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Holland Taylor has joined the cast of Apple TV+’s untitled brother comedy series starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.

The upcoming project is executive produced by David West Read, who is known for “The Big Door Prize” and “Schitt’s Creek.” Read will also serve as the showrunner for the series.

The 10-episode half-hour comedy reunites Harrelson and McConaughey after their award-winning turn on the first season of HBO’s “True Detective.” Harrelson and McConaughey’s friendship is tested when their families try to live together on a Texas ranch owned by McConaughey’s character. The series has been described as an “odd couple love story” by press releases.

The upcoming series will see Taylor playing the mother of McConaughey’s character, known as Ma Mac. This isn’t the first time the beloved actor has collaborated with Apple TV+. Previously, Taylor starred as Cybil Richards on “The Morning Show.

Emmy winner Holland Taylor is set as a series regular opposite Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in their untitled brothers comedy series for Apple TV+.

The 10-episode half-hour comedy reunites Harrelson and McConaughey, who play heightened versions of themselves in a heartfelt odd couple love story revolving around their strange and beautiful sibling-like bond. Matthew and Woody’s close friendship is tested when their combined families attempt to live together on Matthew’s ranch in Texas.

Taylor will play Matthew’s mother Ma Mac.

David West Read (The Big Door Prize) serves as showrunner on the untitled comedy from Skydance Television, which he executive produces with McConaughey and Harrelson, alongside David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Matt Thunell for Skydance Television and Bill Bost and Jeremy Plager.

Taylor is coming off her ninth career Emmy nomination last year for Apple TV+’s The Morning Show; she won in 1999 for The Practice.

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Severance is a sci-fi psychological mystery thriller drama series created by Dan Erickson. The Apple TV+ series is set in a world where people can undergo a medical procedure to separate their work memories from their other memories. The procedure is called “severance” and can only be done by a biotechnology corporation, Lumon Industries, where most of the story takes place. We follow Mark S. and his team of severed workers as they do mysterious work for Lumon Industries, but strange occurrences force them to question the reality of their existence and jobs. Severance stars Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, Michael Chernus, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Patricia Arquette, and Sarah Bock. So, if you loved the mind-bending concept, thrilling mysteries, and compelling characters in Severance, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Now that 2024 has come to a close, it’s official, Netflix once again handed out the most cancellations in the calendar year – though at this point, I don’t think anyone will find this surprising. While the streaming platform has gotten better as the years have gone by in giving shows final seasons and the chances to establish themselves with audiences, the streaming platform continues to have some of the biggest cancellation rates in the business and 2024 was no different.

In total, Netflix canceled 16 shows in 2024 while also handing six additional shows their walking papers with final season orders which are about as close to cancellations as you can get the only difference being that those lucky six shows will get to actually wrap up their runs with proper sendoffs. So when you combine the two groups, Netflix decided to end a whopping 22 shows in 2024 be it by canceling them directly or ordering final seasons.

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Apple TV+ has quickly become the place where you find peak TV, and to achieve that status, they have to leave some shows behind and support the shows with potential. 2024 has been a pretty good year for Apple TV+ as it saw the premieres of some great new shows like The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin and Sugar, but we also have some shows that didn’t make it out of the chopping block. So, let’s find out if your favorite Apple TV+ original series makes the cut or not.

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A one-season sci-fi series has been cancelled by Apple TV+ despite its promising cliffhanger ending. For the past couple of months, there have been relatively few major renewals and cancellations. But with the year rushing to a close, streamers have also been in a sprint to announce some last-minute decisions.

Just this week, FX cancelled the Jeff Bridges action thriller series The Old Man, which did not quite capture the same attention as its buzzy first season after an extended break between episodes. Although it had long been presumed dead, after failing to make a splash with subscribers, Netflix made it official and axed Girls5eva after three seasons. It's not all bad news, with Hulu picking up Tell Me Lies for another run after the young adult adaption grew its audience. However, for one sci-fi standout, it's the end of the road.

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A new year means new shows — and saying goodbye to your favorites. The 2023-2024 broadcast season is really just getting underway — with season premieres of scripted shows mostly in January, February, and March this year — but we already know more than a handful that will be signing off in the coming months. Below is the list of all the TV shows we’re saying goodbye to this year. ABC Station 19, seven seasons Not Dead Yet, two seasons AMC Orphan Black: Echoes, one season Parish, one season Apple TV+ Schmigadoon!, two seasons Constellation, one season Still Up, one season The Big Door Prize, two seasons Sunny, one season CBS Blue Bloods, 14 seasons Bob Hearts Abishola, five seasons S.W.A.T., seven seasons Young Sheldon, seven seasons So Help Me Todd, two seasons CSI: Vegas, three seasons NCIS: Hawai’i, three seasons The CW Superman & Lois, four seasons Walker, four seasons Disney+ Andor, two seasons Renegade Nell,...

After a strike-filled 2023, a number of TV shows are still waiting to be renewed or canceled by their respective networks and streamers in 2024.

As broadcast and cable networks — as well as their streaming counterparts —double down on their impending decisions for on the bubble series, the fate for both freshman shows and longrunning series hangs in the balance.

This year TV fans will say goodbye to several beloved favorites, including Chuck Lorre’s CBS sitcoms “Bob Hearts Abishola” and “Young Sheldon,” HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” ABC’s “Station 19,” Disney’s “Bunk’d” and Freeform’s “Good Trouble,” to name a few.

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“3 Body Problem” (Netflix) – Renewed & Ending

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Inside Out‘s cheery Joy (again voiced by Amy Poehler) is here to introduce you to the Dream Productions crew at the heart of a Pixar TV series between the events of Inside Out and Inside Out 2.

Premiering Wednesday, Dec. 11, on Disney+, the four-episode Dream Productions series returns to Riley’s mind, “where dreams really do come true — every night, on time and on budget,” says the official synopsis.

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Alicia Silverstone is heading to the Emerald Isle for her next TV role.

Silverstone will star in and serve as an executive producer of Irish Blood, a murder-mystery drama from AMC Networks’ streamer Acorn TV. She’ll play Fiona Sharpe, a Los Angeles divorce lawyer who receives a letter from her estranged father and travels to Ireland to uncover the mystery of his disappearance.

Filming on the six-episode series has begun in Dublin. Irish Blood’s cast also features Wendy Crewson, Jason O’Mara, Dearbhla Molloy, Simone Kirby, Ruth Codd and Leonardo Taiwo.

“Irish Blood is the story of a woman discovering herself and confronting her past after traveling abroad unexpectedly,” Silverstone said in a statement. “I love how unpredictable the storytelling feels and the combination of drama, humor and suspense my character experiences.”

The series comes from writers Aaron Martin (Being Erica), Christina Ray (Murdoch Mysteries), Mike O’Leary (Bodkin) and...

Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.

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Nobody Wants This is the almost saccharine sitcom we’ve all been waiting for. Well, at least I have. A little while ago Netflix gave us One Day, a revolutionary romance show, if you ask me, because in the social media age, it’s hard to find something that gets so much positive reception from both critics and the people. Now, I do think Nobody Wants This will garner divided opinions, specifically because it’s quite a rollercoaster, but for the most part, if you like good chemistry and actually fun dialogue, then this show is going to leave you thrilled. They say opposites attract, but when the opposites are a Jewish rabbi and an agnostic sex podcaster, it’s hard for anyone to believe it’s possible. The show was created by Erin Foster, who took notes from her own life experiences finding love with a Jewish partner, and I’ve got to say,...

Attention, space cadets: Black Mirror has revealed the many faces of Season 7.

Netflix dropped a teaser on X on Thursday, announcing Season 7 cast members, including: Awkwafina (Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens), Milanka Brooks (Cleaning Up), Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who), Emma Corrin (The Crown), Patsy Ferran (Firebrand), Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers), Lewis Gribben (Masters of the Air), Osy Ikhile (Citadel), Rashida Jones (Sunny), Siena Kelly (Domino Day), Billy Magnussen (Road House), Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean), Cristin Milioti (The Penguin), Chris O’Dowd (The Big Door Prize), Issa Rae (Insecure), Paul G. Raymond (Horrible Histories), Tracee Ellis Ross (black-ish), Jimmi Simpson (Westworld) and...

The Netflix limited series adaptation of the Alice Feeney novel “His & Hers” has added four new cast members.

Crystal Fox, Sunita Mani, and Rebecca Rittenhouse have joined as series regulars, with Marin Ireland set in a supporting role. They will star alongside previously announced cast members Tessa Thompson as well as Jon Bernthal and Pablo Schreiber. Netflix has commissioned six episodes, with production set to begin this fall.

The official description for the series states, “Set in the sweltering heat of Atlanta, Anna (Thompson) lives in haunting reclusivity, fading away from her friends and career as a news anchor. But when she overhears about a murder in Dahlonega – the sleepy town where she grew up – Anna is snapped back to life, pouncing on the case and searching for answers. Detective Jack Harper (Bernthal) is strangely suspicious of her involvement, chasing her into the crosshairs of his own investigation. There...

You might say there’s a haunting pattern when it comes to season finales of Ghosts, the hit CBS series that serves you emotions with a side of morbid humor: in last May’s third season cliffhanger, a spirit from Woodstone Manor abruptly disappeared from the property. Thankfully, fans won’t have to spend too much more time wondering what happened to Revolutionary Isaac Higgintoot (Brandon Scott Jones) after he broke off his wedding with Nigel (John Hartman) and was pulled into the dirt by his old friend Patience — the ghost who still holds a grudge from Isaac leaving her underground in the 1800s. “We’re going to find out what her plans with Isaac are. We’re going to deal with that in the beginning,” promises showrunner Joe Wiseman, indicating that we’ll be seeing a lot more of the Puritan ghost played by The Big Door Prize’s Mary Holland.

Unless you’ve been living on a secluded island or Amish country, adaptations of novels to screen is not a new concept to you.

It’s become one of the most common formulas for creating movies and TV shows.

From Netflix to Amazon, everyone wants a piece of the action.

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While not every project is a knockout, audiences have seen some successful franchises flourish from this method.

Just off the top of my head are the Harry Potter movies, Twilight, Hunger Games, 50 Shades of Grey, and even the Bridget Jones movies.

And it’s not just the big screen. TV saw the opportunity and jumped on board with shows like The Vampire Diaries, Game of Thrones, Percy Jackson, and The Witcher.

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Apple TV+'s Hello Tomorrow! delivered its promise of a brighter future in season 1, but will the show get a season 2? Set in a retro-futuristic world, Hello Tomorrow! follows a door-to-door timeshare salesman named Jack (Billy Crudup) who hopes to convince customers to buy houses on the moon. Besides its dramedy tone and brilliant cast, Hello Tomorrow! stands out from the usual streaming fare because of its futuristic vision that is nothing like the usual slick modern sci-fi. Crudup leads the cast as Jack, but he is far from the only star to grace the 10-episode first season.

Though reviews of Hello Tomorrow! season 1 were mixed (via Rotten Tomatoes), its story showed enough promise to continue into subsequent installments. The audience reaction was much better, and...

Patience isn’t the only new spirit headed to Ghosts.

As announced during San Diego Comic-Con this past Saturday, Mary Holland (The Big Door Prize, Veep) will recur during Season 4 as the Puritan ghost who dragged Isaac into the dirt in the Season 3 finale. But co-showrunners Joe Wiseman and Joe Port revealed to TVLine that there will also be some other fresh (and furry?) otherworldly additions.

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When a suburban housewife decides that she wants more out of life, her decision sets into motion a series of events that involves the discovery of not one, but two bodies and obsessive investigations to find the respective killers. The new mystery series “Lady in the Lake” premieres on Apple TV+ on Friday, July 19 and stars Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram. This feverish noir thriller provides countless twists and turns that you won’t want to miss. Check out “Lady in the Lake” with a 7-Day Free Trial of Apple TV+.

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Korean entertainment powerhouse Cj Enm has named veteran executive Jang Kyung ik CEO of its K-drama subsidiary Studio Dragon. The appointment was revealed on Monday in Seoul.

An established figure in the Korean entertainment landscape, Jang comes to Cj Enm from content investor-distributor Next Entertainment World (New), where he served as head of the company’s film division, as well as president of its recently launched global content production subsidiary Studio & New. He scored a major win last year with Studio & New’s production of the K-drama action sci-fi series Moving, which became Disney+’s most-watched international streaming series to date.

“With the appointment of Jang, Cj Enm aims to strengthen Studio Dragon’s position as a leading content studio in the global market,” said a spokesperson from Cj Enm in a statement.

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Statistically, you aren’t watching AppleTV+ — earlier this year, Matthew Belloni’s newsletter Puck reported that viewership on the platform is just 0.29 percent, according to Nielsen — so when I tell you its sitcoms are endemically friction-free, I realize you kind of have to take my word for it.

Having honed this opinion via immersion in, among others, The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin, Palm Royale, Loot and The Big Door Prize (linked above), enduring 10 episodes of Apple’s new “dark comedy” Sunny wasn’t exactly how I wanted to kick off my summer. I guess I can’t say it pleasantly surprised me, but I definitely was not expecting that (a) one of the world’s biggest computer companies has brought us such a prickly, unsettling vision of our possible future living with A.I., and (b) that Apple has made a new comedy that isn’t allergic to conflict.

Exclusive: Essence Atkins (First Wives Club), Melissa Ponzio (Chicago Fire) and Vaughn W. Hebron (The Oval) have signed on to recurring roles in Season 2 of Onyx Collective’s Reasonable Doubt.

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In Season 2: After trying to heal from her wounds from last season’s arduous trial and deadly affair, Jax Stewart (Emayatzy Corinealdi) is attempting to get her life back on track. That is until one of her closest friends reveals that she has killed her husband. Her friend is claiming self-defense, but an uncompromising prosecutor thinks otherwise. Needing all the help she can get, Jax brings in an ambitious defense attorney to lead the case,...

Netflix Releases “Cobra Kai” Season 6 Part 1 Trailer

Enter the dojo for one final season. Netflix has released the official trailer for its highly anticipated final season of “Cobra Kai.”

“The Karate Kid” sequel spinoff series, which stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka reprising their franchise-leading roles, will return for its sixth and final season on Thursday, July 18, with the first batch of episodes in a super-sized season.

In Season 6, per the official description, the Cobra Kai senseis and students must decide if and how they will compete in the Sekai Taikai, the world championships of karate after they are eliminated from the Valley.

Watch the trailer for “Cobra Kai” Season 6 Part 1 below:

The series also stars Martin Kove, Xolo Maridueña, Jacob Bertrand, Mary Mouser, Tanner Buchanan, Peyton List, Gianni DeCenzo, Courtney Henggeler, Vanessa Rubio, Dallas Dupree Young, Yuji Okumoto, Alicia Hannah-Kim, Griffin Santopietro, and Oona O’Brien, among others.

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The comedic mystery series “The Big Door Prize,” based on the book of the same name by M. O. Walsh, has been canceled by Apple TV+ after two seasons. Premiering on March 29, 2023, the show garnered a positive response from critics and viewers alike, leading to its swift renewal for a second season, which […]

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Despite high praise and a cliffhanger ending, Apple TV+ will not be renewing The Big Door Prize for its season 3. The sci-fi comedy was based on M.O. Walsh's book, but, unfortunately, will end with a cliffhanger. Unless Big Door is picked up by another network, it is likely dead.

The Big Door Prize season 3 has officially been scrapped by Apple TV+. Inspired by M.O. Walsh's book, the sci-fi comedy first premiered in 2023 and follows a small town that has forever been changed by the appearance of a vague and cryptic Morpho machine. Big Door enjoyed rave reviews and seemed prime for a return after the season 2 cliffhanger ending, which featured Dusty (Chris ODowd) realizing that he has been trapped in a mysterious blue room. Season 3 was expected to continue that storyline.

Despite the cliffhanger, Big Door will not be returning to Apple TV+ for any potential future seasons.

The Morpho machine is shutting down. Apple TV+ has canceled “The Big Door Prize” after two seasons, Variety has confirmed. The series, from Skydance Television and Cj Enm/Studio Dragon, ended its Season 2 run on June 12.

“The Big Door Prize” comes from writer David West Read (“Schitt’s Creek”) and is based on the M.O. Walsh novel of the same name. The whimsical series earned solid nods in Season 1, which aired in spring 2023 and starred Chris O’Dowd, Gabrielle Dennis, Josh Segarra, Ally Maki, Djouliet Amara, Sammy Fourlas, Crystal Fox and Damon Gupton.

The series centers on the residents of Deerfield, a small town that is upended when a mysterious machine appears in the general store, promising to reveal each resident’s true life potential.

Read serves as showrunner and executive producer, alongside David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Matt Thunell for Skydance Television, Miky Lee, Jey-hyun Kim and Hyun Park for Studio Dragon,...

We’re never going to know what the next, next stage is now! The Big Door Prize has been canceled after two seasons at Apple TV+. “It is a beloved show, and while we know Season 2 ended with a cliffhanger, we are just not moving forward with a third season at this time,” a rep for the streaming service told TVLine in a statement. And what a cliffhanger that was in the Season 2 finale! The series follows the residents of a small town forever changed when the mysterious Morpho machine appears, promising to reveal everyone’s true potential, and leading to them changing jobs, rethinking relationships, and questioning long-held beliefs. Season 2 sees them moving on to the next stage. Then, at the end of it, following what seemed to be a permanent split after a season of “selfploration” for Dusty (Chris O’Dowd) and Cass (Gabrielle Dennis), he returns to the...

Chris O’Dowd and the residents of Deerfield will not be back for new adventures after Apple TV+ opted not to renew the series for a third season, Deadline has confirmed.

The series, which received an early Season 2 pick-up in April 2023, comes from David West Read. It tells the story of a small town that is forever changed when a mysterious machine appears in the general store, promising to reveal each resident’s true life potential.

Starring O’Dowd as Dusty Hubbard, a seemingly content, cheerful family man and high school teacher, who watches everyone around him reevaluate their life choices and ambitions — based on the machine’s printouts — and is forced to question whether he is truly as happy as he once thought.

While he remains skeptical of the machine, his wife, Cass (Gabrielle Dennis), indulges in the dream that there’s something bigger out there for her. Like many of Deerfield’s residents,...

It’s game over for The Big Door Prize, which is not being renewed for a third season at Apple TV+, TVLine has learned exclusively.

The dramedy received an early Season 2 pickup in April 2023, just one week after its series premiere. Unfortunately, it will not be so lucky this time around.

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The characters on Land of Women are, generally speaking, not having a great time. Gala (Eva Longoria) is a posh New Yorker who’s just discovered that her feckless husband (James Purefoy’s Fred) is $15 million in the hole to loan sharks. Fearing for her life, she flees to rural Spain with her teenage daughter, Kate (Victoria Bazúa), and mother, Julia (Carmen Maura). Neither of them are thrilled to have their lives upended at a moment’s notice, and once there, they’re only temporarily out of danger anyway.

But if the events of the Apple TV+ series are stressful for its characters, they’re downright relaxing for us as viewers. Once the family has arrived in La Muga, the crime-thriller plot machinations take a back seat to a sun-dappled fantasy of small-town life, cut with tart humor and some minor soap operatics. In the wrong hands, this could be...

When TV academy voters sit down to fill out their 2024 Emmy nominations ballots, they have to consider 73 shows for Best Comedy Series; this is down by 22 contenders from last year. As was the case last year, each member’s selections may not exceed the number of eventual nominations in a given category, which will be eight in this case.

On its quest for a second consecutive victory here, “The Bear” will have to fend off just two of its seven 2023 rivals: “Abbott Elementary” and “Only Murders in the Building.” Last year’s remaining contenders that did not air episodes during the June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024 eligibility period are “Barry,” “Jury Duty,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Ted Lasso,” and “Wednesday,” the last of which is the only one known to have a new season in the works.

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[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for The Big Door Prize Season 2 finale “Deercoming.”] Each stage of the Morpho machine just leaves us with more questions, and the latest now leaves us really needing The Big Door Prize to be renewed for Season 3. Dusty (Chris O’Dowd) and Cass (Gabrielle Dennis) reach a breaking point in their marriage following their selfploration this season. Hana (Ally Maki) goes looking for answers after starting to wonder if she should have used the Morpho machine at the bar in which she worked before coming to Deerfield. And Dusty’s determination to get answers from the Morpho machine, using the Guide card (Colton’s) leaves him in quite the position at the end of the season. Below, the stars and creator David West Read break down the key moments from the Season 2 finale and ponder what could be ahead if the series is renewed. Where Is Dusty at the End of Season 2? Dusty,...

Alright, hold your horses if you’re on here. The Big Door Prize hasn’t announced a new season as of yet, but we can keep our hopes up based on that very intriguing and simultaneously alarming last episode of season 2. While the show is a sci-fi comedy that tells the stories of the townspeople of Deerfield, it primarily revolves around a family of three, namely Dusty, Cass, and Trina. While the first season focuses on this new machine that arrives in this town and completely disrupts it, the second season takes on more of a family drama sort of approach. It was never very scientific, but I suppose since it’s got what looks like a strange space machine on it, we can’t deny it the right to the genre; however, in season 2, it genuinely feels like the machine is simply there to present a typical sitcom set-up in a new light.

For the longest time, Dusty’s been slowly deteriorating as a character that we enjoy watching. He goes from charming husband and loving father to obnoxiously rude partner and absent father slowly over the course of the show, which is more than disappointing. Specifically, because it’s the kind of life arc one doesn’t want to experience, going from somewhat perfect to someone most people despise. It’s not Dusty who’s the problem here; it’s more about how he ended up like this and why it changed him so much.

I suppose the expectation you might have of finding your potential is more vast than your actual potential, leaving one supremely disappointed. The final episode of The Big Door Prize season 2 is both hilarious and somewhat poignant. It’s got a lot of revelations, specifically around Hana, and what they mean for the Morpho. Here’s me...

When the 2023 Primetime Emmy nominations were revealed, Ali Wong and Pedro Pascal both had the honor of being included in multiple performance lineups. She made history as the first newcomer to the acting categories recognized for both live action (“Beef”) and voice (“Tuca & Bertie”) work, while he became the first actor nominated for three programs on his initial Emmy outing. These achievements made them the newest members of a group of 26 people who earned their first two (or three) acting Emmy nominations in a single year.

Wong’s eventual Best TV Movie/Limited Series Actress win for “Beef” made her the seventh person in this bunch to succeed on one of her bids. The first was Robert Cummings, who received 1955’s Best Single Performance by an Actor prize for “Twelve Angry Men” and simultaneously lost for his regular lead turn on “My Hero.”

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To all the Netflix and Chill people out there, have you checked out the Apple TV+ offerings? The streaming service launched in 2019 initially struggled to find a foothold amid a sea of established and emerging streamers.

Four years later, Apple TV+ has found its footing in the original content realm with a diverse library of mind-bending sci-fi dramas, comedies, and documentaries that can compete with any Netflix and/or HBO Max content.

Here are our picks for the best shows on the service this month. ‘Dark Matter’

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This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and our monthly breakdown of What’s on Streaming.

With over 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.

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Apple TV+ is booking a return trip to circa-1969 Palm Beach.

The tech giant’s streaming service has renewed Palm Royale for a second season. The pickup for the Kristen Wiig-led comedy comes about a month after the 10-episode first season concluded.

Palm Royale comes from Apple Studios and creator Abe Sylvia (Dead to Me, Nurse Jackie). Wiig stars as Maxine Simmons, a woman determined to join Palm Beach’s high society set in 1969, going to great lengths (and costs) to acheive her goal. The show’s cast also includes Allison Janney, Laura Dern (who also executive produces), Ricky Martin, Josh Lucas, Leslie Bibb, Amber Chardae Robinson, Mindy Cohn, Julia Duffy and Kaia Gerber. Bruce Dern and Carol Burnett have recurring roles.

“Palm Royale has delighted global audiences and we are thrilled that viewers will have the opportunity to spend more time with this highly entertaining, iconic cast, from...

What if a mysterious machine allowed you to reveal your life’s potential? What if said machine was an arcade-style machine sporting the curious name Morpho located in a small town convenience store? What if the streaming powers stretched such a concept throughout a ten-episode AppleTV+ season, with the potential for more? Such a premise acted as the connective tissue of “The Big Door Prize, “ based on a novel and a passable attempt at light comedy with semi-philosophical notions laced throughout as the residents of Deerfield contend with the machine’s appearance and what exactly the card emerging from a slot below means to each of them.

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[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for The Big Door Prize Season 2 Episode 9 “Un-Selfploration.”] The Big Door Prize Season 1 ended with the tease of a “next stage” of the Morpho machine, which has come to Deerfield and ostensibly revealed everyone’s true potential. And now, in the penultimate episode, there’s the tease of more to come after that. Dusty (Chris O’Dowd), upon ending the “selfploration” with Cass (Gabrielle Dennis), has to end things with Alice (Justine Lupe) and does so quite awkwardly with a Thank You card. She then reveals that he was in her vision (the next stage of the Morpho), and he becomes pretty much obsessed with getting answers. She shares that what she saw (he gave her the push she needed to jump out of a plane) made her think that the real Dusty would help her somehow. Then, Dusty begins to wonder if maybe she was in ...

The penultimate episode of The Big Door Prize is rather melancholic for fans of the first season of the show. I suppose that, when I talk about these fans, I’m referring to myself, but it seems like change is inevitable, which makes me quite sad. Can a machine really tell us what our potential is? Is it fair to change our lives drastically simply based on a cartoon vision from a machine that popped out of nowhere? I’m not quite certain I’d do it, but of course, there would be no “Big Door Prize” without everyone’s trust in the Morpho. As it goes, it’s always the young ones who have to stand by and see the adults devolving in such a situation. With only one episode left in the series, I do hope the people of Deerfield realize that their potential doesn’t come from...

It’s been less than two years since TV exec Matt Thunell left Netflix to become president of Skydance Television. And in that time, Thunell — who previously ran spectacle and event programming at the streamer — has completed his first major assignment from Skydance boss David Ellison and chief creative officer Dana Goldberg: doubling their TV series output.

Today, Skydance has five series in active production: Amazon’s “Reacher” and “Cross,” Netflix’s “Fubar,” Apple TV+’s’ “Foundation” and “The Big Door Prize,” as well as five new series orders setup across Amazon, Apple TV+ and Netflix, including a comedy, a YA series, an action series starring Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham, and a bull rider project led by Tim McGraw.

Skydance Television has also signed a first-look TV deal with filmmakers Gina Prince-Bythewood and Reggie Rock Bythewood’s Undisputed Cinema. The partners are about to sell their first series from the producing couple,...

Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan are going on a wild ride with Apple.

The tech giant and streamer has landed 12 12 12, a scripted thriller described as a “contemporary international heist” series. The streamer is nearing a formal series greenlight for the project that will reunite stars Mackie and Dornan after the 2019 feature Synchronic.

12 12 12 takes place over three timelines in a heist — the 12 months of planning to raid a bank vault beneath the streets of Zurich, the 12 hours of the actual heist and the 12 days after it. The drama revolves around an FBI agent (Mackie) and a career criminal (Dornan), who play a cat-and-mouse game across Europe.

Dudi Appleton and Jim Keeble (Silent Witness, Wild Bill) created and wrote the series. The duo will exec produce alongside Kari Skogland (Falcon and the Winter Soldier), who will direct the pilot.

The series is a co-production between Anonymous Content and Skydance Television. Mackie, Dornan...

The Big Door Prize is back for its second season with all of its fantastical and human elements. Created by David West Read, the Apple TV+ series is based on a 2020 novel of the same name by M.O. Walsh and it is set in a small where a mysterious Morpho machine suddenly appears in a supermarket that tells the residents of the town their true potential.

Season 2 of The Big Door Prize is ramping things up with more drama and human moments while dealing with the consequences of the decisions that the residents took because of the machine. If you are loving every episode in Season 2 here are the dates for every upcoming The Big Door Prize episode.

The Big Door Prize Season 2 – Episode Guide (When Will The New Episodes Air?) Credit – Apple TV+

The Big Door Prize Season 2 consists of ten episodes in total. The second season of the...

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for The Big Door Prize Season 2 Episode 4 “Storytellers.”] The Big Door Prize, with its latest episode, not only offers more information about the blue dots that have appeared on some people’s backs—Hana (Ally Maki), though she’s never used the Morpho machine, has had them for a long time—but also shows how someone loses them. “Storytellers” flashes back to when Mr. Johnson (Patrick Kerr) was younger and met the repairman who would come by the shop to fix a broken machine … and the two had plans for dinner, only the other man didn’t show up. Through the Morpho machine, he confronts his problem—a pixelated version of the man offers up excuses for why he didn’t come—and acknowledges he’s been blaming himself. And then to his surprise, his dots disappear. But should we think that’s true for everyone, or could it depend on each person?...

Austin Butler, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Carol Burnett, Brie Larson, Ricky Martin, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Callum Turner, Kaia Gerber and Cristo Fernández are among the stars set to appear at Apple TV+’s upcoming Emmy FYC activation in Los Angeles.

Events will take place between Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 11. at the Hollywood Athletic Club, where this year’s pop-up will be dubbed the “Think Apple TV+ Emmy House.” Television Academy members will be invited to showcases there including displays devoted to Emmy contenders such as “Masters of the Air,” “Silo” and “Palm Royale.”

Other shows represented include “The Morning Show,” “Lessons in Chemistry,” “Sugar,” “The Buccaneers” “Acapulco,” “Constellation,” and “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.” Partners for the event incude Imagen, for an event on May 5.

“The Think Apple TV+ FYC Emmy House will offer daily events including dynamic discussions, exceptional exhibits, and world-class cuisine inspired by fan-favorite Apple Originals, all...

Are you ready to make your 2024 Emmy predictions for Best Comedy Actor? Before you do, be sure to scroll through our photo gallery showcasing the men who are most likely to earn slots in the 76th annual lineup. Naturally, “The Bear” star Jeremy Allen White is widely expected to achieve a second consecutive victory and thereby maintain his perfect Emmys record.

White would be the fourth actor in 10 years to earn this specific award for both of his show’s first two seasons, following Jeffrey Tambor, Bill Hader, and Jason Sudeikis.

The only other 2023 comedy actor nominee in the running again this year is Martin Short (“Only Murders in the Building”). His costar and 2022 opponent, Steve Martin, is looking to make a comeback, as are six-time contender Larry David (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”) and Jon Cryer, who won in 2012 for “Two and a Half Men” and now headlines “Extended Family.”

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[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for The Big Door Prize Season 2 Episodes 1 “The Next Stage,” 2 “Visions,” and 3 “Power & Energy.”] Apple TV+‘s heartwarming and entertaining dramedy The Big Door Prize returns for its second season in a major way: The three episodes that drop on premiere day feature a proposal, a (temporary?) split, the next stage of the Morpho machine, and a hug that will have people talking. Hana (Ally Maki), who had worked at a bar with a Morpho machine previously, reveals she started getting the blue dots that some have and doesn’t know what causes them. It’s not much, but it’s still more than Hana has opened up thus far, and Episode 3 even shows her bonding a bit with Cass (Gabrielle Dennis). But what also makes Hana stand apart from the others is that she never used the Morpho machine. Is that something she regrets? “I think Hana’s just a...

The door is back open for Deerfield’s mystery machine! Led by Chris O’Dowd (“The It Crowd”), Apple TV+’s ensemble comedy series “The Big Door Prize” is for its Season 2 premiere and its small-town residents are readying themselves for the “next stage”… whatever that may be. “The Big Door Prize” Season 2 will premiere on Apple TV+ on Wednesday, April 24 with three new episodes. You can watch The Big Door Prize: Season 2 with a 7-Day Free Trial of Apple TV+.

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Created by David West Read (“Schitt's Creek”) and based on M.O. Walsh’s novel of the same name, Apple TV+’s “The Big Door Prize” is set in a small town...