Silver Ladies, Superhero Revivals And No Ninth Episodes

And here's my first TV Jumble Blog of 2026. There's still some shows that I need to catch up but here's a look at what I've seen so far.

Bridgerton: And we're back. Netflix are committing to this split season idea as the fourth season has Luke Thompson and Yerin Ha front and centre. Yes, Sophie Baek is the Lady In Silver and Benedict (our diamond this season), lovestruck as he might be hasn't figured that out in four episodes so far. What else this season? Oh, Sophie's stepmother isn't a nice person, Lady Danbury was trying to prime her own successor for the Queen so she could leave the country, Francesca couldn't reach the pinnacle and Penelope seemed to be struggling with being publicly known as Lady Whistledown. Oh and maid wars.

Stranger Things: New Year's Day for everyone outside the US saw the end of this long running show. Don't worry there's an animated spin off coming soon. Anyways, we got two hours and a lot of characters and arcs to resolve. To get the elephant out of the room, there wasn't a secret ninth episode and that's not a bad thing. I didn't love this finale but I didn't hate it either. I think it did the best it could to give the most important characters satisfying endings. As for Eleven, I have my own belief that she didn't totally perish. 

The Night Manager: I slept on this show for nearly a decade and in the space of a month, I watched both seasons back to back. For the most part, I think I preferred the first season to the second but even the latter was still mostly good. Tom Hiddleston's on fine form as Jonathan Pine and the many aliases he's taken in the show. His best scene partners were undoubtedly Hugh Laurie as Richard Roper and Diego Calva as Richard's estranged son, Teddy. There's some strong supporting roles for both Olivia Colman and Indira Varma to boot.

The Seven Dials Mystery: Normally, I'd assume this would have been a BBC production, considering that they've been the ones adapting Agatha Christie stories for a while now. However, Netflix got this one and made it into a three episode miniseries. It was also written by Chris Chibnall and it's pretty decent. Mia McKenna, Martin Freeman and Helena Bonham-Carter are all on fine form. However like a lot of the BBC adaptations of late, it did lag a little bit. Still watchable though.

Wonder Man: I'm not gonna lie - my expectations for this show were low. The trailers were underwhelming and the fact that Disney+ released it all in one day didn't inspire confidence. Then I watched the show and witnessed a brilliant double act with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley and I couldn't have been more wrong. I need more scenes with Simon Williams and Trevor Slattery. This eight episodes series was really enjoyable. I thought the MCU version of The Studio couldn't work but I was wrong. This show definitely is worth watching.

• Stephen Amell has been cast as Hobie Buchannon for the upcoming reboot of Baywatch for FOX.
• HBO Max will launch in the UK/Ireland from March. Sky are also offering a package next month that will include Netflix, Disney+, Hayu and HBO Max.
• David Boreanaz has been cast in the lead of The Rockford Files for NBC.
• Terminator Zero has been cancelled after one season by Netflix.
• NBC have ordered a comedy pilot titled Newlyweds, co-created by Jamie Lee Curtis and starring Tea Leoni.
• Hulu have ordered a legal drama, Conviction, which will star Elisabeth Moss as the lead.
• The 90 minute wrap movie of Good Omens will premiere on Amazon Prime from May 13th.
• Elizabeth Banks and Matthew MacFadyen's The Miniature Wife will premiere on Peacock from April 9th.
• Baldur's Gate 3 is in the works as a series for HBO.
• Ray Romano and Joshua Jackson have been cast in How To Survive Without Me for HBO Max.
• Spider-Noir will premiere on Amazon Prime from May 27th.
• Stranger Things: Tales From 85 confirmed for April 23 on Netflix.
• The second season for FX's Shogun has also begun.