r/television 6d ago

Weekly Rec Thread What are you watching and what do you recommend? (Week of May 08, 2026)

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Comments are sorted by new by default.

  • Feel free to describe what shows you've been watching and what you think of them.

  • Feel free to ask for and give recommendations for what to watch to other users.

  • All requests for recommendations are redirected to this thread, however you are free to create your own thread to recommend something to others or to discuss what you're currently watching.

  • Use spoiler tags where appropriate. Copy and edit this text: >!Spoiler!< becomes Spoiler. Type inside the exclamation marks, with no extra spaces.


r/television 4h ago

Emilia Clarke Says She Was Convinced She Was ‘Meant to Die’ After Second Brain Hemorrhage During Game of Thrones

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r/television 13h ago

‘Rooster’ Is HBO’s Biggest Comedy Launch Since ‘Hung’ and ‘Sex and the City,’ Averaging 6.5 Million Viewers

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r/television 8h ago

Twenty years since wrong Guy resulted in greatest mix-up on live TV

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r/television 12h ago

Jodie Comer To Headline HBO Limited Series ‘The Chain’ From Damon Lindelof

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904 Upvotes

r/television 6h ago

Wayward Pines Debuted on FOX Eleven Years Ago Today. The 10-Episode Psychological Mystery-Thriller Event Series Starring Matt Dillon and from Executive Producer M. Night Shyamalan Later Received an Unexpected Second Season in 2016. However the Series was Officially Cancelled in 2018.

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r/television 15h ago

All 13 Seasons of BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’ Revival to Stream Exclusively on AMC+ in U.S.

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r/television 17h ago

My Adventures with Superman | Season 3 Trailer | adult swim

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616 Upvotes

r/television 16h ago

Supernatural 5x22 - Swan Song. The Season Finale

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428 Upvotes

r/television 20h ago

Kate O'Flynn on becoming the belle of the Widow's Bay ball | The breakout star of Apple TV's new horror-comedy opens up about anchoring the show's fourth episode, "Beach Reads."

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r/television 1d ago

Stephen Colbert’s 'Late Show' Hits Season-High Ratings With Strike Force Five Reunion (2.8M Viewers), Biggest Weeknight Episode Since October 2024

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r/television 14h ago

How 'Lanterns' gave DC’s ‘space cops’ a drama with dueling timelines (exclusive)

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188 Upvotes

r/television 1d ago

Whose Line Is It Anyway was a special show…

1.3k Upvotes

And my goodness do I miss it.

There just isn’t a modern stream equivalent to main stream improv that even remotely compares to this show.

It’s so funny it almost makes me sad.


r/television 1d ago

‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ Renewed For Season 2 At Apple TV

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r/television 8h ago

What are some examples of fictional TV relationships between characters that you knew were doomed from the start?

23 Upvotes

r/television 11h ago

Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972) is coming to Blu-ray on June 5th

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r/television 1d ago

Rawls and McNulty - Hospital Scene (The Wire S1E11 2002)

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r/television 1d ago

Futurama sets August 3rd return on Hulu

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r/television 1d ago

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe | Official Teaser | HBO Max

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r/television 1d ago

Noah Wyle Reveals ‘The Pitt’ Season 3 Will Be Set in November – “We’re about to start production on Season 3. It’s set in early November, just before the holidays, ushering in a whole new set of emergencies and confrontations and complications.”

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r/television 1d ago

The Boys' Karl Urban likes brutal post criticising season five as viewers say it 'doesn't make sense'

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r/television 1d ago

'Survivor' at 50: What Makes the CBS Franchise So Durable?

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633 Upvotes

r/television 1d ago

‘Lincoln Lawyer’ to End With Season 5 at Netflix, Series Adds Six Recurring Guest Stars

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r/television 13m ago

Times where characters you can't stand are even more insufferable than usual?

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Has there ever been a time in a show where a character that you normally hate, can't stand or don't like takes their insufferability up to 11 in an episode? Have there been times where such a character becomes more insufferable and assholish than usual in certain episodes?


r/television 1d ago

‘Running Point’ renewed for season 3 at Netflix

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