The Bear
Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the Best TV Shows of 2023
An emotional zombie drama, a superior true-crime docuseries, a sidesplitting anti-capitalist satire and two fantastic series finales were among picks from THR's TV critics.
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‘The Bear’ Renewed for Season 3
FX is firing up the burners. The Disney-owned cable network has handed out a third-season renewal for its critically acclaimed comedy series The Bear. The behind-the-scenes story on a restaurant and its staff, from creator Christopher Storer, will return in 2024. “The Bear, which wowed audiences in its first season only to achieve even greater […]
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‘The Bear’ Creator Sets Up Next Project at FX (Exclusive)
The Bear creator Christopher Storer has lined up his next show for FX. Storer and the John Landgraf-led network have landed rights to Sarah Harman’s upcoming book All the Other Mothers Hate Me following a massive bidding war. In fact, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that more than a dozen companies were vying for the […]
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Emmys: Melancholy Falls on Comic Leading Men
The nominated men of this year’s Emmy season are going through it. In the final season of Barry, Bill Hader’s eponymous hitman is once again compartmentalizing his violence to an insane degree. Jason Segel’s therapist in Shrinking is flailing since the death of his wife. Jason Sudeikis’ Ted Lasso is maybe the patron saint of […]
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An Emmys Stealth Move: The Power of a Summer Premiere Date
Conventional wisdom says: If you want to win a big Hollywood award, release your project as late as possible. That would explain the glut of Oscar bait dumped in the final months of the calendar year, as studios and streamers hope their fall releases will be fresh on Academy voters’ minds when they receive their […]
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Even ‘The Bear’ Co-Showrunner Joanna Calo Was Tempted to Have Carmy and Sydney Hook Up
Though The Bear returned for its widely praised second season earlier this summer, it’s the show’s first (and similarly lauded) eight-episode foray that was recently nominated for 13 Emmys, including one for outstanding comedy. Joanna Calo, who writes, runs and directs the culinary series alongside creator Christopher Storer, insists she was never particularly interested in […]
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Ayo Edebiri Is Suddenly Everywhere
On a Saturday morning, Ayo Edebiri is discussing her first name. The restaurant required I put in my name for the breakfast order, a mundane request for most people but a potential point of distress for those of us with phonetically daunting monikers. The stakes are low if you’re a journalist but much higher if […]
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From ‘Only Murders in the Building’ to ‘Ted Lasso,’ Emmy Voters Love Their Chosen Families
To understand just how long the TV Academy has struggled to define “comedy series,” look no further than the first decade or so of the category’s life: Between 1952, when Red Skelton’s titular variety show claimed Emmy’s first-ever comedy prize, and 1964, when The Dick Van Dyke Show scored its second win, the category had […]
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‘The Bear’ Sound Pros on Unleashing Chaos in the Kitchen
When approaching the sound for FX/Hulu’s The Bear, showrunner Christopher Storer had a clear vision of what he wanted: utter chaos. That directive for the series helped propel the sound editing and mixing teams to two of The Bear‘s 13 Emmy nominations this year. Production sound mixer Scott D. Smith, responsible for recording sound on […]
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Jamie Lee Curtis Revisits Wigmaker That Made Her ‘The Bear’ Hair
Seconds after Jamie Lee Curtis walks through the door at Wigmaker Associates in Beverly Hills on a pre-strike July morning, the recently minted Oscar winner comes face-to-face with an army of famous names. There are rows upon rows of them, monikers covering heads made of canvas blocks that atelier owner Rob Pickens and his staff […]
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Jessica Chastain, Jeremy Allen White, Dominique Fishback and More on Their First Emmy Nominations: “We Weren’t Dreaming This Big”
[These interviews were conducted before the actors strike.] Jessica Chastain (George & Tammy, Showtime) Best Actress in a Limited Series The first time Chastain went to an awards ceremony — the 2012 Golden Globes, where she was nominated for The Help — Josh Brolin approached her and suggested she play country singer Tammy Wynette in […]
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‘Suits’ Sets Record for Library Shows on Streaming Charts
Nearly four years after its last new episode aired, Suits is having a moment in the streaming world. The former USA Network series set a viewing time record for an acquired series in the week of June 26-July 2. Suits had 3.14 billion minutes of watch time, according to Nielsen, easily surpassing the previous mark […]
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