New original and off-network series titles for the month of December will appear on the streaming video services Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. Among the highlighted streaming original series this month: the second season of Netflix’s award-winning British royal drama “The Crown” (Dec. 8); Jeffrey Donovan, formerly of “Burn Notice”, stars as a failed magician […]
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Jeffrey Tambor Quits Amazon’s ‘Transparent’
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Jeffrey Tambor has announced he won’t return for the upcoming fifth season of “Transparent” after being accused twice of sexual harassment on the set of the Amazon show. Tamblr role as transgender woman Maura Pfefferman resulted in two Emmy Award wins for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. “Playing Maura Pfefferman on “Transparent” has […]
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Amazon Orders Superhero Series ‘The Boys’
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Amazon has greenlit original one-hour superhero drama “The Boys” for 2019, which centers on a group of vigilantes known informally as “the boys” who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty. Based on the comic book “Preacher” from creator Garth Ennis and […]
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Television Series Arriving on Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime in November 2017
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New original and off-network series titles for the month of November will appear on the streaming video services Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. Netflix will premiere its third Marvel series this year with “The Punisher” (Nov. 17) with Jon Bernthal as vigilante antihero Frank Castle. The character was earlier introduced in the second season of […]
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Amazon Cancels Drama ‘The Last Tycoon’
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Amazon has opted against a second of F. Scott Fitzgerald drama “The Last Tycoon.” Debuting on June 16, “The Last Tycoon” starred Kelsey Grammer, Matt Bomer, and Jennifer Beals, and followed the power struggle between Bomer’s wunderkind studio executive Monroe Stahr and his boss, Grammer’s studio head Pat Brady, in 1930s Hollywood. Nine episodes in total […]
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Amazon Renews ‘Transparent’ for Season Five
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Amazon Studios has greenlit a fifth season of dramedy “Transparent” before its fourth season premiere (on Sept. 22), with an expected 10 new episodes for 2018. The entire Pfefferman family will be back including Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light, Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass and Amy Landecker. Debuting on Feb. 6, 2014, “Transparent” revolves around a Los […]
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Amazon Orders ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ for Two Seasons
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Amazon Studios has greenlit “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” from “Gilmore Girls” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino for an unprecedented two seasons on Prime Video. Written and directed by Sherman-Palladino, the series stars Rachel Brosnahan (“House of Cards”) as Miriam “Midge” Maisel, a 1958 New York City woman who has everything she’s ever wanted — the perfect husband, […]