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The Icc Men’s Champions Trophy is (finally) back for 2025.

This morning, India secured its spot in the final with a win over Australia. Up next is the second semifinal between New Zealand and South Africa to determine India’s opponent.

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Tomorrow morning, India and Australia face off in the first semifinal of the 2025 Icc Champions Trophy tournament. India is coming off a 249/9-205 victory against New Zealand, while Australia saw a washout against Afghanistan to seal its semifinal spot.

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The Real Housewives of Sydney is back on Binge for a third season, bringing back the glamour, feuds, and high-society antics of Sydney’s elite. Expect fresh faces and escalating tensions. The new 10-part season premieres on Tuesday, February 25, at 1:30pm on Binge, with new episodes released weekly. Here’s the Lowdown: Season two’s cast, including […]

Real Housewives of Sydney Returns for Season 3: New Housewife, More Drama!

Exclusive: Nine Perfect Strangers maker Made Up Stories has optioned Australian writer Zoë Foster Blake’s novel about modern entrepreneurship and motherhood ‘Things Will Calm Down Soon.’

The book is billed as “a vibrant, candid look at what it means to be ‘successful’ in today’s world.” It follows 30-year-old A-list stylist Kit Cooper who is restless despite her success.

Per the synopsis: “When she decides to launch her own product, we go with her as she builds a brand, team and multimillion-dollar business while single parenting, managing an unreliable partner and a dysfunctional wider family, and far too many school WhatsApp messages. When Kit finds herself in the alien world of investors, suits and mergers and acquisitions her relentless anxiety, imposter syndrome and head-spinning busyness begs the question: will things ever calm down? “

Made Up Stories said is “riddled with real life business advice and reassurance while providing a genuinely entertaining read.

There are lots of ways to watch content from overseas, depending on your streamer of choice.

YouTube TV is boosting its non-English streaming options this week. On Thursday, the company announced that it would add a Tagalog-based channel package dubbed “Filipino Plus,” giving customers the option to stream channels in that language for the first time. We thought that might be a good opportunity to show customers where else they can stream channels from around the world, including options from Europe, Asia, and more.

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Acclaimed Australian actress Asher Keddie is reprising her leading role in the critically acclaimed drama series “Strife” as filming commences on the second season in Sydney. Inspired by Mia Freedman’s memoir “Work, Strife, Balance,” the Binge original examines the journey of digital media pioneer Evelyn Jones (Keddie) as she navigates the evolving landscape of women’s media.

Season one was a breakout hit for Binge last year, becoming the streaming platform’s biggest original series premiere to date with record-breaking viewership. The character-driven drama resonated deeply with audiences through its portrayal of Jones’ ambitious rise in a male-dominated industry and the personal sacrifices demanded by her career.

In the upcoming season, Jones’ growing media company relocates to new offices while expanding into podcasting. However, the emergence of a formidable new rival website and persistent online trolling threaten her hard-won success. Viewers can expect more complex interpersonal dynamics as Jones...

Binge’s record-setting drama series Strife has begun shooting its second season.

The Asher Keddie-starring show became Australian streamer Binge’s biggest original series premiere last year, prompting execs to set up a writers’ room for Season 2, as we revealed in January. Production is now underway in Sydney.

The comedic drama follows Evelyn Jones (Keddie), a modern, imperfect woman and publisher, on her journey from lounge room blogger to becoming a force in women’s media. It was inspired by Australian media personality and journalist Mia Freedman’s memoir Work, Strife, Balance, and is written by Australian screenwriter Sarah Scheller (The Letdown).

In Season 2, Evelyn’s empire is threatened by the arrival of a new women’s website and a troll who calls out her hypocrisy and privilege, making her double guess her instincts when she needs to be on her A game. Her company moves to new offices and ventures into podcasting,...

Exclusive: More cast has been set for Good Cop/Bad Cop, the one-hour procedural dramedy starring Leighton Meester, Clancy Brown and Luke Cook.

Devon Terrell, Grace Chow, Blazey Best, Philippa Northeast, William McKenna, Shamita Siva and Scott Lee have all joined the series, which is for The CW and The Roku Channel in the U.S. and Stan in Australia.

They will join Meester and Cook, who play an odd couple brother and sister detective team Lou and Henry in a small Pacific Northwest police force who work under police chief Big Hank (Brown), who happens to be their father.

Terrell will play charming but nerdy Detective Shane Carson, Best will be Big Hank’s somewhat cryptic Russian girlfriend Nadia, Lee plays the loveable and long-tenured Officer Joe Bradley, McKenna is nervous wreck new boy Officer Sam Szczepkowski, Siva has been cast as fearless and overly devoted Officer Sarika Ray, Chow...

Binge has released a first look at the upcoming four-part documentary series “Chimp Crazy,” produced and directed by filmmaker Eric Goode of “Tiger King” fame. The series offers an insight into the world of chimpanzee ownership and the relationships that develop. The story centres on Tonia Haddix, a former nurse turned exotic animal broker, who […]

Chimp Crazy: Binge Releases First Look at New Doco Series from the director of “Tiger King”...

The official Australian teaser for the upcoming third season of the acclaimed series Industry has been released, revealing a premiere date of 12 August on Binge. Created by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, Industry offers a gripping insider’s perspective on the high-pressure world of international finance, focusing on a group of ambitious young bankers at […]

Kit Harington-Led ‘Industry’ Returns for a Third Season on Binge This August...

Exclusive Update 4.17am Pt, July 2: We’ve got more details on Jodi Matterson’s new indie, Silent Firework.

The indie has developed partnerships with a pair of execs that Australian exec Matterson worked with at former company Made Up Stories, and another with a key exec behind kids series Bluey. Additionally, we hear Matterson has raised a capital fund on the financing side.

Matterson will work with Wolf Like Me writer, creator and director Abe Forsythe and Glendyn Ivin, who directed all seven episodes of Prime Video drama series The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart. It is also in development on projects with Libbie Doherty, who is an executive producer of Bluey and ex-Head of Children and Family at Australian pubcaster the ABC.

Forsythe is an actor, producer and director whose credits include 2019 horror comedy Little Monsters, which starred Lupita Nyong’o and Josh Gad. More recently, he created and...

Acorn TV has announced the titles that will be available on the AMC-owned streaming service in June 2024. The Acorn TV June 2024 slate adds to the service’s variety of acclaimed English and foreign-language dramas, engaging comedies, documentaries, and more.

The June schedule includes My Life Is Murder Season 4, Harry Wild Season 3, Acorn TV exclusive series The Truth, and more. The titles are available on the Acorn TV site and on Prime Video Channels, Apple TV, Roku, YouTube TV, Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, Xfinity, iOS, Android, Cox, and more.

Acorn TV June 2024 Highlights

My Life Is Murder Season 4 (Acorn TV Original Series) – New Season Premieres on Acorn TV and BBC America on Monday, June 17 (9 p.m. Et/Pt on BBC America)

Eight new mysteries. Eight new worlds. Eight diabolical killers that only Alexa Crowe (Lucy Lawless) can catch. But this time, Alexa is bringing her friends and family along for...

Major Indian distribution platform Tata Play will collaborate with Amazon Prime to offer Tata Play Direct-to-Home (Dth) and Tata Play Binge customers access to Prime Video’s content.

As part of its Dth and Binge packs, Tata Play will offer Prime Lite subscription as a package option, providing access to Prime Video’s extensive content library, as well as free unlimited same day delivery and next day delivery across Amazon’s products.

During the ‘Prime Video Presents India’ showcase in March this year, Prime Video head Mike Hopkins highlighted that India is Amazon’s fastest growing market outside the U.S. At the showcase, Prime Video also announced a slate of more than 70 new films and shows from India.

“On one hand, Tata Play’s robust content distribution network will help in expanding Amazon Prime’s outreach to newer audience segments. On the other, the addition of Prime Lite Membership...

Peacock has given a second-season pickup to Ted, the prequel TV series to Seth MacFarlane’s Ted film franchise.

The seven-episode initial installment of Ted, released January 11, was billed as an event series. Its overwhelming ratings success, becoming Peacock’s most-watched original series to date and the No. 1 original streaming comedy in the U.S. for more than two consecutive months in the Nielsen rankings, naturally triggered a conversation about a second season.

Despite Ted‘s excellent performance, the renewal decision was not straightforward, I hear, as the comedy’s hybrid live-action/CGI nature makes it expensive to produce, and it also takes a long time to make.

Still, keeping its biggest hit was important to Peacock, and four months after the Season 1 drop, the streamer has ordered a second season.

Set in 1993, Ted comes from writer, director, executive producer and showrunner MacFarlane.

Looking to catch up on Only Murders in the Building, The Bear and more of your Hulu favorites? Now you can stream it all from the comfort of your Disney+ screen.

Hulu on Disney+ has officially launched in the U.S. for bundle subscribers, combining both streamers’ libraries into one convenient place, The Walt Disney Company announced Wednesday.

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While most sports fans in the United States are focused on the men’s and women’s NCAA Basketball Tournaments — or perhaps anticipating the start of the NBA and NHL playoffs — there is an arguably even bigger sporting event just underway on the other side of the world. The 2024 Indian Premier League tournament began on Friday, March 22 and will run through Sunday, May 26. If you want to catch all of the IPL17 action, as well as tons of other South Indian and Desi programming, Sling TV has two packages to choose from. And currently, you can get major discounts on the larger Desi Binge Plus add-on. When you subscribe, you can save 33% on your first month of service, or 45% on your first year with an annual plan.

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One of the most highly anticipated and watched sporting events in the world begins on Friday, March 22. The 2024 Indian Premier League cricket season starts with a match between the Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore at 6:30 a.m. Et and it can be watched in the United States on Willow TV and for the next three weeks, all of the League stage games will be available on the channel. Then, you won’t want to miss a single second of the playoff action all the way until the finals on May 26. You can watch with a subscription to Sling TV.

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The Indian Premier League season begins on Friday, March 22 with the defending champion...

Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here leading you into the Christmas break with your final dash of news and analysis of the year. It’s been a blast. Thank you to regular readers for taking time out your busy schedules to give this a good ol’ glance every week. As our counterparts across the pond like to say, we appreciate you. We’ll be back in 2024 with plenty more.

‘Warnamount’ Shocker

Bob Meets Dave: Save a bit of your Christmas sympathy for media reporters around the world this year, who let out a collective anguished cry amidst the Xmas wind-down period when news broke Thursday of a bombshell meeting between Warner Bros. Discovery (Wbd)’s David Zaslav and Paramount Global’s Bob Bakish. This of course only means one thing. The ink is barely dry on the WB-D merger and yet the defining story of 2024 could now be the next stage,...

Exclusive: Producers Ian Collie and Rob Gibson are best known for helping bring an injured mongrel dog into the global consciousness in Colin From Accounts. Ahead of a busy 2024, the pair sat down with Deadline to chat about plans for their Easy Tiger Productions imprint, the state of TV in Australia and signing with CAA.

And where else to start, but with Colin From Accounts, Australian streamer Binge’s romantic sitcom series written by and starring real-life couple Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer. Over the weekend, the critically acclaimed show, winner of the Most Outstanding Comedy Program at the Logies, went into production on Season 2 after a delay primarily caused by the U.S. writers strike.

Gibson was first alerted to what would become Colin just after leaving his post as Head of Originals at Binge rival Stan. “Harriet had given me the script as a writing sample for another show,...

The upcoming Nicole Kidman-produced Australian drama series, The Last Anniversary, has set its main cast, including Teresa Palmer, Miranda Richardson, Danielle Macdonald, and more. Based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel of the same name, The Last Anniversary is a light-hearted drama series set on the mysterious Scribbly Gum Island, where a young couple disappeared decades before. According to Deadline, Palmer will play Sophie Honeywell, who moves to the island after inheriting a house left by her ex-boyfriend’s great-aunt, who promises Sophie that she could finally meet the man of her dreams. But upon arriving, Sophie finds what she may actually need is an island full of women. Danielle Macdonald (Credit: Monica Schipper/Getty Images) In addition to Palmer, Richardson, and Macdonald, the cast also includes Helen Thomson, Susan Prior, Claude Scott-Mitchell, Charlie Garber, Uli Latukefu, and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor. The Foxtel drama recently went into production in...

Twelve Times Two

Production is under way on season two of “The Twelve,” a crime drama which follows a controversial murder trial as seen through the lens of the 12 jury members, ordinary members of the public with their own realities and struggles. On completion, it will screen on Foxtel’s Binge streaming service. International distribution is by Fifth Season. Western Australia premier Roger Cook said that the “The Twelve S2” is the largest ever production in the state.

As previously announced, Sam Neill and Frances O’Connor (“The End,” “AI”) reprise their roles as senior lawyers.

Joining them is an all-star Australian cast including: Tasma Walton (“Mystery Road,” “Sweet As”), Kris McQuade (“Rosehaven”), Amy Mathews (“A Place to Call Home”), Erroll Shand (“The Clearing”), Fayssal Bazzi (“Shantaram”), Josh McKenzie (“La Brea”), Anthony Brandon Wong (“Queen of Oz”), Stefanie Caccamo (“Fighting Season”), Sharon Johal (“Neighbours,” “Shantaram”), Luke Pegler (“Ladies In Black”), Adriano Cappelletta...

Writer-director David Ayer is calling out the “Fast and the Furious” franchise for ignoring his contributions to the 2001 film.

During a recent episode of Jon Bernthal’s “Real Ones” podcast, Ayer addressed his involvement on “The Fast and the Furious” film that kicked off the multi-billion dollar franchise. Gary Scott Thompson and Erik Bergquist wrote previous drafts of the script before Ayer came on board and changed the location of the film and added realistic elements and diverse characters, according to the “Suicide Squad” helmer.

“Biggest franchise in Hollywood, and I don’t have any of it,” Ayer said. “I got nothing to show for it, nothing, because of the way the business works.”

Ayer continued, “When I got that script, that shit was set in New York, it was all Italian kids, right? I’m like, ‘Bro, I’m not going to take it unless I can set it in L.

‘Colin From Accounts’ Bags Trio Of Wins At Logies

Colin From Accounts was the big winner at the 63rd Logie Awards — Australia’s answer to the Emmys. The Binge comedy, which CBS Studios co-produces with Easy Tiger Productions, took home both acting categories for leads and co-writers Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer and Most Outstanding Comedy Program. The Twelve, also from Easy Tiger and for streamer Binge’s pay-tv parent Foxtel, took home three awards, with Sam Neill winning Most Popular Actor and the show bagging the Most Outstanding Drama Series gong. Gogglebox Australia won Most Popular Entertainment. Colin From Accounts has been something of a global breakout, becoming Foxtel’s most-watched original and a seller for Paramount Global, which has shopped it to the BBC in the UK as part of a slew of deals.

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Logies Load Up On ‘The Twelve’, ‘Colin From Accounts’

Australia’s annual celebration of TV this weekend named Sam Neill as the country’s most popular actor for his role in courtroom drama series “The Twelve.” The Foxtel and Binge show was the numerical winner on the evening in a tie with Binge’s “Colin From Accounts.” Both shows picked up a trio of awards. Sonia Kruger was named Australia’s most popular TV personality for her roles on “The Voice,” “Dancing With the Stars” and “The Masked Singer.”

2023 Logies Winners List

Gold Logie for most popular personality on Australian TV: Sonia Kruger, “The Voice,” “Dancing with the Star” and “Big Brother,” Seven Network

Bert Newton Award for most popular presenter: Tony Armstrong, “A Dog’s World” with Tony Armstrong, ABC

Silver Logie: Most popular Australian actor: Sam Neill, “The Twelve,” Foxtel & Binge

Silver Logie: Most popular Australian actress: Kitty Flanagan,...

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Film and TV content originating from the U.S. and Korea remain the two pillars of subscription video consumption across the growth markets of the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new report from regional consultancy Media Partners Asia.

The report’s researchers used a proprietary measurement tool to weigh SVOD viewership across the 10 leading markets of Apac — excluding India and the highly regulated China market — for a period covering Jan. 2022 to March 2023. They found that U.S.-originating content took a 30 percent share of total viewership in the region, while Korean content led all categories with a 40 percent share.

Australia, a $2.2 billion SVOD market, exhibits the highest reliance on U.S. entertainment with a 72 percent slice of total local viewership, while Korean content takes only 4 percent in that English language-led market. But in the growing markets of Southeast Asia — including population centers like Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam — U.S.

Fired By Finas

The Malaysian National Film Development Corporation (Finas), the government-backed agency that oversees the country’s film industry, has dismissed its CEO Nasir Ibrahim after less than two years in the job. It follows the return of Kamil Othman who was appointed chairman in February.

Finas notification

The latest move was announced on the organization’s Facebook page, along with the appointment of Rozita Waty Ridzuan as Finas interim CEO until a permanent replacement is found.

The notice was vague on the reasons for Ibrahim’s early termination, explaining that it was part of a wider recalibration of creative industry policies. “This initiative will hopefully further help Malaysian filmmakers and industry players to produce quality films that have high value in both local and international markets,” the statement said.

Swimming Further

Zdf Studios has sold “The Swarm” (8 x 45 mins), by multiple Primetime Emmy award-winner Frank Doelger (“Game of Thrones...

At Sunday night’s BAFTA TV Awards in London, the most popular couple in the room won’t actually be British.

Given the U.K. reception to Australian series “Colin From Accounts” — which was acquired by the BBC in one of its smartest deals in years — that honor will likely go to Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall, the real-life partners who created and star in the half-hour rom-com. The couple will be presenting a BAFTA during the ceremony, and afterwards, they’re available for selfies.

“If we land in the U.K. and people recognize us on the street, that’ll be massive, because it’s never happened to me,” says Dyer. “I’ve lived in L.A. for five years, and I’m on a network television show, and not a single person has gone, ‘Are you from “American Auto?”’ Not one. So I’m pumped. I want to...

My At Meihodo

Michelle Yeoh, star of the globally acclaimed Oscar-winning film “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” will serve as guest of honor and advisor at the fifth Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival, a platform for young visual artists and one of the largest short film festivals in the world. The festival takes place in Fukuoka, Japan.

Other new guests include Maggie Q, film editor Gabriella Cristiani and Stephen Castor (“Spider-Man”), co-ceo of It’s Just Us Productions, Rocket Science 3D and Rocket Science Motion Capture Studios, franchise.

Returning guests include special advisor and composer Tan Dun and honorary chairwoman Yue-Sai Kan, an Emmy-winning television producer.

Since launching in 2018, Meihodo has become one of the largest and most popular short film festivals in the world. This year, the festival received a record 3,533 submissions from 122 countries and regions around the world.

“We’re so excited to welcome the incredible Michelle Yeoh,...

In March 2022, HBO Max launched in 15 European countries, bringing the number of territories that the streaming service was available in to 61. At the time, the Warner Bros. Discovery platform planned to expand to 190 markets by 2026, but recent exclusivity agreements and terminations around the world might indicate that the company is changing its plans for how it will roll the service out internationally moving forward.

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In Australia, Foxtel Group and Wbd have recently meaning that HBO, HBO Max Originals, Warner Bros. TV and Discovery shows, and more will continue to be available in Australia on Foxtel Group’s pay-tv service and streaming platform.

Meanwhile, U-Next, a Japanese streaming service, and Wbd have also renewed their content agreement, and as a result, HBO shows will continue to be available in Japan via streaming video-on-demand (SVOD). Additionally,...

Hulu Originals renewed a first look output deal with comedy production company American High.

Founded in 2017 by writer, director and producer Jeremy Garelick and producer Mickey Liddell’s Ld Entertainment, American High aims to tell “modern stories of eclectic characters from diverse backgrounds as they navigate the most formative (and often most hilarious) years of their lives.”

Under the renewed partnership announced Wednesday, the companies will release “Miguel Wants to Fight,” a coming of age comedy about a 17-year-old who asks his three best friends to help him get in his first fight ever before he moves to a new city. The cast includes Tyler Dean Flores, Imani Lewis, Christian Vunipola, Suraj Partha and Raul Castillo.

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The agreement with Hulu, first established in 2019, has generated seven original films so far, with an eighth and final film of the original slate on the way.

I’ve been showrunning original and branded digital content since 2006. Along with my company, Happy Little Guillotine Studios, we sort-of-accidentally created one of the first digital series (called Break a Leg) in 2006 and by some combination of luck, skill and (perhaps most importantly) agility, we’ve managed to survive and thrive in the space ever since.

Strangely though, as we’re coming to the end of 2017 and I’ve been reading articles about the state of digital media, I’m finding myself with a strong sense of déjà vu – apparently, the problems in 2017 are identical to the problems of 2006 (minus President Voldemort and his merry Nazi band).

That is: Where’s the money? How do you get people to watch your series? How do you scale? How do you attract brands? It’s dying! It’s the future! It’s dying again! Now TV is dying! Now TV is the only path forward!

Project Name: Binge

Asking For: $35,000 through Indiegogo

Amount Raised Thus Far (At Time Of Post): $19,837

Days Remaining In Campaign (At Time Of Post): 30

Description: Angela Gulner, Yuri Baranovsky, and Happy Little Guillotine Studios want to create a show that speaks to those affected by eating disorders. That creative triumvirate is behind Binge, which will intermix the bulimia of its protagonist with comedy.

In Binge, Gulner portrays Angela, whose co-ownership of a cake shop and madcap romantic life lead to conflict with her friends, acquaintances, and lovers. At the same time, she struggles with bulimia, which exacerbates her personal struggles. In the Binge pilot, released last year, she begins to seek help at a local clinic, cracking wise all the while.

With their Indiegogo campaign, Gulner, Baranovsky, and the rest of the team hope to build on their pilot with five more episodes. Through those installments, they will continue...

Starve, binge, purge, repeat. This is the endless cycle of life for anyone suffering from bulimia. Since they always say ‘write what you know’, that’s exactly what actress-turned-creator Angela Gulner has done – twice. First, Angela launched the pilot episode of the dark comedy web series, Binge, late last year. The project gained much critical acclaim and public attention for its non-glamorous yet comedic approach to this very real topic. As a follow-up, Angela recently unveiled the prequel short film, The Blind Girl, providing a love-versus-bulimia backstory to her edgy eating disorder tale. To help her get both from script to screen, Angela turned to producing partner and director Yuri Baranovsky. They also brought in actor Drake Bell, the star of Nickelodeon’s Josh & Drake...

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A few months ago, my partners and I had a wild hypothesis. It was this: the success of a digital project is primarily dependent on the quality of the story.

Revolutionary, right? A real game-changer. Who wants to hire us as consultants?

Here’s the thing. Since my company (shameless plug, we are Happy Little Guillotine Studios – check us out!) started creating content in the digital space in 2006, the industry has been desperately chasing the, “How do we get views?!” high like a cokehead chases… well, coke, probably. Maybe deer, if they’re a hunting cokehead.

It’s a desperate, “We’ll sacrifice anything for views!” approach that can give digital networks tunnel vision when they greenlight programs. Instead of picking the best story, they pick the story with the best influencer package. Don’t get me wrong, this is a strategy that my company has also employed and continues...

It’s a great pitch: A comedy about bulimia. It sells itself. So well, in fact, that more than one person had the idea. “When I saw ‘The Skinny,’ I had a meltdown,” Angela Gulner, creator and star of “Binge,” told IndieWire. “I was like: ‘My story has been told. There’s no room for it anymore.’ But then I calmed down a little bit.”

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She realized that there was room for more than one eating disorder comedy. The success of Jessie Kahnweiler’s “The Skinny” (the web series premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was co-produced by Jill Soloway) did not mean the failure of “Binge.” Quite the opposite — it meant there was an audience for her story.

Not only that, but such a universal and pressing issue deserves more than one story.