Jennifer Garner’s Kathryn McSorley-Jodell is a human clipboard, an obsessive organizer, a control freak whose desire to bend everyone to her will makes her not much fun at parties. Or anywhere, actually. HBO’s Camping, Jenni Konner and Lena Dunham’s adaptation of the British comedy of the same name, has viewers tag along on Kathryn’s meticulously […]
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Camping Review: Stay Indoors and Avoid HBO's Grating Comedy Misfire
If HBO’s new comedy Camping is meant to evoke the feeling of being stuck on an excruciatingly long camping trip with people you despise, on that level, it’s a success. But on every other level, it fails miserably. Despite a lot of talent in front of and behind the camera, Camping — debuting Sunday, Oct. […]
Cassidy Freeman Joins Cast of HBO's Danny McBride Televangelist Comedy
The Gemstone family keeps growing: Smallville alum Cassidy Freeman has joined the cast of Danny McBride’s HBO comedy pilot The Righteous Gemstones, TVLine has learned. Gemstones stars McBride as Jesse, the eldest son in a famous family of televangelists; John Goodman co-stars as the Gemstone family’s patriarch. Freeman will play Jesse’s wife Amber Gemstone, who gave […]
HBO's Sharp Objects: Grade It!
There is a very short list of things that Camille Preaker enjoys: Tiny bottles of alcohol. Candy bars. Cigarettes. More tiny bottles of alcohol. Her hometown of Wind Gap, Missouri? Doesn’t make the cut. For Camille, Wind Gap is full of terrible memories — a fraught relationship with her cold mother, unsettling encounters with teenage […]
HBO's Watchmen Adds Aquaman Villain Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Regular
HBO’s Watchmen has its eye on Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. The Get Down alum — who’s poised to break out in a big way later this year via his role as Black Manta in DC’s Aquaman pic — has joined the Damon Lindelof-EP’d pilot in a series regular role, TVLine has learned. Additionally, English actress Sara […]
Jeremy Irons Joins Cast of HBO's Watchmen Pilot From Damon Lindelof
The cast of Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen pilot keeps getting bigger and better: Jeremy Irons has signed on to play a lead role in the new HBO adaptation, according to our sister site Deadline. The pilot — which isn’t a strictly faithful adaptation of the classic Alan Moore comic series, but an original story inspired by […]
HBO's Barry Premiere: Grade It!
Even trained assassins aren’t immune to the acting bug in HBO’s new comedy Barry, starring SNL alum Bill Hader as a bored hitman who gets seduced by the bright lights of Hollywood — or the San Fernando Valley, rather. When we meet Hader’s Barry, he’s in a hotel room with a dead body lying in […]
Paterno Teaser: See Al Pacino Under Fire in HBO's Penn State Docudrama
Al Pacino has some tough questions to answer in his latest HBO biopic. Pacino plays revered Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in the upcoming film, set to debut this spring, and in the first-look teaser above, we see Paterno’s final days as coach marred by the horrific sex-abuse scandal involving assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. […]
Peak TV Treasure: HBO's Crashing
Are you overwhelmed by how much television is available right now? Is life getting in the way of keeping up with the shows you wanna try out? We feel your tube-related pain. Here’s a handy feature that’ll help you locate the hidden gems in this era of Peak TV. CRASHING NETWORK | HBO CREATED BY | […]
TVLine Items: Bell to Host SAG Awards, HBO's Alan Ball Drama Trailer and More
Next month’s SAG Awards will be a good place, when The Good Place star Kristen Bell takes the reins as the telecast’s first-ever host. RELATEDGrey’s Anatomy‘s Jerrika Hinton Joins Alan Ball’s New HBO Drama Series * In more HBO trailers, SNL vet Bill Hader stars in Barry as a seasoned assassin who discovers a passion for […]