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: Heated Rivalry
The hit love story will bring the heat again with season two at Crave and HBO Max.
Renewed: Down Cemetery Road
On the heels of the first season finale, Apple TV announced a season two renewal for acclaimed thriller starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson.
Renewed: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel confirmed that he extended his late night contract for an additional year, keeping the ABC show on the air through May 2027.
Jimmy posted the update to Instagram Dec. 8, writing in the caption, “I am pleased to announce another no-talent year!”
The news comes amid a challenging period for the host as his show was abruptly suspended “indefinitely” in September following backlash to comments he’d made during his Sept. 15 monologue about Charlie Kirk’s murder.
Renewed: Platonic
The Apple TV+ comedy starring Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen will return for season three.
Renewed: Snapped
Oxygen's true crime series will document more horrific crimes when season 36, 37 and 38 premiere in 2026.
Renewed: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
The Game of Thrones prequel landed a second season renewal before it premieres in January 2026.
Renewed: House of the Dragon
The Game of Thrones prequel will return to Westeros for season four.
Canceled: Poker Face
The Peacock comedy starring Natasha Lyonne as a crime-solving sleuth won't return for season three, according to THR.
Canceled: English Teacher
Class is officially canceled for the FX comedy, according to Variety.
Renewed: Alien: Earth
FX's Alien prequel will incite more frights when it returns for season two next year.
Renewed: Honest Renovations
Jessica Alba and Lizzy Mathis' Roku home renovation show will tackle new constructions on season four.
Renewed: Love Island: Beyond the Villa
The second season of Peacock's Love Island spinoff will debut in 2026.
Renewed: Nobody Wants This
Everybody wants more of this. The Netflix comedy will be back for season three.
Canceled: Ridiculousness
After 14 years, the hit MTV clip show hosted by Rob Dyrdek is coming to an end.
Renewed: King of the Hill
The beloved animated comedy will continue grilling through seasons 16 and 17 on Hulu.
Renewed: Adults
The comedy about a group of twenty-somethings in New York trying to be good people will return for season two.
Renewed: Only Murders in the Building
OMITB is alive and well because the Hulu series is returning for season six in 2026.
The show will film overseas for the first time, with the beloved crime-solving trio leaving New York City to investigate London’s newest mystery.
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.