In 1999, HBO launched The Sopranos, a gripping crime drama that offered a new look at the New York mafia through the eyes of the Soprano family, focusing on Tony’s struggles to balance family life with his dangerous role as a mob boss. HBO continued this trend of innovative television with shows like The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, and True Detective, among others.
Here is a timeline for when the movie could arrive on digital platforms.
Kate Hudson has received an Oscar nomination for her role as Claire Sardina in Song Sung Blue. The film tells the true story of a Milwaukee hairdresser who, with her husband Mike (played by Hugh Jackman), formed a hugely successful Neil Diamond tribute band. Hudson got the part after appearing on CBS Sunday Morning to promote her debut album, Glorious. Hugh Jackman saw the interview and recommended her to the director, Craig Brewer, leading to Hudson quickly being cast. This is her first Oscar nomination in over two decades – she was previously nominated at age 21 for her performance in Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous – and many are calling it a major career resurgence.
Casey Bloys, the head of content at HBO and HBO Max, hadn’t come across the book the show is based on, but he has a strong warning for other television executives considering similar projects: don’t try to copy it. He believes trying to create another romance centered around a different sport, like baseball or football, would be a mistake. Bloys acquired the U.S. rights to the drama last year because it felt original and new. Now that over 11.5 million viewers have watched it, he argues that quickly releasing a bunch of similar sports romances would be a bad idea. He says it’s something that can’t be easily duplicated, pointing to the many unsuccessful sitcoms about attractive young people that appeared after the success of Friends in 1994. He emphasizes that would be the wrong approach to take.
Thirty years after the first Scream movie thrilled audiences, Scream 7 has launched with a strong opening. The new sequel brings back several original cast members from the 1996 film, including Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and Matthew Lillard.
HBO has long been known for its high-quality television, and it became a standard that other networks and streaming services have tried to surpass. Some, like Netflix with shows such as Stranger Things and Wednesday, and Disney with Andor and the Star Wars franchise, have achieved similar levels of success.
The second season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters kicked off with a bang, leaving viewers excited about Kong’s powerful return and the introduction of the new Titan, X.
As a huge TV fan, I was completely blown away watching Walter White’s journey – going from a regular high school chemistry teacher to the terrifying drug lord Heisenberg over five seasons. A lot of people call Breaking Bad the greatest show ever, and honestly, it’s hard to argue with that. But you know what? Mad Men was just as groundbreaking, and it actually paved the way first. It deserves just as much recognition, in my opinion.
Jim Valentino, a co-founder and former publisher of Image Comics, shared on Rob Liefeld’s Robservations podcast the initial titles Robert Kirkman proposed for The Walking Dead.
Shaun Cassidy and Robert Tappert executive produced the short-lived CBS series, American Gothic. Though it only lasted one season, the show was remarkably innovative for the 1990s, featuring a complex, unconventional lead character. American Gothic‘s willingness to experiment with horror has heavily influenced many popular modern TV shows.