UP NEXT: Sky presents a bold slate of new, premium acquired content

18/03/2026

Wednesday 18 March 2026

UP NEXT: Sky presents a bold slate of new, premium acquired content

Sky reveals slate of newly acquired premium drama and comedy, as it continues commitment to choice, with an unmissable range of attention-grabbing TV from around the world.

Turning up the heat, the highly anticipated Heated Rivalry is confirmed to return exclusively to Sky and NOW, with Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie continuing the phenomenon with a second season arriving in 2027. Sky also brings new, mystery thriller YAGA, starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Clark Backo, Noah Reid and Hudson Williams, to screens later this year.

Also announced today and on the slate is gripping crime drama Superfakes, an A24 production, created by Emmy winner Alice Ju and executive produced by award-winning actress Lucy Liu who also stars alongside Ken Leung.

From UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, The Burbs, starring Keke Palmer and Jack Whitehall will air on 1 April, and new drama PONIES, starring Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson, is coming in May.

Katie Keenan, Group Director of Acquisitions for Sky UK and Europe, says: We're proud to unveil this slate of new premium dramas, each offering bold, distinctive and world-class storytelling for our customers. The return of global hit Heated Rivalry to Sky and NOW in the UK and Ireland will be a must-watch next year, and we cannot wait for audiences to see YAGA, Superfakes, The Burbs and PONIES - all joining an already stellar line-up of unmissable TV.

This new sweep of content expands an already impressive line-up coming to Sky and NOW, including The Miniature Wife, Euphoria S3, House of the Dragon S3, Fightland, Crystal Lake and The Good Daughter.

Today's announcements form part of a bold line-up of content coming to Sky and NOW screens in 2026 and beyond. From gripping dramas and films to big entertainment and compelling documentaries, Sky continues to champion distinctive storytelling alongside world-class talent - delivering the must-watch moments set to define the year ahead.

Heated Rivalry S2

Sky and NOW joined the global conversation surrounding Heated Rivalry in January 2026 with a bang, and the momentum continues with a second instalment. The second season of Heated Rivalry, adapted from Rachel Reid's critically acclaimed Game Changers book series, will be coming to Sky and streaming service NOW in 2027.

In season one, Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) are two of the biggest stars in Major League Hockey, bound by ambition, rivalry and a magnetic pull neither of them fully understands. What begins as a secret fling between two fresh-faced rookies evolves into a years-long journey of love, denial, and self-discovery. Over the next eight years, the pair chase glory on the ice while struggling to navigate their feelings off it. Torn between the sport they live for and the love they can't ignore, Shane and Ilya must decide if there is room in their fiercely competitive world for something as fragile and as powerful as real love.

Produced by Accent Aigu Entertainment in association with Bell Media's Crave, Heated Rivalry is distributed internationally by Sphere Abacus. The series was originally created for Canadian streaming service Crave by award-winning Canadian writer-director-producer Jacob Tierney (Letterkenny, Shoresy). Acquired for Sky by Lucy Criddle, Director of Acquisitions and Strategic Projects, and Alexander Wright, Acquisitions Manager.

YAGA

Sky has exclusively acquired upcoming Crave Original series, YAGA for the UK and Ireland, coming later this year. The contemporary mystery thriller is produced by Front Street Pictures and Blink49 Studios in partnership with Crave and reimagines the myth of Baba Yaga' in a small coastal town. Production for new series,starringCarrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix), Clark Backo (Letterkenny), Noah Reid (Schitt's Creek), and Hudson Williams (Heated Rivalry), is now underway.

YAGA follows Rapp (Noah Reid), a private investigator who arrives in a small coastal town to investigate the disappearance of a young heir to a powerful fishery, Henry Park (Hudson Williams). He finds himself at odds with an apprehensive local detective, Carson (Clark Backo), a charismatic university professor with a taste for younger men, Katherine (Carrie-Anne Moss), and a labyrinth of enigmatic suspects, secret lives, and ancient magic.

Based on the hit play by Kat Sandler, who also serves as writer and showrunner, the series is produced by Front Street Pictures and Blink49 Studios in partnership with Crave. YAGA is co-directed by David Frazee and Rachel Talalay. The series is executive produced by Mackenzie Donaldson, Andrew Miller and Carrie-Anne Moss and produced by Charles Cooper. The series is distributed internationally by Sphere Abacus and was acquired for Sky by Lucy Criddle, Director of Acquisitions and Strategic Projects.

Superfakes

Sky has exclusively acquired new A24 crime drama Superfakes for the UK and Ireland, a new series currently in production, and starring award winning and critically acclaimed actress Lucy Liu (Rosemead, Presence), who also serves as executive producer. The series hails from Emmy-winning creator, writer and showrunner, Alice Ju (Poker Face, Beef), and is produced by A24 and UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group.

Superfakes is a crime drama that follows a small-time Chinatown luxury counterfeit dealer who enters a dangerous black-market underworld in order to fund a life of suburban respectability for her family.

Series regulars include Ken Leung (Lost, Industry), cross-cultural musician and rapper Bohan Phoenix making his acting debut, Michelle Jones Lee (D ) and Keith Leung (I, Chinese).

Also executive producing are Benny Safdie (The Smashing Machine, The Curse); Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein and Eli Bush for Cen

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