Deadline Hollywood - Contenders Television - 04/05/25
MORNING PRESENTATIONS
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light The Last of
Colin Callender (EP/Founder & Chairman, Playground)
Damian Lewis (Actor) (VIRTUAL)
Bella Ramsey (Actor)
Craig Mazin (Co-Creator/Writer/Director/EP)
Neil Druckmann (Co-Creator/Writer/Director/EP)
Luke Kirby (Actor)
Gideon Glick (Actor)
Paul Feig (Director/Producer)
Brandon Sklenar (Actor)
Julia Schlaepfer (Actor)
Melanie Lynskey (Actor)
Christina Ricci (Actor)
Bart Nickerson (Creator/Writer/Director/EP)
Ashley Lyle (Creator/Writer/EP)
Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire
Sam Reid (Actor)
Mark Johnson (EP)
Ellen Pompeo (EP/Actor)
Mark Duplass (Actor)
Katie Robbins (Creator/Co-Showrunner/EP)
Sarah Sutherland (Co-Showrunner/EP)
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The Handmaid’s Tale
Elisabeth Moss (Director/EP/Actor)
Yahlin Chang (Co-Showrunner/EP)
Bradley Whitford (Actor)
Yvonne Strahovski (Actor)
LUNCH BREAK FOLLOWED BY AFTERNOON PRESENTATIONS
Landman
Running Point
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CBS STUDIOS
FOX ENTERTAINMENT
The Pitt Out of My Mind
Matlock
Going Dutch
SCHEDULE AND SPEAKERS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Billy Bob Thornton (Actor)
Ali Larter (Actor)
Kate Hudson (EP/Actor)
Mindy Kaling (Co-Creator/EP)
Ike Barinholtz (Co-Creator/EP)
Dave Stassen (Co-Creator/EP)
Noah Wyle (EP/Actor)
John Wells (EP)
R. Scott Gemmill (Creator/EP)
Amber Sealey (Director)
Phoebe-Rae Taylor (Actor)
Kathy Bates (EP/Actor)
Jennie Snyder Urman (Showrunner/EP)
Denis Leary (EP/Actor)
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Sunday, April 6, 2025
Jack Quaid (Actor)
Erin Moriarty (Actor)
Antony Starr (Actor) (VIRTUAL)
Benito Skinner (Creator/Writer/EP/Actor)
Scott King (Showrunner/EP)
Wally Baram (Actor)
Olivia Milch (Co-Showrunner/EP)
Regina Corrado (Co-Showrunner/EP)
Elizabeth Banks (EP/Actor) (VIRTUAL)
Jessica Biel (EP/Actor) (VIRTUAL)
Aldis Hodge (Producer/Actor)
Ben Watkins (Creator/Showrunner/Writer/EP)
Brian Tyree Henry (EP/Actor)
Peter Craig (Showrunner/Writer/Director/EP)
Seth Rogen (Writer/Director/ EP/Actor)
Melissa Kostenbauder, CSA (Casting Director)
Adam Newport-Berra (Director of Photography)
Rachel Tenner, CSA (Casting Director)
Jeremy Hindle (Production Designer)
Theodore Shapiro (Composer)
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Mid-Century Modern Paradise
Nathan Lane (EP/Actor) (VIRTUAL)
Matt Bomer (EP/Actor)
Nathan Lee Graham (Actor)
Sterling K. Brown (EP/Actor)
James Marsden (Actor)
LUNCH BREAK FOLLOWED BY AFTERNOON PRESENTATIONS
The Agency
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Deli Boys High Potential
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Michael Fassbender (EP/Actor)
Richard Gere (Actor)
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Jeffrey Wright (Actor)
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DOUBLING DOWN
Welcome to Contenders Television: Los Angeles— Deadline’s two-day small-screen extravaganza
By Antonia Blyth
As always, our Contenders events bring you the lowdown on hot picks for awards, with a wealth of talent and teasers for what you need to watch. And this time we are bringing you two full days of must-see shows, each overflowing with enormous talent. With the incredible amount of prestige TV on offer, now is the time to get your list of favorites up and running—and we’re here to help you do that. With Angelenos still reeling from the devastating fires and with industry-wide upheaval and much change on the horizon, it’s heartening to see the continuing incredible quality and breadth of these shows—from returning favorites like Severance, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Last of Us, 1923, Yellowjackets and The Boys, to all the brand new and exciting TV we’ll be showcasing for you this weekend. We even have some movies in there for you too, with Prime Video’s Another Simple Favor and Out of My Mind from Disney+.
DID YOU SPOT A FEW OF THE 2024 EMMY WINNERS ON THE COVER?
HIROYUKI SANADA
Shōgun
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Our stage at the Directors Guild of America will be jam-packed with stars you’ll instantly recognize, as well as some of the brilliant off-screen creatives behind these projects. Of course, sometimes those on-screen stars are on double, triple, or even quadruple-duty. Take, for example, multi-hyphenate writerdirector-EP-actor Seth Rogen with industry-insider comedy The Studio, The Handmaid’s Tale’s director-EPactor Elisabeth Moss and creatorwriter-EP-actor Benito Skinner from Prime Video’s Overcompensating
“NOW IS THE TIME TO GET YOUR LIST OF FAVORITES UP AND RUNNING.”
LAMORNE MORRIS
Fargo
Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
We’ll have plenty more actors on board who also executive produce, including Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks with their new Prime Video series The Better Sister, Aldis Hodge with Cross, and Sterling K. Brown with Hulu’s Paradise. Michael Fassbender will be here with Paramount+ show The Agency, and from CBS, we’ll have iconic star and EP Kathy Bates with Matlock Warner Bros. Television brings us Kate Hudson with inside-basketball show Running Point, and Noah Wyle from realtime medical drama The Pitt. And we’ll meet Brian Tyree Henry from Apple TV+’s Dope Thief, and Nathan Lane and Matt Bomer from Hulu’s Mid-Century Modern.
You’ll also get a look at brand new ballet series Étoile, from the creative team behind Prime Video’s Emmy darling The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. We’ll delve into some gothic horror with Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire series and explore another kind of horror with the based-on-truth tale of an adoption gone wrong in Good American Family. There’s also the long-awaited second installment
QUINTA BRUNSON
Abbott Elementary
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Writing for a Comedy Series
LIZA COLÓN-ZAYAS
The Bear
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
of the novel adaptation, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, Billy Bob Thorntonstarrer Landman, crime comedy series Deli Boys and Kaitlin Olsen as an unexpected detective in High Potential.
So, you’ll understand why we needed two whole days to show you this incredible lineup! Now, all you have to do is sit back, relax and enjoy Contenders Television: Los Angeles.
MODERATORS MEET THE
The Deadline staffers who will guide you through this year’s
Contenders
YOUR HOSTS
ANTONIA BLYTH
Executive Editor, AwardsLine
● Antonia has contributed to Deadline and AwardsLine’s print magazines since 2014. A native Brit based in LA, prior to joining she covered West Coast entertainment for ELLE. com, and her work has been featured in The Guardian, U.K. Marie Claire and InStyle. She has written a New York Times bestselling non-fiction book and regularly appears on French television network TF1 as an entertainment expert.
PETER WHITE
Executive Editor, Television
● Peter, who joined Deadline in 2017, is a respected veteran TV
journalist who previously worked at U.K.-based Broadcast, where after starting there in 2013, he rose to News Editor responsible for putting together the weekly magazine as well as breaking daily news. Before that he was deputy editor of Television Business International magazine. He covers the television industry from Deadline’s Los Angeles bureau.
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NELLIE ANDREEVA Co-Editor-in-Chief, Television
● Nellie’s insightful analysis and thorough coverage of TV deals, pilot season, markets and executives makes her one of the most respected journalists covering the television business today. Before joining Deadline in 2010, Nellie worked for 10 years at The Hollywood Reporter where she covered TV for the trade’s online and print editions. Before that, she worked as a journalist covering television and radio for Investor’s Business Daily. Nellie’s interest in the television industry extends back to her homeland of Bulgaria, where she first became
a journalist and then a producer, writer and director for Bulgarian National Television.
PETE HAMMOND Awards Columnist/ Chief Film Critic
● Pete, widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent awards analysts for both film and television, has for the past 14 years been Deadline’s Awards Columnist covering the yearround Oscar and Emmy seasons. He is also Deadline’s Chief Film Critic, having previously reviewed films for MovieLine, Boxoffice magazine, Backstage, Hollywood.com and Maxim, as well as Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide for which he was a contributing editor. In addition to writing, Pete is also host of the PBS SoCal Cinema Series and the weekly PBS television series “Must See Movies”. He previously held producing positions at “Entertainment Tonight”, “Extra”, “Access Hollywood”, “The Arsenio Hall Show”, “The Martin Short Show” and AMC Networks and is the recipient of five Emmy nominations for writing. Pete is only the second journalist to have received the Publicists Guild of America’s Press Award twice, in 1996 and 2013.
KATIE CAMPIONE TV Reporter
● Katie joined Deadline in 2022 from TheWrap, where she also covered the television industry.
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
MEET THE MODERATORS
She also has worked for The Hollywood Reporter, The Associated Press, People Magazine and more. Katie is from Florida and earned her degree in journalism from the University of Florida. She is based in Los Angeles.
ROSY CORDERO
Associate Editor, TV
● Rosy joined Deadline in July 2021 as Senior TV Reporter, where she will cover the small-screen industry, continue to lift up talent from marginalized communities and spearhead Deadline’s Diversity & Inclusion coverage. She previously worked at Entertainment Weekly, where she had been a digital news writer the past two years. Before that in her freelance career she wrote for Deadline, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Latina.com and the New York Daily News. She is based in Los Angeles.
ANTHONY D’ALESSANDRO
Editorial Director/
Box Office Editor
● Anthony covers box office, breaking film news, awardsseason features and festival news. His first job in the film industry was at Savoy Pictures’ headquarters in New York where he worked in film distribution. In
the summer of 1999, he was hired by Variety and moved to Los Angeles and remained in the newsroom covering numerous parts of the industry, including box office, for about a decade. Prior to arriving at Deadline in the fall of 2011, where he co-edited the site’s sister publication AwardsLine, Anthony covered the box office beat for Indiewire’s Thompson on Hollywood. He also co-produced Matt Walsh’s film A Better You
DESTINY JACKSON
Awards Writer
● Destiny joined Deadline in September 2022 from Netflix’s pop-culture news site Tudum and a freelance writing career that includes bylines at Oscars. org, Marvel, IGN, TV Guide, Script Magazine, Backstage, Filmmaker Magazine and MovieMaker Magazine to name a few. When not stuck behind her laptop, she can be found haunting her local cinema, listening to Coldplay (unironically) or looking for pictures of Spider-Man. She is based in Los Angeles.
DOMINIC PATTEN
Executive Editor, Legal, Labor & Politics
● Dominic covers litigious Hollywood’s major lawsuits and weighs in on the current Golden Age of television with his video reviews and more. Before joining Deadline in 2012, he wrote for the New York Times, Los Angeles
Times, Washington Times, and the Toronto Globe and Mail. A frequent guest on NPR, Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC and CBS, he also has been a documentary director, TV producer, national news correspondent and a newspaper editor.
LYNETTE RICE
Senior TV Writer
● Lynette Rice joined Deadline in February 2022 and comes from Entertainment Weekly, where she wrote for the magazine and the website. Before that, she worked for The Hollywood Reporter and Broadcasting & Cable. The San Diego State graduate is also the author of the 2021 New York Times bestseller How to Save a Life: An Inside Story of Grey’s Anatomy.
RICHARD GADD
Baby Reindeer Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
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SHOWS THE
ABC
● High Potential
High Potential, created by Drew Goddard and based on the French series HPI, is a farcical procedural starring Kaitlin Olson. In the show, Olson plays Morgan, a single mother with an IQ of 160 who works as a cleaning lady at the Los Angeles Police Department before she becomes a consultant for the LAPD’s Major Crimes division. The cast also includes Daniel Sunjata, Javicia Leslie, Deniz Akdeniz, Amirah J, Matthew Lamb and Judy Reyes.
AMC
● Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire
This modern adaptation of Anne Rice’s gothic novel follows
Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson), Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid) and Claudia (Delainey Hayles)’s story of love and immortality, as told to journalist Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian). In Season 3, Lestat decides to start a band and go on tour. The series also stars Assad Zaman and Ben Daniels.
APPLE TV+
● Dope
Thief
Dope Thief, based on Dennis Tafoya’s book of the same name, follows two long-time friends Ray (Brian Tyree Henry) and Manny (Wagner Moura) who pose as DEA agents to steal drugs from prominent dealers. Their righteous scores soon turn dangerous when the pair ends up robbing the wrong house, the headquarters of one of the biggest and most secretive narcotics operations on the East Coast. Other cast members include Marin Ireland, Kate Mulgrew, Amir Arison and Ving Rhames.
● Severance
THE SHOWS
Stiller, this sci-fi psychological thriller follows employees at Lumon Industries, a sinister biotech corporation. Mark (Adam Scott) is an employee that went through a controversial ‘severance’ procedure separating his work and non-work memories. But then he begins to unravel conspiracies around Lumon.
● The Studio
In The Studio, Seth Rogen stars as Matt Remick, the newly appointed head of embattled Continental Studios. As movies struggle to stay alive and relevant, Matt and his core team of infighting executives battle their own insecurities as they wrangle narcissistic artists and craven corporate overlords in the ever-elusive pursuit of making great films. In addition to Rogen, Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz and Chase Sui Wonders also star, with Bryan Cranston guest starring.
CBS STUDIOS
● Matlock
The reboot of the revered series stars Kathy Bates as Madeline ‘Matty’ Matlock, a smart older woman who has achieved success in her
younger years, and decides to rejoin the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and cunning tactics to win cases, while investigating a deeply personal secret of her own. Matlock also stars Skye P. Marshall, Jason Ritter, Leah Lewis and David Del Rio.
DISNEY+
● Out of My Mind
Based on the novel of the same name by Sharon M. Draper, the book follows preteen Melody Brooks (Phoebe-Rae Taylor), a girl with cerebral palsy. Melody has a sharp mind, but due to her being non-verbal and using a wheelchair, she is not given the same academic opportunities as her classmates. However, when an educator notices Melody’s untapped potential, she encourages her to participate in mainstream education, of which she has much to experience. Jennifer Aniston, Rosemarie DeWitt, Luke Kirby and Judith Light also star.
FOX
● Going Dutch
Denis Leary returns to comedy as Army Col. Patrick Quinn who, after an offensive rant,
is punished by being sent to a base in the Netherlands. Garrison Stroopsdorf is the “least important Army base in the world”. It has no strategic purpose or weapons, but instead boasts luxury resort-type amenities such as a Michelin Star-level commissary and the Army’s only fromagerie. Quinn tries to restore discipline and professionalism, but has to work with the base’s former leader, his estranged daughter Maggie (Taylor Misiak).
HBO/MAX
● The Last of Us
The second season of the postapocalyptic drama, set five years after the end of Season 1, sees Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) at odds as they settle into the fortified city of Jackson, Wyoming. Gabriel Luna and Rutina Wesley return for Season 2. Also joining the cast this time is Kaitlyn Dever, a soldier on a mission of vengeance for a loved one, but subsequently, her view of the world is changed. Also new to the cast for Season 2 are Isabela Merced, Young Mazino, Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle, Spencer
1 The Last of Us 2 Matlock 3 Out of My Mind 4 The Studio 5 Going Dutch
THE SHOWS
Lord, Danny Ramirez and Jeffrey Wright. Catherine O’Hara also guest stars.
HULU
● Good American Family
This drama series is inspired by the true story of Natalia Grace, a little girl with dwarfism, and the Midwestern couple who adopted her. Gradually they begin to suspect she may not be who she says she is. The Katie Robbins-created series focuses on multiple points of view as a means to explore issues of perspective, bias and trauma. As the couple (played by Ellen Pompeo and Mark Duplass) raise their adopted child (Imogen Faith Reid) alongside their three biological children, they start to worry she may be a threat when mystery emerges around her age and background. Dulé Hill, Christina Hendricks, Sarayu Blue and Jenny O’Hara also star.
● The Handmaid’s Tale
This acclaimed, dystopian drama adapts Margaret Atwood’s portentous 1985 novel of the same name. Created by Bruce Miller, it centers on Elisabeth Moss’s June, a woman living in a dark
age who sees her family and her former life stripped away. She strikes back and becomes a fierce leader of a rebellion, but her quest for justice endangers herself and those around her. The Season 6 cast also includes Sam Jaeger, Ever Carradine and Josh Charles.
● Mid-Century Modern
Mid-Century Modern is a multi-camera comedy from Will & Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick along with Ryan Murphy. The series follows three best friends (played by Matt Bomer, Nathan Lee Graham and Nathan Lane) who, after an unexpected death, decide to spend their golden years living together in Palm Springs, where the wealthiest of them lives with his mother (Linda Lavin). As a chosen family, they prove that no matter how hard things get, at least they have each other. Guest stars include Pamela Adlon, Vanessa Bayer, Billie Lourd, Richard Kind and Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
● Paradise
This Hulu Original political drama series, created by Dan Fogelman, stars Sterling K. Brown as Secret Service
Agent Xavier Collins. Set in a peaceful utopian community only inhabited by the world’s most prominent individuals, Xavier and the citizens of this ‘new world’ are suddenly put into a crisis when someone mysteriously assassinates the President (James Marsden). The series also stars Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Aliyah Mastin and Percy Daggs IV.
ONYX COLLECTIVE
● Deli Boys
In Deli Boys, when their convenience store magnate father suddenly dies, a pair of pampered Pakistani American brothers (Asif Ali and Saagar Shaikh) lose everything and are forced to reckon with their father’s secret life of crime as they attempt to take over the family business. The brothers have to juggle managing the illegal drug enterprise and the public-facing company, DarCo, while they conceal their activities from their loved ones. Alfie Fuller, Poorna Jagannathan and Brian George also star. 1 The Handmaid’s Tale 2 Good American Family 3 Deli Boys
THE SHOWS
MASTERPIECE ON PBS
● Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Set in 1535, the six-part series follows Tudor era chancellor Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance), in the wake of the execution of King Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn (Claire Foy), as he climbs to power and wealth, while his King settles into short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour (Kate Phillips). Torn between his desire to do right and the desire to survive, he knows no one is safe in the wake of Boleyn’s death. With England in disarray between religious and social reforms, Cromwell’s enemies are secretly waiting in the shadows to unseat him. Damian Lewis, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Harriet Walter, Timothy Spall and Harry Melling also star.
PARAMOUNT+
● 1923
With harsh winter conditions and adversaries threatening the Dutton’s Yellowstone ranch, Jacob (Harrison Ford) and Cara (Helen Mirren)’s son Spencer (Brandon Sklenar) embarks on a perilous journey back from Africa with his new bride Alexandra (Julia Schlaepfer) as
he races against time to save his family. In Season 2 of the prequel to Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone, the family faces a new set of challenges in the early 20th Century, including the rise of Western expansion, Prohibition and the Great Depression. The show also stars Aminah Nieves, Timothy Dalton, Isabel May and Darren Mann.
● The Agency
A remake of the French series Le Bureau des Légendes, The Agency follows Brandon ‘Martian’ Colby (Michael Fassbender), a covert CIA agent ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to the London bureau. When the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites. His career, his real identity and his mission are left in the balance, when he’s caught up in a dangerous world of espionage. The show also stars Richard Gere, Jeffrey Wright, George Clooney and Grant Heslov.
● Landman
Set in the oil-fueled boomtowns of West Texas, Landman centers around Tommy Norris (Billy Bob Thornton), a petroleum landman and operations VP
at an oil company. Based on an 11-part podcast called Boomtown the series focuses on the many moving parts, from ordinary roughnecks to wildcat billionaires, that feed an oil empire as it reshapes our climate, economy and geopolitics. The series also stars Ali Larter, Michelle Randolph, Jon Hamm and Demi Moore.
● Yellowjackets
This Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson-created drama follows four women who survived a 1996 plane crash while in their teens. The series switches between the crash era and 25 years later, as they try to move past the things they were forced to do to survive. The series stars Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Jasmin Savoy Brown and Sophie Thatcher.
PRIME VIDEO
● Another Simple Favor
A sequel to A Simple Favor (2018), Another Simple Favor follows Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) and Emily Nelson
THE SHOWS
(Blake Lively) as they travel to the beautiful island of Capri for Emily’s extravagant wedding to a rich Italian businessman (Michele Morrone). Packed with glamorous guests, the epic festivities are rocked by murder and betrayal. The film is directed by Paul Feig and written by Jessica Sharzer and Laeta Kalogridis, with a returning cast including Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin and Joshua Satine, who are also joined by Elizabeth Perkins and Allison Janney.
● The Better Sister
The Better Sister focuses on the complicated things that drive sisters apart and bring them back together. Jessica Biel stars as Chloe, a woman who moves through the world with her successful lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) by her side. Meanwhile, her estranged sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) struggles to stay clean and hustles to make ends meet. When Adam is shockingly murdered, the alleged suspect sends shockwaves through the family, unveiling long-kept secrets.
● The Boys
Based on The New York Times best-selling comic book by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, The Boys follows a group of vigilantes who aim to keep corrupt superheroes in check. In Season 4, the world is on the brink. Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit) is closer than ever to the Oval Office and under the thumb of Homelander (Antony Starr), who is consolidating his power. The dying Butcher (Karl Urban) is still reeling from losing his job as The Boys’ leader and the trust of his fellow teammates. With the stakes higher than ever, they have to find a way to work together and save the world before it’s too late.
Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Chace Crawford and Jeffrey Dean Morgan also star.
● Cross
The detective drama Cross follows Alex Cross (Aldis Hodge), a detective and forensic psychologist uniquely capable of digging into the psyches of killers and their victims to identify and capture murderers. Cross also stars Isaiah Mustafa, Juanita Jennings, Alona Tal, Samantha Walkes and Caleb Elijah.
● Étoile
From the Emmy-winning creators of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, comes this new series set between New York City and Paris. The eight-episode Étoile—the French term for the principal dancer at a ballet company—follows dancers and staffers of two world-renowned ballet companies, as they embark on an ambitious gambit to save their notable institutions by swapping their talented stars. Luke Kirby, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gideon Glick, Simon Callow, Lou de Laâge, David Alvarez and David Haig star.
● Overcompensating
Created by Benito Skinner and inspired by his life, Overcompensating is a college-set ensemble comedy about the bumpy journey of Benny (Skinner), a closeted former football player and homecoming king, as he becomes fast friends with Carmen (Wally Baram), a high school outsider on a mission to fit in at all costs. With guidance from Benny’s older sister and her campus-legend boyfriend,
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4 The Better Sister 5 Overcompensating
THE SHOWS
Benny and Carmen juggle horrible hookups, fake IDs and other teen chicanery. The show explores the levity and drama in life as we all overcompensate while on the path to finding out who we really are.
WARNER BROS. TELEVISION
● The Pitt
Created by R. Scott Gemmill, The Pitt is a realistic examination of the challenges facing healthcare workers in today’s America as seen through the lens of the frontline heroes working in a modern-day hospital in Pittsburgh. The 15-episode season resembles action in real-time over the course of a single 15hour ER shift. The show stars Noah Wyle, Tracy Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Katherine LaNasa, Supriya Ganesh, Fiona Dourif and Taylor Dearden.
● Running Point
Running Point is inspired by the LA Lakers and brand president Jeanie Buss. When a scandal forces her brother to resign, Isla Gordon (Kate Hudson) is appointed president of
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her family business and the Los Angeles Waves, one of the most notorious professional basketball franchises. Ambitious and often overlooked, Isla will have to prove to her skeptical brothers, the board and the larger sports community that
she is the right choice for the job. Brenda Song, Drew Tarver, Scott MacArthur, Fabrizio Guido, Toby Sandeman, Chet Hanks, Jay Ellis, Max Greenfield and Justin Theroux also star. Mindy Kaling and Ike Barinholtz serve as co-creators and executive producers.
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CONTENDERS CROSSWORD #1
SHOWS WITH A “ME”
1 Wheels with teeth
5 “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs” writer
9 TV cook Pinkman
14 Fisher of Hollywood
15 Last name of The Incredibles family
16 Nebraska city where the 1999 movie Election takes place
17 Autobiographical title for one who teleports?
19 Guadalajara greetings
20 Thirst (for) 21 Outfit for many a Disney princess
23 Previously 24 Mind-blowing flower cluster?
28 Oriental tie
29 Harrison of My Fair Lady
30 Defeat decisively
34 “My turn to bat!”
37 Crows’ homes
41 Quark-plus-antiquark particles that devolve into total chaos?
44 Dict. material
45 Past time
46 20-20, e.g.
47 Templeton of Charlotte’s Web
49 Break bread
51 Hefty reward for a perennial negative Nancy?
59 Employ
60 Zelenskyy’s refusal
61 Like a nerd
63 Guitar goddess Bonnie
65 Humiliate grandma?
68 Six Degrees of Kevin ___
69 Wing
70 U.S. dept. created in the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis
71 Adam of Severance
72 Desktop feature
73 “The ___ is silence” (Hamlet’s last words)
1 Broad ___ (Ilana Glazer series) 2 Ice Cube’s real first name 3 Flash of light 4 Big name in hummus 5 Bitter brew 6 China Beach setting 7 System of shorthand 8 Slip of the tongue 9 Wrestler who stars in the Max series Peacemaker
Punk variant
Oregon’s capital
Stock unit 13 “___ on Down the Road” 18 Carmaker Ferrari
Combat
Nile wader
Star Trek III director
Put forth, as effort
Licensing org.
___ Speedwagon 32 The Trojans of the NCAA 33 Executive group
Roswell sighting
Kitchen implement
School subj.
39 French beverage
40 Danny and the Dinosaur author Hoff
42 Sports show with Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley
