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‘The Vince Staples Show’ Renewed at Netflix
The five-episode first season of the Kenya Barris-produced “limited series” bowed in February.
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Amazon Orders Animated Comedy From Aubrey Plaza
‘Kevin’ is written by the ‘Parks and Recreation’ grad and ‘Big Mouth’ alum Joe Wengert, with the latter set as showrunner.
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‘Hacks’ Scores Season 4 Renewal at Max
The Emmy-winning series concludes its third season Thursday.
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Streaming Ratings: Tom Brady Roast Hits Top 10 Originals After One Night
The Netflix special roasting NFL great Tom Brady made onto the streaming charts for the week it premiered — despite it only be up for a few hours of that week. The Roast of Tom Brady racked up 279 million minutes for the week of April 29-May 5, good for 10th place among original series […]
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‘The Vince Staples Show’ Renewed at Netflix
Netflix is staying in business with Vince Staples. The streamer has handed out a second season renewal for The Vince Staples Show. The five-episode scripted comedy from exec producer Kenya Barris was initially billed as a limited series. An episode count for season two has not yet been determined. “The Vince Staples Show is back! […]
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Amazon Orders Animated Comedy From Aubrey Plaza
Amazon is making biscuits with Aubrey Plaza. The online retailer/streamer has handed out a series order for Kevin, an animated comedy from Aubrey Plaza and Joe Wengert (Big Mouth). The series revolves around a lifelong house cat who decides that he doesn’t want to live with people anymore. The comedy is loosely inspired by a […]
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‘Hacks’ Scores Season 4 Renewal at Max
Hacks is headed back to the stage at Max. The streamer has ordered a fourth season of the Emmy-winning comedy starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder. The renewal comes on the day Hacks concludes its nine-episode third season (just under the wire for Emmy eligibility this year). “We congratulate Hacks’ brilliant cast and crew, and […]
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‘Rick and Morty’ Team Lands Adult Animated Series at Netflix
Netflix’s latest animated series order comes from several people behind Rick and Morty. The streamer has ordered The Undervale from creator and showrunner Matt Roller, a former writer for the Adult Swim mainstay and current co-executive producer of Fox’s Krapopolis. Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon and executive producer Steve Levy are also exec producing, […]
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Gypsy Rose Blanchard on Her New Lifetime Docuseries, Post-Prison Life, Taylor Swift and Setting the Record Straight
Gypsy Rose Blanchard knows what people have read about her in the media, and she’s ready to share the truth behind those stories in her new Lifetime docuseries, Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up. As a reminder, Blanchard was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2016 after she pleaded guilty to persuading Nicholas Godejohn, […]
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‘Ultimatum’ Shows Renewed as Netflix Loads Up on Reality Programming
Get ready for more Ultimatums at Netflix. The streamer has picked up new seasons of both The Ultimatum and its companion show, The Ultimatum: Queer Love, as part of its ongoing expansion of reality programming. Netflix has also ordered another show in its Selling … franchise; a competition show called Battle Camp that’s reminiscent of […]
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‘Minecraft’ TV Series in the Works at Netflix
Minecraft is coming to Netflix. Netflix and Mojang Studios are teaming to develop a CG-animated TV series based on the Minecraft franchise. Details on the potential series, which was announced Thursday as part of the 15th anniversary of the game, are slim other than it will feature an original story with new characters that shows […]
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Riley Keough on Bringing Humanity to the Tragic Story in ‘Under the Bridge’ Finale
[This story contains major spoilers from the Under the Bridge finale, “Mercy Alone.”] The final episode of Under the Bridge saw the complete, real-life events come to light around the night Reena Virk (played by Vritika Gupta in the series) was killed in Saanich, British Columbia by a group of teenagers. She was 14 when […]
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‘Generation’ Duo Set Marching Band Show at Amazon With John Benjamin Hickey, Chanté Adams to Star
Generation creators Daniel and Ben Barnz have lined up their next show. The married couple has landed a pilot order at Amazon for the marching band dramedy Band, with John Benjamin Hickey (Pitch Perfect, The Big C) and Chanté Adams (A League of Their Own, A Man in Full) set to lead the ensemble cast. […]
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‘The Chosen’ Reveals Official Season 4 Streaming Date: “The Wait Is Finally Over”
At last, The Chosen season four has a streaming date. The biblical drama series that’s become a global sensation will begin releasing its fourth season Sunday, June 2, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively report. Initially, the drama will be exclusively available on its own The Chosen app, with additional streaming and broadcast options being announced […]
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‘The Bear’ Season 3 Trailer: New Restaurant, Same Stresses in the Kitchen
Season one of The Bear was about the stress of trying to save a financially ailing neighborhood restaurant, and season two captured the pressure of conceiving and opening a new — and very different — restaurant on a tight timeline. Season three of the Emmy-winning, FX-produced Hulu series will follow Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and the […]
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TV Viewers Are Aging. These Shows Bring In the Oldest Audiences
For decades, TV shows lived and died by their ratings among adults 18-49, the demographic sweet spot for advertisers to reach a wide swath of potential customers with money to spend but without the lifelong habits about how to spend it. That’s not really the case anymore as an emphasis on engagement and reach in […]
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‘The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson’ Doc: “People Are Actually Going to Hear Her Voice”
In introductory behind-the-scenes footage, Lifetime’s four-part docuseries The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson sees a producer instructing interview subjects to use specific names when referencing individuals. Nicole Brown Simpson’s older sister, Denise Brown, replies, “There’s only one name I don’t want to say, if you don’t mind — ever.” That name is O.J. […]
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Malala Yousafzai Is Head-to-Toe Cowgirl in First Look at Her Cameo in Peacock’s ‘We Are Lady Parts’
First-look photos of Malala Yousafzai’s cameo in the second season of We Are Lady Parts, launching on Peacock in the U.S. and on Channel 4 in the U.K. on Thursday, May 30, have been released and feature her in fringed western wear. Early glimpses of her season 2 appearance also show the youngest Nobel Peace […]
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‘Tracker,’ ‘Bluey’ and a Big Scripted Deficit: Hidden Numbers of the 2023-24 TV Season
It was the season of TV that wasn’t actually a full season for a host of shows. It was a season when an Australian blue heeler became the biggest thing in streaming, when women’s sports (basketball in particular) took a big leap, when Jon Stewart got back behind a desk, and when the NFL ruled […]
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