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With Scrubs season 10 now officially happening, speculation can begin in earnest about what the sitcom's revival will look like, and showrunner Bill Lawrence has already provided a huge clue in that respect. All nine seasons of Scrubs aired between 2001 and 2010, with the final season drawing much criticism and ultimately leading to the show's cancelation. Part of the reason behind this was that not every doctor in Scrubs returned for the show's last run of episodes, but there were other factors.

The original Scrubs hospital was only torn down in 2011, but Scrubs season 9 still shifted location to a traditional sound stage rather than using the immersive building where the previous eight seasons had been shot. This contributed massively to the show's new feel, causing ratings and audience reception to plummet dramatically. There are many who believe it would be best to wipe the Med School era from existence when the sitcom is revived,...

Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence confirms that the revival won't retcon season 9. After years of speculation, it was recently confirmed that a Scrubs revival is moving ahead at ABC and 20th Television. Though it's still early in the process, original cast members such as Zach Braff, Donald Faison, John C. McGinley, and potentially others are expected to reprise their roles in some capacity.

In the latest update, Lawrence tells TVLine that the revival won't retcon and erase the events of Scrubs season 9 — which focused on a largely new group of characters. In the quote below, the series praised that last season and mentions that he would like to see some of the actors in that season reprise their roles. He also teased that the upcoming episodes will introduce new interns:

I thought some of those actors and actresses were really starting to find their footing. Kerry Bishé, [Michael] Mosley, Dave Franco… they...

Scrubs 2.0 will not chalk the original series’ med school detour up to one of J.D.’s daydreams.

Unlike Roseanne and Will & Grace, which found clever ways to erase their divisive finales from series canon once they were revived, ABC’s in-the-works Scrubs redux will stay true to the developments of Season 9, which shifted gears (and locations) and focused on a quartet of newbies, including Season 8 holdover Eliza Coupe.

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Would you like a “Scrubs” revival, where J.D. (Zach Braff), Elliot (Sarah Chalke), and the rest of the original gang return, or a “Scrubs” reboot, with a new group of medical interns in the same dramedy format? Why not both? That’s what creator Bill Lawrence is proposing.

In an interview with Deadline pegged to the finale of his Apple TV+ series “Bad Monkey,” the prolific, Emmy-winning producer said that a “Scrubs” revival is “getting really close to being figured out.” Lawrence is under an overall deal with Warner Bros. while “Scrubs” is produced by ABC/Disney, but once that negotiation is resolved, Lawrence is confident development will move forward.

“Big chunks of the creative team behind the camera, and most of it from in front of the camera, are all super invested and excited, so very close,” Lawrence said regarding the current status of the project.

Lawrence said that...

As all you savvy TV enthusiasts know, a series revival is a continuation of a previously existing show. A series reboot is a reimagining of a show, which often involves new actors playing established characters, a new setting, etc.

In an interview with our sister site Deadline, Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence says a potential revisitation of his popular medical comedy would be both.

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Ten years ago, Scoot McNairy’s first collaboration with Mackenzie Davis on Halt and Catch Fire had just completed its first season on AMC, and the “little drama that could” gradually became both a critical darling and cult hit. Set in the personal computing and internet revolutions of the ‘80s and ‘90s, McNairy’s Gordon Clark and Davis’ Cameron Howe played computer geniuses who had great respect for each other’s intellects, and together with their impermanent romantic and business partners of Kerry Bishé’s Donna Clark and Lee Pace’s Joe MacMillan, the quartet’s interpersonal relationships continuously evolved amid the ever-changing landscape of the industry they helped shape.

McNairy and Davis’ characters often had a very brother-and-sister dynamic, so the Halt fan base was rocked when James Watkin’s Speak No Evil dropped its first trailer last April, unveiling McNairy and Davis’ married couple of Ben and Louise Dalton.

A decade ago, Mackenzie Davis’ breakout role as Cameron Howe on AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire had just finished airing as part of the series’ well received but criminally underseen first season. Fortunately for Halt, the network’s flagship shows, Mad Men and Breaking Bad, had mostly concluded their decorated runs at that point, and AMC, in the interest of creating new critical darlings, decided to invest further in Christopher Cantwell and Christopher C. Rogers’ under-viewed drama series, something that’s a rarity in this day and age of increasingly impatient networks, studios and streamers.

Davis played a gifted young computer programmer who was at the forefront of the personal computing and internet revolutions in the ’80s and ’90s, and throughout the rest of the series, she had an off-and-on romantic relationship with Lee Pace’s visionary entrepreneur, Joe MacMillan. Alongside their initially married friends and intermittent business partners,...

Industry is a British-American drama series created by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay. The HBO series follows a group of young finance graduates as they enter the cut-throat world to get a job at the prestigious investment bank in London, Pierpoint & Co. after the financial crisis of 2008. Industry stars Marisa Abela, Harry Lawtey, Myha’la, Freya Mavor, Ken Leung, David Jonsson, Sarah Parish, Indy Lewis, Jay Duplass, and Kit Harington. So, if you liked the high-stakes world of finance and battle of egos with billions at stake in Industry here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Billions is a financial drama series created by Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Andrew Ross Sorkin. The Showtime series follows the battle of egos between Chuck Rhoades, a sincere but ruthless US attorney who tries to take the hedge fund kingpin Bobby ‘Axe’ Axelrod. But Axe...

Scrubs will return to the small screen if Bill Lawrence has his way. The creator of the comedy spoke about the series when promoting his new Apple TV+ series Bad Monkey, and he is interested in reviving the comedy. However, he isn’t interested in making a movie, per Deadline.

Zach Braff, Donald Faison, John C. McGinley, Ken Jenkins, Sarah Chalke, Eliza Coupe, Kerry Bishe, Michael Mosley, and Dave Franco star in the medical comedy which aired from 2001 to 2008 on NBC and from 2009 to 2010 on ABC. The sitcom follows the lives and careers of those working at the fictional Sacred Heart Hospital.

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Sony’s comic book film Madame Web launched to derision in February. We take a look at what went wrong with a potentially interesting thriller…

Spoilers lie ahead – and lots of them – for Madame Web.

Much has already been written about Sony’s Spider-Man-adjacent calamity Madame Web following its initial cinema release on the 14th February this year. But because of the breakneck pace the modern cultural world moves at, it already feels as though the conversation has moved on; director Sj Clarkson’s comic book supernatural thriller made its streaming debut in May and barely made a ripple.

This is unfortunate, because number one, Madame Web deserves some sort of cult status for its sheer oddness. And number two, it deserves to be studied as a cautionary example of what not to do if you want to tell a coherent, engrossing story.

So what’s wrong with Madame Web,...

Apple TV+ is known for its original sci-fi series, offering a unique exploration of the genre with interstellar journeys and strange occurrences. Amazing Stories features captivating tales, but critics found its ambitious goals fell short in execution, still providing engaging sci-fi narratives. Extrapolations depicts the repercussions of climate change with time jumps, providing a unique and entertaining exploration of the consequences.

Apple TV+ is a top-tier streaming platform because of its well-developed shows, especially with its incredible sci-fi television series. Apple started producing its content in 2016, with its first TV show being reality competition series Planet of the Apps. On March 25th, 2019, Apple announced their streaming service Apple TV+, which would feature a lineup of original programs.

Apple TV+ was launched on November 1st, 2019, with the original shows For All Mankind, The Morning Show, and See available from day one. Since its inception, Apple TV+ has introduced 12 original sci-fi television shows.

Sony has been struggling to find the secret formula to make their Spider-Verse movies satisfy audiences in the same way Marvel Studios has managed for the last decade-plus. Boiled down, it seems to come form a lack of coherent vision and weak scripts.

The critical despair and box office indifference to Madame Web is misplaced because it’s not the worst of the lot, but viewers are clearly tired of Sony misfires, which doesn’t bode well for the forthcoming Kraven.

The incredibly weak script from director Sj Clarkson, Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, and Claire Parke mars the potential found deep within the very disappointing Madame Web, out now from Sony Home Entertainment. The basic premise that four women are brought together as part of a woven tapestry of spider-powers is fine, as is importing Ezekiel (Tahar Rahim) from the Spider-Man comics to be the bad guy.

However, the script them all.

Echo and Reservation Dogs standout Devery Jacobs will be honored at this year’s Atx TV Festival with the 2024 Breakthrough Award. The award is given to a creative “whose voice has made a distinct impact on the current moment in TV and whose work exemplifies the emotional, entertaining, and artistic possibilities of the medium”, the festival announced Wednesday.

Jacobs will discuss her career in a one-on-one conversation, including her multi-hyphenate role as actor, writer and director on FX’s critically acclaimed series Reservation Dogs, her recent role in Marvel Studios’ Echo, and her producorial debut feature film, Backspot, in which she also stars.

Previous recipients of the award include Angelica Ross (Pose) and Sydney Sweeney.

The fest also will announce live TV-themed episode taping of The Ringer’s original podcast Trial By Content with hosts Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales and Neil Miller, as well as additional...

“Reservation Dogs” star Devery Jacobs will be honored at the 2024 Atx TV Festival. Jacobs will discuss her career as an actor, writer and director on the FX hit, as well as her role in “Echo” and her producorial debut feature film “Backspot,” as she’s awarded the “Breakthrough Award.”

Previous recipients include Angelica Ross and Sydney Sweeney.

On Wednesday, the festival also announced panels with Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel, a casting panel featuring directors and actors from “The Bear” and “Reservation Dogs” and a live podcast.

“Talk Scary (TV) to Me: A Conversation with Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel” will feature Flanagan, the creator of “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “Midnight Mass” and “The Haunting of Hill House,” and his wife, actor Kate Siegel, as they break down their collaborations and the current state of horror on television.

During “The Monologue Case Study with Mike Flanagan,” the...

This Madame Web article contains spoilers.

“With great power comes great responsibility” might be the most important line in superhero fiction. It crystalizes a theme present in the best superhero stories even before Spider-Man‘s debut in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Superman tales and Bill Parker, and C.C. Beck’s Captain Marvel adventures. The line transforms superhero stories from mere power fantasies to stories about service and care, about empowering others instead of consolidating power for yourself.

So when a member of Las Arañas, Madame Web‘s ill-advised magical natives, tells Cass Webb (Dakota Johnson), “When you take on the responsibility, great power will come,” it’s clear the production team has lost the plot.

Director S.J. Clarkson, who co-wrote the script with Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, Claire Parker, and certainly a boardroom of IP lawyers, intends the line to break Cass out of her...

The problem with ‘Madame Web’ begins with its title. It appears that the makers had some thoughts around introducing a spider girl/woman universe, which apparently did not translate as expected and were lost for a title to whatever was made. ‘Madame Web’ was conceived in 2019, approved for production in 2020, filmed in 2022, and reportedly underwent reshoots. It probably aimed to expand the ‘Spider’ universe following the success of ‘Venom’ and ‘Into the Spider-Verse’ in 2018.

‘Madame Web’ with its uncertain tone and complex storyline is categorised as a suspense thriller. The film reimagines an elderly clairvoyant character from the comics as a young paramedic portrayed by Dakota Johnson. However, the movie struggles to define its identity.

It starts awkwardly with a poorly executed scene set in 1970s Peru with a pregnant Mary Parker (Emma Roberts) expecting a baby during one of her expeditions, which also doubles up as Cassandra Webb aka...

Madame Web Movie Review Rating:

Star Cast: Dakota Johnson, Tahar Rahim, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O’Connor, Adam Scott, Emma Roberts, Kerry Bishe

Director: S. J. Clarkson

Madame Web Review Ft Dakota Johnson(Picture Credit: IMDb)

What’s Good: The build-up

What’s Bad: Boring characters, weak script

Loo Break: You can take as many as you want, and the story will still struggle to make good progress

Watch or Not?: Only if you love Dakota Johnson blindly and are okay with watching her perform poorly

Language: English

Available On: Theatrical release

Runtime: 116 minutes

User Rating:

In the 1970s, a pregnant Constance Webb (Kerry Bishe) and her colleague Ezekiel Sims (Tahar Rahim) are in the Amazon forest, looking for a rare species of spider that could cure many diseases. However, Ezekiel betrays Constance, leaving her harmed in the jungle. The members of Las Arañas help Constance give birth to...

This article contains major spoilers for "Madame Web."

Good news, fellow arachnophobes! Yes, it's an unfortunate inevitability that any film related to "Spider-Man" is going to feature at least a little bit of spidery spookiness at some point in the story. The same remains true of "Madame Web," the newly-released standalone film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe. But here's the biggest point in our favor: All those pesky, eight-legged arachnids are rendered in wholly unconvincing CGI, thus making this a far, far cry from Shelob in "The Return of the King" or that jump-scare early on in the first "Dune" movie. Yet even if they only exist in ones and zeroes, the nasty little critters are still chiefly responsible for, well, all the superpowered action taking place in the movie.

The opening scene immediately sets the stage for us, explaining how rare spiders in the Amazon jungle are apparently...

Let's just say your Spidey-Sense better be tingling, because this article contains spoilers for "Madame Web."

It's not really on the same level as Nick Fury welcoming Tony Stark into a much wider world than he ever imagined, but "Madame Web" has now officially entered Sony's Spider-Man Universe. The live-action shared universe may be built entirely around Spider-Man's rogues gallery and assorted supporting characters ... but it doesn't actually feature the famous Web-Crawler himself. Yeah, we're still trying to figure that one out. Whatever the case may be, this oddly cobbled-together franchise made up of both "Venom" movies and the disaster known as "Morbius" now has another ignominious addition to its ranks, and, well, it went about as badly as everyone expected.

But with great power comes great responsibility, as some fictional dead guy you might've heard of once said, and the same certainly applies to how "Madame Web" teases...

Hey “True Believers”, is it time for another trip into the Marvel Universe so early in the new year? Well, since the last adventure of the Ant-Man and the Wasp hit the multiplex almost on the same date last year, then it’s “Avengers Assemble” once more. But with a couple of big exceptions. You see, this isn’t a Marvel Studios production, rather it’s Sony “in association with Marvel”. So, this is another effort by them to “spin-off” Spidey and bring another secondary character from the comics into their very own feature film. Oh, and the others were the “rouges gallery” Aka the bad guys. First, it was Venom, who got a sequel followed by the disastrous Morbius, with Kraven “waiting in the wings”. Ah, but this time it’s another hero so Sony hopes that moviegoers will get tangled up in the strands spun by Madame Web.

Plot: Cassie Webb (Dakota Johnson) is a New York Emt who acquires clairvoyance after a brush with death. She uses her powers to stop a spider-powered villain (Tahar Rahim) hunting three girls who, he believes, will eventually end his life.

Review: Let’s get one thing out of the way first. Not every Marvel movie by Sony has been bad. For my money, they’re behind the two greatest Spider-Man movies ever made, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Across the Spider-Verse. And there’s the Venom movies. Those are elevated B-movies, but they’re a decent amount of fun thanks to Tom Hardy’s merciless scenery chewing, and the grosses for those flicks have been astronomical. Clearly, someone likes them. But Morbius…

Of course, one of the reasons people aren’t hyped about Madame Web is that the character isn’t exactly a household name. For those who aren’t in the loop,...

The Spider-Man universe has a cadre of supporting characters in its vault. Cassandra “Madame” Web is one such character who first appeared in the Amazing Spider-Man issue #210 in the fall of 1980. Created by Denny O’Neil and artist John Romita Jr., Cassandra is an elderly, disabled woman with precognitive abilities who helps Peter Parker find a kidnapping victim.

Transitioning from the comic book origins of Cassandra who is introduced as a character of depth and mystery, the film adaptation directed by S.J. Clarkson, and written by Clarkson, Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless and Claire Parker, squanders any possibility for expansion of the Madame Web world through clinical and formulaic storytelling.

In 1973, in the Peruvian Amazon, a pregnant Constance Webb (Kerry Bishé) and her protector, Ezekiel Sims (Tahar Rahim), search for a mythical Spider with healing powers. Once they find it, Ezekiel becomes antagonistic, and wants the Spider for himself. Constance isn’t...

Trailers are designed to stir up excitement, the amuse-bouche that whets your appetite for the three-course meal. Occasionally, the oldest marketing trick in the book backfires. When Sony dropped a sneak peek at Madame Web, the newest addition to the company’s roster of Spider-Man–related films and another of their corporate crossovers with the good folks at Marvel Studios, the reaction was … not exactly what they hoped for. The same fans they were hoping to get riled up about a batch of fresh Spidey-adjacent characters began to mock the clip,...

When I was a kid, my mom steered us toward toys that looked like G.I. Joe or Transformers action figures, but weren’t. Their faces were wack, the joints all wrong, such that the limbs didn’t move right, or else they popped out altogether. Sure, these off-brand imitations cost less than the real thing — that made a difference on my meager allowance — but no amount of imagination could turn my busted GoBots into Optimus Prime.

Now, if 10-year-old me could’ve predicted the future (the way Cassie Webb can), he would’ve seen this disappointment as valuable practice for a movie like “Madame Web,” a hollow Sony-made Spider-Man spinoff with none of the charm you expect from even the most basic superhero movie. The title mutant — who’s never actually identified by that name — hails from the margins of the Marvel multiverse, which suggests that, much as Sony did with “Morbius” and “Venom,...

There’s something so demoralizing about lambasting another underwhelming Marvel offering. What is there left to really say about the disappointments and ocean-floor-level expectations created by the mining of this intellectual property? Every year, studio executives dig up minor characters, dress them in a fog of hype and leave moviegoers to debate, defend or discard the finished product.

Madame Web is one of these recently exhumed efforts. The film, directed by Sj Clarkson and starring Dakota Johnson as a clairvoyant paramedic in New York, has as much energy as an employee subjected to an ice breaker during a corporate retreat. It is an airless and stilted endeavor driven by a mechanical screenplay (written by Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless and Claire Parker & Clarkson). Its lack of imagination would be astounding if it wasn’t so expected. When Sony dropped the trailer two months ago, the early reactions were nothing short of brutal.

Word on the street is that S.J. Clarkson’s openly abysmal “Madame Web” took place in the 1990s until the whole film was time-shifted forward to the start of the 21st century during reshoots, and while that rumor might sound like a satire of the creative bankruptcy that led superhero movies to go from “No Way Home” to “No One Cares” in less than two years, actually watching Clarkson’s lifeless cobweb of an origin story left me with a lot more questions than answers.

On the one hand, the assortment of Clinton-era classics on the soundtrack definitely feel like orphaned cues from an earlier cut. On the other hand, a building-sized ad for Beyoncé’s 2003 album is flagrantly Photoshopped into the background of a shot that serves no other purpose, and Dakota Johnson has a line of Adr about how she’s “gotta get home in time for ‘Idol,...

Filmmaker Kevin Smith is best known for his work in the comedy genre. His movies often center on comic book and Star Wars-loving guys, and tend to be packed with stoner humor and vulgar but amusing conversations about sex. But once he was more than a decade and several movies into his movie career, he decided to switch things up, making a horror film that was inspired by disturbing headlines and is packed with death, damnation – and some damn fine acting. Released in 2011, Kevin Smith’s first horror movie was called Red State (watch it Here), and if you haven’t seen it, it’s the best horror movie you never saw.

Most Christian churches preach of a loving, forgiving God. But there’s one particular church with a small congregation that takes the concept of “fire and brimstone” so far, many have labelled it a hate group. Their idea...

TV shows can continue even without essential actors, as recasting can be done for convenience or narrative reasons. The success of a show's new cast members can depend on fan reception and the chemistry between the remaining cast members. For example, Doctor Who's constant recasting of the lead role adds to the show's appeal and keeps it fresh with every new actor. Another example is Reacher, whose titular character is the only irreplaceable part of the story.

Even if an actor seems essential to the fabric of a TV show, that doesn't necessarily mean it can't continue without them. There are a variety of shows that continued past their original casting choices, either because the story asked such or because of behind-the-scenes issues. Depending on its nature and genre, a show being so heavily recast can be done for convenience or narrative reasons. Sometimes, there can be more than one...

Shifting the focus to other characters through narration provides additional insights and a more comprehensive understanding of the beloved figures in Scrubs. Lucy, Derek, and Sunny's attempts at narration fell short compared to J.D.'s unique perspective, showing the irreplaceable essence of J.D.'s narration in the show. The episodes that feature narration from other characters allow for exploration of new dimensions and character growth, but ultimately highlight the importance of J.D.'s endearing filter and unique flair in narrating Scrubs.

Almost every episode of Scrubs, medical intern John “J.D.” Dorian is the narrator, infusing his humor, wit and internal insights based on the situations happening around him. There have, however, been times when he passed the voice-over torch, offering a glimpse into the minds of other characters from the series. While J.D.'s perspective dominates the show through his colorful narration, several episodes shift the focus to other characters.

A couple months ago, Kevin Smith announced that he will be making a sequel 2014 horror film Tusk (watch it Here) for the film’s tenth anniversary, a sequel that he’s planning to call Tusk. And that’s not the only horror sequel he has in the works. Slash Film reports that, during a Q&a at an Austin, Texas screening of Clerks III, Smith is also going to be making a sequel to his 2011 horror debut Red State (watch that one Here)! Red State 2 will be happening because distributor Lionsgate (who also financed Clerks III) specifically requested that he make the sequel.

Smith said, “(Lionsgate was) like, if we do this, would you do it again? And I was like, yeah, in a heartbeat. […] I mean, obviously, Michael Parks is gone. But it’s just a story of crazy people with guns and shit like that. As long as...

The Gersh Agency has promoted literary agent Sandra Lucchesi and talent agent Matt Vioral to partners, expanding its total leadership to 28 people.

Gersh, which ranks as the lone privately-owned full service agency, makes the move amid consolidation and rapid ground-shifting in the representation landscape. A spokesperson told Variety the elevations serve to “highlight the strength and history of our resources while taking advance of our business around multi-hyphenate clients.”

Agency co-presidents David and Bob Gersh, along with managing partner Leslie Siebert, said they were “very proud of the leadership Sandra and Matt have brought to the agency and their respective departments and how well respected they are by their industry peers. We are thrilled to promote them both to partner.”

Lucchesi has been involved with award winning films, representing notable writers and writer-directors such as Andrea Arnold, Oscar winner Kevin Willmott (“BlacKkKlansman”), Richie Mehta (“Amal”), Anna Konkle (“Plus One”), Vera Herbert...

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Gersh is expanding the ranks of its partner class with the promotion of two agents.

The Beverly Hills-based talent firm upped literary agent Sandra Lucchesi and talent agent Matt Vioral to partners, the company said Thursday. The promotions bring Gersh’s partners to 28, out of the 150 agents in its ranks across Los Angeles and New York locations.

“We are very proud of the leadership Sandra and Matt have brought to the agency and their respective departments and how well respected they are by their industry peers. We are thrilled to promote them both to partner,” said co-presidents David and Bob Gersh and managing partner Leslie Siebert in a joint statement.

Vioral started as an exec assistant at Gersh in 2006, became an agent four years later and was named to The Hollywood Reporter‘s “Next Gen” executive list in 2018. This June, he was part...

Scrubs, the long running and loved medical sitcom that ran for nine years from 2001-2010, tells the story of the employees at Sacred Heart Hospital.

Kerry Bishe, who played Lucy Bennett in the show’s final season, sat down with uInterview founder Erik Meers to discuss her favorite moment on Srubs.

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“I remember it like one of the flashbacks in the show because you have those dream imaginary sequence pops, so I really remember my whole time on that show like a series of crazy, imaginary, insane thing that we staged,” the actress revealed.

“I saw some pictures the other day of me in World War II clothes and I was like, ‘What is that?’ It was one of the fantasy sequences from Scrubs,” she recalled. “You get to do all kinds of genres. We did this crazy send-up of a Danielle Steele style romance thing.

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In 2021, Claire Foy won her second Emmy for playing Queen Elizabeth on Netflix’s The Crown, a bizarre guest acting triumph for what was barely even a cameo. The easiest way to interpret Foy’s victory is that Emmy voters have lost all ability to judge guest acting categories, which require a complete overhaul. Or, looking at Olivia Colman’s win for playing Queen Elizabeth on The Crown, we can be generous and say that what voters truly enjoy is double casting, the comparative pleasures of watching actors put unique-but-complementary spins on a shared role.

Thanks to Showtime’s Yellowjackets, voters could fill out the lead and supporting actress fields on the drama side with double-cast actors. For Melanie Lynskey’s Shauna, don’t forget the foundation laid by teenage Shauna, Sophie Nélisse. Think Christina Ricci was delightfully unhinged as grown-up Misty? Be...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about lotsa shows including S.W.A.T., Killing Eve, Ghosts and Outer Range!

1 | If Friday Night Baseball wasn’t branded as an Apple TV+ telecast, would the distinctly Apple fonts and tinted gray overlays have been your first clue?

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We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about lotsa shows including Chicago P.D., Mrs. Maisel, Euphoria, Legends of Tomorrow, Ghosts and more!

1 | Where does John Mulaney’s “Subway Churro” rank among his five Saturday Night Live musical sketches? Were you surprised (and/or delighted) to hear him reference to his eponymous one-and-done Fox sitcom during the 5-Timers Club sketch? And did you ever in a million years expect to see former Tonight Show host Conan O’Brien back on NBC — and in the 11:30 time slot?...

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Airing on the Showtime cable channel, the Super Pumped TV show was created by Brian Koppelman and David Levien. Each season features a new cast and focuses on a different business that has made a big impact on an industry and our culture as a whole. The first season stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kyle Chandler, Kerry Bishé, Babak Tafti, Jon Bass, Elisabeth Shue, Hank Azaria, Uma...

We don't have to wonder if Super Pumped will be cancelled right now. This Showtime series has already been renewed for a second season which will focus on the social media giant Facebook. Will Super Pumped continue on beyond that? Which company would be next? Stay tuned.

A dramatic anthology series, the Super Pumped TV show was created by Brian Koppelman and David Levien. Each season features a new cast and focuses on a different business that has made a big impact on an industry and our culture as a whole. The first season stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kyle Chandler, Kerry Bishé, Babak Tafti, Jon Bass, Elisabeth Shue, Hank Azaria, Uma Thurman, and Quentin Tarantino (narrator), Subtitled The Battle for Uber, the season tells the story of one of Silicon Valley's most successful and most destructive unicorns, Uber. The season pivots on Travis Kalanick...

Will the first season of the Super Pumped TV show on Showtime change how customers see Uber? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Super Pumped is cancelled or renewed for season two. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustrated when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the first season episodes of Super Pumped here.

A Showtime anthology drama series, the Super Pumped TV show was created by Brian Koppelman and David Levien. Each season features a new cast and focuses on a different business that has made a big impact on an industry and our culture as a whole. The first season stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kyle Chandler, Kerry Bishé, Babak Tafti,...

Network: Showtime

Episodes: Ongoing (hour)

Seasons: Ongoing

TV show dates: February 27, 2022 -- present

Series status: Has not been cancelled

Performers include: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kyle Chandler, Kerry Bishé, Babak Tafti, Jon Bass, Elisabeth Shue, Hank Azaria, Uma Thurman, and Quentin Tarantino (narrator).

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A dramatic anthology series, the Super Pumped TV show was created by Brian Koppelman and David Levien. Each season features a new cast and focuses on a different business that has made a big impact on an industry and our culture as a whole.

The first season is based on the Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber book by Mike Isaac. It tells the story of one of Silicon Valley's most successful and most destructive unicorns, Uber. The season pivots on...

Remember that scene in The Social Network where Sean Parker has an epiphany about The Facebook?

“Drop the ‘The,”” he advises future Metaverse lord Mark Zuckerberg. “Just ‘Facebook.’”

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A near-identical moment occurs in the first episode of Showtime’s Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, which premiered Sunday. UberCab CEO Travis Kalanick (played here by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is trying to figure out how his fledgling startup is going to avoid paying fines...

“Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber” starts with a simple question: “Are you an asshole?” Then-ceo of Uber Travis Kalanick (played with apt exuberance by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) poses the question to a prospective hire, mid job interview. The young man is a bit thrown, but he’s given a temporary reprieve when two of Travis’ top staffers storm in with an emergency: There’s a growing perception that Uber doesn’t care about passenger safety. Drivers are making passengers uncomfortable. Some are breaking the law. Still, Travis doesn’t see why it’s a problem, and it’s certainly not his problem, but the point of the impromptu meeting isn’t to solve a problem. It’s to make more money.

“Tk, you’re gonna love my nuts,” says Quentin (Noah Weisberg), before pitching the Safe Rides Fee: a surcharge added to each trip to cover added costs of ensuring safety…...

What do you get when you mix Manhattan district attorneys, corrupt billionaires, and Silicon Valley unicorns? Well, apparently that all adds up to Quentin Tarantino.

The “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” auteur signed on to narrate Showtime’s limited series “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber,” premiering February 26 — and that’s mostly because of his love of co-creators David Levien and Brian Koppelman’s work on “Billions.”

“Super Pumped” tells the story of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Uma Thurman portrays Arianna Huffington, while Hank Azaria stars as Apple’s Tim Cook. Kyle Chandler, Baba Tafti, Kerry Bishé, Mousa Hussein Kraish, and Elisabeth Shue round out the cast. “Super Pumped” hails from Levien and Koppelman, as well as Beth Schacter, who serves as the current showrunner on “Billions.”

Koppelman reportedly pitched Tarantino the narration gig as part of an email invitation to appear on Koppelman’s...

Travis Kalanick, the former CEO of the ride-sharing company Uber, might seem like a tiresome subject for a seven-episode docudrama series: another move-fast-break-things tech bro whose “change the world” sloganeering barely disguises a seething insecurity. Yet these qualities are exactly what makes this such a plum role for Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the star of the new series “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber.” That’s not meant as a dig at Gordon-Levitt, a talented actor with charisma and energy to spare. But his work as Kalanick does the neat trick of flipping a performer’s potential weaknesses — a sometime tendency to peacock, in his visible efforts to put on a show — into a character-defining strength. The show’s version of Kalanick, called “Tk” by his closest colleagues, is brash and cocksure; he’s also relentlessly self-conscious about his endless points of reference — “Zuck” (of Facebook), “Ek” (of Spotify), and any other...

Showtime is indeed super pumped about Super Pumped, handing an early renewal to the anthology series on Tuesday, TVLine has learned.

Each season of Super Pumped explores a story that “rocked the business world to its core and changed culture.” In this case, Season 2 will focus on Facebook’s ascent from groundbreaking startup to the power it has become. Pulling inspiration from New York Times reporter Mike Isaac’s next book, the season will “focus on the relationship at the center of that metamorphosis — between Sheryl Sandberg and Mark Zuckerberg — and the world-changing forces unleashed, intentionally and unintentionally, as a result,...

The business anthology series “Super Pumped” has been renewed for Season 2 at Showtime.

The news was announced as part of the ViacomCBS investor day presentation. Each season of the show will focus on a different major story from the world of business. The first season, which focuses on the rise of Uber, will debut on Showtime on Feb. 27. It is based on the Mike Isaac book “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber.”

The second season will be based on Isaac’s upcoming book about Facebook and its transition from startup to social media powerhouse. It will focus the relationship at the center of that metamorphosis, between Sheryl Sandberg and Mark Zuckerberg, and the world-changing forces unleashed, intentionally and unintentionally, as a result.

“Super Pumped” hails from writers Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Beth Shacter, the team behind the network’s hit series “Billions.” All three also serve as executive producers and co-showrunners on “Super Pumped.

Showtime is so pumped about “Super Pumped,” that it’s renewed the anthology series for a second season, ahead of the show’s Feb. 27 premiere.

The premium cable network announced news of the renewal Tuesday afternoon, saying it plans to pick up a second season that is currently untitled. Season 2 will center on the relationship between Facebook leaders Sheryl Sandberg and Mark Zuckerberg – and “the world-changing forces unleashed, intentionally and unintentionally, as a result.”

The season will be based on technology journalist Mike Isaac’s upcoming book chronicling the drama behind the scenes as Facebook rose to global domination.

Each season of the series will feature an entirely new cast, as it delves into a story that rocked the business world to its core.

Season 1, titled “Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber,” is based on Isaac’s 2019 book by the same name and tells the story of ride-sharing company that...

"You know you're on your way up... when they slap a target on your back." Showtime has revealed the full official trailer for their series Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, launching streaming this February. Yet another dramatization of a tech business and all their craziness, following so many other new series like WeCrashed, too. Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber is the first installment of the Super Pumped anthology series in which each new season will explore a story that rocked the business world to its core and changed culture. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kyle Chandler, and Uma Thurman star in the true story behind the meteoric rise and fall of Uber founder, Travis Kalanick. With the help of a Vc and board member Arianna Huffington, Kalanick forges the fledgling start-up into a multi-billion-dollar colossus. But every surge comes with a price. Also starring Kerry Bishé, Jon Bass, Babak Tafti, Bridgett Gao-Hollitt,...

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is brash and bullish as former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick in the trailer for Showtime’s “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber,” which debuted on Thursday.

The series from “Billions” duo Brian Koppelman and David Levien and Beth Schacter (“Soundtrack”) tells the story of Kalanick, who was “one of Silicon Valley’s most successful and most destructive unicorns,” according to Showtime’s press release.

Kyle Chandler stars as his mentor Bill Gurley, the venture capitalist who funded Uber’s success.

“We are disruptors. We are kings, gods,” Gordon-Levitt declares in the trailer as Uber takes off. But when things start to fall apart and a colleague tells him, “I’m going to side with the company, ” he yells, “I Am the company.” In another scene, he threatens, “Disloyalty needs to be punished.”

We also see Uma Thurman sporting a wig, an accent and an attitude as Arianna Huffington.

Apple TV Plus released a trailer for “Suspicion,” an eight-episode limited series starring Uma Thurman, premiering on Feb. 4.

Thurman plays a high-profile CEO living in New York City, where her son is taken by four mysterious, masked kidnappers at a hotel. As the FBI and the U.K.’s National Crime Agency set their eyes on four seemingly ordinary British citizens staying at the hotel, they scramble to prove their innocence — but not everyone can be trusted.

In the trailer, the four British visitors struggle to provide alibis, finding themselves in a trans-Atlantic game of cat and mouse.

Starring alongside Thurman are Kunal Nayyar (“The Big Bang Theory”), Noah Emmerich (“The Americans”), Georgina Campbell (“Black Mirror”), Elizabeth Henstridge (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”), Tom Rhys-Harries (“White Lines”), Elyes Gabel (“Scorpion”) and Angel Coulby (“Dancing on the Edge”).

Based on the Israeli series “False Flag,” “Suspicion” is led by showrunner and executive producer Rob Williams.