OWN has set the premiere date for the seventh and final season of Queen Sugar. The series created and executive produced by Ava DuVernay will return on Tuesday, September 6 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. DuVernay will return to direct the series finale, wrapping up seven seasons of the all-women directorial team …
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The creators and star of the HBO Max series Station Eleven became worried about releasing a show about a pandemic during the second year of the Covid pandemic. However, creator Patrick Somerville, director Hiro Murai and star Himesh Patel focused on the limited series’ hopeful message. “We just tried to …
Read More »‘Documentary Now!’ Season 53 Sets Premiere Date On IFC – Deadline
Documentary Now! is back on IFC and it is set to premiere Season 53 on Wednesday, October 19 at 10 p.m. ET with two new episodes. The titles of the two-part season premiere are “Soldier of Illusion,” written by John Mulaney, and “Trouver Frisson,” which plays tribute to the Agnès …
Read More »‘Daily Show’ Eyes Midterms, Preps For Georgia Trip – Contenders TV: The Nominees – Deadline
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah returned to its old home in March and brought back a studio audience for the first time in two years. Correspondent Desi Lydic, who earned an Emmy nomination for her “Desi Lydic: Foxsplains” segment, said during Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees event that it “feels …
Read More »How ‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Creates Its Vampire Magic – Contenders TV – Deadline
Fans can’t get enough of FX’s What We Do in the Shadows, which is airing its fourth season, and apparently neither can the critics. The show is nominated for seven Emmy Awards including Outstanding Comedy Series. Emmy-nommed writers Sarah Naftalis and Stefani Robinson (the latter also an executive producer) chalk …
Read More »Mike Tyson Takes A Jab At Hulu For ‘Mike’ Series – Deadline
Mike Tyson took to social media to take a jab at Hulu over Mike, the series about his life. The former boxer is not happy that the streaming service produced a biographical series without his permission or compensation for telling his story. “Don’t let Hulu fool you. I don’t support their …
Read More »‘We Feed People’ Director Ron Howard On Healing Power Of World Central Kitchen – Deadline
As wildfires burn in Northern California, World Central Kitchen is there, providing emergency food relief. Likewise in Spain, it has responded to devastating wildfires that flared in July. You’ll find WCK in Ukraine, feeding countless souls affected by Russia’s brutal invasion. Whether it’s in response to natural disasters or manmade …
Read More »“Nothing Of Me Is Me” – Contenders TV – Deadline
Viewers of the Emmy-nominated Angelyne on Peacock might be surprised to learn just how little of star Emmy Rossum they actually saw. Rossum said during a panel appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees event that 10 prosthetic pieces transformed her face and body into that of Los Angeles billboard …
Read More »‘The World According To Jeff Goldblum’ Interview – Contenders TV: The Nominees – Deadline
Jeff Goldblum is the executive producer and host of The World According to Jeff Goldblum from National Geographic and Disney+. He joined Deadline for its Contenders Television: The Nominees panel and talked about how each season is mapped out — and he also teases what he hopes to see in …
Read More »‘Impeachment’s Sarah Paulson, Sarah Burgess Dug Into Linda Tripp’s Contradictions – Deadline
Writer Sarah Burgess and star Sarah Paulson said they were trying to understand and depict what motivated Linda Tripp in Impeachment: American Crime Story. The FX limited series depicts the impeachment hearings of President Bill Clinton (Clive Owen) after his affair with Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein). Paulson plays Tripp, who …
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