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Why ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Is Ending and the Story Behind Season 12’s Premiere Kicker
[This story contains spoilers from the season 12 premiere of Curb Your Enthusiasm.] Jeff Schaffer has a lot to say about Curb Your Enthusiasm. And he has a lot that he can’t say about Curb Your Enthusiasm. Ever since the HBO darling’s comeback season in 2017, this writer has been chatting with the executive producer […]
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Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast”
On Monday, Prime Video subscribers who visited the platform were greeted with a new prompt: “Movies and TV shows included with Prime now have limited ads. You can upgrade to be ad free for $2.99 a month.” After a swift click on “not now,” this viewer cued up one of the more successful titles currently […]
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Evan Rachel Wood Still Doesn’t Know ‘Westworld’ Ending After Cancellation: “It Keeps Me Up at Night”
Evan Rachel Wood knows about as much as fans when it comes to what Westworld creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan had up their sleeves for the final season of their hit HBO series — which is to say, she knows nothing at all. Wood, who spoke to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of her New York […]
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‘The Flight Attendant’ Canceled at Max
The Flight Attendant has been grounded. The Max series starring and executive produced by Kaley Cuoco has been canceled after two seasons at the Warner Bros. Discovery streamer. The latter of those two seasons streamed in the spring of 2022. Sources say Max had been considering a third season of The Flight Attendant but ultimately […]
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‘Rap Sh!t’ Team Reacts to Series Ending on Max: “Disappointed by This Cancellation”
The team behind Rap Sh!t is weighing in after news broke Thursday that Max canceled the comedy series following a two-season run. Created by Issa Rae, Rap Sh!t starred Aida Osman (Shawna) and KaMillion (Mia) as two friends who reconnect in Miami and form a rap duo. The show’s second season launch was delayed to […]
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‘Rap Sh!t’ Canceled at Max
The cancellations continue at Max. The Warner Bros. Discovery-backed streamer has canceled Rap Sh!t, the scripted comedy series created by Issa Rae and starring Aida Osman, after a two-season run. “We are extremely grateful to Issa Rae for creating Rap Sh!t, a one-of-a-kind comedy with compelling social commentary that reached viewers in a way only […]
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Anna Lambe on Filming ‘True Detective: Night Country’ in Frigid, Dark Iceland: “I Was Snug as a Bug in a Rug”
Viewers of True Detective: Night Country may find the forbidding darkness and snow-caked backdrop of the Arctic-set Max crime drama jarring, especially as Jodie Foster and Kali Reis in fur-hooded parkas breathe out cold wisps of air while investigating evil all around them. But co-star Anna Lambe found the frigidly cold, dark filming set for […]
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Casey Bloys Reflects on HBO’s Emmys Dominance, Looks Ahead to 2024 — and 2025
HBO and Max chief Casey Bloys is taking a well-earned victory lap. After a grueling 2023 that was disrupted by months-long strikes by actors and writers, the executive was over the moon to return to celebrating television — including the final season of Succession. Bloys was especially cheery on Tuesday, the day after HBO collected […]
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‘True Detective’ Is Back for Season Four: Here’s Where to Watch It Online
The third season of True Detective, which starred Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo, Stephen Dorff and Scoot McNairy, premiered pre-pandemic in 2019, and the crime anthology series has been on hiatus ever since — until now. True Detective is back for season four, premiering on Sunday, Jan. 14. True Detective‘s fourth season, which now has the subtitle Night […]
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Jason Momoa Identifies as a “Dirtbag” — Though He’s Got a More Nuanced Definition
His days playing Aquaman may very well be over, but Jason Momoa isn’t exactly desperate to add more to his dance card. The affable, 6-foot-4 leading man co-created upcoming Apple drama Chief of War, which he’ll also topline, is set to star in the feature Minecraft adaptation, counts himself part of the Fast & Furious […]
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‘Julia’ Canceled at Max
Max is turning off the heat on Julia. The Warner Bros. Discovery-backed streamer has canceled its Julia Child-inspired series Julia following a two-season run. The news comes after the second season wrapped its run Dec. 21 and amid an era of belt tightening across the television landscape, with Julia joining Our Flag Means Death in […]
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‘Our Flag Means Death’ Canceled at Max
Max is lowering its Flag. The Warner Bros. Discovery-backed streamer has canceled its comedy series Our Flag Means Death after a two-season run. David Jenkins created the pirate comedy that starred Rhys Darby and exec producer Taika Waititi. “While Max will not be moving forward with a third season of Our Flag Means Death, we are […]
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