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).
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
Saturday, September 13
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Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 8)
Friday, September 12
- Regina King (The Boondocks/Leap of Faith/227) - Watch Regina on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Michael Chiklis (Daddio) - Michael is a guest on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Drew Barrymore (Santa Clarita Diet) - Drew appears on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Kumail Nanjiani (Bless the Harts/Silicon Valley) - Kumail is a guest on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Domhnall Gleeson (The Paper) - Domhnall appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Emily Osment (Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage/Young Sheldon/Young & Hungry/Hannah Montana), Tien Tran (How I Met Your Father) and Vinny Thomas (Platonic) - Emily, Tien and Vinny are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Ken Jeong (Dr. Ken/Community) - Ken talks about 99 to Beat on The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Michael Urie (Shrinking/Krapopolis/Partners) - Michael talks about Broadway's Oh, Mary! and Shrinking on The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Zosia Mamet (Laid/Girls) - Zosia talks about Does This Make Me Funny? on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Emeril Lagasse (Emeril) - Sunny Anderson gets a big surprise from Drew – cooking with the legendary Emeril Lagasse on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Jennifer Aniston (Friends/Muddling Through/Ferris Bueller/Molloy) - Drew is chatting with Jennifer about the new season of The Morning Show, her kids cookbook, Cook with Clydeo, and her haircare line on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Hannah Pilkes (Leanne) - Hannah is a guest on PIX11 Morning News on WPIX in New York at 9:30am.
- Charlie Sheen (Anger Management/Two and a Half Men/Spin City) - Real Time with Bill Maher features a one-on-one interview with Charlie Sheen, actor and subject of the new two-part documentary aka Charlie Sheen on Netflix, and author of the new book The Book of Sheen: A Memoir at 10pm on HBO.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
01/28 - Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/04 - The Wayans Bros. - The Complete Series
03/11 - Frasier (2023) - Season Two
04/01 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season
05/13 - The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered)
06/06 - Shoresy - Season 2
06/17 - Looney Tunes - Collector's Vault - Volume 1 (Blu-ray)
07/22 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
08/26 - The Huckleberry Hound Show - The Complete Original Series (Blu-ray)
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