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Hazbin Hotel Renewed for Fifth and Final Season at Prime Video
Prime Video renews Hazbin Hotel for a fifth and final season. Creator Vivienne Medrano confirms the animated series will end on her own terms after an extraordinary journey from YouTube pilot to streaming hit.
Prime Video has officially renewed Hazbin Hotel for a fifth and final season, the streaming platform announced on April 25, 2026 at the LVL UP Expo. The news confirms that creator Vivienne Medrano‘s darkly imaginative adult animated series will conclude with its upcoming season, bringing Charlie’s journey to a planned and deliberate close after a run that transformed an independent YouTube pilot into one of the most talked-about animated shows on streaming.
From YouTube Pilot to Streaming Phenomenon
Hazbin Hotel began as a passion project before it ever reached a major platform. Vivienne Medrano, known online as Vivziepop, released a pilot episode on YouTube in October 2019, where it quickly accumulated tens of millions of views and generated a devoted fanbase hungry for more. That grassroots enthusiasm caught the attention of A24, the celebrated film and television company behind prestige titles like Midsommar and Everything Everywhere All at Once, which partnered with Amazon MGM Studios and Bento Box Entertainment to bring a full series to Prime Video. The series officially premiered on Prime Video in January 2024, delivering on the promise of the pilot with polished animation, original musical numbers, and an expanded mythology for its Hell-set world.
What the Show Is About
At its core, Hazbin Hotel is an unlikely redemption story set in Hell. Charlie, the optimistic princess of Hell and daughter of Lucifer, believes that sinners can be rehabilitated and ultimately earn a place in Heaven rather than face the brutal yearly extermination carried out by Heaven’s angels to control Hell’s overpopulation. To prove her point, she opens the Happy Hotel, later renamed the Hazbin Hotel, as a place for demons to work on becoming better beings. The series blends sharp comedy, genuinely moving character drama, and theatrical musical sequences that have won the show widespread praise far beyond its initial niche fanbase. The voice cast features Erika Henningsen as Charlie, Stephanie Beatriz as Vaggie, Blake Roman as Angel Dust, and Keith David as Husk.
Creator Celebrates the Ending
Vivienne Medrano responded to the Season 5 renewal with visible excitement, stating she is “so excited for fans to see how this story ends.” The creator has long maintained that she has had the complete arc of Hazbin Hotel mapped out from the beginning, and that Season 5 represents the natural conclusion to a story she has been building across every episode. For fans who have followed the show from its YouTube origins, the announcement carries the bittersweet weight of knowing the end is in sight while trusting that the ending is exactly what Medrano always envisioned. The final season will premiere on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
The Broader Vivziepop Universe Continues
While Hazbin Hotel prepares for its final chapter, Medrano’s connected animated world is far from over. Also announced at the LVL UP Expo was news that Helluva Boss, the companion series set in the same universe, will see the first half of its fifteen-episode third season premiere on Prime Video in Fall 2026, with the second half arriving in 2027. Helluva Boss focuses on a group of Hell-based assassins running an independent murder-for-hire business and has cultivated its own passionate following. For viewers invested in Medrano’s universe, the conclusion of Hazbin Hotel does not mean the end of the world she has built.
A24’s Animated Streak Continues
The renewal is also a notable moment for A24, which has been steadily expanding its footprint in the animation space. Hazbin Hotel represents the studio’s most prominent animated series to date, and its success has proven that adult animation with genuine artistic ambition can find a large audience on a major streaming platform. With Seasons 3 and 4 still ahead before the final fifth season arrives, viewers have plenty of Hazbin Hotel left to enjoy before the Happy Hotel closes its doors for the last time.
Hazbin Hotel’s journey from a self-funded YouTube pilot to a Prime Video phenomenon concluding on its creator’s own terms is one of the more remarkable stories in recent animation history. Season 5 may be the end, but with Vivienne Medrano at the helm and A24 behind the production, there is every reason to expect it will be a finale worth celebrating.
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Michael Review: Jaafar Jackson Embodies the King of Pop in a Record-Breaking Biopic That Divides Critics and Wins Over Audiences
Michael, the Jackson biopic directed by Antoine Fuqua, opened to a record $218M worldwide. Jaafar Jackson stars as his uncle in a performance earning 97% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.
He was called the King of Pop, the greatest entertainer who ever lived, a man who could stop time with a single moonwalk. Now, Michael — the long-awaited biographical film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by John Logan — arrives in cinemas to tell the story of Michael Jackson on the biggest possible canvas. Released on April 24, 2026, it shattered records with a $218.8 million global opening weekend — the biggest debut in history for a music biopic. The numbers alone make a statement. But it’s the performance at its centre that has audiences standing and cheering.
Jaafar Jackson: A Star Is Born
The film’s most extraordinary achievement is its lead. Jaafar Jackson, the real-life nephew of Michael Jackson and son of Jermaine Jackson, makes his acting debut by stepping into his uncle’s shoes — and the result is genuinely astonishing. The voice, the movement, the physical grace and the unmistakable stage magnetism: Jaafar doesn’t just imitate Michael Jackson, he channels him. Audience members who grew up watching MJ perform have described the experience as watching a ghost come to life. His performance is the reason this film earned a 97% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes even as critics were more divided.
The Supporting Cast Delivers
Colman Domingo plays Joe Jackson — Michael’s imposing, complicated, and often feared father — and delivers what many are calling an Oscar-worthy performance. The relationship between Joe and Michael is one of the film’s most emotionally complex threads, and Domingo brings every shade of it. Nia Long, Miles Teller, Laura Harrier, Jessica Sula, Mike Myers, and KeiLyn Durrel Jones round out a strong ensemble that populates the world of the film with vivid supporting characters.
The Story: From Jackson 5 to Bad
The film traces Michael’s arc from his early days as part of the Jackson 5 in the 1960s through to the Bad world tour in the late 1980s — capturing the period in which he transformed from child prodigy to global phenomenon. Along the way it explores the extraordinary pressure of growing up in the spotlight, the creative genius that produced some of the greatest pop records ever made, the complex dynamic within the Jackson family, and the loneliness that seems to have shadowed Michael even as the world adored him.
Critics vs. Audiences: A Historic Divide
The film carries one of the most striking gaps between critics and audiences in recent memory. With a 37% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes against a 97% audience score, Michael is a clear case of a film that means something profound to general viewers while leaving professional critics cold. Critics have argued that the film takes a sanitized approach, sidestepping the more controversial chapters of Jackson’s life. Audiences, for their part, have responded to it as a celebration — an opportunity to reconnect with the music and the man behind it, performed by someone uniquely placed to honor that legacy.
A Record-Breaker by Any Measure
Whatever you make of the film’s creative choices, the commercial reality is extraordinary. $97 million domestically and $218 million globally in its opening weekend made Michael the highest-grossing opening in the history of the music biopic genre — surpassing even Oppenheimer in the biographical category. Antoine Fuqua has delivered a film that audiences desperately wanted to see, and they have turned up in record numbers. Whether Michael earns awards recognition will depend on how Academy voters weigh its critical reception against its undeniable popular impact.
Michael is now playing in cinemas worldwide. Love it or debate it — this is the Michael Jackson story that his fans have been waiting decades to see told on the biggest screen possible. And with Jaafar Jackson in the role, it could only have been made this way.
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Good Omens Season 3: The 90-Minute Finale That Brings Aziraphale and Crowley’s Story to a Close
Good Omens Season 3 arrives May 13 on Prime Video as a 90-minute finale. Michael Sheen and David Tennant return to bring the story of Aziraphale and Crowley to its long-awaited conclusion.
After years of waiting, laughter, heartbreak, and one of television’s most unexpected cliffhangers, the end is finally here. Good Omens Season 3 — the final chapter — arrives on Prime Video on May 13, 2026 as a single 90-minute special. Michael Sheen and David Tennant return as the ineffable angel Aziraphale and the serpentine demon Crowley for a conclusion that has to answer one of TV’s most agonizing questions: can these two find their way back to each other before the universe ends?
Where We Left Off
Season 2 ended with a gut-punch. After everything they had been through together — foiling Armageddon, defying Heaven and Hell alike — Aziraphale accepted the role of Supreme Archangel and returned to Heaven, leaving Crowley alone on Earth with his heart shattered and a kiss that came too late. The Second Coming was set in motion. The fracture between them felt irreparable. Season 3 picks up in the aftermath of that devastating separation, with the fate of all creation hinging on whether these two impossible beings can reconcile their love with the demands of the universe they are each sworn to serve.
A Finale, Not a Season
Rather than a full traditional season, Prime Video and the production team made the decision to bring Good Omens to a close with a single feature-length episode — a 90-minute cinematic finale that functions more like a concluding film than a standard episode. This format was shaped in part by the circumstances surrounding creator Neil Gaiman‘s exit from the production in 2024, following allegations that led Amazon to significantly restructure how the story would end. The result is a finale that is entirely self-contained — designed to give audiences the closure they have been craving since that Season 2 ending.
Sheen and Tennant: One Last Dance
Michael Sheen has embodied Aziraphale with such warmth, fussiness, and barely contained joy that the character has become one of the most beloved in modern television. David Tennant‘s Crowley — all swagger, sunglasses, and secret tenderness — has matched him beat for beat. Their chemistry is the engine of everything Good Omens has ever done. The supporting cast returns in full: Doon Mackichan, Gloria Obianyo, Liz Carr, Paul Chahidi, Quelin Sepulveda as Muriel, and Derek Jacobi as the imperious Metatron.
The Second Coming and What It Means
Season 3 places Aziraphale at the centre of the most consequential event in human history: overseeing the Second Coming. As Supreme Archangel, he holds extraordinary power — but power has never been what Aziraphale wanted. What he has always wanted is Crowley, bookshops, and a world worth saving. The finale must navigate the tension between cosmic duty and the deeply personal relationship at the heart of the entire series. Whether it leans into the profound or the playful — and Good Omens has always been both — the conclusion of this love story between an angel and a demon is certain to leave viewers both devastated and grateful.
Why Good Omens Matters
Based on the novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, Good Omens has always been about something larger than its comedy. It is about found family, chosen loyalty, and the idea that perhaps the universe is better off when a fastidious angel and a reluctant demon decide to stop following orders and start following their hearts. In a television landscape crowded with cynicism and spectacle, Good Omens offered genuine warmth. Whatever the finale delivers, it has earned the right to say goodbye on its own extraordinary terms.
Good Omens Season 3 premieres on Prime Video on May 13, 2026. One episode. Ninety minutes. The end of the world — and the end of a love story that fans will never forget.
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Dutton Ranch on Paramount+: Beth and Rip Return in the Yellowstone Spinoff That Fans Have Been Waiting For
Dutton Ranch premieres May 15 on Paramount+. Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser return as Beth and Rip in the Yellowstone spinoff, joined by Annette Bening and Ed Harris in South Texas.
They fought for it, bled for it, and nearly died for it. Now Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler are finally home — and the war isn’t over yet. Dutton Ranch premieres on Paramount+ and the Paramount Network on May 15, 2026, bringing back two of the most beloved characters in modern television history for a new chapter that transplants the Yellowstone saga to the wide-open plains of South Texas. With nine episodes in its first season, this is the Yellowstone continuation fans have been demanding since the flagship show wrapped.
A New Land, the Same Fire
When Yellowstone ended, Beth and Rip rode off together — the ultimate reward for two characters who had endured more than almost anyone else in the story. Dutton Ranch picks up with them working to build a future on their own terms, far from the ghosts and politics of the Dutton family empire. But South Texas has its own ruthless codes. They find themselves colliding with brutal new realities and a rival ranch that will stop at nothing to protect its territory. As the show puts it: “In South Texas, blood runs deeper, forgiveness is fleeting, and the cost of survival might just be your soul.” Beth and Rip have never been afraid of a fight. But this one is unlike anything they have faced before.
Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser Return
Kelly Reilly steps back into the role of Beth Dutton, the sharpest, most dangerous woman in any room she enters. Cole Hauser returns as Rip Wheeler, the man of unshakeable loyalty who has always been the rock beneath Beth’s fire. Their chemistry has powered Yellowstone since the beginning, and Dutton Ranch gives their relationship the space to deepen and evolve. Also returning is Finn Little as Carter, the young man the couple took under their wing — now facing his own coming-of-age reckoning on the new ranch.
Powerhouse New Additions
Joining the core trio is a remarkable set of new characters. Annette Bening plays Beulah Jackson, a formidable new presence whose connection to the land runs as deep as any Dutton’s. Ed Harris enters the world as Everett McKinney, a weathered veteran and veterinarian whose past holds more secrets than his quiet demeanor suggests. Jai Courtney, Juan Pablo Raba, Marc Menchaca, and Natalie Alyn Lind round out an ensemble that brings serious acting muscle to every scene. The addition of Bening and Harris alone signals that Dutton Ranch is reaching for prestige television territory.
South Texas: A New Frontier
The shift from Montana’s mountains to the heat and dust of South Texas is more than a change of scenery — it is a change of the rules. The Yellowstone ranch was built on generations of Dutton blood and history. Here, Beth and Rip are outsiders, newcomers who must earn their place in a landscape with its own legends and its own scores to settle. The ranching culture of the Texas borderlands is as fierce and uncompromising as anything they left behind, but the players are different, the allegiances are unknown, and the stakes are entirely personal. This is a fresh start — and a fresh battlefield.
What to Expect from Season 1
Dutton Ranch runs for nine episodes, with the first two dropping simultaneously on May 15 on both Paramount+ and the Paramount Network, followed by weekly releases. The show inherits the cinematic scope and emotional intensity that made Yellowstone one of the biggest television phenomena in recent memory, while carving its own identity through new conflicts and new terrain. Expect the dialogue to crackle, the scenery to stun, and at least a few moments that remind you exactly why you fell in love with Beth and Rip in the first place.
Dutton Ranch premieres on Paramount+ and Paramount Network on May 15, 2026. Beth and Rip are back. The land is new. And the stakes have never been higher.
Michael Review: Jaafar Jackson Embodies the King of Pop in a Record-Breaking Biopic That Divides Critics and Wins Over Audiences
Good Omens Season 3: The 90-Minute Finale That Brings Aziraphale and Crowley’s Story to a Close
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