Apple TV+ Orders Star-Studded Comedy; Elizabeth Banks Joins New Peacock Series

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Apple TV+ Orders Star-Studded Comedy; Elizabeth Banks Joins New Peacock Series

Apple TV+ unveiled the star-studded ensemble cast of The Studio, a new half hour comedy starring Seth Rogen, who will also serve as writer, director and executive producer alongside Emmy Award-nominee Evan Goldberg (Pam & Tommy, The Boys), and revealed that principal photography is officially under way. Multi-Emmy Award winners Peter Huyck and Alex Gregory (The White House Plumbers, Veep) created the show with Rogen and Goldberg, and Frida Perez. The Studio is about a legacy Hollywood movie studio trying to survive in a world where it is increasingly difficult for art and commerce to live together. The ensemble cast set to star alongside Rogen includes Emmy Award-nominee Kathryn Hahn (Tiny Beautiful Things, WandaVision, Transparent), Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe Award-winner Catherine O'Hara (Schitt's Creek, Argylle, Pain Hustlers), Ike Barinholtz (History of the World Part 2, Neighbors, The Mindy Project) and Chase Sui Wonders (City on Fire, Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, Generation), with guest stars including Academy Award-nominee and Emmy Award-winner Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Your Honor, Argylle), Keyla Monterroso Mejia (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Abbott Elementary, Freeridge) and Dewayne Perkins (The Upshaws, The Blackening, Saved by the Bell).

Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen

Peacock has announced the straight-to-series order of the romantic dramedy The Miniature Wife, starring and executive produced by Emmy Award-nominated actress Elizabeth Banks (Press Your Luck, Pitch Perfect, The Hunger Games) and Emmy Award-Winning actor Matthew Macfadyen (Succession, Deadpool & Wolverine). Jennifer Ames and Steve Turner (Boardwalk Empire, Goliath) will serve as creators, showrunners, and executive producers. The series comes from studio Media Res (The Morning Show, Pachinko) with Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer executive producing for the studio. The Miniature Wife, based on the short story written by Manuel Gonzalez, is a high-concept marital dramedy examining the power (im)balances between spouses, Lindy (Elizabeth Banks) and Les (Matthew Macfadyen), who battle each other for supremacy after a technological accident induces the ultimate relationship crisis.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Friday, December 26

Happy's Place - "Promises, Promises" (NBC, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
When Emmett continues his nightly check-ins with Bobbie to ensure her safety, Isabella pays the price as she's kept up by their loud late-night chats, prompting her to tell Bobbie to advance their relationship or at least take it out of the house.

Stumble - "Media Day" (NBC, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Courteney decides to use media day as a way to recruit new cheerleaders and to push her team to get right back on that mat; DiMarcus proves that not all Buttons are meant to be pushed.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of December 22)

Friday, December 26

Mila Kunis (Family Guy/That '70s Show) - Watch Mila on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Zooey Deschanel (Physical/New Girl) - Zooey appears on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Laura Dern (F Is for Family/Enlightened) - Laura is a guest on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Rose Byrne (Platonic/Physical) - Rose appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Jamie Kaler (My Boys) - Jamie is a guest on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
Dick Van Dyke (The Dick Van Dyke Show/The New Dick Van Dyke Show/The Van Dyke Show) - Dick discusses his new book with ABC News' Chris Connelly on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
Patti LaBelle (Out All Night) - Patti cooks on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
Lacey Chabert (Still the King/Baby Daddy/Family Guy) - Lacey talks about Loist in Paradise on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
Ryan Reynolds (Two Guys and a Girl) - Ryan appears on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
Sarah Paulson (Leap of Faith) - Sarah is a guest on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
Phil Rosenthal (Creator of Everybody Loves Raymond) - Phil appears on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
Mo'Nique (The Parkers) - Tamron Hall (repeat) has a DAYTIME EXCLUSIVE with Mo'Nique about her weight-loss journey and the launch of her new fitness brand, Mo'Niques Movement, as well as the emotional moment with her husband that changed it all, so check your local listings.
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother/Star Raving Mad/Doogie Howser, M.D.) - NBC's Today has Cocktails and Mocktails with Neil and David Burtka on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
Mario Lopez (Saved by the Bell/Saved by the Bell: The College Years) - Mario tells Sherri about his new holiday film The Christmas Spark on a repeat of Sherri, so check your local listings.
Woody Harrelson (Cheers), Dave Franco (The Afterparty/Scrubs/Do Not Disturb), Isla Fisher (Wolf Like Me) and Ariana Greenblatt (Stuck in the Middle) - The Now You See Me: Now You Don't cast including Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher Jesse Eisenberg, Ariana Greenblatt, Justice Smith and Dominic Sessa join Drew to dish all about the third installment of the hit franchise on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.