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Yahoo
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
This Beloved Teen Drama Is A Top Show On Prime Video Right Now
'The Summer I Turned Pretty' is trending on Amazon Prime Video after returning July 16 for Season 3. The beloved teen drama, based on Jenny Han's bestselling YA series of the same name, portrays the summertime coming-of-age journey of a young woman named Belly (Lola Tung) who gets caught up in a complicated love triangle between two brothers. The third and final season picks up with Belly at the end of her junior year of college, now in a relationship with her soulmate, Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno). That is until her first love, Conrad (Christopher Briney), comes back into the picture. The first two episodes of Season 3 are streaming on Prime Video, followed by weekly releases on Wednesdays. Read HuffPost's review on the season's kickoff here. Read on for more trending shows across streaming services, including Netflix, Hulu and HBO Max. And if you want to stay informed about all things streaming and entertainment, subscribe to the Culture Catchall newsletter. 'Untamed' Netflix's newest limited series is trending No. 1 on the streamer. 'Untamed' stars Eric Bana as a federal agent who enters lawless national park terrain to hunt for a woman's killer. However, his investigation into her murder unearths dark secrets within the park, including his own. The mystery thriller also stars Sam Neill, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lily Santiago and Wilson Bethel. All six episodes began streaming July 17. 'Billy Joel: And So It Goes' A two-part documentary on Billy Joel's life and music is trending on HBO Max. 'Billy Joel: And So It Goes,' directed by Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin, traces the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer's rise as a hitmaker as well as the struggles behind decades of his iconic songs. The docuseries premiered its first episode July 18, running over two hours. It will conclude with a second installment July 25. 'Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit' 'Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit' is one of the top shows trending on Hulu right now following its July 15 premiere. The three-part ABC News Studios docuseries examines the unsolved case of the Iowa news anchor who went missing 30 years ago. If you're looking for other TV shows to watch, check out our What We're Watching blog. Related... 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Faces 1 Big Dilemma In Its New Season CBS Cancels 'Late Show,' Ending Stephen Colbert's Run After Decades On Air He Rewrote The Rules Of TV For Black Artists — And Forever Changed American Pop Culture
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'The Summer I Turned Pretty' is about teen love. Its biggest fans might be millennials.
Vicky Pazzalia was home alone on a rainy Saturday morning in July 2022 when she binged the first season of The Summer I Turned Pretty, which had recently premiered. By the end of the seventh episode of the Prime Video television series, she was hooked, texting her husband, Casey, to warn him of her new obsession. The show, which focuses on the love triangle between two teen brothers, Conrad and Jeremiah, and their longtime female family friend Belly in an idyllic summer beach town, became all that Vicky, 33, could talk about. Eventually, once Vicky had run out of TikToks, Instagram Reels and BuzzFeed articles that dissected the teen drama, her husband had a proposal: She could make her own show to talk about it. Casey, who had a background in podcasting, offered to produce it. That's how Better With Glasses, a recap podcast about The Summer I Turned Pretty, its group of fictional Gen Z teens and their exploits in Cousins Beach began. As it turns out, Vicky was only solo podcasting for one episode. Casey was quickly won over by the show too. 'He watched it so much that he started to care about it,' Vicky tells Yahoo, and Casey soon joined her as a cohost to offer a male viewpoint. Almost immediately, the Pazzalias, now both 36, began to receive long, detailed DMs and emails from millennial listeners thanking them for sharing their perspectives. Because of them, they wrote, they no longer felt silly or alone as adults obsessing over a TV show about teens. 'The podcast gave them a sense that it's OK [to talk] about [The Summer I Turned Pretty] like it's super important,' Casey tells Yahoo Entertainment. '[They said], 'It's so nice to feel seen [because] I couldn't really articulate to my friends, my family, my husband why I was so obsessed with this young girl and the boy she chooses [to be in a relationship with].'' The TV adaption of Jenny Han's young adult book series of the same name is a classic coming-of-age story of a girl who grows up within the prism of a love triangle. Belly (Lola Tung) has spent every summer at the beach house of her mom's best friend, Susannah Fisher (Rachel Blanchard). Like the first book, Season 1 begins during the summer that she turns 16 and finds herself torn romantically between Susannah's sons. Conrad (Christopher Briney) is the boy she has always loved, who's finally paying attention to her. Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) is the boy who has always been there for her and lets her love him. This love triangle is the central arc of the show. It follows in the tradition of teen dramas of the late '90s and early aughts that came before it, including Felicity, Dawson's Creek and Gilmore Girls, which millennials grew up watching. These shows heavily emphasized romantic entanglements between the characters, a plot device used to grow and retain audiences. The Summer I Turned Pretty proves that a good love triangle still does. According to data from Parrot Analytics, the show's viewership more than tripled from Season 1 to Season 2, which premiered in July 2023. In the show's second season, Belly was finally forced to make a decision between the brothers, and as the show became more popular, fans declared fierce loyalties to Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah online. On Reddit threads about the show and in outlets like Esquire and Slate, millennials were admitting to being as 'hopelessly infatuated' with the Gen Z drama and wondering if anyone else their age felt the same way. The answer was a resounding yes. One such fan was 32-year-old Kara Crevier, who decided to launch The Summer I Started a Podcast after the second season premiered. Crevier thinks the millennial investment in Belly's story is a direct result of how the show takes the books to 'another level.' Its pitch-perfect depiction of summer days spent swimming (and flirting) in the pool and summer nights spent stealing kisses and pining for your crush at parties taps into viewers' nostalgia for their own summers past. '[The] summer vibe is really well curated throughout the entire show. … You kind of feel like you're transported onto a summer vacation when you're watching it,' Crevier tells Yahoo. '[It] brings me back to a time when I didn't have work responsibilities … or the responsibilities of life.' That feeling isn't lost on its cast members either. Jackie Chung, who plays Belly's mom, Laurel, tells Yahoo, 'People are nostalgic for that time when they are experiencing that first love and blossoming in their life.' Chung finds nostalgia to be an element that has always drawn older generations to teen-focused storylines. From her perspective, what really makes the show special is the room that it gives the adult characters to become full people, especially Laurel. In most teen shows, Chung finds that adult characters typically exist primarily 'as a parent in relation to the teen or child on the show.' The Summer I Turned Pretty stands in contrast. Yes, Laurel is a mother, but she's also still a woman exploring romantic relationships and searching for love, just like her own teenage daughter, while also striving to reach some of her career goals. She's doing all of that while making mistakes and learning from them, just like her daughter. 'It's helpful for people to see someone [like Laurel] who is a bit messy and still figuring it out but also loving her family and taking care of them,' Chung tells Yahoo. That way, when they enter adulthood, they will hopefully feel less pressure to have everything figured out because they see that growing up never ends. This complexity within the writing of the series is one of the reasons that Crevier loves the show. 'I think I really enjoyed the story of the books, but I really love how the show expands on the different characters,' Crevier says. For example, the teen characters in the show are struggling with timely themes like sexuality, identity and finances, which are largely absent from the books. The adults are also more complex. As in the book, Laurel is navigating the grief of her best friend's cancer diagnosis, but in the show she's also embracing her own strength when she dips a toe into dating after divorce and navigates her career as a writer. The depth of the adult storylines is one of the reasons that Rachel Gonvales Parkes, a 36-year-old mom of two, is also a fan. 'I love that they also show that parent dynamic of what happens when you're going through divorce, drama and hardship,' she tells Yahoo. 'You don't get that in the book. The books [are] really focused on Belly.' For Gonvales Parkes, it's also the messiness of both the teen and adult characters that makes the show relatable. As a viewer, she sees herself in Belly as a teenager, even though in her real life, she's stepped into the role of mother, like Laurel. Ultimately, Casey thinks this duality plays heavily into the show's multigenerational appeal. Millennials who are no longer teens and are also not as likely to be parents to teenagers, exist somewhere in the middle, so they can relate to 'both perspectives.' It's this relatability that has created a devoted, unabashedly obsessed millennial fanbase that is eager for the show to return for Season 3 after two years. So much so that some are gathering in person to celebrate its release. Ahead of the series' third and final season, which premieres on July 16, the Pazzalias are traveling to Wilmington, N.C., where The Summer I Turned Pretty is filmed, to meet with fellow millennials at a meet-up they've planned in connection with their podcast, called Better With Glasses Fest. They've organized a fan weekend, held July 11-13, that includes activities like a filming locations tour, live podcast taping and scavenger hunt. 'We [aren't] really expecting huge, huge [turnout], but we knew that it would draw an intimate crowd of people who are like this [millennial fandom] is our family,' Vicky says. Even though Vicky is Team Conrad, she hopes that no matter how the show ends, millennials will continue to be Team Belly, supporting the character through her misjudgments and missteps. After all, they have the experience to know it's all part of the journey.
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Maxton Hall' Season 3 Is Coming! Release Date, Cast, Plot + More
It's an excellent month to be a Maxton Hall fan! Prime Video's hit teen drama series took the world by storm when it first released in March 2024. With the series racking up more than 95 million TikTok posts since its debut, fans remain feral for this German-language series adapted from Mona Kasten's Save Me book trilogy. The book-to-screen adaptation was also grouped in 'the big three' for modern coming-of-age stories, along with fellow Prime TV hit The Summer I Turned Pretty and Netflix's My Life With the Walter Boys. And right now, the fandom is celebrating big time because Prime Video announced Maxton Hall Season 3 is officially greenlit—five months before Season 2's release date! Keep reading to find out more about Maxton Hall Season 3, plot details, potential release dates, behind-the-scenes updates and more. The first book in the international bestselling Maxton Hall series, Save Me, follows the smart, straightlaced Ruby Bell. After Ruby was awarded a scholarship to one of England's most prestigious and expensive private schools, Maxton Hall, she spends her days studying, planning her future at Oxford University and keeping her distance from other students—especially the rich, handsome and arrogant James Beaufort. When Ruby stumbles upon a scandal involving the Beauforts, James confronts her. As the two are forced to work together to plan the school's upcoming gala, they clash in every possible way. But as they spend time together, Ruby finds herself drawn to James. As they both desperately fight their feelings, other dramas arise that may alter their worlds and futures. The second book in the series, Save You, will be adapted into Season 2, and Save Us, the last book in the trilogy, will be adapted into Season 3. The first two books were re-released in English in 2025. All three books follow the turbulent evolution of James and Ruby's love story. The news about Maxton Hall's renewal for Season 3 (five months ahead of Season 2's premiere date) was delivered to fans on Instagram by the series' stars Harriet Herbig-Matten, who plays Ruby, and Damian Hardung, who plays James. 'Damien, you won't believe what just arrived—Maxton Hall is coming back for Season 3,' Herbig-Matten said to Hardung in the video. 'It's here,' Hardung responded, showing a Season 3 script to the camera while smiling. 'One last time back to school!' See the full announcement video below. Fans can expect Season 2 and Season 3 to star Herbig-Matten and Hardung, along with many of the other fan-favorite cast members. Fans were waiting with bated breath about this Season 3 announcement, but months ago, Christoph Scheider, Country Director at Prime Video Germany and Austria hinted at the possibility. 'We had a great IP (intellectual property), it was brilliantly made, we had a great cast—and not just the two main actors, who are outstanding, but also the others,' he told Deadline. 'Everyone was really great, and that made this a unicorn show. The good news is we have three seasons.' Scheider went on to reveal that the show's producers had to work around Maxton Hall super fans, who found out where filming was taking place and flocked the set. 'It was shot in a castle near Hanover, which is not a secret anymore,' he continued. 'It was really challenging to shoot Season 2 because so many fans were there every day trying to take photographs, but the plot was top secret, so it was really a challenge for the team.' Maxton Hall Season 2 is set to premiere on Prime Video on November 7, 2025. An Amazon spokesperson offered a behind-the-scenes update to Deadline about the upcoming seasons a few months ago: 'We want to offer fans around the globe the best Maxton Hall experience. We're intensely working on a first-class production and music composition for the series, including comprehensive language versions. We promise the wait will be worth it.' Buzz continues to build for the teen drama ahead of Season 2's premiere and a teaser trailer just dropped, revealing quite a few eye-opening tidbits for fans. In the teaser, we see James and Ruby being torn apart again, wild parties, simmering drama and, yes, more angst and tension than ever before. See the full teaser trailer below. As of right now, there is no official release date for Season 3. The good news? Well, since Season 3 was greenlit way ahead of Season 2's premiere, it's likely we'll see Season 3 sometime in very late 2025 or early 2026. (Basically, it will be a shorter wait for a new season this time around!) Stay tuned for more details! The first season of Maxton Hall is available to stream right now on Amazon Prime Video. For more book news, keep scrolling! Rebecca Ross's Bestselling Romantasy Novel 'Divine Rivals' Is Becoming a Movie: What We Know So Far 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Season 3 Trailer Is Here: Who Will Belly Choose In The Enchanting Final Season? Elsie Silver's 'Rose Hill' Series Is Coming to TV—Here's What We Know So Far
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Watch: 'My Life with the Walter Boys' Season 2 gets teaser, premiere date
July 7 (UPI) -- Netflix is teasing the sophomore season of teen drama My Life with the Walter Boys ahead of its Aug. 28 premiere. The 48-second preview released Monday shows Jackie (Nikki Rodriguez) returning to Colorado after "spiraling" all summer in New York. She initially relocated to Silver Falls in Season 1, when her mother's best friend (Sarah Rafferty) becomes her legal guardian. "While settling into her new, chaotic countryside home, Jackie is determined to stay focused on her dream of getting into Princeton... all while wrapping her head around her feelings for two very different Walter brothers: the reliable and bookish Alex (Ashby Gentry), and the mysterious and troubled Cole (Noah LaLonde)," an official synopsis reads. When Jackie returns, she'll have to face "unresolved feelings and small-town tensions." The cast includes Marc Blucas, Connor Stanhope, Johnny Link, Corey Fogelmanis, Jaylan Evans, Zoe Soul, Isaac Arellanes, Myles Perez, Alex Quijano, Ashley Tavares, Dean Petriw, Alix West Lefler, Lennix James, Alisha Newton, Ellie O'Brien, Kolton Stewart, Mya Lowe, Gabrielle Jacinto, Jesse Lipscombe, Nathaniel Arcand, Natalie Sharp, Carson MacCormac, Janet Kidder, Riele Downs and Jake Manley.
The Sun
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Netflix teen drama slammed over steamy sex scenes as fans accuse bosses of ‘fetishising young cast'
NETFLIX viewers have slammed a teen drama over steamy sex scenes - accusing bosses of 'fetishising the young cast'. Raunchy Spanish drama Olympo is a recent addition to the streaming platform. 4 4 4 The show follows a cohort of young adult athletes at the fictitious Pirineos Center of High Performance. Its synopsis is as follows: "When a swimmer collapses at a high-performance sports center, Amaia investigates the extreme risks her fellow athletes are taking to feed their ambition." However, some fans have hit out at its racy scenes - taking to X to share their thoughts. One wrote on X: "Episode 1 of #OlympoNetflix and everyone is just f*****g." Another added: "I was interested in watching #OlympoNetflix, but I've seen GIFs and it looks a bit too much for me. "Sex scenes make me kinda uncomfortable and what I've seen seems way too intense for me." Meanwhile, Philadelphia Gay News argued: "Some scenes shot in slow-motion or in closeup fetishize the musculature of the actors." Created by Jan Matheu, Laia Foguet, and Ibai Abad, the show launched on June 20. It depicts the students at the Pirineos Center of High Performance competing for prestigious sponsorship from Olympo - a global fashion brand. The cast includes Clara Galle, Nira Oshaia and former Rugby Union player Agustín Della Corte. Conversely, other fans shared how much they enjoyed the eight-part drama. One remarked: "Started Olympo on Netflix and omg I think this's gonna be my new obsession." Another commented: "You better renew this I didn't waste my time for a cancellation." A third simply stated: "WE WANT SEASON TWO." While a fourth echoed: "Just Watched Olympo Spanish TV Show Season 1 On @Netflix. Loved It! 'The Show Is In English For You To Watch. Can't Wait To Watch Season 2!" Olympo is available to watch on Netflix. 4
