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With the majority of big global TV distributors opting out of a physical presence at Mipcom, the flashy stands have been replaced by snazzy digital platforms showcasing content rolling out starting this fall.

Among them are a series of virtual festivals by Banijay, which acquired Endemol Shine in summer 2020 and boasts a catalog of more than 88,000 hours of programming. Rather than join Mipcom organizer Reed Midem’s virtual Mipcom Online Plus event, the mega-indie is going its own way, as are so many other distributors.

The latest of its planned digital forays is a non-English language scripted festival designed to showcase the group’s eclectic mix of European dramas. These include six-part French show “Germinal,” a modern adaptation of Émile Zola’s classic 1985 coal-mining strike saga; Swedish boarding-school drama “A Class Apart”; and Italian coming-of-age series “My Ballerina,” a co-production with Italy’s Mediaset.

“We have a vast array of...

The easiest way to review Steve Dildarian’s new HBO Max animated comedy would simply be to say that if you were a fan of Dildarian’s The Life & Times of Tim, you’ll surely enjoy Ten Year Old Tom.

Unfortunately, not only was The Life & Times of Tim something of a cult curiosity when it aired on HBO, but — and prepare to feel old, Tim fans — it’s been nearly a decade since that series ended. And it only Just arrived on HBO Max.

So I guess I’ll start from scratch on Ten Year Old Tom (sincere apologies to any ...

The easiest way to review Steve Dildarian’s new HBO Max animated comedy would simply be to say that if you were a fan of Dildarian’s The Life & Times of Tim, you’ll surely enjoy Ten Year Old Tom.

Unfortunately, not only was The Life & Times of Tim something of a cult curiosity when it aired on HBO, but — and prepare to feel old, Tim fans — it’s been nearly a decade since that series ended. And it only Just arrived on HBO Max.

So I guess I’ll start from scratch on Ten Year Old Tom (sincere apologies to any ...

The Max Original Ten Year Old Tom, a bitingly-funny ten episode adult animated comedy series, will debut Thursday, September 30 on HBO Max. The series is created and written by Steve Dildarian (“The Life & Times of Tim”), who will executive produce with TV animation veteran Nick Weidenfeld. Dildarian plays […]

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In their first public appearance since WarnerMedia merged the two development divisions this past April, execs from HBO Max and Adult Swim previewed their upcoming slates, releasing new footage from adult-skewing offerings “10-Year-Old-Tom” and “Smiling Friends,” while talking up several more.

Created by Michael Cusack (“Yolo: Crystal Fantasy”) and Zack Hadel (of the popular YouTube channel “psychicpebbles”), “Smiling Friends” picks up where the viral 2020 short left off, following the lives of two hapless cheer merchants sent to make their clients smile. Mixing 2D, primitive character designs with candy colors and the winking edge of an online forum, the series is due out later this year.

“[Though they’re both well known independently,] combined, Hadel and Cusack are doing something really special,” said Walter Newman, senior VP comedy development at Adult Swim. “From the character designs to the voice work, it represents a lot of what we’re trying to accomplish here.”

Adult Swim is also ready to...

Exclusive: ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Group has appointed former Marvel Studios and 20th Century Fox TV animation executive Grant Gish to spearhead the expansion into adult animation.

Gish will lead the new Adult Animation Unit as SVP, Adult Animation, Entertainment & Youth Brands. He starts August 31.

Adult animation has been a priority area for Entertainment & Youth Group President Chris McCarthy, originally at MTV Studios and more recently also at Comedy Central after he took oversight of the comedy-centric cable network in the post-Viacom-CBS merger restructuring late last year.

The strategy so far has involved mining the MTV library of iconic adult animation IP. That includes two reboots with the original series’ creators, Beavis and Butt-Head with Mike Judge and Clone High with Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Bill Lawrence; as well as Jodie, based on the classic MTV series, Daria. Of the three, two have been set up at a network,...

10-Year-Old Tom is coming to HBO Max. The streaming service has ordered the series from the creator of The Life and Times of Tim, Steve Dildarian.

HBO Max revealed more about the new series in a press release. Check that out below.

“, the direct-to-consumer offering from WarnerMedia, announced today a greenlight order for adult animated series 10-Year-Old-Tom. Critically acclaimed creator, producer and writer Steve Dildarian (The Life and Times of Tim) will write and executive produce the series and TV animation veteran Nick Weidenfeld will executive produce.

Tom grapples with being corrupted by the grownups around him each day just by leaving his house. Bad influences seem to lurk around every corner... litigious parents, drug dealing bus drivers and band teachers who want to sleep with his mom. If he sets up a lemonade...

10-Year-Old Tom is coming to HBO Max. The streaming service has ordered the series from the creator of The Life and Times of Tim, Steve Dildarian.

HBO Max revealed more about the new series in a press release. Check that out below.

“, the direct-to-consumer offering from WarnerMedia, announced today a greenlight order for adult animated series 10-Year-Old-Tom. Critically acclaimed creator, producer and writer Steve Dildarian (The Life and Times of Tim) will write and executive produce the series and TV animation veteran Nick Weidenfeld will executive produce.

Tom grapples with being corrupted by the grownups around him each day just by leaving his house. Bad influences seem to lurk around every corner... litigious parents, drug dealing bus drivers and band teachers who want to sleep with his mom. If he sets up a lemonade...

Exclusive: Nick Weidenfeld, who created Fox’s Animation Domination High-Def (Adhd) block, is back with another animation venture, setting up Work Friends in partnership with Snowpiercer producer Tomorrow Studios.

The ITV-backed company and Weidenfeld, who produced series including The Boondocks, Robot Chicken and Rick and Morty during his time as head of development for Adult Swim, have launched the company as a joint venture.

It comes after Weidenfeld, Tomorrow Studios and The Life and Times of Tim creator Steve Dildarian scored animated series 10-Year-Old Tom at HBO Max.

Weidenfeld, who was most recently president of programming for Viceland, will produce primetime adult TV animation for broadcasters and streaming platforms.

It is the latest string to Tomorrow Studios’ bow, the company makes Snowpiercer for TNT and Rose Byrne’s Physical for Apple and is working on two live-action remakes of anime projects for Netflix – One Piece and Cowboy Bebop.

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Snowpiercer and Hanna producer Tomorrow Studios is getting into the animation business.

The studio, a partnership between producer Marty Adelstein and ITV Studios, is launching animation label Work Friends. The unit is a joint venture with animation veteran Nick Weidenfeld, a veteran of Adult Swim, Fox's Animation Domination Hi-Def and Viceland.

The announcement comes on the heels of HBO Max ordering animated series 10-Year-Old Tom from Tomorrow Studios. Steve Dildarian (HBO's The Life and Times of Tim) created the show and is executive producing with Weidenfeld.

"Launching an animation company is a natural progression following our success in global sales ...

HBO Max has greenlit 10-Year-Old-Tom, an adult animated series from The Life and Times of Tim creator Steve Dildarian, animation veteran Nick Weidenfeld and Snowpiercer producer Tomorrow Studios.

The series follows Tom, who grapples with being corrupted by the grownups around him each day just by leaving his house. He must deal with bad influences including litigious parents, drug dealing bus drivers and band teachers who want to sleep with his mom. If he sets up a lemonade stand, he gets sued for gross negligence. If he plays baseball, he is encouraged to dabble with steroids. And if he visits the school nurse, he is introduced to the world of insurance fraud. The grownups in Tom’s life all mean well, but somehow just can’t manage to lead by example.

Dildarian will write and exec produce, with Weidenfeld, who has worked on series including The Boondocks and Rick & Morty exec producing.

HBO Max has given the green light to a new adult animated series called “10-Year-Old-Tom.”

The series comes from Steve Dildarian (“The Life and Times of Tim”) who will write and executive produce, and Nick Weidenfeld who will executive produce.

“10-Year-Old-Tom” follows a boy who “grapples with being corrupted by the grownups around him each day just by leaving his house. Bad influences seem to lurk around every corner… litigious parents, drug dealing bus drivers and band teachers who want to sleep with his mom. If he sets up a lemonade stand, he gets sued for gross negligence. If he plays baseball, he is encouraged to “dabble with roids.” And if he visits the school nurse, he is introduced to the world of insurance fraud. The grownups in Tom’s life all mean well, but somehow just can’t manage to lead by example,” according to HBO Max.

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HBO Max has greenlit an adult animated series from The Life and Times of Tim creator Steve Dildarian and former Adult Swim executive Nick Weidenfeld.

Dildarian will write and executive produce 10-Year-Old Tom, about a kid who's constantly let down by the grown-ups in his life. Weidenfeld, a former head of development at Adult Swim and head of Fox's Animation Domination Hi-Def, will also exec produce. The project comes from Snowpiercer producer Tomorrow Studios.

"Steve is a singular comedic voice and also a brilliant visual artist," said Susanna Makkos, executive vp original comedy and animation at HBO Max. "...

Things are looking right as rain for Odd Couple alum Thomas Lennon, who has been tapped to play the title role in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Dan the Weatherman, TVLine has learned.

Written by Steve Dildarian (The Life & Times of Tim), the prospective series centers on a weatherman who, after getting fired from his cushy gig at a local TV station, reluctantly ends up working at the neighboring Spanish TV station.

Seth Gordon (The Goldbergs) will direct the pilot.

Arguably best known for his role as Lieutenant Jim Dangle in the late, great Comedy Central cop spoof Reno...

Amazon released five new pilots on Friday, and it’s up to viewers to determine which ones get picked up. “The Legend of Master Legend,” “Budding Prospects,” “The New V.I.P.’s,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Oasis” make up the 2017 Amazon pilot season. Some are good, some are bad, but the power lies with all of us to determine which are worthy of a full season order. Read our reviews below to get a little insight into each offering, and watch the episodes for yourself right here.

“The Legend of Master Legend”

John Hawkes can’t catch a break. When he nabbed the lead in Charlie Kaufman’s FX pilot — Charlie Kaufman — it didn’t get picked up. He landed an Oscar nomination for “The Sessions,” but his follow-ups have meant diddly-squat comparatively. Sure, he stole a few scenes in “Lincoln” and got to take part in Amy Schumer’s amazing sketch,...

Amazon is delivering some prime content (see what we did there?) for its spring season of pilots.

On March 17, the streaming service will launch its new pilot season, which will consist of two hourlong pilots and three half-hour pilots. Amazon claims that after watching the pilots, its customers can review them, which offers feedback on which series will become the next Amazon Original Series.

Read More: Amazon Pilot Reviews: ‘The Tick,’ Jillo Soloway’s ‘I Love Dick’ & ‘Jean-Claude Van Johnson,’ Ranked

Check out first-look photos and a rundown of each of the pilots below:

“Oasis”

Good-bye, Robb Stark. Hello, space chaplain! “Game of Thrones” star Richard Madden trades his winter furs for a clerical collar to play an English pastor who must leave his wife and become a missionary, based on the Michel Faber sci-fi novel “The Book of Strange New Things.” Instead of being sent to a new country though,...

  Well, we can all thank Netflix aka The Pet Sematary again. Ms. Frizzle and the gang will make a return to television thanks to the streaming giant. The Magic Schoolbus 360 will deliver 26 half hour CGI episodes, which will air in the Fall of 201. And, there are celebrity cameos to look forward to. Don't worry, some original cast members signed on to return as well. It's hard to believe the original television show only aired for four seasons, back in 1994. 

  Can you stand the wait? Well, let's hope the show has more moments like the clip below... And, it could be pretty educational too. The reboot will be headed by 9 Story Media Group, Scholastic, and Netflix jointly. Someone get them to bring back The Life and Times of Tim (search YouTube).

As it does every year, the New York Television Festival (Nytvf) used the last week in October to hand out awards and development deals to independent web series creators. This year’s biggest hits included Steve Dildarian’s The Worst Husband, which won the Nytvf Critics Award as well as one of two “Best of the Fest” prizes, as well as Streamy Award winner Brooklyn Sound, which earned one of the ten development deals handed out at the festival.

The Worst Husband was one of the most high-profile projects in the Nytvf field; previously, Dildarian served as the creator of the HBO cult hit The Life and Times of Tim. His latest show topped all challengers in the Nytvf’s Independent Pilot Competition. Medium Well, a comedy about an aspiring chef, earned the other Best of the Fest award by being selected as the festival’s best script.

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Chicago – Finding the adult button and hitting “on” is becoming more of a challenge as the tech generation morphs into their thirtysomething era. Comedian Nick Kroll (“Kroll Show,” “The League”) ponders this situation in the new film “Adult Beginners,” a primer on growing up and moving on.

Kroll portrays Jake, a entrepreneur whose new tech gadget goes bust. Left with no life and no income, he moves back in with his sister (Rose Byrne) and brother-in-law (Bobby Cannavale). There is a twist – Jake’s nephew Teddy needs a daytime caregiver, and Nick is now available. As he takes on his new duties, he begins to understand that life has different angles, especially when it comes to raising children.

Nick Kroll Portrays Jake in ‘Adult Beginners’

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Nick Kroll is a multi-tasker. After graduating from college in 2001, he began his career as a stand-up and in improvisation groups, and...

Blessed with good looks, a winning smile, hippie parents, and a sunny California upbringing, life has been relatively easy for Logan Wood so far. After nearly four decades of coasting along through countless women and random jobs, he now teaches yoga to the hot moms, trophy wives and aspiring celebrities of Santa Monica and Venice Beach.

But when Logan breaks up with his successful older girlfriend Amanda (Paget Brewster), who happens to be the owner of the yoga studio, things start to get complicated for the first time.

Down Dog is a satirical comedy pilot written by Robin Schiff (Are You There Chelsea?) that stars Josh Casaubon (I Just Want My Pants Back), Lyndsy Fonseca (How I Met Your Mother), Will Greenberg (Halt and Catch Fire), Andrea Savage (The Life and Times of Tim), Amir Talai (American Dad), Alysia Reiner (Orange is the New Black) – with Kris Kristofferson (Lone Star...

Amazon Studios’ first pilot season of 2015 will debut Thursday, Jan. 15, unveiling seven drama and comedy projects as well as a half-dozen kid-centric pilots.

Already due to debut via Amazon Studios this year are the first full seasons of Bosch, Hand of God and Red Oaks, plus Season 2 of Transparent. (Chris Carter’s The After meanwhile just had its series order scrapped.)

The dramas and comedies are as follows (click photos to zoom):

Cocked | Created by Samuel Baum (Lie to Me) and Sam Shaw (Manhattan), this drama stars Sam Trammell (True Blood) as a man who 20 years ago left his...

As Netflix continues to assert itself as a major television company with such acclaimed series as House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, Amazon Studios is racing to catch up by ordering series it hopes will be equally well-received. So far, Amazon has scored one big hit in the form of Jeffrey Tambor-led dramedy Transparent, and it hopes to find some more in the new lineup of pilots, which will be made available for viewing as part of the company’s first pilot season of 2015.

Enclosed are descriptions of all seven pilots, courtesy of Deadline. The talented involved on all of them is impressive, to say the least. Mad Dogs comes from Cris Cole (The Bill) and Shawn Ryan (The Shield), while The Man In The High Castle hails from Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files). Carlton Cuse (Lost, The Strain) and Randall Wallace (Braveheart) are behind Point Of Honor,...

Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill go undercover as improbable college students in 22 Jump Street, in theaters now, and one of the film’s comedic highlights is the duo’s new dorm-mates, the Yang Twins: a fictional pair of hilarious, heavy-lidded, perpetually narcotized twins who finish each other’s sentences played by the Lucas Bros, a real-life pair of hilarious, heavy-lidded, perpetually narcotized twins who finish each other’s sentences.

Kenny and Keith Lucas have a show on Fox’s animation block (Lucas Bros. Moving Co.), a new sketch series they’re working on for TruTV, and a burgeoning stand-up and film career,...

Over the past weeks and months, we've used this space to take a close look at almost every Oscar category (bar the shorts: we'll focus on those once the nominations are out and we've seen the films), and making our rolling predictions in the process. Just in time for Christmas, we've reached the end, with just one category left: Documentary. We made our picks of the best documentaries of 2013 last week, and there's a fair amount of crossover with the 15-strong shortlist announced by the Academy a few weeks ago. We included "The Act of Killing," "Blackfish," "Cutie and the Boxer," "God Loves Uganda," "Stories We Tell" and "20 Feet From Stardom," all put forward by the Oscar nominating committee, who also picked "The Armstrong Lie," "The Crash Reel," "Dirty Wars," "First Cousin Once Removed," "Life According To Sam," "Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer," "The Square," "Tim's Vermeer" and "Which Way...

Alex Gibney’s “We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks” and Sean Fine’s and Andrea Nix Fine’s “Life According to Sam” are among the nominees for the Producers Guild of America’s 2014 award for documentaries, the PGA announced on Tuesday. The other nominees are “A Place at the Table,” “Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story” and “Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Times of Tim Hetherington.” None of the nominated films were nominated for the top award by the International Documentary Association or the Cinema Eye Honors, the two most prestigious groups that honor.

Cinema Eye Honors has announced its nominees for the 7th Annual Nonfiction Film Awards. Forty feature films and six shorts will vie for this year’s Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking.

Five films are competing for Cinema Eye’s top award, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act Of Killing, Martha Shane and Lana Wilson’s After Tiller, Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie And The Boxer (pictured), Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel’s Leviathan and Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell.

Cutie And The Boxer led all films with six nominations, while The Act Of Killing received five. Heinzerling and the directing duos of Castaing-Taylor and Paravel and Shane and Wilson all led individual nominees with four nominations apiece.

Cinema Eye also announced nominees for their inaugural award for Nonfiction Films Made for Television. Four of the six nominees are from HBO Documentary Films, including Lucy Walker’s The Crash Reel, Dawn Porter’s Gideon...

Sebastian Junger and Andrea Nix Fine among filmmakers screening in competition at the cinematography festival.

Camerimage , the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (Nov 16-23), has revealed its 2013 line-up of films screening in six of the festival’s competition sections.

The 21st edition of Camerimage will screen more than 300 feature and short films, grouped into 24 sections, including 10 competitions. There are films from 50 countries around the world.

Around 30 films will receive their European premieres in Bydgoszcz, and more that 50 will have their Polish premieres.

The Golden Frog, Silver Frog and Bronze Frog awards will be bestowed upon competition titles representing the greatest achievements in cinematography. In the Student Etudes Competition, the Festival awards Golden Tadpole, Silver Tadpole and Bronze Tadpole.

It was previously announced that Oscar-nominated cinematographer Sławomir Idziak (Black Hawk Down, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Gattaca) will be the recipient of the Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

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The 24th edition of The Human Rights Watch Film Festival will return to New York this summer from June 13-23 with a program of 20 films from across the globe calling for social change and fighting against injustice. The festival will open on June 13 with a fundraising Benefit Night, featuring a screening of Sebastian Junger's moving tribute "Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Times of Tim Hetherington." The Main program will kick off the next day, with Freida Mock's "Anita" set as the opening night film, and the award-winning drama "Tall As the Baobab Tree," closing the festival with a screening on June 23. In addition to being picked for their social stances, each film on this year's lineup will be categorized into one of this year's four themes, which will be Traditional Values and Human Rights, Crises and Migration, Focus on Asia, and Human Rights in the United States.

Sebastian Junger earned an Oscar nomination in 2010 for the first film he ever directed, "Restrepo," a documentary about American soldiers at war in Afghanistan. Little more than a year later, Junger would unwittingly begin work on a second documentary -- the tale of his "Restrepo" co-director, Tim Hetherington. Junger had planned on going to Libya with Hetherington but was unable to for personal reasons. Instead, the emotional interviews with those beside Hetherington when he  was wounded inspired a cinematic tribute, "Which Way Is the Front Line? The Life and Times of Tim...

Nick Kroll, who you may have seen on VH1's Best Week Ever or possibly even recognized as a voice on The Life and Times of Tim but definitely saw his breakout role on FX's The League is breaking out with a show on his own on Comedy Central, and a la Dave Chappelle, or perhaps the latest successes Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, the network eventually said to hell with it, and just named the series after the guy's last name. Kroll Show will feature Nick portraying various characters, which should be funny because oh my gosh, he's wearing a dress! And now a moustache! Watch two scenes in the slideshow above, then if you're into it, check out Kroll Show's pilot episode over at Comedy Central and let us know what you think.

The Kroll Show premieres January 16th at 10:30pm on Comedy Central, following the season premiere of Workaholics.

HBO announces their documentary lineup for the first half of 2013, including Alex Gibney's "Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God," Sebastian Junger's "Which Way is the Front Line from Here?: The Life and Times of Tim Hetherington" and Steven Pressman's "50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus." Synopses and dates for these and more titles below: Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God (debuting Feb. 4), directed by Alex Gibney (HBO’s Oscar®-winning “Taxi to the Dark Side), examines the abuse of power in the Catholic Church through the story of four courageous Deaf men who set out to expose the priest who sexually abused them. The film follows a cover-up that stretches from the row houses of Milwaukee through the bare ruined choirs of Ireland’s churches, all the way to the highest office of the Vatican. Kings Point...

As we head into the final week of holiday shopping, there are plenty of last-minute releases hitting DVD and Blu-ray just in time to end up as potential Christmas gifts. The biggest titles include Len Wiseman's Total Recall remake and Paul W.S. Anderson's Resident Evil: Retribution, along with the Joseph Gordon-Levitt bike courier thriller Premium Rush. Looking beyond that, we also have the well-received musical comedy Pitch Perfect, Spike Lee's Red Hook Summer and William Friedkin's Killer Joe. (Take note that a handful of these don't actually hit stores until Friday.) Also keep an eye out for new seasons of Shameless, Californication and The Life and Times of Tim, and if that's not enough, Michael Stephenson's haunted house documentary The American Scream is also out this week, available exclusively through the movie's official website. What will you be buying or watching this week? Check out...

ABC, which has one family comedy with a male lead on the air in Tim Allen’s Last Man Standing, is developing another multi-camera family half-hour centered on a guy played by a stand-up comedian. The network has bought Big Children, written/executive produced by Scott Marder (It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia) and starring actor-comedian Rory Scovel (The Life And Times Of Tim). Produced by ABC Studios, it centers on a thirtysomething “only child” (Scovel) who must move home and parent his parents after they retire and revert to acting like children with too much time on their hands. Scovel is repped by CAA, which also reps Marder, Mosaic and Isaac Dunham.

The name might not jump out, yet it’s almost impossible that a reader hasn’t seen Melanie Lynskey at one point or another. The New Zealand actress first came on the scene with Peter Jackson‘s 1994 drama, Heavenly Creatures, and, in the nearly two-decade period since, established herself as one of the more unique actresses working today. Be it a memorable turn in Steven Soderbergh‘s The Informant! or quick appearances in Away We Go and Win Win, she’s one who never fails to leave some kind of mark.

Lynskey‘s been given a rare starring part with this month’s Hello I Must Be Going, a dramedy which allows her to take center stage and command the screen from start to finish. I made sure to start off with the film that granted a nice opportunity to chat, but soon moved into questions about an eclectic career,...

HBO co-presidents of programming Richard Plepler and Michael Lombardo kicked off HBO's portion of the Television Critics Association press tour Wednesday, with news of a Rolling Stones documentary movie, more scoop on Larry David's latest project for the network and much, much more.

Now, some updates on upcoming projects, shows that are now dead (for real this time) and, yes, it wouldn't be an HBO TCA session without an update on the "Deadwood" movie.

The "Entourage" movie

What's the status of the "Entourage" movie? "Doug [Ellin], as of this week, is on page 65. He's excited about it," Lombardo said -- but it's not a done deal just yet. "After we take a look at the script ... we still have to make deals with the cast and see if this is something we want to do."

The Larry David movie

What does the announced Larry David movie mean for the...

It was recently announced that HBO had once again cancelled The Life and Times of Tim, their offbeat animated series. The last episode aired on February 17th and ended on interesting note.

In the episode's second segment, titled "Corporate Disaster," an implosion at an Omnicorp factory causes a massive sinkhole in New Jersey. A tough PR woman is brought in for damage control and decides that Tim should be the face of the company as they deal with fallout from the huge ecological disaster. At a press conference at the site, Tim's been instructed not to take blame but he's finally unable to control himself and says that the company's not sorry at all -- or maybe only a little bit sorry.

Due to the terms of his previous settlement with Omnicorp, Tim can't be fired for the blunder and they decide to send...

Is this finally the end of "The Life and Times of Tim"? The frequently endangered animated comedy has reportedly been canceled again by HBO.   According to Variety, the Steve Dildarian-created comedy is done at HBO after three seasons. The last original episode of "The Life and Times of Tim" aired on February 17.   That seems like horrible news, but it's not like "The Life and Times of Tim" hasn't been canceled before.    In June of 2010, HBO pulled the plug on "Tim" after its second season, only to order a third season two months later. The long delay...

His name might be Tim, but no one really ever calls him that, because though we take it for granted, people calling you by your actual name is actually a sign of respect. And Tim doesn't really get any respect, from anyone. That's not a sad thing though, especially when the results are as funny as HBO's The Life and Times of Tim. It doesn't get the buzz that many other animated series get, but it's every bit as deserving. Few shows can serve up such a pitiful protagonist, put him through hell, and make it hilarious as he powerlessly objects to all the unfortunate happenstances that pile on.

It's now in it's third season, so if you want to start getting caught up, you win the second season on DVD from us. To find out how, keep reading.

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With Family Guy, The Simpsons, and now, arguably, South Park in the sunsets of their respective reigns, a new generation of cartoons has begun creeping into the spotlight. However, unlike that other trio, network television is no longer the main stage. Comedy Central has Futurama, HBO has The Life and Times of Tim, Adult Swim has The Venture Bros, and FX has Archer. All things considered, FX should thank its lucky stars. In Archer, FX has one of the consistently funniest shows on television, despite the fact that Archer’s premise is a spy parody – a subgenre that has seemingly been done to death. The first season of Archer established the show as one of the best non-network comedies, and its second dispelled any doubts that it was all just a fluke. Archer stands as one of television’s most reliable comedies, thanks to, or perhaps in spite of, its...

Jesus promised that one day the meek would inherit the Earth, but he failed to mention how hellish their lives would be until that unspecified day came. If you’re curious as to that answer then you need look no further than The Life and Times of Tim, HBO’s simply animated series about a guy who has a hard time standing up to his friends, co-workers, girlfriend, and complete strangers and consequently finds himself doing many things he doesn’t want to. The uneasy brand of comedy definitely isn’t for everyone and its dryness borders on dehydrated. In its second season, The Life and Times of Tim hits a nice pace that sees a handful of belly laughs per episode and just enough awkward humor to make you glad you’re not Tim.

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This week on the Televerse, Simon catches up with Boardwalk Empire, I catch up with Justified season 2, and we look at a few finales. We go through our week in TV, spotlight Homeland’s season 1 finale “Marine One,” and welcome Simon Aplin from Tech It or Leave It on to discuss our first anime at the Shelf, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.

This week, we cover New Girl, Top Chef: Texas, the It’s Always Sunny… finale, Prime Suspect, the The Life and Times of Tim premiere, and Grimm. Then we take a longer look at Homeland‘s finale before heading over to the DVD Shelf with Simon to get serious about badass robot chicks and childlike killing machines.

Simon Aplin’s Twitter is @wryterra which is indeed a bit difficult to spell by sound alone.

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Back for a third round of what can only be described as its very own brand of humor, Tim discovered something valuable about himself on the season premiere of "The Life and Times of Tim" (Fri., 9Pm Et on HBO). He is a terrible tipper.

The first hint wasn't a hint at all, but a rather blatant statement from the Chinese delivery guy after Tim gave him the quarter difference from the $9.75 total and a 10-dollar bill. "Your nickname to us is Mr. 5%," the delivery guy told him."

"I base it on distance traveled. You guys are like two doors down," Tim explained lamely.

That self-righteous arrogance and certainty, much like Larry David, came back to haunt him when he and Stu inadvertently tracked down Tim's old barber. The guy had moved and told all his "preferred" customers his new location, but neglected to tell Tim. After Tim basically told...

Back for a third round of what can only be described as its very own brand of humor, Tim discovered something valuable about himself on the season premiere of "The Life and Times of Tim" (Fri., 9Pm Et on HBO). He is a terrible tipper.

The first hint wasn't a hint at all, but a rather blatant statement from the Chinese delivery guy after Tim gave him the quarter difference from the $9.75 total and a 10-dollar bill. "Your nickname to us is Mr. 5%," the delivery guy told him."

"I base it on distance traveled. You guys are like two doors down," Tim explained lamely.

That self-righteous arrogance and certainty, much like Larry David, came back to haunt him when he and Stu inadvertently tracked down Tim's old barber. The guy had moved and told all his "preferred" customers his new location, but neglected to tell Tim. After Tim basically told...

On TV this Friday: A Romijn event on Chuck, a Remains event on Chiller, more comical life and times for HBO’s Tim, Grimm lets down its hair and more. We’ve singled out nine programs to keep on your radar.

8 pm Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) | Now that the end of its nine-season weekly run has been announced, it may be time to load up on the feel-good fuzzies. This week the team travels to Columbus, Ohio to help Grandpa James and Grandma Jackie Rhodes, who live with their adult daughter — diagnosed with a potentially fatal brain tumor...

Happy, sleepy Thursday, Boys & Girls.   As promised, it's a bonus mid-week installment of The Firewall & Iceberg Podcast. In this slightly-shorter-than-normal installment, we talk Golden Globe nominations, SAG Award nominations, the recently completed first season of "Enlightened" and the upcoming third season of "The Life and Times of Tim."   No sports. Or very little sports, at least. Today's breakdown: Golden Globes/SAG Awards breakdown (00:00 - 33:30) "Enlightened" (33:33 - 41:45) "The Life and Times of Tim" (41:45 - 49:00)   As always, you can subscribe to The Firewall & Iceberg Podcast over at the iTunes Store, where you...

Bonus podcast time! We decided to do an extra Firewall & Iceberg Podcast this week to talk about the silly awards nominations, the end of "Enlightened," and the surprising but welcome return of "The Life & Times of Tim." Fewer topics than Monday's show, and no sports blather segment, yet we still almost hit an hour. Apparently, we had a lot to say about the HFPA. The line-up:  Golden Globes/SAG Awards breakdown (00:00 - 33:30) "Enlightened" (33:33 - 41:45) "The Life and Times of Tim" (41:45 - 49:00)   As always, you can subscribe to The Firewall & Iceberg Podcast over at the iTunes Store,...

It's the second last shopping week before Christmas and we've still got a few pretty big DVD releases hitting stores today including one of the most critically acclaimed summer blockbusters of the year (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), one of the best remakes of the year (Fright Night) and arguably one of the best animated films of the year (Kung Fu Panda 2). Looking beyond these titles we also have a couple of Hong Kong action flicks, The Legend Is Born: Ip Man and Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, plus the well-received documentary The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975. We've also got new seasons of Family Guy and The Life and Times of Tim, and new to Blu-ray we have Joe Johnston's The Rocketeer, Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures, and a new Extended Director's Cut of Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables. What will you...

Monday, December 12

"Fear Factor" (8Pm Et, NBC) season premiere

The anxiety-inducing competition series returns to NBC with all-new episodes featuring new stunts to test the stamina and nerves of the contestants. Advancements in technology have allowed the producers to develop challenges that are more fantastic than ever before -- such as the ominously titled "Towering Inferno" and the "Helicopter TNT Crash."

"Enlightened" (9.30Pm Et, HBO) season finale

Amy persuades Levi to seek treatment after he has a late-night breakdown and at work, she challenges Dougie to make a presentation to Damon's group, regardless of the outcome. She also finds an unlikely ally to help her improve the environment at Abaddon.

"Hawaii Five-0" (10Pm Et, CBS) midseason finale

On the eve of Chin Ho's wedding to Malia, the Five-0's investigation into a man left for dead in an abandoned WWII bunker crosses paths with Capt. Fryer's case of a Jane Doe.

HBO has shifted the kick off dates for animated series The Life & Times of Tim and newbie Angry Boys. Tim returns for the first of 10 episodes on Friday, December 16th, and is expected to run until February 17th. Angry Boys has been delayed until Sunday January 8th. Its 12 installments are expected to air through March 25th.

Here's the press release from the cable channel:

HBO Confirms Debut Dates For New Series Angry Boys And Returning Series The Life And Times Of Tim

New York, Oct. 13, 2011 - HBO has announced the debut dates for the new Chris Lilley series Angry Boys and the returning animated series The Life And Times Of Tim.

Angry Boys kicks off its 12-episode season Sunday, Jan. 8 (10:00-11:00 p.m. Et/Pt), with two episodes airing back-to-back each Sunday night. This new...

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Chris Lilley's return to American TV will be a bit delayed. HBO has pushed back the premiere of Lilley's 'Angry Boys' until Sun., Jan. 8 at 10Pm Et. The show was originally slated to debut in December.

Additionally, new episodes of the animated series 'The Life and Times of Tim' will now premiere Fri., Dec. 16 at 9Pm Et.

 

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