Billions on Showtime is a TV series not about money and how to earn it, and not even about fantastic creatures and where they live (although about it too) – it is a very convincing drama about human nature. About the innate instinct to be the coolest, to be the best, to be more powerful […]
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HBO Renews ‘Industry’ for Season Two
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HBO is moving forward on a second season of drama “Industry,” which premiered on Nov. 9 and follows a group of young graduates competing for a limited set of permanent positions at Pierpoint & Co, a prestigious investment bank in London. The logline: “Industry” gives an insider’s view of the black box of “high finance” through the […]
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Julia Roberts to Headline Drama ‘The Last Thing He Told Me’ for Apple TV+
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Oscar winner Julia Roberts will star in and executive produce the limited series “The Last Thing He Told Me” for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine production company. Based on the novel of the same name coming out in May, Roberts will play a woman whose husband mysteriously vanishes. As she tries to piece together the truth behind his […]
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FX has given an unprecedented four season pick up to comedy “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” taking it through 18 seasons. With season 15 due next year, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” will set the record as the longest-running live-action comedy series in television history, bypassing class comedy “The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet,” which aired for 14 […]
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‘Kids Baking Championship’ Returns on Food Network
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Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman will welcome a dozen new young bakers into the ninth season the “Kids Baking Championship” on Monday, December 28 at 9 p.m. ET to see whose skills will measure up in difficult baking challenges. For the first time, the bakers’ parents will be backstage watching and reacting to the ups […]
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Hulu Renews ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ for Season 5
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Hulu has greenlit Emmy Award-winning drama “The Handmaid’s Tale” for a fifth season ahead of its fourth season premiere in 2021. In the upcoming 10 episode fourth season, June (Elisabeth Moss) strikes back against Gilead as a fierce rebel leader, but the risks she takes bring unexpected and dangerous new challenges. Her quest for justice and revenge […]
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Amazon Announces ‘Nature Gone Wild’
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A&E Network has announced new docuseries “Nature Gone Wild,” which follows a professional backcountry guide and explorer Greg Aiello as he highlights and analyzes some of the most jaw-dropping footage of unbelievable occurrences in nature. This 12-episode, half hour series from Thinkfactory Media will premiere on Wednesday, January 6 at 10pm ET/PT with two new […]
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