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Seth MacFarlane To Revive ‘Ted’ As A Streaming Series For Peacock

June 10, 2021 12:54 pm

Everybody’s favorite foul-mouthed teddy bear, Ted, is returning, years after the last film in the franchise. But this time, “Ted” isn’t being crafted as a sequel film. Instead, like many franchises that are be...

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Sam Elliott, Laurence Fishburne & Mickey Rourke Join ‘MacGruber’ As Will Forte Debuts Another Scene From His New Comedy

Charles Barfield

June 10, 2021 12:16 pm

News, Television

When you have acting powerhouses like Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, and Ryan Phillippe, as the upcoming Peacock series, “MacGruber,” does, then you better have some equally amazing actors to play off them. And if ...

‘We Are Lady Parts’ Invigorates The Girl-Power Formula With Wit, Rowdiness & Faith [Review]

Roxana Hadadi

June 4, 2021 1:18 pm

News, Reviews, Television

“We Are Lady Parts” is a sly wink to the audience, a rebel yell from its characters, and an interrogation of our assumptions. In the six-episode half-hour comedy from showrunner, director, and writer Nida Manz...

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HBO/HBO Max Only Gained 11 Million Subscribers In The First Year Of The Streaming Platform

Charles Barfield

May 27, 2021 12:52 pm

News, Television

Believe it or not, today marks the one-year anniversary of WarnerMedia launching HBO Max. Boy, oh boy, what a year it’s been! We’ve seen the streaming platform launch with a fairly tepid response only to see t...

‘Red Queen’: Elizabeth Banks To Direct & Star In A New Peacock Series About A Superpowered Monarchy

Charles Barfield

May 25, 2021 10:52 am

News, Television

Watching all the drama unfold with the British monarchy shows that the US is probably better served by not having a Queen and all that it involves. Of course, cynically, you can point to our celebrity-obsessed...

‘Dr. Death’ Trailer: Joshua Jackson, Alec Baldwin & Christian Slater Star In This True Crime Drama Series

Charles Barfield

May 17, 2021 12:36 pm

News, Television, Trailers

Even with the most minimally invasive surgeries around, when a person goes under the knife, there’s always a fear that the worst might happen. In the new Peacock series, “Dr. Death,” the fear is validated by t...

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‘Rutherford Falls’ Stars Jana Schmieding & Michael Greyeyes On Recentering Native Lives & Laughs [Interview]

Isaac Feldberg

April 22, 2021 1:21 pm

Interviews, News, Television

When “Rutherford Falls” premieres its first season on NBC’s new streaming service Peacock, the warm-hearted half-hour sitcom will have already succeeded in raising the bar for Native representation in comedy t...

‘Joe Exotic’: John Cameron Mitchell To Play The Tiger King Opposite Kate McKinnon In New NBC Series

Charles Barfield

April 19, 2021 11:48 am

News, Television

Remember a year ago when the world was obsessed with Joe Exotic and the “Tiger King” docuseries on Netflix? It seemed to be released at the exact right time when the world was shutting down, due to the pandemi...

‘Poker Face’: Rian Johnson To Write & Direct A New Peacock Mystery Series Starring Natasha Lyonne

Charles Barfield

March 16, 2021 2:15 pm

News, Television

Rian Johnson is currently working on a “Knives Out” sequel and a future “Star Wars” film trilogy (wink, wink), but apparently, the filmmaker has found time to squeeze in a TV series for Peacock, “Poker Face.” ...

‘Rutherford Falls’ Trailer: Ed Helms Teams With The Folks Behind ‘The Good Place’ & ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ For A New Peacock Comedy

Charles Barfield

March 16, 2021 12:50 pm

News, Television, Trailers

What happens when you combine a star from the US version of “The Office” with two creators from “The Good Place” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine?” Apparently, you get “Rutherford Falls” on Peacock. And with that pedig...

‘Expiration Date’: Mental Health Group Condemns Will Forte’s “Wildly Irresponsible” Peacock Series

Charles Barfield

March 15, 2021 2:39 pm

News, Television

When a TV show or film deals with a sensitive topic, such as mental health and suicide, there are always going to be a lot of outside eyes looking in to see that the discussion is responsible and caring. Well,...

Will Forte Teases “Classier” ‘MacGruber’ With Some Sample Dialogue From The Upcoming Series

Charles Barfield

February 17, 2021 1:44 pm

News, Television

It’s been more than a decade since the world was graced with the amazingness that is “MacGruber.” The ‘SNL’ spinoff film was released all the way back in 2010 and though it was a pretty dismal box office failu...

‘Battlestar Galactica’ Reboot Will Have An Experimental Release Strategy Blending Weekly & Binge-Watching

Charles Barfield

January 18, 2021 1:08 pm

News, Television

When it was announced that Peacock was rebooting “Battlestar Galactica,” fans were a bit apprehensive. Sure, the creator of “Mr. Robot,” Sam Esmail, is producing the show, which is a good thing. But the last t...

Streaming Services Projected To Spend $112 Billion On Content In 2021

Charles Barfield

January 12, 2021 1:52 pm

News, Television

Every day, there’s a new major announcement about a huge project on a streaming service. Whether it’s from Netflix, Apple, Amazon, Disney, or any number of other studios with streaming platforms, Hollywood is ...

Biggest Entertainment Stories Of 2020: A Year That Rocked The Industry

Gregory Ellwood

December 28, 2020 1:31 pm

Awards Campaign, News, Television

There is no way to truly recap the biggest entertainment stories of 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic affected the world in ways that will take years to document, whether the public wants to revisit or reflect on t...

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