{"id":144132,"date":"2025-11-20T04:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/144132\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T04:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:18:07","slug":"heated-rivalry-to-stream-on-hbo-max-get-release-date-watch-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/144132\/","title":{"rendered":"Heated Rivalry To Stream On HBO Max, Get Release Date, Watch Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Things are getting hot enough to melt ice on HBO Max this month.<\/p>\n

The Canadian gay hockey romance “Heated Rivalry”\u00a0will debut Friday, Nov. 28 with the first two episodes, the streamer announced on Wednesday. Episodes will then air weekly leading up to the Dec. 26 finale.<\/p>\n

The six-episode series, based on Rachel Reid’s “Game Changers” book series and originally produced for Canadian streamer Crave, follows two pro hockey stars, Shane and Ilya, who are “bound by ambition, rivalry, and a magnetic pull neither of them fully understands,”\u00a0per the official synopsis.<\/p>\n

“What begins as a secret fling between two fresh-faced rookies evolves into a years-long journey of love, denial, and self-discovery,”\u00a0the synopsis continues.\u00a0“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.”<\/p>\n

Hudson Williams and\u00a0Connor Storrie star as Shane and Ilya, with\u00a0Jacob Tierney\u00a0(“Letterkenny”) serving as series creator. Press PLAY above to watch a trailer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In other recent scheduling news…<\/p>\n


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Courtesy of Peacock<\/p>\n

*\u00a0“Game of Thrones”\u00a0alum Emilia Clarke’s new thriller “PONIES” will premiere Thursday, Jan. 15 on Peacock. Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson (“The White Lotus”) star as two secretaries at the American embassy in Moscow in 1977 who are recruited to become CIA operatives after their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0Meghan Markle’s Netflix holiday special “With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration”\u00a0will debut on the streamer Wednesday, Dec. 3. Get a sneak peek:<\/p>\n

Let the festivities begin. With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration arrives December 3! \ud83e\udd42 pic.twitter.com\/6zYZkWyrC3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Netflix (@netflix) November 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

* “Scrabble” and “Trivial Pursuit”\u00a0will return for Season 2 on The CW on Thursday, Jan. 22, the network has revealed, with “Scrabble” (with new host Craig Ferguson)\u00a0airing at 8 p.m. and “Trivial Pursuit” following at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n

* The “Sesame Street”\u00a0holiday special\u00a0“Elmo & Mark Rober’s Merry Giftmas” will premiere Monday, Dec. 8 on Netflix, with the beloved red muppet teaming up with the YouTube star “to make special presents for a Merry Giftmas exchange.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n


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