Puneet Goenka, Gaurav Banerjee, Rahul Kanwal share views on TV ratings 
Uday Shankar urges Indian M&E sector to help nation’s global narrative 
At FICCI FRAMES ‘26, Vaz bats for more innovation, regulatory flexibility 
India b’band base at 1.1bn in August, telecom subs cross 1.36bn 
‘Ramayana’ makers unveil Yash’s Ravana look; MrBeast joins promos 
ALCOA India seeks TRAI intervention on live TV streaming 
India, Korea account for bulk of Asia video content spend: MPA 
Khurrana says stories, not stardom or scale, to drive cinema’s growth 
YouTube’s creative ecosystem adds Rs. 18k cr. to India GDP: Report 
Leo Messi’s farewell match for Argentina to stream on ZEE5 
Alan Ritchson-led ‘Reacher’ renewed for S6 at Prime Video 
Teja Sajja to host ‘The Traitors’ Telugu, show to release Oct. 15 
Prime Video has renewed action-thriller series ‘Reacher’ for a sixth season, extending the Alan Ritchson-led franchise after a strong fourth season as the fourth season netted some record viewing.
Amazon in a statement has said ‘Reacher’ Season 4 reached 66 million viewers globally in its first 28 days and has now crossed 200 million viewers worldwide since the series debuted in 2022.
The action series’ Season 4 also ranks among the five most-watched seasons of any Amazon original series in Prime Video history.
The sixth-season renewal comes alongside the previously announced fifth season, giving the series at least two more seasons ahead.
‘Reacher’ Season 4 is currently streaming exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories, with all four seasons available on the service.
Amazon has not announced a release date or plot details for Season 6.
Ritchson continues as Jack Reacher, the former military investigator at the centre of the series based on Lee Child’s bestselling novels. Season 4 draws from Child’s 2010 novel ‘Gone Tomorrow’, with Reacher pulled into a dangerous conspiracy after a chance encounter with a distressed stranger on a subway.
The season also introduced new cast members including Sydelle Noel, Chris Marquette, Agnez Mo, Anggun, Kevin Weisman, Marc Blucas, Kevin Corrigan and Kathleen Robertson.
Season 5 will adapt Child’s 20th Reacher novel, ‘Make Me’. The story begins when Reacher’s train stops in the mysterious town of Mother’s Rest, where he joins a private investigator searching for a missing person and uncovers a criminal conspiracy.
New cast members for the fifth season include Amanda Ip as Michelle Chang, Jay Baruchel as Chief Buck Bauer, Ciara Bravo as Eunice and Kevin Durand as Nokes.
The franchise has also expanded with ‘Neagley’, a spin-off starring Maria Stenas Frances Neagley, Reacher’s former military colleague turned Chicago private investigator. All eight episodes of ‘Neagley’ are streaming on Prime Video, with Ritchson appearing as Reacher.
Amazon MGM Studios’ head of global television Peter Friedlander credited Child’s books, the creative team led by Nick Santora and Ritchson’s performance for the show’s global reach.
