House of the Dragon is the most expensive show on HBO, and its Season 2 finale drew nearly 9 million viewers on Sunday night, but the season hadn’t even ended before the network was promising viewers that “the best is yet to come.” A sizzle reel released shortly before the finale teased the upcoming return of favorite shows like The White Lotus, The Gilded Age, and The Last of Us, which has become HBO’s biggest hit since Game of Thrones. But while fans of those shows have plenty to look forward to in 2025, there’s not much on offer for the rest of this year. In the next couple of weeks, there’s the third season of Industry, a buzzy drama with a dedicated but tiny viewership, and Chimp Crazy, a docuseries from one of the creators of Tiger King. Fall brings The Penguin, starring an unrecognizable Colin Farrell as The Batman’s underworld boss; Dune: Prophecy, a long-gestating spinoff about the hit movies’ secretive sisterhood; and, speaking of franchises, The Franchise, a series from the creator of Veep about the making of an ill-fated superhero movie.
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