October 23, 2026

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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.

Nick of Time The truth cannot be “Caged” any longer: it finally has been confirmed that Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas will star in Season 5 of HBO’s TRUE DETECTIVE, which is set to begin filming in 2027. Both stars had been rumoured to be attached to the show for quite some time. In fact, Cage all but confirmed his participation at New York Comic Con last week, when he said out of the blue, “so I think I’m probably going to do another season of television … I think I might do a season of TRUE DETECTIVE … that’s OK that I’m the first to announce that, right?” Too late now! Cage will play a character named Henry Logan, and Banderas will play Rai Garcia, but that’s the extent of what’s known at present. Issa López, who was the showrunner for Season 4 – which starred Jodie Foster and Kali Reis – will serve in the same capacity in Season 5, in addition to writing and directing. All four existing seasons of TRUE DETECTIVE are on Crave.

Match Game Téa Leoni and Tim Daly aren’t just married in real life, but now they’re playing a married couple on TV yet again. NEWLYWEDS, which premieres tonight on CTV and Crave, tells the story of Jeanie (Leoni) and James (Daly), who meet on a blind date, and surprisingly find themselves considering marriage. After tying the knot in Las Vegas, the happy couple comes back down to earth very quickly, due to obstacles such as James’ nosy ex-wife, played by Jamie Lee Curtis (“If I say her name three times, she appears,” James laments), and Jeanie’s skeptical kids. The OSCAR® and EMMY®-winning Curtis is a co-creator and EP on the show, and she explained that a chance encounter with a limo driver gave her the initial spark of an idea. A teaser for NEWLYWEDS can be seen here. By the way, Leoni and Daly met on the set of the drama MADAM SECRETARY (2014-2019), where they played husband and wife, and they got married in 2025.

Rogue Gallery Ryan Phillippe insists that his new character in the second season of 9-1-1: NASHVILLE is far more interested in hunting criminals than pursuing love – for now. “With this serial killer that he’s hunting, it becomes his obsession,” said Phillippe, who plays Detective Rogue Kelly. “Nothing else matters to this character at a certain stage. He has no bandwidth, no free time for romance yet. Once that’s resolved, we’ll see what happens, and we’ll see if they bring somebody in, or if it’s someone who’s already in the cast.” Can anyone suggest any candidates? Phillippe is now 52 years old, but as a younger actor he was something of a Hollywood heartthrob in the late 1990s. Three of his most memorable movies from that era – 1997’s I Know What You Did Last Summer, 1998’s 54, and 1999’s Cruel Intentions – are all on Crave. 9-1-1: NASHVILLE, meanwhile, airs new episodes on Thursdays on CTV and Crave.

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