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Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the man broadly credited with reinventing animation with his 6-season, three-time Emmy-nominated Netflix hit Bojack Horseman, is back with more family trauma, but no taking animals, in Long Story Short.

The new Netflix animated series, which Bob-Waksberg premiered at the Annecy international animation film festival on Thursday, follows the trials and tribulations, or as Bob-Waksberg puts it, the “small t traumas,” of the Schwoopers, a fairly ordinary Jewish family.

“On one hand, it is an animated family comedy like Bob’s Burgers or King of the Hill, that kind of show, we have two parents, three kids,” he said, speaking at Annecy ahead of the series’ world premiere. “But the way we’re telling stories is a little different, in that we’re traveling back and forth through time. Not by using a time machine, just in the way we’re telling stories. So in the first episode, we...

“Long Story Short” cuts to the point. Coming from “BoJack Horseman” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg, it’s without the parody dressing “BoJack Horseman” presents, instead getting closer to the heart of human conflict and comedy.

Screening at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival this week, the first episode of the “BoJack” creator’s latest animated Netflix series sees Avi (Ben Feldman) bring his new girlfriend Jennifer (Abbi Jacobson) to meet his family ahead of his little brother Yoshi’s (Max Greenfield) Bat Mitzvah. It drowns you in overlapping dialogue, religious anxiety, and eccentric family members, immediately distancing itself from Waksberg’s past work. The series then follows the Jewish family through the years, their hopes, and disappointments.

“I was thinking about family, time, and identity,” Waksberg told IndieWire at Annecy. “In the writers room, I wrote those up on a board, like this is what the show is about. More specifically,...

Adult Swim’s very first Spanish-language original series is coming this summer. “Women Wearing Shoulder Pads” will premiere globally on Aug. 17 at midnight Et/Pt, TheWrap has learned.

The announcement was made during the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Market’s Work in Progress panel. The showcase featured Gonzalo Cordova, director Ana Coronilla as well as series executive producers Roy Ambriz and Arturo Ambriz of Cinema Fantasma presenting a never-before-seen episode of the upcoming series. The creative team also walked attendees through the behind-the-scenes production process for the show.

The upcoming stop-motion quarter-hour series comes from Cordova, who’s known for his work on “Tuca & Bertie” and “Adam Ruins Everything.” It also features an all-women cast. The series follows Marioneta, a proud and wealthy Spaniard living in 1980s Quito, Ecuador. As she goes through her life, Marioneta encounters a diverse group of eccentric and ambitious women as they...

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It's hard to believe that five whole years have passed since "Fresh Off the Boat" ended in 2020. Though many of us have blocked out the trauma of that year due to the pandemic, about a month before the world shut down, the trailblazing ABC comedy series put a satisfying bow on its run after six seasons. 

The show was received positively by audiences and critics for the performances of marquee stars Randall Park and Constance Wu, as well as the charming family dynamics on display. In addition to the performances, "Fresh Off the Boat" was a beacon of Asian-American representation on TV. It remains the first and only series featuring an all-Asian main cast to reach 100 episodes, making it also the longest-running Asian-American family sitcom in history.

Since the final episode, the cast has taken very different career paths. Some are cementing themselves in Hollywood,...

In 2010, Sang-yeop Yeun, an actor who went professionally as Steven, booked a role on "The Walking Dead," a zombie horror television show based on a long-running comic book series. While this wasn't his first professional credit -- you may have forgotten his cameo on "The Big Bang Theory" -- it was his breakout role, immediately endearing the performer to a wide audience and opening the doors on his career.

Since then, Yeun has played a rich and varied slate of roles in a wide variety of genres and tones while simultaneously seeming like a kind-hearted, self-effacing, and easily funny hang, thanks to a series of viral appearances with Conan O'Brien and a post-fame uncovered Second City sketch. He strikes one as an unpretentious actor who can do it all, and his body of work supports this thesis with aplomb.

In celebration of the versatile, engaging, and not-to-be-weird-but-very handsome performer, we've...

We know TV shows come and go, but some of them go way too soon. Netflix is one of the biggest culprits for abruptly canceling a TV series, and we’re taking a look at the six that have been canceled too soon.

This isn’t just about shows canceled in 2025 alone. There have been plenty of shows from the past gone after just a couple of seasons. Netflix tends to blame the cancellations on the lack of viewership, along with the way the costs exponentially go up in the third and fourth seasons, but that doesn’t mean we have to like the reasoning.

It’s hard to narrow it down to six, as there have been some excellent Netflix shows over the years. These are the ones that we still miss, especially those that was canceled in the 2010s!

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“Long Story Short,” the Netflix animated series from “BoJack Horseman” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg, has found its voice cast.

Lisa Edelstein, Paul Reiser, Ben Feldman, Abbi Jacobson, Max Greenfield, Angelique Cabral, and Nicole Byer will all voice characters in the series, with Dave Franco and Michaela Dietz set as recurring guest stars. Netflix also revealed the comedy series will debut on Aug. 22.

“Long Story Short” was originally announced in Aug. 2024. The official logline states the show is “about one family, over time. Jumping through the years, we follow the Schwooper siblings from childhood to adulthood and back again, chronicling their triumphs, disappointments, joys, and compromises.”

Bob-Waksberg is the writer, executive producer, and showrunner on the series. Noel Bright and Steven A. Cohen will executive produce for Tornante Television. Lisa Hanawalt is supervising producer and will design original art for the series. Corey Campodonico and Alex Bulkley will serve as co-executive producers for animation studio ShadowMachine.

Steven Yeun has joined the cast of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies’ untitled animated Aang “Avatar” film.

It’s not yet clear which of the Four Nations Yeun may hail from, as character details are being kept under wraps. Yeun joins previously announced cast members Dave Bautista, Eric Nam, Dionne Quan, Jessica Matten and Román Zaragoza.

Lauren Montgomery is directing and William Mata is co-directing the film, which is based on the series “Avatar: The Last Airbender” created by Michael Dante Dimartino and Bryan Konietzko. The movie is slated for release on Jan. 30, 2026.

Maryann Garger, Latifa Ouaou, Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante Dimartino are producing.

Yeun was previously involved in “The Legend of Korra,” also part of the Airbender universe. He voiced Wan, the first Avatar. An Oscar nominee for his work in Lee Isaac Chung’s 2020 film “Minari,” Yeun is currently in production on Ben Affleck’s “Animals” for Netflix.

Adult Swim is still viewed as one of the top curators of avant-garde, groundbreaking animated comedies, many of which wouldn’t be able to find a home anywhere else. There’s an exciting, unpredictable quality that’s present with every Adult Swim comedy that gives the audience the feeling that they’ve stumbled onto something special. Adult Swim’s programming has taken some big swings in the past few years, the likes of which have led to an exciting slate of female-driven comedies between Tuca & Bertie, Birdgirl, Teenage Euthanasia, and Yolo. Oh My God...Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances is cut from the same cloth.

Oh My God…Yes! focuses on three irresponsible and incorrigible young adults – Sunny, Ladi, and Tulip – who do their best to keep their heads above water in a futuristic metropolis. The world in Oh My God…Yes! may technically be considered a dystopia,...

Jentry Chau vs the Underworld follows a Chinese-American teen living in a small Texas town named Jentry Chau. When she finds out a demon king is hunting her for the supernatural powers she’s been working her whole life to repress, her life gets turned upside-down. She must now fight an entire underworld’s worth of monsters, all while balancing the horrors of high school.

Ali Wong not only voices Jentry Chau, she serves as Executive Producer on the series, which is directed by Echo Wu. Wong is not new to working with Netflix, having starred in Beef, Big Mouth, and Tuca & Bertie. Jentry Chau vs the Underworld is animated by animation powerhouse, Titmouse, and comes to Netflix on December 5.

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Ali Wong is returning to Netflix with her latest standup special, “Single Lady.” The upcoming event will premiere globally on the streamer Oct. 8.

Filmed during the Netflix Is a Joke Fest 2024 at the The Wiltern Theatre, this special will see the comedian open up about her post-divorce life and quest for love. Wong filed for divorce from her ex-husband Justin Hakuta in December of 2023. In addition to starring in the special, Wong will direct and executive produce “Single Lady” alongside John Irwin.

This will mark Wong’s fourth standup special with the streamer. Wong and Netflix first began their relationship in 2016 with “Baby Cobra.” That was then followed by 2018’s “Hard Knock Wife” and 2022’s “Don Wong.”

Outside of her standup, the comedian has also starred in several Netflix projects including the critically-acclaimed and award-winning “Beef,” which secured Emmy wins for both Steven Yeun and Wong. She also starred in...

It's been 10 years since a comedy about a former sitcom actor and anthropomorphic horse first graced our screens, with "BoJack Horseman" introducing Netflix as a serious producer of animation. Now, creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg and much of the "BoJack" team are coming for with a new Netflix animated series titled "Long Story Short."

According to Netflix, the show is about "a family over time," including their inside jokes and old wounds, as well as the history they share with one another (as we all do with our own families). Although "BoJack Horseman" is remembered for being a biting satire about Hollywood (or Hollywoo) with plenty of hilarious takes on celebrities (like its jokes about Andrew Garfield and lasagna), it was also a fantastic drama about generational trauma and how messed up families can be.

What makes this news kind of surprising is the fact that Bob-Waksberg has been openly critical of...

The team behind “BoJack Horseman” is reuniting for a new adult animated series at Netflix, Variety has learned.

“BoJack” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Michael Eisner’s Tornante Company, and animation house ShadowMachine are back together for the series “Long Story Short.” The news comes on the 10th anniversary of the premiere of “BoJack” on Netflix.

“It is legitimately a thrill and an honor to be back doing what I love most: drafting enthusiastic pull quotes for press releases to Hollywood trade publications. Who says you can’t go home again?!” Bob-Waksberg said.

“Long Story Short” is slated to debut in 2025. Per the official logline, the show is “about a family, over time. It’s about the shared history, the inside jokes, the old wounds. If you’ve ever had a mother, father, sibling, partner, or child, this is the show for you and by the way would it kill you to call them?...

“BoJack Horseman” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg is returning to Netflix with a new animated comedy, the streamer announced Thursday.

The new series, titled “Long Story Short,” centers on a family over time and is set to debut in 2025. The news comes as “BoJack Horseman” celebrates its 10th anniversary after first premiering on Aug. 22, 2014, on Netflix.

The official logline for “Long Story Short” is as follows: “It’s about the shared history, the inside jokes, the old wounds. If you’ve ever had a mother, father, sibling, partner or child, this is the show for you and by the way would it kill you to call them?”

Bob-Waksberg, who also created Prime Video series “Undone” and wrote and executive produced Netflix’s “Tuca & Bertie,” is set to serve as writer, showrunner and EP for the new series. Much of the “BoJack Horseman” and “Tuca & Bertie” creative team is also set to return for “Long Story Short,...

Just as “BoJack Horseman” celebrates its 10th anniversary since first premiering on Netflix and helping the streamer expand our definition of adult animation, the company has announced it has ordered a new animated comedy from creator and executive producer Raphael Bob-Waksberg called “Long Story Short.” In addition to re-teaming with Netflix, Bob-Waksberg is also working with longtime collaborators Tornante Television and ShadowMachine on the series.

The official synopsis for the show reads, “‘Long Story Short’ is an animated comedy about a family, over time. It’s about the shared history, the inside jokes, the old wounds. If you’ve ever had a mother, father, sibling, partner, or child, this is the show for you and by the way would it kill you to call them?”

Bob-Waksberg will write, showrun, and executive produce alongside Noel Bright and Stephen A. Cohen from Tornante. They’re joined by supervising producer Lisa Hanawalt, who...

A total of 36 individuals earned their first Primetime Emmy acting nominations in 2024, including “Feud” stars Naomi Watts and Tom Hollander and recent Oscar also-rans Lily Gladstone (“Under the Bridge”) and Ryan Gosling (“Saturday Night Live”). A standout among these newbies is Paul Rudd, who is the only one in the group with shots at two performance wins: Best Comedy Supporting Actor (“Only Murders in the Building”) and Best Narrator (“Secrets of the Octopus”).

Rudd could now make Emmys history as the eighth doubly-nominated first-timer to triumph on at least one of his bids. The first to do so was Robert Cummings, who simultaneously won for “12 Angry Men” and lost for “My Hero” in 1955. He was followed by Jack Albertson, Eileen Brennan, Jane Lynch, Riz Ahmed, Ann Dowd, and Ali Wong.

Twenty-six acting Emmy newcomers (13 male and 13 female) preceded Rudd in being concurrently nominated for more than one performance. Aside from Ahmed,...

The adult animation boom seen over the last few decades has produced some of modern television’s most exciting series. “BoJack Horseman,” “Archer,” “Primal,” “Rick and Morty,“ “Tuca & Bertie,” “Blue Eye Samurai,” and even “X-Men ’97” (just to name a few) all used their limitless medium to push serialized storytelling in new directions. But peak TV also created a slew of exhausting, unimaginative copycats — cheap knockoffs of popular and/or innovative shows that operated under the principle that all they had to do to get laughs was make cartoon characters curse about pop culture. Blame “South Park” for amplifying the shock value of “Kids Say the Darnedest Things” or “Family Guy” for tricking a generation of teens into thinking random movie references were the pinnacle of comedy writing. Either way, you end up here, with a bunch of aimless animated programs served up to subscribers whenever they finish bingeing “American Dad.

Annecy, France — Five-time Emmy Award winner Genndy Tartakovsky, creator of “Samurai Jack” and “Primal,” is developing “Heist Safari,” a 10-episode comedic robbery that will have the feel of a musical, Tartakovsky said.

The robbers are three brother frogs, control freak James, neurotic Issac, and little George, who thinks he’s brilliant but is actually totally not. Estranged, they meet up at their father’s funeral, where they are informed that they will only inherit his fortune if they pull off a bank heist, stealing the contents of a bank’s vault numbered 88.

Trouble comes when all three cut side deals for help in the form of a Japanese yakuza tiger, a Russian mafia hippo and an Italian gorilla mobster. The police are wildebeests.

Every episode is executed as just one shot and they will not be told in chronological order. The whole has an Edm score, said Tartakovsky.

“This whole...

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

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

The first five champs who followed Cummings were Jack Albertson,...

Ali Wong has made history.

The comedian continued Beef’s awards sweep with television’s highest honor, winning the Emmy for best actress in a limited series.

The win makes Wong the first woman of Asian descent ever to win an Emmy for a lead role. Sandra Oh has been nominated three times in the drama series category, and the haul of nominations for 1981’s Japan-set limited series Shōgun included one for leading lady Yôko Shimada.

In addition to her Beef collaborators and team, Wong also thanked her family in her acceptance speech. “I wouldn’t be standing here without my parents, my amazing parents, my father who I so wish was alive to share this moment with me, my hilarious father who loved me unconditionally and taught me the value of failure,” she said onstage. “To my beautiful daughters: you are my everything. Thank you for inspiring me, and this is for you.

Ali Wong has won the Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie for her role in the Netflix series “Beef.” Wong stars as a business owner who gets into a road rage incident with a stranger, played by fellow Emmy winner Steven Yeun.

Wong beat out fellow nominees Lizzy Caplan (“Fleishman is in Trouble”), Jessica Chastain (“George and Tammy”), Dominique Fishback (“Swarm”), Kathryn Hahn (“Tiny Beautiful Things”) and Riley Keough (“Daisy Jones and the Six”).

“I wouldnt’ be standing here without my parents, my amazing parents, my mother and my father who I so wish was alive to share this moment with me,” Wong said while accepting her award. “My hilarious father who loved me unconditionally and taught me the value of failure.”

Wong also thanked her daughters Mari and Nikki, saying, “You are my everything and thank you for inspiring me. This is for you.

Ali Wong and Steven Yeun's chemistry contributed to the success of Netflix's Beef. They had previously worked together in Tuca & Bertie, an overlooked animated series. Despite its cancellation, Tuca & Bertie offers quality entertainment with witty dialogue and thought-provoking themes.

Ali Wong and Steven Yeun's chemistry in Netflix's Beef is one of the best things about the comedy-drama TV miniseries, and a previous collaboration between the two actors perfectly explains why Beef was bound to be successful. Wong and Yeun star in the miniseries about Amy and Danny, two strangers, who engage in a longstanding feud with growing stakes after allowing a road rage incident to consume every aspect of their personal lives. Created by Lee Sung Jin, Beef has plenty of shocking moments and is known for its dark humor, unexpected violence, and a cautionary tale about controlling one's emotions in the heat of tense situations.

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After a three-month delay, the 2023 Creative Arts Emmys will be handed out on Saturday, Jan. 6 and Sunday, Jan. 7. Who will win in some of the most highly-anticipated categories, including the four Guest Acting races? Scroll down for our official odds in 31 races covering animation, nonfiction, reality, variety, documentaries and more. Our projected winners are highlighted in gold.

These official odds for the Creative Arts Emmys are derived from the predictions of our Experts who write about television year-round, our in-house team of Editors, the Top 24 Users who did the best predicting last year’s ceremony, the All-Star Top 24 who have the highest scores when you combine predictions from the last two years and all our Users who make up the largest and often savviest bloc of predictors.

The Creative Arts Emmys are usually a strong bellwether about what series are ahead in the race for the Primetime Emmys, which will...

Lee Sung Jin, the creator of the critically acclaimed Netflix series “Beef,” has signed a multi-year overall deal with the streamer.

The deal covers both film and television projects that Lee (also known as Sonny Lee) may develop. As is customary with such announcements, financial terms were not disclosed.

“We’re so proud to see how ‘Beef’ has broken through and brought Sonny Lee’s singular vision to life,” said Jinny Howe, vice president of drama series at Netflix. “It delivered performances of a lifetime from the inimitable Ali Wong and Steven Yeun. That the series went on to capture critical praise is just a dream come true. We’re thrilled to continue on this storytelling journey with Sonny and can’t wait to see what he has in store.”

In addition to creating “Beef,” Lee served as a director, executive producer, and showrunner on the series. His other credits include shows like “Dave,...

It’s been a long wait for Invincible season 2. Ever since father-son duo Nolan and Mark Grayson signed off in a symphony of bloody violence in early 2021, fans have been clamoring for more superheroic action. Now the time has finally come as Invincible season 2 is set to premiere its first episode on Nov. 3 on Prime Video.

While Invincible and Omni-Man naturally take up a lot of the attention for this very good Amazon series, let’s not forget the rest of the expansive cast of characters that make up the world created by comic writer and show producer Robert Kirkman. Like any good superhero saga worth its salt, Invincible has a very deep bench of compelling heroes, villains, aliens, civilians, and more.

The bench is so deep, in fact, that it can be hard to keep track of everyone. With that in mind, here is a helpful refresher on...

Netflix isn’t a stranger to many genres these days, making it hard to sort your way through all sorts of films, shows, and specials. That’s particularly difficult when it comes to its animated offerings. Netflix offers cartoons aimed at all ages and demographics — from preschoolers to tweens and teens to raunchier adult audiences — through a variety of animated titles in its catalogue. The platform releases shows and movies made in the medium frequently, and even if it’s easy to tell a kids show from “Big Mouth” it can be tough to sort through the crowded genre.

What’s worse, animation can often be ignored or disregarded in entertainment and it seems at times on the platform. Consider the case of “Tuca & Bertie,” a truly original and lovely show that had just one season at the streamer before it was forced to fly the coop for Adult Swim.

Anyone who knows and loves a theater kid understands that they can be… a little much. To their credit, theater kids accept and embrace this reputation. Both the excessiveness of theater kids and their willingness to celebrate their extremities can be seen in the comedy Theater Camp, directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman. After winning over critics and earning a strong, if limited, return in theaters, Theater Camp has come to Hulu.

Based on a short film that Gordon and Lieberman made with Ben Platt and Noah Galvin, Theater Camp features a group of theater kids trying to save their camp from the founder’s jerky son, who wants to sell it off for something more profitable. Both self-aware and sincere, Theater Camp is a love letter to the over-the-top nerds who can sing every word of A Chorus Line and know that Andrew Rannells was in Street Sharks.

This year’s limited program writing Emmy contest is unique in that it is the first in five years to include any TV movies at all and the first in 13 years to involve three of them. The one-off narrative specials in the running for this honor are “Fire Island,” “Prey,” and “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” all of which are also nominated for Best TV Movie, and the middle of which has achieved the rare feat of concurrently being recognized for its directing.

While all three of these telefilms stand as relatively strong contenders, this writing race is being very comfortably led by “Beef,” which is the only program that can possibly win all seven of this year’s major limited series Emmys. Putting up fights of their own are the miniseries “Fleishman is in Trouble” and “Swarm,” which both also face “Beef” in the corresponding lead actress and contemporary costumes categories.

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.

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Outstanding Animated Program Rick and Morty, S7. Adult Swim.

Weekly Commentary: Netflix’s “Entergalactic,” the animated accompaniment to Kid Cudi’s album is competing against long-standing series such as “Bob’s Burgers,” “Rick and Morty” and “The Simpsons.” The streamer pulled off a surprise win last year with “Arcane,...

As much as we like to try and predict the key Emmy races, some categories are more tough to figure out — and therefore, more interesting — than others. Outstanding drama series? Shhh, I think we have a pretty good hunch what’s going to win. This year’s acting categories have some obvious favorites. However, I would not be surprised by almost anything — particularly as performers have stopped campaigning in the wake of the SAG/AFTRA strike.

One of my favorite categories this year, however, is lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie. And here’s the top reason: This is the only acting category this year that features not a single previous Emmy winner among its nominees. As a matter of fact, half of them have never been nominated at all. Other categories come close. But lead actress in limited/anthology/movie is the only category where I can,...

Animated sitcoms deserve as much attention as their live-action counterparts. In recent years, the number of animated sitcoms has steadily increased, gaining prominence across TV and streaming. The medium allows for wackier storylines and a faster pace than possible in live-action sitcoms.

With terrific modern shows like Rick and Morty, which became a cultural phenomenon thanks to the age of social media, and evergreen classics like The Simpsons, there are amazing animated sitcoms that have stood apart from the rest of the pack, boasting intelligent storylines, and carefully thought-out character development.

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Inside Job

One of the most original animated sitcoms from recent times, Inside Job, revolves around a fictional world in which most conspiracy theories are actually true. In the series, groups like the Illuminati and Reptilians control the world. The audience is introduced to Cognito, Inc., a tech company that exists among these powerful groups.

Apple TV+ has unveiled the trailer for the new ten-episode adult animated series ‘Strange Planet,’ which makes its global debut with the first three episodes on Wednesday, August 9, 2023.

Based on the New York Times #1 bestselling graphic novel and social media phenomenon of the same name, ‘Strange Planet’ is said to be a hilarious and perceptive look at a distant world not unlike our own. Set in a whimsical world of cotton candy pinks and purples, relatable blue beings explore the absurdity of everyday human traditions.

Voicing this world of beings are Gotham Award nominee Tunde Adebimpe (“Rachel Getting Married”), Emmy Award nominee Demi Adejuyigbe (“The Amber Ruffin Show”), Lori Tan Chinn (“Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens”), Critics Choice Award nominee Danny Pudi (“Community”) and Emmy Award nominee Hannah Einbinder (“Hacks”).

“Strange Planet” is co-created and executive produced by Emmy Award winner Dan Harmon and New York Times bestselling author Nathan W.

The 2023 Best TV Movie/Limited Series Actress Emmy contest is an especially close one between Ali Wong (Netflix’s “Beef”) and Jessica Chastain (Showtime’s “George & Tammy”). The latter is looking to build on her Screen Actors Guild Award win for the same program after missing out on an expected Emmy nomination for “Scenes from a Marriage” last year. Scroll through our photo gallery to brush up on all six of this year’s Best TV Movie/Limited Series Actress contenders and be sure to make your predictions for the 75th Emmys by September 18.

Emmys first-timer Chastain is joined in that regard by two of her direct challengers: Dominique Fishback (“Swarm”) and Riley Keough (“Daisy Jones & the Six”). Both actresses’ shows are Prime Video originals. The other three nominees are also new to this category, but Wong, for example, has a 2022 writing bid to her name for her...

The 2023 Best TV Movie/Limited Series Actress Emmy contest is an especially close one between Ali Wong (Netflix’s “Beef”) and Jessica Chastain (Showtime’s “George & Tammy”). The latter is looking to build on her Screen Actors Guild Award win for the same program after missing out on an expected Emmy nomination for “Scenes from a Marriage” last year. Scroll through our photo gallery to brush up on all six of this year’s Best TV Movie/Limited Series Actress contenders and be sure to make your predictions for the 75th Emmys by September 18.

Emmys first-timer Chastain is joined in that regard by two of her direct challengers: Dominique Fishback (“Swarm”) and Riley Keough (“Daisy Jones & the Six”). Both actresses’ shows are Prime Video originals. The other three nominees are also new to this category, but Wong, for example, has a 2022 writing bid to her name for her...

Fans of Netflix’s “Warrior Nun” have finally gotten what they wanted, it appears. After months of dedicated campaigning, series showrunner Simon Barry tweeted that the fantasy drama would be returning.

“Today I’m happy to officially report that because of your combined voices, passion and amazing efforts – #WarriorNun will return and is going to be more Epic than you could imagine,” Barry’s tweet read. He also teased that more details would be coming.

Amy Berg, who wrote three episodes of the series, confirmed Barry’s news, telling her followers, “Barry wasn’t hacked.”

Today I’m happy to officially report that because of your combined voices, passion and amazing efforts – #WarriorNun will return and is going to be more Epic than you could imagine. More details to come! Soon! Thank-you!! #SaveWarriorNun #WarriorNunSaved pic.twitter.com/yuTbRR2L3q

— Simon Barry – legacy blue check (@SimonDavisBarry) June 28, 2023

Netflix did not...

The annual Los Angeles Press Club Awards honored multiple IndieWire staffers Sunday night.

Among the honorees, IndieWire Deputy TV Editor and chief TV critic Ben Travers was recognized as TV Critic of the Year at the ceremony, which took place June 25 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

The official comment for Travers’ honor reads, “The reporter’s writing style includes his personal tele-visual hang-ups, much to the benefit of the reviews!”

Travers’ reviews for the series finale of “Atlanta,” the Season 1 “Yellowjackets” finale, and “Tuca & Bertie” were among the selected pieces recognized by the LA Press Club.

Also taking first place in the Audio Journalism category for Best Entertainment Reporting were Sarah Shachat, Chris O’Falt, and Zach Valenti with podcast episode “Filmmaker Toolkit: Station Eleven Deep Dive Podcast.” Said the LA Press Club: “This ‘deep dive’ skillfully uses multiple interviews and clips to learn the backstory of a single TV episode.

It took a long time, but mainstream cartoons are finally coming out of the closet. Now, we can only hope they stay that way.

When live-action television began making inroads for gay representation during the turn of the century, animation remained a frustratingly straight (if frequently queer-coded) affair. The reasons behind the medium’s slowness were obvious and, predictably, homophobic. Animation is too often seen as content made for kids, and same-sex attraction is regarded as an “adult” topic. So, pearl-clutching TV critics would argue, children shouldn’t be exposed to “adult” (read: gay) characters through raunchy cartoons.

That’s not to say that there weren’t LGBTQ people in cartoons before the 2010s; Japanese anime, in particular, was slightly ahead of the curve on this front, with ’90s classics like “Sailor Moon” and “Neon Genesis Evangelion” featuring explicitly queer themes and love stories. But that content was often mercilessly...

The TV academy has honored voice-only performances since 1992, when six cast members from “The Simpsons” collectively became the first actors to receive Emmys for such work. The Best Voice-Over Performance category became an official non-juried one in 2009 and was then split into two categories in 2014: Best Character Voice-Over and Best Narrator. Harry Shearer (“The Simpsons”) was the former category’s first champion, having been nominated once before for the same series.

The 2023 Best Character Voice-Over ballot consists of 148 performances, which is down by 74 from last year. Seeking her third victory is Maya Rudolph, who plays Connie the Hormone Monstress on “Big Mouth.” Also in the mix are former winners Shearer, Hank Azaria (“The Simpsons”), Alex Borstein (“Family Guy”), and Seth MacFarlane (“Family Guy”).

Unlike the live action and fictional program nominees, which are chosen by all 20,000 plus academy members, the Best Character Voice-Over contenders are picked only by voters...

A24 has released a trailer for Julio Torres' indie comedy Problemista. Torres writes and directs the film and stars as Alejandro, a young Salvadorian artist who must contend with a monster of a boss in his pursuit of the American Dream. As the trailer shows, Alejandro is a talented toy designer from El Salvador, now living in New York, whose work visa is about to expire. He has just one month to find someone willing to serve as a co-signer for his visa so that he can remain in the United States. In an act of desperation, he turns to his boss Elizabeth, played by Tilda Swinton, a quirky (to put it nicely) outcast art curator who makes a deal with Alejandro; she will act as a co-signer, but he must help her put together an art exhibition. The trailer, which you can watch below, teases a surrealist adventure.

While...

From her Netflix stand-up specials, "Don Wong" and "Baby Cobra," to her voice acting work on "Tuca & Bertie" and "Big Mouth," Ali Wong is a comedy superstar. However, with her role in Lee Sung Jin's unhinged dark comedy miniseries, "Beef," Wong may have just turned in the best performance of her career.

"Beef" initially starts out with a simple premise: after a road rage incident, a petty rivalry forms between a rich self-made Calabasas mother named Amy Lau (Wong) and a working class handyman-for-hire, Danny Cho (Steven Yeun). It begins with acts of vandalism and scathing Yelp reviews, but eventually, over the course of its 10 episodes, the stakes gradually escalate to "Uncut Gems" levels of anxiety-inducing tension. Spending most of the show as disconnected entities, Yeun and Wong expertly craft their individual, flawed characters. But when they collide, they truly bring out the worst in each other, painting an incredible portrait of rage,...

The Netflix series “Beef” is being hailed as one of the best TV shows of 2023 so far, with standout performances in particular from stars Ali Wong and Steven Yeun. This story of how a road rage encounter festers and unites two strangers in a twisted way is packed with fresh talent, with one particular standout performer making his acting debut while being a well-known artist in his own right. Created by Lee Sung Jin, “Beef” vacillates between comedy, drama and thriller, always keeping viewers on their toes.

But if you’re wondering where you know some of the actors from, we’ve got a complete “Beef” cast and character guide to help you keep things straight.

Steven Yeun as Danny

Yeun plays Danny Cho, a temperamental contractor who can’t seem to catch a break. Yeun first came to prominence playing Glenn on “The Walking Dead,” and earned acclaim for...

Warning: This story contains mild spoilers for “Beef,” available to watch on Netflix now.

Lee Sung Jin, the creator and showrunner of Netflix’s “Beef,” first worked with Steven Yeun and Ali Wong on the animated series “Tuca & Bertie.” But their latest collaboration sees the three reunite to craft a Netflix show along an A24 sensibility. “Beef,” which dropped on the streaming service on Apr. 6, traces the intersecting lives of Yeun’s Danny and Wong’s Amy after the two engage in a vitriolic road rage incident that sets both on a collision course to chaos. “Amy and Danny may differ in gender, class and career path, but they share a self-destructive nihilism that each seems to recognize in the other, even if they can’t articulate it,” writes Variety TV critic Alison Herman.

Rounding out the main cast are Young Mazino, who plays Danny’s younger brother Paul,...

“What the fuck is happening?”

That was Steven Yeun’s reaction while shooting the cataclysmic climax of “Beef,” which he leads with Ali Wong. The Netflix and A24 dramedy opens plausibly enough with a road-rage scene between Wong’s Amy, an entrepreneur whose easygoing nature masks secret desires, and Yeun’s Danny, a contractor who goes to extremes to obtain what he wants. But that initial conflict drives both to exact bizarre acts of revenge on each other, revealing the darkest corners of their psyches. The result? Chaos. In one scene, Amy masturbates with a gun; in another, Danny urinates all over her bathroom — and that’s just the beginning. Seeded throughout are quiet explorations of the characters’ anger, loneliness and fear.

“Both assume incorrectly that they cannot show their true selves to anyone in their lives,” says Lee Sung Jin, the creator and showrunner of “Beef,” which premieres on...

We abhor most in others what we already hate in ourselves. So it is that Amy Lau (Ali Wong) and Danny Cho (Steven Yeun) become mortal enemies despite being kindred spirits. The protagonists of the Netflix half-hour “Beef” first meet when both are behind the wheel, navigating the parking lot of a Lowe’s-like home improvement store. Each driver is there for different reasons: Danny is a handyman who works at the Reseda motel his family used to own; Amy owns a houseplant boutique the hardware chain is in talks to acquire. But both react in the exact same way to a minor spat over exiting a spot. Their explosive road rage propels the pair on a chase across the suburban San Fernando Valley, then through 10 episodes of increasingly out-of-hand emotional warfare.

Wong and Yeun have served as co-stars before — on the animated sitcom “Tuca & Bertie” on which “Beef...

If Ali Wong and Steven Yeun have beef, it’s only on-camera. Together, the two star in Netflix’s upcoming comedy drama Beef, which follows two people consumed by revenge after a road rage incident.

“It’s really scary to collaborate with people as a stand-up, when you have complete control of what you write, how you look, and how you’re directing yourself,” Wong, who also serves as an executive producer on the show, told The Hollywood Reporter at Beef’s Los Angeles premiere on Thursday night. “So, collaborating with people can be really scary, and I only choose to do it with people I absolutely adore and admire and love being with on and off-camera. I think that’s the best part because certainly I would not have been able to do the show by myself.”

Yeun, who got his start in comedy, returns to his roots opposite Wong,...

Steven Yeun and Ali Wong will soon be taking over our Netflix screens with their hotly anticipated comedy-drama series “Beef,” which hits the streaming service on April 6. The 10-episode series, which recently released its first trailer, stars Yeun and Wong as two people who become consumed by the road rage incident that involves both of them.

Created by Lee Sung Jin, the series promises intense drama in a Greek tragedy-esque plot wherein one moment slowly unravels the lives of those involved. The show will combine this fiery drama, however, with a dose of black comedy that sets apart the series as one to look out for. And at the forefront of “Beef” are its stars, Yeun and Wong.

Jin was previously a writer on various shows, including “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “2 Broke Girls,” “Silicon Valley,” and “Dave.” He also served as a producer on the latter three shows...

Last month, Steven Yeun joined the ever-growing ensemble cast of the upcoming Marvel film “Thunderbolts.” Now the creator of Yeun’s latest buzzy project, Netflix‘s “Beef,” out April 6, joins the MCU, too. Variety reports that “Beef” creator Lee Sung Jin joins “Thunderbirds” as a writer. It’s Lee’s first writing credit on a feature film after working on other TV series like “Tuca & Bertie,” “Dave,” and “Silicon Valley.”

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Lee’s involvement also marks a reunion with Jake Schreier, director of “Beef,” who’s been attached to direct “Thunderbolts” since last June.

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Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts” is getting a screenwriter change as Lee Sung Jin, creator of the upcoming Netflix dark comedy series “Beef” is set to pick up the project from “Black Widow” screenwriter Eric Pearson.

“Thunderbolts” will see Sung Jin reunite with director Jake Schreier, who directed all six episodes of “Beef.” Set for release in July 2024, “Thunderbolts” has not released a synopsis but will see longtime MCU star Sebastian Stan return as Bucky Barnes, the man once known as The Winter Soldier, as he leads a team of antiheroes and villains from past MCU movies and Disney+ shows on a clandestine government mission.

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Filming “Beef” took a bite out of stars Steven Yeun and Ali Wong.

The stars of Netflix and A24’s road rage dramedy, created by “Tuca & Bertie” and “Dave” writer Lee Sung Jin, revealed during the 2023 SXSW world premiere that the stress of the series “took a toll” on their bodies.

“Steven and I both broke out in hives after the show,” Wong said (via Variety). “Mine was on my face. His was all over his body because he’s weak like that. It definitely took a toll on us, but we didn’t even realize until after the show ended. I mean, I won’t even talk about what happened to [Yeun’s] elbow.”

Wong continued, “I don’t think we knew that was going to happen. If we knew what we were going to put our bodies and minds through, maybe we wouldn’t have said yes, but...

“Beef” stars Steven Yeun and Ali Wong as two people involved in a road rage incident that spirals out of control and begins to consume their every waking moment. And despite that Yeun and Wong have no actual beef with each other, that anger began to consume them outside of the show, too — except in real life, it came in the form of hives.

During a Q&a following the world premiere of “Beef” at South by Southwest, the actors were asked how they managed to decompress after performing such explosive anger on set.

“Our bodies shut down,” Yeun said.

“Steven and I both broke out in hives after the show. Mine was on my face. His was all over his body because he’s weak like that,” Wong said, to wide audience laughter. “It definitely took a toll on us, but we didn’t even realize until after the show ended.