Overview
- Heated Rivalry took home GLAAD’s Outstanding New TV Series at the Los Angeles ceremony, with the cast and creators accepting together.
- Creator Jacob Tierney said he is actively writing Season 2 and reaffirmed that production remains on schedule to start this summer.
- Reporting from recent interviews points to an August 2026 shoot and a targeted April 2027 release window.
- Tierney reiterated that the new season will hew closely to Rachel Reid’s novel The Long Game as the primary source material.
- Several cast members said they have not yet been given a firm start date, while Olympian Amber Glenn publicly pitched a sapphic spin-off and said she would be open to a cameo.