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Netflix is adding it to its comedy lineup. The streaming giant has handed out a straight-to-series oder for half-hour comedy Dead to Me. The 10-episodes series is a dark comedy about a powerful friendship that blossoms between a tightly wound widow and a free spirit with a shocking secret. Liz Feldman (2 Broke Girls, The Ellen DeGenres Show) penned the script and exec produces the comedy and will serve as showrunner. The series is produced by Gloria Sanchez Productions, the female-focused counterpart to Gary Sanchez Productions. The company's Will Ferrell, Adam MacKay and Jessica Elbaum will executive produce. Dead to Me is produced by CBS Television Studios, where Feldman and Gary/Gloria Sanchez Productions are under overall deals. This is the first Netflix series for Feldman, who in 2016 signed her first-ever overall deal with CBS Television Studios after a longtime relationship with Warner Bros. Television, where she created NBC's short-lived One Big Happy and serving as a member … [Read more...] about Netflix Orders Dark Comedy Series From Will Ferrell, Liz Feldman

As expected, animation is becoming the hottest genre among the streaming giants. On Wednesday, Netflix announced a 10-episode, straight-to-series order for Paradise, P.D., with Sarah Chalke (Rick and Morty) set to lead the voice cast for the adult animated show. Set to premiere this year, Paradise, P.D. hails from the creators of Comedy Central's Brickleberry, Waco O'Guin and Roger Black. The series is produced by Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment and Bento Box Animation (Brickleberry, Bob's Burgers) for Netflix. Here's how the show is described: "They’re bad cops. Not bad like no nonsense. Not bad like cool. Bad like shitty. Paradise P.D.: They’re the worst responders. From the creators of Brickleberry comes this take on a small-town police department." In addition to Chalke, the voice cast features Dana Snyder (Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Squidbillies), Cedric Yarbrough (Speechless), Dave Herman (Brickleberry, Bob’s Burgers), Tom Kenny (Spongebob Squarepants), Kyle … [Read more...] about Sarah Chalke to Lead Netflix Adult Animated Comedy ‘Paradise, P.D.’ as Genre Primed to Explode

The Parents Television Council wants Netflix to hit pause on the second season of its hit teen drama 13 Reasons Why. Ahead of its expected second season premiere this year, the conservative and publicly funded group on Wednesday urged the streaming giant to hold off on releasing the Brian Yorkey suicide drama until "experts in the scientific community have determined it to be safe for consumption by an audience that is comprised heavily of minor children." After becoming an instant phenomenon, 13 Reasons Why found itself thrust into a global conversation about how some of its tough subjects in the high school drama were handled, specifically the graphic depiction of teenager Hannah Baker's (Katherine Langford) suicide. The series revolves around Hannah's unexplained suicide — which was shown up close — and the 13 audiotapes she left behind for her classmates to decipher and ultimately understand why she took her own life. In response to the backlash, Netflix added … [Read more...] about ’13 Reasons Why’: Conservative Group Asks Netflix to Delay Season 2 Until Suicide Drama Deemed “Safe”