How many episodes are in Rivals?

Rivals has 12 episodes in this listed season.

When does Rivals premiere?

Rivals premieres on 2026-05-15.

Is Rivals a new series?

Rivals is a returning series (Season 2).

Rivals(2024)

Archived · Disney+

7.9TV-MA12 eps

S02

DramaRomance

ON AIR: MAY 15Season 2Archived listing

What to Expect

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Rivals is a miniseries built around a single, escalating conflict between two men whose antagonism charges every scene. The 1980s British setting is not decorative; wealth, status, and social ambition are the actual weapons in play, and the story moves through confrontations and reversals at a pace that rarely stops to breathe.

Romantic entanglements run directly through the rivalry rather than alongside it, so desire and one-upmanship become almost indistinguishable. The adapted source gives the plot a dense, incident-rich structure where each episode tends to shift the balance of power, keeping the personal stakes sharp and the competitive register consistent throughout.

Best for

sharp workplace rivalry, romantic entanglement and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Romance

Commitment

Season 2 · 12 episodes

Where

Disney+

Official Premise

Follows Rupert Campbell-Black and Tony Baddingham as they have a longstanding rivalry that comes to a head.

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DramaMusic

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Strongest Match

Amadeus delivers the same kind of escalating rivalry where ambition and recognition turn every conversation into a contest, and relationships get weaponized. The court-music world feels like a status arena, with a young outsider forcing confrontations that mirror Rivals’ sharp, competitive pressure, just with music and legacy instead of romance.

Industry

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Drama

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Why this pick

Industry keeps the same taste for ruthless, character-driven rivalry, where humiliation and ambition make workplace scenes feel like personal battles. Watching young bankers trade favors and damage each other in a cold British office hits the same nerve as Rivals, but it is more relentless and less romantic, with danger coming from career fallout.

Tip Toe

Channel 4 • May 31, 2026

DramaThriller

Neighbors Leo, a Canal Street bar owner, and Clive, an electrician with teen sons, find their lives unraveling as social tensions rise. Simple disagreements escalate into dangerous hostility in their Manchester suburb.

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Why this pick

Tip Toe shares Rivals’ slow escalation from everyday friction into something that turns dangerous fast, with tension tightening scene by scene. The British suburban setting and neighborly hostility feel close and personal, like Rivals’ escalating confrontations, but it is colder and more solitary, with LGBTQ+ hostility driving the pressure instead of status games.

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