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Every year, Jesse Shade of the Awfully Good Movies series provides us with his list of the ten worst movies of the year – and 2024 is no different! Now that the Oscars are out of the way and it has been revealed that the members of the Academy felt Anora was the best picture of 2024, Jesse Shade is here with his list of The 10 Worst Movies of 2024. You can find out what his picks are by checking out the video embedded above. Fittingly, this is also the video that has been chosen to launch the new JoBlo Awfully Good Movies YouTube channel!

If you want to know what Jesse Shade’s picks for the 10 Worst Movies of 2024 were before you start watching the video, here’s the list:

10. Joker: Folie à Deux

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The Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso premiered in 2020 and aired for three seasons to critical acclaim. The show drew viewers in with exceptional performances, outrageous humor, uplifting tone, and more. There is much buzz on social media about a fourth season of the series. But until then, viewers continue to look for another series to fill the void.

Comedy fans are always searching for another intelligent comedy to keep them entertained. Ted Lasso set the bar fairly high, but the list below will certainly give fans some new series to keep them entertained.

Lessons in Chemistry

This is a period drama with some comedy sprinkled in, but it is an exceptionally underappreciated series from Apple TV+. Based on the bestselling novel by Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry follows a brilliant chemist, Elizabeth Zott, who hosts a feminist cooking show in the 1960s where she teaches housewives scientific topics. Sadly, there...

2025 is going to see massive scheduling changes to beloved animated sitcoms The Simpsons and Family Guy.

The new year has arrived, and so have some major changes to Fox’s Animation Domination programming block. Per Comicbook.com, Family Guy will take over The Simpsons’ time slot when the series’ 23rd season premieres this February. The swap was revealed in a Jerry O’Connell preview.

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While not officially confirmed, Family Guy will likely take the 8:00 Pm Est time slot starting Sunday at the beginning of February. This marks the official premiere of the 23rd season of the series, not including the two holiday specials "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater" and "Gift of the White Guy," airing in October and November 2024. Alongside Family Guy, other animated series,...

Having Jack Black and Ben Stiller in a comedy feels just like old times. While the latter makes only a brief appearance, it’s nice that Dear Santa feels so carefree and fun with its humor. It’s been a while since a film aimed at younger audiences had me chuckling along as well, but Dear Santa manages to do that. Whether it’s because of the charming cast — Robert Timothy Smith is delightful as Liam Turner — or the outlandish plot, the holiday film is fully aware of what it’s going for and infuses the storyline with plenty of heart alongside its humor.

Due to a mix-up, young Liam, a dyslexic 6th grader, sends a letter to Satan instead of Santa, leading Satan to appear at his door, delighted by his first-ever fan letter and interested in acquiring a portion of Liam’s soul.

Director Bobby FarrellyRelease Date November 25, 2024Writers Peter Farrelly,...

The newest Jack Black movie sees the actor returning to an unexpected genre after nearly two full decades. Black, who had his breakout role in the 2000 John Cusack movie High Fidelity, is best known as an actor in a wide variety of comedy movies including Shallow Hal, School of Rock, Tropic Thunder, and Kung Fu Panda. While he has appeared in movies consistently throughout his career, he experienced a major resurgence when he starred in the two most recent Jumanji movies opposite Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, and Kevin Hart.

In the past five years since his appearance in Jumanji: The Next Level, Black's output has included a variety of well-known titles. This includes the animated feature The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which grossed over $1 billion, and the fourth Kung Fu Panda movie, which is the sixth highest-grossing movie of the year worldwide at the time of writing. His upcoming projects...

Peter and Bobby Farrelly's Christmas comedy, Dear Santa, starring Jack Black, has finally arrived after a decade-long journey. Dear Santa follows the story of Liam (Robert Timothy Smith), a young boy with dyslexia who thinks that Santa Claus "is probably not real." Still, he decides to write Santa a letter, but a spelling error has dire results. Instead of addressing the envelope to the jolly bearded gift distributor, Liam writes "Satan," summoning Black's character, who begins pretending he is Santa. During a recent conversation with Variety, the brothers discussed where the idea for Dear Santa was born and why it took them ten years to get the movie "just right:"

"Pete Jones and Kevin Barnett, who we work with a lot, brought us the idea and they said, 'A kid's writing a letter to Santa, but he misspells it and instead writes it to Satan.' We're like, 'We'll buy that.

In mid-December of 1994, the Farrelly brothers blew the roofs off cinemas around the world with their gut-busting feature directorial debut, Dumb and Dumber. And so it’s fitting that Dear Santa, their first feature film team-up in a decade, arrives just three weeks before the 30th anniversary of their Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels-led buddy comedy.

In the intervening years, the Rhode Island-raised brothers, Peter and Bobby, have kept busy, as the former won two Oscars — including best picture and best screenplay — as the co-writer and director of Green Book (2018). Bobby also directed the underrated Woody Harrelson-led comedy-drama, Champions (2023), having produced and/or directed various other projects across both mediums until that point.

Directors Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly

But the brothers have remained close in the decade since their last go-round on Dumb and Dumber To, the sequel that marked the then-20th anniversary of their career-launching film.

In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo accidentally invites chaos into the holidays while chatting with Peter and Bobby Farrelly about their upcoming comedy, “Dear Santa.” The film follows a young boy who mails his Christmas wish list to Santa with one crucial dyslexic spelling error, summoning a satanic figure to wreak havoc on the season. Directed by Bobby Farrelly and written by Peter Farrelly, Dan Ewan, and Ricky Blitt, the movie stars Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Ethan Dillon, Post Malone, and more.

Continue reading ‘Dear Santa’: The Farrelly Brothers Discuss Their Satanic Holiday Comedy, ‘Dumb & Dumber’ & More [The Discourse Podcast] at The Playlist.

If you live in a country where Christmas is widely celebrated, and you're drawing oxygen, you've probably heard at least one person point out that "Santa" and "Satan" are made up of the same letters. Maybe it was your nosy evangelical neighbor. Maybe it was a kid at school. Maybe...

Dear Santa is here, and I remember when a Farrelly Brothers comedy used to be a big event. From Dumb & Dumber, There’s Something About Mary, and Kingpin. These guys made some of the best comedies the world has ever seen. Yet, the latter two films had to find an audience with small but steady box office receipts or achieve home video glory to secure their place in history.

Their later comedies were underwhelming, with several misfires. In particular, the team now reunites with Jack Black, who starred in their film Shallow Hal—a movie with a good message but shorter on laughs than expected. Their latest attempt, Dear Santa, aims for a family-friendly version of Bad Santa, but it replaces the dark edge with loads of overdone bathroom humor.

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Twenty years after the release of Dumb and Dumber, the Farrelly brothers reunited with Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels for Dumb and Dumber To. Although the sequel received negative reviews, it did gross $169.8 million. It’s now the 30th anniversary of Dumb and Dumber, and the Farrelly brothers told Variety that they’re down to do another sequel if they can get the gang back together.

“I still take notes whenever I hear something that I think would be a good ‘Dumb and Dumber’ joke,” Peter said. “I keep a list because I could easily see us doing another ‘Dumb and Dumber’ someday.”

Bobby added, “We did it on the 20th anniversary, and right now we’re at the 30th anniversary. So in 10 years… Those guys are so much fun to work with. If we’re all still kicking around, I’d love to do that.” In a post-credit scene,...

The Farrelly brothers have had a long career both collaborating and helming projects individually. They’re coming together again for the holidays with the new Paramount+ film “Dear Santa,” a naughty but sweet Christmas confection starring Jack Black as Satan, who is accidentally summoned by a boy named Liam (Robert Timothy Smith) who can’t spell when writing a letter to Kris Kringle.

Peter and Bobby Farrelly spoke with Variety about their favorite Christmas movies, the power of underdog stories, and which of their movies would be worth revisiting.

Where did the idea for “Dear Santa” come from?

Peter: Pete Jones and Kevin Barnett, who we work with a lot, brought us the idea and they said, “A kid’s writing a letter to Santa, but he misspells it and instead writes it to Satan.” We’re like, “We’ll buy that. Ok, let’s do it.” It was like...

Christmas-themed movies have become so ubiquitous it’s hard to avoid the feeling that filmmakers have come to think of them as annuities for their retirement accounts. So it’s no wonder that the Farrelly brothers have waded into the territory for the first time, with their new comedy directed by Bobby Farrelly making its debut on Paramount+. And while Dear Santa doesn’t exactly qualify for entry in the filmmakers’ pantheon beside the likes of There’s Something About Mary and Dumb and Dumber, it should fulfill its goal of being trotted out annually for holiday consumption alongside the turkey and the eggnog.

Considering that the words “Santa” and “Satan” contain exactly the same letters, it’s amazing that it’s taken this long for someone to come up with the idea for a movie about an 11-year-old with dyslexia who writes a letter to Santa, only to find...

Last week, I was lamenting about the state of Christmas movies after watching The Merry Gentlemen, and between then and now, 10 more Xmas-themed films have been released across various streaming platforms, and all of them have been pretty bad. One of them was inspired by the real-life romantic relationship between Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, so you can guess what we are dealing with. And the most surprising and dreadful thing is that we are still in the month of November. We haven’t even hit December. It’s still hot outside. Hence, I am not shivering because of the temperature; it’s the fear that holiday season-centric films are going to get much worse than they are right now that’s making me quiver in my boots. That’s why, despite being an atheist, I started praying to the movie gods to give me a glimmer of hope by...

Dear Santa follows a dyslexic 6th grader named Liam who accidentally sends a letter to Satan instead of Santa. This causes Satan to appear at his door, delighted by his first-ever fan letter. He is Satan though, so he has more sinister plans in mind.

Dear Santa director Bobby Farrelly and writer Peter Farrelly are well known in the entertainment industry, having worked on many films together, including the hilarious Dumb & Dumber. They reunite with Jack Black for this film, whom they previously worked with on 2001's Shallow Hal. Dear Santa streams on Paramount+ and releases on digital November 25.

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Jack Black is reuniting with the Farrelly brothers for Christmas comedy Dear Santa, and here’s the trailer for the film.

Jack Black and the Farrelly brothers have worked together before. Go back to 2001, and we got Shallow Hal. It follows a man (Black) who is hypnotized into seeing only the inner beauty of women and falls in love with Gwyneth Paltrow. It remains a prime example of the Farrelly brothers’ near-the-knuckle comedy. However, it’s also a film with a rather unpleasant mean streak which has attracted a lot of criticism in the years since its release.

Anyway, to now. Jack Black has reunited with the Farrelly brothers to play a twisted version of Father Christmas in festive film Dear Santa.

Black stars alongside Robert Timothy Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Hayes MacArthur, Pj Byrne, newcomer Jaden Carson Baker, Kai Cech and Austin Post.

Bobby Farrelly directed the film...

Peter and Bobby Farrelly and Jack Black are throwing it back to the rude ‘90s/’00s style of comedy they originated in movies like “Dumb & Dumber” and “Shallow Hal” for their straight-to-streaming Christmas comedy “Dear Santa.” Paramount+ released a mischievous trailer for the project on Thursday.

In “Dear Santa,” a nice kid (Robert Timothy Smith) tries to send his Christmas wish list to Santa, but due to a spelling error, the list gets delivered to someone else whose name has all the same letters but arranged in a different order. So devilish Jack Black appears to try to corrupt the boy’s soul before Christmas by encouraging him to misbehave. The kid might turn the devil good before that happens, though. They have a lot to learn from each other.

The trailer features bathroom humor, Post Malone, and lots of Jack Black antics of the sort we haven’t...

Jack Black stars in Paramount+’s first original Christmas film, Dear Santa, streaming on November 25, 2024. The trailer shows Black as Satan, not Santa, accidentally summoned by a kid who’s horrible at spelling.

Robert Timothy Smith stars as the kid who misspells Santa. The PG-13 holiday comedy also features Keegan-Michael Key (Wonka), Brianne Howey (Ginny & Georgia), Hayes MacArthur (Merry Happy Whatever), Post Malone, P.J. Byrne (The Boys), Jaden Carson Baker, and Kai Cech.

“Dear Santa is the story of a young boy (Smith) who mails his Christmas wish list to Santa with one crucial spelling error, resulting in a devilish Jack Black’s arrival to wreak havoc on the holidays,” reads Paramount+’s synopsis. “Dear Santa marks the return of the Farrelly Brothers, the hilarious minds behind Dumb & Dumber, Something About Mary, and more. With their latest collaboration, which joins their decades-spanning repertoire of wild comedy films, Christmas is going up in flames.

“Dear Santa” has been 15 years in the making for Bobby and Peter Farrelly.

During that time, the brothers parted ways for solo careers, with Peter Farrelly famously winning Best Picture for “Green Book.” Now, a decade after last working together on “Dumb and Dumber To” in 2014, the Farrelly Brothers are back together for a subversive new holiday film starring Jack Black.

Black plays Satan, who is summoned by a kid (Robert Timothy Smith) who accidentally sends his letter to Santa Claus to the underworld. Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Post Malone, Hayes MacArthur, Jaden Carson Baker, and Kai Cech co-star.

Ricky Blitt (“Loudermilk”) co-wrote the script with Peter Farrelly; Bobby Farrelly directs. Last year, during an interview for his solo effort “Champions,” Bobby Farrelly told IndieWire, “It’s a much zanier comedy than this one, closer to what we did, I think, originally.”

“It’s a long-percolating movie, like all our movies,...

Add another new title to the list of holiday films to check out this winter.

After an extended wait, Paramount Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for their comedy Dear Santa, reteaming Jack Black with director Bobby Farrelly, announcing that the film will become available for streaming on Paramount+ and on digital November 25.

In Dear Santa, a young boy mails his Christmas wish list to Santa with one crucial spelling error. Thereafter, a devilish Jack Black arrives to wreak havoc on the holidays.

Ricky Blitt & Peter Farrelly wrote the script from their story conceived with Dan Ewen. The project reunites Black with the Farrelly brothers for the first time since the 20th Century Fox comedy Shallow Hal, co-starring Gwyneth Paltrow, back in 2001.

Robert Timothy Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Hayes MacArthur, Post Malone, P.J. Byrne, Jaden Carson Baker, and Kai Cech round out the cast. Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, and...

The Farrelly brothers reunite with Jack Black after their 2001 film Shallow Hal in this new Christmas comedy that makes use of the popular joke misspelling of Santa. Paramount has just released the trailer for Dear Santa. The holiday film stars Jack Black, Robert Timothy Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Hayes MacArthur, Post Malone, P.J. Byrne, Jaden Carson Baker and Kai Cech. While both the Farrellys are involved, only Bobby Farrelly directs the movie while Peter Farrelly writes the screenplay with Ricky Blitt.

The holly jolly comedy centers on Liam Turner (Robert Timothy Smith), a young boy who still believes in Santa Claus. Liam isn’t the best speller, and while writing his yearly note to Santa, he misspells the rotund elf’s name, addressing his wishes to Satan instead. Touched by the boy’s outreach, Satan (Jack Black) visits Liam, bringing the gift of devilish tricks, demonic shenanigans, and laughs to the spirited season.

Paramount+ today revealed the trailer for Dear Santa, the upcoming original holiday comedy from the Farrelly Brothers, which will premiere on the streaming service on November 25. The film has been rated PG-13 for some language and suggestive material.

The movie, which is the service’s first original Christmas film, will premiere exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and the following day in the UK and Australia. Additional Paramount+ international market premiere dates will be announced at a later time.

The movie will also be featured in the annual Paramount+ “‘Tis the Season for Streaming” holiday collection that curates a broad and popular lineup of beloved movies, seasonal episodes from hit original series, and festive specials for the whole household to enjoy. The film will also be available to buy on digital the same day.

Dear Santa is the story of a young boy (Robert Timothy Smith) who mails his...

Paramount+ released a first look at their new Christmas comedy titled Dear Santa starring Jack Black. This is the first film by the Farrelly Brothers in a decade, and there are many questioning whether it will be a successful return for the Dumb & Dumber creators. In the movie, Black plays Satan, who is coincidentally confused with Santa, in the devilishly funny holiday romp.

The premise of Dear Santa follows a young man, Liam Turner played by Robert Timothy Smith, who still believes in Santa. In order to prove all of his disbelieving friends wrong, Liam writes a letter to jolly Saint Nick himself, pleading with the legend to reveal himself. However, a spelling error accidentally addresses the letter to Satan, played by Jack Black. Flattered by the unexpected letter, Satan decides to meet Liam, inciting chaos, mischief, and hilarity.

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Peter Farrelly shared that they first heard...

Mr. Throwback is a mockumentary-style comedy series created by Adam Pally and David Caspe. The Peacock series follows the story of Danny Grossman, a down-on-his-luck memorabilia salesman who was the top-rated 6th-grade basketball player in the country and also a teammate and friend with NBA legend Steph Curry. When Danny reaches out to Steph Curry, his life takes an unexpected turn. Mr. Throwback stars Adam Pally, Stephen Curry, and Ego Nwodim in the lead roles with Ayden Mayeri, Julian Sergi, Felix Jerry Droz, and Kyle Gibson starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the sports, comedy, and friendship in Mr. Throwback here are some similar shows you could watch next.

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What was old was extremely new on Netflix in January and even into this month.

Specifically, the Peter Farrelly-created dramedy series about addiction, Loudermilk, which was barely found in its original run on the now-unplugged AT&T Audience Network, became a must-see show on the streamer six-plus years after its original airing.

In Nielsen’s Top 10 for Streaming Originals (January 8-14), Loudermilk ranked No. 8 with 846 million viewing minutes.

But even before that list was published, Loudermilk was showing signs of life across the streamer’s own Top 10 charts. Loudermilk Season 1 was in the Netflix Top 10 most-viewed shows in the U.S. for four weeks with a peak rank of No. 4 during the week of January 15-21. Season 2 of Loudermilk ranked in the Netflix top 10 stateside during the week of July 28.

But that’s not all. Loudermilk hit the top 10 throughout the month of January in Australia,...

Loudermilk is a hilarious TV series with gut-bustingly funny scenes, thanks to Ron Livingston's cynical performance and a colorful cast of characters. Memorable moments include outrageous courtroom drama, dark comedy encounters, and hilarious coffee shop squabbles that reveal the character's persona. The show balances comedic chops with genuine sincerity and drama, making it one of the funniest TV shows of the streaming era.

Loudermilk is quickly becoming one of the most irreverent comedy TV series of the streaming era, with plenty of gut-bustingly funny scenes that stand out. The series follows the struggles of Sam Loudermilk, a washed up former music critic and recovering alcoholic Seattleite who finds himself acting as a career counselor, despite his sardonic outlook on life. While it has moments of genuine sincerity and drama, Loudermilk's comedic chops are what help it stand out as one of the funniest TV shows to come out of the 2010s.

Back when Peter and Bobby Farrelly were still making movies as a team, Jack Black starred for them in one of their big comedy hits, Shallow Hal. He's now set to reunite with the sibling duo for new Christmas film Dear Santa.

The Farrellys are also back together for this one — though Bobby is actually directing, while Peter produces and co-writing the script with his brother and Ricky Blitt.

Dear Santa, which sprung from an original idea from Dan Ewen, focuses on a young boy, who in writing his yearly note to Santa, mixes up the letters and sends it to Satan instead.

This is one that has been on the Farrellys' radar for more than a decade now, originally set up at 20th Century Fox as Dear Satan, but now squatting at Paramount.

The cast also includes Robert Timothy Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Hayes MacArthur, Pj Byrne, Jaden Carson Baker,...

It’s likely not a project we’ll be covering much here on Bloody Disgusting, but Deadline reports today that Jack Black is reteaming with the Farrelly Brothers for a Christmas comedy titled Dear Santa, and the plot synopsis notably hints at some sinister horror elements.

Coming soon from Paramount, “The movie centers on a young boy, who in writing his yearly note to Santa, mixes up the letters and sends it to Satan instead.”

At the very least, we’ll be keeping our eyes on this one…

Robert Timothy Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Hayes MacArthur, Pj Byrne, Jaden Carson Baker, Kai Cech and Austin Post will star alongside Jack Black.

Deadline notes in their report this afternoon, “The current working draft is by the Farrelly Brothers and Ricky Blitt, with the original idea from Dan Ewen.”

Bobby Farrelly will direct, with Peter Farrelly on board to produce.

The...

After more than 20 years, Jack Black is reteaming with his Shallow Hal filmmakers the Farrelly Brothers for the Paramount comedy Dear Santa.

The feature centers on a child who intends to write a letter to Santa Claus, but mixes up the letters and sends it to Satan instead.

Bobby Farrelly will direct and produce, with brother Peter Farrelly producing along with Jeremy Kramer. The Farrelly brothers penned the script with Ricky Blitt, the writer behind the 2005 Johnny Knoxville feature The Ringer. The story came from an original idea from Dan Ewen, known for the John Cena comedy Playing With Fire.

Black leads a cast that includes Robert Timothy Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Hayes MacArthur, Pj Byrne, Jaden Carson Baker and Kai Cech.

The Farrelly Brothers have comedy hits dating back decades including Dumb and Dumber; Me, Myself & Irene; There’s Something About Mary; and Kingpin. Bobby Farrelly is in theaters...

Exclusive: Jack Black and brothers Bobby and Peter Farrelly, the team behind the 2001 comedy Shallow Hal, look to be reuniting for the holidays — and bringing an infamous character along for the sleigh ride. Sources tell Deadline that Black is set to star in the Christmas comedy Dear Santa with Bobby Farrelly set to direct and Peter Farrelly on board to produce with Bobby and Jeremy Kramer.

The movie centers on a young boy who, in writing his yearly note to Santa, mixes up the letters and sends it to Satan instead. Black recently teased the project on social media when he posted a photo of him posing with Christmas decorations with no context — it got everyone talking about what it could be.

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The film also will star Robert Timothy Smith, with a supporting cast that includes Keegan-Michael Key,...

Updated, 9 Am: The previously unaired third season of Loudermilk premieres today, Tuesday, April 27 on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S.

Previous, March 10: Loudermilk has found a new home. Amazon has picked up the praised former Audience Network comedy series starring Ron Livingston. Seasons 1 and 2, which had aired on Audience, will premiere on Prime Video on March 12. A premiere date for the previously unaired third season will be announced soon.

This marks a happy ending for the series, created and executive produced by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Mort, produced by Big Branch Productions and distributed by Sony Pictures TV, which made the deal with Amazon.

“I could not be more pleased that Loudermilk is finding a second life on Prime Video,” Farrelly said. “It’s a show that I’m extremely proud of and one that deserves to be seen by all. I would argue that it has the...

HBO Max released the trailer for the upcoming comedy series “That Damn Michael Che,” which premieres on May 6.

Each installment of the “Saturday Night Live” star’s 10-episode series illustrates what it feels like to experience everyday situations from his own perspective, including racial profiling, unemployment and falling in love.

Fellow “SNL” cast members Cecily Strong, Heidi Gardner, Colin Quinn, Ellen Cleghorne and Colin Jost lend their talents to the series along with guest stars Omari Hardwick, Geoffrey Owens, Godfrey, Billy Porter and Method Man.

Che serves as an executive producer alongside Lorne Michaels, Erin Doyle and Oz Rodriguez.

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Apple TV Plus revealed that the first three episodes of the upcoming drama-comedy series “Physical” will premiere on June 18. The final seven episodes of the season will be released weekly every Friday. Created by Annie Weisman, the series is set in the idyllic...

More than two years after its sophomore finale aired on Audience Network, Season 3 of Peter Farrelly and Bobby Mort’s Loudermilk comedy has found a Stateside home, on Amazon Prime.

Distributor Sony Pictures Television has announced that Seasons 1 and 2 of the comedy (20 episodes in all) will land on Prime Video this Friday, March 12, while the U.S. premiere date for Season 3 (which Canada got dibs on back in December) will be determined soon.

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“Loudermilk” will get its second wind at Amazon

After temporarily losing its home on AT&T’s now-defunct Audience Network, Sony Pictures Television has announced that Season 1 and Season 2 of the Peter Farrelly and Bobby Mort co-created comedy will premiere on Amazon’s SVOD service Friday, March 12. Additionally, a premiere date for the Ron Livingston-starring series’ third season will be determined and unveiled soon. Farrelly (“Dumb and Dumber”) and Mort (“The Colbert Report”) return to write and executive produce.

“I could not be more pleased that ‘Loudermilk’ is finding a second life on Prime Video,” Farrelly commented in a statement. “It’s a show that I’m extremely proud of and one that deserves to be seen by all. I would argue that it has the best ensemble cast on television and deserves to be in the conversation with ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Cobra Kai,’ shows that started on one network...

Sony Pictures Television series “Loudermilk” from Peter Farrelly has found a new home on Amazon Prime Video. “Loudermilk” aired its first two seasons on the now-defunct AT&T Audience Network.

Those two seasons will become available on Amazon’s Prime Video platform on Friday.

“Loudermilk” was renewed for Season 3 before AT&T shuttered Audience last year. The third season, which does not yet have a U.S. premiere date, has already streamed on Prime Video in Canada.

“I could not be more pleased that ‘Loudermilk’ is finding a second life on Prime Video,” Farrelly said in a statement on Wednesday. “It’s a show that I’m extremely proud of and one that deserves to be seen by all. I would argue that it has the best ensemble cast on television and deserves to be in the conversation with ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Cobra Kai,’ shows that started on one network but...

Back in February, Fox renewed Seth MacFarlane's hit animated series Family Guy for an eighteenth season. While that's all well and good and should excite teenagers the world over, what I'm wondering about is the planned Family Guy: The Movie we've been hearing about for years. Well, it turns out that the only thing holding up the show's move to the big screen is MacFarlane himself who says the movie is still on his to-do list, but he just hasn't gotten around to it yet.

Specifically, Seth MacFarlane says this.

"We've been talking about this for ten years. The Family Guy movie is still on my To-Do list. I have a pretty clear sense of what it's going to be. I have for some time. But I just haven't gotten around to it."

Now, I don't know about you, but I think it's possible that the time for a Family Guy movie has passed.

At&T Audience Network has renewed “Loudermilk” for Season 3.

The move comes ahead of the Season 2 finale on Dec. 19 The network has ordered a 10-episode third season of the half-hour comedy, which stars Ron Livingston in the title role. Season 3 will begin shooting in Vancouver this spring.

Big Branch Productions will continue to co-produce the scripted series. Peter Farrelly and Bobby Mort will serve as writer-creators and executive producers. Audience Network’s Shane Elrod and Kate Regan, and Big Branch Productions’ Bart Peters will also serve as executive producers.

In Season 2, after a relapse in New Orleans and a falling out with his best friend and sponsor, Ben (Will Sasso), Loudermilk (Livingston) is back in Seattle trying to piece his world back together. With his “Sober Friends” meeting hijacked, a messy new relationship, and a stumbling start back into writing, Loudermilk is forced to do a little soul searching and decide what he wants from life.

ABC has put in development Housesitters, a multi-camera comedy starring and executive produced by Michael Bolton. Written/executive produced by comedy veteran Ricky Blitt, Housesitters, starring Bolton, as sort of modern-day Three’s Company meets Two Broke Girls. The project hails from Gail Berman’s The Jackal Group and ABC Studios. Berman also is executive producing, with Todd Graner, Tom Mullen and Tim Mullen serving as producers. Bolton’s famous stint in Saturday Night…...

Sony Pictures Animation is teaming up with Robot Chicken producers/animators John Harvatine and Eric Towner for the stop motion animated project Superbago.

John Harvatine IV and Eric Towner are set to direct this tale centering on a pair of superhero wannabes. While Sony Pictures Animation is best known for family-friendly fare such as The Smurfs, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Hotel Transylvania, this project will cater to a different audience.

Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) is producing alongside Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson. Jared Hess is also co-writing the script alongside Ricky Blitt, Hubbel Palmer and Chris Bowman.

Here's what Michelle Raimo Kouyate, Sony Pictures Animation's production president, had to say about Superbago.

"Superbago is a unique new project for Sony Pictures Animation. I love that our studio has the luxury of not being tied down to one specific type of movie. Superbago will skew older than...

Sony Pictures Animation and the producers of sketch stop motion animated comedy series "Robot Chicken" are teaming for a new stop motion animated feature entitled "Superbago".

John Harvatine IV and Eric Towner will direct the story of a pair of superhero wannabes. The pair will be stop-motion characters who are dropped into a live-action world. Sony Pictures Animation usually makes CG animated films for family audiences, whereas this one will be "quite different".

Jared Hess, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson will produce. Hess, Ricky Blitt, Hubbel Palmer and Chris Bowman will co-write the script.

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R.I.P. Dads, Enlisted, and Surviving Jack: Fox has confirmed that it won’t be ordering second seasons of any of those three first-year comedies. The network is also not moving forward with three comedies for which it had filmed pilots: Fatrick, Dead Boss, and writer Ricky Blitt’s No Place Like Home. But back to the cancellations. The death of Enlisted is not all shocking, give the network’s decision to bury season one on Fridays (and the resulting low ratings.) There had been some speculation that Fox execs were giving the show a serious second look, but as of now, it’s dead at Fox. Studio 20th Century Fox TV is expected to try to sell the series elsewhere. Meanwhile, Fox chief Kevin Reilly seemed to be laying the groundwork for a second year of Dads, telling Vulture and other outlets that he believed in multi-camera comedies...

Girlfriends alumna Tracee Ellis Ross is set to star opposite Anthony Anderson in his untitled ABC pilot (formerly Black-ish) from ABC Studios, Laurence Fishburne’s Cinema Gypsy and Principato Young. The single-camera comedy centers on an upper-middle-class black man (Anderson) who struggles to raise his children with some sense of cultural identity despite constant contradictions and obstacles coming from his liberal wife, old-school father, and his own assimilated, color-blind kids. Ross is repped by Impression, Paradigm and Hansen, Jacobsen, Teller. Australian actress Natasha Bassett has rounded out the cast of Fox’s half-hour pilot from writer Ricky Blitt, Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki and producer Stephen McPherson. It centers on a stunted, set-in-his-ways thirtysomething man (Jon Heder) she gets married — and her new husband (David James Elliott) and his three teenage children move in. Bassett plays Emma, a pretty and smart but rebellious 17-year-old who’s upset her dad...

After 15 years of impressive. work in Australian films and TV series, Don Hany has the chance to make a name for himself in the Us.

Meanwhile young Aussie actress Natasha Bassett has scored a role in a Fox network comedy pilot, Here.s Your Damn Family.

Hany, who starred in The Broken Shore, Serangoon Road, Devils Dust and Offspring, has landed the lead role in Warriors, the pilot for a Us drama series.

Hany will play George Mann, a trauma surgeon for a Us military hospital inspired by the Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Caring for injured servicemen takes its toll on Hany.s character. The pilot was written by Chris Keyser (Party of Five, Sisters) and will be produced by Mandeville TV and ABC Studios for the ABC network.

Bassett, whose credits include Mental, Rake, Wild Boys and the Oz-shot NBC series Camp, will play a...

Over the weekend, Fox cast Jon Heder for the role of ”Richard” in its untitled Ricky Blitt comedy pilot. A man in his early 30s, Richard is an intensely intelligent, though a sloth-like underachiever. He still lives with his mother, where he finds his life turned upside down when his mother gets married and her new husband and three teenage children move in. Heder joins the previously announced Jane Kaczmarek (“Carol”) as a series regular. Also read: ‘True Blood’ Actress Fiona Dourif to Star in Psychological Thriller ‘Origami Fox’ (Exclusive) The multi-cam from Wonder Monkey and Candy Bar Productions in...

Jon Heder is set to star opposite Jane Kaczmarek and David James Elliott in Fox’s half-hour pilot from writer Ricky Blitt and producers Johnny Galecki and Stephen McPherson. The Warner Bros-produced multi-camera comedy (known as Here’s Your Damn Family) centers on a stunted, intelligent but underachieving, set-in-his-ways thirtysomething man (Heder) living with his mom (Kaczmarek) who finds his perfectly organized world upended when she gets married — and her new husband (Elliott) plus his three teenage children move in. Napoleon Dynamite and Blades Of Glory star Heder is repped by Gersh, Mosaic and Jackie Eckhouse.

Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder is returning to Fox. The actor has been tapped to star in the network's Ricky Blitt comedy, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Photos: Faces of Pilot Season 2014 Known as Here's Your Damn Family, the multicamera comedy centers on a mother (The Middle's Jane Kaczmarek) who, after being single for two decades, traumatizes her stunted 30-something son with a surprise: She just got married and her new husband (Jag's David James Elliott) and his three teenage children are about to move in. Heder will play Richard, the son who is described as a rare combination of

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Jag alum David James Elliott is set to co-star opposite Jane Kaczmarek in Here’s Your Damn Family, Fox’s half-hour pilot from writer Ricky Blitt, The Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki and producer Stephen McPherson. The Warner Bros. TV-produced multi-camera comedy centers on a stunted, set-in-his-ways thirtysomething man living with his mom (Kaczmarek) who finds his perfectly organized world upended when she gets married — and her new husband (Elliott) plus his three teenage children move in. Elliott’s Mike is a ruggedly handsome, straightforward, ‘man’s man’ widower. Also cast in the pilot are Peter DaCunha and Brendan Meyer as two of Mike’s three children. Elliott is repped by Gersh and manager Jeffrey Goldberg. DaCunha is with Coast to Coast; Meyer is with Gersh and Pay Management.

Exclusive: Spotlight Pictures to handle sales on rom-com, starring Jon Cryer [pictured].

Spotlight Pictures has come on board to handle sales at the Efm on the rom-com Hit By Lightning starring Jon Cryer.

The story centres on a bachelor who meets the perfect woman, except that she wants him to kill her husband. Stephanie Szostak and Will Sasso star.

Ricky Blitt wrote and directed the feature, which Chantal Chamandy produced through her Chantal Chamandy Entertainment label.

Mike Ades served as executive producer.

“This is a hilarious film that hits all the right beats. We are more than excited to be introducing it to buyers in Berlin,” said Spotlight CEO Matt McCombs.

Malcolm In The Middle star Jane Kaczmarek is returning to Fox with a starring role in the network’s half-hour pilot from writer Ricky Blitt, The Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki and producer Stephen McPherson. The project, formerly titled Here’s Your Damn Family when it was picked up as cast-contingent pilot in November, is now a firm go. The multi-camera comedy produced by Warner Bros TV, the studio behind Big Bang, centers on a stunted, set-in-his-ways thirtysomething man living with his mom (Kaczmarek) who finds his perfectly organized world upended when she gets married — and her new husband plus his three teenage children move in. Blitt, Galecki and McPherson executive produce.

Exclusive: Stephanie Szostak (Iron Man 3) and Blair Redford (90210) are set to co-star opposite Matt Passmore in USA Network’s untitled Sean Jablonski pilot. The project, from Ucp, follows investment banker Neil Truman (Passmore) and his wife, Grace (Szostak), as they struggle to sift through their stagnant marriage, looking for the spark they once had. When Neil discovers that Grace has been seeing a debonaire male escort (Redford) his entire world is turned upside down. As he gains a new perspective on life and what motivates women, Grace contemplates her own needs and whether her marriage is worth saving. Jablonski and Russ Krasnoff of Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment executive produce. The French-born Szostak, repped by UTA and manager Estelle Lasher, recently wrapped production on the Ricky Blitt/Peter Farrelly indie comedy Hit by Lightning. Redford, who has spent the last two seasons on The Lying Game, is repped by Greene & Assoc.