Apple TV+ has unveiled first-look images from Season 2 of its comedy series, “Palm Royale,” starring Kristen Wiig and Laura Dern.
The series returns on Wednesday, Nov. 12, followed by weekly airings until Jan. 14, 2026. In addition to Wiig and Dern, the cast includes Allison Janney, Leslie Bibb, Ricky Martin, Josh Lucas, Amber Chardae Robinson, Kaia Gerber and Carol Burnett.
Per the official logline, “Palm Royale” follows “Maxine Dellacorte (Wiig) as she endeavors to find her footing in the cutthroat world of Palm Beach high society.”
The second season picks up with Maxine being “left a social pariah after a scandalous public breakdown. She’ll have to draw on her deep well of cleverness and cunning to prove once and for all that not only does she belong, but she just might have what it takes to rule this town. Along the way, she will uncover untold truths and finally understand what this town is truly built on… secrets, lies, and the occasional felony.”
“Palm Royale” is written, executive produced and showrun by Abe Sylvia for Aunt Sylvia’s Moving Picture Company.
The series is executive produced by Dern and Jayme Lemons for Jaywalker Pictures, Wiig and Katie O’Connell Marsh.
Check out the first look images for “Palm Royale” below.
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Courtesy of Apple TV+
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FIRST LOOKS/TRAILERS
BritBox has released the official trailer for “Riot Women,” a brand-new drama from BAFTA award-winning writer Sally Wainwright (“Happy Valley,” “Gentleman Jack”). The series will premiere on Oct. 22 with two episodes, with subsequent episodes to be released weekly.
“Riot Women” follows five menopausal women including a teacher, a police officer, a pub landlady, a midwife, and a shoplifting freeloader who form a punk rock band to take part in a local talent contest. As the band begins, they suddenly find they have a lot more to shout about than they ever imagined. As they become closer, the teacher, Beth, and freeloader, Kitty, discover a surprising, heartbreaking connection.
The series stars Joanna Scanlan (“After Love,” “The Thick of It”), Rosalie Craig (“Moonflower Murders,” “Serpent Queen”), Tamsin Greig (“Sexy Beast,” “The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin”), Lorraine Ashbourne (“Sherwood,” “Alma’s Not Normal”), and Amelia Bullmore (“The Buccaneers,” “Vienna Blood”), Taj Atwal (“Line of Duty”), Chandeep Uppal (“Holby City”), and Macy Jacob-Seelochan (“Shadow and Bone”),
Additional cast members include Anne Reid, Sue Johnston, Peter Davison, Claire Skinner Angel Coulby, Jonny Green, Ellise Chappell, Tony Hirst, Shannon Lavelle, Mark Bazeley, Amit Shah, Rick Warden, Ben Batt, Natalia Tena, Melanie La Barrie, Oliver Huntingdon, Richard Fleeshman,Olwen May, Kevin Doyle, Nicholas Gleaves and Thomas Flynn.
Roanna Benn for Drama Republic will executive produce, with Tanya Qureshi for the BBC, Robert Schildhouse and Jess O’Riordan for BritBox. The series is produced by Drama Republic, a Mediawan Company.
Watch the trailer for “Riot Women” below.
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Acorn TV has announced the premiere date and released a first trailer for its new original series, “Murder Before Evensong,” which premieres on the platform on Sep. 29.
Based on the first novel in Reverend Richard Coles’ best-selling Canon Clement Mysteries series, “Murder Before Evensong” stars Matthew Lewis as Clement: a 1980s clergyman living with his mother and two pet dachshunds in a rectory, who becomes unexpectedly tangled in a murder case after discovering a dead body in his church.
Amanda Redman plays the mother while Amit Shah, Adam Jones, Meghan Treadway, Alexander Delmain, Marion Bailey, Amanda Hadingue, Tamzin Outhwaite,Francis Magee and Nina Toussaint-White round out the cast.
The neo-noir series is adapted by Nick Hick-Beach and directed by David Moore. Richard Coles serves as an executive producer alongside Radford Neville of The Lighthouse Film and Television, Catherine Mackin and Don Klees of Acorn Media Enterprises, Sebastian Cardwell of Channel 5 and Paul Testar.
The series will be available on Acorn TV across the United States and Canada, and will broadcast and stream on Channel 5 in the UK.
Watch the trailer here:
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A new standup comedy competition series, “Crowd Control,” will debut on Dropout on Sept. 8, with episodes releasing every other Monday.
Hosted by Jacquis Neal and voiced by Chioke I’Anson, each episode will feature a trio of comedians competing against one another with no prewritten material allowed. Their set will come from prompts given to them and audience interactions. Additionally, the audience that the comedian’s material is based on will be the ones who judge the winner.
Comedians competing in the series are Bob The Drag Queen, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Paul F. Tompkins, Moshe Kasher, Leslie Liao, Ify Nwadiwe, Jamie Loftus, Gianmarco Soresi, Leah Rudick, Cristela Alonzo, Guy Branum, Atsuko Okatsuka, Kiran Deol, Tina Friml, Baron Vaughn, Jenny Zigrino, Megan Gailey and Joyelle Nicole Johnson.
Check out the “Crowd Control” trailer below.
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Apple TV+ debuted the trailer for Season 2 of their stop-motion animated series, “Shape Island,” which will premiere all eight episodes on Friday, Aug. 29.
The second season features voices of Yvette Nicole Brown (“Frog and Toad”) as the narrator, Harvey Guillén (“Puss In Boots: The Last Wish”) as Square, Scott Adsit (“Big Hero 6”) as Triangle and Gideon Adlon (“Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earth”) as Circle.
“Shape Island” takes place on a “charming island and invites viewers to join serious Square, intrepid Circle and tricky Triangle as they dig up some fun, search for answers and build on their friendship — all while learning how to navigate each other’s differences.”
The series was co-created by book authors Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen, who also serve as executive producers. Kelli Bixler and Drew Hodges (“Tumble Leaf”) from Bix Pix Entertainment are also executive producers. Ryan Pequin serves as co-executive producer and head writer.
Watch the Season 2 trailer of “Shape Island” below.