Pickleball Comedy ‘The Dink’ Premieres on Apple TV
Streaming services are adding revived series, franchise spinoffs and new films, with several premieres arriving across the week and weekend.
- On Friday, July 24, 2026, Apple TV premiered the sports comedy The Dink, joining a weekend surge of streaming releases across Netflix, Hulu, Paramount+, HBO Max, and AMC.
- Directed by Josh Greenbaum, The Dink follows washed-up tennis pro Dusty Boyd as he reluctantly embraces pickleball at his father Chuck's country club, played by Ed Harris.
- Netflix's Ransom Canyon returned for its second season with rancher Staten Kirkland and owner Quinn O'Grady, while Hulu premiered the complete 10-episode 15th season of King of the Hill on Monday.
- HBO Max released the Big Bang Theory spinoff Stuart Fails to Save the Universe on Thursday, centered on comic store owner Stuart Bloom, while Paramount+ dropped Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4.
- The animated film Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender debuts Saturday on Paramount+, expanding the franchise after the original series; AMC follows Sunday with The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3.
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It is entitled 'Dink', which lasts just over an hour and a half, has been produced by Ben Stiller and is starring Ed Harris and Jake Johnson, among others.
‘The Dink’ Writer Sean Clements on His Funny, Heartfelt Tribute to the Pickleball Community: ‘I Got Adopted by This Whole Crew of Older Women’
Pickleball has exploded in popularity in the last decade as a variation of tennis that’s easier on bodies and simpler to pick up for people who want to try something new. When comedy writer Sean Clements heard about a local turf war involving the low-impact sport, his brain started clicking. “A friend of mine who […]
“We all sleep in a triple bunk-bed”: Jake Jonson, Mary Steenburgen, and Aaron Chen talk on-screen nonsense and off-screen chaos behind their new film The Dink
If there’s one thing we’re always in permanent need of (other than an Aperol Spritz on a sunny beach) it’s comedy. Specifically, comedy films which offer two hours of pure, silly escapism. Sure, we have the police dramas, the true crime spin offs, and tense family dramas, but sometimes nothing beats a good comedy – and a sports comedy at that too. Luckily, Jake Johnson is here to fill the void with his new film The Dink. Written by Sean Clements…
Jake Johnson plays the leading role in the sports comedy The Dink. In an interview, he talks about the trend sport that conquers America. From July 24th, the sports comedy The Dink is exclusively on Apple TV. Jake Johnson (48), who made his breakthrough with the comedy series New Girl, takes the lead in the film. The story follows the former tennis pro Dusty Boyd (Johnson), who works as a coach after the tragic end of his career in the country c…
Review: Pickleball is the star of the sports comedy ‘The Dink’
It’s the tennis establishment versus pickleball enthusiasts at an uptight club in The Dink, a kind of spiritual descendant of Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. The story itself is very by the books: A once promising tennis prodigy learns to get over himself and his disdain for the “lesser sport.”
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