Netflix has issued an eight episode second season order to sitcom “Friends From College.” Co-created by Nicholas Stoller (“Neighbors,” “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”) and Francesca Delbanco, who also serve as executive producers, “Friends From College” features a group of friends from Harvard played by Keegan-Michael Key (Ethan), Cobie Smulders (Lisa), Annie Parisse (Sam), Nat Faxon (Nick), […]
Netflix has issued a second season renewal to dark drama “Ozark,” with an order for 10 new episodes. Made available for streaming on July 21, “Ozark” follows financial planner Marty (Jason Bateman) and his wife Wendy Byrde (Laura Linney). Without warning, Marty relocates the family from the suburbs of Chicago to a summer resort community […]
Netflix has opted against a second season of scripted psychological thriller “Gypsy,” which centered on Jean Holloway (Naomi Watts), a Manhattan therapist with a seemingly picturesque life who begins to develop intimate and illicit relationships with the people in her patients’ lives. As the borders of Jean’s professional life and personal fantasies become blurred, she […]
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” a new original project to be written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and produced by Annapurna Television, will debut on Netflix on a undisclosed date in 2018. The Western anthology will feature six tales about the American frontier told through the voice of Joel and Ethan Coen. Each […]
David Letterman, the longest-serving host in U.S. late night television, is returning to the small screen in a yet-to-be-titled, six episode series on Netflix. The show will combine in-depth conversations and in-the-field segments. In each hour-long episode, Letterman will conduct a long-form conversation with a singular guest – and will also explore topics on his […]
Netflix has announced the first Chinese language Netflix original series from Taiwan: “Bardo.” The eight-episode series from production company IFA Media and writer/director Sam Quah is described as a jailbreak thriller with a karmic dimension, and it will be available to all Netflix members around the world at the same time. The logline: Bardo follows […]
Netflix will debut season one of half-hour true-crime satire “American Vandal” on Friday, Sept. 15. From co-creators Tony Yacenda (“Pillow Talking”) and Dan Perrault (“Honest Trailers”), and showrunner Dan Lagana “(Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous”), “American Vandal” explores the aftermath of a costly high school prank that left twenty-seven faculty cars vandalized with phallic […]
Netflix has ordered 12 episodes of non-scripted comedy “A Little Help with Carol Burnett,” which will feature opinions from a panel of straight-talking 4-8-year-olds as Carol and her guests will reveal how a different generation solves life’s biggest dilemmas. In each half-hour, both celebrities and everyday people will bring their real-life issues to a gaggle […]
Netflix has ordered 20 episodes of “Disenchantment,” an adult animated comedy fantasy series from “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening. The logline: In “Disenchantment, viewers will be whisked away to the crumbling medieval kingdom of Dreamland,” where they will follow the misadventures of hard-drinking young princess Bean, her feisty elf companion Elfo, and her personal demon […]
