BUILD Series

MTV’s most iconic franchise “The Challenge” is back again with the debut of an eight-week special event, “The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars.” Hosted by WWE superstar and former challenge competitor, Mike “The Miz” Mizanin, “Champs vs. Stars” features ten of the fiercest champions from past “Challenge" seasons. The alumni go head-to-head against ten celebrity athletes and entertainers in challenge-style competitions to determine who will reign supreme. Winners compete for a chance to take a share of the $150,000 cash prize to donate to their beloved charities.

Joanne Froggatt, Sophie McShera, Lesley Nicol and Allen Leech of the hit series "Downton Abbey" swing by to discuss NBC Universal's new "Downton Abbey: The Exhibition." The first-ever fully immersive experience set inside the world of Carnival Films’ multi-award-winning global television phenomenon, "Downton Abbey: The Exhibition" connects fans with their favorite characters, costumes, locations and historic events of the era, as well as showcase never-before-seen footage.

Set in the post-WWII South, "Mudbound" is an epic story of two families pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad. The film is about friendship, unacknowledged heritage and the unending struggle for and against the land. Newly transplanted from the quiet civility of Memphis, the McAllan family is underprepared and overly hopeful for Henry's grandiose farming dreams. Meanwhile, for Hap and Florence Jackson, whose families have worked the land for generations, every day is a losing venture as they struggle bravely to build some small dream of their own. The war upends both families’ plans as their returning loved ones, Jamie and Ronsel (Jason Mitchell) forge a fast, uneasy friendship that challenges them all.

Join producer-director J.J. Abrams ("Star Wars") and actors Ashley Bryant and Jonathan Fielding as they discuss the Broadway transfer of the hit London stage comedy, “The Play That Goes Wrong.” Abrams is co-producing the show, joining a team of producers led by Broadway veteran Kevin McCollum and London producer Kenny Wax, who produces the show on the West End. The comedy, about an amateur troupe’s disastrous attempt to perform a 1920s murder mystery, has been playing on the West End since 2014 and comes to Broadway.

Fresh off the Astros' first World Series Championship, pitcher Justin Verlander stopped by the BUILD studio to talk all about the historic win for the MLB franchise and his recent marriage with Kate Upton.

Heroes are born on the battlefront, and in "Star Wars Battlefront II," players are able to experience it for themselves. Gamers can play as heroes from all three eras of Star Wars in massive battles across iconic locations, and take part in a thrilling single-player story as Iden Versio fights to avenge the Emperor. Janina Gavankar stopped by BUILD to tell us all about the game and her experience playing the role of Iden Versio.

Join Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum, 2 billion-streaming artist Tove Lo as she discusses "Blue Lips." The highly anticipated phase II and final two chapters of the Lady Wood Era will be released on November 17th via Island Records. "Blue Lips" contains Tove Lo’s current single "Disco Tits" whose video, premiered earlier this month, has surpassed 4.1 million YouTube views to date.

Marsai Martin plays Diane Johnson on the ABC Emmy-nominated hit comedy, “Black-ish.” Alongside an all-star cast including Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross and Laurence Fishburne, the young starlet has stolen the hearts of viewers who tune in every week to see her mischievous antics on the show. Her work on the award-winning show has earned her two NAACP Image Awards in the categories of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and Young Artists Award for Best Performance in a TV Series, Supporting Young Actress and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

A reunion. An argument. A Ted Talk. Emotional mutiny. And a bond that connects four women who meet once a year for a photo shoot, chronicling their changing (and aging) selves as they navigate through love, careers, children and major world events. Yet, when these private photographs have the potential to go public, their relationships are tested, forcing the women to confront who they are, what they’ve become and how they’ll deal with whatever lies ahead. Sharply funny and evocative, "20th Century Blues" is a new play by Susan Miller that questions our place in the world and with one another. Playwright Susan Miller, director Emily Mann and the cast took the BUILD stage to discuss the play.

Join Disney Theatrical President Thomas Schumacher as he discusses the 20th Anniversary of "The Lion King." In its 20th year, the show continues as one of the most popular stage musicals in the world. Since its Broadway premiere on November 13, 1997, 24 global productions have been seen by more than 90 million people.