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Weekly Commentary: Acting nominees Richard Jenkins and Evan Peters (“Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”) and Steven Yeun and Ali Wong (“Beef”) added producing noms to their Emmy celebrations.

“Dahmer” marks Peters’ second executive producer credit (the first was “American Horror Story...

Since its premiere in November, “Fleishman is in Trouble” has had no trouble with the awards circuit, garnering Golden Globe, Critics Choice and Writers Guild of America noms. Now the FX on Hulu series created by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, adapted from her 2019 novel of the same name, finishes with seven Emmy nominations in major categories, including Best Limited Series. Read on for a closer look at “Fleishman is in Trouble’s” seven total citations.

In the top category, the eight-episode series is the only contention for Best Limited Series for FX and/or Hulu. Its challengers are Netflix’s “Beef” and “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” both at 13 nominations, “Daisy Jones & The Six” on Amazon Prime Video at nine, and “Obi-Wan Kenobi” on Disney+ at five.

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Despite its single-digit count,...

The tipping point has finally arrived. After years of heady growth, heightened demands and unpredictable development and production schedules, seasoned TV writers are feeling the burn and yearning for the structure of simpler times, before streaming changed everything. As striking Writers Guild of America members gather daily on picket lines in Los Angeles and New York, the realization of how much has been lost amid the unprecedented spike in episodic production has come into sharp focus.

“I miss the predictability of pilot season,” says Cindy Chupack, a veteran writer-producer who is a two-time Emmy winner for her work on “Modern Family” and “Sex and the City.” Chupack adds that these are words she never thought she’d say — or even think. And she’s not alone.

Since the writers strike began on May 2, the unintended consequences of the ramp-up in series production during the past dozen years have been laid bare.

Lily Tomlin, Gloria Allred, Marta Kauffman and top creatives called for entertainment companies to enact stronger health and safety protections for employees working in states that have banned or criminalized abortion at a reproductive health care-themed picket in front of Amazon Studios on Friday.

“Our message to the studios is this: It’s not acceptable to wait until someone dies to take this seriously. It is not acceptable to force people who are pregnant or could get pregnant to have to choose between their jobs and their lives,” said writer-producer Cindy Chupack (Fleishman Is in Trouble, Sex and the City) in a speech at the event in front of the white columns of Culver Studios. “And Amazon, maybe instead of figuring out how drones can safely fly our packages to our door, you could figure out how a medevac could safely fly our crewmembers to a hospital.”

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A birthday ritual at her daughter’s preschool gave Cindy Chupack the inspiration to write her first children’s picture book.

When her daughter Olivia was a toddler, Chupack, a veteran TV and film writer and two-time Emmy winner, was invited to read a special picture book to the preschool class to celebrate Olivia’s birthday. As she turned the pages, Chupack quietly struggled with lines like “You were in my tummy” and other references that did not reflect her experience of starting a family through adoption.

“I remember wanting to have something that would address all the different ways that families are formed,” Chupack told Variety of the spark that led her to write “We Waited for You: Now We’re a Family,” with illustrator Emily Hamilton. “I wanted something that would be validating to parents who have gone through a lot to get their child.”

Chupack drew on...

Let the gig economy debate begin.

One of the most contentious issues in the writers strike that erupted May 2 is the assertion by the Writers Guild of America that screenwriting is in danger of becoming part of the “gig economy.” The WGA’s proposed solutions — mandatory staffing minimums and guaranteed weeks of employment — are equally dividing labor and management.

Now that contract talks between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have cratered, complex issues are being chewed over by writers who are fired up, walking in circles (literally) and wound up about the long-term employment picture for Hollywood scribes.

“I am the example of why we’re striking,” says Cindy Chupack, a two-time Emmy winner for her work on “Modern Family” and “Sex and the City.” Chupack has scrambled for the past few years to assemble enough writing jobs — a few mini rooms, a pilot...

The freshman series “Abbott Elementary,” “Andor,” “The Bear” and “Severance” and returnees “Better Call Saul,” “Hacks” and “Barry” are among the nominees for the 2023 Writers Guild Awards for television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing announced today by WGA West and WGA East. “The Bear,” “Severance” and “Saul” all landed three nominations apiece, as did “The Simpsons” in animation. “Yellowjackets” and “The Crown” will join “Saul,” “Andor” and “Severance” in the drama series lineup, while comedy series features “Only Murders in the Building” taking on “The Bear,” “Hacks,” “Barry” and “Abbott.” In the new series category, “Bad Sisters” fills out the list alongside “Andor,” “Abbott,” “The Bear” and “Severance.” Vying in the limited series lineup are “The Dropout,” “Fleishman Is In Trouble,” “Pam & Tommy,” “The Staircase” and Emmy/Golden Globes champ “The White Lotus.” See‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘The White Lotus,’ ‘House of the Dragon’ among big TV...

AMC’s veteran drama series “Better Call Saul” is sharing the spotlight with newcomers FX’s “The Bear” and Apple TV+’s “Severance,” as all three shows scored three nominations for this year’s WGA Awards. Other new series nabbing multiple nominations include Apple TV+’s “Bad Sisters,” ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” and Disney+’s “Andor,” with HBO Max’s “Hacks” also garnering two mentions.

The Writers Guild of America West (Wgaw) and Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) announced nominees for TV and news categories on Wednesday morning. Winners will be awarded at the guilds’ annual ceremony on March 5.

In animation, Fox’s “The Simpsons” was thrice nominated, with network stablemate “Bob’s Burgers,” Prime Video’s “Undone,” and Adult Swim’s “Tuca and Bertie” rounding out the category.

For limited series, Hulu and HBO/HBO Max split the category, with Hulu’s “The Dropout,” “Fleishman Is In Trouble,” and...

Newcomers “The Bear” and “Severance” and departing drama “Better Call Saul” were among the frontrunners, with three nominations each, as Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America, East announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing during 2022. Winners will be honored at the Writers Guild Awards ceremony taking place Sunday, March 5, 2023. Here are this year’s noms:

Drama Series

“Andor” — Written by Dan Gilroy, Tony Gilroy, Stephen Schiff, Beau Willimon; Disney+

“Better Call Saul” — Written by Ann Cherkis, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Ariel Levine, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock; AMC

“The Crown” — Written by Peter Morgan; Netflix

Severance, Written by Chris Black, Andrew Colville, Kari Drake, Dan Erickson, Mark Friedman, Helen Leigh, Anna Moench, Amanda Overton; Apple TV+

“Yellowjackets” — Written by Cameron Brent Johnson, Katherine Kearns, Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Liz Phang, Ameni Rozsa, Sarah L. Thompson,...

The Writers Guild of America has revealed the nominations for its 75th anniversary WGA Awards in the television, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional categories. The full list is below.

Nominees in the marquee TV categories include reigning Comedy Series champ Hacks, but 2022’s Drama Series winner Succession isn’t in play this year. In fact, only Yellowjackets makes a return trip to the nominees circle in that category. It will go up against the category’s newcomers: Andor, Better Call Saul, The Crown and Severance.

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Meanwhile, Hacks will vie for the Comedy Series prize against triple Golden Globe winner Abbott Elementary, The Bear and Only Murders in the Building — all of which also are up for New Series trophy — and Barry. Andor and The Bear round out the New Series combatants.

The Limited Series race will be among The Dropout,...

The Writers Guild has revealed its nominees in the categories of TV, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional writing.

Abbott Elementary, Andor, Bad Sisters, The Bear and Severance were all nominated in the new series category; Abbott and The Bear also earned nominations for comedy series, while Andor and Severance earned nods for drama.

Better Call Saul, The Crown and Yellowjackets also earned drama nods, while Barry, Hacks and Only Murders in the Building picked up comedy nominations.

The limited series nominees include The Dropout, Fleishman Is in Trouble, Pam & Tommy, The Staircase and The White Lotus.

Better Call Saul earned two additional nominations in the episodic drama category, which also includes nods for Bad Sisters, The Good Fight, Ozark and Severance. In the episodic comedy category, The Bear faces off against Grace and Frankie, Hacks, Julia, Reservation Dogs and What We Do in the Shadows. A notable...

The Writers Guild of America West (Wgaw) and Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing for 2022. Winners will be honored at the 2023 Writers Guild Awards ceremony on Sunday, March 5, 2023.

Given that TV is a writer’s medium, the WGA Awards nominations give great insight into what new shows are likely to enter the Emmys race this summer. Scoring multiple nods across the categories were expected newcomers like “Abbott Elementary” and “Severance,” which already had Emmy-winning runs for their first seasons, as well as more recent critical hits “The Bear” and “Andor.” All were nominated in their respective comedy and drama categories as well as for New Series.

In the Limited Series category, the guild finally gets its turn to recognize “The Dropout,” “The Staircase,” and “Pam and Tommy,” but more importantly, for the purpose of looking at 2023 TV awards races,...

Exclusive: HartBeat Productions, Kevin Hart’s production company, has made a round of promotions and new hires across its film and TV divisions.

Additionally, Hbp expands its corporate suite roster to bring on a COO, SVP of Finance & Operations and a co-ceo alongside Hart. As the company grows, the new leadership positions will help the company scale and produce content for mass global audiences.

Coming off the heels of Hart’s multi-picture feature film and first-look deal with Netflix, Hbp has hired two new executives to round out the film department and promoted two employees on the TV side to senior positions.

On the film side, Patricia Braga has joined the company as Hbp’s Senior Production Executive, while Wayne Horton joins as Senior Production & Development Executive. Both will report directly to HartBeat president Bryan Smiley.

HartBeat’s TV division has promoted Mike Stein to Head of Television, reporting directly to Smiley.

All Rise will not be returning to CBS for a third season.

CBS has canceled the Simone Missick-fronted legal drama. It comes after a number of behind issues on the show including the departure of creator and showrunner Greg Spottiswood.

It is one of two cancelations announced by the Eye today after The Unicorn was also axed. It follows a busy 24 hours for the network, ahead of its upfronts next week, which saw it plan to move Seal Team and Clarice to Paramount+ for its upcoming seasons, pick up Sophia Bush pilot Good Sam and Pete Holmes comedy Smallwood to series and pass on pilots Ways & Means starring Patrick Dempsey, the Sarah Cooper/Cindy Chupack comedy and Welcome to Georgia.

All Rise followed the chaotic, hopeful and sometimes absurd lives of its judges, prosecutors and public defenders, as they work with bailiffs, clerks and cops to get justice...

CBS today made its new series pickups, going for one drama,Good Sam, headlined by Sophia Bush, and one comedy, the multi-camera Smallwood starring Pete Holmes.

The network also passed on political drama Ways & Means, starring Patrick Dempsey, the untitled Sarah Cooper/Cindy Chupack single-camera comedy, as well as comedy pilot Welcome To Georgia, starring Hannah Simone and Elizabeth Hurley. Both Ways & Means and Welcome To Georgia were from the previous pilot season.

Dempsey plays a powerful congressional leader in Ways & Means, which was ordered to pilot in the early stages of the 2020 primaries when politics was very much on everybody’s mind. Fifteen months later, after a grueling Presidential campaign and two impeachment trials amid a pandemic, there appears to be some political fatigue, which likely impacted the project’s prospects, along with its ability to sell internationally. That is crucial for owned series — which both Good Sam,...

Medical drama Good Sam, starring Sophia Bush, and bowling comedy Smallwood fronted by Pete Holmes have been picked up to series by CBS.

The pick-ups come ahead of CBS’ upfronts on Wednesday and follow a busy day of pick-ups, renewals and cancellations at ABC and NBC.

Good Sam and Smallwood are expected to be for fall, as per traditional CBS practice, but that has yet to be confirmed.

However, they won’t be joined on the schedule by CBS’ other three pilots; political drama Ways & Means, starring Patrick Dempsey, the Sarah Cooper/ Cindy Chupack single-camera comedy and Welcome To Georgia, starring Hannah Simone and Elizabeth Hurley, have all been passed on.

Both Good Sam and Smallwood were seen as frontrunners in their genre with Good Sam considered a solid medical drama for the network that has been looking for a curative franchise, and pro bowling comedy Smallwood was getting...

As we head into the first broadcast upfront presentations on Monday, the two networks that are going up first, NBC and Fox, have made the decisions on their outstanding pilots. This leaves ABC and CBS, which also are presenting next week, as well as the CW, which has some leeway as it is not unveiling its fall 2021 schedule until the week after. Things have never been murkier so close to showtime but here is what I have heard since publishing the initial 2021 Pilot Buzz last week.

No major changes at the front of the ABC echelon, with The Wonder Years reboot, from Saladin Patterson, the original series’ Fred Savage and Lee Daniels, and drama Queens, headlined by Brandy, Eve, Naturi Naughton, Nadine Velazquez and Pepi Sonuga, staying hot through the screenings and still looking good.

Comedy pilot Maggie lived up to the “dark horse” moniker I gave it in the original handicap.

Natalie Morales (Parks and Recreation), Amy Landecker (Transparent) and Alice Lee (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) are set to headline CBS‘ comedy pilot from comedian/author Sarah Cooper and Sex and the City‘s Cindy Chupack.

Lee this season was promoted to series regular on NBC’s Zoey’s Playlist, where she plays sis-in-law Emily. If the musical dramedy is renewed for a third season (as many TVLine readers wish), Lee would likely return to guest-starring.

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Natalie Morales (“The Little Things”), Amy Landecker (“Transparent”) and Alice Lee (“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”) have been cast in TikTok star Sarah Cooper’s single-camera CBS comedy inspired by her book “How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings.” Cooper serves as co-writer and executive producer of the untitled project along with showrunner Cindy Chupack (“Otherhood”).

The pilot, which is described as a look into three women at different stages in their careers at a male-dominated company, hails from CBS Studios and PatMa Productions.

Morales is set to play Joanna, a conflict-averse, people-pleasing middle manager at small tech firm Lucent Muse. New hire Elyse (Lee) challenges her “go along to get along” career philosophy. She lives with her boyfriend of two years — a sweet, loyal guy who might be too sweet and loyal for her. In addition to starring, Morales will serve as a producer on the “Untitled Sarah Cooper/Cindy Chupack” pilot.

Exclusive: Natalie Morales (The Little Things), Amy Landecker (Transparent) and Alice Lee (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) are set as the leads in CBS’ comedy pilot based on TikTok star Sarah Cooper’s book How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings. Morales also serves as a producer on the pilot, from Cooper, Cindy Chupack, Nina Tassler and Denise Di Novi.

Co-written by Cooper and Chupack and directed by Amy York Rubin, the Untitled Sarah Cooper/Cindy Chupack Project revolves around three women at different stages in their careers at a male-dominated company — played by Morales, Landecker and Lee — who help each other navigate modern gender politics in their professional and personal lives.

Morales will play Joanna, a conflict-averse, people-pleasing middle manager at the small tech company Lucent Muse, whose new hire, Elyse (Lee), challenges her “go along to get along” career philosophy. She lives with her boyfriend of two years,...

Exclusive: Amy York Rubin is set to direct CBS’ comedy pilot based on TikTok star Sarah Cooper’s book How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings, from writer Cindy Chupack and producers Nina Tassler and Denise Di Novi and CBS Studios.

Co-written by Cooper and Chupack, the Untitled Sarah Cooper/Cindy Chupack Project revolves around three women at different stages in their careers at a male-dominated company who help each other navigate modern gender politics in their professional and personal lives.

Sex and the City alumna Chupack, who serves as showrunner, executive produces with Cooper, as well as Tassler and Di Novi via their PatMa Productions.

2021 CBS Pilots & Series Orders

Rubin, along with her directing partner Pilar Boehm, recently served as co-executive producer and pilot director of Love, Victor, for Hulu and 20th Century Television. She also directed the pilot of Netflix’s critically acclaimed dark comedy Dead to Me.

CBS Orders Sarah Cooper and Tom Smallwood TV Series — CBS has handed pilot orders to two untitled half-hour comedies: one inspired by TikTok star Sarah Cooper’s book How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings, from writer Cindy Chupack and producers Nina Tassler and Denise Di Novi; and one based on professional bowler Tom Smallwood’s life, from writer Mark [...]

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CBS has given out a pair of pilot orders to comedy projects from Sarah Cooper and Mark Gross.

Cooper’s untitled single-camera project is inspired by her book, “How to be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings.” It follows three women at different stages in their careers at a male-dominated company who help each other navigate modern gender politics in their professional and personal lives.

Cooper will serve as co-writer and executive producer, with Cindy Chupack also co-writing, executive producing, and showrunning. Nina Tassler, Denise Di Novi, and Joan Boorstein of PatMa Productions will also executive produce. CBS Studios will produce. CBS purchased an ownership stake in PatMa in 2019.

Cooper shot to fame on TikTok when her lip sync impressions of President Donald Trump went viral. Her first video, “How to Medical,” has been viewed over 20 million times. She has since made appearances on “The Ellen Show,” “The Tonight Show,...

CBS has handed pilot orders to two untitled half-hour comedies: one inspired by TikTok star Sarah Cooper’s book How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings, from writer Cindy Chupack and producers Nina Tassler and Denise Di Novi; and one based on professional bowler Tom Smallwood’s life, from writer Mark Gross and producers David Hollander and Brian D’Arcy James. Both projects hail from CBS Studios.

They join recently ordered hourlong pilot True Lies, based on the movie, as well as several 2020 pilots from last year that were pushed by the pandemic. The network also has a CSI revival and NCIS and FBI spinoffs in the works.

The single-camera Cooper/Chupack comedy, which CBS landed last summer with a script commitment plus penalty, was co-written by Cooper and Chupack. It revolves around three women at different stages in their careers at a male-dominated company who help each other...

CBS has ordered a pair of comedy pilots, including one from TikTok star Sarah Cooper.

Cooper, who rose to viral fame last year for her lip-syncing videos of Donald Trump, is co-writing an untitled comedy series based on her book “How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings.”

Cooper will write and executive produce the project, which comes from Nina Tassler’s PatMa productions, with Cindy Chupack, who will serve as showrunner. The series would follow three women at different stages in their careers at a male-dominated company as they help each other navigate modern gender politics in their careers and in their personal lives.

Cooper became a social media star on TikTok last year for her viral videos that feature her lip-syncing the former president’s actual words.

CBS’ other pilot is for a series based on the life of professional bowler Tom Smallwood. That project is being written by Mark Gross,...

CBS has ordered a pair of comedy pilots for the 2021 development season, including one inspired by viral comedian Sarah Cooper‘s 2018 book How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings, TVLine has learned.

The untitled pilot, which Cooper is co-writing with showrunner Cindy Chupack follows “three women at different stages in their careers at a male-dominated company [as they] help each other navigate modern gender politics in their professional and personal lives,” according to the official logline.

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TikTok star Sarah Cooper is increasingly becoming a Hollywood favorite. The viral star known for mimicking Donald Trump is adapting her book, “How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings” as a comedy for CBS.

Cooper will co-write and executive produce the project which comes from Nina Tassler’s PatMa productions. Cindy Chupack will co-write the series with Cooper and serve as showrunner.

The series would follow three women at different stages in their careers at a male-dominated company as they help each other navigate modern gender politics in their careers and in their personal lives.

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Cooper has become a social media star on TikTok since April for her viral videos that feature her lip-syncing the president’s actual words. Cooper’s first video, “How to Medical” has already drawn more than 20 million views since it was posted...

Breakout TikTok star Sarah Cooper is developing a single-camera comedy at CBS inspired by her book “How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings.”

In a competitive situation with a penalty attached, Cooper is attached to co-write and executive produce the potential series, with Cindy Chupack onboard as co-writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Nina Tassler, Denise Di Novi, and Joan Boorstein will executive produce under their PatMa Productions banner. CBS Television Studios, where PatMa is under an overall deal, will produce.

The series would follow three women at different stages in their careers at a male-dominated company as they help each other navigate modern gender politics in their careers and in their personal lives.

“I was so excited when PatMa approached me about my book,” Cooper said. “I met with Cindy soon after and we immediately connected to this idea of sharing the experiences of women in their careers...

Exclusive: In a competitive situation, CBS has given a script commitment with penalty to How To Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings, a single-camera comedy inspired by TikTok star Sarah Cooper’s bestselling book of the same name. The project hails from Cooper, Cindy Chupack (Sex and the City), Nina Tassler and Denise Di Novi’s PatMa Productions and CBS Television Studios.

Thanks to her breakout online video lip-sync impressions of President Donald Trump, Cooper has emerged as the “it” comedy talent of the moment. She just set her first comedy special at Netflix, which is slated to premiere this fall.

Co-written by Cooper and Chupack, How To Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings revolves around three women at different stages in their careers at a male-dominated company who help each other navigate modern gender politics in their careers and in their personal lives.

Cooper and Chupack, who also serves as showrunner,...

The Upside Down delivered upside for Netflix in the third quarter: “Stranger Things” season 3 was the most-watched season of the series to date, according to the streamer.

In the first four weeks of release, “Stranger Things” season 3 was watched by 64 million member households, Netflix said in the Q3 letter to shareholders. The company previously boasted that 40.7 million accounts watched the show in the first four days of its July 4 debut, marking its biggest-ever audience for a movie or TV series in a four-day window.

What’s important to note: The data isn’t independently verifiable. Moreover, Netflix records a “view” of a series if a member account watches just one episode to at least 70% completion.

Still, according to measurement and ratings firm Nielsen, “Stranger Things 3” is the most-watched Netflix original it has analyzed over past two years — at least, over the initial four days of release. From July 4th to 7th,...

Exclusive: CAA has signed actress, comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member Heidi Gardner.

Gardner joined SNL in 2017 for the comedy sketch institution’s 43rd season. She also serves as the voice of the anthropomorphic cat “Cooch” on the Crackle series SuperMansion. She also lent her voice to other animated series including Bratz and Mike Tyson Mysteries.

She can currently be seen in the Netflix feature Otherhood directed by Cindy Chupack and starring Angela Bassett,

Patricia Arquette and Felicity Huffman. She can also be seen in the Warner Bros. comedy Life of the Party which starred Melissa McCarthy.

She was previously a member of the Sunday Company and Main Company at The Groundlings in Los Angeles.

Gardner will continue to be managed by Odenkirk Provissiero and Ziffren Brittenham.

Awkward! Angela Bassett stars in the Cindy Chupack comedy Otherhood, alongside Patricia Arquette and Felicity Huffman. The film centers on three mothers who travel to New York City to reconnect with their adult sons. While the film has just hit Netflix, Huffman has been making headlines as of late for a different reason—her involvement in the college admissions scandal that broke in March. In May, the actress pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud in a plea agreement. "I am pleading guilty to the charge brought against me by the United States Attorney's Office. I am in full...

You can never quite predict what will happen when parents intrude on their kids’ lives, no matter what their ages — a fact of life that has inspired a rich subgenre of such films as “She’s Out of Control,” “Mother,” “The Guilt Trip” and last year’s surprisingly sweet “Blockers.” Based on the novel “Whatever Makes You Happy” by William Sutcliffe, director Cindy Chupack’s “Otherhood” follows three meddling mothers who travel to New York City to surprise their wayward adult sons with an unexpected visit, offers a welcome female-centered take on empty-nester syndrome in the process. Part guilt trip, part gentle ode to smothering mothers, it could be called “Why Don’t You Call Your Mother More Often: The Movie.” Despite a shaky third act, Chupack and company find great success by keeping the shenanigans grounded in a sense of pathos.

Carol (Angela Bassett), Gillian (Patricia Arquette) and Helen...

Netflix has launched a new trailer for the comedy ‘Otherhood’ featuring Angela Bassett, Patricia Arquette and Felicity Huffman.

Directed by Cindy Chupack, Jake Hoffman, Jake Lacy, Sinqua Walls, and Heidi Gardner also star in the film in which the 3 ladies play underappreciated Mothers on a journey to reconnect with their sons and themselves.

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The film hits Netflix on August 2nd

Otherhood Synopsis

Feeling marginalized and forgotten, long-time friends Carol (Angela Bassett), Gillian (Patricia Arquette) and Helen (Felicity Huffman) decide to drive to New York to reconnect with their adult sons, and in the process, they realize their sons are not the only ones whose lives need to change. A journey to relate becomes a journey of rediscovery that forces these women to redefine their relationships with their children, friends, spouses and most importantly, themselves.

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Netflix on Wednesday released the trailer for Otherhood.

The film follows longtime friends and empty nesters Carol (Angela Bassett), Gillian (Patricia Arquette) and Helen (Felicity Huffman), who decide to drive to New York City to reconnect with their adult sons because they feel forgotten. During their trip to New York, the mothers learn that they must redefine their relationships with their children, friends, spouses and themselves. 

Jake Hoffman, Jake Lacy, Sinqua Walls and Heidi Gardner round out the cast, while Sex and the City alum Cindy Chupack directed the movie in her narrative feature debut. Mark Andrus co-wrote Otherhood alongside Chupack.

The trailer ...

Netflix on Wednesday released the trailer for Otherhood.

The film follows longtime friends and empty nesters Carol (Angela Bassett), Gillian (Patricia Arquette) and Helen (Felicity Huffman), who decide to drive to New York City to reconnect with their adult sons because they feel forgotten. During their trip to New York, the mothers learn that they must redefine their relationships with their children, friends, spouses and themselves. 

Jake Hoffman, Jake Lacy, Sinqua Walls and Heidi Gardner round out the cast, while Sex and the City alum Cindy Chupack directed the movie in her narrative feature debut. Mark Andrus co-wrote Otherhood alongside Chupack.

The trailer ...

Women in the World and IFC Center unveiled their lineup for the very first 51Fest, an event that celebrates the voice, vision and stories of the female majority through compelling screenings and conversations, all by or about women. The inaugural festival takes place July 18-21 in New York City.

51Fest will open the festivities with the docu-comedy Kathy Griffin: A Hell of a Story, which spotlights the fallout from the comedian’s infamous photo holding a mask of Donald Trump’s likeness and her battle to reclaim her life and career. After the screening, Griffin will sit down in conversation with Tina Brown, CEO and founder of Tina Brown Live Media/Women in the World.

“The inaugural 51Fest leaves no doubt that a woman’s place is at the center of the story,” said Brown. “Griffin’s film is a cautionary tale of what happens when a thin-skinned authoritarian,...

Women in the World and IFC Center on Thursday unveiled the lineup for their inaugural female-focused 51Fest event in New York City next month.

Highlights include the New York premiere of the Harvey Weinstein documentary Untouchable and a sneak preview of the upcoming Netflix movie Otherhood, written and directed by Sex and the City alum Cindy Chupack in her narrative feature debut, as well as the New York premieres of Kathy Griffin's Hell of a Story, which will serve as the opening night film, and the Amazon movie Brittany Runs a Marathon.

Hell of a Story focuses on the fallout from Griffin's ...

Women in the World and IFC Center on Thursday unveiled the lineup for their inaugural female-focused 51Fest event in New York City next month.

Highlights include the New York premiere of the Harvey Weinstein documentary Untouchable and a sneak preview of the upcoming Netflix movie Otherhood, written and directed by Sex and the City alum Cindy Chupack in her narrative feature debut, as well as the New York premieres of Kathy Griffin's Hell of a Story, which will serve as the opening night film, and the Amazon movie Brittany Runs a Marathon.

Hell of a Story focuses on the fallout from Griffin's ...

It’s only appropriate that The L Word: Generation Q adds a new roster of Lgbtqia characters to the mix to join original series stars and executive producers Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig and Leisha Hailey. Arienne Mandi (Baja), Leo Sheng (Adam), Jacqueline Toboni (Easy) and Rosanny Zayas (Orange is the New Black) are set to star in the forthcoming sequel to Showtime’s groundbreaking drama. Executive produced by showrunner Marja-Lewis Ryan, original series creator Ilene Chaiken, Kristen Campo and Steph Green (pilot), the series is set to begin production on eight episodes in Los Angeles this summer.

As a follow up to the original series which ran on the premium cabler from 2004-2009, The L Word: Generation Q continues to follow the intermingled lives of Bette Porter (Beals), Alice Pieszecki (Hailey) and Shane McCutcheon (Moennig), along with new characters Dani Nùñez (Mandi), Micah Lee (Sheng...

Last week, Women In Film, Los Angeles celebrated outstanding women in the entertainment industry with the 2019 Women In Film Annual Gala presented by Max Mara with additional support from Delta Air Lines and Lexus.

Amy Poehler and Natasha Lyonne

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Formerly named the Crystal + Lucy Awards, the Women In Film Annual Gala supports Wif La’s educational and philanthropic programs and its advocacy for gender parity for women throughout the industry. The evening, hosted by actress Xosha Roquemore, was held at The Beverly Hilton.

This year’s Women In Film Annual Gala recognized women whose entrepreneurial strides are creating opportunities for more women to succeed in careers in the screen industries. The 2019 Women In Film Annual Gala honored Amy Poehler with The Women In Film Entrepreneur in Entertainment Award presented to her by Natasha Lyonne; Issa Rae with The Women In Film Emerging...

After inverting the backwoods horror sub-genre in Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (which might be followed up with a sequel) and exploring the terrors of parenthood in Little Evil, filmmaker Eli Craig will next focus on the scary side of weddings in Argent Pictures' new horror comedy Bride and Doom:

Press Release: May 1, 2019 – Los Angeles, CA – Argent Pictures, the film production and financing outfit run by Jill Ahrens, Ryan Ahrens and Ben Renzo are partnering with Jason Michael Berman at Mandalay Pictures on an original horror comedy titled Bride And Doom and have tapped Eli Craig to direct and co-write along with Josh Parkinson.

Argent’s Jill Ahrens, Ryan Ahrens and Ben Renzo, and Mandalay’s Jason Michael Berman will produce the film. Executive Producers are Argent partners Drew Brees, Tony Parker, Michael Finley, and Derrick Brooks.

Cloverfield meets My Big Fat Greek Wedding in Bride And Doom – a...

Updated: Netflix has delayed the Felicity Huffman comedy “Otherhood” after the actress agreed to plead guilty for her role in the college admissions bribery scandal.

Netflix has moved the film’s release to Aug. 2 from April 26. Huffman co-stars with Patricia Arquette and Angela Bassett in a trio of suburban mothers who show up unannounced at the New York City homes of their sons. “Otherhood” is directed by Cindy Chupack from a screenplay she wrote with Mark Andrus, based on the novel “Whatever Makes You Happy” by William Sutcliffe.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced on Monday that Huffman and a dozen other parents will plead guilty in the college admissions scandal. Huffman was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. According to the criminal complaint, she paid $15,000 to admissions consultant William Singer in order to boost her older daughter’s Sat score. The Emmy winner and Oscar nominee...

Carmen Cusack (Sorry for Your Loss) has been cast as a series regular opposite Jane Levy in Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, NBC’s musical dramedy pilot from Jake in Progress creator Austin Winsberg, Eric and Kim Tannenbaum, Paul Feig, Universal Music Group and Lionsgate TV. Written by Winsberg and directed by Richard Shepard, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist follows Zoey (Levy), a whip-smart but socially awkward girl in her late 20s who suddenly is able to hear people’s innermost thoughts as musical numbers that they perform just for her. She finds ways to use her awkward “gift” to understand her friends and loved ones better and to offer help as well. Cusack will play Joan, a female tech pioneer who runs a tight ship at Zoey’s office. Repped by Artists & Representatives and Schachter Entertainment, Cusack recently recurred on the first season of Facebook Watch series Sorry for Your Loss...

This week the Black List and Women in Film's third annual Episodic Lab for female writers kicked off at the Red Bull Consulate creative space in Venice.

The four-week program includes script development, workshop sessions and master classes mentored by established scribes including Cindy Chupack (Sex and the City, Modern Family), Sono Patel (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Monica Beletsky (Fargo, Friday Night Lights), Carly Wray (Mad Men, The Leftovers), Lauren LeFranc (Impulse, Agents of Shield) and Gloria Calderon Kellett (One Day at a Time). In addition, the six women named to this year's Lab will have their work hosted for free on the Black ...

The Black List and Women In Film announced the six participants in their 3rd Annual Episodic Lab for women writers. The Lab will begin today and will run four weeks. The Lab will emphasize both craft and professional development to equip participants with the knowledge to build and sustain their careers.

This year’s mentors include Cindy Chupack, Sono Patel (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Monica Beletsky, Carly Wray, Lauren LeFranc, and Gloria Calderon Kellett (One Day at a Time), among others, will lead script development, workshop sessions, and Masterclasses at the Red Bull Consulate creative space in Venice, CA. On top of that, Lab participants will be hosted by the Black List website for free and have their final pilots read by a variety of agencies and networks.

Additional support for the Lab is...

Showtime has canceled the Jim Carrey-produced “I’m Dying Up Here” after two seasons, the network announced on Friday.

Set in the 1970s Los Angeles stand-up comedy community, the show’s last episode aired in July.

Based on the non-fiction book of the same name by William Knoedelseder, “I’m Dying Up Here” was created by Dave Flebotte, who also served as executive producer alongside Michael Aguilar, Christina Wayne, Cindy Chupack, Adam Davidson and Carrey.

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Melissa Leo headlined the seres as the mentor at a comedy club to a group of comedians played by Ari Graynor, Michael Angarano, Clark Duke, Andrew Santino, Erik Griffin, Rj Cyler, Al Madrigal and Jake Lacy. Season 2 also featured recurring appearances by Jon Daly, Nicole Ari Parker, Xosha Roquemore, Stefania Lavie Owen and Brad Garrett.

The drama earned...

Showtime has canceled “I’m Dying Up Here” after two seasons.

The drama series, which boasted Jim Carrey among its executive producers, followed a fictionalized group of stand up comedians in La in the ‘70s. The cast was led by Oscar winner Melissa Leo, who played tough as nails comedy club owner Goldie. The cast also included Ari Graynor, Clark Duke, Michael Angarano, Rj Cyler, Andrew Santino, Erik Griffin, Al Madrigal and Jake Lacy. Jon Daly, Nicole Ari Parker, Xosha Roquemore, Stefania Lavie Owen and Brad Garrett joined the show in recurring roles in Season 2.

It was based on the non-fiction book of the same name by William Knoedelseder. Dave Flebotte, Carrey, Michael Aguilar, Christina Wayne, Cindy Chupack, Adam Davidson, and Endemol Shine Studios served as executive producers on Season 2. Showtime produced “I’m Dying Up Here.” Showtime confirmed the cancellation Friday evening.

The series never picked up any steam in the ratings,...

Showtime has canceled I'm Dying Up Here after two seasons.

The Jim Carrey-produced dramedy, which centered on Los Angeles’ famed 1970s stand-up comedy scene, will not be back for a third season. Melissa Leo and Ari Graynor led the ensemble cast, which also included Clark Duke, Michael Angarano, Rj Cyler, Andrew Santino, Erik Griffin, Al Madrigal and Jake Lacy.

I'm Dying Up Here, which first bowed in 2017, was created and executive produced by Dave Flebotte. From Endemol Shine Studios, the series also counted Michael Aguilar, Christina Wayne, Cindy Chupack, Adam Davidson and Carrey among its executive producers. Based ...

“We haven’t decided yet,” Showtime boss David Nevins said Monday about whether there will be a Season 3 for I’m Dying Up Here, the network’s original series that follows the 1970s Hollywood stand-up scene.

Created by Dave Flebotte and based on William Knoedelseder nonfiction book, I’m Dying Up Here stars Melissa Leo, Ari Graynor, Clark Duke, Michael Angarano, Rj Cyler, Andrew Santino, Erik Griffin, Al Madrigal and Jake Lacy.

Among the actors set to recur in season-long arcs are Xosha Roquemore, Nicole Ari Parker, Stefania Lavie Owen and Brad Garrett as comedy legend Roy Martin, who arrives on the scene and drops bombs and wisdom on the comics at Goldie’s.

Flebotte executive produces with Jim Carrey, Michael Aguilar, Christina Wayne, Cindy Chupack, Adam Davidson and Endemol Shine Studio.