The hype around Heated Rivalry has only continued to grow in the weeks after its Season 1 finale and the announcement of Season 2, continued release of press tour interviews that fans are eating up, and being nominated for the 37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards for Outstanding New TV Series.
Now, stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie will be presenting at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on Sunday evening, as confirmed by THR.
The Golden Globes are one of many appearances Williams and Storrie have planned, with Storrie presenting at the 32nd Annual Actor Awards (formerly the Screen Actors Guild Awards) on Wednesday, January 7; Williams will have his late night debut on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon also on January 7, along with a radio interview with Andy Cohen Live on Thursday, January 8; and Storrie will have his own late night debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Monday, January 12.
Following Episode 5 of Heated Rivarly, which ranks as one of the highest-rated TV episodes of all time on IMDb (it's current rating is 9.9), fans heavily pushed on social media that the show – along with Storrie for his incredible Russian monologue in episode 5 – is Emmy worthy. However, due to the show being funded by Bell Media (a Canadian company) and not co-produced by an American company, they are ineligible to submit for The Emmy Awards – they are eligible for the International Emmy's, though.
When Season 2 was announced last month, Crave shared that Heated Rivalry quickly became its top original series of all time, with its viewership increasing almost 400% within only two weeks of its premiere date.
Creator, director, and writer of Heated Rivalry, Jacob Tierney (Letterkenny, Shoresy), recently discussed the future of the show with EW, which is based off Rachel Reid's Game Changers book series. Tierney said Season 2 won't release at the same time of year as Season 1, as he hasn't begun writing it yet, but that fans can expect it to release shortly after that window – which seems to point at early 2027.
"It's not gonna be two years. It's not even gonna be 18 months, I don't think. So we're gonna go as fast as we can, while ensuring that we're doing as good a job as we possibly can," Tierney said.
Heated Rivalry is slowly being released internationally, with the show currently heading to the UK this weekend, releasing on January 10 on Sky.
Jessie Wade is Associate Director of Editorial Programming at IGN. You can find her playing cozy games on her Switch or watching the latest fantasy and drama shows, as well as getting lost in way too many fantasy romance books.
