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HBO Orders Half-Hour Animated Comedy From Archer Team
A new series from the “Archer” and “Frisky Dingo” team is coming to HBO. The network has ordered two seasons of “Merrick & Treves,” a new half-hour animated comedy that is co-created and executive produced by Adam Reed, Casey Willis and Lucky Yates.
“Merrick & Treves” takes place inside Queen Victoria’s top secret Royal Temporal Constabulary and follows a team of unlikely heroes as they travel back in time in an attempt to stop the serial killer Jack the Ripper. It’s probably not a coincidence that the man who came to be known as The Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick, and the surgeon who worked closely with him throughout his life, Sir Frederick Treves, share their names with the titular characters of HBO’s upcoming series.
The comedy comes from TFC Productions. Joel Begleiter will executive produce, and Kelly Wu will serve as co-executive producer.
“Adam, Casey and Lucky are exceptional comedic talents whom we have admired for years. We couldn’t be more excited to team up with them to bring the wholly original ‘Merrick & Treves to HBO audiences,” Amy Gravitt, executive vice president of HBO Programming and head of HBO and HBO Max Comedy Series, said.
“The three of us are beyond excited to have found a home for ‘Merrick & Treves at HBO,” Reed, Willis and Yates said in a statement. “We can’t wait to start working with the creative team behind so many of our favorite shows. It’s actually quite daunting, now that we think about it. Like, holy shit, y’all. HBO.”
Released on FX in 2009, “Archer” developed a passionate following over the course of its 14 seasons. The series received critical acclaim, winning four Primetime Emmy Awards, four Critics Choice Awards and scoring 5 Annie Award nominations. Though the comedy was always known for its stylish settings, rapid-fire dialogue and love of callbacks, in its later seasons, “Archer” proved it was unafraid of reinventing itself, a rarity for adult animation. Over the course of its many seasons, the series relocated from New York to Los Angeles for a time, changed the central agency that employed the team and released three wildly different homage seasons while Sterling Archer (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) was stuck in a coma.
This isn’t the first major announcement HBO has made after Warner Bros. Discovery was officially acquired by Skydance. The network also announced a “Crazy Rich Asians” TV series last week after years of anticipation around this franchise.
But this does mark a surprising (but welcome) move into adult animation for HBO, which has largely stuck to live-action while HBO Max has been home to adult animated series like “Harley Quinn.”
Reed is represented by UTA, TFC Management and Yorn Levine.
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‘Baywatch’ Reboot Full Trailer Release Ahead Of January 2027 Premiere On Fox
Fox released the full trailer for the Baywatch reboot, which premieres in January 2027.
The preview, which you can stream in the video above, features Stephen Amell’s Hobie Buchannon as the Baywatch Captain, alongside Jessica Belkin, Hassie Harrison, Shay Mitchell, Thaddeus LaGrone, Noah Beck, and Brooks Nader.
The new Baywatch finds wild-child legacy character Hobie Buchannon (Stephen Amell) serving as a Baywatch Captain, following in his legendary father Mitch’s footsteps. Hobie’s world is turned upside down when his daughter, Charlie Vale (Jessica Belkin), shows up on his doorstep, eager to carry on the Buchannon family legacy.
The series also stars Hassie Harrison as Nat, Shay Mitchell as Trna, Thaddeus LaGrone as Brad, Noah Beck as Luke, and Brooks Nader as Selene. In recurring roles, Livvy Dunne will make her acting debut as Grace, and David Chokachi will reprise his original series role as Cody Madison.
First hitting screens in 1989, Baywatch became the most-watched show in the world, airing in more than 200 countries and at its peak reaching more than a billion viewers weekly. Its global appeal drove tourism to Southern California and helped define beach culture for generations.
The Fox reboot celebrates the franchise’s enduring legacy, while re-energizing it for today’s global audience. Fans can expect all the adrenaline-fueled rescues, tangled relationships, complicated chemistry and beachside heroics that defined the original — now with an entirely new cast, contemporary trappings, tensions and challenges, and a renewed mission to protect Southern California’s shoreline.
The show is one of the big talking points at the MIPCOM international TV market in Cannes this year, where stars Amell and Nader are promoting. Yesterday, Amell, Beck and showrunner Matt Nix told us that Baywatch “reminds the broader Hollywood community that there are enormous advantages to shooting in Los Angeles.”
Baywatch is co-produced by Fox Entertainment and Fremantle with Nix (Burn Notice, The Gifted) serving as showrunner and executive producer. McG, Michael Berk, Greg Bonann, Doug Schwartz, Dante Di Loreto and Mike Horowitz are executive producers. McG directed the series premiere.
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Prime Video Adds Golf’s Revived Skins Game To 15-Hour Live Sports Blitz On Black Friday
Prime Video is continuing its revival of golf‘s Skins Game, adding the personality-driven competition to a 15-hour blitz of live sports on the day after Thanksgiving.
The Amazon streamer’s Black Friday slate will also include an NFL game and an NBA doubleheader. The NFL tilt at 3 p.m. ET will see the Philadelphia Eagles will take on the Chicago Bears. Later, coverage of the in-season Emirates NBA Cup tournament will feature games between the Miami Heat and the New York Knicks and the L.A. Lakers facing the San Antonio Spurs.
The day will begin with the 9 a.m. ET tee-off of the Skins Game, whose field this year includes Wyndham Clark, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas and PGA Tour rookie Jackson Koivun. The four will vie for $4 million in prize money at Atlantic Fields Club in Hobe Sound, FL.
Each hole carries a dollar value and tied holes roll over, a rule designed to raise the stakes. In a return to the original format, this year each player will start at zero dollars, making every hole’s value and growing purse clear for viewers.
The Skins Game, which originated in 1983 as an annual made-for-TV contest during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend with participants like Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods, was brought back last year by Prime Video. Sponsored by Farmers Insurance, it is developed and produced by Pro Shop Studios and Propagate Content, with Excel Sports Management organizing play and PGA Tour Studios handling broadcast production.
“The response to last year’s re-launch showed us how much The Skins Game still resonates with golf fans, while also proving there’s an opportunity to keep making it feel fresh for a new generation,” Chad Mumm, Co-Founder and President of Pro Shop.
“The Skins Game has always been about hole-by-hole drama, and Atlantic Fields gives that drama an incredible new stage this Black Friday,” added Ben Silverman, Chairman & Co-CEO of Propagate Content. “We’re proud to build on our long-term partnership with Prime Video to keep growing this event into one of the signature moments on the golf calendar.”
Host Andrew Catalon and on-course analyst Colt Knost, who are golf broadcasters for CBS Sports, will return in their respective on-air roles. Dan Rapaport will also provide live on-course commentary during the match.
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