TV News Roundup: 'Gilded Age' Returns on High Note, 'Terminal List' Spawns 'Son'
Good morning! Here's a curated catch-up on Thursday's TV headlines.
Previously on Matt's Inside Line.... I shared with you the 2027 premiere dates for Off Campus Season 2 and NBC's remake of The Rockford Files, and told you where VisionQuest landed in its Nielsean streaming chart debut. Here's a handy huddle of a few other Thursday headlines.
◼️ The Season 4 premiere of The Gilded Age drew nearly four million U.S. cross-platform viewers in its first three days of availability on HBO and HBO Max, up some 25% from its Season 3 opener to stand as the Emmy-winning series’ most-watched season premiere to date.
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◼️ Chris Pratt will reprise his role as former Navy SEAL James Reece in Savage Son, a Prime Video series based on Jack Carr’s third novel in his Terminal List series. Per Variety, Savage Son is described as "a gripping blend of military action, espionage, and wilderness survival, exploring the thin line between civilization and the savage instincts that emerge when survival becomes personal.”
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◼️ Filming on Season 4 of The White Lotus has wrapped — for ensemble member Chloe Bennet, at least. (See Instagram Story screenshot below.) Previous seasons of the award-winning HBO anthology premiered in the months of July (of 2021), October (2022), and February (2025).
◼️ The Voice's Carson Daly has been named the new co-anchor of NBC's Saturday Today, where he'll share the news desk with three-year vet Laura Jarrett. (Daly will also continue as a contributor to the weekday Today.)
◼️ Apple TV released the trailer below for Bad Monkey Season 2, which premieres Wednesday, Dec. 2 (with weekly releases through Feb. 3, 2027).
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◼️ Reacher Season 5 has cast Ari Stidham in the recurring role of Dean, a sleazy businessman/associate of Kevin Durand's (The Strain) Nokes, Deadline reports. Stidham's previous credits include the role of Sly on Reacher showrunner Nick Santora's Scorpion.
◼️ Nate Bargatze's new Netflix comedy special, Good for Nathan, debuts Tuesday, Nov. 24, and covers "fitness trackers, smart stoves, the brilliance of food delivery" and more.
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