Taika Waititi is already what Hollywood calls a “multi-hyphenate,” as a writer, director, producer, and actor. But on the new series, “Our Flag Means Death,” Waititi is going to add pirate to that list of titles.
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After three days of playback, the April 7 series debut of ABC’s new comedy series Home Economics rose to a 0.8 adults 18-49 rating and 4.1 million total viewers (from 0.5 rating and 3 million viewers in Live+Same Day.) That is even in the demo and up 3% in viewers from the show’s lead-in, veteran The Goldbergs (0.6 in 18-49, 4.0 million in L+3).
It marked the best lead-in retention in adults 18-49 (100%) for any new comedy premiere on any network so far this season and the only new comedy to
.Taika Waititi is already what Hollywood calls a “multi-hyphenate,” as a writer, director, producer, and actor. But on the new series, “Our Flag Means Death,” Waititi is going to add pirate to that list of titles.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterTaika Waititi is hitting the high seas as the dreaded pirate Blackbeard in the upcoming HBO Max comedy series “Our Flag Means Death,” Variety has learned.Waititi joins previously announced series lead Rhys Darby.
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Arrested Development alum Michael Cera has been cast as a series regular opposite Amy Schumer in Amazon’s original comedy series Life & Beth (fka Love, Beth), created, directed, written, executive produced by and starring Schumer, from Endeavor Content.
ABC's promising-if-unformed new comedy Home Economics wants to be a timely show about the importance of family in a precarious post-quarantine world, when it's actually a comedy slightly out of sync with its time. Home Economics is launching at least a year late, since it could have been hailed as the best comedy in a midseason 2020 pack full of shows about how family is the best cure for economic insecurity.
“Home Economics” co-star Sasheer Zamata said the realism of her new ABC sitcom hit close to home.“There aren’t too many family shows that talk about money, which is kind of surprising,” Zamata, 34, told The Post.