In what we’re secretly hoping is actually a long-game strategy to punk Donald Trump by winning the Emmy he so desperately wanted—but never got—for The Apprentice, Barack and Michelle Obama have signed a multi-year production pact—or, as the company calls it, a “storytelling partnership”— with Netflix.
Among other things, Marvel’s Luke Cage was notable for its excellent soundtrack, both in and out of universe. Beyond the songs that simply appeared in the show—including an original score by Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest—the show’s first season also featured numerous appearances from…
Earlier this month, Netflix announced that comedian Michelle Wolf—of Daily Show and White House Correspondents Dinner fame/infamy (delete as appropriate to your personal feelings on Sarah Sanders’ smoky eye)—would be getting her own show on the service. The Break will serve as the service’s latest attempt to get…
For anyone who wishes that the White House would actually possess a great sense of humor—and also finally fulfill America’s long-unrealized dream of a chicken in every pot and a case of SmartWater in every fridge—Tig Notaro and Jennifer Aniston are here to make your dreams come true. In the movies, at least.
What made the first season of 13 Reasons Why so addictive wasn’t its drawn-out mystery about the reasons Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford) took her own life. It was the show’s ability to capture the nuances of modern high school life—the frankness with which teens discuss sex, the nebulous…
At the beginning of the month, when the Arrested Development news machine was just coming back online, Netflix confirmed that Jeffrey Tambor would still be appearing on the show despite the sexual harassment allegations that got him fired from Amazon’s Transparent. Today Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz has…
Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz may have gone back and “remixed” the show’s jumbled fourth season into a more digestible structure, but the show’s fifth season—coming on May 29—still won’t be entirely straightforward. According to Entertainment Weekly, the show’s 16-episode fifth season will be split into…
It’s no secret that Netflix is constantly on the hunt for new content: The streaming service has one of the most aggressive development budgets in the industry, spending an estimated $6 billion on content in 2017. (Only ESPN, which has to contend with pricey sports league licensing deals, spent more.) Those giant…
Cue The Alan Parsons Project and put on the bad CG journey through downtown Chicago, because here comes a documentary series on the ‘90s Chicago Bulls. The show, The Last Dance, comes from ESPN Films and Netflix, and a press release says it will “chronicle one of the greatest icons and most successful dynasties in…
Our A.V. Club Field Guide To Parenting is designed to guide you toward the best kids’ books, shows, movies, and music, just like we do with The A.V. Club for adults. Every month or so, we will feature a new subject with a few essential pop culture takes parents should know, saving you from the mountains of kids’ dreck…
Watch out, Cryptkeeper: There’s a new lovable master of TV horror ceremonies in town. As Variety reports, Netflix is getting in on the horror anthology trend with a new series, Guillermo del Toro Presents 10 After Midnight, curated by Oscar-winning director and grown-up monster kid Guillermo del Toro.
The space family Robinson is in no danger of leaving us anytime soon—Netflix announced today that it’s renewed Lost In Space for season two.
Drag empress/impressario RuPaul is branching out from the world of reality TV at last, with Deadline reporting that Netflix has signed her up for a new scripted series, AJ And The Queen. The homage to chimp/trucker TV classic B.J. And The Bear is presumably intentional, since the show’s plot sounds straight out of…
Some of Netflix’s true-crime series start with a fascinating case, then expand their focus to engage with larger social issues: Making A Murderer and corruption, for example, or The Keepers and institutional memory. However, in its newest binge-worthy miniseries, Evil Genius: The True Story Of America’s Most…
In a stunning rejection of the usual behavior we know from him, Ricky Gervais is set to star in a new Netflix series where he plays a big asshole who says and does whatever he wants. That comes from Variety, which says the show is called After Life and that Gervais’ character will be a man who considers killing…
Have you heard of this Stephen King guy? Apparently he’s a prolific horror author who has written about a million novels, short stories, and pop-up books, many of which are perfect for adapting into movies, TV shows, or theme park attractions. Netflix must be aware of this secret vein of prime adaptation material,…
Netflix’s most famous wacky family is set to come back soon, but any subscribers hungry for something with a bit more horror should be happy to know that the streaming service has just renewed zombie comedy Santa Clarita Diet for a third season. Netflix made the announcement in a press release, which sadly doesn’t…
Hari Kondabolu’s Netflix special Warn Your Relatives brims with the kind of incisive political comedy one can expect from Kondabolu, the star, creator, and executive director of the pop culture documentary The Problem With Apu. There are digs at Trump, and self-aware attempts to stop talking about Trump that end in,…
Just a few days after releasing the “remixed” fourth season of the beloved dysfunctional-family sitcom, Netflix has released a trailer for the fifth season of Arrested Development. In this era where narcissism and cluelessness are practically prerequisites for public office, Lindsay Bluth (Portia de Rossi) is running…
“Sometimes brutality gets shit done.” That mission statement is spoken by a shirtless Mike Colter in character as Luke Cage, who faces a new threat that might actually be his equal in the second season of his eponymous Netflix series. That threat comes in the form of John McIver (Mustafa Shakir), a.k.a. Bushmaster, a…
