The Beat’s Best TV Series of 2025
The Beat staff reveals its picks for the Best TV Series of 2025, including dramas, adult animation, comedies, and more.
Recap: STRANGER THINGS 5’s “The Turnbow Trap”
We discuss Frank Darabont's return to directing, what might be the show's most unhinged scene, and more in our spoiler-filled look at the final season's third episode.
Rob Reiner, acclaimed filmmaker and activist, found murdered with his wife
Rob Reiner, who rose to stardom on the beloved sitcom All in the Family before becoming a director and helming some of the most beloved films of his generation, has died. He was 78 years old. Reiner and his wife Michele Singer were found dead in their Brentwood home earlier today, seemingly stabbed to death.
First LANTERNS footage debuts in HBO Max’s 2026 preview
The DC series, starring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre as Hal Jordan and John Stewart, will premiere on the streaming service next year.
A Ghost Story for Christmas brings the spooky
Haunts and holidays are for more than just Halloween. Christmas ghost stories have a tradition, too, as people gather round the fire during the darkest time of the year.
Recap: STRANGER THINGS 5’s “The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler”
Our spoiler discussion unpacks the intense opening, anticlimactic end reveal, and more from the final season's second chapter.
Sherlock Holmes returns to WATSON
Sherlock Holmes returns to CBS' WATSON, played by Robert Carlyle
Horror Beat: THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM is an excellent mood piece on melancholy
The Haunted Season continues.
THE BOYS lands VR spin-off TRIGGER WARNING
The first standalone video game for the series will be available to play on the Meta Quest 3 and PlayStation VR2 sometime next year.
Recap: STRANGER THINGS 5’s “The Crawl”
We discuss digital deaging, time-jumps, the recasting of Holly Wheeler, and more in our spoiler recap of the final season premiere.
THE BOYS season five trailer drops, revealing April premiere
The final season will premiere on April 8, while Amazon and Sony also revealed teaser art for the Spider-Noir series at CCXP.
Horror Beat: The final season of STRANGER THINGS is remarkable for all the wrong...
Maybe kids age faster in the Upside Down.























