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We always knew that the songs were going to be a crucial component to the success of Daisy Jones & The Six — and definitely an element that would set this show apart. If we couldn’t convince viewers (and listeners) that the band at the center of the series released some undeniably great songs, the whole soufflé would collapse. Very early on, we set out to find a music producer who could hold our hands and help us create this instantly iconic soundtrack on a project that I can only assume is a lot like working with a composer on a Broadway musical: We wanted to tell half of this story through the music. We met with a handful of producers before our very last meeting with Blake Mills and…

Elvis Presley made a return to the zeitgeist this past year. On the heels of the Oscar-nominated 2022 drama Elvis, starring Austin Butler, the adult animated series Agent Elvis, featuring a “retro cool” look and the voice of Matthew McConaughey as the King of Rock ’n’ Roll, arrived in April on Netflix. Created by Priscilla Presley and John Eddie, with Eddie and head writer Mike Arnold serving as showrunners, the animated sitcom follows the music icon as he moonlights as a secret agent between performances during the period from 1968 to 1973. “It’s a known fact Elvis wanted to be a secret agent. The whole impetus for the series started from that photo of Elvis going to Richard Nixon and offering his services as an undercover agent,” claims Eddie. “I…

Swordplay, fistfights, horse charges, fiery deaths — when it comes to stunt work, HBO’s House of the Dragon runs the full gamut. Fourtime Emmy winner Rowley Irlam is the show’s coordinator tasked with safely turning on-set action into fantasy mayhem. His experience stretches across nearly 30 years of films and shows — including the James Bond, Harry Potter and Star Wars franchises, plus Dragon’s successor, Game of Thrones. In a conversation with THR, Irlam reveals the season’s biggest challenges and teases the show’s epic battles to come. When the scripts come to you, do you get first crack at deciding whether something is practical stunt work or CG? Do you ever push for something to be done one way versus the other? The whole world of computer-generated [filmmaking] is constantly…

For eight seasons, RuPaul’s Drag Race alums Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova have opened up their darkly twisted brains for their World of Wonder shortform series UNHhhh, in which the duo dish on a range of subjects — such as jealousy, the weather, phones and domesticity — while seated in front of a greenscreen. Riffs and tangents ensue, with Trixie and Katya expanding on the episode’s topic, surrounded by animation, clip art and text that have been added in the edit. UNHhhh feels at times like a trippy visual podcast, a scrappy public access-style show that has sparked viral memes among the online drag-obsessed. Having passed a 200-episode milestone this season, the show — which runs about 10 to 13 minutes and streams on YouTube and WOW Presents Plus —…

BEST DOCUMENTARY OR NON FICTION SPECIAL Being Mary Tyler Moore (HBO/Max) James Adolphus’ doc out of SXSW could become the latest about a TV legend to land a nomination in this category, following Lucy and Desi in 2022, Love, Gilda in 2019 and The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling and Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like in 2018. Judy Blume Forever (Amazon) Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok’s doc celebrates the titular author of children’s books, with narration by her and testimonials from her fans. It’s a sweet tribute to someone many grew up on — not unlike the two docs about Fred Rogers that were nominated in this category. Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (Hulu) Lana Wilson’s two-parter, unveiled at Sundance, pairs old film clips and footage with new interviews to…

In Janine Nabers and Donald Glover’s Prime Video thriller Swarm, Dominique Fishback’s awkward social misfit Dre is driven to murder when her foster sister Marissa (Chlöe Bailey) kills herself after discovering her boyfriend, Khalid (Damson Idris), has been cheating on her. Dre shows up at Khalid’s house in the final scene of the pilot with ambiguous intentions — but by the time the credits roll, she’s bludgeoned him to death with a salt lamp, thus setting up the murderous rampage Dre will embark on for the rest of the series. Nabers breaks down how this pivotal scene evolved from its first drafts to what stunned viewers eventually would see onscreen.…

Big Mouth Netflix The coming-of-age sitcom, created by Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett, debuted its sixth season in October. Since its premiere in 2017, it has garnered seven Emmy nominations and two wins (both for Maya Rudolph) in 2020 and 2021. Central Park Apple TV+ This animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard, Nora Smith and Josh Gad debuted in 2020, with its third season premiering in September 2022. The show, starring the voices of Tituss Burgess and Stanley Tucci, has been nominated four times so far. Fairfax Prime Video Created by Matt Hausfater, Aaron Buchsbaum and Teddy Riley, the first season of Fairfax was released on the platform in October 2021 and is now in its second season, with main characters voiced by Skyler Gisondo, Kiersey…

For Oscar-winning actor J.K. Simmons, the rivalry between Ohio State and University of Michigan football fans is an intense part of his life. A self-professed die-hard Buckeye who grew up in the Columbus suburbs and briefly attended Ohio State before transferring to the University of Montana, Simmons is ride-or-die when it comes to Ohio State football. That might make him an unreliable narrator for a doc about the culture of the Ohio-Michigan rivalry, but that’s what the creative team behind Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan was hoping for. The TC Studios documentary is an irreverent look at the history between the Buckeyes and Wolverines, delving into the psychology of such intense feuds and their effect on mass culture. Simmons spoke with THR about providing narration for the film and the…

Daisy Jones & The Six (Prime Video) In one of their very first arguments, Billy (Sam Claflin) bristles over Daisy (Riley Keough) reworking the lyrics to the song he’s just written. From his perspective, it’s fine as the straightforward declaration of love that it is; from hers, it’s missed potential to dig deeper. To Billy’s great irritation, their producer (Tom Wright) sides with Daisy. “You wrote a good song,” he tells Billy. “Not a great one.” Amazon’s adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s best-selling novel about a fictional band in the 1970s Los Angeles rock scene is a good show, not a great one. There’s much about it worth celebrating, especially for readers who’ve long dreamt of seeing these characters brought to life and listening to their hit album Aurora for…

Poker Face Ellen Barkin Adrien Brody David Castañeda Hong Chau Clea DuVall Joseph Gordon-Levitt Simon Helberg Lil Rel Howery Stephanie Hsu Cherry Jones Judith Light Tim Meadows S. Epatha Merkerson Tim Blake Nelson Nick Nolte Ron Perlman Dascha Polanco Colton Ryan Chloë Sevigny Bupkis Steve Buscemi Bobby Cannavale Charlamagne tha God Jane Curtin Charlie Day Paul Walter Hauser Sunita Mani John Mulaney Simon Rex Ray Romano Sebastian Stan Jon Stewart Kenan Thompson Marissa Jaret Winokur The Last of Us Murray Bartlett Merle Dandridge Christine Hakim Ashley Johnson Melanie Lynskey Nick Offerman Nico Parker Storm Reid Anna Torv Succession Hiam Abbass James Cromwell Hope Davis Cherry Jones Justin Kirk Arian Moayed Harriet Walter The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Hank Azaria Kelly Bishop Darren Criss Sutton Foster Luke Kirby Jane Lynch Milo Ventimiglia…

Bridgerton composer Kris Bowers is back for its spinoff drama series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, which delves into the life and rise to power of, well, Queen Charlotte. With its exploration of mental illness and fitness to rule, the show is tonally much darker than its predecessor, says Bowers, which provided its own set of challenges in composing the score. “One of the things that I really gleaned, even from my first read of the scripts, was just how much it felt more grounded than Bridgerton. It tonally felt a bit more serious and intimate because we’re very much dealing with Charlotte and this relationship [with King George],” Bowers tells The Hollywood Reporter of the royal couple loosely based on the mid-18th century’s Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and King…

When Jury Duty executive vp David Bernad approached casting director Susie Farris to find the jurors for his Freevee mockumentary series, he knew exactly how to pitch the project. “He said, ‘It’s what you do best: putting together an ensemble comedy,’” recalls Farris of the first phone call with the producer, who added that he wasn’t looking “for names.” But when she asked about the script, the response caught her off guard — there wasn’t one. That’s because the largely improvised Jury Duty follows an entirely fake civil case in which everyone in the courtroom — the judge, the bailiff, the attorneys, the jurors, the plaintiff and the defendant — are all actors. All but one person, that is: Ronald Gladden, a Los Angeles-based everyman who believed from the beginning…

Netflix’s Transatlantic tells the true story of the Emergency Rescue Committee, operating in Marseilles during World War II to help refugees escape Nazi-occupied France. This shot from episode three centers on actress Gillian Jacobs as Mary Jayne Gold, who in this scene is sneaking into a prison camp for British prisoners of war. “British intelligence needs photographs of the POWs who are in the French prison camps in order to create passports for them,” series showrunner and co-creator Anna Winger explains. Gold sneaks in, posing as a prisoner’s wife in order to take a picture of them with a lipstick camera. Winger adds that Gold uses her gender as a secret weapon. “I love the idea of how women in World War II had a special kind of agency —…