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Ayo Edebiri and Will Sharpe‘s highly anticipated rom-com series is taking shape at Apple TV+ as the streamer unveils new casting info for Prodigies. Announced in April 2025, the project is bringing together some exciting talent and promising some laughs ahead. Below, we’re breaking down everything you need to know about Prodigies so far, from the casting and a potential premiere date to the premise, episode count, and much more. Scroll down for a closer look at what’s ahead, and stay tuned for more on Prodigies in the months ahead. When will Prodigies premiere? Prodigies doesn’t currently have a premiere date at Apple TV+, but the streamer has unveiled that the season will feature seven episodes for viewers to enjoy. As of July 2025, Prodigies is currently in production. Who stars in Prodigies? Along with Edebiri and Sharpe, Prodigies stars Rina Sawayama, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Yumi Asō, Tobias Menzies,...

And just like that, Logan Marshall-Green has joined the cast of CBS’ upcoming Yellowstone spinoff Y: Marshals.

The spinoff follows Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes), who leaves ranching life behind to join an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, “combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy Seal to bring range justice to Montana, where he and his teammates must balance family, duty and the high psychological cost that comes with serving as the last line of defense in the region’s war on violence,” reads the show’s official logline.

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The Crown star Tobias Menzies, Reece Shearsmith (Inside No 9) and Yumi Asō (Perfect Days) have joined the cast of Apple TV+’s Prodigies starring Ayo Edebiri and Will Sharpe.

Andrene Ward-Hammond (Your Honor), Sophia Di Martino (Loki), Nabhaan Rizwan (Kaos), Meera Syal (Roar) and Lolly Adefope (The Franchise) have also boarded the show, which is created by Sharpe and follows two ex-child prodigies.

The ensemble additions lend weight to one of Apple’s hottest upcoming shows. Starring the in-demand Sharpe and Edebiri, Prodigies follows Didi (Edebiri) and Ren (Sharpe), two ex-prodigies who have been together since they were children. Now in their early 30s, they are starting to question whether their very ordinary existence is living up to the extraordinary promise of their childhood. Inevitably, they find themselves asking the same questions of their relationship.

Asō could recently be seen in Oscar-nominated Wim Wenders movie Perfect Days. Menzies is...

Apple TV+ has added eight new cast members to “Prodigies,” the streamer’s upcoming romantic comedy series created by Will Sharpe and starring Sharpe opposite Ayo Edebiri.

Newly joining “Prodigies” are Tobias Menzies, Sophia Di Martino, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Yumi Asō, Reece Shearsmith, Nabhaan Rizwan, Meera Syal and Lolly Adefope.

“Prodigies” follows a couple named Didi (Edebiri) and Ren (Sharpe), who are described in the official logline as “two ex-child prodigies who have been together since they were children. Now in their early 30s, they are starting to question whether their very ordinary existence is living up to the extraordinary promise of their childhood. Inevitably, they find themselves asking the same questions of their relationship. As individual hopes and needs feed into and conflict with their shared lives, the series challenges the fallacy at the heart of romantic storytelling — that the tale is over when the heroes get together. In life,...

Summer might be blockbuster movie season, but just because “The Fantastic Four” and “Superman” are duking it out at the box office doesn’t mean Netflix stops delivering binge-worthy new shows, and July is no different.

From “The Hunting Wives,” the addictive new murder mystery soaring up the TV Top 10, to the 2010s throwback hacker thriller “Mr. Robot,” here’s a hand-picked list of the best new shows streaming on Netflix.

Margo (Malin Akerman) and Sophie (Brittany Snow) in “The Hunting Wives” (Credit: Lionsgate) “The Hunting Wives”

In the mood for a twisty, sexy thriller? “The Hunting Wives” delivers. When progressive Bostonian Sophie O’Neill (Brittany Snow) lands in East Texas, she is taken aback by the rough-and-tough party crowd of the Maple Brook housewives. Her husband’s billionaire boss’ wife, Margo (Malin Akerman) shows her the ropes and pulls Sophie out of her comfort zone. But when a murder takes place in the town,...

Netflix's Too Much has claimed a spot on the platform's Top 10 TV shows, despite having left critics and audiences divided. The comedy series, created by Lena Dunham and Luis Felber, was released on Netflix on July 10th, 2025. It stars Megan Stalter as Jessica, a hard-working New Yorker who travels to London to get some alone time after a breakup, but meets Indie artist Felix (Will Sharpe) instead.

Too Much has officially snuck its way onto Netflix's global Top 10 TV shows, claiming the #10 spot for the period of July 14th to July 20th. It's currently the only adult comedy on the list, but the raunchy series has critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes torn. While critics have collectively granted Too Much an 82% score, the audience score sits at only 57%.

What Too Much's Netflix Top 10 Spot & Rt Scores Mean For The Rom-Com Series Even Positive Reviews For Too Much Are Mixed...

The Paris Texas “Lidia” Mules have become one of the buzziest shoes of 2025. Madelyn Cline recently wore the nude pair at the Los Angeles premiere of I Know What You Did Last Summer, but it’s Emily Ratajkowski who’s truly championing the style.

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While promoting her new Netflix series Too Much, the model and actress has worn the chic heels on three different press appearances: CBS Mornings, The Today Show, and Late Night with Seth Meyers. And with each appearance, Ratajkowski has proven her fashion prowess, effortlessly styling the versatile heels in fresh,...

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La pareja protagonista de la rom-com basada en el fenómeno literario de Ali Hazelwood ya tiene rostro. De acuerdo con Deadline, Lili Reinhart y Tom Bateman serán los encargados de encabezar la adaptación de La hipótesis del amor (The Love Hypothesis), que dirigirá Claire Scanlon (Cómo deshacerte de tu jefe) a partir de un guion de Sarah Rothschild (Una noche de locos) para Amazon MGM Studios y MRC.

La hipótesis del amor sigue a Olive Smith (Reinhart), una brillante candidata a doctora en biología que no cree en las relaciones amorosas duraderas, y al Dr. Adam Carlsen (Bateman), un joven profesor tan reputado por la calidad de su trabajo como por su imbecilidad. Ambos inician una relación falsa que patas arriba cada una de sus teorías sobre el amor.

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If you’re looking for a new comedy to check out, Too Much on Netflix could be right up your alley. Lena Dunham created the series, bringing Emily Ratajkowski back to our screens.

Caution: We’re going into Spoilers for Too Much season 1 in this post.

Many will remember that Ratajkowski stepped away from the acting life “forever” in 2023. She fired her entire team and made it clear that she was done making herself “digestible to powerful men in Hollywood.”

Well, when her friend Dunham had a project for her, she decided that this was the right way to make her comeback, but what are the chances of her coming back for Too Much season 2? Ratajkowski has shared her thoughts with Variety about whether that could happen.

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Janicza Bravo and Lena Dunham first met while making Camping — Dunham was the creator of the short-lived HBO series, while Bravo was part of the ensemble cast — but it wasn’t until the pandemic hit two years after its cancellation that their friendship took off. “We had the same outlook,” Bravo says with a laugh. “I’m already a little antisocial, so it only encouraged me to be even more afraid of being around people. Lena and I trusted each other’s isolation style so we started to hang out.” Dunham was also in the beginning stages of her relationship with her now-husband Luis Felber, and soft-pitched Bravo her idea for a show based (loosely!) around their romance. “She said she wanted me to be in it, and that was a no-brainer because I would say no to anything she asked,” says Bravo.

The idea eventually became Too Much, the...

Netflix's Too Much series introduced a 13-year-old Chinese Crested dog that unexpectedly became popular. The latest series from the streamer follows the story of Jessica "Jess" Salmon, who moved to London for a fresh start after breaking up with her longtime boyfriend, Zev. She starts a newfound romance with Felix, a carefree musician with emotional baggage. While the story primarily focuses on the would-be couple, Jess has a loyal companion amid her struggles in the form of her dog, Astrid, whom she adopted after her breakup with Zev. 

Too Much established that Astrid loves the spotlight because she is a scene-stealer. Mia, the Chinese Crested dog, portrays Astrid on screen, and there are many interesting facts about this lovable animal. 

Too Much premiered on Netflix on July 10, 2025. The romantic comedy series stars Megan Stalter, Will Sharpe, Emily Ratajkowski, Michael Zegen, Andrew Rannells, Rhea Perlman, and Rita Wilson. 

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[This story contains major spoilers from the first season of Too Much.]

Lena Dunham knows that going into business with a romantic partner — let alone someone you have only known for a short period of time — is not for everyone. But a few years ago, about a month into their courtship, the Girls creator approached her partner, British-Peruvian indie musician Luis Felber, with an unexpected proposal: “Will you make a show with me?”

At the time, Dunham and Felber, who had met on a blind date set up by a mutual friend, were still getting to know each other. They had yet to hold hands in public, much less call each other girlfriend and boyfriend. They had barely seen — or heard about — the other person’s work. (Despite having a mother and a sister who were big fans of Girls, Felber admits he had never watched the HBO dramedy, and has only screened a couple episodes to date.)

Since moving to the U.

The sensation that is “KPop Demon Hunters” is showing no signs of slowing down — in its third full week of release on Netflix, the animated film jumped to the No. 1 slot once again with 24.2 million views. That’s as many views as the film got in its first week of release, showing that subscribers are catching on to the viral hit as its soundtrack dominates the Billboard charts.

Oh yes, “Golden” — one of many bops featured in this story of a KPop trio who make music and hunt demons — is currently the No. 1 song on the Billboard charts. The soundtrack logged 96.3 million streams in its third week.

The Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation original is officially one of the streamer’s biggest movie hits of the year.

Elsewhere, the debut of Lena Dunham’s “Too Much” — her first TV series since HBO’s “Girls” — failed to crack the Netflix Top...

In 2015, Viola Davis won the Best Drama Actress Emmy for How to Get Away with Murder, becoming the category's first Black winner. That left one acting category that had yet to produce a Black champ: Best Drama Supporting Actor. Ten years later, that remains the case — even the short-form acting categories, which were created in 2016 and consolidated into one in 2024, have awarded Black performers — but that could finally change in September with one of two Severance stars: Tramell Tillman or Zach Cherry.

Tillman and Cherry were among the seven supporting drama players tapped for nominations on Tuesday, alongside costar John Turturro, The White Lotus triumvirate of Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs, and Sam Rockwell, and Paradise's president, James Marsden.

Neither Tillman nor Cherry was nominated for the first season in 2022, not surprising for unknown actors on a new show. With Severance leading all comers this year with 27 Emmy nominations, there's...

While The White Lotus didn’t sweep the Supporting Actor/Actresses in a Drama Series category, as was at times predicted, the HBO powerhouse did match its Season 2 Emmy nomination tally with 23 this year, bringing its to-date total to 66 with 15 overall wins — with more potentially in store at the ceremony to be held Sept. 14.

Once again nominated for Outstanding Drama Series, performers Jason Isaacs, Scott Glenn and Aimee Lou Wood scored their first-ever Emmy nominations this year.

For Supporting Actress in a Drama, Carrie Coon, Parker Posey and Natasha Rothwell were also honored, with the latter seeing a repeat nomination for her role as Belinda, which she originated back in Season 1. They, along with Wood, face one performer each from Paradise, The Pitt and Severance (Patricia Arquette).

In the Supporting Actor category, the noms...

Lena Dunhamtook a long and well-deserved break from television after feeling lost following the end of the groundbreaking series Girls. Now, alongside her husband, Luis Felber, Dunham is finally back working on the small screen, creating Too Much, a ten-part series unpacking societal pressure and self-loathing in a world of influencer culture. Alas, Dunham's return has been met with a split opinion, with critics and audiences disagreeing in their response. The former gave the series a strong 83% rating, with the latter awarding a disappointing 49% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.

Nevertheless, in spite of the poor audience score, the first viewing figures are in, and it seems that Dunham's durable appeal is evident. Officially, as of July 14, 2025, Too Much is one of the ten most-streamed shows on Netflix in the US. This is thanks in no small part to the show's stacked cast, with the likes of Will Sharpe, Emily Ratajkowski,...

Spoiler Alert: This interview contains spoilers for “Too Much.”

Emily Ratajkowski has returned to acting after making headlines in 2023 for firing her team and leaving the business. At the time, she lamented the feeling of making herself “digestible to powerful men in Hollywood,” so it’s no surprise that her first new project is not only created by a woman, but by her friend: Lena Dunham.

“Too Much,” Dunham’s new Netflix comedy series, follows Jessica (Megan Stalter) in the months following her breakup from her ex-boyfriend Zev (Michael Zegen). Ratajkowski plays Wendy, Zev’s new girlfriend, who is an influencer, and the constant stream of Instagram photos from Zev and Wendy’s happy life together drives Jessica crazy. She drunkenly breaks into their New York apartment to confront them one night, while Wendy does tell Jessica she seems crazy, she’s surprisingly calm and generous during the encounter.

Throughout the series,...

Netflix has an ever-expanding library that offers a treasure trove of binge-worthy shows, perfect for a weekend escape or light watching whenever you feel like escaping from this world. With several new content dropping regularly, it is easy to overlook hidden gems.

Whether you’re into psychological thrills, biting dark comedy, Nordic noir, or social dramas that make your brain tingle in the right places, the streaming giant has a long list of series that you can devour in a few days.

So here are fresh or under-the-radar Netflix originals, ideal for a quick immersive binge, from gritty thrillers to heartfelt comedies. So whether you are craving mystery, sci-fi, or drama, the,ese selections promise to keep you glued to your screen. So grab your snacks and dive into these captivating series.

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Based on Harlan Coben’s novel of the same name, Missing You might not be as critically acclaimed,...

[This story contains major spoilers from the first season of Too Much.]

Lena Dunham wants to make one thing clear: Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe, the stars of her buzzy new Netflix romantic dramedy series Too Much, are not playing Dunham and her husband, musician Luis Felber.

While the basic premise was pulled from their own lives — an American woman moves to England in search of a fresh start and meets and falls in love with a British musician — Dunham and Felber, who created Too Much together, stressed that they used their own love story as a jumping-off point for the former’s long-awaited return to television.

“We feel really, really lucky that we got to do this together, and then of course the actors come in and the characters become different because the actors have taken over,” Dunham told The Hollywood Reporter at the Tribeca Film Festival last month. “So while the germ of it may be autobiographical, it...

“Too Much” (TV Mini Series 2025), Lena Dunham’s much-anticipated follow-up to “Girls,” has much flavour, wit, and humour in the mix. But while watching ten episodes, you cannot help but wonder if it’s present in spades to keep the entire show going on a pleasant strut. The leads, Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe, are charismatic, endearing, and sexy. Even the supporting actors are a riot in sections, but the show is too elongated to be something that cruises by as well as hits a sobering punch. The jokey spirit deflates often, leaving conflicts feeling bland and residual. There’s a lot of sprightly energy, but certain character switches come off as contrived and false. What should have been pleasant and breezy frequently turns elongated and dreadfully unfunny.

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Jessica (Stalter) cannot stop watching the reels of her ex’s fiancée, Wendy, who’s an influencer.

Spoiler Alert: This interview contains spoilers for “Too Much.”

Jessica Salmon, played by Megan Stalter in Lena Dunham’s new Netflix series “Too Much,” is unlike any romantic lead we’ve seen before. Fans of “Hacks” or Stalter’s online comedy will recognize the erratic, tragic-but-self-assured attitude that’s made her characters so popular. But here, it’s encased in deeper, more painful circumstances.

Jessica begins the series sitting in bed when she discovers, via Instagram, that her ex-boyfriend Zev (Michael Zegen) has proposed to his new girlfriend, Wendy (Emily Ratajkowski). She begins sobbing and screaming, but there’s no one to hear her but her dog.

It’s Jessica’s first day in London, where she’s moved temporarily for a work opportunity. There, she reflects on the worst parts of the breakup — namely, the night she got drunk and broke into Zev and Wendy’s apartment to scream at them both.

James Gunn’s DC Studios reset “Superman” is flying toward a potential $150 million weekend debut at the box office, with $22 million already in the bank from Thursday previews. But now that we’ve finally seen it, IndieWire’s “Screen Talk” co-hosts Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio are here to debate the movie, which swaps Henry Cavill for newcomer David Corenswet as the kryptonite-averse hero who also goes by Clark Kent. (Read David Ehrlich’s IndieWire review here.)

Anne was in New York this week to join Ryan in-studio at the IndieWire offices to discuss the movie and more, Ryan having just seen it at the Regal Times Square during the first afternoon 2 p.m. public screening. While Anne enjoyed the screwball-romantic chemistry between Corenswet and “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” breakout Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Ryan loathed the experience and found it to be another serving of superhero slop as depressing as any other.

Lena Dunham, the creator of the critically lauded Girls, is back with her latest series, Netflix's Too Much. Dunham's anticipated outing follows New Yorker Jessica (Megan Stalter) as she navigates life in London after a breakup. The rom-com landed on the streamer on July 10 and has earned high marks from critics: it currently boasts an impressive 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, signaling that it's "just enough" for most.

Dunham is best known for HBO's Girls. She created, wrote, and starred in the show, which ran from 2012 to 2017 and garnered her significant critical acclaim, including Golden Globe and Emmy nominations. The show centered on four young women, as they navigated life in the Big Apple post-college. The popular series followed their struggles with relationships and careers, and became known for its raw and humorous portrayal of female complexities. Despite Girls' success, some critiqued the series for its lack of diversity and unlikable and privileged characters.

Editor’s Note: This story contains spoilers for “Too Much,” now streaming on Netflix.

Lena Dunham is back in the spotlight, and eight years after the conclusion of “Girls,” we missed her. We’ve all known Dunham to be a voice of a generation, and she’s now packing all her years of celebrity into her latest magnum opus: “Too Much.”

Sure, “Too Much” is a critically acclaimed return to smart rom-coms with female audiences in mind. Did we expect anything less from Dunham? No. What is different, though, is the inclusion of nods to her own viral moments. This is Dunham laying bare for audiences once more — and only her true fans, raised being way too online, would get all the references to her lore.

Dunham has promoted “Too Much” as a semi-autobiographical series. “Hacks” breakout star Megan Stalter plays the Dunham-esque Jessica, who relocates from New York to...

Netflix released all ten episodes of Lena Dunham’s new romantic-comedy series Too Much worldwide on 10 July, thrusting British-Japanese actor and White Lotus alumnus Will Sharpe into the unlikely role of heart-throb Felix opposite comedian Megan Stalter’s anxious heroine Jessica. The show follows a New Yorker who decamps to London after a painful break-up and collides with a shy indie musician.

The project was conceived during Dunham’s whirlwind relationship with musician Luis Felber, whom she met via a direct message and married a year later. Although she insists the series is only “five per cent autobiographical,” Dunham has said the rom-com form was her “first love,” despite developing what she calls an “internalised snobbery” toward its sentimentality. Episode titles such as “Notting Kill” and “Nonsense & Sensibility” wink at the British films that shaped her imagination.

In a post-finale interview, Sharpe said Dunham asked the cast to “undercut the...

On paper, Lena Dunham and Megan Stalter seem like an ideal creative match for their new Netflix comedy Too Much. Dunham is the co-creator and star of Girls, the acclaimed (if polarizing) HBO comedy about Hannah, a young woman with a knack for making situations uncomfortable in a hurry. Stalter, meanwhile, has spent the last few years on Hacks playing Hollywood assistant turned talent manager Kayla, a character with a lack of self-awareness that rivals Hannah’s. Dunham doesn’t act much anymore (though she has a small role in...

Too Much, Lena Dunham’s return to television,has all the delicious trappings of a glossy early-2000s rom-com: the broken-hearted girl who moves to a new city in search of a fresh start, the car-chase grand romantic gesture, the idiosyncratic best friends offering misguided advice.

Yet just as quickly as Too Muchnestles into a long-standing canon, it flips the well-worn tropes on their head. Soon after Jessica (Megan Stalter) touches down in London, she meets Felix (Will Sharpe) in a filthy pub bathroom, and from there, nothing goes as expected. Within only hours of their meet-cute, Felix takes Jess to the hospital after she accidentally lights herself on fire while threatening her ex’s new girlfriend, Wendy Jones (Emily Ratajkowski), about a secret Instagram diary. They left that part out of the classic flicks from which each episode takes its name — among them, “Enough, Actually,” “Notting Kill,” and “Pity Woman.

Sometimes in a love story, you find someone who loves you, not despite all of your baggage, but because of it. That’s what American expat Jess Salmon (Megan Stalter) tells Felix Remen (Will Sharpe), the man she realizes she can’t live without, as their hands are glued to the ground in the climactic finale of Too Much.

Lena Dunham (Girls) created Too Much based in part on her experiences of moving to the UK and meeting musician Luis Felber, whom she married in 2021 (Felber is also the series’ co-creator). Dunham had really wanted to write something about the experience of being a foreigner, “and the fantasies we have of it versus the realities,” she tells Tudum. “Then when I met my husband, Luis, I felt like I was experiencing all of that, but then also in the context of a relationship.”

The series’ finale is a reminder to...

For Megan Stalter‘s first leading TV role, she hopped the pond to London for a modern twist on classic British romantic-comedies.

Speaking to Deadline about Lena Dunham and husband Luis Felber’s Too Much, Season 1 of which is now available to stream on Netflix, the actress said she felt “none of that pressure” to portray them any specific way.

“I loved how it was kind of capturing the essence of them and not just a direct documentary about them,” explained Stalter. “They never wanted us to do impressions of them, it was more so like, ‘We’re married and this is kind of this thing we’re doing together, but it’s your characters, and you take it as your own.’ And not all of the stuff happened, but it’s just more the energy of them together.”

Too Much stars Stalter as Jessica, a New Yorker who moves...

[Warning: The following post contains Major spoilers for Too Much Season 1.] Too Much has arrived, and with it the question of whether or not there’s more to Jessica (Megan Stalter) and Felix’s (Will Sharpe) romance onscreen. The rom-com from creator Lena Dunham follows the pair through ups and downs in their relationship after Jessica relocates from New York City to London, where she is swept off her feet by Felix, an alluring musician. With plans to recoup following an emotionally toiling breakup, Jessica never expected she’d find the person she was looking for all along. By the end of the series, after a brief breakup, Jessica and Felix decide to get married, with both of their families convening in London for the occasion. And as weddings often signify a wrap on screen romances, don’t count Too Much out when it comes to a possible second season. While Netflix has yet to renew the newly-launched series,...

I will go to my grave defending Lena Dunham’s HBO comedy Girls as a great TV show, so I was excited to see her return as the writer and director of Netflix’s new comedy Too Much, especially with riotous Hacks standout Megan Stalter in the lead role. And Too Much (now streaming on Netflix; I’ve seen the first five episodes) does offer a few glimmers of rom-com sparkle and serves as a fantastic showcase for Stalter. I am seeing some red flags, though, since the whole series hinges on the central romance… and it’s a shaky one at best.

This post contains spoilers from Too Much on Netflix from this point forward.

The first major television effort from Girls creator Lena Dunham premiered on Netflix on July 10 in the form of Too Much, a funny and vulnerable exploration of love and reckoning with personal trauma. There's no doubt that the series has been highly anticipated, especially in the wake of Dunham's HBO series having a resurgence in popularity as a new generation discovers a voice of our generation.

Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe star in Too Much, which also features an excellent supporting cast full of familiar faces like Richard E. Grant, Emily Ratajkowski, Rita Wilson, Janicza Bravo, Michael Zegen, and guest stars such as Naomi Watts, Kit Harington, Stephen Fry, and Andrew Scott. But after binge-watching all 10 episodes, we now need to know if there will be a second season!

Will Sharpe in Too Much on Netflix | Courtesy...

Lena Dunham is making her TV return with “Too Much,” loosely based on her own experience moving to London and meeting her husband, British musician Luis Felber.

With Dunham deciding not to star in “Too Much,” “Hacks” breakout Megan Stalter stars as Jessica, who meets indie musician Felix, played by “The White Lotus” Season 2 star Will Sharpe. Don’t worry, though, Dunham still appears on-screen as Jessica’s sister, who’s dealing with her own issues in her marriage (her husband is played by “Girls” star Andrew Rannells).

There are plenty of other “Girls” and “Camping” casting Easter Eggs in “Too Much,” with a slew of A-listers popping into the Netflix romcom series, including Naomi Watts, Jessica Alba, Rita Ora and Andrew Scott, among others.

Megan Stalter as Jessica Salmon

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Megan Stalter stars as Jessica Salmon, an American who moves to London after a devastating breakup for a fresh start.

The biggest new title of the week is undoubtedly James Gunn’s “Superman,” which hits theaters nationwide Friday. That does not mean, though, that there aren’t some exciting and noteworthy streaming movies and TV series premiering this week. On the contrary, multiple major, promising shows are coming to Netflix, Amazon’s Prime Video, Hulu and Disney+.

With that in mind, here are the eight best new movies and shows that you can stream this week.

Benicio del Toro and Mia Threapleton in The Phoenician Scheme (Focus Features) “The Phoenician Scheme” (2025)

“The Phoenician Scheme” is another playful, exuberantly made ensemble comedy from writer-director Wes Anderson. The “Asteroid City” filmmaker’s latest effort follows a wealthy businessman (a perfectly cast Benicio Del Toro) whose decision to appoint his estranged daughter, a nun (Mia Threapleton), as the sole heir to his estate ends up sending them on a life-and-death journey.

In the weeks since it hit theaters,...

It's official — Lena Dunham's latest show, Too Much, is her biggest critical hit since Girls. With Too Much's cast led by Megan Stalter, the rom-com series, which released today on Netflix, follows Jessica (Stalter), a New York woman who decides to live her romantic best life by moving to London following a breakup. There, she connects with Felix (Will Sharpe), a struggling musician.

Reviews are still coming in, but Too Much is currently sitting at an admirable 85% on Rotten Tomatoes. While critics are in agreement that the Netflix series doesn't quite have the same magic as Girls — which sits at 89% on Rt — they agree that its blend of sweet romance and Dunham's signature biting wit is a winning combination.

This marks a return to form for Dunham, as none of her post-Girls series have achieved this level of success. Her follow-up HBO show, Camping, was a critical failure...

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Episodes viewed: 10 of 10

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single American girl in possession of a one-way ticket to London, must be in want of her own Mr Darcy. We’ve seen it before, and we see it again here in Lena Dunham’s Too Much, which combines the incisive honesty of her seminal 2010s drama Girls with the swooning romance of executive producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner’s Notting Hill and Love Actually.

Based loosely on Dunham’s experiences of moving to the UK and meeting her now-husband, Too Much follows aspiring director Jessica (Megan Stalter), who heads to London in search of a fresh start, and the kind of idyllic English life she’s absorbed from all her favourite movies. There, she meets the charming but complicated Felix (Will Sharpe) and sparks soon fly — but so too does self-sabotage, and both must...

Lena Dunham is making her return to TV with Netflix’s “Too Much,” which comes with a soundtrack perfect for both crash outs and healing moments.

“Too Much” follows Jessica (Megan Stalter), an American who moves to London after a devastating breakup and meets Felix (Will Sharpe), a charming British musician — mirroring Dunham’s own experience of meeting her husband, British musician Luis Felber. So, it’s only fitting that Felber, who also serves as a writer and executive producer on the show, heads up music alongside Matt Allchin.

From party hits like “London Bridge” by Fergie, “Tap In” by Saweetie and “Girls” by the Dare to tender ballads like “Praying” by Kesha and “Slow Like Honey” by Fiona Apple, “Too Much” has something for everyone.

Episode 1: “Nonsense & Sensibility”

“London Bridge” by Fergie “Dead or Alive (feat. Jimmy Jones)” by Cam’ron “Slow Like Honey” by Fiona Apple

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Is Too Much a little ... too much? That's the central question that critics are wrestling with as Lena Dunham's latest series drops on Netflix today. Loosely inspired by the Girls creator's own life, the series follows freshly broken-up with Jessica (Hacks fan-favorite Megan Stalter) as she decamps from New York to London and strikes sparks with laid-back musician Felix (White Lotus fan-favorite Will Sharpe).

As with Girls, Dunham's brand attracts a bevy of big-name guest stars. Rita Wilson and Rhea Perlman are part of Jessica's extended family, while Richard E. Grant and Andrew Rannells are among her coworkers, and Jessica Alba and Rita Ora play themselves. Dunham wrote or cowrote every episode and directs eight out of 10 Season 1 installments.

Dunham can be a divisive pop-culture figure, and that carries over into the critical reaction to Too Much, which currently sits at a 65 Metacritic score as reviews roll in. The Paper...

Spare a thought for poor Jessica (Megan Stalter.) Her boyfriend has left her for an Instagram model and she’s not handling it well. In need of a change (and escape from stalking her ex), she moves from New York to London to live out her dazzling romantic comedy dreams. Enter Felix (Will Sharpe), a vaguely employed musician who is gorgeous, charming and surrounded by red flags. Not that Jessica herself is primed for the love story of the century.

It’s a tale as old as time: girl loses boy, girl moves across the world to find herself (with a severely inbred dog in tow), girl meets new boy and shenanigans ensue. The basic setup of “Too Much,” Lena Dunham’s long-awaited return to TV, is perfect rom-com fodder. Certainly, Netflix is keen to sell it as such by putting Working Title Films, the production company behind “Notting Hill” and “Love Actually,...

Eight years after revolutionizing television’s approach to female-driven narratives, Lena Dunham returns with “Too Much,” a Netflix limited series that signals a fascinating evolution in how streaming platforms are repositioning romantic comedy for the therapy generation. Co-created with her husband Luis Felber, this semi-autobiographical project follows Jessica (Megan Stalter), a heartbroken American advertising executive who flees to London after discovering her ex-boyfriend Zev (Michael Zegen) has moved on with Instagram influencer Wendy (Emily Ratajkowski).

What begins as geographical escape becomes emotional archaeology when Jessica meets Felix (Will Sharpe), a struggling British musician whose patient acceptance of her chaotic energy challenges everything she believes about being “too much.” The 10-episode series arrives at a pivotal moment for streaming content, as platforms increasingly prioritize authentic storytelling over algorithmic perfection.

“Too Much” represents Netflix’s investment in creator-driven narratives that examine the psychological infrastructure of modern relationships rather than simply packaging romance in digestible formats.

An expat makes her way through single life in London, where her unique personal style is a frequent topic of discussion. Her work isn’t always stimulating, but does let her mix with entertaining oversharers. When she visits a bar on a pivotal night, she has a chance meeting with a sexy artist who will become very important to her. Is he ready for love? Is she? The first season of their show really puts them through dizzying joys and shattering pain — but yes, Too Much is TV’s tenderest romantic comedy since Starstruck.

Too Much’s expat — an American this time — is Jessica (Megan Stalter), a line producer working in TV commercials. After her boyfriend Zev (Michael Zegen) leaves her for knitting influencer Wendy (Emily Ratajkowski), Jessica is forced to move out of his apartment and back in with her mother, sister and nephew at her grandmother’s house on Long Island.

Lena Dunham's new Netflix original romantic comedy series Too Much has officially started streaming as of July 10, and it's the show fans have been waiting for since Girls ended on HBO back in 2017. The series stars Hacks fan-favorite Megan Stalter as New Yorker in her mid-30s who moves across the pond to London after a bad breakup and strikes up a romance with a complicated musician played by The White Lotus season 2 star Will Sharpe.

Knowing that Girls didn't shy away from showcasing the realities of nudity and sexuality and also featured sequences involving substance use, prospective Too Much viewers are likely wondering what's in store when the binge-watch begins. We're sharing a mostly spoiler-free explanation of the show's age rating and proving some warnings about the content featured. It's time to find out wheter Too Much is too much for you before watching!

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For much of its run, Lena Dunham’s Girls was among the most zeitgeisty comedies on television, and she has returned to the genre with a passion in the era of streaming. Created by power couple Dunham and Luis Felber (her musician husband who has worked on several of her films), it’s clear that Too Much comes from a very personal place — inspired in part by their own relationship — resulting in one of the most authentic, funniest romantic comedies we’ve seen in a long time.

Too Much Review

Too Much is a romantic comedy following a thirty-something woman who moves from New York to London after a breakup, hoping to find a fresh start, only for her to find herself in over her head falling in love again. There aren’t enough smart, witty romantic comedies these days, and Too Much fills the void left by things like...

This post contains spoilers from Too Much on Netflix from this point forward.

When Too Much begins, Jess (Megan Stalter) and Felix (Will Sharpe) are in no place to begin a long-term relationship. Jess has just landed in London from New York, where she was still recovering from a bad breakup with an elitist ex who moved on with an influencer. She's now starting a new chapter overseas, which gets off to mixed start after she burns herself with a candle.

The Netflix original romantic comedy series from Lena Dunham, which she created with husband Luis Felber and loosely borrows from their own love story, follows Jess and Felix's complicated relationship. While they seem to be going strong and heading in the right direction, they hit a speed bump. But does couple end the season broken up or happily ever after?

Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe in Too Much on...

Taylor Swift, the great uniter. Lena Dunham has credited the singer for connecting her with actress Meg Ryan, who Dunham cast in her upcoming Netflix film Good Sex opposite Natalie Portman.

Speaking to Variety, Dunham confirmed that she convinced Ryan to join the film after running into her at an Eras Tour stop in London. “I decided, it’s now or never, and I’m going to shoot my shot,” Dunham explained. “She couldn’t be a lovelier person.”

She added, “Shout-out Taylor—thank you for that. She brings everyone together.

Note: This story contains spoilers from “Too Much” Season 1 Episode 10.

At the beginning of the “Too Much” finale, things between Megan Stalter’s Jessica and Will Sharpe’s Felix can’t get much worse: Felix has just admitted to relapsing and cheating on Jessica, and Jessica has told him to take the day to move his things out of her apartment while she’s at work.

That is, until they do. As Felix mourns their short-lived relationship at Jessica’s apartment, he notices her beloved dog, Astrid, is struggling to breathe, and takes her to the vet, where the vets pronounce Astrid dead. The finale then flashes to a raw and emotional confrontation between Jessica and Felix in the wake of Astrid’s death, in which Jessica calls Felix out for how he’s treated her before he ultimately walks away.

Ahead of shooting the scene, Stalter and Sharpe revealed...

Note: This story contains spoilers from the “Too Much” Season 1 finale.

Just as we thought all might be lost for Jessica and Felix, “Too Much” ends in wedding bells, setting up for a potential Season 2 that creator Lena Dunham would shift from a “meet cute” into a “marriage story.”

“I would love to do another season and sort of shift it away from meet cute and into marriage story,” Dunham told TheWrap, clarifying she wasn’t referring to the “intense divorce” in Noah Baumbach’s 2019 film “Marriage Story” but instead, “just a story about marriage.”

“Marriage is not the end of a love story,” Dunham continued. “In many ways, it’s the beginning, and a marriage is an incredibly complicated negotiation.”

Megan Stalter, who plays Jessica, echoed Dunham’s sentiments that the end of Season 1 is only the beginning, saying “I love the ending because it’s exciting to think of … wait,...

In the closing minutes of the second episode, Jess (Megan Stalter), the brash American protagonist of Netflix’s Too Much, lies down with the mix CD her new British beau, Felix (Will Sharpe), has made for her. After positioning the headphones over her ears, he leans back as well, content to just curl up on the bed beside her as she listens. No more words are exchanged, and no bodily fluids either. But as the camera lingers on their gentle expressions, we feel for ourselves the specialness of their bond, the profound comfort and pleasure they take in each other’s presence.

It’s a lovely moment of intimacy, all the more disarming for being so unassuming. It also, unfortunately, turns out to be something of a rarity in the 10-episode series. Inspired by the real-life courtship between its married creators, Lena Dunham and Luis Felber, Too Much is nothing if not candid,...

Get ready for a romantic comedy that’s not afraid to get weird, raw, and heartbreakingly real. Too Much, Lena Dunham’s newest series, debuts July 10 on Netflix, and if the trailer is anything to go by, it’s a rom-com that mixes classic charm with the chaos of emotional baggage and modern-day relationships.

A Not-So-Typical Meet-Cute

Forget dreamy walks through Notting Hill. Too Much opens with a meet-cute set in a grimy London pub bathroom where a man named Felix (Will Sharpe) asks Jessica (Megan Stalter) for toilet paper through a stall door. That bizarre, unfiltered moment sets the tone for a story that’s as grounded as it is heartfelt.

Jessica, a heartbroken and overworked New Yorker, escapes to London after a brutal breakup. She imagines a fresh start filled with solitude and literary vibes — think Brontë sisters in a cozy flat. But her plans are upended when she meets Felix,...

Originally published June 10; updated July 9 with new information.

Writer, director, actress, producer, author, and comedian Lena Dunham is doing Too Much.

The eight-time Emmy nominee and two-time Golden Globe winner for HBO's Girls has movied to Netflix for her latest romantic comedy series starring Megan Stalter (Hacks) and Will Sharpe (The White Lotus). The new show, which has an international flare, is created by Dunham and Luis Felber, who previously collaborated together on the 2022 film Catherine Called Birdy. Read on for everything to know about Too Much.

Lena Dunham speaks out

"It's certainly not quote-unquote 'based on a true story,' but like everything I do, there is an element of my own life that I can’t help but inject," Dunham told Variety two days before the debut of Too Much. As for her leading lady Stalter, Dunahm said, "She has an innocence and manners that are not very New York.