David Tennant joined a bunch of stars within the steamy Hulu/Disney+ collection Rivals, which grew to become an enormous hit final yr and is about to return for extra rowdy 80s mayhem early in 2026. Though there are nonetheless a number of months till the brand new episodes are anticipated to roll out, Tennant has been teasing that his character goes be doing extra “horrible issues” within the anticipated second season.
Rivals is predicated on the novel of the identical title by British writer Jilly Cooper, and is an unapologetically racy story of greed, lust and stiff…higher lips. The collection takes viewers again to the Eighties, in Cooper’s Rutshire, a usually quaint countryside space of England, the place media mogul Tony Baddingham (Tennant) and “rival” Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell) carry their power-hungry feud to a head amid copious quantities of bed room farce.
Whereas showing at FanX Salt Lake Metropolis Comedian Conference (by way of Collider) Tennant was largely tight-lipped in regards to the second season of Rivals, however he did supply one tease about how his character goes to be much more diabolical subsequent time round. He mentioned:
“All I can inform you about Season 2 of Rivals is that I do some horrible issues. Horrible issues! A lot worse than final time!”
‘Rivals’ Is Including to Its Forged for Saucy Seconds
If there’s one factor that was by no means a part of the unique plan for Disney+ – at the very least for many who consider Disney to provide nothing however jolly, child-safe animated films and the like – it was a raunchy bonk-busting adaptation of a Jilly Cooper novel. Nevertheless, occasions change, and whereas the collection airs on Hulu within the U.S. a number of different territories can flick between the raunchy antics at Rutshire and the most recent kiddie-friendly animated providing from the Home of Mouse.
In addition to the likes of Tennant, Danny Dyer, Aiden Turner, and Nafessa Williams, Season 2 of Rivals won’t solely be extending to 12 episodes – up from eight episodes within the first season – but additionally increasing its solid. It was introduced earlier within the yr that MCU favourite Hayley Atwell will probably be becoming a member of the present as Helen Gordon, the previous spouse of Campbell-Black, and Rupert Everett will play Helen’s husband, Malise. The pair be part of a number of newly introduced visitor stars, together with Maxim Ays, Holly Cattle, Oliver Dench, Amanda Lawrence, Bobby Lockwood, Eliot Salt and Jonny Weldon.
Rivals was a shocking hit in 2024, primarily as a result of, in contrast to many variations of older novels, the collection didn’t try and modernize its setting, and as an alternative embraced the 80s-era of the unique story. Season 1 scored a formidable 95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer, and 90% on the Popcornmeter. With Tennant’s feedback, it appears like Season 2 will probably be providing up extra of the identical, and going off current viewership-winning exhibits like The Searching Wives, it looks like saucy tales with bonkers plotlines is strictly what the streaming public need.