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Industry's fifth and final season adds seven new cast members—Dianna Agron, Sam Riley, Cary Elwes, Jessica Brown Findlay, Luke Manley, Bally Gill, and Eduard Poliakov—with Agron as Skip Binksy and Elwes as Padgett Stillman; Scrubs' Season 2 adds SNL veteran John Higgins as chief resident Grant, premiering Sept. 30, 2026. No premiere date for Industry Season 5 was announced.
The fifth and final season of HBO/BBC’s Industry is adding seven new cast members, including Cary Elwes, Dianna Agron, Sam Riley, Jessica Brown Findlay, Luke Manley, Bally Gill, and Eduard Poliakov; Elwes will play investor Padgett Stillman, Agron as CFO Skip Binksy, Riley as Solomon Kerr, and Brown Findlay as Marina St. Clair, with production underway in the UK.
Industry's fifth and final season adds Cary Elwes, Dianna Agron, Sam Riley, Jessica Brown Findlay, Luke Manley, Bally Gill and Eduard Poliakov as guest stars, with Zosia Mamet returning as Carmen Dame; Agron plays CFO Skip Binksy and Elwes is investor Padgett Stillman, signaling a new arc for the HBO/BBC financial thriller as it wraps up.
Ukraine says it struck the Samara region’s Roscosmos-linked Progress Center rocket facility and the Savasleyka air base with Flamingo missiles, marking a deep strike into Russia; Russia says air defences repelled the attack with localized industrial damage and some casualties.
UK tattoo artists warn that cheap, “bottomless” micro-tattoo sessions (promoted for as little as £150 for a three-hour slot) devalue the craft, with clients later regretting small tattoos and removal services reporting a rise in requests to erase them, highlighting concerns about market pressure and the erosion of artistic skill.
The 2026 Emmy nominations exclude HBO’s Industry despite Season 4 being widely praised as its strongest yet, tackling bold topics and delivering standout performances. While critics' groups and BAFTA recognized the show, the Emmys did not nominate it in major drama categories. Voters' unfamiliarity or misalignment with Emmy tastes are suggested reasons. HBO has renewed Industry for a fifth and final season, meaning one last shot at Emmys next year.
Capcom will host a 30-minute Capcom Spotlight on June 25 (2:00 PM PT / 5:00 PM ET; June 27 JST) on YouTube to update fans on its announced lineup, featuring Dragon’s Dogma II: Dark Arisen, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, and Onimusha: Way of the Sword, with a teaser trailer released beforehand.
GungHo Online Entertainment announced Anime Expo 2026 plans for July 2–5 at the LA Convention Center, featuring a hands-on Ninjala 2: The Uncharted Planet demo with two courses, a prize giveaway including a Nintendo Switch 2, and a merch lineup tied to Ninjala 2 and other titles like Trails in the Sky and Puzzle & Dragons.
Mark Gordon is stepping down as Treyarch’s studio head after 22 years with the company, having joined in 2005 as CTO and becoming studio head in 2016. He will be succeeded by co-studio heads Kevin Hendrickson and Yale Miller, as Treyarch continues to steer the Call of Duty franchise and its creative direction.
After Stephen Colbert’s exit, CBS leased the 11:35 p.m. slot to Byron Allen for Comics Unleashed, but Nielsen data show late-night ratings collapsed—down about 64% from Colbert’s end—raising concerns that the loss could drag down CBS’s morning shows and local news, even as ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel absorbs some of Colbert’s former audience; CBS defends the arrangement as a more profitable time-buy despite the slump.
The 42nd Television Critics Association Awards nominations are led by Heated Rivalry, Industry and Widow’s Bay with five nominations each; Hacks, The Pitt and Pluribus follow with four, and The Comeback, Margo’s Got Money Troubles and Shrinking have three apiece. HBO Max tops the nominations with 30, Apple TV with 20, and Netflix with 14. Heated Rivalry is ineligible for the Emmys due to foreign production criteria. The TCAs are expanding to 14 categories, adding Outstanding Animation and Outstanding International Series, with nominees spanning both US and international programs.
The 42nd Television Critics Association Awards nominations crown Apple TV’s Widow’s Bay with five nods, with Industry and Heated Rivalry also earning five; the rules now include animation and international series, and other nominees span Hacks, The Pitt, Margo’s Got Money Troubles, and The Lowdown. In related TV news, Peter Skarsgård joins The Last of Us for season 3 amid a Vancouver shoot paused by the World Cup, Taskmaster reveals its season 22 UK cast, and FX will release a standalone origin episode for Adults ahead of season 2, signaling a busy summer for TV fans.
Three series—Widow's Bay, Heated Rivalry and Industry—each score five nominations to lead the 2026 Television Critics Association Awards, with nods across program of the year and multiple craft categories; The Comeback, Hacks, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, The Pitt, Pluribus and Shrinking are also in the running for program of the year, while several other titles compete in the best new program category. HBO/HBO Max led with 30 nominations, followed by Apple TV+ with 20, Netflix with 14 and Disney+ with 11, as the TCA adds a new animation and an international series category; winners will be announced later in summer.
Sony Interactive Entertainment chief Hermen Hulst confirmed at a company town hall that SIE will stop releasing its major single-player titles on PC, though some external publishing deals like Kena: Scars of Kosmora will remain PC-accessible; upcoming titles such as God of War Trilogy Remake are expected to stay console-exclusive, while online games like Marathon and MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls will still release on PC.
SNK unveiled VS Studio, a new game development subsidiary led by Katsuhiro Harada after his departure from Bandai Namco, based in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The studio will collaborate with SNK on software development to strengthen their capabilities, guided by Harada’s philosophy “Beyond tradition, crafted to perfection.”