It’s almost time to untangle another web of lies.
Nearly five months after Tell Me Lies was renewed for a third season, Tom Ellis—who stars as college professor Oliver in the Hulu series—shared details about the upcoming season, including how he’s returning to stir up more drama.
“Yes, I’m going back,” Ellis, 46, told People at CBS Fest on May 7. “I’m actually going there on Saturday to start shooting.”
While he didn’t reveal the third season’s release date, Ellis—who’s married to the show’s creator Meaghan Oppenheimer—noted that viewers “will not be disappointed” in the plot’s new layer of drama. In fact, he’s already read “the first four episodes.”
“It is as dark, toxic, and funny as ever,” he continued of the show, which also stars Grace Van Patten and Jackson White. “And just when you thought our characters couldn’t do anything more ridiculous to themselves, they ended up doing it.”
Indeed, his character’s problematic romance with student Bree Benson (Catherine Missal) took a rocky turn in the show’s second season. In those prior episodes, Oliver starts an affair with Bree, even though he’s married to her English professor Marianne, played by Gabriella Pession. Bree struggles with the idea of being his secret, but it’s later revealed that their relationship wasn’t as discreet as she thought.
Near the end of the season, Marianne confirmed that she was aware of their affair the whole time and that she and Oliver have an open marriage—a detail that Bree was unaware of.
Despite Oliver’s toxic aura, Ellis told People his character has “a lot of redeeming moments” in season three.
“The focus isn’t so much on my character this season,” the Lucifer alum continued. “But it still plays very much into the Bree storyline.”
As for the show’s timeline, Meaghan revealed that there “will probably be a time jump,” transitioning the show’s cast out of their college years.
“We’ll get more and more of the future as time goes on. I think by the third season, we will still have some 2008 because there’s stuff that we have to wrap up there,” she told Variety last December. “But I think it would be a little bit shifted in the sense that there will probably be more 2015 than 2008.”
Keep reading to see shows that’ve been renewed or cancelled this year…
Renewed: The Rainmaker
The USA Network legal drama will return to the courtroom for season two.
Canceled: The Kitchen
Food Network announced that the weekend culinary talk show hosted by Sunny Anderson, Jeff Mauro, Geoffrey Zakarian, Katie Lee and Alex Guarnaschelli will end at the end in December 2025 after 12 years and 40 seasons.
Renewed: The Buccaneers
The Apple TV+ drama inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s final novel will return for season three.
Renewed: Lioness
The Paramount+ thriller starring Zoe Saldana and Nicole Kidman was renewed for a third season, according to multiple outlets.
Canceled: The Ultimatum: Queer Love
The Netflix dating reality show won’t be back for season three, Varity reported in October.
Canceled: Mid-Century Modern
The Hulu comedy inspired by The Golden Girls won’t be returning for a second season.
Renewed: The Morning Show
The Apple TV+ drama, starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, will be back for season five.
Canceled: Catfish
The MTV series will end with season nine.
“After 12 years,” host Nev Schulman said as he sat next to Max Joseph in a Sept. 22 Instagram video, “300 episodes and just a lot of traveling around this incredible country, Catfish has officially been cancelled. Sorry.”
Renewed: Hunting Wives
After the May Cobb novel adaptation became a smash hit on Netflix when it was added to the platform in summer of 2025, the streamer confirmed it had picked up the series as an original for season two.
Renewed: Foundation
The apocalyptic sci-fi drama will be back for season four.
Renewed: Overcompensating
The Prime Video comedy will head back to school for season two.
Renewed: Berlin ER
Apple TV+ renewed the German-language drama for a second season.
Renewed: The Paper
Stop the presses: The Office spinoff will be back for season two on Peacock.
Ending: Bel-Air
Peacock’s reimagined drama will debut it’s fourth and final season Nov. 24.
Renewed: Password
Get ready for more outrageous clues, wild guesses and comedic moments as Keke Palmer returns as host alongside wordplay master Jimmy Fallon for season three.
Renewed: The Institute
The horror series was for season two, which should come as no surprise given that The Institute ranks as the best premiere ever on MGM+.
Renewed: America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys
Season three will follow the 2025-2026 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad from start to finish—kicking off at auditions and training camp and continuing all the way through the NFL season.
Renewed: Solo Traveling
Tracee Ellis Ross‘ Roku Channel travel series will continue jet-setting to fabulous destinations with season two.
Renewed: American Ninja Warrior
The intense NBC competition series will continue to make jaws drop when more contestants compete for the $250,000 price on the upcoming 18th season.
Ending: And Just Like That…
Series creator Michael Patrick King revealed the Sex And The City spin-off starring Sarah Jessica Parker will end after the current third season in a two-part finale.
“And just like that…the ongoing storytelling of the Sex and the City universe is coming to an end,” Michael said in an Aug 1 Instagram post. “While I was writing the last episode of And Just Like That…season 3, it became clear to me that this might be a wonderful place to stop.”
“SJP and I held off announcing the news until now because we didn’t want the word ‘final’ to overshadow the fun of watching the season,” he added. “It’s with great gratitude we thank all the viewers who have let these characters into their homes and their hearts over these many years.”
Renewed: Untamed
Netflix’s new series set in Yellowstone National Park and starring Eric Bana scored a season two renewal, according to Variety.
Renewed: Pluribus
The new series, in which the most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness, was renewed by Apple TV+ even before its season one premiere.
Renewed: Days of Our Lives
The long-running Peacock soap opera will return with more drama for seasons 62 and 63.
Renewed: Stick
Owen Wilson‘s Apple TV+ comedy scored a season two pickup.
Renewed: Top Chef
Bravo’s culinary competition will return for season 23 set in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Renewed: Wednesday
The Jenna Ortega-starring Addams Family spinoff will return to Netflix for a third season.
Canceled: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
CBS announced they would shutter the late night franchise, with its last episode airing in May 2026.
Renewed: King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch
The Netflix reality series will return for season three.
Renewed: The Ultimatum: Marry or Move on
The Netflix reality series was renewed for season four.
Renewed: Murderbot
Apple TV+ announced a season two renewal for its acclaimed comedic thriller Murderbot starring Alexander Skarsgård.
