We review three new series including The Shards, Furious, and a new season of Emmy-winning comedy Ted Lasso.
This week, Joey, Megan, and Clarence take a break from the 2026 Emmys to look at three new series. Ryan Murphy returns to directing in the pilot of FX’s The Shards. Based on the novel and co-written by Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards stars Igby Rigney as a fictionalized version of Ellis growing up in the posh world of early 1980s Los Angeles. Being a Ryan Murphy project, social norms emerge as frightening as the serial killer targeting Ellis’ prep school friends. Then, Megan has already raved about Furious, so Joey and Clarence weigh in with their takes on Liz Meriwether’s serial killer limited series loosely based on the 1987 film Black Widow.
Finally, in a 180-degree shift, Ted Lasso returns with a fourth season that’s both sequel and reboot. Does the new season merit a return of Jason Sudeikis’s underdog soccer coach? Or is this beating a dead horse?
Plus, along the way, we wonder if we’ll be talking about any of these series a year from now at the 2027 Emmy Awards.
We close our podcast, as always, with the Flash Forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.
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