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Acapulco dropped its official trailer for Season 3 (above) which reveals younger Máximo (Enrique Arrizon), who in 1985 is working hard to continue his climb up the ladder of success. While in the present day, older Máximo (Eugenio Derbez) finds himself returning to a Las Colinas he no longer recognizes.

EXCLUSIVE: Cristo Fernández (Ted Lasso) has joined the cast of the Apple TV+ series Acapulco for Season 3 and the Disney+ film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day reimagination.

EXCLUSIVE: Jaime Camil (Schmigadoon!) has joined the cast of Apple’s Acapulco for Season 3. Production on the 10-episode new season is currently underway.

Acapulco,” which will drop its first two episodes on Oct. 21. Starring Eugenio Derbez, the series follows 20-something Máximo Gallardo (Enrique Arrizon), who earns his dream job as a cabana boy at the hottest resort in Acapulco, Las Colinas. Along with Derbez and Arrizon, returning stars include Fernando Carsa, Dambián Alcázar, Camila Perez, Chord Overstreet, Vanessa Bauche, Regina Reynoso, Raphael Alejandro, Jessica Collins, Rafael Cebrián and Carlos Corona. “Acapulco” is produced for Apple by Lionsgate Television, 3Pas Studios, Zihuatanejo Productions and The Tannenbaum Company. The series is executive produced by creators Austin Winsberg, Eduardo Cisneros and Jason Shuman, with showrunner Chris Harris. Jay Karas serves as executive producer and director. In addition to starring in the series, Derbez executive produces alongside Ben Odell and co-executive producer Sonia Gambaro on behalf of 3Pas Studios. The Tannenbaum Company’s Eric and Kim Tannenbaum and Jason Wang also serve as executive producers.

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Peacock has landed for development, The Show Must Go On, an hourlong murder mystery anthology, which would mark the first time Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera musical is used as part of a TV series. The high-profile project comes from the Zoey’s Extraordinary Playbook creator Austin Winsberg, former top TV executive and award-winning producer Robert Greenblatt, EGOT Lloyd Webber, as well as Zoey’s producer The Tannenbaum Company, pilot director Richard Shepard and studio Lionsgate Television.

Emily Longeretta One year ago, the team behind NBC’s “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” was devastated when the broadcast network pulled the plug on the musical series after two seasons. At the time, the show’s cast, as well as creator Austin Winsberg, were vocal about how sad they were about the untimely end; after pitching it around and hoping for a pickup, it seemed to be dead in the water.And then the Roku Channel came around and offered a chance to wrap it up in the shape of a movie; the two-hour holiday pic focused on the Clarke family’s first Christmas without patriarch Mitch (Peter Gallagher), who died at the end of the first season.“We had ended Season 2 on a massive cliffhanger, but we had many new stories we still wanted to tell,” says Winsberg.

‘Tis the season! After an overwhelming effort to bring Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist back following an exciting second season, Roku announced that they would be releasing a Christmas special for the hit show.

not be returning for a third season but that that NBCUniversal plans to shop it to other outlets. Peacock, NBC’s sister streaming service, has already passed.However, show creator Austin Winsberg is not going down without a fight.

NBC has canceled “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” after two seasons, the network said Wednesday.The show, a co-production between Lionsgate Television and Universal Television, will be shopped to other outlets.

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’s characters have performed their last heart song as NBC opted not to renew the musical dramedy.

Jane Levy, had been on the bubble for a season 3 renewal and according to TVLine, was strongly being considered for an eight-episode pickup by NBCUniversal's streaming service, Peacock, before a deal failed to come to pass.When asked about the possibility of a third season, creator Austin Winsberg was «cautiously optimistic» about the show's chances for a return.«I am cautiously optimistic [about season 3],» he told ET in mid-May. «We have a very passionate fanbase and it's nice to read articles

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAustin Winsberg got used to traveling from his California based writers’ room for “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” to its Canadian set during the first sea – son of the NBC musical comedy.

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about the season two finale of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, “Zoey’s Extraordinary Goodbye.”

‘American Pie’ oner in the season finale of Season 1? You do a giant group oner to Taylor Swift in Season 2,” showrunner Austin Winsberg tells TheWrap with a laugh.Indeed, emotions are running high heading into the finale: Max is leaving for New York, Zoey’s really working on how she copes with loss in her life, and with all of that, their relationship is more fraught than ever.

Certainly one of the most unusual shows currently on network television, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist is at times a buoyant musical full of dance and song and romance and all sorts of complex life experiences for the title character, who hears other people’s thoughts – musically – in her head.

The NBC series Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist will be wrapping its second season this weekend and we still don’t know if it will be getting a third season.

Antonio Ferme editorThe “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” cast will perform Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” in the second season finale, and NBC just released a first look at that musical number.Created by showrunner Austin Winsberg, the musical comedy follows Zoey Clarke (Jane Levy) on her journey to understand why she can suddenly hear people’s innermost wants and desires through popular songs.

EXCLUSIVE: Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist breakout actor John Clarence Stewart has signed with The Gersh Agency for representation.

Created by Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist creator Austin Winsberg, Eduardo Cisneros and Jason Shuman, Acapulco is a half-hour Spanish and English language comedy that centers on a young Mexican man named Maximo (Arrizon) whose dream comes true when he gets the job of a lifetime at the hottest resort in Acapulco. But he soon realizes the gig is far more complicated than he ever imagined as all of his beliefs and morals start to be questioned.

Fans learned that Lauren Graham was written out of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist during season two, and creator Austin Winsberg is opening up about the decision.

Apple TV+ has given a series order to Acapulco, a Spanish and English-language half-hour comedy executive produced and starring Eugenio Derbez. inspired by hit 2017 feature comedy How to Be A Latin Lover, which was headlined by Derbez, Acapulco hails from Lionsgate Television, studio-based The Tannenbaum Company as well as Derbez and Benjamin Odell’s 3Pas Studios.

Mandy MooreShowrunner Austin Winsberg found in Moore a choreographer who took his concept of a woman who can hear people’s innermost thoughts in song and give it kinetic life and depth. One particularly powerful segment involved the Deaf West Theater, which signed “Fight Song” while dancing in a university library.  “The biggest challenge for me was determining how cinematic dance and movement would be used as a vehicle for storytelling.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorWe’ll be seeing more of David, Emily, Leif and Tobin on the second season of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Andrew Leeds, Alice Lee, Michael Thomas Grant and Kapil Talwalkar, who recurred respectively as the characters in season 1, have been promoted to series regular for season 2 of the NBC musical dramedy starring Jane Levy.

As technology continues to pervade every aspect of life, from the way people work to how they watch entertainment and even socialize, several shows took viewers behind the curtain of the (fictional) companies that could exist in the cutthroat world of Silicon Valley.

Austin Winsberg, the creator and showrunner of the NBC series Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, is opening up about what you can expect for the upcoming second season.

By Danielle Turchiano

Grab your tissues. The Sunday, May 3, finale of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist is filled with emotions.

Skylar Astin shows off his ripped body and flexes his bicep during a shirtless scene in the latest episode of his NBC series Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.

By Jake Kanter, Andreas Wiseman