HBO’s sprawling adaptation of Philip Pullman’s fantasy novels features talking animals, stars like James McAvoy and Lin-Manuel Miranda, and explores a ruthless theocracy.

The host-less show was a scattershot, lazy snooze, all the more shameful given the rare quality of the winners (“Fleabag!” Billy Porter!) and their powerful speeches. What gives?

The new 10-part Netflix series, featuring many A-list voices (Lena Headey! Mark Hamill! Simon Pegg!), is an instant genre classic.

Filming on the Naomi Watts-led “Game of Thrones” prequel pilot is wrapped and “amazing,” HBO says. That fans hated the show’s last season? “Comes with the territory.”

Everything we can’t stop loving, hating, and thinking about this week in pop culture.

‘Dark Phoenix,’ featuring ‘Game of Thrones’ star Sophie Turner, Jennifer Lawrence and more, is the final chapter in the mutant franchise’s current incarnation. Good riddance.

You thought HBO was done with ‘Game of Thrones?’ Hardly. The network has several intriguing spin-off shows in development—and that doesn’t even include Arya’s ‘West of Westeros.’