Author: Chris Barton

Fall TV preview: Jodie Whittaker, Hasan Minhaj and Florence Pugh are among the faces to watch

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  1. Alexander Skarsgard Joins ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ Opposite Florence Pugh
  2. ‘The Night Manager’ Team Reunites For ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ Miniseries; Florence Pugh To Star, Park Chan-Wook Directing
  3. Park Chan-wook and Florence Pugh Teaming Up for John le Carré Adaptation ‘The Little Drummer Girl’
  4. ‘Lady Macbeth’ Star Florence Pugh Set For ‘Hereditary’ Director & A24’s Next Horror

Overrated/Underrated: Job shaming Geoffrey Owens, a zombie movie refresh and a must-hear album

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Tyler Perry Offers Geoffrey Owens a TV Gig After Trader Joe’s Shaming
  2. Geoffrey Owens Chokes Up Over Son’s ‘Beautiful’ Reaction to Trader Joe’s Job-Shaming
  3. ‘Cosby Show’ Actor Geoffrey Owens ‘Devastated’ by Job-Shaming: ‘Every Job Is Worthwhile’ (Video)
  4. Tyler Perry Offers Geoffrey Owens A Role On ‘The Haves And The Have Nots’ After Trader Joe’s Shaming

For creators of HBO’s unpredictable ‘Animals,’ the goal is to draw you in

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Odds And Sods: We had the guys from HBO’s Animals make up R-rated stories for our cute little creatures
  2. ‘Animals’ Trailer: Season 2 Throws Down With Emilia Clarke, Judy Greer, Rupaul and Dan Harmon
  3. Newswire: HBO renews Animals for a third season of philosophizing vermin
  4. TV Review: Wanted is a wild, thrilling, and unpredictable start to a new era of Steven Universe

Overrated/Underrated: Iliza Shlesinger remains lethal on ‘Elder Millennial,’ and the return of Cat Power

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Newswire: Freeform is getting into the late-night business with Iliza Shlesinger
  2. Iliza Shlesinger-Hosted Show Gets Title & Airdate As Freeform Goes Late-Night
  3. Well-adjusted man with good priorities sues Iliza Shlesinger over women-only comedy show 
  4. Overrated/Underrated: W. Kamau Bell remains a stand-up standout, and R.I.P. Tomasz Stanko

Overrated/Underrated: Celebrating jazz in ‘Playing Changes,’ and let’s mock the Oscars one more time

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Overrated/Underrated: Take Stephen Colbert’s ‘Exit 57,’ and who wants their MTV?
  2. Overrated/Underrated: ‘Star Wars’ dilutes its own brand, and catch up on ‘The Good Place’
  3. Overrated/Underrated: Oscars 2017 have never mattered less yet continue to stand for more
  4. Overrated/Underrated: Oscars edition: ‘The Breadwinner’ deserves a win, and how Hollywood can’t resist itself

Tiffany Haddish helps turn darkness into laughter at the Laugh Factory’s Comedy Camp

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. ‘SNL’ Blooper Reel: Features Laugh-Worthy Outtakes From Ryan Gosling, Will Ferrell, Tiffany Haddish + More
  2. Tiffany Haddish: Why The ‘Girls Trip’ Star Is This Year’s Comedy Wonder Woman
  3. Tiffany Haddish Helps Seth Meyers With “Jokes Seth Can’t Tell”
  4. Michael B Jordan, Tiffany Haddish to Appear on MTV’s ‘SafeWord’ Season 2 (Exclusive)

Overrated/Underrated: The unstoppable ‘Carpool Karaoke,’ and consider ‘Hey There, Delilah’ a warning

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Overrated/Underrated: The unstoppable ‘Carpool Karaoke,’ and consider ‘Hey There, Delilah’a warning
  2. Overrated/Underrated: David Chang’s ‘Ugly Delicious,’ and so what if Oscar ratings are down?
  3. Overrated/Underrated: Snoop Dogg’s ‘Munchie Meals’ are coming
  4. Overrated/Underrated: ‘The End of the … World,’ and enough with the ‘Oprah 2020’ talk

Overrated/Underrated: The unstoppable ‘Carpool Karaoke,’ and consider ‘Hey There, Delilah’a warning

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Overrated/Underrated: David Chang’s ‘Ugly Delicious,’ and so what if Oscar ratings are down?
  2. Overrated/Underrated: Snoop Dogg’s ‘Munchie Meals’ are coming
  3. Overrated/Underrated: ‘The End of the … World,’ and enough with the ‘Oprah 2020’ talk
  4. Overrated/Underrated: Goodbye, Warped Tour, and Adam Sandler steals ‘The Meyerowitz Stories’

The Amy Poehler-produced ‘I Feel Bad’ looks at the challenges facing working women — including in the writers room

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. NBC Orders Comedy Pilot From Aseem Batra, Amy Poehler & Julie Anne Robinson
  2. Is the TV writers room facing its diversity problem? Playwrights raise the question
  3. ‘AP Bio’ Renewed, Comedies Produced by Michael Schur, Amy Poehler Get Series Orders From NBC
  4. ‘I Feel Bad’ EP Aseem Batra On Working In Male-Dominated TV Writers Rooms – TCA

Reunited ‘Murphy Brown’ cast talks show’s comeback and allegations against CBS chief during its TCA panel

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Ryan Murphy talks ‘Pose’ at TCA as well as how his Netflix deal will shape his future work
  2. TCA 2018: Jane Fonda talks ‘9 to 5’ sequel
  3. NBC renews ‘This Is Us’ for two more seasons, creator talks future
  4. ‘Murphy Brown’ Team on Revival ‘Through the Prism of the Press’ and #MeToo Episode

Ryan Murphy talks ‘Pose’ at TCA as well as how his Netflix deal will shape his future work

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Ryan Murphy Explains Why Tatiana Maslany’s Role Was Recast in FX Drama ‘Pose’
  2. FX Strike A ‘Pose’ With A Season 2 For Ryan Murphy 1980s Set Drama
  3. Ryan Murphy’s Dance Musical ‘Pose’ Gets Series Order At FX
  4. Ryan Murphy Says FX’s ‘Pose’ Is Intensely Personal Project – TCA

“Sons of Anarchy” spinoff “Mayans MC” will have its own distinct vibe, says creator Kurt Sutter

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Kurt Sutter Revs ‘Mayans M.C.’ Past ‘Sons Of Anarchy’s Shadow, Border Politics, Being Outspoken In A #MeToo Moment & Trump’s Tiny Hands: Comic-Con
  2. ‘Mayans MC’: Tony Plana Set To Recur In FX’s ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Spinoff
  3. Kurt Sutter Doesn’t Want ‘Mayans MC’ To Be Latino Version Of ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ – ATX
  4. ‘Mayans M.C.’: Everything to Know About the ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Sequel After Watching the First 13 Minutes with Kurt Sutter

‘Sons of Anarchy’ spinoff ‘Mayans MC’ will have its own distinct vibe, says creator Kurt Sutter

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Kurt Sutter Revs ‘Mayans M.C.’ Past ‘Sons Of Anarchy’s Shadow, Border Politics, Being Outspoken In A #MeToo Moment & Trump’s Tiny Hands: Comic-Con
  2. ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Creator Kurt Sutter Signs Overall Deal With 20th Century Fox, Fox 21 and FX Productions
  3. “Sons of Anarchy” spinoff “Mayans MC” will have its own distinct vibe, says creator Kurt Sutter
  4. Kurt Sutter Doesn’t Want ‘Mayans MC’ To Be Latino Version Of ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ – ATX

Overrated/Underrated: W. Kamau Bell remains a stand-up standout, and R.I.P. Tomasz Stanko

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. New Hollywood Podcast: W. Kamau Bell Talks ‘United Shades Of America’, Spending Time With The KKK & Cultural Appropriation
  2. ‘United Shades of America’s W. Kamau Bell: “Diversity And Inclusion Make America A Better Place”–Creative Arts Emmys
  3. SXSW: W. Kamau Bell, April Reign, And Luvvie Ajayi Talk The Privilege Of Failure In Film
  4. Overrated/Underrated: Oscars 2017 have never mattered less yet continue to stand for more

Revived on Fox, ‘Last Man Standing’ tries to cast a wide net at TCA

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. ‘Last Man Standing’: Future Looks Bleak Following Attempt To Find New Home For Canceled Sitcom
  2. Tim Allen’s Politics Had ‘Absolutely Nothing’ to Do With ‘Last Man Standing’ Cancellation, ABC Says
  3. ‘Last Man Standing’ Revived by Fox for Season 7
  4. Tim Allen’s ‘Last Man Standing’ Officially Revived at Fox

PBS ‘Frontline’ special ‘The Facebook Dilemma’ outpaces the scary stories on other networks

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. PBS Facebook Film Shows “Willfully Blind” Reaction To 2016 Misdeeds – TCA
  2. What’s On Tonight: Donald Trump will probably start a Twitter feud with PBS after tonight’s Frontline
  3. The dilemma facing Sundance filmmakers: Attend Robert Redford’s directors breakfast or join the protest march?
  4. Facebook Demographic Dilemma Has No Easy Fix

TCA 2018: Matt Groening’s ‘Disenchantment’ draws from ‘Broad City’ and ‘The Eric Andre Show’ for Netflix

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. ‘Disenchantment’ Trailer: Matt Groening’s Netflix Toon Revisits Medieval Doings – Comic-Con
  2. Netflix invests in Matt Groening’s ‘Disenchantment’
  3. Matt Groening’s ‘Disenchantment’: Everything You Need to Know About the Netflix Animated Series
  4. Matt Groening Talks Origins of New Netflix Series ‘Disenchantment’

TCA 2018: Eli Roth considers what scares us with his AMC documentary series ‘History of Horror’

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. The Roots and Alex Gibney to Explore the History of Hip-Hop for New AMC Documentary Series
  2. Eli Roth Forecasts Next Horror Hit To Reflect America’s Donald Trump Nightmare
  3. AMC Sets Premiere Dates For ‘The Little Drummer Girl’, ‘Eli Roth’s History Of Horror’ – TCA
  4. ‘AMC Visionaries’ Tabs Roth, Roots, Gibney for Documentary Series – TCA

Overrated/Underrated: ‘Isle of Dogs’ runs strangely cold, and everything is terrible, so listen to the Grateful Dead

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Overrated/Underrated: Snoop Dogg’s ‘Munchie Meals’ are coming
  2. Overrated/Underrated: Get to know Michael Kiwanuka, and we’re not yet nostalgic for ‘True Detective’
  3. Overrated/Underrated: R.I.P., Meltdown Comics, and sure, delete Facebook (if you dare)
  4. Overrated/Underrated: Somebody stop ‘Game of Thrones’ from becoming ‘The Walking Dead’