At Disney’s Investor Day in December 2020, Nat Geo revealed that season four of its anthology series Genius would focus on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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It can be fascinating to see how spin-off shows evolve from their original source material. Take “Better Call Saul” on AMC taking off from “Breaking Bad.” Some even consider the former to be as potent and captivating as the latter, if not more so.
Soon, another spin-off of an iconic modern television show rides again on the small screen. Created by Kurt Sutter and Elgin James, with James taking over as sole showrunner in Season 3, “Sons of Anarchy” spin-off “Mayans M.C.
At Disney’s Investor Day in December 2020, Nat Geo revealed that season four of its anthology series Genius would focus on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticIt took me about 1.5 new episodes of “The Flight Attendant” to remember exactly how stressful it is to watch “The Flight Attendant.” It had been long enough since its November 2020 premiere that my memory of the show had almost become a facsimile of its slick Saul Bass-ian credits, in which a tiny blonde flight attendant runs away from shady spies and enormous bunnies. I knew I loved Kaley Cuoco’s screwball energy, Michiel Huisman’s arched eyebrow, Michelle Gomez’s exasperated sigh, and the dueling pleasures of a skittish Rosie Perez and a ruthless Zosia Mamet.
The Mythic Quest team will be one key member short, with F. Murray Abraham leaving the series before it returns for season 3.
Season 2 of Netflix’s hit period series Bridgerton surpassed its own Season 1 to become the most-watched English-language series debut ever on the streamer.
Better Call Saul,” leaving fans wondering what’s in store for the beloved crooked lawyer.As Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) opens shop as Saul Goodman, Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) hints at her own breaking bad moment, with Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian) in her crosshairs. Meanwhile, Nacho Varga (Michael Mando) is on the run after playing a part in Gus Fring’s (Giancarlo Esposito) assassination attempt on Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton). Little do they know, Lalo lives to see another day after picking off Gus’ hitmen one by one in Terminator-like fashion.
A talented teacher is being dubbed the next Susan Boyle after his jaw-dropping performance on “Britain’s Got Talent”.
“Grace and Frankie” is coming to an end.
Jessica Biel gets herself into deep trouble as Candy Montgomery — who may or may not be involved in the death of her best friend — in the trailer for Hulu’s new true crime series “Candy.”The show follows Biel’s Candy, a 1980s housewife and mother, who is seeking freedom from conformity in her life, taking up an affair with her friend’s husband.But, when Lynskey’s character ends up dead, suspicion falls on Candy.“Candy” stars Biel, Lynskey, Timothy Simons, Pablo Schreiber and Raúl Esparza.It will launch on Hulu Monday May 9, and air across five nights. The finale airs May 13.Three-time Emmy nominee Robin Veith (“Mad Men,” “The Act”) wrote the pilot script.
After just 17 days on Netflix, Season 2 of Bridgerton cracked the streamer’s Top 10 of most watched English-language TV seasons in their first 28 days of release, jumping straight to #3 with 560.50M hours viewed. Of them, 115.75M hours were consumed this past week (4/4-4/10) for a third consecutive #1 weekly finish on the streamer.
Selena Gomez keeps it chic in a cute pink look for the Only Murders in the Building panel during Deadline Contenders Television event held at Paramount Studios over the weekend in Los Angeles.
Peacock is exploring more stories ripped from the headlines.
Ryan Murphy’s anthology series,, is reportedly returning to FX with an all-new installment starring Naomi Watts, ET has confirmed. The second season, which follows 2017’s , will be called and focus on the falling out between author Truman Capote and several of his female friends. The eight-part season will be adapted from Laurence Leamer’s by showrunner Joan Robin Baitz and directed by Gus Van Sant. Watts, who most recently portrayed Gretchen Carlson in Showtime’s, will star as Babe Paley, a New York City socialite who kept a circle of high-society friends that included Slim Keith.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeSupermodel Bella Hadid has joined the cast of Hulu’s “Ramy” as a recurring guest star in Season 3. Details have not yet been revealed on Hadid’s character or her relationship to the show’s other characters just yet.“Ramy” reps the first credited scripted role for Hadid.
After being exclusively virtual the past couple of years we are happy to announce we are back in front of a live audience again.
Just because the Grammys is a far different show than the Oscars doesn’t mean the producers and suits behind it think they’re immune to the kind of incident that happened Sunday with Will Smith. So says Jack Sussman, CBS’ head of specials who’s preparing for the 64th Annual Grammys this Sunday in Las Vegas.
Everything is coming to a head.
Hey, you can say it. Netflix’s “Ozark” seemed pretty familiar at first, a “Breaking Bad” style thriller mixing family and crime, and a regular guy turned crime kingpin who seemed to be able to wriggle out of any situation.
Only Murders in the Building has thankfully been renewed for a second season. Glorious winter coats, dry wit, podcasts and murder? Here we come!WATCH: Only Murders In The Building S1 | Official TeaserThe series saw the charismatic combination of Steve Martin and Martin Short paired up with Selena Gomez, not to mention a stellar cast of "oddball characters" played by stars including Nathan Lane, Aaron Dominguez, Amy Ryan, Tina Fey, Da'Vine Joy Randolph and James Caverly.The first season followed a group of neighbours in the prestigious Arconia building in New York City, who began investigating the murder of another resident by launching a podcast titled Only Murders In The Building after listening to one too many murder podcasts themselves.Of course, Charles Haden-Savage (Martin), Oliver Putnam (Short) and Mabel Mora (Gomez) found themselves entwined in the murder mystery in more ways than one.In the second season there's more than one mystery to resolve - and thankfully us Aussies will be able to keep up with the shenanigans in real-time, as the episodes drop at the same time as the US on Disney Plus. If you're not already signed up to Disney Plus, you can sign up here.Charles Haden-Savage (Martin), Oliver Putnam (Short) and Mabel Mora (Gomez) in Season 2 of OMITB.In the end, the murder of Tim Kono (Julian Cihi) appeared to be all wrapped up as Jan (Amy Ryan) confessed and the trio helped the detectives close the case.