Television coverage on this page pairs what's on screen with who owns the screen. On air, House of the Dragon opens season three with a brutal death, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder bows out with a final season, and Emmy voting opens with Pluribus and The Pitt eyeing nominations as viewers name 2026's best TV so far. In the boardroom, Fox swallows Roku in a $22bn connected-TV bet, Channel 4 claims it is outgrowing every major streamer, and the BBC drops a documentary after admitting a vetting failure.
A packed release slate shows how entertainment platforms increasingly compete across categories, with viewers asked to treat one week as a full media menu.
Alison Hammond has returned to This Morning a week after leaving the programme and undergoing a hospital heart check-up. The presenter told viewers she feared she was having a heart attack before discovering she had experienced a panic attack.
Former Strictly Come Dancing professional Ola Jordan is returning to the BBC programme's companion show, It Takes Two, as a Friday panellist. Her appearance comes 11 years after she left Strictly, where she won the Glitterball trophy with Chris Hollins.
Michael Sheen begins hosting House of Games on Monday after Richard Osman ended his nine-year run. The actor says he wants to preserve the programme’s warmth, humour and mischief.
Former Strictly professional AJ Pritchard has faced criticism after presenting The Saturday Five on GB News. Some viewers also questioned the move in light of his previous LGBTQ+ allyship.
Rowan Atkinson will return to the West End with Mr Bean, Blackadder and other characters in Rowan Live. The 30-performance run will also feature newly written material.
The penultimate episode of the new series closed with a card reading “In memory of Anthony Head”, months after the actor’s death at 72.
From Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan to Jerry Hall and Richard E Grant, BBC News has traced the friendships and past work that could decide the game.
The University Challenge host is the first victim of the series, James Acaster accepts a seat in the turret and Richard E Grant spends the episode trying to undo the biggest mistake of his life.
The presenter left Friday’s live broadcast clutching her chest and later posted from a hospital bed to reassure viewers that a palpitation was being checked out.
Claudia Winkleman welcomes 21 celebrities to the castle as the BBC expands its hit spin-off to 10 episodes.
Bafta-winning presenter Esther Rantzen, who founded Childline and later campaigned on assisted dying, has died aged 86 after a television career spanning decades.
David Harewood takes his first on-screen lead role in nearly four decades with Pierre, Channel 4's new six-part legal drama.
Michael Sheen is taking over House of Games from Richard Osman while preparing to appear in Celebrity Traitors from 1 October.
Sky and ITV executives used the Royal Television Society convention to address content investment as their $2.1 billion acquisition moves through UK regulation.
Horrible Histories has had one episode removed and several scenes edited as the BBC says the changes were made to meet children's editorial guidelines.
A four-second reaction shot of Rory Stewart staring at Ailbhe Rea on Newsnight has spread widely online after the programme’s move to 7pm.
Charlie Brooker’s four-part Netflix series Blackmere has added Rory Kinnear to its cast, with the absurd crime-thriller comedy arriving in early 2027.
ITV has switched The Chase back to weekday repeats after only two weeks of new episodes, prompting renewed frustration among viewers and cast.
Oscar winners Olivia Colman and Susan Sarandon have joined Channel 4's six-part thriller Army of Shadows, now filming in London and Paris.
A South Carolina coroner has ruled Hayden Panettiere’s death accidental after an autopsy identified the toxic effects of fentanyl and several other substances.
The BBC has restored That Mitchell and Webb Look to iPlayer for its 20th anniversary while removing 11 sketches it says no longer work today.
Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe and Johannes Radebe fronted Saturday's launch show as a new group-dance format paired the celebrities with their professional partners.
The award-winning British actress, who had been living with Alzheimer's disease, moved between prisoner-of-war drama, sitcom and soap across a career recognised with an OBE in 2005.
The Welsh actor took two lead acting Emmys on the same night, for Netflix limited series The Beast in Me and Apple comedy Widow's Bay, completing a category trifecta no performer had managed before.
The DCMS Committee will scrutinise song choice, performance and process after this year's UK entry finished last with a single point.
The pairings are revealed on Saturday night as Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe and Johannes Radebe take over hosting duties on BBC One.
The Voice UK new coaches Cheryl and Aitch join will.i.am and Kelly Rowland for 2027, with Stacey Solomon and Alesha Dixon replacing Emma Willis as hosts.
Saturday Night Live UK season 2 begins tonight at 10pm BST on Sky One and Now, with Jeff Goldblum hosting, CMAT performing and Freddie Meredith joining the cast.
The 70 Up ITV release date is Tuesday 15 September at 9pm, with two feature-length episodes directed by Asif Kapadia bringing the landmark Up series to an end.
RuPaul's Drag Race UK will leave BBC Three and iPlayer after its current series as the BBC points to significant financial pressures and required savings.
The Inbetweeners 3 is confirmed and in production for Netflix, with Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison and Joe Thomas all returning.
The Schitt's Creek star says long-running procedural dramas shaped the structure of his new crime-comedy, co-created with Rachel Sennott, which blends incompetence, blackmail and organised crime.
A reader survey crowns crime drama, social satire and warm British comedy as the standout shows of the year, spanning streaming and public-service channels.
The HBO drama returned on 21 June with the Battle of the Gullet and the death of Prince Jacaerys Velaryon, a finale-scale premiere that pushes the Targaryen civil war into far darker territory.
The corporation has shelved the new series of Ashley Cain: Into the Danger Zone and ruled out future projects with the presenter after reports of historic abusive and misogynistic social media posts.
The Lachlan Murdoch-led broadcaster is buying the streaming hardware and ad platform it once sold its stake in, aiming to fuse Tubi with Roku's 100 million-plus households.
Netflix has confirmed the hit British mystery will return for a concluding run of four episodes, with filming already wrapped.
Television Academy members have begun casting nominating ballots ahead of the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards in September.
The Peaky Blinders creator's Dublin-set period saga has been recommissioned after a strong debut run, with the writer signalling ambitions to take the dynasty all the way to the 1960s.
The public-service broadcaster says its digital viewing minutes are rising faster than rivals from the BBC to Netflix, as it positions younger audiences at the heart of its strategy.
The US reimagining of the ITV comedy favourite has been picked up across more than a dozen territories, with Sky and NOW taking UK rights as the format proves its international pull.
Chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall has told staff the broadcaster will cut around 200 roles across its media and entertainment, commercial and technology divisions in a drive to save £50m a year.
At its upfront, the retail giant unveiled tools that automatically tailor ad messaging to what viewers are watching, sharpening its assault on the traditional TV advertising market.
Following a steep subscription increase, Apple is stacking its streaming service with Formula 1, Major League Soccer and baseball as it seeks to justify the higher tariff to viewers.
Love/Hate creator Stuart Carolan and Veep director Chris Addison team up on a crime drama starring Aidan Gillen and Ella Lily Hyland, with a rare two-season order from the outset.
Showrunner Adi Shankar confirms the anime adaptation will close out its planned trilogy, capping a streaming success that repeatedly cracked the platform's global top 10.
The media group is separating its HBO Max and studios business from its cable and news networks, a structural overhaul that reshapes the global content landscape.
Disney's broadcast arm has reluctantly complied with an accelerated regulatory review it says is unconstitutional, in a dispute with political roots that is rattling the US TV business.
The old pipeline sent films to streaming. Now streamers are sending proven series and fan favourites back toward cinemas to build bigger franchise moments.