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The Gilded Age Season 4 ensemble poster in an ornate gold frame — The Gilded Age Season 4 ensemble poster in an ornate gold frame · Key art courtesy of HBO · HBO Pressroom

The Quiet Horror of Severance

Shōgun cast and guests lined up on the steps at Zōjōji in Tokyo — Shōgun cast event at Zōjōji, Tokyo · U.S. Embassy in Japan · U.S. public domain

The Mr. Beef sign and brick restaurant storefront on a Chicago sidewalk — Mr. Beef, a filming location for The Bear · Luiysia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Woo Do-hwan photographed at a November 2024 Mr. Plankton promotional event. — Woo Do-hwan at the Mr. Plankton press event on November 4, 2024. K-POPIT via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0. Previously AI-upscaled.

A path through trees leads to the wooden cemetery chapel in Stahnsdorf — Stahnsdorf chapel, a Dark filming location · Anagoria · CC BY-SA 4.0

Tiled-roof period buildings at the Mungyeongsaejae Open Set with mountains behind — Mungyeongsaejae Open Set, a Kingdom filming location · Choi2451 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Dark vs. Kingdom: Two Kinds of Dread

One series keeps tightening a puzzle. The other makes danger move through a kingdom.

Netflix’s official Dark teaser ↗Netflix’s official Kingdom trailer ↗

From the watchlist

Two Short Episodes, Two Very Different Nights

Channel 4’s Derry Girls trailer ↗

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