{"id":320558,"date":"2026-02-27T19:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/320558\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T19:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:18:14","slug":"game-on-major-heated-rivalry-update-as-season-2-release-date-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/320558\/","title":{"rendered":"Game On: Major Heated Rivalry update as season 2 release date revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lmfm.ie\/news\/entertainment\/\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--small c-btn--secondary-fill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        All Onic Entertainment<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/69612a9b4e6ad.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    (via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            This steamy drama just dropped a spicy update.\n        <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">The hit hockey drama &#8216;Heated Rivalry&#8217; is officially returning for a second season and we have all the latest details.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">Showrunner Jacob Tierney confirmed the renewal, revealing\u00a0the creative team is currently writing the script with plans to begin filming this August.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">The series, based on the \u2018Game Changer\u2019 novels by Rachel Reid, follows a secret romance between two professional icy hockey players, played by breakout stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">HBO previously confirmed the series would return for Season 2 via an Instagram post in December 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The six-part drama is available to watch in Ireland on Sky and streaming service NOW.<\/p>\n<p>Season 2 is expected to air in 2027.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Late to the game? See what the hype is about and watch the Season 1 trailer here.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/onic-player\/id6747436925?ppid=62f5d1bc-976b-45a1-a0cb-ee4acf856ae1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68da98f645855.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Onic Entertainment (via Getty Images) This steamy drama just dropped a spicy update. The hit hockey drama&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[4263,4262,93,61,60,3323,4259,4258,4265,4266,4264,4260,4261,282],"class_list":["post-320558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-drogheda-radio","tag-dundalk-radio","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-job-search","tag-lm-fm","tag-lmfm","tag-lmfm-breakfast-show","tag-lmfm-late-lunch","tag-lmfm-podcast","tag-louth-radio","tag-meath-radio","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}