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YAGA Yowling “There are moments where it’s unhinged,” said YAGA creator, writer, showrunner, and EP Kat Sandler in an interview with TV critic Bill Harris for The Lede. “But the fun thing is that you get to be surprised.” Premiering today with the first two episodes, YAGA is a Crave Original series based on Sandler’s stage play, that is part horror, part thriller, part drama, part buddy-cop comedy, and part sexual fantasy. It follows private investigator Charlie Rapp (Noah Reid) as he looks into the disappearance of an heir to a large and powerful fishery named Henry Park (HEATED RIVALRY‘s Hudson Williams). Local detective Carson (Clark Backo) isn’t thrilled that Rapp is on the scene, but when the trail leads to a professor with a taste for younger men named Katherine (Carrie-Anne Moss), a labyrinth of ancient magic reveals itself. Moving forward, single episodes of YAGA will continue to drop on Fridays, leading up to the two-episode finale on Nov. 27.

Rash Decision HBO’s THE PENGUIN, starring Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti, was a huge success when it debuted back in 2024 – racking up 24 EMMY® Award nominations – and there has often been hopeful talk of a possible sequel or some sort. Well, word has leaked out that THE PENGUIN showrunner and executive producer Lauren LeFranc is in talks to join a potential new Poison Ivy-focused TV series as a producer. Poison Ivy, another infamous villain in the world of Batman, controls people by using her pheromones, and is able to manipulate the flora around her. The project is not at the casting stage yet, and Poison Ivy has never been the main focus of a TV show or movie before. However, the character has appeared in several live-action and animated titles, and she first arrived on the big screen played by Uma Thurman in 1997’s Batman & Robin, which is on Crave, alongside many other Batman-related movies, as well as THE PENGUIN.