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Exclusive: Prime Video, the home of YA hits The Summer I Turned Pretty, Maxton Hall and Culpables and sprawling fantasy The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power, is looking to mix the genres with Powerless, a series in development at Amazon MGM Studios.

Like The Summer I Turned Pretty, Maxton Hall and Culpables, Powerless is based on a YA book trilogy, Lauren Roberts’ Powerless (2023), Reckless (2024) and Fearless (2025).

A “romantasy,” Powerless is being adapted for TV by Daphne Ferraro who served as head writer on the breakout first season of German series Maxton Hall. The project, whose first season will follow the first novel, comes from Will Gluck’s Olive Bridge and Lyrical Media who acquired the rights to Roberts’ books last fall.

Powerless is set in the kingdom of Ilya where the Elites reign supreme with their breathtaking powers—and hunt those without. Paedyn Gray, a powerless Ordinary,...

The underrated animated Netflix show Chicago Party Aunt gained a dedicated audience, who hope for a season 2. Chicago Party Aunt follows the zany adventures of Diane Dunbrowski (Lauren Ash), a woman that spends her time partying and causing trouble, who decides to take in her struggling nephew Daniel (Rory O'Malley). Despite her party lifestyle, Diane also has a heart of gold and altruistic intentions. While Chicago Party Aunt part 1 gained mixed reviews, critics responded favorably to part 2.

Chicago Party Aunt started as a parody Twitter account for a character called Chicago Party Aunt, who tweeted about Chicago's culture and local news. When Netflix bought the rights to the character, creator Chris Witaske worked with Katie Rich and John Barinholtz to translate the Twitter account into 20 to 30-minute-long episodes (via NBC Chicago). Despite the niche concept of the show, the team managed to gain a large audience for part 2. With the show's increasing fanbase,...

Nearly a decade after their last time working together, the Barinholtz brothers are reuniting in the next American Auto season 2 episode. Hailing from Superstore creator, the series revolves around the employees of the Detroit-based Payne Motors as they try to reach new heights when they're taken over by a former pharmaceutical CEO. Starring Ana Gasteyer, Harriet Dyer, Jon Barinholtz, Tye White, Michael Benjamin Washington, Humphre Ker and X Mayo, American Auto has scored rave reviews and strong ratings since its late 2021 premiere.

Just in time for its arrival, Screen Rant is pleased to present an exclusive American Auto season 2 clip.

The video, as seen above, sees the Barinholtz brothers, Ike and Jon, reuniting on screen as the former guest stars in episode 9 of the hit NBC sitcom. The clip sees the duo attending their grandfather's funeral, with Jon's Wesley planning a special tribute to his late family member that the...

Jon Barinholtz is an American actor, comedian and producer. He is best known for his roles in Superstore and American Auto.

Jon Barinholtz Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education

Jon Barinholtz was born on December 26, 1979 (Jon Barinholtz: Age 43) in Chicago, Illinois, to Peggy and Alan Barinholtz. His older brother, Ike Barinholtz, is also an actor. Both brothers have said they were raised in a supportive and funny home.

In an exclusive interview with uInterview, Barinholtz explained how he and Ike became actors.

“We have very supportive parents, our parents were theater majors at Ohio State, that’s how they met, and so they were very supportive from the start,” Barinholtz began. “Now, they were very realistic, they were like, ‘you should do whatever you want to do, but you have to support yourself while you do it. You have to find what you love and also find a way to...

Actress Lauren Ash is a thief. Before you call the cops, it’s scenes that this “Not Dead Yet” star is stealing. Every scene she is in — whether on this ABC sitcom or her last one, NBC’s “Superstore” — she owns. And rightfully so. Her privileged, pretentious Lexi has some daddy issues to sort out in order to break through that haughty shell of hers.

In this week’s “Not Dead Yet,” Ash’s Lexi conducts the employees’ yearly performance review at the SoCal Independent, revealing that she’s not as uncaring as many (aka most) people think she is. And when it comes to the bad personal relationship habits she has learned from her father, well, sometimes they work like magic — when she wants to get back at him.

“Lexi’s father continually and consistently lets her down. I think it’s probably the most significant relationship in her life,...

Michael Lehrer, a comedian and improv actor best known for his work in ‘ Second City,’ and ‘Masters of the Internet,’ has died with the assistance of a doctor following a years-long battle with Als. He was 44.

His girlfriend and caretaker, Colette Montague, told the Chicago Sun-Times, “Michael died with dignity on his own terms. He was not suicidal at all. … Medical aid in dying was the hardest decision he ever made.”

Despite being diagnosed with Als, the comedian and sketch artist continued to perform at clubs while confined to a wheelchair. His bits included jokes about his life and his battle with the neurodegenerative disease.

Lehrer was a regular on ‘Kill Tony,’ a live comedy podcast based in Austin, Texas where Joe Rogan and Ron White often appeared. Rogan paid his respects to Lehrer in an Instagram post.

“The courage this man had to do stand up while battling a debilitating disease was insanely impressive,...

Fans of the adult sci-fi animated series “Inside Job” are railing on Netflix for cancelling the series after one season, despite having been ordered for a Season 2. The cancellation was confirmed by series creator Shion Takeuchi on Twitter Sunday.

“Over the years, these characters have become real people to me, and I am devastated not to be able to watch them grow up,” Takeuchi wrote. “Reagan and Brett deserved to get their ending and finally find happiness. And I would have loved to been able to share what was in store with you all.”

Takeuchi also addressed fans directly, writing: “To everyone who watched, thank you for coming along on the ride. Even though I’m sad, it helps to know that there’s people out there who cared just as much about these characters as me.”

I’m sorry guys, it’s true.#insidejob pic.twitter.com/MQZJ3S...

Exclusive: Superstore alumna Lauren Ash is joining another single-camera broadcast workplace comedy as a series regular: she has been cast as a lead opposite Gina Rodriguez on ABC’s Not Dead Yet.

Written by Casey Johnson and David Windsor based on Alexandra Potter’s 2020 book Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up, Not Dead Yet centers on newly single and feeling-old Nell Serrano (Rodriguez), a self-described disaster who works to restart the life and career she left behind 10 years ago. A once-successful journalist, Nell put her career on hold to help her fiancé get his restaurant off the ground. Following their breakup, she takes the only job she can get – writing obituaries – which at first seems like a step backward but ultimately might be exactly what she needs to move forward.

Ash will play a new character, Lexi, the daughter of a wealthy newspaper owner and recently appointed editor. Lexi...

“Chicago Party Aunt” is an adult animated comedy series. The storyline is told around the character Diane Dunbrowski, a Chicago Aunt who is always happy to party. Diane is like that aunt everyone avoids talking about during Thanksgiving dinner. Besides being the life of the party — every party actually — she models her nephew, Daniel, after the same lifestyle and she has an excuse for everyone who questions her way of life.

The show premiered September 17, 2021, and has aired eight episodes so far with a mixture of great and fair reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb. Rest assured, this is one series you could watch and have a hard laugh from start to finish.

Before you run off to watch the show, here’s a little info about its main characters and other relevant info you may want to know.

Who Are the Main Characters of “Chicago Party Aunt?”

In an interview with Time Out co-creator,...

It’s the show we never knew we kneaded, then couldn’t stop watching.

Netflix on Thursday announced that baking competition Is It Cake? has been renewed for Season 2. Saturday Night Live‘s Mikey Day will return as host, alongside an all-new lineup of contestants and guest judges.

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Last month at CinemaCon, animation legends Phil Lord and Chris Miller showed off a work-in-progress preview of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” noting that it is the first Hollywood animated feature to have an animation staff of over 1,000 people working on its ambitious blend of comic book palettes and designs.

But as work on this sequel to an acclaimed Oscar winner continues, animation workers are organizing in Hollywood’s latest major labor push. For the past several months, IATSE Local 839, also known as The Animation Guild, has been in talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on a new contract; and similar to its live-action counterparts at IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees), the pandemic has galvanized animators to push for what they call a “New Deal for Animation.”

To discuss what that phrase means to them, animation writer Joey Clift (“Spirit Rangers”), compositor Steve Gallant (“Chicago Party Aunt...

Exclusive: Rory O’Malley is set as a lead opposite Jo Koy in Josep, ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot from 20th Television.

Josep follows the comedian as a recently divorced Filipino American nurse attempting to navigate dating, fatherhood and a very Filipino mother who loves to “help.”

O’Malley will play Seth, an earnest guy married to Jo’s sister, Gemmalyn. He loves his Filipino wife and her family so much he has embraced all parts of their culture and now acts more Filipino than Jo does.

Steve Joe, a co-executive producer on Doogie Kamealoha M.D. and Young Sheldon, Fresh Off The Boat’s Randall Park and Michael Golamco are writing and executive producing the half-hour comedy.

Josep is also exec produced by others from Fresh Off the Boat including Kourtney Kang, The Detective Agency’s Jake Kasdan and Melvin Mar and Park alongside his Imminent Collision partners Golamco and Hieu Ho.

Chicago – Jon Barinholtz keeps on rolling. After having wrapped a six season run on NBC-tv’s “Superstore” portraying Marcus, he landed another role – with the same sitcom creator (Justin Spitzer) and network – as car industry executive Westey Payne in “American Auto,” which premiered last month. And all this as he co-created “Chicago Party Aunt” for Netflix.

As opposed to to “Superstore,” where the focus was on the store level employees, “American Auto” is a workplace comedy that takes place in the executive suite. Ana Gasteyer (“Saturday Night Live”) portrays Katherine, a hard charging just-appointed CEO of Payne Motors. Barinholtz as Wesley Payne is part of the family who owns the company, and they interact with put upon VP Sadie (Harriet Dyer), Dori (X Mayo), Cyrus (Michael Benjamin Washington) and newly promoted Jack (Tye White). The quick-witted sitcom takes place as the company is in transition.

Jon Barinholtz (center) and Cast...

Exclusive: Film, television and media production company Olive Bridge Entertainment, which is led by filmmaker Will Gluck and producer Richard Schwartz, today announced the promotions of Madison Jones and Jacqueline Monetta.

Jones has been elevated to Director of Development in the company’s TV division. Upcoming projects she’ll be working on include the Hulu series Woke, the upcoming eOne series Hollywood Con Queen, along with several other projects in development at Peacock, Netflix, Disney+ and ABC. She previously worked on Netflix’s Chicago Party Aunt and the Disney+ documentary mini-series Among The Stars. She’s a four-year vet of Olive Bridge.

Monetta has been promoted to Creative Executive in Olive Bridge’s Film department, and will oversee projects such as Much Ado and End of the World for Columbia, Blackfriars for eOne, and other features currently in development at Searchlight, Disney and Netflix. Previously, she worked on Gluck’s...

“History of the World, Part I” is finally getting a Part II, with Hulu ordering a variety series followup to the classic Mel Brooks comedy film, Variety has learned exclusively.

“History of the World, Part II” is described as a sequel to the 1981 film. The film was made up of segments set during different periods of world history. Among those was the Stone Age, Ancient Rome, and the French Revolution. Like most of Brooks’ work, it also featured musical numbers, including one about the Spanish Inquisition and, of course, “Jews in Space.”

Brooks is a writer and executive producer on the series along with Nick Kroll, Wanda Sykes, Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen and Kevin Salter. There is no word yet on which world events the series will cover. Hulu has ordered eight episodes of the show. The writers room is beginning in October with production slated to begin in Spring...

Fall has officially begun and with it comes the arrival of pumpkin spice, changing leaves and Fall TV. With new and returning series hitting broadcast networks, cable channels and streaming services soon, TheWrap has rounded up a list of premiere dates to make sure you don’t miss anything important.

Click through our gallery here to see when your favorite shows will return — and when your new favorites will launch.

Series: “A.P. Bio” Net: Peacock Premiere Date: Thursday, Sept. 2 Time: N/A

Series: “Q-Force” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Thursday, Sept. 2 Time: N/A

Series: “What We Do in the Shadows” Net: FX Premiere Date: Thursday, Sept. 2 Time: 10 p.m.

Series: “The D’Amelio Show” Net: Hulu Premiere Date: Friday, Sept. 3 Time: N/A

Series: “Money Heist” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Friday, Sept. 3 Time: N/A

Series: “Billions” Net: Showtime Premiere Date: Sunday, Sept. 5 Time: 9 p.m.

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Chicago – The funny meter of Netflix went off the scale last week, as the animated series “Chicago Party Aunt” made its debut on September 17th. What began as a Twitter account by comic actor Chris Witaske (who also provides his voice talent) has morphed into the cartoon adventures of Aunt Diane Dumbowski, her nephew Daniel, and an array of familiar Chicago-isms and characters.

The series was created by Witaske, veteran Chicago improv artist Katie Rich and actor/Chicago native Jon Barinholtz (Katie and Jon also character voices). Jon’s brother, prominent comic actor Ike Barinholtz, also serves as executive producer and voice talent. Diane Dumbrowski is voiced by veteran improv star, actress Lauren Ash, and her nephew Daniel is vocally portrayed by Broadway actor Rory O’Malley.

Chicago Party Aunt

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“Chicago Party Aunt” follows Aunt Diane and her nephew Daniel, as they become roommates in Chicago’s Wrigleyville neighborhood,...

There’s no joke too obvious for Diane, aka the “Chicago Party Aunt,” to make with a holler and hefty wink. In the Netflix animated show adapted from Chris Witaske’s Twitter account, Diane (Lauren Ash) is just as loud, coarse and unapologetic as the tweets that inspired her. The closest she gets to showing another layer is her general annoyance with the gentrification that keeps taking over her favorite Chicago haunts. Otherwise, she’s just happy to party, give her beloved nephew Daniel (Rory O’Malley) bad advice, and defend her dirtbag way of life to the death. They eat Chicago food, have wacky misadventures, flirt with learning a life lesson, wash, rinse, repeat. If anyone can count on Diane for anything, it’s finding the crudest, most inevitable punchline for any situation. By the time she and Daniel hit up a barbecued ribs food festival, you can practically mouth...

You don’t always appreciate how hard it is to do something well until you try to reproduce it.

That’s a lesson that Netflix is learning regarding F Is for Family, the adult animated sitcom that has aired for years in the critical shadow of BoJack Horseman and Big Mouth. Created by Bill Burr and Mike Price, F Is for Family is coarse as hell, but at the same time, it’s a series with marvelous regional and period specificity, with a raw emotional heart that’s more true to the spirit of the show than its occasional fat jokes and caricatures. Everything that ...

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With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.

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Don’t know if you’ve heard but Netflix is doing pretty well with their local language releases. Now, with its list of new releases for September 2021, Netflix is leading with one of its biggest international hits.

Season 5 of the worldwide smash Money Heist is set to premiere its first half on Sept. 3. This Spanish series (called La Casa de Papel in its native tongue) about a group of geographically-named thieves found new life on Netflix to become a global phenomenon. Other international series of note this month include Sex Education and Jaguar.

Netflix’s roster of originals in September 2021 is pretty packed even beyond that. The final season of Lucifer premieres on Sept. 10. That will be followed by He-Man and the Masters of the Universe on Sept. 16 (not to be confused with Masters of the Universe: Revelation) and Mike Flanagan’s next horror series, Midnight Mass, on Sept. 24.

There...