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Canadian actors are lifting each other up.

EXCLUSIVE: Subscription streaming outlet MHz Choice, which brings prestige international television to North American viewers, has set its summer slate with the U.S./Canada premieres of 15 series and nine returning shows. Included among them are French period mystery Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games: The ‘70s and Don’t Leave Me, an Italian police drama from the creators of Gomorra.

EXCLUSIVE: Leo Leigh’s directorial debut Sweet Sue and Vincent Perez’s fencing film The Edge Of The Blade are among six international films set to get their world premiere at the upcoming Filmfest München (June 23 – July 1), which this year celebrates its 40th edition. Scroll down for full list and details.

How could someone possibly make peace enough to return to the show they’re feuding with… and yet somehow keep the feud as alive as ever at the exact same time? Damn, Kim Cattrall has skills!

Selome Hailu HBO said “Hello, angel” to 913,000 viewers when it aired the series premiere of “The Idol” on Sunday night. Provided by Warner Bros. Discovery, that number points to Nielsen’s measurement of linear viewers on HBO’s cable channel combined with WBD’s own data regarding streams on Max. For context, “Euphoria” drew 1.1 million viewers when it premiered in 2019. (Max had not yet launched, meaning viewers were counted across HBO, HBO Go and HBO Now.) Levinson’s second HBO outing is therefore 17% behind his first. The trajectory of “Euphoria” Season 1 viewership was mostly flat, peaking with 1.2 million viewers of the finale, meaning that “The Idol” could still manage to beat out “Euphoria’s” early performance if its audience continue to grow. But there’s only one month left to achieve that, as the drama’s first season will run for a short five episodes.

Matt Damon is weighing in on fans pitting his movie Oppenheimer against Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling‘s Barbie.

HBO‘s street-wise, quirky doc series “How To With John Wilson” offered a solace for some during the crazy days of the COVID-19 pandemic after it premiered in October 2020. But all good things must come to an end.

Sharing what they’ve seen. The producers of Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets are speaking out about what they learned while researching the family made famous by the reality series 19 Kids and Counting.

will celebrate its milestone 25th season with a 90-minute premiere on Wednesday, Aug. 2 at 8 p.m. ET/PT with Julie Chen Moonves returning as host.

Steven Soderbergh and writer Ed Solomon have already teamed up twice: the first time for HBO‘s experimental murder mystery series “Mosaic” in 2018, then for 2021’s “No Sudden Move.” Now the duo work together again on “Full Circle,” Soderbergh’s latest limited series for Max, ready to debut on the streamer this July. READ MORE: The 70 Most Anticipated TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2023 As part of Soderbergh’s overall deal with Max, “Full Circle” sees the prolific filmmaker work with an impressive ensemble cast for a crime thriller set in New York City.

BreAnna Bell ABC is shifting its fall strategy in light of the writers strike. Knowing that its marquee scripted series including “The Rookie” “Grey’s Anatomy,” and “The Conners” will likely be in production in time for Septmber, the network announced a fall 2023 primetime schedule on Tuesday heavy on unscrpited fare. With all of its scripted offerings left off the fall slate — except for repeats of “Abbott Elementary” — the network focuses on reality programming, including the previously announced return of “Dancing With the Stars” to the network. New to this fall is the long-expected addition of “The Golden Bachelor” — a new older-skewing iteration in “The Bachelor” franchise.

Just because a film premieres out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival doesn’t mean it’s not a must-watch. For example, take the fest’s Un Certain Regard section, which aims to curate films that exemplify the richness and diversity of different cinema cultures worldwide.

Stateside, audiences may know Amat Escalante best for directing episodes of “Narcos: Mexico” for Netflix. But Escalante deserves more recognition than that, having excellent independent dramas like 2013’s “Heli” and 2016’s “The Untamed.” And Escalante returns to the Croisette for the first time since “Heli” premiered in competition for the Palme d’Or with his new film, “Lost In The Night.” READ MORE: Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2023 Lineup Includes New Films From Hong Sang-soo, Michel Gondry & More As a late addition to the Cannes line-up, “Lost In The Night” won’t have its world premiere in competition for the fest’s top prize, instead premiering in the Cannes Premiere section.

Just because a film premieres out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival doesn’t mean it’s not a must-watch. For example, take the fest’s Un Certain Regard section, which aims to curate films that exemplify the richness and diversity of different cinema cultures worldwide.

MTV Movie and TV Awards. As in the famous 1989 animated film, Ariel, played by Bailey, has only a few days to win the heart of Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King) while in the form of a voiceless human.

Legendary Japanese actor-director Takeshi Kitano returns to the Croisette for the first time this year since 2010, when his film “Outrage” competed for the coveted Palme d’Or. And while “Kubi,” Kitano’s latest directorial effort, may premiere out of competition at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival this month, The Film Stage still think it’ll be a festival highlight.

Apple TV+ already has an expanding library of great original programming, like “Ted Lasso,” “Severance,” “Servant,” and “Schmigadoon!.” But the streamer also has a handful of original international series like “Pachinko” and “Acapulco” that fly under the radar. READ MORE: The 70 Most Anticipated TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2023 Add another show like that to the Apple TV+ ranks: “Drops Of God,” a French-Japanese drama set in the world of gastronomy and fine wines.

Lise Pedersen Sales company Deckert Distribution has boarded “Pure Unknown,” by Italy’s Mattia Colombo (“Il Posto”) and Valentina Cicogna, and Venezuelan filmmaker Iván Simonovis Pertíñez’s debut feature “My Father’s Prison,” both selected in the main International Competition at Swiss international documentary film festival Visions du Réel. “Pure Unknown” follows the story of Italian forensic pathologist Cristina Cattaneo in her battle to put a name to each nameless body that lands in her autopsy room. She calls them the Pure Unknown. Many belong to the fringes of society: they are homeless, sex workers or runaway teenagers. More recently, they have been mostly migrants drowned at sea trying to reach Europe’s shores.

Syndey Sweeney is already an it-actress for HBO, thanks to her turns on “The White Lotus” and Sam Levinson‘s “Euphoria.” Now add “Reality” to that list: Sweeney stars as American whistleblower Reality Winner in Tina Satter‘s “Reality,” fresh off its world premiere at the Berlinale in February.

EXCLUSIVE: Keeping current with shows in Paramount Global’s portfolio is getting a bit easier, as the company’s free streaming outlet Pluto TV is beginning to offer full previous seasons before their new seasons premiere on Paramount+.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent A Canneseries and MipTV world premiere screening, Canal+ crime thriller “The Brigade” kicks off with an event that has fuelled the modern-day nightmares of France: the terrorist attacks on Bataclan.  Patrick Prigent, who heads up a Paris unit of Brigade de recherche et d’intervention (BRI), an elite police unit, receives a phone call that there is a hostage-taking situation at the nightclub.  Arriving on the scene, he prepares to send in paramedics but a new BRI recruit, a guy called Saïd, advises against that. “I was Special Forces, two years in Syria. I think those guys did too. You only learn by watching others. They won’t negotiate. They know they’re going to die tonight,” says Saïd. Patrick takes in what he says. 

HBO and Warner Bros. Discovery dished out lots of news, teaser trailers, and other info at their press event today about rebranding HBO Max to Max.

As “John Wick: Chapter 4” continues its run in theaters, with over $306.6 million made at the box office, it’s time to start considering the franchise’s future. Will Keanu Reeves ever return to Chad Stahelski‘s series? Both actor and director are cagey in answering that question.

Pedro Pascal is having a career year in 2023 with HBO‘s “The Last Of Us” and the return of “The Mandalorian” on Disney+ for its third season. But the year isn’t even a quarter of the way over, and up next, the actor may have his most intriguing project of 2023 yet.

The Afterparty?” Because the hit Apple TV+ series is back this summer, premiering on the streaming platform on Wednesday, July 12. RSVP now.The announcement for the return date was posted to Twitter, in typically stylish fashion (what did you expect?). You can watch the announcement below.A cast so stacked it needed 3 layers.The Afterparty returns July 12.

By the sounds of it, fans shouldn’t expect to see Eva Mendes on the red carpet at the premiere for Barbie even though it stars her long-term love Ryan Gosling.

Apple TV+ already debuted one dystopian series this year with “Extrapolations.” Now it’s ready to premiere another one, although this one adapts Hugh Howey‘s best-selling trilogy of novels. That’s right, “Silo” brings Howey’s post-apocalyptic series to the small screen, with Rebecca Ferguson leading a loaded ensemble cast.

Hulu is coming off a stellar year of original programming, with critically regarded hits like “Pam & Tommy,” “The Dropout,” and “Dopesick.” So what will the streamer’s first big hit of 2023 be? Maybe it’s “Saint X,” a limited series that hits Hulu later this month. READ MORE: The 70 Most Anticipated TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2023 Based on Alexis Schaitkin‘s novel of the same name, “Saint X” follows a missing persons case in the Caribbean along multiple timelines, with the surviving sister of a missing young woman thrust into a search for the truth.

Fresh off its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Davis Guggenheim‘s “Still: A Michael J. Fox” movie hits Apple TV+ next month.

What happens when two icons have a conversation? “The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama & Oprah Winfrey” brings together the celebrated former first lady and one of America’s most beloved TV personalities for an all-encompassing discussion. The friends met up to coincide with Obama’s “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times” book tour.

Apple TV+ already debuted one dystopian series this year with “Extrapolations.” Now it’s ready to premiere another one, although this one adapts Hugh Howey‘s best-selling trilogy of novels. That’s right, “Silo” brings Howey’s post-apocalyptic series to the small screen, with Rebecca Ferguson leading a loaded ensemble cast.

Fox has revealed summer premiere dates for shows including Crime Scene Kitchen, Beat Shazam, Don’t Forget The Lyrics, Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars and MasterChef.

Priyanka Chopra is getting ready for the launch of her Prime Video series Citadel and she has already lined up another project with Amazon!

Last year, the Starz limited series “Gaslit” took on Watergate and its complexities. In 2023, it’s HBO‘s turn to deliver its own series about the infamous political scandal, albeit from a slightly different angle.

Hallmark has revealed its lineup for May, featuring four movie premieres led by Tamera Mowry-Housley and Jodie Sweetin.Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will each debut two new films across back-to-back weekends, ET can exclusively reveal. Mowry-Housley headlines Hallmark Channel's music-centric , which airs May 13, as ET exclusively announced, while Cindy Busby stars in the national park-set romance, , which airs the following weekend.Over on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Sweetin leads the new mystery movie, (pictured above), which follows a singer-turned-detective agency owner's first case.The month rounds out on HM&M with the previously announced second installment of the Hannah Swensen mystery franchise with Alison Sweeney and Cameron Mathison.See Hallmark's April lineup, which features seven new movies led by 's Erin Krakow and more. All premieres are at 8 p.m.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” has been renewed for Season 3 while “Star Trek: Lower Decks” has been renewed for Season 5 at Paramount+. The new seasons of both shows will consist of 10 episodes. In addition, Season 2 of “Strange New Worlds” and Season 4 of “Lower Decks” will both debut this summer. “Strange New Worlds” Season 2 will premiere on June 15 on Paramount+ in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, Latin America, Brazil, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. New episodes will then drop weekly thereafter. “Lower Decks” will return in late summer, but an exact date has yet to be announced. Finally, Season 2 of the Nickelodeon animated series “Star Trek: Prodigy” is set to air this coming winter. Season 1 of that show originally launched in late 2021, with the second half of the season airing in late 2022.