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You Season 5 Ott Verdict: Week 4 Update ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Penn Badgley-starrer You Season 5 is the final season of the popular and trending Netflix series. Penn returned as the serial killer Joe Goldberg, and the series saw a sharp decline in Week 4 ratings from last week. It is still in the weekly top 10 list and might even stay there for a few more weeks. Keep scrolling for more.

It is a psychological thriller series based on Caroline Kepnes’ books, developed by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble. Gamble left as showrunner, and Michael Foley and Justin W Lo came in as co-creators. Penn Badgley and Charlotte Ritchie returned from the previous season, and the new cast members include Griffin Matthews, Anna Camp, and Madeline Brewer.

You Season 5 Ott Verdict

The final season has ten episodes, released on April 24. You Season 5 garnered 3.3 million views in its 4th week, as per the data...

Ariana Grande is keeping the Eternal Sunshine era alive. On Monday, she dropped a new video for “Supernatural,” repurposing a sci-fi scene from her Brighter Days Ahead short film for the visual.

The Christian Breslauer and Ariana Grande-directed video sees Grande, dressed in a silk cream dress, walking through the debris of a city on fire. The pop star sings the lyrics as she looks at the aftermath of a disaster.

“This love’s possessin’ me, but I don’t mind at all/It’s like supernatural,” Grande sings. “It’s takin’ over me,...

It’s getting harder to Netflix and Chill when you’ve already binged the best shows on the streaming network. But have you?

Some of my favorite shows on Netflix are the ones I’ve stumbled upon purely by accident.

For some reason, they never popped up on my home page or were listed in my top 10, which might also be the case for you.

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Need some Comedy in your life, or a sci-fi thriller perhaps?

How about romance or maybe something dark and supernatural? Check, check, and check.

Here’s a list of seven shows on Netflix that you’re missing out on if you’re not watching.

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Let’s get this one out of the way first, since You is the hottest show on Netflix right now, with the recent release of its fifth and final season.

Based on Caroline Kepnes’ novel of the same name,...

[This story contains spoilers from season six, episode seven of The Handmaid’s Tale, “Shattered.”]

Madeline Brewer took a break from the eye patch before filming the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale. In another final season for Netflix’s buzzy serial killer drama You, the Orange Is the New Black alum starred as Louise, the final obsession of Penn Badgley’s Joe Goldberg, who set out to avenge the death of her friend from season one. That fifth season released in full on April 24, as The Handmaid’s Tale‘s sixth and final season has been rolling out weekly on Hulu.

“It was so fun to not have an eye patch, just to get cute little clothes and be a cute girl,” Brewer tells The Hollywood Reporter with a laugh of filming You. That cute girl, meanwhile, ended up finally bringing about justice to streaming television’s most elusive and lusty killer to wrap up You, and her tenacity in...

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Ryan Reynolds’ history of marriage and divorce goes back further than people think.

For years, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have been one of the hottest celebrity couples on the planet.

But so many of Reynolds’ fans aren’t fully aware of his immensely famous exes.

He’s been a piece of arm candy — and arguably a trophy husband — before. Including to another member of the MCU.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds attend the “Deadpool” fan event at AMC Empire Theatre on February 8, 2016. (Photo Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) Ryan Reynolds Almost Married Alanis Morissette

In 2002, Ryan Reynolds — at the time a heartthrob in his mid-twenties — was dating Alanis Morissette.

She was one of the most famous singers of the past decade. And, at the time, Reynolds had appeared in various Canadian shows, with his biggest claims to fame being guest spots on The Outer Limits and X-Files.

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Summer of 69 is a comedy film directed by Jillian Bell, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Liz Nico and Jules Byrne. The 2025 film follows Abby, an awkward high school senior who hires an exotic dancer to learn some seduction methods to seduce a boy she has had a crush on for a long time. Summer of 69 stars Chloe Fineman, Sam Morelos, Matt Cornett, Charlie Day, Natalie Morales, Alex Moffat, Paula Pell, Liza Koshy, Nicole Byer, and Ian Karmel. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, coming-of-age story, and compelling characters in Summer of 69, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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The To Do List is a romantic comedy film written and directed by Maggie Carey. The 2013 film follows Brandy Klark,...

Reflecting on her experience working on the hit series You, Elizabeth Lail, who plays Beck, said, “I loved shooting the first season so much. I felt very kindred to Beck. I remember I got to walk to work on days it was in Williamsburg, [New York]. I made some of my dearest friends working on it, so it was like the whole time was such a delight for me.” The fifth and final season of You is now streaming on Netflix. Watch Penn Badgley‘s interview now.

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Shakespeare adaptations are not the surest commercial prospect; asking audiences to show for a contemporary riff on one of the Bard’s lesser-known plays is another demand entirely. Nevertheless, it’s a shame how little attention was granted Michael Almereyda’s Cymbeline when it premiered in 2014 and released the next year. A mix of palace intrigue and star-crossed romance places it among Shakespeare’s most-intriguing works, and the adaptation’s cast––Dakota Johnson, Ethan Hawke, Penn Badgley, Ed Harris, Milla Jovovich, Anton Yelchin, Delroy Lindo––comprises the ideal mix of game performers and off-center interpretations to suit Almereyda’s take, which transforms the Western Canon into a canvas.

I’m accordingly pleased to show the film in a tenth-anniversary event (we’ll print the legend and go with its 2015 theatrical release here) on Friday, May 16 at the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research with Almereyda in attendance for a post-screening Q&a.

Michelle Trachtenberg’s sudden death is still taking a toll on her former Gossip Girlco-stars. Leighton Meester, who played Blair Waldorf during the CW teen romance series’ run from 2007 to 2012, is opening up about the late Trachtenberg and what she meant to her. Trachtenberg was found unresponsive in her New York apartment by her mother on Feb. 26. At 39 years old, the death was a shock for many, including Meester, who is the same age as the late actress.

In an interview with Flaunt, Meester talked about the lifelong friendships she made on Gossip Girl and said that the news of Trachtenberg’s death really hit home. “It’s devastating,” Meester said. Medical reports from the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner indicated that Trachtenberg died due to complications of diabetes mellitus and that no foul play was suspected. The Buffy the Vampire Slayeractress had also undergone a...

Leighton Meester has spoken out for the first time about the death of her Gossip Girl co-star Michelle Trachtenberg, who died in February at age 39 from complications related to diabetes mellitus. The actress, known for her role as Blair Waldorf on the hit teen drama, reflected on Trachtenberg’s passing in a recent Flaunt magazine cover story.

“It’s devastating,” Meester said. “She was a wonderful, talented person, and everyone loved her. It’s very, very sad for everyone who knew her.”

Trachtenberg, who played Georgina Sparks on Gossip Girl, joined the cast in the show’s second season and became known for portraying one of the series’ most unpredictable characters. Her role grew from a single appearance into a recurring presence throughout the show’s run. Georgina’s schemes, lies, and dramatic reveals often disrupted the lives of the main characters, making her a memorable part of the series’ larger narrative.

Leighton Meester has spoken out for the first time about the recent death of her Gossip Girl co-star Michelle Trachtenberg.

In a cover story for Flaunt, Meester remembered Trachtenberg, who played Georgina Sparks on the hit CW show. “It’s devastating,” she told the magazine. “She was a wonderful, talented person, and everyone loved her. It’s very, very sad for everyone who knew her.”

Trachtenberg died suddenly on Feb. 26 at age 39. Her cause of death was ruled as complications related to diabetes mellitus, according to New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

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Leighton Meester has spoken out for the first time about the tragic passing of Michelle Trachtenberg.

The veteran actress, best known for her roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl, died in February at the young age of 39.

After keeping her health struggles a secret for years, Trachtenberg died from complications due to diabetes.

Now, about three months after this painful loss, Meester has something to say about her former co-star.

Leighton Meester and Michelle Trachtenbergat Henri Bendel on January 12, 2010 in New York City. (Getty)

“It’s devastating,” Meester told Flaunt Magazine this week. “She was a wonderful, talented person, and everyone loved her. It’s very, very sad for everyone who knew her.”

Meester is also 39 years old.

Looking back at Gossip Girl — which ran for six seasons from 2007 to 2012 on The CW — Meester added that she now can see how the program’s legacy “continues — in some ways,...

Leighton Meester is breaking her silence on the loss of her Gossip Girl co-star Michelle Trachtenberg.

The late actress passed away back in February, due to complications from diabetes mellitus.

In a new interview with Flaunt magazine, Leighton touched on the passing of her former co-star.

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“It’s devastating,” she told the mag, with a sigh. “She was a wonderful, talented person, and everyone loved her. It’s very, very sad for everyone who knew her.”

Leighton‘s words reflect many others who have worked with Michelle, noting her character and praising the kind of person she was.

Penn Badgley also recently broke his silence on Michelle‘s death, months after many other Gossip Girl stars paid tribute.

Our continued thoughts go out to Michelle‘s friends and family.

Taylor Momsen Remembers ‘Gossip Girl’ Costar Michelle Trachtenberg in Emotional Tribute – ‘My Heart is on...

Leighton Meester is speaking out about her Gossip Girl co-star Michelle Trachtenberg’s death for the first time.

Trachtenberg, who played Georgina Sparks on the hit drama, died in February at age 39 from complications of diabetes mellitus, the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner previously confirmed.

“It’s devastating,” Meester said in a recent Flaunt cover story. “She was a wonderful, talented person, and everyone loved her. It’s very, very sad for everyone who knew her.”

The actress, who played Blair Waldorf on the show, added, “Now, I can see that [the show’s legacy] continues—in some ways, even more so than back then—to live on, which is incredible.”

Gossip Girl, narrated by a mysterious yet vicious blogger, followed a group of wealthy teenagers through their day-to-day scandalous lives as Manhattan’s Elite. The show, which ran for six seasons from 2007-12, also starred Blake Lively, Penn Badgley, Ed Westwick,...

Penn Badgley reflected on the end of the series You at a Netflix event in Manhattan. “We give [Joe] a fitting ending, which is a very difficult thing to achieve,” he said. The fifth and final season of You, featuring 10 episodes, is now streaming on Netflix. The series, which first aired on September 9, 2018, follows Joe Goldberg as he convinces himself he is meant to be with Love Quinn and attempts to woo her. However, as Joe’s crush on Love deepens he grows more and more obsessed, driving him to become a dangerous stalker. (Credit: Netflix)

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Best known today as the lead singer of The Pretty Reckless, Taylor Momsen has undergone a striking transformation from child star to rock icon.

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1. Cindy Lou Who’s Impact: Child Star Origins 2. The Flip Side of Fame: Overcoming Bullying 3. Behind the Scenes: The Grinch Memories 4. From Whoville to Rockstar: Taylor’s Musical Journey 5. Fashion Evolution: From Over-the-Top to Poised 6. Iconic Style Moments: Fashion Highlights 7. Gothic Glamour: Signature Street Style 8. Red Carpet Rebel: MTV EMAs 2010 9. From Grunge to Glam: Marchesa Nyfw 10. Gothic Glamour: The Crow Premiere 11. Rockstar Accessories: BBC Studios 12. Controversial Footwear: Vans Warped Tour

Her early breakout role as Cindy Lou Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas introduced her to millions, but her evolving career, bold fashion choices, and headline-making footwear have kept her in the spotlight ever since.

From Child Star to Cult Classic: Cindy Lou Who’s Impact

Taylor Momsen was born...

In the fifth and final season of You, the show took a daring narrative turn; instead of portraying Joe Goldberg as a conflicted romantic who sometimes does bad things, thus maintaining a sense of moral ambiguity, they went the other direction. Joe can be seen becoming more unhinged than ever in the final season of the show, no remorse, no excuses, just a blinding thirst for blood.

This evolution, while not to the T, reminds us of the trajectory Gossip Girl’s Dan Humphrey followed, who just so happens to be another Penn Badgley character btw. Both characters were initially portrayed as ostensibly relatable outsiders but gradually went on to reveal darker, more manipulative facets, contradicting the audience’s initial sympathies.

Joe Goldberg: Just a hopeless romantic or an unhinged antihero?

Joe’s (Penn Badgley) descent into blatant darkness can be observed through his increased detachment from his initial moral ambiguity and reality.

Oh, Peach Salinger. What would You be without, well… you? Despite the hilariously pretentious name, the trust fund, and a vanity so blinding it deserved its own filter, Peach Salinger was That girl.

The one who clocked the psycho way before anyone else even noticed the red flags were, in fact, blood-soaked. Say what you want about her, but Peach had layers. She was messy, dramatic, and high-key obsessed with her bestie. Yeah, she had her toxic moments (don’t we all?), but Peach sniffed Joe out like a Chanel-spritzed bloodhound way before anyone else even flinched. And for that alone? She deserved better. Way better.

Let’s be honest—this woman deserves a little posthumous justice, and I’m here to serve it.

You fell for Joe, Peach saw the truth Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in Season 5 of You | Credits: Netflix

You should worship Peach Salinger. And I mean build-a-shrine,...

Welcome back to the Big Apple, You. After three seasons of globetrotting — from the sun-dappled skies of Los Angeles, to the suburban hills of Madre Linda, and, finally, the cloudy streets of London — Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) has come home to New York City. And, in turn, so has You’s fifth and final season, which debuts April 24, bringing Joe’s story to a killer end.

“I do think that the show is at its best in New York,” Badgley tells Tudum. “It’s where it started. It’s where it's ending — it’s fitting.”

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However, not all homecomings are simple. In a brand-new clip from the You Season 5 premiere (seen above), Joe is afraid of waking up old ghosts as he returns to his former stomping grounds, like Mooney’s bookstore. The last time Joe was there, he murdered his...

Actor Penn Badgley has been having an exciting year so far with the series finale of his hit Netflix show You and the news of his wife Domino Kirke pregnant with the couple’s twin babies. As he’s been making the media rounds to promote his show, a recent appearance on The Tonight Show Staring Jimmy Fallon had the actor clarifying a misconception about his first baby with Domino. “His name is not James.”

Penn and Domino welcomed their first baby together in 2020 and when announcing their baby’s birth, they shared his sex but didn’t reveal his name. Somewhere along the lines, Wikipedia reported that the couple named their son James. The Gossip Girl star shared in his recent interview “This is a very weird thing to say but our littlest who is 4… his name is not James.” He went on to explain that the couple attempted to correct the information online.

Exclusive: Luke Wilson (Legally Blonde) and Heather Graham (Boogie Nights) are aboard for comedy romance Getting Rid of Matthew, adapted by writer-director Hernán Jiménez (Love Hard) from Jane Fallon’s novel. Emma Roberts (Holidate) is in talks to join the project.

Alloy Entertainment (Purple Hearts) have developed the script and are producing. Architect have launched worldwide sales ahead of Cannes. Pic is due to shoot in October 2025, in Toronto, Canada.

Roberts would star as Helen, “a young woman who follows her heart: it’s led her to the bright lights of New York and to her dream job. And now it leads to Matthew (Luke Wilson): her brilliant, charismatic, impossibly confident boss. But Matthew’s also married: to the long-suffering Sophie (Heather Graham), and so the ensuing affair must remain a secret.

“Helen thinks confronting Matthew will solve the problem, but when he turns up at her doorstep – dishevelled,...

Penn Badgley is clearing up some false information about his son’s name.

The 38-year-old You actor and his wife Domino Kirke, who is currently pregnant with twin boys, welcomed a son back in August 2020. Penn is also stepdad to Domino‘s 16-year-old son Cassius from a previous relationship.

For years, it has been reported that the couple’s 4-year-old son’s name is James, but while appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday (May 1), Penn clarified that his son’s name is Not James.

Keep reading to find out more…“This is a very weird thing to say but our littlest who is four… everybody is like, ‘What on earth is he about to say?’” Penn started. “His name is not James.”

Penn went on to explain that the wrong name first appeared on Wikipedia, and it’s been very hard to get correct the misinformation.

Kristen Bell has always switched lanes without ever losing the wheel. She’s played the razor-sharp Veronica Mars and is also the voice of the adorable Anna in Frozen. Now that she’s tinkered around with almost every kind of role, the actress has come around to play a version of herself in Hacks.

Speaking of Hacks, the entire show, and season 4 in particular, has been so unexpected and brilliant. Bell has joined the show’s sharp lineup to poke fun at Hollywood’s many obsessions with a satirical twist. So in a season that was already packed with such great moments, her arrival felt like a cherry on top.

Kristen Bell plays herself in Hacks and nails it! Kristen Bell | Credits: Jimmy Kimmel Live / YouTube

Kristen Bell’s appearance in Hacks is not just a scene, but a whole statement. In the show, she plays a version of herself...

You didn’t have to do us like that! But hey, we’re so glad it did. When Anna Camp showed up in You Season 5, we were expecting a sprinkle of uptight flair or a dash of Type-a chaos. What we didn’t expect? A full-blown masterclass in duality and acting. Camp didn’t just play One character—she played two. Meet Reagan: the razor-sharp, ruthless twin who could make a shark flinch.

And Maddie: her wide-eyed, anxious sister with secrets so deep they practically whisper through the screen. Camp made switching between the two seem like it was child’s play. Serving girlboss grit and broken vulnerability without missing a beat. But there’s one scene—yes, That scene—that sealed her crown.

Anna, you genius. We’ll never look at chill the same way again.

How Anna Camp nailed the twin switch without missing a beat A...

Before Ryan Reynolds used his charm to win over our Gossip Girl alum Blake Lively, the actress was rumored to be associated with another Ryan in the industry. If you guessed our rugged and uber-romantic mill worker Noah Calhoun, you’re right. There were whispers back in 2010, that Lively was reportedly dating Ryan Gosling.

After the two were spotted hanging out at Disneyland in October of 2010, according to E!, the gossip mill exploded. Was it a date, or a friendly churro rendezvous? We’ll never know for sure. But now, Blake Lively seems to be happily married to Ryan Reynolds, despite the couple facing a high-profile lawsuit against Justin Baldoni.

Blake Lively’s rumored 2010 fling with Ryan Gosling Ryan Gosling as Noah Calhoun in The Notebook | image: New Line Cinema

Before she was roasting Ryan Reynolds on his birthday, Blake Lively was stirring up headlines with another Hollywood heartthrob—Ryan Gosling.

We’re nearly halfway through the year, and Netflix has already delivered a wave of incredible new and returning shows. While some might've captured your interest right away, others might've slipped under the radar for you. That doesn't mean they're any less worth watching. Netflix just has so much content that it's easy for some shows to get overlooked, regardless of their popularity. But let's change that right now.

We want to get you caught up on some of the best Netflix shows to come out this year that you might've missed. From gripping dramas to laugh-out-loud comedies, we’ve put together a mix of six must-watch Netflix series released in 2025 that will keep you hooked from the very first episode.

(L to R) Sang Heon Lee as Min Ho Moon, Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey in episode 201 of Xo, Kitty | Netflix Xo, Kitty season 2

One of the first...

A bloodied Joe Goldberg singing Taylor Swift? Heck, why not? On Wednesday, Penn Badgley shared a video of himself (with his chin covered in fake blood) singing to Swift’s song with Bon Iver, “Exile,” alongside his You castmates, Anna Camp and Charlotte Ritchie, and his podcast partners.

Badgley and the crew tried their best to emulate the harmonies of Swift and Justin Vernon, as they sang the back-and-forth bridge, “All this time/I never learned to read your mind (never learned to read my mind)/I couldn’t turn...

Spoilers ahead for Season 5 of You.

The season finale of Netflix’s You saw the end of Joe Goldberg’s story, and while many critics say it concluded the story perfectly in a well-rounded manner, the showrunners had some other ideas about the finale. One idea was so out there that it would take the series well out of the thriller genre and plant it right into the realm of the supernatural.

Season 5 of You saw Penn Badgley’s Joe face the consequences of his actions, with the killer ending up behind bars. And whilst the producers were always going to “put him in a veritable cage,” the nature of that imprisonment was still in play for a while until they settled on a definitive ending.

Showrunners Michael Foley and Justin Lo spoke to The New York Post about one of the series' alternative endings. The series ends with Joe...

An amazing and very eclectic range of content was on the lists of the top five most-viewed movies and shows on Netflix last week. There is certainly plenty of variety around and some new entries too, as Tudum reveals the latest viewing figures. Stand by to find out what has been on lots of people's screens recently.

The movies has a top new action thriller bursting on the scene. Be warned, though, it’s bloody and violent. To balance that out on the list, there is a classic animated character movie, you’ll find it hard to resist laughing along too. Rom-coms are pulling in the numbers, too. No matter what the critics think, the genre is always popular with viewers.

On the most-viewed shows lists, they are all very familiar names: some old, some new, some returning for new seasons. There’s also the latest episode in a long-running...

You. Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in episode 503 of You. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025 Netflix’s week of April 21st had some fascinating changes in the streaming scene, with well-known faves bidding farewell and new releases creating a significant splash. Goodbye, Joe Goldberg: It seems everyone was ready to bid adieu (for now?) to the captivatingly creepy Joe Goldberg. The final season of You landed at the No. 1 spot on the English TV list with a strong 10.1 million views. The obsession is real, with the show amassing over half a billion views across its five seasons! This farewell even spurred a nostalgic rewatch, with Season 1 re-entering the Top 10 for the first time in over a year. It’s the kind of goodbye that feels more like “see you later,” isn’t it? Havoc Wreaks Havoc: Over on the English film list, Havoc stormed in at No. 1 with a massive 29.8 million views.

Netflix just shared the latest viewership numbers for Ransom Canyon, and things are looking great! It seems very likely that Ransom Canyon season 2 is going to happen now.

According to Netflix, Ransom Canyon is officially the second-most popular show on this week's Netflix Top 10. From April 21-27, fans racked up 9.4 million views of Ransom Canyon season 1. That's up from 7.2 million views during the show's first week on Netflix. The series premiered on Thursday, April 17.

Only one show was watched more than Ransom Canyon on Netflix last week, and that was You season 5, the final season of the Netflix series starring Penn Badgley. It's No. 1 on the Netflix Top 10 with 10.1 million views in its opening week.

This is a lot of numbers coming at you, but the point is Ransom Canyon didn't fall off after its first week on Netflix. In fact, more people tuned in, and that's obviously a great...

We’re now five days removed from the final season of You making its debut on Netflix, and viewership information for the series has finally been made available. Netflix has announced that the fifth and final season of You has scored 10.1 million viewers in its first few days on the platform. This comes despite Season 5 being the lowest-rated season of the show to date, earning scores of 82% from critics and 56% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. You has now garnered over 500 million views through its five seasons, and the recent release of Season 5 has even propelled Season 1 back into the Netflix top 10 for the first time in more than two years. The series stars Penn Badgley and was created for TV by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble.

Following behind You on the Netflix charts is Havoc, the new action thriller starring Tom Hardy and directed by Gareth Evans. Havoc scored 29.8 million...

“You” debuted its fifth and final season as Netflix’s most-watched show of the week.

Season 5 of the Netflix drama series, which saw Penn Badgley’s final romp as serial killer Joe Goldberg, scored 10.1 million views from its April 24 debut through April 27, ranking as the most-watched show on the English TV list during the week of April 21. The debut of the season, which also featured appearances from Season 1 star Elizabeth Lail as Guinevere Beck, also boosted Season 1 back into the week’s top 10 TV list, coming in the No. 10 spot.

For comparison, “Black Mirror” Season 7 scored 10.6 million views as the streamer’s most-watched TV show during the previous week, though that was in the new season’s second week after first debuting to 7.1 million views. “Black Mirror” Season 7, now in its fourth week on the streamer, slid from the No. 1 spot to the No. 3 spot with 4.5 million views.

“Ransom Canyon...

Joe Goldberg is best known as the ruthless serial killer in You. But the character is also a man with a surprising knowledge of pop culture, so naturally he'd be aware of Friends.

Throughout You's five seasons, Joe Goldberg has tried to convince the audience (and himself) that he's better than anyone he has encountered. The recently released Season 5 wrapped Joe's story, and Penn Badgley has been working hard to promote the final season. In a new video shared by Warner Bros. UK on TikTok, Badgley recreated an iconic Friends scene with his character, Joe, in which he tries to teach him not to kill.

@warnerbrosukThere’s just no getting through to him...

Sebastian Stan memorably appeared on Gossip Girl in the role of Carter Baizen.

The 42-year-old Marvel star was asked if he still keeps in touch with anyone in the cast. If you don’t know, the show starred Blake Lively, Leighton Meester (who Sebastian dated), Penn Bagdley, Ed Westwick, and Chace Crawford.

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Sebastian told E! News, “I talk to Chace a lot. I knew him before Gossip Girl so we stayed close. Penn Badgley, I did his podcast at one point—but really Chace.”

About Sebastian and Leighton, if you didn’t know, the two actors met while working together on The CW series and they dated from 2008 to 2010. While Leighton was a series regular on the show, Sebastian appeared on 11 episodes between 2007 and 2010. He once seemingly called her his first love.

Warning: The Following Contains Spoilers for the Final Season of You

After five seasons, 50 episodes, and a lot of dead bodies, Joe Goldberg finally got what was coming to him at the end of Netflix's You, but things could have taken a supernatural turn had an early idea been implemented into the final season. Based on the books by Caroline Kepnes, You premiered on Lifetime all the way back in 2018 before making the jump to Netflix, where it found tremendous success among fans and critics. Upon its release on April 24, 2025, Season 5 continued that trend, shooting to the top of the Netflix charts just hours after it was added to the streaming service.

Speaking with the New York Post, co-showrunners Michael Foley and Justin Lo broke down the fifth and final season of You, which ended with Joe (Penn Badgley) finally being caught, and his secrets exposed to the world for all to know.

[This story contains spoilers from You season five, including the series finale, “Finale.”]

Charlotte Ritchie not only got to unlock a new version of herself in the fifth and final season of You but also a new version of her character Kate Lockwood.

The 35-year-old English actress, also known for her roles on Fresh Meat, Call the Midwife and Ghosts, learns something new from each project she takes on after inadvertently manifesting her career when she was younger. “In the past, I’ve been very coy. I never wanted to say I wanted to be an actress,” she explains to The Hollywood Reporter. “But then I found a diary from when I was about 10 that literally says all over the front cover, ‘I want to be an actress.’ So I obviously did, and I’ve just decided to curate this version of myself that’s so much more humble.”

As for Ritchie’s character Kate, one of Joe Goldberg’s (Penn Badgley) love...

Spoiler alert: The following article contains details about the series finale for You.

You showrunners Michael Foley and Justin Lo always knew Penn Badgley’s murderous and manipulative Joe Goldberg would have to face the music at the conclusion of the Netflix thriller series — but in one alternate supernatural ending, it wouldn’t be on the mortal realm.

In a new interview with the New York Post, the co-executive producers devised a “very early iteration” of the denouement that would feature Joe finding out he’s a ghost after he’s been shot by this season’s new love interest, Madeline Brewer’s Bronte.

“We went through many different options, one of which being that he did die at the hands of Bronte,” Lo explained. “I was even remembering a version where he was shot. And [the audience] didn’t realize that he [got] shot until the very last episode, and then he realizes he’s a ghost.

April was a sneaky good month for new Netflix shows to watch!

Looking at the list of new Netflix shows, You starring Penn Badgley is the obvious choice to be the most-watched of the month. The final season of the Netflix original series was added on Thursday, April 23. We also had a new season of Black Mirror released on April 10.

With most viewers' attention going to those two returning shows and March hits like Adolescence and more, it's easy for a few of the best Netflix shows of April 2025 to slip through the cracks. To make sure you saw all of the good Netflix shows, we shared a list of the five best Netflix shows you probably missed this month.

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In You Season 5, Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) is welcomed back to New York City with open arms. But the book lover — and fatally romantic obsessive — isn’t returning to the same Manhattan he knew in You Season 1. Joe is no longer the working-class shop employee with a small apartment and an even smaller crawl space hiding criminal evidence. Instead, thanks to his marriage to billionaire CEO Kate Lockwood (Charlotte Ritchie), he is seen as a devoted husband, an upstanding father, and New York City’s beloved Prince Charming.

With Joe’s new upper-crust status comes a cadre of wealthy socialites, cutthroat business people, and beguiling downtown creatives who make up the You Season 5 cast. One half of Joe’s life is dominated by Kate’s family business, the Lockwood Corporation, and the power-hungry relatives — like identical twins Reagan and Maddie Lockwood (both played by Anna Camp) — who lead...

Romantic pairings have been the cornerstone of many teen dramas, and Gossip Girl is no different, whether it’s Serena and Dan or Chuck and Blair. But the show wasn’t always on the money with its romantic subplots, as the showrunners had a hard time drawing the line when it came to building romance between two characters.

This ultimately led to some odd pairings, which still give fans the ick, especially when it comes to Leighton Meester’s Blair and Penn Badgley’s Dan, who couldn’t have been more different from each other in the show.

Gossip Girl | Credit: The CW Dan and Blair’s romance didn’t make sense

Among all the Gossip Girl matchings, Dan and Blair arguably made the least sense as apart from being polar opposites, the way their romance bloomed remains weird in hindsight. Although the trope of enemies-to-lovers isn’t exactly unheard...

Penn Badgley is revealing new details about the series finale of You.

The 38-year-old You actor, who plays Joe in the Netflix show, got candid in a new interview with EW about creative differences on the set leading up to the show’s ending.

The episode’s director, Lee Toland Krieger, and writers Neil Reynolds and Michael Foley,”really resisted” the idea of Joe being only in his underwear during the finale’s final showdown between Joe and Bronte (Madeline Brewer).

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“It was probably the only time I’ll ever fight to be in a state of undress,” he said.

“I was like, ‘No, he’s gotta be.’”

The show’s creatives didn’t agree.

“Funnily enough, the writers and the director — the director in particular, Lee — they really resisted this idea that he would be in his underwear,” he said.

“And I don’t remember exactly why.

Exclusive: How is this for continuity — as the last of the current series created/co-created by Greg Berlanti, You, is topping Netflix’s charts with its just-released final season, he is readying his next series — next three, that is, including Stillwater, which has been picked up by Amazon. Focusing on development and returning to writing over the past several months, Berlanti has set up the three high-profile new projects — all co-written by him — through Berlanti Prods. and Warner Bros. Television, where the company is based.

In a bidding war, Amazon has landed mind-bending horror thriller Stillwater, based on the Skybound comic book series by Chip Zdarsky and Ramon K. Perez, with a series order. Berlanti and Carly Wray (Watchmen) are adapting, with Skybound Entertainment (The Walking Dead) producing.

Hulu had bought spec script Foster Dade, written by Berlanti and Bash Doran (Life After Life), which is being fast-tracked for a pilot order,...

Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) is a touch defensive as he ushers us into You Season 4. After leaving a trail of devastation across America, he swears he’s going to lay low and avoid romance in his new home of London. Joe’s new mantra is “No love. No people. Just books.” Then he looks out his window and his resolve to be an introvert is gone. All that remains is his crush on Kate Galvin, portrayed by Feel Good dream girl Charlotte Ritchie.

In Part 1, their complicated attraction blossoms. On the one hand, Joe’s hunt for the Eat the Rich Killer is keeping them apart. But, Kate’s own standoffishness and suspicion is its own romantic obstacle. “I had a feeling that there was something deeper in her,” Ritchie tells Tudum. “There’s something in her hatefulness that is so self-hating. It feels very much like it’s a...

Every season of You needs, well, a You. Wherever he goes, whoever he pretends to be, serial obsessive Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) always finds a new person to zero all the way in on. Season 3 sets us up to think its You would be Joe’s next-door neighbor Natalie Engler (Michaela McManus). But then Love Quinn (Victoria Pedretti) takes care of that. Season 3’s true You is Marienne Bellamy (Tati Gabrielle), Madre Linda’s kindly librarian and a doting single mother. Marienne is a new challenge for Joe.

“We thought of her as, ‘Ok, now we have to construct a character that Joe would fall in love with, that he can’t easily lie to himself about,’ ” showrunner Sera Gamble tells Tudum. “Not that Marienne is perfect. It’s that she’s really honest, and she’s trying really hard to be just a good person and a good mom.

Liz Gateley, who created series including MTV’s Laguna Beach, is launching her own production company.

Gateley has left Spotify to launch Damsel Media. The company will specialize in programming for Gen Z women, a fitting move for the exec behind series such as Teen Mom, Teen Wolf and You.

She was most recently Head of Development, Originals at Spotify Studios, which she joined in 2019. At the audio platform, she was behind series including Wind of Change, which asked whether the CIA wrote the Scorpions famous power ballad and The System: The Case of Kevin Keith with Kim Kardashian. She oversaw the partnership with Warner Bros. and DC, which led to Batman Unburied and Harley Quinn & The Joker: Sound Mind.

She also helped Spotify move into video with What Now? With Trevor Noah and was behind Spotify Pictures, which was involved in adaptations such as RapCaviar Presents with Hulu, and...

When You dropped its fifth and final season on April 25, Netflix subscribers rushed to hear Joe Goldberg’s signature inner monologue one more time and find out how his story would come to an end. That has sent the story of the obsessive serial killer straight back to the number one spot on Netflix’s U.S and global charts. However, the series has also followed another trend – in becoming a disappointing ending to a series just like so many others.

Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) first entered the lives of audiences in 2018, when his deadly pursuit of love worked a charm on both audiences and critics. The first season delivered a near-perfect 94% Tomatometer score, and strong 82% Popcornmeter rating. Naturally it did not take long for Joe to return for more outlandish antics across several more seasons, crossing paths with one Jenna Ortega on her rise to stardom (obviously in real-life...

Weak Hero Class 2 Earns 708 Points & Ranks No. 2 On Netflix ( Photo Credit – Netflix )

After a long gap of three years, the second season of Weak Hero Class 1, starring Park Ji-Hoon, was released on Netflix on April 25. Fans were too excited for Weak Hero Class 2, and while there was a lot of anticipation revolving around the drama, it received mixed reactions from the viewers. Based on a popular webtoon, this series is about high school boys who get entangled in a fight with the Union.

Initially, Weak Hero Class 1 was released on the Korean Ott platform Wavve, but after it attracted a lot of attention and popularity from netizens, the series was released on Netflix on March 25, ahead of the second season. One month later, the second season was dropped, and now it has made a strong debut with great numbers and even ranked within the Top 5 on the charts.

You could’ve never guessed it was Brontë. In Season 5, Joe Goldberg found himself tangled in one final obsession — but spoiler alert: she wasn’t who he thought she was.

Enter Bronte (Madeline Brewer), who first popped up at Mooney’s bookstore — breaking in, no less — and immediately set Joe’s twisted little heart racing. Smart, bookish, and carrying a heavy past? Yeah, Joe was a goner. If her love for literature wasn’t enough to hook him, her complicated history with an abusive ex sealed the deal. She was the perfect storm: a clever, broken soul for Joe to save… or so he thought.

What Joe didn’t realize? He wasn’t the one doing the protecting this time. Bronte — or should I say Bronte and friends — had plans of her own.

As for Louise? Whether she truly had a bearing on Charlotte Brontë’s story is still a mystery.

This story contains Spoilers for You Season 5.

Penn Badgley, star of the Netflix series You, has stated that fans will find the fifth and final season of the show “so rewarding.” The last season has Joe return to New York, where his story began with Guinevere Beck (Elizabeth Lail) and where he will end his story.

Whilst critics haven’t been kind, rating Season 5 as the lowest on Rotten Tomatoes, Badgley seems happy with the final product. The Gossip Girl actor stated his satisfaction with the final product clearly: “I think we deliver; it’s a true deconstruction of Joe.” This news comes to us from Deadline.

Joe Goldberg’s last chapter sees many acts; the end of his marriage to Kate Lockwood (Charlotte Ritchie), falling in love with Bronte (Madeline Brewer), being exposed as a killer to the general public, being confronted by several of his past victims, before...