• Microsoft launched its Xbox gaming console nearly 25 years ago.
• The brand has become beloved, owning popular gaming franchises like "Call of Duty" and "Minecraft."
• Read about the Xbox's history, and how it became a staple of the gaming industry.

Since its debut in 2001, Microsoft's Xbox has become a cornerstone in the gaming industry, quickly coming to rival and challenge the market dominance of the Sony PlayStation and Nintendo.

The Xbox brand has evolved through multiple console generations, introducing innovations that have not only influenced competitors but also helped cement Microsoft as a serious player in the entertainment sector.

The development and launch of Xbox

Starting in the late 1990s, Microsoft recognized the growing importance of the gaming industry and the potential of integrating personal computing into a home console.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was intrigued by the idea of entering the console gaming market, but posed a major hurdle in the beginning. It took months to convince a skeptical Gates to agree to fund the Xbox project, Business Insider previously reported.

A team of engineers led by Seamus Blackley had already started work on the project before it was even presented to Gates. They envisioned a console that could leverage Microsoft's expertise in DirectX graphics technology — hence the code name "DirectX Box," which was later shortened to "Xbox."

The original Xbox was unveiled on November 15, 2001, in North America. It was the first gaming console produced by an American company since the Atari Jaguar ceased operations in 1996. With a built-in hard drive and Ethernet port, the Xbox was technologically advanced for its time. It introduced the world to franchises like "Halo: Combat Evolved," which became a flagship series for the brand.

From Xbox 360 to Xbox One

In 2005, Microsoft launched the Xbox 360 aimed at building online gaming. Xbox Live, initially introduced with the original Xbox console, was significantly expanded, allowing players to connect, compete, and share content globally. The console popularized achievements and "Gamerscore," incentivizing gameplay and fostering a competitive environment. It also introduced the concept of downloadable content (DLC) for consoles, changing how games could be monetized and extended post-release.

The Xbox 360 S was released in June 2010. Its slimmer design aimed to address the infamous "red ring of death" overheating problem that plagued the original Xbox 360 consoles.

The Xbox 360 consoles saw the rise of the best-selling video game series "Call Of Duty." The series is published by Activision Blizzard, which Microsoft acquired in 2023 for $68.7 billion. DLCs for "Call of Duty" games typically released earlier on the Xbox than the PlayStation, leading fans who wanted to experience newly released content as soon as possible to adopt the console.

After an 8 year run, Microsoft retired the Xbox 360 lineup in 2013 in favor of the Xbox One, which it marketed as an all-in-one entertainment system not just designed for gamers. Microsoft ceased producing the Xbox 360 in 2016.

Satya Nadella's strategic pivot

The Xbox One generation saw a stronger focus on exclusive titles and services like Xbox Game Pass, a subscription-based model offering a library of games for a flat monthly fee. This service-oriented approach was part of a larger monumental strategic pivot facilitated by current Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Under his leadership, the company has prioritized investment in cloud infrastructure, which caused Azure to surpass its Windows business and subscription versions of Microsoft Office to amass some 50 million monthly users by 2015.

In a 2018 E3 appearance, Microsoft introduced the Xbox Adaptive Controller, designed to make gaming more inclusive by making gaming accessible to those with various disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy.

The controller, designed to work with both Windows and Xbox One games, gives players with limited mobility large programmable buttons, a single joystick, and easy mounting options to wheelchairs or the player's legs. It also boasts compatibility with headphones and other accessories, including additional switches and buttons. Time magazine considered the Adaptive Controller among the best inventions of 2018.

Xbox Series X and Series S

The years 2016 and 2017 saw the release of the Xbox One S and Xbox One X, respectively. Both consoles introduced 4K resolution support for games, with the Xbox One X's implementation featuring a 31% graphics performance boost over the original Xbox One.

Building on the success of the Xbox One lineup, Microsoft released the latest two iterations of the console in 2020: the high-end Xbox Series X and the more affordable Xbox Series S. Both systems boasted faster load times, higher frame rates, and support for ray-tracing. With this console generation, Microsoft embraced backwards compatibility, allowing players to play games dating back to the original Xbox console.

Further illustrating Microsoft's heavy investment in cloud technologies, the company expanded the Xbox Game Pass and introduced the Xbox Cloud Gaming beta. Game Pass essentially works as a Netflix-like service for games, allowing players to pay a flat monthly fee to access a large library of games; Xbox Cloud Gaming allows players to play Xbox games on their computers, Smart TVs, or phones — even using a Sony DualShock 4 PlayStation controller if they so choose — through Game Pass' Ultimate tier, entirely removing the need for an Xbox console.

Microsoft layoffs hit Xbox and Activision Blizzard

However, despite its success, Microsoft's Xbox division has had layoffs and has not been immune to overall market forces. A major slowdown in video game sales following the end of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in job cuts across the gaming and tech industries.

In early 2024, Microsoft layoffs affected 1,900 workers between Activision, Xbox, and Bethesda Softworks' parent company ZeniMax.

Later that year, some Xbox employees took voluntary severance packages, and a further 650 employees were laid off from the Xbox division itself.

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Kieran Culkin and his wife, Jazz Charton, have been by each other’s sides for more than a decade.

The Succession star and the London native met at a New York City bar in 2012. Culkin recalled his hilarious first conversation with his future wife in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “I said, ‘I’m Kieran. You have an English accent. What’s your name?’” he shared in October 2021. “She said, ‘I’m Jazz.’ I said, ‘J-A-Z-Z, like the music?’ And she said, ‘Yeah.’ And I said, ‘Well, that’s f—ing stupid.’”

His humor worked the trick, and the two tied the knot a year later.Culkin and Charton welcomed their first child in September 2019. Their second baby arrived in August 2021 — the same year Kieran’s brother Macaulay Culkin and fiancée Brenda Song became parents.

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The cast and crew of Baby Reindeer had an evening to remember at the 2025 Golden Globes.

After being nominated for Best Limited Series Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television, Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television and Best Female Supporting Actor — Television, Richard Gadd, Jessica Gunning and the Netflix grew discovered they had won two Golden Globes.

“I cannot believe any of this is happening to me,” Gunning, 38, said upon accepting her award for Best Female Supporting Actor — Television. “Baby Reindeer has changed my life in ways that I can’t even explain.”

Gadd, 35, lost the award for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television to Colin Farrell for his role on The Penguin.

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However, Gadd had the opportunity to thank fans of the show when he and the Baby Reindeer cast and crew accepted the award for Best Limited Series Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television.

“The way you guys have embraced this show means the absolute world to me. To us,” he said in his acceptance speech. “Right now, when the world is in the state that it is in and people are really struggling, we need stories that speak to the complicated and difficult nature of our times. Any story, when done right, is universal, and all the weird, idiosyncratic struggles we go through on a daily basis are just as worthy of being committed to screen as any.”

Before any awards were handed out on Sunday, January 5, at The Beverly Hilton, both Gadd and Gunning expressed gratitude for being recognized by the Hollywood Foreign Press.

“I am beyond thrilled that Baby Reindeer has been nominated for three Golden Globes,” Gadd said in a statement in December 2024 when nominations were first announced. “Almost every year, I have watched the event hoping that one day I might be there in the audience, sitting among the industry’s finest, getting roasted on an international scale. So it is a dream come true.”

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Gadd found himself up against several Hollywood legends including Colin Farrell (The Penguin), Kevin Kline (Disclaimer), Cooper Koch (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story), Ewan McGregor, (A Gentleman in Moscow) and Andrew Scott (Ripley).

Gunning was just as thrilled to be in the same category as Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear), Hannah Einbinder (Hacks), Dakota Fanning (Ripley), Allison Janney (The Diplomat) and Kali Reis (True Detective: Night Country).

“Words can’t really do justice to how thrilled I am to be nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress — alongside some of my idols as well, no less!” she said in December 2024. “I think I might need someone to pinch me to check I’m not dreaming.”

Baby Reindeer, which first premiered in April 2024, follows a comedian named Donny (Gadd) as he deals with a female stalker named Martha (Gunning).

Donny’s tense situation takes a toll on his relationships with friends and family and forces him to face past traumas.

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The show’s success caught many by surprise including Gadd, who also serves as the creator.

“I remember thinking, ‘Maybe someone might watch it [over] the weekend. Maybe I’ll get a few texts.’ But literally the second it went out, my phone was exploding,” Gadd said in a June 2024 appearance on Today With Hoda & Jenna. “It felt like it was overnight, that everyone was talking about us suddenly — talking about us, talking about the show. And then, it just started becoming No. 1 in all these countries around the globe. It’s just been crazy.”

Baby Reindeer is streaming now on Netflix.

Sofia Vergara wasn’t afraid to (jokingly) express her disdain for losing a Golden Globe to Jodie Foster.

“No, no!” Vergara, 52, who was nominated for her role in Griselda, yelled, standing up and flailing her arms while Foster, 62, accepted the award for Best Performance by a Female Actor, Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for her performance in True Detective: Night Country at the 82nd annual Golden Globes on Sunday, January 5.

“I know, I know,” Foster said in response to Vergara as she took the stage and began her acceptance speech for her fifth Golden Globe out of 10 total nominations in her career. She previously took home awards for The Accused (1989), The Silence of the Lambs (1992) and The Mauritanian (2021), and she was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2013.

“Give me one!” Vergara continued to protest, playfully interrupting Foster’s speech while laughing.

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Foster confirmed there were no hard feelings between the two actresses when she gave Vergara a shout-out.

“The greatest thing about being this age and being this time is having a community of all these people, especially you, Sofia,” Foster said. “Our True Detective team, who I love so much, we’re really only here for one reason, and that is the wonderful, beautiful Issa López, our showrunner, writer [and] director. So grateful to you for your talent and your friendship.”

When the camera panned back to the Griselda actress, she was smiling.

Foster went on to thank the network, cast and crew of True Detective: Night Country, the fourth season of the anthology crime drama, which premiered in 2014, and she gave special thanks to “the Indigenous people who shared their stories with us,” noting “they changed my life and hopefully they’ll change yours.”

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Foster and Vergara were also up against Cate Blanchett (Disclaimer), Cristin Milioti (The Penguin), Kate Winslet (The Regime) and Naomi Watts (Feud: Capote vs. the Swans) in this category.

The five-time Globe winner gave a shout-out to her wife, Alexandra Hedison, but her date at the event was her 23-year-old son, Kit, who looked on proudly during his mom’s speech.

“Kit, my scientist son, and Charlie, my actor son who is starting his career, hopefully, you understand the joy, such joy that comes from doing really hard, meaningful, good work,” she told her children from the stage. (Charlie, 26, was not present at the show.)

True Detective: Night Country was also nominated for Best Female Supporting Actor, Television and Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television, both of which the show lost to Baby Reindeer.

True Detective: Night Country is currently streaming on Hulu.

Elton John may be struggling with his eyesight, but he’s still got jokes.

“I don’t know if you know, but there’s been a lot of stories going on around about my recursive eyesight,” John, 77, said when taking the 2025 Golden Globes stage on Sunday, January 5. “I just wanted to reassure everybody that it’s not as bad as it seems.”

The legendary singer took the stage alongside Brandi Carlile to present the award for Best Original Score, Motion Picture. (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross took home the win for Challengers.)

“I’m so pleased to be here with my cohost, Rihanna,” John continued, motioning toward Carlile, 43, who held back laughter before presenting the award.

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John first revealed his health issue in a September 2024 Instagram statement. He offered more details during a November 2024 interview with Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts, explaining that he had lost sight in his right eye following an illness.

“I had an infection in the South of France. It’s been four months now since I haven’t been able to see, and my left eye’s not the greatest,” the musician said, noting that there’s “hope and encouragement” he will eventually be able to see.

“I’m kind of stuck in the moment,” John explained, admitting he’s unsure whether recording music is possible at the moment.

Elton John, while standing next to Brandi Carlile, reassured everyone that his health issues with his eyes aren’t as bad as everyone thinks:

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“I can’t see a lyric, for start. We’re taking an initiative to try and get it better, but at the moment, that’s really what we’re concentrating on,” he continued. “It’s never fortunate for anything like this to happen. It kinda floored me, and I can’t see anything. I can’t read anything, I can’t watch anything.”

John also spoke candidly about his eyesight last month when addressing the crowd at the opening of The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical in London. It was reported at the time that John was assisted getting off stage by husband David Furnish. (John provided the music for the new stage show.)

“As some of you may know I have had issues and now I have lost my sight. I haven’t been able to see the performance but I have enjoyed it,” he said when taking the stage, according to the Daily Mail. “To my husband who’s been my rock because I haven’t been able to come to many of the previews … it’s hard for me to see it, but I love to hear it and it sounded good tonight. Thank you for coming.”

The Only Murders in the Building crew temporarily relocated from the hallowed halls of the Arconia to the famed Beverly Hilton for the 82nd Annual Golden Globes.

Only Murders in the Building had been nominated in four categories, including Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy. The three lead actors — Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez — were also honored with individual nominations. OMITB lost Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy to Hacks.

Martin, 79, and Short, 74, were nominated against one another for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series, Comedy alongside Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This), Ted Danson (A Man on the Inside), Jason Segel (Shrinking) and Jeremy Allen White (The Bear). White, 33, took home the honor despite an absence at the ceremony.

Gomez, 32, was honored in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Comedy category against Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This), Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary), Ayo Edebiri (The Bear), Kathryn Hahn (Agatha All Along) and Jean Smart (Hacks). When Gomez lost to Smart, 73, she was seen enthusiastically applauding from her seat.

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Gomez was also a double nominee who was honored in the Best Supporting Female Actor, Film category for her role in Emilia Pérez. The Rare Beauty founder was up against costar Zoe Saldaña, Wicked’s Ariana Grande, The Brutalist star Felicity Jones, The Substance standout Margaret Qualley and Conclave’s Isabella Rossellini. (Saldaña, 46, took home the trophy in her debut Globes win.)

“I don’t even know what to write,” Gomez gushed via Instagram Story last month. “I’m so proud of @zoesaldana and I am so grateful and honored @goldenglobes.”

She continued in a follow-up upload, “@karsiagascon mi amor I am so proud and grateful to know you! Congratulations to Jacques, [Clément Ducol] and Camille. … So proud of my @onlymurdershulu family .”

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Gomez was previously nominated for a Golden Globe for her OMITB role of Mabel Mora during the 2023 and 2024 ceremonies. Martin and Short have also consistently earned nominations since the Hulu series premiered in 2021. While OMITB has been nominated for 16 total Globes, the show had yet to win a single trophy ahead of Sunday’s ceremony.

Despite OMITB’s lack of wins, it remains a standout series for its star-studded crop of actors.

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“It is truly a no-hazing set. It is absolutely and completely supportive, generous and kind,” Kumal Nanjiani, who joined during season 4 last year, exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2024. “It’s just a very, very joyful set.”

He gushed, “What we get to do should be joyful. It’s hard work but that doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be joy with it. And [they] really understand that. [Steve and Martin] have been doing it so long, I’m sure they’ve been on all kinds of sets and they’ve decided if they are on a set, everyone is going to feel safe and joyful. And that’s what they do.”

Bruce Willis and his wife, Emma Heming, maintain a close relationship with his ex-wife, Demi Moore.

The Die Hard star and the actress tied the knot in 1987 and started growing their family the following year. Rumer arrived in 1988, followed by sisters Scout and Tallulah in 1991 and 1994, respectively. They announced their separation in 1998, filing for divorce two years later.

The former couple’s eldest daughter gushed about her parents’ coparenting relationship in 2015, telling Larry King at the time: “They always made an effort to do all of the family events still together and made such an effort to still have our family be as one unit, as opposed to two separate things, which I think really made an impact.”

While Moore moved on with Ashton Kutcher and was married to the That ‘70s Show star from 2005 to 2013, Willis wed Heming in 2009 and renewed their vows a decade later. The couple share daughters Mabel and Evelyn, whom they welcomed in April 2012 and May 2014, respectively.

The pair make their marriage work by having “a lot of respect for each other, which has really helped build a great foundation,” the Malta native told Us Weekly exclusively in April 2019. “He always keeps me on my toes, so it’s fun.”

Keep scrolling to see the sweet ways Willis, Heming and Moore have shown their support for each other over the years, from book launch attendance to social media birthday tributes.

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Paramount+’s JonBenét Ramsey show Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenet Ramsey has people talking about how much the cast resembles their real-life counterparts.

The upcoming eight-episode limited series will cover the Ramsey family before and after JonBenét’s 1996 murder. JonBenét Ramsey specifically centers around parents John and Patsy dealing with the loss of their child as an investigation questions their involvement in her death.

“At the heart of the series, it is the story of Patsy and John Ramsey,” read a September 2024 press release. “Exploring the unbreakable partnership of these two complex people — as husband and wife, as mother and father — who had committed themselves and their children to building the narrative of a perfect, privileged life only to have it destroyed one Christmas night in 1996.”

After JonBenét’s murder, Patsy and John were suspected of being involved, and a grand jury voted to indict the pair in 1999. The indictment was never signed by the Boulder district attorney, however, because there was a lack of evidence. The couple were exonerated in 2008 when DNA testing helped investigators determine that the DNA found on JonBenét’s body was from an unrelated male.

True crime fans have also speculated that JonBenét’s brother, Burke Ramsey, killed her, which he has continued to deny. At the time of JonBenét’s murder, her mother was in remission from stage IV ovarian cancer. Patsy was diagnosed with cancer again in 2002 and died at age 49 four years later.

John, meanwhile, married Jan Rousseaux in 2011 and has remained determined to solve his daughter’s case.

Patsy and John are set to be played by Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen, respectively. The series also stars Garrett Hedlund, Alison Pill, Owen Teague, Shea Whigham and Will Patton. The role of Burke has yet to be cast.

Keep scrolling to see how the cast of JonBenét Ramsey compares to the people involved in the case:

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The Bear was the most nominated at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards — but how many awards did the show win?

The hit series was nominated for the most TV awards on Sunday, January 5, including Best Musical or Comedy Television Series, Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri. Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Liza Colón-Zayas also received nods for their respective performances in the Best Supporting Performance category. While Colón-Zayas, 52, didn’t win her category, White, 33, scored the win for Best Performance despite not being at the awards show and The Bear lost for Best Musical or Comedy Television Series.

The Bear, which released season 3 in June 2024, explored the food industry through the lens of a talented chef named Carmy (White), who returned to Chicago shortly after his older brother Mikey’s (Jon Bernthal) death to take over their family sandwich shop, The Beef. After closing the local spot, Carmy and the employees reinvented the restaurant into The Bear, which found success and failure in the most recent season.

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Before season 3 even aired, reports surfaced about FX quietly renewing The Bear for more episodes. Multiple outlets reported the show filmed seasons 3 and 4 at the same time due to the busy schedules of cast members such as White, 33, Edebiri, 29, and Moss-Bachrach, 47.

Moss-Bachrach, who plays Richie, confirmed the news one month later when he discussed how the cast filmed an extended amount of episodes.

“When we went in to start season 3, we weren’t going in to make season 3 and 4,” he recalled during a July 2024 episode of the “Talk Easy With Sam Fragoso” podcast. “But it swelled and our episodes got quite big — over an hour.”

The extra footage allowed for the cast to start season 4 production immediately, adding, “Some of these episodes we’re splitting [and we] are not making it into two seasons and now we are going to be making 15 or 16 episodes instead of 10. But we’re gonna do it all at the same time.”

Filming out of order created some challenges for the cast. “I would come in at the beginning of the day and shoot a scene from late in season 4 and then shoot a scene from early season 4 and then shoot a scene late in season 3,” he explained. “Jeremy, Ayo and I are in a constant state of rereading through the seasons and trying to remember where your person is at.”

Moss-Bachrach concluded: “We shot about 18 episodes, but everything shifts. In the past, what was one episode on the page has been split into two. I just lose myself in the messiness and chaos of it. I like getting taken by a wave that’s bigger than you thought it was, [getting] tumbled around and spit out the other end.”

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Ahead of the show’s victorious night at the Golden Globes, the chairman of FX Content and FX Productions John Landgraf was asked whether The Bear season 4 would be ready for a summer 2025 release.

“It will be. We finished most of it,” he told Deadline in September 2024. “We haven’t finished all of it, but we finished most of it, and it will be ready at the same time next year.”

Landgraf called it “accurate” when a follow-up question stated that he didn’t know whether there would be more seasons of the hit Hulu series.

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The cast and crew of Nobody Wants This had a big reason to celebrate at the 2025 Golden Globes.

After receiving three nominations including Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy, Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Comedy and Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series — Comedy, Kristen Bell, Adam Brody. Bell, 44, was first up in the ceremony, ultimately losing the award to Jean Smart for her performance on Hacks. Brody, 44, also went home empty handed, with Jeremy Allen White taking the win for The Bear.

The show’s third and final category, Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy, was also a loss, with Hacks coming out on top.

This marked Brody’s first Golden Globe nomination in his career. (Bell was previously nominated for her work on the NBC comedy The Good Place.)

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When the nominations were first announced in December 2024, Brody said he was “ecstatic” to be recognized.

“It’s an absolute joy to work with this phenomenal group of people on something we all care about so much,” he said in a statement. “And it’s beyond gratifying to see that audiences are enjoying it as much as we are!”

Nobody Wants This, which premiered in September 2024, debuted with a 10-episode order, tracking the unlikely romance between sex podcaster Joanne (Bell) and “hot” rabbi Noah (Brody).

Just weeks after the show’s debut, Netflix ordered a second season. Show creator Erin Foster also confirmed she was hard at work on new episodes.

“I think we’ll pick up mostly more or less where we left off,” Foster, 42, told The Hollywood Reporter in an October 2024 interview. “Not the same night, but the same moment of, ‘So, what now? How do we do this?’”

As viewers will recall, the first season ended with Noah appearing to give up his opportunity to be head rabbi at his synagogue in order to be with Joanne, who said she was not ready to convert to Judaism.

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Jackie Tohn, who plays Esther Roklov, expressed confidence that fans will continue to see Noah and Joanne’s relationship unfold.

“I don’t think it’s going to be easy, but I think that they are going to have a relationship,” Tohn, 44, exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2024. “I think since season 1 is so dreamland, they’re probably going to get into more real relationship-y stuff. I mean, they did do it a little bit with getting the ‘ick’ and her just being like, ‘This can’t work. What are we doing?’ But maybe just more relationship-y things. I mean, we’ll see.”

Nobody Wants This is streaming now on Netflix. A premiere date for season 2 has yet to be announced.

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