AIDAN TURNER AND DAVID TENNANT ARE BACK IN THE TRAILER FOR THE SECOND PART OF HULU'S RIVALS SERIES SEASON TWO

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AIR DATE FOR SEASON 2 PART TWO

 

The second season finale will arrive this November

Hulu has released a trailer for the second part of the second season of their RIVALS series which will continue season two with six more episodes from November 11th! Picking up after the gut-wrenching mid-series finale, Tony Baddingham and Declan O’Hara’s battle for the Cotswolds crown reaches fever pitch, while Rupert Campbell-Black is forced to confront his own personal demons. Against a backdrop of hedonistic parties, Bonfire Night chaos, the Hampshire Hunt Ball and a turbulent Christmas, affairs unravel, alliances fracture and rivalries intensify. Caught in the middle of the frenzied franchise war, Taggie O’Hara must find the courage to follow her heart, while those around her face the consequences of ambition, power and secrets that can no longer remain hidden. But as series two draws to a close, who will get their happy ending? The cast led again by David Tennant, Alex Hassell and Aidan Turner is joined by Rupert Evans as erudite headmaster David Hawkley, and Santiago Cabrera as Argentinian Polo legend Alejandro Mendoza. The third season has already been ordered.

 

IRREVERENT ROMP CONTINUES IN THE SECOND SEASON OF RIVALS SERIES NEXT WEEK WITH AIDAN TURNER, DAVID TENNANT AND ALEX HASSELL

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SEASON TWO TEASER TRAILER IS HERE

Disney Plus and Hulu are all ready to release the second season of their popular, super juicy and irreverent soapy series RIVALS which will arrive next week May 15th with first six episodes, with other six arriving on some later date and today we have the fun character posters to celebrate the incoming release. The series is based on a book by Dame Jilly Cooper.

WHAT IS THE STORY? 

It follows David  Tennant as an owner of a British TV station in the 80s and Aidan Turner as a TV host who forms a rival station with politician and sports star played by Alex Hassell. Filled with scandals, treachery, nudity and sex romp, the series was a huge hit. The second season will have even more wit, desire, and jaw-dropping twists. Power struggles intensify, rivalries deepen and ambition pushes loyalties to the brink. Set in the stunning Cotswolds countryside and against the backdrop of the glamorous, high-stakes world of 1980s British television, the second instalment reunites the all-star cast who captivated fans and critics, while introducing some exciting new faces. Following last season’s dramatic cliffhanger with Tony’s fate hanging in the balance, Lord Baddingham is back and out for vengeance ready to stop at nothing to keep Corinium’s empire unrivalled.  

WHO IS JOINING THE CAST? 

Joining the regular cast in the second season is Hayley Atwell who will portray Helen Gordon, the ex-wife of Rupert Campbell-Black and mother to his children Marcus and Tabitha. Rupert Everett will be Malise Gordon, her husband and Campbell-Black’s former show-jumping coach and mentor. Maxim Ays, Holly Cattle, Oliver Dench, Amanda Lawrence, Bobby Lockwood, Eliot Salt, and Jonny Weldon are also the new faces in the cast.

 

JUICY TRAILER FOR DISNEY PLUS AND HULU'S IRREVERENT 80S SET SERIES RIVALS SECOND SEASON WITH AIDAN TURNER AND DAVID TENNANT

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SEASON TWO FULL TRAILER IS HERE

Disney Plus and Hulu have released full trailer for their super juicy and irreverent soapy series RIVALS which will arrive May 15th with first six 

Rivals are back this May at Disney and Hulu

episodes, with other six arriving on some later date. It follows David  Tennant as an owner of a British TV station in the 80s and Aidan Turner as a TV host who forms a rival station with politician and sports star played by Alex Hassell. Filled with scandals, treachery, nudity and sex romp, the series was a huge hit. The second season will have even more wit, desire, and jaw-dropping twists. Power struggles intensify, rivalries deepen and ambition pushes loyalties to the brink. Set in the stunning Cotswolds countryside and against the backdrop of the glamorous, high-stakes world of 1980s British television, the second instalment reunites the all-star cast which captivated fans and critics, while introducing some exciting new faces. Following last season’s dramatic cliffhanger with Tony’s fate hanging in the balance, Lord Baddingham is back and out for vengeance ready to stop at nothing to keep Corinium’s empire unrivalled. Hayley Atwell will portray Helen Gordon, the ex-wife of Rupert Campbell-Black and mother to his children Marcus and Tabitha. Rupert Everett will be Malise Gordon, her husband and Campbell-Black’s former show-jumping coach and mentor. Check out the trailer below:

 

TEASER AND AIR DATE FOR DISNEY PLUS AND HULU'S IRREVERENT 80S SET SERIES RIVALS SECOND SEASON WITH AIDAN TURNER AND DAVID TENNANT

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SEASON TWO TEASER TRAILER IS HERE

Disney Plus and Hulu have released first teaser for their super juicy and irreverent soapy series RIVALS which will arrive May 15th with first six episodes, with other six arriving on some later date. It follows David  Tennant as an owner of a British TV station in the 80s and Aidan Turner as a TV host who forms a rival station with politician and sports star played by Alex Hassell. Filled with scandals, treachery, nudity and sex romp, the series was a huge hit. The second season will have even more wit, desire, and jaw-dropping twists. Power struggles intensify, rivalries deepen and ambition pushes loyalties to the brink. Set in the stunning Cotswolds countryside and against the backdrop of the glamorous, high-stakes world of 1980s British television, the second instalment reunites the all-star cast who captivated fans and critics, while introducing some exciting new faces. Following last season’s dramatic cliffhanger with Tony’s fate hanging in the balance, Lord Baddingham is back and out for vengeance ready to stop atnothing to keep Corinium’s empire unrivalled. Hayley Atwell will portray Helen Gordon, the ex-wife of Rupert Campbell-Black and mother to his children Marcus and Tabitha. Rupert Everett will be Malise Gordon, her husband and Campbell-Black’s former show-jumping coach and mentor. 

 

SEE FIRST IMAGES FROM DISNEY PLUS AND HULU'S IRREVERENT 80S SET SERIES RIVALS SECOND SEASON WITH AIDAN TURNER AND DAVID TENNANT

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FIRST IMAGES FROM SEASON TWO

Although season two is still shooting Disney Plus and Hulu have released first images from their super juicy and irreverent soapy series RIVALS to entice us a little bit. The series follows David  Tennant as an owner and producer of an imaginary British TV station in the 80s and Aidan Turner as a TV host who forms a rival station with politician and sports star played by Alex Hassell. Filled with scandals, treachery, nudity and sex romp, the series was a huge hit. The second season will have even more wit, desire, and jaw-dropping twists. Power struggles intensify, rivalries deepen and ambition pushes loyalties to the brink. Set in the stunning Cotswolds countryside and against the backdrop of the glamorous, high-stakes world of 1980s British television, the second instalment reunites the all-star cast who captivated fans and critics, while introducing some exciting new faces. Following last season’s dramatic cliffhanger with Tony’s fate hanging in the balance, Lord Baddingham is back and out for vengeance ready to stop atnothing to keep Corinium’s empire unrivalled. Hayley Atwell will portray Helen Gordon, the ex-wife of Rupert Campbell-Black and mother to his children Marcus and Tabitha. Rupert Everett will be Malise Gordon, her husband and Campbell-Black’s former show-jumping coach and mentor. 

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON DISNEY PLUS STAR STUDDED 80S SET MINI SERIES RIVALS WITH AIDAN TURNER, DAVID TENNANT, ALEX HASSELL, LUKE PASQUALINO, OLIVER CHRIS

   FULL RIVALS TRAILER  

FROM DISNEY'S STAR STUDDED SERIES

Disney Plus has released a new trailer for their exciting new  RIVALS eight part series set against the backdrop of the excess and antics of the power-grabbing

Rivals start October 18th on Disney and Hulu

social elite of 1980s England and delving into the ruthless world of independent television in 1986. The series, which will stream on Hulu in USA and Disney around the world, will arrive October 18th.

 

THE STORY OF RIVALS

In the fictional county of Rutshire, along-standing rivalry between two powerful men is about to boil over. Alex Hassell plays dashing ex-Olympian, Tory Member of Parliament and incorrigible rake, the dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black. David Tennan is Ruperts ambitious and egotistical Rutshire neighbour Lord Tony Baddingham, controller of Corinium Television. A long-simmering power struggle between them threatens to boil over when the two men lock horns over the future of Corinium. Caught in the crossfire is TV presenter Declan OHara, (Aidan Turner). Fiercely intellectual, with an even fiercer temper, he is wooed to Corinium TV from the BBC by Baddingham himself, but feels he’s been swindled when Tony refuses to deliver on his promises. Furious with Tony, Declan vows to get his revenge. Victoria Smurfit is Maud OHara, a former actress and Declans bohemian, fickle wife. Bella Maclean is Declan and Mauds tender-hearted yet strong-willed elder daughter, Taggie. She holds the O Hara family together and keeps an eye  on her younger and wilder sister Caitlin  (Catriona Chandler). Nafessa Williams is Cameron Cook, a ferociously talented American TV executive who is brought to Corinium by Tony to produce Declans new prime-time talk show. She soon finds herself caught between the two powerful men who deeply underestimate her at their peril. Katherine Parkinson is Lizzie Vereker, a romantic novelist consistently overlooked by her preening and self-centred TV presenter husband, James Vereker (Oliver Chris). Danny Dyer is Freddie Jones: honourable, loyal and lovable, he’s a self-made electronics millionaire. Freddie's got the money, but finds himself, along with his social-climbing wife Valerie (Lisa McGrillis), an outsider to Rutshires cliques. But when Rupert and Tony come to him with a business proposition, all that could change. Claire Rushbrook is Lady Monica Baddingham, Tonys dependable, upper-crust wife who has absolutely no interest in the dramatic goings-on within her husbands empire. Luke Pasqualino is the charming Basil Bas Baddingham, Tonys younger brother and the proprietor of Cotchesters hot spot, Bar Sinister. Emily Atack is Sarah Stratton, the new wife to Deputy Prime Minister, Paul Stratton (Rufus Jones). Sarah is ambitious and not afraid to use her looks to get to the top. Paul, on the other hand, is in the throes of a midlife crisis – everyone knows it. 

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NEW SEPTEMBER 2024 TV SERIES

Unlike some previous seasons, this one has a very bleak start, I think we are finally feeling the consequences of the actors' strike. So not much to report when it comes to new series this September. Netflix will launch THE PERFECT COUPLE on September 5th with Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber as a rich family that unravels after a body washes up right outside their family home. Channel 5 has set September 9th date for the second season of THE TEACHER series about a teacher whose pupil goes missing. Apple TV is launching their fashion house set series LA MAISON September 20th with Lambert Wilson as the head of the house whose rival wants to take it from him. Over in Britain ITV will air their mini series PLAYING NICE with James Norton and Niamh Algar as one of two couples who discover their toddlers were switched at birth. I hear it will start September 19th, while BBC will air their NIGHTSLEEPER series September 15th. This real-time thriller is set on a runaway sleeper train travelling from Glasgow to London.

NEW OCTOBER TV SERIES

October is, meanwhile, stuffed with newbies starting October 2nd when Australian series LAST DAYS OF THE SPACE AGE starts set at the moment when American space station Skylab crash lands on earth just outside an Australian city, as it is gearing up to host the Miss Universe pageant. October 10th brings TEACUP to Peacock. Yvonne Strahovski and Scott Speedman lead a group of people desperately trying to grapple with forces far beyond their control. A day after Apple TV has Cate Blanchett in DISCLAIMER in which she plays a journalist who has the tables turned on her by a mysterious novel, written by Kevin Kline, which reveals her darkest secrets. October 18th brings RIVALS to Disney Plus and Hulu, with Aidan Turner, David Tennant in the story about the rise of independent television in 1980s England, the rise filled with sex, scandals and battles for power. October 24th brings TERRITORY to Netflix led by Anna Torv and Sam Corlett. When a massive cattle station lacks an heir, Australia's rival factions see a chance to seize control. The land grabs threaten to destroy the declining dynasty. A day after that NAUTILUS epic adventure series hits Prime Video following Shazad Latif's Captain Nemo and his crew. 

 

NEW MULTICAMERA SITCOMS OF OCTOBER

October also brings us a number of new multicamera sitcoms which are experiencing a revival this season. On the 17th CBS launches GEORGIE AND MANDY'S FIRST MARRIAGE which will see Montana Jordan and Emily Osment reprise their roles from Young Sheldon in a prequel series. Reba is back on television October 18th as an owner of her own bar in HAPPY'S PLACE, a new sitcom that also stars Melissa Peterman. CBS also has POPPA'S PLACE starting October 21st with Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr., as a legendary talk show host named Poppa and his dreamer son.

 

NEW AUTUMN SERIES WITH NO DATE SET

There are also new series that will arrive this Autumn but we still have no dates for them. HBO and Sky will launch DUNE: PROPHECY sometime in November with Emily Watson and Olivia Williams as two sisters who found a mysterious sect Bene Geserit in order to protect the galaxy. PBS and BBC will probably bring us Keeley Hawes in MISS AUSTEN mini series about Jane Austen's sister, Europe will follow the Battle of Belgrade in RISE OF THE RAVEN epic series about the fearless warrior Janos Hunyadi who defeated the Ottoman Army and defended Europe in 1456. Netflix will probably give us A 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE based on the famous classic and set in the timeless town of Macondo, where seven generations of the Buendía family navigate love, oblivion and the inescapability of their past and their fate. Over in UK Channel 5 is bringing  HARDACRES epic drama about a working class family in 1890s Yorkshire who move from a grimy fish dock to a vast country estate, and THE WIVES mini series about three sisters in law, who investigate the murder of a woman who was married to the fourth brother of their husbands and who appears at their holiday resort with a new wife. Over in France, period set series DANGEROUS FRIENDSHIP about the friendship between Anne queen of France and duchess de Chevreuse should, according to rumours, arrive sometime in September or October. I imagine that Netflix could also finally stream Italian costume drama IL GATTOPARDO about a 19th-century Sicilian aristocratic family that gets caught up in the changing sociopolitical times.