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Watch Game Changing TV: Celebrating Heated Rivalry with Rachel Reid & Jacob Tierney from BookCon 2026!
Game Changers author Rachel Reid and Heated Rivalry showrunner Jacob Tierney brought steam to melt a whole city full of hockey rinks, and Popverse was there to catch their BookCon spotlight
April 18, 2026
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Heated Rivalry might split its The Long Game adaptation into seasons 2 and 3, partially so it can add more material
Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney says there's a lot to adapt from Rachel Reid's The Long Game, but that isn't stopping him from adding even more. (And by the way, we're going to spoil what "more" means)
April 08, 2026
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The first chemistry read for Heated Rivalry was “lightning in a bottle," according to casting directors
The chemistry between Heated Rivalry's Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie was so hot that it nearly melted the ice they were skating on.
January 28, 2026
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Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid didn't think her "sexually explicit queer books" were adaptable... until they suddenly were
We're glad she was wrong, as Heated Rivalry became one of the breakout shows of 2025 when it aired on HBO Max
January 21, 2026
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Expect HBO's Heated Rivalry season 2 soon, says creator Jacob Tierney, but not "December 2026" soon
Tierney, who created Heated Rivalry based on the Game Changers novels by Rachel Reid, provided an exciting (yet tempered) updated on season 2's release schedule
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt