Rivals (2024)

Rivals (2024) season 2 on Disney+
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Season 2:
Starts on May 15, 2026
Watched: 0%
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S2 E1-3 air on Fri May 15th, 2026
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Season: 2
# Air Date Episode Name Watched?
E1 May 15, 2026 Episode 01
E2 May 15, 2026 Episode 02
E3 May 15, 2026 Episode 03
E4 TBA
E5 TBA
E6 TBA
E7 TBA
E8 TBA
E9 TBA
E10 TBA
E11 TBA
E12 TBA
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The Industry Oracle - Prestige Tentpole
Oracle Status:
Marketing/Trailers Dropping

The champagne is on ice, but the corporate warfare in Rutshire is just heating up for its highly anticipated return. With the explosive May 15, 2026 premiere rapidly approaching, the promotional machinery for the second season of Rivals is currently operating at maximum velocity. Following last season's brutal cliffhanger, the trailer confirms David Tennant’s Tony Baddingham survived and is out for vengeance, forming a sinister alliance with Nafessa Williams' Cameron Cook. We are firmly in the marketing phase, and Disney+ and Hulu are blanketing the landscape with steamy teasers and character stills.

Our insider sources indicate that the momentum is so incredibly strong that an advance renewal for a third season, potentially adapting Jilly Cooper's Polo, is already quietly in motion. Expect the decadent Rutshire drama to escalate significantly.

Oracle Prediction:
Rivals will absolutely dominate the May streaming charts, swiftly securing a formal Season 3 greenlight.
Oracle Insights Refined: March 2026
Why Watch:
"Fans of Succession will find a spiritual ancestor here, swapping corporate sleekness for glorious 80s excess and ruthless British aristocracy."
Series Analysis:
Welcome to the Cotswolds, where the champagne is cold and the ambition is scorching. Rivals adapts Jilly Cooper’s scandalous classic with all the hairspray and hubris of 1986 intact. At the center is the venomous feud between Olympian rake Rupert Campbell-Black and television magnate Tony Baddingham, a battle fought as fiercely in bedrooms as it is in boardrooms. The heavy anticipation surrounding this debut promises a masterclass in social climbing and backstabbing, where independent television franchises are the ultimate prize and loyalty is a tradable commodity. With the stakes this high and the morals this loose, adding a reminder for the premiere is the only way to ensure you have a front-row seat to the scandal.
Tone: Scandalous, Ruthless, Opulent Last Updated: March 2026
Frequently Asked Questions

Disney Plus and Hulu officially renewed Rivals for a second season in December 2024. The upcoming season has been expanded to twelve episodes and will be released in two parts. The first batch of episodes is scheduled to premiere on May 15, 2026.

The series is currently in the post-production and visual effects stage for its second season. Filming for the new episodes began in May 2025 and recently wrapped. The production team is now finalizing the edits and effects ahead of the May 2026 premiere.

The nineteen month gap between seasons is largely due to the expanded production scale, with the second season increasing from eight to twelve episodes. Additionally, the complex filming schedule required to capture the lavish 1980s period details spanned from May 2025 into early 2026.

There are currently no official television spin-offs in development for the series. However, the show is based on Jilly Cooper's Rutshire Chronicles, a literary universe consisting of eleven interconnected books. Producers have expressed interest in adapting more of these stories if the flagship series continues to be successful.

The second season of Rivals will premiere on May 15, 2026, with an initial three episode drop. The twelve episode season is being split into two parts, with the remaining six episodes scheduled to be released later in the year.

The main ensemble cast is returning for the second season, including David Tennant, Alex Hassell, and Aidan Turner. They will also be joined by several new cast members, such as Hayley Atwell and Rupert Everett.
FAQs Updated: March 2026
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Network:
Disney+
Seasons:
2
Years:
2024 - 2026
Genre:
Drama
Rating:
TV-MA
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