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Shane Gillis is back and ready to turn his business around in “Tires” Season 2, releasing June 5 on Netflix.

Following the success of their major marketing plan, Will (Steven Gerben) and Shane (Gillis) rush to grow their business professionally. The official synopsis reads: “Will, the nervous and unqualified heir to an auto repair chain, attempts to turn his father’s business around despite constant torture from his cousin and now employee, Shane.”

Gillis self-financed Season 1’s first six episodes before Netflix acquired the show as part of a deal including a stand-up special. The show is created by Gillis, Steve Gerben and John McKeever with a cast featuring Chris O’Connor, Kilah Fox and Stavros Halkias, including guest star Andrew Schulz.

Watch the first clip from Netflix below.

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“The Summer I Turned Pretty” has unveiled the first look at its third season, which will also be the show’s last.

Uzo Aduba is stepping out for the world premiere of her new Netflix series!

The 44-year-old two-time Emmy winner hit the blue carpet at the premiere of The Residence on Wednesday evening (March 19) held at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood in Los Angeles.

Fellow cast members in attendance included Randall Park, Ken Marino, Susan Kelechi Watson, Jason Lee, Giancarlo Esposito, Bronson Pinchot, Spencer Garrett, Dan Perrault, Al Mitchell, Edwina Findley, Chris Grace, Matt Oberg, Mary Wiseman, Alexandra Siegel, Barrett Foa, Al Franken, Rebecca Field, Mel Rodriguez, Julieth Restrepo, Nathan Lovejoy, Sumalee Montano, Juliette Jeffers, Paul Fitzgerald, Izzy Diaz, Eliza Coupe, and James Babson.

The Residence is “a screwball whodunnit set in the upstairs, downstairs, and backstairs of the White House, among the eclectic staff of the world’s most famous mansion.”

The series, which is executive produced by Shonda Rhimes and inspired by the book The Residence: Inside the Private World...

The second season of indie streamer Dropout’s Rekha Shankar-hosted “Smartypants” is set to debut in the first quarter of 2025 with numerous guest stars lined up for the new batch of episodes, including Hank Green.

Per the second season description, “Join more secret gatherings of the Smartypants Society! Host Rekha Shankar welcomes new and returning members to share their bold ideas, controversial takes, and unhinged theories in a series of presentations that will change everything you thought you knew about the world.”

Along with Green, notable cast members featured across the 15 episodes in “Smartypants” Season 2, which wrapped production last week, include Alexis Nikole Nelson, Alyssa Limperis, Cameron Esposito, Courtney Miller, Demi Adejuyigbe, Max Burkholder and Vinny Thomas.

The first season of “Smartypants” debuted on Dropout in April and ran through August. It consisted of nine episodes.

The full list of “Smartypants” Season 2 new and returning guest stars also includes Anna Garcia,...

"An actor can do whatever they want as long as they mean well when they do it."

Christopher Tung Shieh, or Chris Grace as he's more widely known, is an actor, comedian, vocalist, and the fat, gay child of immigrants. Our readers likely recognize him as a certifiable, "Hey, that guy!" character performer on comedy TV, including his roles as Jerry on "Superstore," the wrestling coach on "PEN15," and more recently, as himself on the Dropout shows "Um, Actually," "Play it By Ear," "Dirty Laundry," and "Make Some Noise." But listing credits can not and should not ever be treated as the totality of a person. We are not what we do. Who we are is defined by so much more than that. But exactly who is the person whose job is to pretend to be someone else? How does one be true to themselves when they must curate how...

Dropout has set a new series of live recorded comedy specials titled “Dropout Presents.” The series will launch on June 12 with Hank Green’s “Pissing Out Cancer,” taped at Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles

Green is a YouTuber best known for the “Vlogbrothers” channel he runs alongside his brother, John Green, with whom he also produces educational shows such as “Crash Course.” He is also the author of the novels “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing” (2018) and “A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor” (2020). Green was diagnosed with cancer in May 2023 and has thoroughly documented his experiences with the illness on the internet.

“There are good parts of cancer,” Green jokes in a trailer for “Dropout Presents.” “I was thinking I was maybe gonna get that Jeremy Allen White situation going on. I got the Mark Zuckerberg situation instead.”

Six more specials will debut on Dropout as part of “Dropout Presents” throughout the year. All were recorded in L.

Exclusive: Putting a touching bookend on their professional relationship, Giancarlo Esposito will succeed Andre Braugher in the cast of Shondaland‘s comedic murder-mystery Netflix drama series The Residence following Braugher’s untimely death.

Al Franken, Andrew Friedman & Julian McMahon

Production on The Residence, which had been paused due to the writers strike, has resumed, with former U.S. Sen. Al Franken set to play one on TV: Aaron Filkins, the senior senator from Washington state. Also joining the cast of the series, headlined by Uzo Aduba, are Andrew Friedman (Better Call Saul) as Irv Samuelson, director of the National Park Police, and Julian McMahon (FBI: Most Wanted) as Stephen Roos, the prime minister of Australia.

Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul alum Esposito is taking over the role of White House Chief Usher A.B. Wynter, a lead opposite Adubo that previously was played by Braugher. Two and a half decades ago,...

Netflix’s “The Resident” has added singer Kylie Minogue, Jane Curtin, James Babson, Eliza Coupe, Izzy Diaz, Paul Fitzgerald, Roslyn Gentle, Chris Grace, Juliette Jeffers, Sumalee Montano, Brett Tucker, Nathan Lovejoy, E. L. Losada, Julieth Restrepo, Mel Rodriguez, and Rebecca Field to its heavyweight cast.

They join previously announced cast members Uzo Aduba, Andre Braugher, Edwina Findley, Molly Griggs, Jason Lee, Ken Marino, Al Mitchell, Dan Perrault, Bronson Pinchot, Susan Kelechi Watson, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Mary Wiseman, and Randall Park.

The official logline reads: “132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. One wildly eccentric detective. One disastrous State Dinner. The Residence is a screwball whodunnit set in the upstairs, downstairs, and backstairs of the White House, among the eclectic staff of the world’s most famous mansion.” The series is currently in production.

Per Netflix, Minogue will play herself in the drama. Curtin (“The Spy Who Dumped Me”) plays Nan Cox, the First Mother In-Law.

Exclusive: Netflix has rounded out the cast as production begins for its Shondaland murder-mystery The Residence, including Kylie Minogue — who will play herself — Jane Curtin (SNL) and Eliza Coupe (Pivoting).

Additional cast includes Julieth Restrepo (Griselda), Sumalee Montano (The Lost Symbol), James Babson (For The People), Izzy Diaz (Good Trouble), Paul Fitzgerald (Dare Me), Roslyn Gentle (Nightbitch), Chris Grace (Superstore), Juliette Jeffers (Tulsa King), Nathan Lovejoy (The Good Place), E. L. Losada (Los Frikis), Mel Rodriguez (Last Man on Earth), Brett Tucker (Big Leap) and Rebecca Field (Shameless).

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Clockwise from top left: Izzy Diaz, Julieth Restrepo, Rebecca Field, James Babson, Sumalee Montano, Nathan Lovejoy, E.L. Losada, Mel Rodriguez, Brett Tucker and Juliette Jeffers

Using Kate Andersen Brower’s book The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House as a jumping-off point, the eight-episode series is described as “a screwball whodunnit set in the upstairs,...

It felt surreal to see “Superstore” wind down to its final episodes. Despite running six full seasons at a time when sitcoms more and more rarely get the chance, “Superstore” never had a dip in quality that signaled its natural end. It was consistently, impressively funny and adaptable. That its creators would have to eventually figure out the curveball of a premature cancellation, and that they nailed it, makes a sad but fitting end for a show that always embraced the opportunity to change with the times.

Many people, myself included, have written plenty about how well “Superstore,” a sitcom about the employees of a Walmart-esque big box store, dealt with capital i Issues over the years. Its first two seasons alone tackled topics like gun control, birth control, racism and the everyday peril of being undocumented, as well as a union drive that would eventually fold under incredible corporate pressure.

Spoiler Alert: This article contains details about the season five finale of Superstore.

Due to the pandemic and the subsequent shut down of Hollywood, Cloud 9 had to close its doors earlier than expected. Yup, the NBC comedy Superstore had to cut its fifth season short — and it threw a wrench in the plans considering America Ferrera was going to bid farewell as the character of Amy.

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Even so, co-showrunners Jonathan Green and Gabe Miller managed to make it work and give Ferrera’s Amy part one of a goodbye that will eventually go into season six.

In the episode titled “California Part 1”, the story centers on Amy,...