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B.J. Novak's The Premise Takes Big Swings, Doesn't Always Connect
If there’s one format that has come to define the Peak TV era, it’s the anthology series.
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Posted Monday 7/26/21 at 3:32PM EDT
B.J. Novak's FX comedy anthology series sets The Premise as its title, adds Ben Platt, Tracee Ellis Ross, Daniel Dae Kim and more
Also joining The Premise are Lola Kirke, Soko, Jermaine Fowler, Ayo Edebiri and Eric Lange.
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Where The Politician Season 2 Went Wrong
Ten days ago, Netflix premiered the second season of The Politician, Ryan Murphy's ultra-arch series about ultra-ambitious Payton Hobart (Ben Platt),...
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Who's Who in Season 2 of The Politician
Ryan Murphy's The Politician returns this week, with the second of a proposed 5-season arc tracking the ascendancy of rich,...
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Posted Friday 5/22/20 at 1:25PM EDT
Ryan Murphy would like to reimagine Glee starring Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein
"Imagine it's 2009," Murphy wrote on Instagram, "and I lived in a world where I knew Lea Michele, Ben Platt...
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Broadway's Closed, But TV's All In On The Great White Way
Broadway fans will be well-fed today.
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Posted Monday 5/11/20 at 3:43PM EDT
Watch Netflix's Ben Platt Live From Radio City Music Hall trailer
The Tony-winning The Politician star's final date of his concert tour was filmed for a special premiering May 20.
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Posted Tuesday 3/31/20 at 1:50AM EDT
Stephen Colbert unveils A Late Show from home, lashes out at Trump for accusing workers of stealing masks
In his first full homebound Late Show episode, Colbert revealed a new title: A Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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Here's Who Will Win the TV Awards at the Golden Globes
Joe Reid isn't just Primetimer's managing editor.
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Posted Tuesday 11/05/19 at 1:30PM EST
Daytime Emmys ends controversial shortcut to EGOT
For four years, the Daytime Emmys handed out the award for outstanding musical performance in a daytime program -- but...
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Posted Friday 10/25/19 at 11:54PM EDT
Ben Platt: The Politician wouldn't have worked if I didn't sing
There's a reason Ryan Murphy cast the Tony-winning Dear Evan Hanson star to lead his first Netflix series.
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The Fatal Flaw at the Heart of Ryan Murphy's The Politician
It should come as no surprise that The Politician is both imperfect and endlessly fascinating.
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Posted Saturday 10/05/19 at 9:42AM EDT
The Politician sends the message that the only safe place for a gay politician is in the closet
Ryan Murphy's Netflix series "flaunts its progressive signifiers, but its sexual politics are deeply conservative," says Daniel Schroeder.
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The Best Thing About The Politician Season 1 is The Politician Season 2
Last week we told you that the fifth episode of Netflix's The Politician — Netflix and Ryan Murphy's Election-meets-Glee collaboration — is the...
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Posted Saturday 9/28/19 at 7:16AM EDT
The Politician feels like a Netflix algorithm version of a Ryan Murphy show that doesn't have much to say about politics
"The Politician neglects to match its budgetary or business ambition with the creative kind," says Alison Herman of Murphy's first...