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The West Indies celebrate their win over Australia at the Gabba in 2024.

US sports giant wins broadcast rights to Australia’s Caribbean cricket tour

Australia’s first Test tour of the Caribbean for a decade is set to be broadcast by ESPN, after the US sports giant outbid Seven.

  • Daniel Brettig and Tom Decent

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Robert De Niro as former president George Mullen in Zero Day.

Watched everything? Here are seven hidden gems you might have missed

A couple of US presidential thrillers, a drama from the creator of Adolescence and a shocking Norwegian drama lead our list.

  • Debi Enker
Owen Cooper plays Jamie Miller, who is arrested for murder, in the Netflix drama Adolescence.

The best TV of the year (so far)

From returning favourites to the resuscitation of Noah Wyle’s medical career, this year’s TV offerings have been a mix of the familiar and the thrillingly unexpected.

  • Louise Rugendyke, Meg Watson, Kylie Northover, Karl Quinn, Craig Mathieson and Debi Enker
Cassian Andor, played by Diego Luna, and his story get even more political in season two of Andor.

Andor was one of the great TV triumphs of the decade. Here’s why.

Intricate, thrilling and heartbreaking to the very end: this was a brilliant show about the people who never get statues.

  • Craig Mathieson
Artist’s design concept.

Disney to build new theme park in stopover favourite

The resort will be built on Yas Island on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, already home to the Ferrari and Warner Bros amusement parks, SeaWorld and a waterpark.

  • Michelle Chapman
Cassian Andor, played by Diego Luna, and his story get even more political in season two of Andor.

‘The stakes are getting higher’: Star Wars’ most daring story comes to an end

As Andor returns for its second – and final season – the prospect of Princess Leia or Darth Vader appearing is not out of this world.

  • Michael Idato
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HBO’s Casey Bloys with some of its programming’s biggest stars.

Dragons, dynasties and The White Lotus. Inside the HBO hit machine

There are plenty more White Lotus ideas to come, says the boss of award-winning television studio HBO.

  • Calum Jaspan
Michelle Williams (right) as Molly and Jenny Slate as Nikki in the comedy Dying for Sex.

What to stream this week: Dying for Sex and five more shows to add to your list

This week’s picks include Michelle William’s five-star comedy, the return of Wolf Hall and the final season of an underrated police procedural.

  • Craig Mathieson
Rachel Zegler as Snow White.

Disney’s Snow White is mired in controversy. But does it pass the kid test?

I took my children, aged four and eight, to a preview screening of the seemingly cursed remake. They are the target audience, aren’t they?

  • Nicole Elphick
Rachel Zegler stars in Disney’s Snow White, the live-action remake of the 1937 animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Cursed: How Disney’s plans to bring Snow White back to life went awry

The reimagining of the studio’s most treasured property has been a long time in the works, and its birth has been extraordinarily difficult.

  • Karl Quinn

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