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Titus Welliver and Harry Bosch have been synonymous for 12 years. From the 7 seasons of Bosch and three seasons of Bosch: Legacy, Welliver has been the face of Michael Connelly’s TV universe. With Bosch: Start of Watch, that chapter concludes. In this new production, Cameron Monaghan is playing a young Harry Bosch, and Welliver is not involved at all.
This change to the character makes Bosch: Start of Watch the biggest test of whether the franchise can survive without Welliver’s presence. For years, any new series added to the universe featured Welliver to comfort existing fans. Amazon and MGM+ are now asking audiences to embrace Bosch’s character without the actor who has brought him to life for years. If the prequel does well, it will prove that Monaghan can make the character work and that the franchise can survive beyond the original actor.
From the moment Bosch debuted in 2015, the series revolved around Welliver’s performance. Connelly’s novels provided the foundation, but Welliver’s quiet intensity and world-weary presence turned Harry Bosch into one of television’s most dependable detectives. Even as streaming trends changed and crime dramas came and went, Bosch built a loyal audience around its leading man.
That reliance didn’t disappear when the original series ended; Bosch: Legacy essentially continued the story, with Welliver still at its center, allowing the franchise to evolve without losing its identity. When Prime Video introduced Ballard, it expanded the universe again, but Harry Bosch himself remained part of the equation. His appearances helped establish continuity and reminded viewers that they were still watching the same world they had spent years investing in.
What makes Start of Watch different is that, for the first time, the franchise won’t have Welliver as a bridge between old and new. Fans won’t have the comfort of a cameo, narration, or even a supporting appearance. Instead, they’ll have to accept a completely new interpretation of a character who has belonged to one actor for more than a decade.
Ballard represented a natural next step for the franchise. Maggie Q’s detective brought a fresh perspective, but the series still maintained ties to its predecessor. Welliver’s appearances made the transition easier and reinforced the feeling that Ballard existed alongside the events of Bosch and Bosch: Legacy rather than replacing them. This approach is common among successful franchises, but walking away from the actor audiences most associate with them is something else entirely.
Procedural franchises like Law & Order and CSI have thrived for decades because they were built around institutions rather than individuals. Bosch has always been different because, despite its supporting cast and sprawling cases, the series was fundamentally a character study. Harry Bosch was the franchise, not just the lead, and this puts Start of Watch in a much riskier proposition than Ballard ever was.
By casting Monaghan as a 26-year-old Bosch in 1990s Los Angeles, Amazon and MGM+ are making a bold bet, putting their money on viewers’ love for Harry Bosch himself, not just Welliver’s version of him.The prequel makes that gamble even more interesting because it isn’t adapting a specific novel. While Connelly’s books contain glimpses of Bosch’s past, Start of Watch ventures into largely unexplored territory, giving the writers freedom but also removing the safety net that comes with adapting beloved source material.
Fortunately, the series still has several advantages working in its favor. Connelly remains involved behind the scenes, longtime franchise producers are returning, and early comments from the author have been enthusiastic. Welliver himself has voiced support for Monaghan’s casting, and Connelly has praised the actor’s performance. Still, none of that guarantees success. Fans have spent 10 seasons watching Welliver embody Bosch’s uncompromising moral code and relentless pursuit of justice. Replacing that familiarity won’t be easy.
Television history is full of spin-offs. Very few character-driven franchises survive the departure of the actor who made them popular in the first place, which is what makes Bosch: Start of Watch so fascinating. The series isn’t merely telling another story in this universe, but is attempting to answer a much bigger question: Is Harry Bosch larger than Titus Welliver?
Amazon clearly believes the answer is yes. After seven seasons of Bosch, three seasons of Bosch: Legacy, and a growing universe that now includes Ballard, the franchise is evolving beyond the man who started it all. Whether audiences are ready to do the same remains to be seen. One thing is clear, however: Bosch is officially saying goodbye to Welliver’s detective for now, and Start of Watch will determine what comes next.
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Zoey Deutch has a knack for making even the trendiest accessories feel timeless. The actress recently stepped out carrying a sleek black handbag that instantly elevated her outfit. Her bag choice proves that a structured bag can transform even the simplest summer look, and I found a similar version for just $29 on Amazon.
On June 15, 2026, Deutch was photographed in New York City wearing a silky white satin dress and strappy heels while carrying a retro-inspired bowling bag. Her exact accessory is a $3,050 Alaïa design, but the Molodo Retro Shoulder Bag delivers a remarkably similar look for a fraction of the price. The ‘bowling bag’ trend has been quietly building momentum, and Deutch just gave it a celebrity stamp of approval.
Get the Molodo Retro Shoulder Bag for $25 at Amazon! Please note, prices are accurate at the date of publication, June 23, 2026, but are subject to change.
What makes the silhouette so appealing is its versatility. The rounded shape feels vintage, while the structured design makes it look polished and modern. It’s the kind of handbag that works just as well with a sundress as it does with jeans and a blazer.
The Molodo bag is made from PU leather and features the same sleek, curved silhouette that made Deutch’s designer version stand out. Despite its compact appearance, the purse has plenty of room for everyday essentials, including a phone, wallet, keys and makeup.
If black isn’t your style, this pick also comes in cream, brown, burgundy and several other colors. The color range makes it easy to find a version that works with the rest of your wardrobe.
A great handbag does most of the heavy lifting in an outfit, and this one delivers the same vintage-inspired energy as Deutch’s designer pick without the four-figure price tag. At just $25, it’s an easy way to try the bowling bag trend before it inevitably takes over summer.

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Melissa Gilbert is saying goodbye to eight years of memories in her New York City apartment.
“So long perfect little one bedroom apartment on the Upper West Side. The last eight years here have been so special,” Gilbert, 62, wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, June 22. “A lot of amazing work was done in and around this city. So many theaters and soundstages. So many wonderful dinners with friends and nights out on the town.”
While Gilbert didn’t provide a specific reason for the move, she expressed hopes of a return in the future.
“I promise we will be back, it’s just that right now…..well….you know,” she wrote. “Excited to live in our wonderful home upstate full time for a good long while. #nyc #goodbye #alwaysanasventure #happytrails #alwaysintherightplaceattherighttime.”
The Little House on the Prairie actress’ post comes as her husband, Timothy Busfield, continues to fight allegations in a child sex abuse case.
Busfield, 69, was first indicted on child sex abuse charges by a grand jury in New Mexico on February 6. The actor was specifically indicted on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child, the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s office said in a press release obtained by Us Weekly at the time.
Busfield — who has pleaded not guilty to the charges — recently filed a motion to quash the grand jury indictment.
“Timothy Busfield is innocent. This motion describes egregious prosecutorial misconduct during grand jury proceedings, thereby preventing the jurors from hearing testimony, witnesses and evidence even after repeated requests by the grand jury itself,” Busfield’s civil attorney Stanton “Larry” Stein claimed in a statement to Us earlier this month. “The government repressed and suppressed exculpatory evidence, misstated the law and failed in the most basic due process afforded any person under either Constitutional or State laws designed to protect actual innocence from abuse of government power.”
Gilbert has stood by her husband and called his arrest “the most traumatizing experience of our lives.”
“Our life as we knew it is done,” she said on Good Morning America in April. “We are grieving what we had — all of our plans, all of our dreams, all of our ideas, all of our projects. For Tim, it’s done. He’s canceled. Even if he’s exonerated, he will always be that guy. [He’s] the last person in the world who would hurt a child.”
In her latest social media post, Gilbert shared the things she will miss most about her neighborhood as she says goodbye to a property she fell in love with.
“I’ll miss the walking and our neighborhood, the subway rides, the amazing people I’ve met there and on the streets. This city truly has a pulse,” she explained after packing up U-Haul boxes. “You can feel it in your heart. Goodbye favorite newsstand, bodega, dance studio and laundry. Goodbye shoe repair, dry cleaners, nail salon. Goodbye sweet neighbors whom we love so much. And a very fond ‘farewell and see you soon’ to our favorite city in the world.”
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For a franchise that is known for its progressive messages, Star Trek has always been known for something else: sex appeal. The first pilot episode featured a scantily-clad Orion slave girl; later spinoffs would shamelessly put attractive female characters in skimpy clothing, from the skant of Deanna Troi to the skintight catsuit of Seven of Nine. Eventually, Enterprise one-upped everything that came before with a sexy Vulcan in a skintight suit and a plot contrivance where characters would regularly strip down to their skivvies and massage each other with gel.
While early Trek was insanely popular with women, the franchise has historically been targeted at men. That’s why the above examples predominantly feature sexy ladies wearing as little as possible. However, The Original Series threw the ladies some serious eye candy in “The Naked Time,” an episode in which George Takei’s Sulu ditches his shirt and shows off a seriously buff bod. What most fans don’t realize is how this scene started: with a director demanding that Takei take off his clothes to make sure he’d look good stripping down onscreen!

“The Naked Time” is one of those Star Trek episodes that really shouldn’t work. The plot involves the Enterprise crew getting infected with a weird space virus that makes everyone act drunk. While this is meant to be a dangerous situation (left unchecked, it will get the whole crew killed), the episode is filled with silly situations that are hard to take seriously, including a wonderfully surreal, wonderfully drunk Irish ballad.
Arguably, the most memorable moment from the episode involves George Takei’s Sulu. He inexplicably takes off his shirt and runs around with a sword like a lost member of the Three Musketeers. Because Takei was in such great shape, fans have spent decades fixated on his topless misadventures. Those misadventures were later referenced in Star Trek (2009), which confirmed that even the Kelvinverse Sulu is a master of fencing.
Interestingly, Takei wasn’t originally scripted to run around the Enterprise half-naked. Rather, Sulu was simply written as someone roaming the ship with a sword, fully clothed. Writer John D.T. Black was divided on whether it should be a samurai sword (signaling Sulu’s Japanese heritage) or a fencing blade. He left the decision to Takei, and the actor chose the fencing blade as a way of signifying that in the far future, nobody’s preferences would be restricted by their ethnicity. Takei ended up really taking to the blade: he practiced extensively with it on set, which resulted in a nearly hypnotic performance onscreen.

So, why did he end up stripping down? This was apparently a command decision on the part of director Marc Daniels. He reasoned (correctly, as it turned out) that Sulu’s big fencing scene would have more impact if the character were shirtless, but he didn’t know if the actor had the physique to pull it off.
Accordingly, he visited Takei’s trailer and asked the man to take off his shirt. Daniels liked what he saw and promptly declared that the fencing scene would be shirtless. As for Takei, he was a little nervous about the scene, so he did what most of us would do in his place: he spent the three days before shooting performing as many pushups as humanly possible.

Fortunately, all that hard work paid off, and Takei looked absolutely stunning as he swashbuckled his way across the screen. This became the most iconic moment of a Star Trek episode that was nominated for a Hugo and named by Gene Roddenberry as one of his personal favorites. Later, “The Naked Time” was homaged in the Next Generation episode “The Naked Now,” where Captain Picard’s crew deals with the same space virus (oh, and Data got lucky).
This Original Series episode even put the show on the map, with Leonard Nimoy estimating that his fan mail went from a few dozen letters per week to a few thousand after it aired. As an episode that has entertained audiences for 60 years, “The Naked Time” helped define decades of Star Trek history. However, that might have never happened if a director hadn’t walked into George Takei’s trailer and asked him to strip down!
Netflix has released plenty of new projects this year, but none have shined as bright as War Machine, the epic sci-fi thriller starring Alan Ritchson. Best known for his lead role as Reacher in the hit Prime Video series of the same name, Ritchson proved to be the perfect action star to lead War Machine — the film is among Netflix’s top 10 most-watched titles ever, and the streamer has already confirmed that a sequel is in the early stages of development. Netflix has maintained an edge over other big streaming services like Prime Video due to its commitment to not only releasing fresh new originals but also picking up discarded classics and giving them a new home. Older shows like Dexter and Suits were both in line for revivals after being added to Netflix in recent years, and picking up a larger audience than they ever had while they were on the air.
Netflix has already picked out another series that could be the perfect candidate for a redemption arc, and all episodes of the five-season show are streaming on the platform right now, as of this Monday. The series in question is The Last Ship, the dystopian sci-fi naval thriller led by the late Eric Dane. The show ran for five seasons on TNT between 2014 and 2018, and it even features other notable stars such as Adam Baldwin and Charles Parnell. It’s been only a few days since all five seasons of The Last Ship were added to Netflix, but the show is already climbing streaming charts — it has crept into the Netflix top 10, and it seeks to rise higher in the rankings before it’s said and done.
An official synopsis for The Last Ship, which holds a 69% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, reads as follows:
“After a devastating global pandemic wipes out most of humanity, the crew of the USS Nathan James remains one of the last functioning military forces on Earth. Led by Captain Tom Chandler, they embark on a perilous mission to develop a cure, confront emerging threats, and help rebuild civilization while navigating war, politics, and survival on a global scale.”
The show has been compared to The Last of Us due to its dystopian nature, but it also shares similarities to Greyhound, the hit Tom Hanks movie on Apple TV. Fans of either project are sure to find The Last Ship as their next streaming obsession, and if it picks up enough steam in the coming months, it could even be in line for a revival.
Check out all five seasons of The Last Ship on Netflix and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of the show.
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The magical world of spells and potions isn’t always what the children’s books boast. That is the stance that SyFy’s highly underrated dark fantasy series takes during its five seasons of heartwrenching storylines. The Magicians debuted in 2015, adapted from Lev Grossman’s book of the same name. A marriage between Harry Potter and the dark academia genre, the series follows a group of graduate students invited to the magical university of Brakebills.
Viewers came for the magic but stayed for the enduring and sometimes horrifying storylines about adulthood that put a spin on the whimsy of places like Narnia. Quentin Coldwater (Jason Ralph) functions as a proxy for the audience, who is elated to be a magician. He is doused with cold reality, however, when he learns that magic comes with a price, and all the tales he read as a child are more real than they should be.
Who hasn’t wished that they would be spirited away to a magical school to learn spellcasting and witchcraft? The Magicians posits that even in students’ twenties, they could still have such a gift – only this one some may want to return. Quentin and his group of cohorts learn how to bend the laws of reality, but that is only so they can defend the school against an entity known as the Beast.
The first season chronicles the Brakebills’ students’ attempt to power up and fight a creature that no one in the history of magic has been able to defeat. The Beast is the gut-wrenching antithesis to Voldemort, whose origins are not easy viewing. The villains of The Magicians cause real-world consequences as the series depicts harrowing issues such as mental health issues and sexual assault.
This series is truly for the older set, as these adult magicians have adult problems. This dark material is perfect for viewers ready for the next level, but it also contains much-needed levity. In addition to trickster gods and infinite time loops, The Magicians also shows what Narnia would be like if it existed.
The fantasy show’s version of Narnia is Fillory, a place Quentin first perceived as fictional. This turns out to be false when the students learn they can visit the inspiration for the in-show books. However, it isn’t the world full of wonder that Quentin grew up with. This Fillory is full of monsters, torture dungeons, and a declining aristocratic state. The Magicians is perfect from start to finish and pokes fun at the C.S. Lewis series while also exploring mature themes that set the story apart from every other magical school narrative.
SyFy’s five-part series was perhaps too brilliant because it missed the attention of many. Similar to AMC’s The Vampire Lestat, which has a niche audience, The Magicians also uses dark humor and in-depth lore to tell incredible human stories. The show may have premiered over a decade ago, but these intense themes hit harder than ever before. A series truly about reaching adulthood, The Magicians is a must-watch no matter what the era.
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Chris Fisher, James L. Conway, Joshua Butler, John Scott, Carol Banker, Scott Smith, Guy Norman Bee, Rebecca Johnson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Meera Menon, amanda tapping, Bill Eagles, Jan Eliasberg, Kate Woods, Shannon Kohli
John McNamara, Henry Alonso Myers, David Reed, Noga Landau, Christina Strain, Leah Fong, Alex Raiman, Elle Lipson, David Reed
Olivia Taylor Dudley
Alice Quinn
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Judith Sheldon was one of five children born to “Ben-Hur” and “Roman Holiday” director William Wyler.
Sydney Sweeney’s date night loungewear is a must-see.
The Euphoria actress, 28, showed off her curves in a burgundy red set while promoting her lingerie brand, Syrn, via Instagram on Friday, June 19. In the clip, Sweeney panned the camera down to give a glimpse at her ensemble.. She playfully blew a kiss to the camera while clad in matching mid-rise underwear, which she wore with her Lowdown camp featuring a scoop neck and thin straps.
For glam, Sweeney donned a full beat, including dewy skin, filled-in eyebrows, winged eyeliner, blushed cheeks and long lashes. Her blonde hair was parted down the middle and styled in big, voluminous curls.
“Date Night with Syd ✨,” the official Syrn account captioned the post. Her fans were quick to praise her in the comments section. “OKEY, SHE’S SO CUTE!💗,” one gushed. Another follower commented, “Gorgeous Syd❣️,” while a third commented, “😮 oh My god 😍.”
Sweeney’s sexy snap comes amid her relationship with Scooter Braun. Earlier this month, the actress gushed over the music producer via Instagram while celebrating his 45th birthday.
“Happiest of birthdays to the man with the biggest heart I know ❤️,” she captioned a photo of herself kissing his cheek.
The duo was first spotted together in Italy before Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s wedding last summer. A source later told Us Weekly that their relationship was getting “very serious.”
In April, the insider added, “They are the real deal. People around them thought that this would be just a fling, but they are committed.”
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The past few months have been stellar on Apple TV, cementing the streamer as one of the very best among difficult competition. Not only have the likes of the comedy-drama Shrinking, the epic Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, and the utterly gripping Your Friends & Neighbors delivered hit new seasons, but the streamer has also dropped brand-new success stories, including the Elle Fanning-led adaptation, Margo’s Got Money Troubles, and a fresh, acclaimed new adaptation of Cape Fear.
But can Apple TV continue its near-perfect run of shows? Well, if its latest returning favorite is anything to go by, 2026 hasn’t even reached top gear yet. On June 19, the Colin Farrell-led 2024 series Sugar made its hotly anticipated Season 2 debut, as the titular private eye hiding a blue-skinned sci-fi secret returned. The first season earned plenty of acclaim, being called “exceptionally strong” in Collider’s review. But with such a high bar to hit, could Sugar Season 2 match expectations?
Not only has the series returned with a bang, but Sugar Season 2 has landed a sweet, perfect score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. ScreenRant called it “Apple TV’s best detective series,” whilst CBR said, “Colin Farrell’s Apple TV mystery gets even better.” For Collider, Nate Richard was more reserved in his assessment, writing in his review: “There are moments of pure thrills and intrigue, but Season 2 often becomes bogged down by a story that gets sloppier the deeper it goes.” While the series is Certified Fresh, Season 2’s score is currently down significantly from Season 1’s near-perfect 96% at a still respectable 81%.
With Sugar‘s return proving a critical smash, and with the show already back near the top of the streaming charts in America, will we see more of the titular private investigator in the future? If Farrell were to have his way, the show would run for many more years, according to a new interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub. “I would love to get four or five seasons out of this,” Farrell openly admitted, before doubling down. “I would love to get four or five seasons. I can’t get a straight answer out of Apple because they pretty much go season to season, which I get, it’s a business, based on the viewership and all that kind of jazz.” Farrell then confirmed that, in August, “we’ll know whether we get a third season or not.”
Sugar is available to stream on Apple TV. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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