swim’s new animated comedy Common Side Effects from co-creators Joe Bennett (Scavengers Reign) and Steve Hely (Veep). And the truth very much seems to be a plant-based key to immortality in this early clip from the show, which is due out in 2025.


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Invincible has a new suit and a fourth season on the way.

When Amazon’s Invincible series returns for its third season, Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) is going to be rocking some new blue threads that might become his signature look as the show continues into its just-announced fourth season.


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Joy is coming to Doctor Who this Christmas.

It’s probably going to be a while before we see some of Disney Plus’ new Doctor Who spin-off series, but Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor will be back this winter in a new Christmas special featuring Nicola Coughlan.


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Invincible Fight Girl said “square up!”

With shows like My Adventures with Superman and Rick and Morty: The Anime, Adult Swim has been pretty covered on the superhero and sci-fi fronts. But the programming block is about to get more sporty with Juston Gordon-Montgomery’s Invincible Fight Girl — a new wrestling / action series that looks sick as hell in this preview clip.