TV Appetizers
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Girl, What is Happening on ‘MARRIAGETOXIN’?
What did we just watch and why are we going to do it again? MARRIAGETOXIN arrives on Crunchyroll today. Here are our first reactions
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EPISODE APPETIZER: “A Flag in the Mud” is the Best Hostage Situation Ever on WILL TRENT
Hostage situations are nothing new on WILL TRENT, but “A Flag in the Mud” is the best they’ve ever had. And the action is wild!
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Daemons of the Shadow Realm Has its Claws Around Our Throats (And We Like It)
Just like Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Daemons of the Shadow Realm has us in a chokehold from the start. Here are our thoughts so far
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EPISODE APPETIZER: Everybody Messed Up on WILL TRENT “Did I Screw This Up?”
Will and Faith try to clear Amanda’s name, but they have their doubts in the new episode of WILL TRENT: “Did I Screw This Up?” and yes, everybody did
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Episode Appetizer: ‘Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!’ Premiere – Your Next Adorable BL Anime Watch
Okuto Nakamura is just a boy, standing in front of another boy, asking him to love him (or maybe just to be his friend, for starters).
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EPISODE APPETIZER: the Meaning Behind “I Hear It Now, I Was Good” will Crush You on WILL TRENT
What in the Father Ulster’s Cult Kaos is happening on this week’s Will Trent? Let us be your guide…
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EPISODE APPETIZER: The Ulster Effect is Devastating in Will Trent – “He Lives!”
Will races back to Puerto Rico with big Indiana Jones energy and opens old wounds in the new episode “He Lives!” on Will Trent
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Series Appetizer: Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Dinosaurs’ is an Epic Visual Treat
Steven Spielberg is here to reclaim his dino-filmmaking title as executive producer of The Dinosaurs.
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“It Was a Meat Cute” but It’s Capers and Lethal Injections on the New WILL TRENT
It’s an urn full of Meat Loaf—the man, not the meal—and the treat of a lethal injection on the upcoming WILL TRENT – “It Was a Meat Cute”
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WILL TRENT and His Dad Annoy Each Other in “We’re Looking for a Vampire” (and things get hectic)
Our WILL TRENT preview has vampires, dates at the drive-in, and repressed emotions this week (and that’s not even the good part)
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Series Appetizer: Being Gordon Ramsay
The six-part documentary follows Ramsay and his family in the lead-up to the launch of his new dining venture in the heart of London.
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WILL TRENT Has to Call “CALL PAUL” for Murder and Giggles
Our WILL TRENT preview is short but bitter this week. The good news is Mark-Paul Gosselaar is the trainwreck in the title “CALL PAUL”
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“You’re Not That Person Anymore” and This Week’s WILL TRENT is Going to Hurt
We’re back with a preview of this week’s WILL TRENT: “You’re Not That Person Anymore” and this one is bittersweet
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WILL TRENT Episode 404 – If the Dancing Doesn’t Kill You the Poison Will
It’s murder on the dancefloor this week on Will Trent, but you better not kill Bon Bon’s groove
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‘Shrinking’ Season 3 – We Can’t Get Enough, Let’s Go Get Shrunk
Hey, come over here, I have a lot to tell you about Shrinking Season 3
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‘The Beauty’ is a Gorgeously Gory Dose of Pretty Poison
Baby, beware. Perfection can be fatal in The Beauty, the new Ryan Murphy series from FX
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Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 Premiere – Why Is This Anime So Good!?
Our peak soothing anime and cozy epic fantasy is back. We’ve got thoughts on the Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End – Season 2 premiere
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![Episode Appetizer: My Hero Academia: Vigilantes – “Crabtastic Rampage!” [s2e2]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/My-Hero-Academia-Vigilantes-Season-2-teaser-art-1.jpg)
Episode Appetizer: My Hero Academia: Vigilantes – “Crabtastic Rampage!” [s2e2]
If last week’s episode was an appetizer, “Crabtastic Rampage!” is the whole damn meal.
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JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 3 – All My Notes While Watching in Real-time (First Reactions)
I keep telling y’all, Gege Akutami hates us. How else do you explain the absolute carnage our mangaka has left us with in JUJUTSU KAISEN: Execution and The Culling Game? Season 3 Preview Incoming…
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![Episode Appetizer: My Hero Academia: Vigilantes – “Day-Tripping Down to Naniwa!” [season 2 premiere]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/MHAVigilantesS2_KV_2x3.jpg)
Episode Appetizer: My Hero Academia: Vigilantes – “Day-Tripping Down to Naniwa!” [season 2 premiere]
Our intrepid vigilantes are back for another round!
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![Episode Appetizer: Hana-Kimi [series premiere]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Hana-Kimi_16x9_3840x2160.png)
Episode Appetizer: Hana-Kimi [series premiere]
Whether you’re nostalgic for the manga from your childhood or you just want a fun anime to unwind, Hana-Kimi has a little something for everyone.
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![Episode Appetizer: You and I Are Polar Opposites [series premiere]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/YouAndIArePolarOpposites_S1_16x9_3840x2160.png)
Episode Appetizer: You and I Are Polar Opposites [series premiere]
You and I Are Polar Opposites captures that first-time love in such a cutesy, starry-eyed way that you can’t help but smile and reminisce.
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Percy Jackson And The Olympians S2 Might As Well Be A Siren Song, We Are So In
Percy, Annabeth, and the cyclops Tyson face cannibals, chariots, and the call of the sea in Season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
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Season Appetizer: Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age is, at its heart, curious about what came before us; it asks and answers questions that will tickle the brains of any natural history enthusiast.
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Series Appetizer: The Mighty Nein
Set twenty years after The Legend of Vox Machina, The Mighty Nein takes us further east, to the continent of Wildemount.
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Season Appetizer: June Farms
If you’re looking for your next workplace reality drama fix after Selling Sunset, give June Farms a whirl.
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Season Appetizer: Selling Sunset – Season 9
Selling Sunset S9 is an emotionally charged one for sure, whether it’s pushing hurt feelings or heartfelt bonding to the forefront for maximum effect.
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![Episode Appetizer: May I Ask for One Final Thing? [Episodes 3 and 4]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/May-I-Ask-For-One-Final-Thing_-––-©Nana-Otori-AlphaPolis-_-Final-Thing-Committee-––-Main-Trailer-1-Still-30.jpg)
Episode Appetizer: May I Ask for One Final Thing? [Episodes 3 and 4]
I’m glad I stuck with May I Ask for One Final Thing? It’s more than a brawler’s delight, and here’s why
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Episode Appetizer: This Monster Wants to Eat Me Episode 2-Desire and the Slow Devouring of the Soul
Hinako’s gloom deepens as yokai Shiori joins her —turning depression into a haunting slow dance of hunger, grief, and surrender.
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![Series Appetizer: My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s [Episodes 1–4]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/filters_quality95formatwebp-1.webp)
Series Appetizer: My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s [Episodes 1–4]
When Edge Meets Exhaustion
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Episode Appetizer: This Monster Wants to Eat Me – Episode 1
This Monster Wants to Eat Me is the sad, slow burn anime you didn’t ask for (you might still want to watch anyway)
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Episode Appetizer: ‘Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider’ – Nostalgia Meets Midlife
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider blends nostalgia, comedy, and heart in its first episode. Following a 40-year-old Rider fan who refuses to let go of his childhood dream, the anime celebrates the spirit…
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![Episode Appetizer: My Hero Academia – “Toshinori Yagi: Rising/Origin” [final season premiere]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MHA_FS_still_main_01_deku.jpg)
Episode Appetizer: My Hero Academia – “Toshinori Yagi: Rising/Origin” [final season premiere]
MHA may be coming to an end, but it’s not going out without a fight.
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![Series Appetizer: May I Ask for One Final Thing? [Episodes 1 and 2]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/May-I-Ask-For-One-Final-Thing_-––-©Nana-Otori-AlphaPolis-_-Final-Thing-Committee-––-Main-Trailer-1-Still-8.jpg)
Series Appetizer: May I Ask for One Final Thing? [Episodes 1 and 2]
Scarlet El Vandimion has entered her anti-hero era, with a touch of villain ruthlessness and fists blazing in the new anime, May I Ask for One Final Thing?
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![Episode Appetizer: Let’s Play – “Life is S-Rank” [series premiere]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/LetsPlay_MainKV_16x9_3840x2160.png)
Episode Appetizer: Let’s Play – “Life is S-Rank” [series premiere]
Let’s Play is a feel-good anime for gamers and rom-com fans alike; the two worlds pair together nicely to make for a fun yet soothing watch.
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‘KPOPPED’ Gets Awkward but Cute with K-pop Idols and Classic Popstars
Here’s the tea on KPOPPED, the new K-pop song battle series on AppleTV+ with Megan Thee Stallion and PSY
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Season Appetizer: My Life with the Walter Boys – Season 2
My Life with the Walter Boys is back for more teenage turmoil, with love triangles spinning all over the place and making sure no heart is safe.
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Series Appetizer: Fit For TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser
Fit For TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser is a three-part documentary that puts the hugely successful competition series under the microscope.
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Sakamoto Days – The Assassins are Back for a Second Helping of Kills and Ramen
Chaos, comedy, and carnage; the next arc of SAKAMOTO DAYS is even more delightfully twisty—our Episode 13 preview
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![Season Appetizer: Kaiju No. 8 – Season Two [Episodes 1 and 2]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/kaijuno.8_s2_kv1_16x9_3840x2160.png)
Season Appetizer: Kaiju No. 8 – Season Two [Episodes 1 and 2]
If you thought the first season of Kaiju No. 8 was wild, buckle up—this monster buffet is just getting started.
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![Episode Appetizer: Nyaight of the Living Cat [episodes 3 & 4]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/nyaight-of-the-living-cat-e28093e28093-trailer-2-still-e28093e28093-c2a9hawkmanmecha-roots_mag-garden_notlc-project-e28093e28093-2.jpg)
Episode Appetizer: Nyaight of the Living Cat [episodes 3 & 4]
One of the many questions you might be asking yourself upon diving into this series: Can’t the humans stop them? Well, it’s time to find out.
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Series Appetizer: Detectives These Days Are Crazy!
Keiichiro Nagumo used to be a genius detective, that’s over, but there might be hope for this misbegotten gumshoe in the form of the brash junior detective Nagumo Masahiro, a girl who dreams of becoming…
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Episode Appetizer: Onmyo Kaiten Re:Birth Verse
It’s just an Isekai, the Isekai can’t hurt me but Onmyo Kaiten Re:Birth-verse says hold my beer.
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Episode Appetizer: Clevatess
Thirteen chosen heroes, armed with regal weaponry, embark on a perilous quest to confront the Lord of the Dark Beasts
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Episode Appetizer: With You and the Rain
‘With You and the Rain’ is a quietly magical anime that sneaks up on you with its charm—kind of like an alternate universe ‘Bee and PuppyCat’
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![Series Appetizer: Gachiakuta [Episodes 1 – 2]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/gachiakuta_s1_edit.png)
Series Appetizer: Gachiakuta [Episodes 1 – 2]
“Legit Trash” isn’t a paradox In the new Crunchyroll anime, Gachiakuta. It’s a way of life.
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![Episode Appetizer: Solo Camping For Two [the series premiere]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/solocampingfortwo_teaservisual_16x9_3840x2160.png)
Episode Appetizer: Solo Camping For Two [the series premiere]
Solo Camping for Two is a cute adventure under the stars sprinkled with a pinch of comedy, some delicious campfire cooking, and a whole lotta heart.
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![Episode Appetizer: Nyaight of the Living Cat [episodes 1 & 2]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/nyaight-of-the-living-cat.png)
Episode Appetizer: Nyaight of the Living Cat [episodes 1 & 2]
Nyaight of the Living Cat is about to be your new favorite apocalypse anime.
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![Episode Appetizer: New Saga [the series premiere]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/newsaga_kv1_16x9_3840x2160.png)
Episode Appetizer: New Saga [the series premiere]
New Saga comes out swinging and doesn’t let its sword fall until every last drop of blood has been spilled, setting up the stakes—and the sacrifices the humans must make.
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![Episode Appetizer: The Waterfront [the first three episodes]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/waterfront_102_unit_00905rc4.jpg)
Episode Appetizer: The Waterfront [the first three episodes]
The Waterfront has twists and tension on deck, but it’s not all smooth sailing towards the golden hall of truly gritty Netflix dramas.
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Season Appetizer: Love, Death + Robots – Volume 4
Vol. 4 is presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher, with Jennifer Yuh Nelson returning as supervising director—to say it’s a winning team is an understatement.
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EPISODE APPETIZER: Poker Face S2 Launches with “The Game is a Foot” “Last Looks” & “Whack-a-Mole”
Poker Face Season 2. What more do you need: Poker Face is Back! (okay, there’s more in our Season 2 and triple-header premiere preview)
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![Episode Appetizer: ‘My Hero Academia: Vigilantes’ – “Takeoff” [episode 2]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/my-hero-academia-eraserhead.jpeg)
Episode Appetizer: ‘My Hero Academia: Vigilantes’ – “Takeoff” [episode 2]
“Takeoff” really does take off—right in the middle of the last episode’s cliffhanger.
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Series Appetizer: North of North – Feels Like Home and Messy New Beginnings
If Northern Exposure had a Gen Z daughter with a 10-follower TikTok and a strong sense of cultural pride, who’s also the jokey cousin of Alaska Daily, that girl would be North of North
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![Episode Appetizer: ‘The Beginning After the End’ – “The King, Under Attack” [episode 2]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the-beginning-after-the-end-5.jpg)
Episode Appetizer: ‘The Beginning After the End’ – “The King, Under Attack” [episode 2]
Can Arthur make up for the sins of his old life as King Grey and discover what family really means to him?
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![Episode Appetizer: ‘My Hero Academia: Vigilantes’ – “I’m Here” [episode 1]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/myheroacademiavigilantes_teaservisual_16x9_3840x2160.png)
Episode Appetizer: ‘My Hero Academia: Vigilantes’ – “I’m Here” [episode 1]
Buckle up and get ready for action!
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Series Appetizer: Shinichiro Watanabe’s ‘Lazarus’ – Episodes 1-5
Shinichiro Watanabe is back, and this time, he’s not just riffing on jazz or hip-hop—he’s spinning a new record of existential dread, high-octane action, and introspective musings in Lazarus
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![Episode Appetizer: Fire Force Season 3 – [episode 01]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fireforce3.webp)
Episode Appetizer: Fire Force Season 3 – [episode 01]
Within 10 minutes of this first opener, I was reminded of why I loved the series in the first place.
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![Episode Appetizer: To Be Hero X – “Nice” [Episode 1]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/to-be-hero-x-e28093e28093-c2a9bilibili_bedream-aniplex-e28093e28093-episode-1-stills-1-1.jpg)
Episode Appetizer: To Be Hero X – “Nice” [Episode 1]
Halfway through the first episode, To Be Hero X starts cooking. Y’all better come get you some of these fractured heroes
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![Series Appetizer: WITCH WATCH [Episodes 1–3]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/witch-watch-wide-promo.jpg)
Series Appetizer: WITCH WATCH [Episodes 1–3]
Childhood friends Nico and Morihito are about to learn that being roommates gets complicated when one of you can’t control their spells and the other takes “protective duties” way too seriously.
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![Episode Appetizer: ‘The Beginning After the End’ – “The Rebirth of the King” [series premiere]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/thebeginningaftertheend_s1_teaservisual_16x9_3840x2160.png)
Episode Appetizer: ‘The Beginning After the End’ – “The Rebirth of the King” [series premiere]
“The Rebirth of the King” asks some fun questions and you can already tell ‘The Beginning After the End’ is gonna have a helluva time answering them.
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Season Appetizer: Survival of the Thickest – Season Two
Mavis has some explaining to do in S2 of ‘Survival of the Thickest’ and it’s a funny story laced with chaotic emotions
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SERIES APPETIZER: ‘Grosse Pointe Garden Society’ Might Get Lost in the Weeds but it Might be Going Somewhere
Welcome to Grosse Pointe, where the properties are pricey, the secrets are buried, and the body count is growing faster than the grass.
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![Episode Appetizer: ‘SAKAMOTO DAYS’ [Episode 1]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/sakamoto_days_u_s1_e8_00_12_45_01.jpg)
Episode Appetizer: ‘SAKAMOTO DAYS’ [Episode 1]
The Legendary Assassin, Taro Sakamoto, arrives on Netflix today in SAKAMOTO DAYS. Here’s why you should watch
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![Episode Appetizer: Dr. Stone SCIENCE FUTURE [Episode 1]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/drstone_s4_teaservisual_16x9_3840x2160.png)
Episode Appetizer: Dr. Stone SCIENCE FUTURE [Episode 1]
Dr. Stone is back with a new season – Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE!
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Episode Appetizer: Will Trent “Sunny-Side Up” Season 3 Premiere – Part 2
Just when he thought he was out, they pull Will Trent back in for the second part of the 2-part Season 3 premiere “Sunny-Side Up”
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![Episode Appetizer: Honey Lemon Soda [episodes 1 & 2]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/honeylemonsoda_16x9_3840x2160.png)
Episode Appetizer: Honey Lemon Soda [episodes 1 & 2]
Was there ever a period in your life where everything fit precisely where it was supposed to? Welcome to the struggle that is the life of Uka Ishimori
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Episode Appetizer: Will Trent “I’m a Guest Here” Season 3 Premiere – Part 1
Everybody’s mad at Will Trent in the 2-part Season 3 premiere
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![Episode Appetizer: Anyway, I’m Falling in Love with You. – “An Awful Birthday” [episode 1]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/anywayimfallinginlovewithyou_kv1_16x9_3840x2160.png)
Episode Appetizer: Anyway, I’m Falling in Love with You. – “An Awful Birthday” [episode 1]
Anyway, I’m Falling in Love with You. is a sugar-sweet high school anime where Mizuho has to deal with the pitfalls (and advantages) of being surrounded by cute boys.
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![Episode Appetizer: Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms [Episode 1]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/medaka-.webp)
Episode Appetizer: Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms [Episode 1]
Mona-chan’s new classmate, Medaka, is impervious to her charms, and this queen bee can’t take it
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![Episode Appetizer: ZENSHU – “First Stroke” [Episode 1]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/zenshu-2.png)
Episode Appetizer: ZENSHU – “First Stroke” [Episode 1]
MAPPA flexes its anime muscles once again with the original series ZENSHU
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Episode Appetizer: ‘Solo Leveling’ Returns -Arise From the Shadow-
Welcome back to Solo Leveling, the world of magic-wielding hunters who defend humanity against monsters from other dimensions
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![Episode Appetizer: Queer Eye – “She Was a Showgirl” [season 9 premiere]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/qeye_902_unit_02118r.jpg)
Episode Appetizer: Queer Eye – “She Was a Showgirl” [season 9 premiere]
Queer Eye heads to the bright lights of Las Vegas this season, kicking off with the vivacious showgirl-turned-seamstress Paula.
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SERIES APPETIZER: ‘A Man on the Inside’ is A Soft and Cozy Comedy
Mike Schur and Ted Danson are good together. That must be why Netflix teamed up with Schur to create A Man on the Inside, his new collaboration with Danson.
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![Series Appetizer: Interior Chinatown [the first five episodes]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ictown_104_mt_01575r.jpg)
Series Appetizer: Interior Chinatown [the first five episodes]
Interior Chinatown is off to a glowing start, welcoming you into its moody, glitzy embrace, ready to serve up entertainment on a silver-screen platter.
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![Father-Son Duo Shine in the Hilarious New Sitcom ‘Poppa’s House’ [Ep 1]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/poppashouse_s1_horizontal.jpg)
Father-Son Duo Shine in the Hilarious New Sitcom ‘Poppa’s House’ [Ep 1]
Damon Wayans is back on television! Damon Wayans Jr. is back on television!
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Episode Appetizer: Adult Swim’s ‘Uzumaki’ Ep 2
After episode 1 of Junji Ito’s Uzumaki, if you thought it couldn’t get worse, episode 2 says…HOLD MY BEER.
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Season Appetizer: ‘FOUND’ Season 2 – Accountability Kills
Season two of NBC’s FOUND is set to premiere tonight with Sir on the loose, promising to deliver a thrilling arc to keep viewers shook
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![Episode Appetizer: ‘The Rings of Power’ – “Shadow and Flame” [S2E8]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lotr_s2_fg_01481519_still1204_r1_3000.jpg)
Episode Appetizer: ‘The Rings of Power’ – “Shadow and Flame” [S2E8]
The season finale takes us around Middle-earth to weave each storyline together, poised to pull the thread tight when the time comes.
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Episode Appetizer: ADULT SWIM’s ‘Uzumaki’ Ep 1
In this four-episode series, you can expect: building dread, encroaching madness, and beautifully horrendous body horror—no one combines those themes better than Junji Ito
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![Episode Appetizer: ‘The Rings of Power’ – “Doomed to Die” [S2E7]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/lotr_s2_ut_230329_00283_r1_3000.jpg)
Episode Appetizer: ‘The Rings of Power’ – “Doomed to Die” [S2E7]
War has reached the walls of Eregion.
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Series Appetizer: Rom-Com Fans Will Want to Watch ‘Nobody Wants This’
Kristen Bell returns to the rom-com series scene as Joanne, an agnostic podcaster whose life takes a turn when she meets Noah, an offbeat rabbi played by Adam Brody
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Series Appetizer: ‘Brilliant Minds’ Scores with Mystery Medicine and Team Dynamics
Being crabby but brilliant is a prerequisite for good TV doctoring. The prickly doctors with good hearts are just so much fun to watch and NBC’s ‘Brilliant Minds” proves it.
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![Episode Appetizer: ‘The Rings of Power’ – “Where is He?” [S2E6]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/lotr_s2_ut_230427_00226_r1_3000.jpg)
Episode Appetizer: ‘The Rings of Power’ – “Where is He?” [S2E6]
“Where is He?” explores what it means to stand up in the face of ruin and find hope—and isn’t that the most Tolkien thing of all?
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![Episode Appetizer: ‘The Rings of Power’ – “Halls of Stone” [S2E5]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/lotr_s2_ut_221202_00317_r3_3000.jpg)
Episode Appetizer: ‘The Rings of Power’ – “Halls of Stone” [S2E5]
As “Halls of Stone” swings between kingdoms like a pendulum of doom, the feeling of peril grows, compelled by the episode’s dark yet urgent tone.
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![Episode Appetizer: ‘The Rings of Power’ – “Eldest” [S2E4]](https://riot-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/trop-ep4-1.jpg)
Episode Appetizer: ‘The Rings of Power’ – “Eldest” [S2E4]
After last week’s premiere of three sublime episodes, The Rings of Power sets choices in motion that cannot be unmade with “Eldest”.
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Episode Appetizer: Interview with the Vampire, The Two-Part Finale
The Story So Far Greetings Vampire Chronicles Fans. Is it alright to call you Children of the Damned? It fits so nicely. Before we begin, let’s look back at what I wrote about season one:…
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Series Appetizer: Perfect Match – Season 2
Perfect Match is back for another round, diving into Netflix’s dating pool to bring together all their reality series’ sexy singles.
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Episode Appetizer: Will Trent “Do You See the Vision”
If you have a high ‘TV IQ’ you’ll know from the start of “Do You See the Vision” that something is about to go wrong. More wrong than the weekly murder and more recent than…
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Episode Appetizer: Will Trent “Residente o Visitante”
Before we start, if you want to enjoy the upcoming episode of Will Trent, go to your music streaming app and listen to “I Left My Wallet in El Segundo” released by A Tribe Called…
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Episode Appetizer: Will Trent “Why Is Jack’s Arm Bleeding?”
Can we start with a confession? Will and Angie are back on their breakup-to-make-up rotation, and honestly: I prefer the friendship. Every time they start body-rocking, I get uncomfortable with the codependent dysfunction of it…
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Episode Appetizer: Will Trent “Have You Never Been to a Wedding”
After the sparkle of “We Are Family” we’re ready for the next course: The question is: “Have You Never Been to A Wedding?”
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Series Appetizer: Dead Boy Detectives
Dead Boy Detectives is about to put a whole new meaning to the term “unfinished business.”
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Episode Appetizer: The Circle – Season 6
The devil works hard but the casting directors work harder, pulling in players from across America for the biggest personality smorgasbord yet.
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SERIES APPETIZER: RIPLEY (2024)
The new RIPLEY limited series follows the journey of Tom Ripley, a struggling grifter in 1960s New York, who is plunged into a life of deceit, fraud, and murder after being hired to bring back…
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