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Netflix comedy series premiering Thursday (Feb. 3).The concept, adapted from the BAFTA-winning BBC3 series “Murder in Successville,” posits Arnett as Terry Seattle, a chief homicide detective straight out of a ’70s-era cop drama (mustache, bad wardrobe) who works for the City Police in an unnamed metropolis (and “no, I’ve never been,” he says of Seattle.
Terry’s partner, Lori Griffin (Jennifer Aniston’s face graces her memorial plaque in line with the celebrity theme) was murdered 15 years ago, and he’s kept her desk exactly as it was that day (it’s full of cobwebs, a hideously moldy sandwich and the skeleton of her pet rabbit … Terry isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed). What Terry can’t seem to keep is a steady partner, so his boss/estranged wife, Chief Rhonda Jenkins (Haneefah Wood), brings in a steady line of new Detectives-in-Training.
These are played each week by different celebrities — Conan O’Brien, Annie Murphy, Marshawn Lynch, Sharon Stone, Kumail Nanjiani and Ken Jeong (who’s on way too many TV shows) — who are not shown the script, so they improvise their way through the action.The stars play themselves though no one recognizes them; in each episode, they “investigate” a murder with Terry — and, in the final scene, confront three suspects (“The Accusation”) with that week’s guest star dramatically revealing who he/she thinks is the killer in a reality-show kind of way (underscored by the “serious” music used in reality shows for the “big reveal”).It works, for the most part, and any “this is going nowhere” moments are kept to a minimum. It helps that Arnett is very funny as Terry Seattle, who drives a bright orange ’82 Dodge Rampage, has a strange obsession with Tommy Tune (“kind of without equal,” he says)
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His Dark Materials and Help writer Jack Thorne has been recognized for Outstanding Contribution to Writing at tonight’s 29th Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards (WGGBAs), with Russell T Davies, Emerald Fennell and Armando Iannucci also taking home gongs.
In September 2021, the Atlanta City Council voted to approve the new police training facility for the Atlanta Police Department. The Atlanta Police Foundations, who are largely sponsoring the $90 million dollar project, have referred to the planned facility as a new “Public Safety Training Center.” Activists in the Atlanta area have dubbed it “Cop City” and have been protesting for months to stop the project.
Will Arnett “cried for an hour” by the side of a road over his divorce from Amy Poehler. The 52-year-old actor had to pull over while on his way to work on 'Arrested Development' because he found splitting from the 'Parks and Recreation' star - the mother of his sons Archie, 13, and 11-year-old Abel - in 2012 such a "brutal" experience. He recalled to The Guardian newspaper: "[Shooting was] almost excruciating … Just brutal, brutal, brutal.
Ten years later, Will Arnett is opening up about his breakup from ex-wife Amy Poehler.
Video: Will Arnett remembers being pit against Amy Poehler amid divorce (Yahoo Entertainment US) "People talk about you like they know you and they talk about your relationship as if they know what's going on," he explained. "So imagine how weird that is. It's brutal with any relationship, and we have kids, and without getting into specifics, you then see stuff online, like, this one journalist wrote: 'I'm Team Amy.
Everyone needs a good cry every now and then. For Will Arnett, it happened on the side of the road. To be fair, the BoJack Horseman actor had recently split with Amy Poehler after nine years of marriage. This made his experience filming the Arrested Development revival “almost excruciating,” as he told The Guardian. “Just brutal, brutal, brutal,” he continued. “I was driving to the set one day and I pulled over to the side of the road and cried for an hour.”
Letting life inspire art? While reflecting on his split from ex-wife Amy Poehler, Will Arnett admitted that it was “excruciating” when he had to return to work on Arrested Development.
Will Arnett is reflecting on his divorce from Amy Poehler, recalling that period in his life as being “excruciating.”
Will Arnett, 2013 was a year of ups and downs. In a recent interview with, the 51-year-old actor recalls an extremely emotional moment when he was working on season 4 of for Netflix while also going through a breakup with Amy Poehler.Arnett and Poehler were married from 2003 to 2016, but announced their split in 2012.
Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticEvery episode of “Murderville” is essentially like a murder mystery dinner party, except there’s only one person actually playing. Based on the BBC3 series “Murder in Successville,” the new Netflix comedy throws celebrity guests headlong into solving cases alongside loose cannon detective Terry Seattle, played by Will Arnett.
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There’s no shortage of exciting television shows released this February, kicking things off strong with the much-anticipated miniseries “Pam & Tommy” starring Lily James and Sebastian Stan as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee. The month will see the return of Shonda Rhimes, two series finales, an off-kilter and unexpected comedy series starring Will Arnett, and science fiction miniseries, which look to be the next big shows to dominate the discourse.
Will Arnett’s biggest fan is an 8-year-old named Ellie.
Netflix’s “Murderville” isn’t just another true-crime series for the streaming giant that’s been at least partially built on the back of events like “Making the Murderer” and even repeats of network hits like “Criminal Minds.” More than ever, people love to play detective. But this isn’t a typical mystery show.
EXCLUSIVE: SmartLess, the podcast set up by Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes and sold to Amazon Music and Wondery in a multi-million-dollar deal, is expanding.
Murderville is a new series that is coming to Netflix and it's got lots of fans excited, including celebrity Jennifer Aniston who has urged her followers to watch the series.