'Heated Rivalry' Season 2 to Premiere in First Half of 2027

Fans of Heated Rivalry have new reasons to celebrate. The HBO series is scheduled to return to television, according to Casey Bloys, president of the channel.

"They're filming. As you know, we're licensed, and I can't wait to see what creator Jacob Tierney and the team are doing. We're having a big premiere in New York this spring [in the United States] and I can't wait to celebrate," Bloys told Deadline.

Everything you need to know about season 2 of Heated Rivalry

The hit series is based on Rachel Reid’s Game Changers books.

In the plot of Season 2, Troy (Charlie Gillespie) is a hockey player trying to overcome a past marked by bullying, while Harris (Justice Smith) works as a social media manager. Their story will be told alongside the return of Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), the leads from the first season. Emily Hampshire, Edvin Ryding, Robert Naylor, Sabrina Jalees, and Priyanka Chopra are also part of the cast.

The second season will be based on the book The Long Game—the only other book in the Game Changers series featuring the same protagonists as Heated Rivalry—and will also adapt Role Model. The production also confirmed that the new episodes will premiere in spring 2027 in North America.