Apple TV+ has quickly become the place where you find peak TV and to achieve that status they have to leave some shows behind and support the shows with potential. 2024 has been a pretty good year for Apple TV+ as it saw the premieres of some great new shows like The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin and Sugar but we also have some shows that didn’t make it out of the chopping block. So, let’s find out if your favorite Apple TV+ original series makes the cut or not.
Canceled Schmigadoon! Season 3
Schmigadoon! is a musical comedy series created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. The Apple TV+ series was beloved by both the critics and the audiences for its great songs and unique way of storytelling. Schmigadoon! came out with its second season in April 2024 before meeting with cancelation on January 18, 2024, when the creators of the...
Canceled Schmigadoon! Season 3
Schmigadoon! is a musical comedy series created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. The Apple TV+ series was beloved by both the critics and the audiences for its great songs and unique way of storytelling. Schmigadoon! came out with its second season in April 2024 before meeting with cancelation on January 18, 2024, when the creators of the...
- 5/28/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
For a certain sector of TV watchers, “Schmigadoon!” was a glorious gift from heaven, an homage to and sly sendup of musicals from Broadway’s golden age in Season 1 and musicals from the darker and seedier ’70s and ’80s in Season 2. Then, Apple TV+ canceled the comedy, and TV got a little less weird and fun.
Now comes word that the musical — which starred Keegan Michael-Key and Cecily Strong as a couple who, first accidentally and then intentionally, land in a world where everyone lives up to the standards of musical theater convention — will make its live-action debut at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in January 2025, directed and choreographed by the series’ choreographer, Christopher Gattelli with a book, music, and lyrics by series creator Cinco Paul.
In a review of Season 1, IndieWire’s Kristen Lopez wrote, “’Schmigadoon’ is a gamble, but it’s one I hope pays off.
Now comes word that the musical — which starred Keegan Michael-Key and Cecily Strong as a couple who, first accidentally and then intentionally, land in a world where everyone lives up to the standards of musical theater convention — will make its live-action debut at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in January 2025, directed and choreographed by the series’ choreographer, Christopher Gattelli with a book, music, and lyrics by series creator Cinco Paul.
In a review of Season 1, IndieWire’s Kristen Lopez wrote, “’Schmigadoon’ is a gamble, but it’s one I hope pays off.
- 5/7/2024
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
Schmigadoon! the musical comedy TV series is about to become Schmigadoon! the musical comedy stage production.
Kennedy Center’s Broadway Center Stage in Washington D.C. announced today that the Schmigadoon! stage musical will get its world premiere production at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater in a run set for January 31-February 9.
Based on the Emmy-winning series that ran for two seasons on Apple TV+ from 2021-23, Schmigadoon! the musical will, like the series, focus on two New York doctors, Josh and Melissa, who go backpacking in a last-ditch attempt to save their failing relationship, but instead get lost in the woods and end up trapped in Schmigadoon, a magical town that’s a classic Golden Age musical come to life.
Casting for the stage musical was not announced.
The musical will featuring hits from the series’ Grammy–nominated score, including the Emmy–winning “Corn Puddin’”, in addition to new songs.
Kennedy Center’s Broadway Center Stage in Washington D.C. announced today that the Schmigadoon! stage musical will get its world premiere production at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater in a run set for January 31-February 9.
Based on the Emmy-winning series that ran for two seasons on Apple TV+ from 2021-23, Schmigadoon! the musical will, like the series, focus on two New York doctors, Josh and Melissa, who go backpacking in a last-ditch attempt to save their failing relationship, but instead get lost in the woods and end up trapped in Schmigadoon, a magical town that’s a classic Golden Age musical come to life.
Casting for the stage musical was not announced.
The musical will featuring hits from the series’ Grammy–nominated score, including the Emmy–winning “Corn Puddin’”, in addition to new songs.
- 5/7/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Schmigadoon! is getting an unexpected encore. After being cancelled earlier this year, the Apple TV+ musical comedy will live again, this time as a stage production in Washington D.C.
As part of its 2024–2025 season, the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is staging the world premiere of a new musical based on the short-lived series, featuring familiar tunes from the show (“Corn Puddin'”!) as well as brand-new songs written for this production.
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As part of its 2024–2025 season, the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is staging the world premiere of a new musical based on the short-lived series, featuring familiar tunes from the show (“Corn Puddin'”!) as well as brand-new songs written for this production.
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- 5/7/2024
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Despicable Me 4 Trailer Out & Everything We Know About It(Photo Credit –YouTube)
Hollywood is home to many & Everything We Know About successful movie franchises. Some do genuinely and exceptionally well, while others go on pointlessly. For example, Despicable Me is one of the most popular animated film series set to return with a fourth installment. Gru and the Minions have won many hearts with their mischief and cuteness and will do the same in Despicable Me 4. Keep scrolling to know everything about the upcoming film.
Who are the makers?
Chris Renaud is the film’s director, with Patrick Delage as the co-director. The White Lotus’ screenplay writer, Mike White, has come on board the project to lend his talent. Rachel Levy heads the music department.
As per Collider’s report, Pierre Coffin, Ken Daurio, Chris Renaud, and Cinco Paul are the executive producers of Despicable Me 4. Janet Healy and...
Hollywood is home to many & Everything We Know About successful movie franchises. Some do genuinely and exceptionally well, while others go on pointlessly. For example, Despicable Me is one of the most popular animated film series set to return with a fourth installment. Gru and the Minions have won many hearts with their mischief and cuteness and will do the same in Despicable Me 4. Keep scrolling to know everything about the upcoming film.
Who are the makers?
Chris Renaud is the film’s director, with Patrick Delage as the co-director. The White Lotus’ screenplay writer, Mike White, has come on board the project to lend his talent. Rachel Levy heads the music department.
As per Collider’s report, Pierre Coffin, Ken Daurio, Chris Renaud, and Cinco Paul are the executive producers of Despicable Me 4. Janet Healy and...
- 1/29/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
As usual, in the world of entertainment news, there are always irons in the fire.
Today, we offer you a first look at Life & Beth Season 2, a joyous hello from Firehouse 118, a cancellation, and a prequel.
Keep reading the Fanatic Feed to get the latest entertainment news!
Hulu released the trailer for the upcoming second season of Life & Beth, created by and starring Amy Schumer. On Life & Beth Season 1, Beth found love. Now, she needs to nurture it and see it through.
As Beth and John’s relationship grows more serious, Beth begins to examine the possibilities of marriage and having a family as she and John seek answers to their communication problems.
Is Beth’s traumatic history with men and people she trusted from her youth destined to repeat itself?
And what is triggering her fears?
Beth does her best to keep her relationships alive...
Today, we offer you a first look at Life & Beth Season 2, a joyous hello from Firehouse 118, a cancellation, and a prequel.
Keep reading the Fanatic Feed to get the latest entertainment news!
Hulu released the trailer for the upcoming second season of Life & Beth, created by and starring Amy Schumer. On Life & Beth Season 1, Beth found love. Now, she needs to nurture it and see it through.
As Beth and John’s relationship grows more serious, Beth begins to examine the possibilities of marriage and having a family as she and John seek answers to their communication problems.
Is Beth’s traumatic history with men and people she trusted from her youth destined to repeat itself?
And what is triggering her fears?
Beth does her best to keep her relationships alive...
- 1/18/2024
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
“Schmigadoon” has run out of its signature “Corn Puddin’.” The Apple TV+ musical-comedy series has been canceled after two seasons on the streamer.
Series co-creator Cinco Paul announced the news on Instagram. In his post, Paul revealed that scripts for a third season have already been written, along with 25 new songs that would have been featured had it been renewed.
“I am sad to share that Apple will not be moving forward with Season 3 of Schmigadoon!” Paul wrote on January 18. “The season is written (including 25 new songs) but we unfortunately won’t be making it. Such is life. I want to thank everyone involved with the show, our incredible cast and crew and writers, our wonderful supporters at Broadway Video, Universal, and Apple, for everything they did to make it happen.”
Paul called it “a miracle” that “Schmigadoon!” got the two seasons that it did.
“And to all the fans...
Series co-creator Cinco Paul announced the news on Instagram. In his post, Paul revealed that scripts for a third season have already been written, along with 25 new songs that would have been featured had it been renewed.
“I am sad to share that Apple will not be moving forward with Season 3 of Schmigadoon!” Paul wrote on January 18. “The season is written (including 25 new songs) but we unfortunately won’t be making it. Such is life. I want to thank everyone involved with the show, our incredible cast and crew and writers, our wonderful supporters at Broadway Video, Universal, and Apple, for everything they did to make it happen.”
Paul called it “a miracle” that “Schmigadoon!” got the two seasons that it did.
“And to all the fans...
- 1/18/2024
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Schmigadoon! Season 2 ended with a “happy beginning,” but the original musical series is coming to an end at Apple TV+. Creator Cinco Paul has announced that Schmigadoon! has been canceled by the streaming platform, revealing that Season 3 was already written and 25 new songs had been made for the Emmy-winning series. “I am sad to share that Apple will not be moving forward with Season 3 of Schmigadoon! The season is written (including 25 new songs), but we unfortunately won’t be making it. Such is life,” Paul shared on Twitter on Thursday, January 18. “I want to thank everyone involved with the show, our incredible cast & crew & writers, our wonderful supporters at Broadway Video, Universal, & Apple, for everything they did to make it happen.” Paul implied there’s hope for more Schmigadoon in the future. “It’s a miracle we even got two seasons, honestly, and I’m so grateful we did. And...
- 1/18/2024
- TV Insider
Schmigadoon has been canceled at Apple TV+ after 2 seasons.
The news was shared by the show’s creator.
Keep reading to find out more…
Creator Cinco Paul posted on Instagram, writing, “I am sad to share that Apple will not be moving forward with Season 3 of Schmigadoon!. The season is written (including 25 new songs) but we unfortunately won’t be making it. Such is life. I want to thank everyone involved with the show, our incredible cast and crew and writers, our wonderful supporters at Broadway Video, Universal and Apple, for everything they did to make it happen. It’s a miracle we even got two seasons, honestly, and I’m so grateful we did.”
The cast of the show included Cecily Strong, Keegan-Michael Key, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Dove Cameron, Jaime Camil, Jane Krakowski, Ann Harada, Aaron Tveit, Martin Short, and Oscar winner Ariana DeBose.
Find out which TV...
The news was shared by the show’s creator.
Keep reading to find out more…
Creator Cinco Paul posted on Instagram, writing, “I am sad to share that Apple will not be moving forward with Season 3 of Schmigadoon!. The season is written (including 25 new songs) but we unfortunately won’t be making it. Such is life. I want to thank everyone involved with the show, our incredible cast and crew and writers, our wonderful supporters at Broadway Video, Universal and Apple, for everything they did to make it happen. It’s a miracle we even got two seasons, honestly, and I’m so grateful we did.”
The cast of the show included Cecily Strong, Keegan-Michael Key, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Dove Cameron, Jaime Camil, Jane Krakowski, Ann Harada, Aaron Tveit, Martin Short, and Oscar winner Ariana DeBose.
Find out which TV...
- 1/18/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Schmigadoon! will not return for a third season. Apple TV+ has canceled the musical comedy series, starring Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key, after two seasons.
Series co-creator Cinco Paul shared the news on Instagram Thursday.
“I am sad to share that Apple will not be moving forward with Season 3 of Schmigadoon!”, Paul wrote. “The season is written (including 25 new songs) but we unfortunately won’t be making it. Such is life.
“I want to thank everyone involved with the show, our incredible cast and crew and writers, our wonderful supporters at Broadway Video, Universal and Apple, for everything they did to make it happen. It’s a miracle we even got two seasons, honestly, and I’m so grateful we did,” he continued. “And to all the fans of the show out there, thank you with all of my heart. Your love and support has meant so much,...
Series co-creator Cinco Paul shared the news on Instagram Thursday.
“I am sad to share that Apple will not be moving forward with Season 3 of Schmigadoon!”, Paul wrote. “The season is written (including 25 new songs) but we unfortunately won’t be making it. Such is life.
“I want to thank everyone involved with the show, our incredible cast and crew and writers, our wonderful supporters at Broadway Video, Universal and Apple, for everything they did to make it happen. It’s a miracle we even got two seasons, honestly, and I’m so grateful we did,” he continued. “And to all the fans of the show out there, thank you with all of my heart. Your love and support has meant so much,...
- 1/18/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The cancellations continue at Apple.
The streamer has canceled its musical comedy Schmigadoon after a two-season run, co-creator Cinco Paul shared on social media Thursday.
“I am sad to share that Apple will not be moving forward with season three of Schmigadoon!” he shared on social. “The season is written (including 25 new songs), but we unfortunately won’t be making it. Such is life.” (Read his full, heartfelt post, below.)
From executive producer Lorne Michaels and Universal Television, Paul serves as showrunner and co-created the series alongside Ken Daurio. Season one of the series launched in summer 2021, with the Cecily Strong vehicle renewed nearly a year after its debut.
Season two featured a new setting and returned star Keegan-Michael Key alongside the likes of Ariana DeBose, Dove Cameron, Jaime Camil, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Ann Harada, Jane Krakowski, Martin Short, Aaron Tveit, Tituss Burgess and Patrick Page. Season two launched...
The streamer has canceled its musical comedy Schmigadoon after a two-season run, co-creator Cinco Paul shared on social media Thursday.
“I am sad to share that Apple will not be moving forward with season three of Schmigadoon!” he shared on social. “The season is written (including 25 new songs), but we unfortunately won’t be making it. Such is life.” (Read his full, heartfelt post, below.)
From executive producer Lorne Michaels and Universal Television, Paul serves as showrunner and co-created the series alongside Ken Daurio. Season one of the series launched in summer 2021, with the Cecily Strong vehicle renewed nearly a year after its debut.
Season two featured a new setting and returned star Keegan-Michael Key alongside the likes of Ariana DeBose, Dove Cameron, Jaime Camil, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Ann Harada, Jane Krakowski, Martin Short, Aaron Tveit, Tituss Burgess and Patrick Page. Season two launched...
- 1/18/2024
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Schmigadoon” has been canceled at Apple TV+.
The series aired two seasons at the streaming service, with the most recent season debuting in April 2023. Series co-creator Cinco Paul shared the news of the cancellation on Instagram.
“I am sad to share that Apple will not be moving forward with Season 3 of Schmigadoon!” Paul wrote. “The season is written (including 25 new songs) but we unfortunately won’t be making it. Such is life. I want to thank everyone involved with the show, our incredible cast and crew and writers, our wonderful supporters at Broadway Video, Universal and Apple, for everything they did to make it happen. It’s a miracle we even got two seasons, honestly, and I’m so grateful we did.”
Paul’s full statement can be read below.
“Schmigadoon” featured an all-star cast, which included: Keegan-Michael Key, Cecily Strong, Dove Cameron, Ariana DeBose, Jaime Camil, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming,...
The series aired two seasons at the streaming service, with the most recent season debuting in April 2023. Series co-creator Cinco Paul shared the news of the cancellation on Instagram.
“I am sad to share that Apple will not be moving forward with Season 3 of Schmigadoon!” Paul wrote. “The season is written (including 25 new songs) but we unfortunately won’t be making it. Such is life. I want to thank everyone involved with the show, our incredible cast and crew and writers, our wonderful supporters at Broadway Video, Universal and Apple, for everything they did to make it happen. It’s a miracle we even got two seasons, honestly, and I’m so grateful we did.”
Paul’s full statement can be read below.
“Schmigadoon” featured an all-star cast, which included: Keegan-Michael Key, Cecily Strong, Dove Cameron, Ariana DeBose, Jaime Camil, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming,...
- 1/18/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
It’s curtain call for Schmigadoon!
Apple TV+ has cancelled the musical satire after two seasons, TVLine has confirmed. The news comes eight months after the release of the May 3 finale, which earned a TVLine reader grade of “A.”
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“I am sad to share that Apple will not be moving forward with Season 3 of Schmigadoon!” series co-creator Cinco Paul shared on Instagram Thursday. “The season is...
Apple TV+ has cancelled the musical satire after two seasons, TVLine has confirmed. The news comes eight months after the release of the May 3 finale, which earned a TVLine reader grade of “A.”
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“I am sad to share that Apple will not be moving forward with Season 3 of Schmigadoon!” series co-creator Cinco Paul shared on Instagram Thursday. “The season is...
- 1/18/2024
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Ed Sheeran can add another trophy to his collection: an Emmy, having won Saturday night for best original music and lyrics in a television show at the 2023 Creative Arts Emmys (which were delayed due to the writers and actors strikes last year).
The other nominees were tracks from Ginny & Georgia, The L Word: Generation Q, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Ted Lasso (nominated twice, only one of the songs being written by Sheeran), and Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
This is Sheeran’s first Emmy nomination, for the song “A Beautiful Game,” which is featured in Ted Lasso’s season 3 finale and was produced by Max Martin. Sheeran was not in attendance to accept the award.
The award honors a song or score created specifically for a television show. Last year’s winner was Cinco Paul, who wrote original material for Schmigadoon!
Lasso also picked up the award for best guest actor in a comedy series,...
The other nominees were tracks from Ginny & Georgia, The L Word: Generation Q, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Ted Lasso (nominated twice, only one of the songs being written by Sheeran), and Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
This is Sheeran’s first Emmy nomination, for the song “A Beautiful Game,” which is featured in Ted Lasso’s season 3 finale and was produced by Max Martin. Sheeran was not in attendance to accept the award.
The award honors a song or score created specifically for a television show. Last year’s winner was Cinco Paul, who wrote original material for Schmigadoon!
Lasso also picked up the award for best guest actor in a comedy series,...
- 1/7/2024
- by Hilton Dresden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Christopher Gattelli appeared at Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees awards-season event after receiving his second consecutive nomination for his work creating the numerous dances in Schmigadoon!, which takes a satirical look at the world of movie and Broadway musicals.
Last year, the Apple TV+ series, created by Cinco Paul, dealt with the 1950s. But for its second season the possibilities really opened up for Gattelli as Schmigadoon! became Schmicago, spoofing the likes of Bob Fosse, Hair, Stephen Sondheim and more. In fact Gattelli, as a performer, last appeared on Broadway in the show Fosse, so this season became second hand to him thanks to his personal experience.
“Season 1 with the ’50s had its its pluses with the kind of long shots and the long takes and the getting of the full dancers bodies and a lot of the shots and whatnot, but this this season was a lot of...
Last year, the Apple TV+ series, created by Cinco Paul, dealt with the 1950s. But for its second season the possibilities really opened up for Gattelli as Schmigadoon! became Schmicago, spoofing the likes of Bob Fosse, Hair, Stephen Sondheim and more. In fact Gattelli, as a performer, last appeared on Broadway in the show Fosse, so this season became second hand to him thanks to his personal experience.
“Season 1 with the ’50s had its its pluses with the kind of long shots and the long takes and the getting of the full dancers bodies and a lot of the shots and whatnot, but this this season was a lot of...
- 8/12/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Tributes poured in Monday after it was revealed that Paul Reubens, the actor who made Pee-wee Herman famous, died after a private battle with cancer. He was 70.
Reubens turned Pee-wee into a one-man franchise, from the influential kids TV show Pee-Wee’s Playhouse through three feature films — 1985’s Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, 1998’s Big Top Pee-wee and the 2016 Netflix pic Pee-wee’s Big Holiday — and even a Broadway play.
He also appeared on everything from Mystery Men (as Spleen) to Murphy Brown, and stole scenes in the likes of Batman Returns and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
“Paul Reubens was like no one else – a brilliant and original comedian who made kids and their parents laugh at the same time,” Jimmy Kimmel wrote today. “He never forgot a birthday and shared his genuine delight for silliness with everyone he met. My family and I will miss him.”
Said Danny DeVito: “Really loved working with him.
Reubens turned Pee-wee into a one-man franchise, from the influential kids TV show Pee-Wee’s Playhouse through three feature films — 1985’s Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, 1998’s Big Top Pee-wee and the 2016 Netflix pic Pee-wee’s Big Holiday — and even a Broadway play.
He also appeared on everything from Mystery Men (as Spleen) to Murphy Brown, and stole scenes in the likes of Batman Returns and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
“Paul Reubens was like no one else – a brilliant and original comedian who made kids and their parents laugh at the same time,” Jimmy Kimmel wrote today. “He never forgot a birthday and shared his genuine delight for silliness with everyone he met. My family and I will miss him.”
Said Danny DeVito: “Really loved working with him.
- 7/31/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
AppleTV+’s “Schmigadoon!” took a bold leap in its second season by transplanting its snarky, sympathetic central couple (Keegan Michael-Key and Cecily Strong) from the “Corn Puddin’” territory of musical theater’s golden age to the torn-stocking, cleaver-wielding recesses of the 1970s, with a little hippie free love thrown in for good measure.
Tony-winning choreographer Christopher Gattelli shepherded the series through the complete opposite of a sophomore slump, as “Schmicago!” (the new sort-of title card seen in the opening credits) gave us the old razzle-dazzle in eye-popping dance numbers even more effervescent than the first season’s candy-colored hoedowns (which Gattelli received an Emmy nom for). The affable, versatile choreographer chatted with TheWrap about getting Jane Krakowski back on a trapeze after 20 years, corralling children for big numbers and why primetime dance-competition shows are to thank for bringing the form roaring back to the small screen.
Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming in “Schmigadoon!
Tony-winning choreographer Christopher Gattelli shepherded the series through the complete opposite of a sophomore slump, as “Schmicago!” (the new sort-of title card seen in the opening credits) gave us the old razzle-dazzle in eye-popping dance numbers even more effervescent than the first season’s candy-colored hoedowns (which Gattelli received an Emmy nom for). The affable, versatile choreographer chatted with TheWrap about getting Jane Krakowski back on a trapeze after 20 years, corralling children for big numbers and why primetime dance-competition shows are to thank for bringing the form roaring back to the small screen.
Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming in “Schmigadoon!
- 6/21/2023
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
Jane Krakowski had one musical number in Season 1 of Apple TV+’s “Schmigadoon!” and she performed it from behind the wheel of a cramped convertible. It wasn’t much of a stage, but the Emmy nominee and musical theater veteran used every inch of the leather interior to sell her wistful yet seductive song, eventually wedging her high heel into the steering wheel to steady herself for the climatic high note.
The performance is proof that no number is too small for Krakowski. But series creator and Emmy-winning songwriter Cinco Paul wanted to give her more to do in Season 2, which puts the series’ central couple Melissa (Cecily Strong) and Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) on the seedy streets of Schmicago, inspired by 1960s and ’70s musicals like ”Chicago” and “Cabaret.”
It is Krakowski’s favorite musical era, but she was in the dark as to who she’d play in Paul...
The performance is proof that no number is too small for Krakowski. But series creator and Emmy-winning songwriter Cinco Paul wanted to give her more to do in Season 2, which puts the series’ central couple Melissa (Cecily Strong) and Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) on the seedy streets of Schmicago, inspired by 1960s and ’70s musicals like ”Chicago” and “Cabaret.”
It is Krakowski’s favorite musical era, but she was in the dark as to who she’d play in Paul...
- 6/10/2023
- by Hunter Ingram
- Variety Film + TV
Latino WGA members and their allies descended upon Universal Studios en masse Monday beginning at 5 a.m. to picket on the seventh day of the Hollywood writers strike.
The early arrival for some came as picketers wanted to be visible to trucks attempting to enter through the studio’s gates. Several picket lines in Los Angeles and New York have turned trucks away since contract talks broke off May 1 between the writers and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
The WGA West’s Latinx Writers Committee organized today’s action, which at its height grew to about 300 picketers in Universal City, marching across Lankershim Boulevard from the main gates of the studio to Telemundo and back.
Related: Deadline’s ‘Strike Talk’ Podcast With Billy Ray And Todd Garner: Week One
The list of writers included the Latinx Writers Committee chair Christina Piña and vice chair Jorge Rivera...
The early arrival for some came as picketers wanted to be visible to trucks attempting to enter through the studio’s gates. Several picket lines in Los Angeles and New York have turned trucks away since contract talks broke off May 1 between the writers and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
The WGA West’s Latinx Writers Committee organized today’s action, which at its height grew to about 300 picketers in Universal City, marching across Lankershim Boulevard from the main gates of the studio to Telemundo and back.
Related: Deadline’s ‘Strike Talk’ Podcast With Billy Ray And Todd Garner: Week One
The list of writers included the Latinx Writers Committee chair Christina Piña and vice chair Jorge Rivera...
- 5/8/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
The TV Academy has denied the petition for Apple’s “Schmigadoon!” to move from submitting for outstanding comedy series to the scripted variety category, Variety has learned exclusively.
It had been reported that the streamer had filed an official petition to move the show into the newly titled scripted variety category where it would face off against “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” “Saturday Night Live” and “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” However, the news seemed to be premature, with the Television Academy confirming the petition has been denied and Apple has been notified.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Emmy predictions in all categories.
The scripted variety category is open to series with at least six episodes. It is defined as shows that are “primarily scripted, or loosely-scripted improv” and “discrete scenes, satire, musical numbers, monologues, comedy stand-ups, sketches, etc.” Last year, Netflix’s “Murderville” was denied entry into the category,...
It had been reported that the streamer had filed an official petition to move the show into the newly titled scripted variety category where it would face off against “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” “Saturday Night Live” and “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” However, the news seemed to be premature, with the Television Academy confirming the petition has been denied and Apple has been notified.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Emmy predictions in all categories.
The scripted variety category is open to series with at least six episodes. It is defined as shows that are “primarily scripted, or loosely-scripted improv” and “discrete scenes, satire, musical numbers, monologues, comedy stand-ups, sketches, etc.” Last year, Netflix’s “Murderville” was denied entry into the category,...
- 5/5/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Did Schmigadoon! just take its final bow?
Whereas Season 1 of Apple TV+’s musical satire closed on a cliffhanger — Melissa and Josh were about to cross the bridge, but still hadn’t reached the other side — Wednesday’s Season 2 finale offered a pretty definitive ending.
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After the sinister Octavius Kratt was killed via chandelier,...
Whereas Season 1 of Apple TV+’s musical satire closed on a cliffhanger — Melissa and Josh were about to cross the bridge, but still hadn’t reached the other side — Wednesday’s Season 2 finale offered a pretty definitive ending.
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After the sinister Octavius Kratt was killed via chandelier,...
- 5/3/2023
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
It's over and done, but aren't you glad it happened?
On Schmigadoon! Season 2 Episode 6, Josh and Melissa get their Finale Ultimo, which turns out to be a "Happy Beginning."
The singular sensation Ariana DeBose is back, opening up the episode with a fabulous tribute to 1981's R&b musical Dreamgirls.
DeBose hasn't been featured as prominently in Schmigadoon! Season 2 as she was in Schmigadoon! Season 1, likely due to her career taking off after her Oscar win -- but this is a beautiful way to showcase her doing what she does best.
DeBose delivers dramatic, dynamic vocals with elegance and glamor. The number sets the tone for the rest of the episode perfectly.
Once again, Cecily Strong proves what a marvelous actor she is. We know there will be a happy end, but her commitment to the proceedings is admirable. Patrick Page's Kratt somehow remains both dapper and dastardly. His evil knows no bounds!
On Schmigadoon! Season 2 Episode 6, Josh and Melissa get their Finale Ultimo, which turns out to be a "Happy Beginning."
The singular sensation Ariana DeBose is back, opening up the episode with a fabulous tribute to 1981's R&b musical Dreamgirls.
DeBose hasn't been featured as prominently in Schmigadoon! Season 2 as she was in Schmigadoon! Season 1, likely due to her career taking off after her Oscar win -- but this is a beautiful way to showcase her doing what she does best.
DeBose delivers dramatic, dynamic vocals with elegance and glamor. The number sets the tone for the rest of the episode perfectly.
Once again, Cecily Strong proves what a marvelous actor she is. We know there will be a happy end, but her commitment to the proceedings is admirable. Patrick Page's Kratt somehow remains both dapper and dastardly. His evil knows no bounds!
- 5/3/2023
- by Mary Littlejohn
- TVfanatic
Aaron Tveit has been a fixture on New York stages, appearing in shows including “Wicked,” “Next to Normal” and “Catch Me if You Can,” and he recently wrapped a second run as Christian in “Moulin Rouge!,” which bowed before the pandemic arrived and returned after Broadway reopened. But it’s television that has been helping him most rapidly expand his repertoire.
Tveit takes on a cavalcade of roles in Apple TV+’s “Schmigadoon!,” a parodical love letter to musicals, created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio and starring Keegan Michael-Key and Cecily Strong as a couple working out the kinks in their relationship in a magical land populated by characters from the stage. The series, which focused on musicals of the ’40s and ’50s in its first season, sends up shows of
the ’60s and ’70s in its second, set in the magical land of “Schmicago.”
What was it like...
Tveit takes on a cavalcade of roles in Apple TV+’s “Schmigadoon!,” a parodical love letter to musicals, created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio and starring Keegan Michael-Key and Cecily Strong as a couple working out the kinks in their relationship in a magical land populated by characters from the stage. The series, which focused on musicals of the ’40s and ’50s in its first season, sends up shows of
the ’60s and ’70s in its second, set in the magical land of “Schmicago.”
What was it like...
- 4/28/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Apple TV+ is opening its own FYC activation pop-up this year, taking over Hollywood’s Goya Studios to launch the “Think Apple TV+ FYC” space from May 1 to May 14.
The streamer’s signature Emmy-winning hit “Ted Lasso” will open the space on May 1 with a fan event that includes a series trivia game, followed by a conversation moderated by Yvette Nicole Brown (“Community”). Cast and creative team participating include series star and executive producer Jason Sudeikis, as well as Brendan Hunt, Brett Goldstein, Juno Temple, Phil Dunster, Jeremy Swift, Kola Bokinni, Cristo Fernández, Billy Harris and James Lance. The trivia game, hosted by comedian Ryan Budds, will feature cast members Charlie Hiscock, Stephen Manas and Moe Jeudy-Lamour.
Meanwhile, the two-week “Think Apple TV+” FYC space will wrap on May 14 with a “Schmigadoon!” sing-along. Since it’s Apple, the event will allow attendees to follow the lyrics along with “Schmigadoon!” stars Andrew Singer,...
The streamer’s signature Emmy-winning hit “Ted Lasso” will open the space on May 1 with a fan event that includes a series trivia game, followed by a conversation moderated by Yvette Nicole Brown (“Community”). Cast and creative team participating include series star and executive producer Jason Sudeikis, as well as Brendan Hunt, Brett Goldstein, Juno Temple, Phil Dunster, Jeremy Swift, Kola Bokinni, Cristo Fernández, Billy Harris and James Lance. The trivia game, hosted by comedian Ryan Budds, will feature cast members Charlie Hiscock, Stephen Manas and Moe Jeudy-Lamour.
Meanwhile, the two-week “Think Apple TV+” FYC space will wrap on May 14 with a “Schmigadoon!” sing-along. Since it’s Apple, the event will allow attendees to follow the lyrics along with “Schmigadoon!” stars Andrew Singer,...
- 4/25/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Patti LuPone wanted to be on Apple TV+’s musical series “Schmigadoon!,” but was told she’s “too old,” the multiple Tony winner said in a new interview.
On Wednesday, the 73-year-old LuPone, who costars in Marvel’s upcoming “Agatha: Coven of Chaos,” told Mashable, “I wanted to be in ‘Schmigadoon!’ and I was too old.. I don’t know what else to say. I so wanted to be in it!”
When asked to clarify, LuPone explained, “Exactly what I said. We reached out to them and said, ‘I want to be in Schmigadoon!’ They said, ‘Sorry. You’re too old.'”
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While she admitted the turndown was “so sad” and “depressing,” she added, “It’s their loss.” LuPone won Tonys for her roles in Broadway productions of “Evita,...
On Wednesday, the 73-year-old LuPone, who costars in Marvel’s upcoming “Agatha: Coven of Chaos,” told Mashable, “I wanted to be in ‘Schmigadoon!’ and I was too old.. I don’t know what else to say. I so wanted to be in it!”
When asked to clarify, LuPone explained, “Exactly what I said. We reached out to them and said, ‘I want to be in Schmigadoon!’ They said, ‘Sorry. You’re too old.'”
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While she admitted the turndown was “so sad” and “depressing,” she added, “It’s their loss.” LuPone won Tonys for her roles in Broadway productions of “Evita,...
- 4/20/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
In bringing his musical comedy Schmigadoon! back for a second season on Apple TV+, Cinco Paul knew he wanted to go to all new places.
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“I didn’t want to go back to Schmigadoon, as much as I love Schmigadoon,” the show’s co-creator, writer said at Deadline’s Contenders Television awards-season event. “The idea was always that if we got another season, I wanted to go into the ’60s and ’70s musicals. As much as I love Rodgers and Hammerstein, these are the musicals I’m passionate about — Sweeney and Pippin and Chicago. It’s just a great contrast to the first season, right? Where it’s darker, it’s sexier, it’s grittier, it’s scarier in every way.”
The show co-created by Ken Daurio, in its first season, introduced viewers...
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“I didn’t want to go back to Schmigadoon, as much as I love Schmigadoon,” the show’s co-creator, writer said at Deadline’s Contenders Television awards-season event. “The idea was always that if we got another season, I wanted to go into the ’60s and ’70s musicals. As much as I love Rodgers and Hammerstein, these are the musicals I’m passionate about — Sweeney and Pippin and Chicago. It’s just a great contrast to the first season, right? Where it’s darker, it’s sexier, it’s grittier, it’s scarier in every way.”
The show co-created by Ken Daurio, in its first season, introduced viewers...
- 4/15/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
A veteran of stage and screen, Tony winner Jane Krakowski returns to “Schmigadoon!”
In the second season of Apple TV+’s musical series, Krakowski plays Bobbie, a trial lawyer who sings and dances while roller-skating blindfolded, holding sparklers in her hands and doing splits and flipping around on a trapeze bar.
“We tried to pick things I mostly already knew how to do, except trapeze. So, I was allowed to go to trapeze school for like a week and grab five lessons before we filmed,” Krakowski told Variety on the red carpet at Thursday’s FYC event in Los Angeles.
Krakowski’s number, filmed very quickly over two days was cinematographer John Coffin’s favorite. “She was unbelievable and so gung-ho. It was sort of infectious,” Coffin said.
“I always wanted to learn the ‘Hot Honey Rag’ from ‘Chicago,'” Krakowski said. “I just wanted to learn those steps of...
In the second season of Apple TV+’s musical series, Krakowski plays Bobbie, a trial lawyer who sings and dances while roller-skating blindfolded, holding sparklers in her hands and doing splits and flipping around on a trapeze bar.
“We tried to pick things I mostly already knew how to do, except trapeze. So, I was allowed to go to trapeze school for like a week and grab five lessons before we filmed,” Krakowski told Variety on the red carpet at Thursday’s FYC event in Los Angeles.
Krakowski’s number, filmed very quickly over two days was cinematographer John Coffin’s favorite. “She was unbelievable and so gung-ho. It was sort of infectious,” Coffin said.
“I always wanted to learn the ‘Hot Honey Rag’ from ‘Chicago,'” Krakowski said. “I just wanted to learn those steps of...
- 4/15/2023
- by Carla Renata
- Variety Film + TV
The cast and production team of the Apple TV+ hit musical comedy series “Schmigadoon!” that dropped its second season on the streamer April 5 beat a tuneful path to the TV Academy’s Saban Media Center in North Hollywood on a drizzly Thursday night, with castmates Cecily Strong, Keegan-Michael Key, Dove Cameron, Jane Krakowski, Aaron Tveit, Tituss Burgess and Jaime Camil joining co-creator/exec producer/showrunner Cinco Paul and exec producer Andrew Singer for a spirited screening and panel event.
The show received four Emmy nominations in 2022 to mark its first season, including for its production design, music composition, chorography and original music and lyrics, winning a trophy for the latter. And while continuing to build an audience in season two, there’s already talk of a third season, as Singer confirmed on the red carpet (actually a wooden carpet after everyone moved indoors to avoid the raindrops) that Apple had...
The show received four Emmy nominations in 2022 to mark its first season, including for its production design, music composition, chorography and original music and lyrics, winning a trophy for the latter. And while continuing to build an audience in season two, there’s already talk of a third season, as Singer confirmed on the red carpet (actually a wooden carpet after everyone moved indoors to avoid the raindrops) that Apple had...
- 4/14/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Beau Is Afraid, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Mrs. Davis and The Last Thing He Told Me.
Beau Is Afraid premiere
Joaquin Phoenix and Ari Aster debuted their new A24 film in Los Angeles on Monday, alongside co-stars Parker Posey, Zoe Lister-Jones, Armen Nahapetian, Kylie Rogers and Richard Kind.
Ari Aster and Joaquin Phoenix Zoe Lister-Jones, Julia Antonelli, Kylie Roger, Michael Gandolfini, Armen Nahapetian, Ari Aster, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Kind and Lars Knudsen
Rennervations premiere
Jeremy Renner made his return to the red carpet, three months after his snowplow accident, on Tuesday for his Disney+ series Rennervations, alongside executive producers Rory Millikin, Romilda de Luca and Patrick Costello.
Rory Millikin, Romilda de Luca, Jeremy Renner and Patrick Costello Bob Iger and Jeremy Renner
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel premiere
Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino,...
Beau Is Afraid premiere
Joaquin Phoenix and Ari Aster debuted their new A24 film in Los Angeles on Monday, alongside co-stars Parker Posey, Zoe Lister-Jones, Armen Nahapetian, Kylie Rogers and Richard Kind.
Ari Aster and Joaquin Phoenix Zoe Lister-Jones, Julia Antonelli, Kylie Roger, Michael Gandolfini, Armen Nahapetian, Ari Aster, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Kind and Lars Knudsen
Rennervations premiere
Jeremy Renner made his return to the red carpet, three months after his snowplow accident, on Tuesday for his Disney+ series Rennervations, alongside executive producers Rory Millikin, Romilda de Luca and Patrick Costello.
Rory Millikin, Romilda de Luca, Jeremy Renner and Patrick Costello Bob Iger and Jeremy Renner
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel premiere
Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino,...
- 4/14/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dove Cameron has confirmed she was in the running to star in Jon M. Chu’s upcoming movie musical adaptation of “Wicked” — a dream casting that was speculated for years before the role of Glinda ultimately went to Ariana Grande.
“I definitely went out for it,” Cameron revealed to TheWrap, speaking on the press line at a “Schmigadoon!” Season 2 FYC event in North Hollywood. “I know that for everybody who did go out for it, it was a very long process. It was one of the longer processes I’ve been a part of.”
The confirmation that Cameron was in the mix with eventual stars Grande and Cynthia Erivo comes after a long-lasting, feverish push online from fans to get Cameron to star as one of her dream roles, Glinda.
“I don’t think everyone wants me to be Glinda but, I mean, it’s like the role of a lifetime,...
“I definitely went out for it,” Cameron revealed to TheWrap, speaking on the press line at a “Schmigadoon!” Season 2 FYC event in North Hollywood. “I know that for everybody who did go out for it, it was a very long process. It was one of the longer processes I’ve been a part of.”
The confirmation that Cameron was in the mix with eventual stars Grande and Cynthia Erivo comes after a long-lasting, feverish push online from fans to get Cameron to star as one of her dream roles, Glinda.
“I don’t think everyone wants me to be Glinda but, I mean, it’s like the role of a lifetime,...
- 4/14/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
Jane Krakowski made her Broadway debut at 18 as Dinah in Andrew Lloyd Webber's mega-musical Starlight Express. Since then, she has appeared in numerous Broadway and West End musicals. She has won both a Tony and an Olivier award.
Krakowski got her start on television playing Elaine on Ally McBeal, but she is probably best known for her portrayal of Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock, which makes up four of her five Emmy nominations (the fifth being for her role as Jacqueline in The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt).
Krakowski returns to the small screen as Bobby Flanagan, the fast-talking, hot-shot lawyer of Schmicago in Schmigadoon! Season 2.
We caught up with her at a recent press day to find out how she tackled her show-stopping number "Bells and Whistles," as well as her dream roles and hopes for the future.
This interview contains mild spoilers for Schmigadoon! Season 2 Episode 3. Go watch it!
Krakowski got her start on television playing Elaine on Ally McBeal, but she is probably best known for her portrayal of Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock, which makes up four of her five Emmy nominations (the fifth being for her role as Jacqueline in The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt).
Krakowski returns to the small screen as Bobby Flanagan, the fast-talking, hot-shot lawyer of Schmicago in Schmigadoon! Season 2.
We caught up with her at a recent press day to find out how she tackled her show-stopping number "Bells and Whistles," as well as her dream roles and hopes for the future.
This interview contains mild spoilers for Schmigadoon! Season 2 Episode 3. Go watch it!
- 4/12/2023
- by Mary Littlejohn
- TVfanatic
Join in the cosmic cantata, and take a trip to Schmicago!
On Schmigadoon! Season 2 Episode 3, Josh gets groovy with the hippies, Melissa meets the residents of Quick Street, and Bobby razzle-dazzles the courtroom.
It's so consistently impressive how much they cram into 30 minutes and still come up with a coherent narrative.
Cinco Paul's cleverness with lyrics comes into play in every song here. He's got internal rhymes up the shoobie-doobie, and the double meaning of "The Worst Brats In Town" -- sausages and children -- is just too good.
On Quick Street, we have Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth as Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett... er, Dooley Blight and Miss Codwell, who is also Miss Hannigan from Annie.
Cumming leans into the melodrama of Dooley Blight, evoking more sympathy than menace. Vocally, both of them are at ease with the weird intricacies of the Sondheimesque score.
These are not the...
On Schmigadoon! Season 2 Episode 3, Josh gets groovy with the hippies, Melissa meets the residents of Quick Street, and Bobby razzle-dazzles the courtroom.
It's so consistently impressive how much they cram into 30 minutes and still come up with a coherent narrative.
Cinco Paul's cleverness with lyrics comes into play in every song here. He's got internal rhymes up the shoobie-doobie, and the double meaning of "The Worst Brats In Town" -- sausages and children -- is just too good.
On Quick Street, we have Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth as Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett... er, Dooley Blight and Miss Codwell, who is also Miss Hannigan from Annie.
Cumming leans into the melodrama of Dooley Blight, evoking more sympathy than menace. Vocally, both of them are at ease with the weird intricacies of the Sondheimesque score.
These are not the...
- 4/12/2023
- by Mary Littlejohn
- TVfanatic
Kristin Chenoweth in “Schmigadoon!,” now streaming on Apple TV+. Last year, Cinco Paul won an Emmy Award for the songs he wrote for the first season of the show he co-created, Schmigadoon! The series, a loving parody of old-style musical films, is now back for its second season, but it’s got a new setting and an updated musical style. Paul, who is an executive producer and one of the show’s primary writers, told us that writing a whole new set of songs for the new season was a challenge, but he didn’t feel like he was repeating himself. (Click on the media bar below to hear Cinco Paul) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Cinco-Paul_Schmigadoon.mp3 Schmigadoon! is currently streaming on Apple TV+.
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- 4/8/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Some people just want fundamentally different things from musicals. For those who want to see precision petticoat dancing and go home whistling a little ditty about vegetables, “Schmigadoon!” couldn’t have been more of a godsend. Made with the sun-drenched breeziness of a Technicolor classic from the first half of the 20th century, the show followed longtime couple Melissa (Cecily Strong) and Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) as they teetered on the edge of a breakup. But after spending some time in the magical, mythical world of Schmigadoon, some small-town wisdom from the locals helped them reframe their priorities and rekindle their love for each other. Lessons learned, smiles achieved.
“Schmigadoon!” Season 2 finds Josh and Melissa in a slightly different state. They’re married now, but something is a little off. Now finding themselves a second time in a mystical place at the end of a foggy bridge, their new temporary home...
“Schmigadoon!” Season 2 finds Josh and Melissa in a slightly different state. They’re married now, but something is a little off. Now finding themselves a second time in a mystical place at the end of a foggy bridge, their new temporary home...
- 4/5/2023
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
To celebrate the release of the second season of Schmigadoon!, which debuts this week on Apple TV+, we had the pleasure of chatting with its incredible ensemble and filmmakers to find out about the new series.
Having found true love in the town of Schmigadoon, season two of “Schmigadoon!” will find Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) in Schmicago, the reimagined world of ’60s and ’70s musicals. The second season of Apple’s broadly acclaimed comedy will include new original musical numbers from co-creator and executive producer Cinco Paul, as well as returning stars Cecily Strong, Keegan-Michael Key, Oscar Winner Ariana DeBose, Martin Short, Dove Cameron, Jaime Camil, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Ann Harada, Jane Krakowski, and Aaron Tveit are set to return, with Tituss Burgess and Patrick Page joining the cast for season two.
In our interviews, we chat to Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key, Dove Cameron and Aaron Tveit,...
Having found true love in the town of Schmigadoon, season two of “Schmigadoon!” will find Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) in Schmicago, the reimagined world of ’60s and ’70s musicals. The second season of Apple’s broadly acclaimed comedy will include new original musical numbers from co-creator and executive producer Cinco Paul, as well as returning stars Cecily Strong, Keegan-Michael Key, Oscar Winner Ariana DeBose, Martin Short, Dove Cameron, Jaime Camil, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Ann Harada, Jane Krakowski, and Aaron Tveit are set to return, with Tituss Burgess and Patrick Page joining the cast for season two.
In our interviews, we chat to Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key, Dove Cameron and Aaron Tveit,...
- 4/5/2023
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
I have come to speak on behalf of those for whom traditional musical-comedy is their happy place. For these lucky souls, I bear the great news that the delightful Emmy-winning Schmigadoon! has once again landed on Apple TV+ with its love for the form evident in every spot-on parody lyric from inspired composer and series co-creator Cinco Paul. In Season 2, however, when contemporary couple Melissa (Saturday Night Live’s Cecily Strong) and Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) seek respite from their disappointment in the real world — reason enough to retreat to the world of musicals — they are stymied in their attempt to revisit the Brigadoon-like 1940s fantasyland of upbeat Rodgers & Hammerstein-style show tunes. Instead, they are plunged into a sexier, more sinister underworld of tantalizing tunes. “Welcome to Schmicago,” purrs the mischievous new narrator (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s ...
- 4/5/2023
- TV Insider
Wouldn’t life be grander if it were a musical? Josh and Melissa found out the answer to that question in the first season of “Schmigadoon!” which is preparing to release its second season on Apple TV+ on Wednesday, April 5. The two have returned from the magical town of Schmigadoon to their hum-drum lives, but when they try to go back they wind up in an entirely new city, with an entirely new set of musical numbers! You can watch Schmigadoon!: Season 2 with a 7-Day Free Trial of Apple TV+.
How to Watch ‘Schmigadoon!’ Season 2 Premiere When: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 Where: Apple TV+ Stream: Watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Apple TV+. 7-Day Free Trial$6.99 / month apple.com About ‘Schmigadoon!’ Season 2 Premiere
Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) took a few wrong turns during a backpacking trip, and wound up in the magical village of Schmigadoon,...
How to Watch ‘Schmigadoon!’ Season 2 Premiere When: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 Where: Apple TV+ Stream: Watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Apple TV+. 7-Day Free Trial$6.99 / month apple.com About ‘Schmigadoon!’ Season 2 Premiere
Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) took a few wrong turns during a backpacking trip, and wound up in the magical village of Schmigadoon,...
- 4/5/2023
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
Well, folks, prepare for a little of the ol’ razzle-dazzle. In Schmigadoon‘s premiere season, the inventive musical-comedy series found couple Josh and Melissa (Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong) trapped in the wholesome, sunny confines of Schmigadoon, a mystical land where perky residents burst into song as if they were stuck inside a Golden Age Broadway musical. But in Season 2, the now-married pair instead wind up waylaid in the debauched world of “Schmicago,” complete with seductive Bob Fosse-style dancing, fishnet-clad chorus girls, and all that jazz. In this seedy town, Josh and Melissa encounter irreverent songs paying homage to an era of late-1960s and ’70s musicals that, says series co-creator Cinco Paul, “really pushed boundaries.” Apple TV+ While Melissa laments that Schmicago is “like that season of American Horror Story I gave up on,” Josh feels seduced by the “edgy” vibe — until they’re caught in a murder...
- 4/4/2023
- TV Insider
Cinco Paul is the man behind the music of Apple TV+'s hit musical comedy Schmigadoon!
Paul co-created the series with longtime screenwriting partner Ken Daurio.
Paul serves as showrunner, songwriter, executive producer, and director of several episodes. He even won an Emmy for Schmigadoon! Season 1's rollicking number, "Corn Puddin'."
We caught up with Paul at a recent press day to talk about what went into the creation of Schmigadoon! Season 2.
How has the fan response impacted how you approached Season 2, or did you already know what you wanted to do?
Going into Season 1, I knew I wanted to do multiple seasons. My concept has always been [to] move through all the different eras of musicals.
During Season 1, when we were shooting, as I started to figure things out, watching the cast, I pulled Dove [Cameron] aside and said, "How would you like to be Sally Bowles next season?"
I pulled Aaron [Tveit] aside with,...
Paul co-created the series with longtime screenwriting partner Ken Daurio.
Paul serves as showrunner, songwriter, executive producer, and director of several episodes. He even won an Emmy for Schmigadoon! Season 1's rollicking number, "Corn Puddin'."
We caught up with Paul at a recent press day to talk about what went into the creation of Schmigadoon! Season 2.
How has the fan response impacted how you approached Season 2, or did you already know what you wanted to do?
Going into Season 1, I knew I wanted to do multiple seasons. My concept has always been [to] move through all the different eras of musicals.
During Season 1, when we were shooting, as I started to figure things out, watching the cast, I pulled Dove [Cameron] aside and said, "How would you like to be Sally Bowles next season?"
I pulled Aaron [Tveit] aside with,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Mary Littlejohn
- TVfanatic
Though it is perhaps not the buzziest title among Apple TV+'s offerings, the musical comedy "Schmigadoon!" was a surprising and pleasantly charming riff on some classic Broadway shows. Premiering in the summer of 2021, "Schmigadoon!", as its title would imply to those in the know, spoofed old-fashioned musicals like "Brigadoon," "The Music Man," and "Oklahoma!", with the twist that a modern couple found themselves magically transported into a world combining elements of these stage shows and could only get out by renewing and better understanding their love for each other. If "Schmigadoon!" had wrapped as a single-season miniseries, ending on a tentative but hopeful note, that would've been fine. But there are other eras of Broadway to spoof, and thankfully, we now have a second, very loopy, yet slightly edgier season of "Schmigadoon!", picking up almost exactly where it left off in terms of its story and high quality.
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- 3/28/2023
- by Josh Spiegel
- Slash Film
Nick Offerman plays a food-obsessed neo-Nazi in an upcoming episode of Starz’s “Party Down.” In a clip exclusive to Variety, Offerman’s alt-right character compliments the food cooked by Party Down’s head chef Lucy, played by Zoë Chao. As a flustered Chao picks up a knife for self-defense, Offerman praises her: “I just wanted to offer my sincere compliments. The food is sublime.”
Premiering on Feb. 24 with episodes releasing weekly, Season 3 of “Party Down” picks up a decade after the first two seasons, which aired in 2009 and 2010. Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Ryan Hansen, Jane Lynch, Martin Starr and Megan Mullally (Offerman’s real-life wife) reprise their original roles. “Party Down” is created by John Enbom, Rob Thomas, Dan Etheridge and Paul Rudd.
Watch the clip below.
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Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) are back in the world of “Schmigadoon,...
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Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) are back in the world of “Schmigadoon,...
- 3/8/2023
- by Katie Reul
- Variety Film + TV
Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) miss the happy people and bright colors of Schmigadoon and set off to recapture that magical feeling in Apple TV+’s Schmigadoon season two trailer. The two-minute trailer provides our first good luck at where the couple wind up – Schmicago.
“Clearly, we’re in the next era of musicals here. These musicals are darker, with more sex and violence,” points out Melissa. Later, she realizes they may not capture that bubbly, joyful vibe they connected with in Schmigadoon.
“How are we supposed to make a happy ending here!? These musicals don’t have happy endings!” wonders Melissa. The answer will be revealed in the six-episode second season premiering on Wednesday, April 5, 2023 with the release of the first two episodes.
Created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, Schmigadoon season two stars returning cast members Strong, Key, Ariana DeBose, Martin Short, Dove Cameron, Jaime Camil,...
“Clearly, we’re in the next era of musicals here. These musicals are darker, with more sex and violence,” points out Melissa. Later, she realizes they may not capture that bubbly, joyful vibe they connected with in Schmigadoon.
“How are we supposed to make a happy ending here!? These musicals don’t have happy endings!” wonders Melissa. The answer will be revealed in the six-episode second season premiering on Wednesday, April 5, 2023 with the release of the first two episodes.
Created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, Schmigadoon season two stars returning cast members Strong, Key, Ariana DeBose, Martin Short, Dove Cameron, Jaime Camil,...
- 3/7/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
“Schmigadoon!” Season 2 is giving ‘em the old razzle dazzle. On Tuesday, Apple TV+ released a new trailer for the upcoming season of the Emmy-winning musical comedy series. Things on the show are taking a turn for the Fosse.
Having found true love in the town of Schmigadoon, Season 2 of “Schmigadoon!” will find Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) in Schmicago, the reimagined world of ’60s and ’70s musicals, per Apple’s logline.
The trailer is heavy on references to the musicals of that era. It draws most prominently on “Chicago,” of course, but also on “Cabaret,” “Oliver!,” and “Hair,” among others. Season 1 paid homage to light and bright musicals of the 1940s, while Season 2 is moving forward to an era where the musicals were darker, with more sex and violence and no happy endings, as Melissa explains in the trailer.
Season 2 will have new original musical numbers from co-creator and showrunner Cinco Paul,...
Having found true love in the town of Schmigadoon, Season 2 of “Schmigadoon!” will find Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) in Schmicago, the reimagined world of ’60s and ’70s musicals, per Apple’s logline.
The trailer is heavy on references to the musicals of that era. It draws most prominently on “Chicago,” of course, but also on “Cabaret,” “Oliver!,” and “Hair,” among others. Season 1 paid homage to light and bright musicals of the 1940s, while Season 2 is moving forward to an era where the musicals were darker, with more sex and violence and no happy endings, as Melissa explains in the trailer.
Season 2 will have new original musical numbers from co-creator and showrunner Cinco Paul,...
- 3/7/2023
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
Apple TV+ is subbing out “The Sound of Music” for “Sweeney Todd.” The first trailer for Season 2 of “Schmigadoon!,” the streamer’s musical parody series, has been released.
Created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, Season 1 of “Schmigadoon!” was a riff on the basic concept of “Brigadoon,” a 1947 Tony-winning musical. Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key lead the cast as Melissa and Josh, a long-term couple in a rocky patch of their relationship. The pair stumble upon the remote town of Schmigadoon and soon discover they can’t leave until they understand true love: something the magical realm determined the partners weren’t in. Every episode featured multiple original musical numbers, patterned from “Brigadoon” and other musicals of its era, all written by Paul.
Season 2 of “Schmigadoon” picks up with Josh and Melissa back in the modern world, where Melissa feels discontent after experiencing real-life musical magic. The two pack their...
Created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, Season 1 of “Schmigadoon!” was a riff on the basic concept of “Brigadoon,” a 1947 Tony-winning musical. Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key lead the cast as Melissa and Josh, a long-term couple in a rocky patch of their relationship. The pair stumble upon the remote town of Schmigadoon and soon discover they can’t leave until they understand true love: something the magical realm determined the partners weren’t in. Every episode featured multiple original musical numbers, patterned from “Brigadoon” and other musicals of its era, all written by Paul.
Season 2 of “Schmigadoon” picks up with Josh and Melissa back in the modern world, where Melissa feels discontent after experiencing real-life musical magic. The two pack their...
- 3/7/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Today Apple TV+ released the trailer for the second season of “Schmigadoon!,” the Emmy and AFI Award-winning, hit musical comedy series from co-creator Cinco Paul. “Schmigadoon!” will return for season two globally on Apple TV+ with all new original songs and guest stars on Wednesday, April 5 with the first two episodes of its six-episode second season, followed by new episodes every Wednesday through May 3, 2023. Having found true love in the town of Schmigadoon, season two of “Schmigadoon!” will find Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) in Schmicago, the reimagined world of ’60s and ’70s musicals. The second season of Apple’s broadly acclaimed comedy will include new original musical numbers from co-creator, executive producer and showrunner Cinco Paul, as well as returning stars Cecily Strong, Keegan-Michael Key, Ariana DeBose, Martin Short, Dove Cameron, Jaime Camil, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Ann Harada, Jane Krakowski and Aaron Tveit with Tituss Burgess...
- 3/7/2023
- by Thomas Miller
- Seat42F
‘Schmigadoon!’ Season 2 Trailer: Welcome to ‘Schmicago’ … and ‘Schmair’ and ‘Schmeeney Todd’ (Video)
Season 2 of “Schmigadoon!” lands Melissa (Cecily Strong) and Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) in an entirely new musical world, far from the sunny, upbeat climes of “Brigadoon.”
In the Season 2 trailer released on Tuesday by Apple TV+, Melissa tells a shocked Josh, “These musicals are darker with more sex and violence,” as they’re drawn into variations on sultry “Chicago,” flower-powered “Hair,” and the the bloody “Sweeney Todd.”
Oscar-winning “West Side Story” star Ariana DeBose shows off her moves as a chorus girl in the “Chicago” setting, while Jane Krakowski is a lawyer who promises to get Key off on charges of murder. Meanwhile, Tony-winning “Cabaret” star Alan Cumming wields a mean cleaver as butcher Sweeney Todd and Aaron Tveit (also a Tony winner) is a groovy hippie in “Hair” as the musicals intermingle into one big medley.
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In the Season 2 trailer released on Tuesday by Apple TV+, Melissa tells a shocked Josh, “These musicals are darker with more sex and violence,” as they’re drawn into variations on sultry “Chicago,” flower-powered “Hair,” and the the bloody “Sweeney Todd.”
Oscar-winning “West Side Story” star Ariana DeBose shows off her moves as a chorus girl in the “Chicago” setting, while Jane Krakowski is a lawyer who promises to get Key off on charges of murder. Meanwhile, Tony-winning “Cabaret” star Alan Cumming wields a mean cleaver as butcher Sweeney Todd and Aaron Tveit (also a Tony winner) is a groovy hippie in “Hair” as the musicals intermingle into one big medley.
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- 3/7/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Today at the 2023 Winter Television Critics Association press tour, Apple TV+ showcased a first look at the highly anticipated, second season of “Schmigadoon!,” the Emmy and AFI Award-winning, hit musical comedy series from co-creator Cinco Paul. “Schmigadoon!” will return for season two with all new original songs and guest stars on Friday, April 7, with the first two episodes of its six episode second season, followed by new episodes every Friday through May 5, 2023.
Having found true love in the town of Schmigadoon, season two of “Schmigadoon!” will find Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) in Schmicago, the reimagined world of ’60s and ’70s musicals. The second season of Apple’s broadly acclaimed comedy will include new original musical numbers from co-creator and executive producer Cinco Paul, as well as returning stars Cecily Strong, Keegan-Michael Key, Ariana DeBose, Martin Short, Dove Cameron, Jaime Camil, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Ann Harada,...
Having found true love in the town of Schmigadoon, season two of “Schmigadoon!” will find Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) in Schmicago, the reimagined world of ’60s and ’70s musicals. The second season of Apple’s broadly acclaimed comedy will include new original musical numbers from co-creator and executive producer Cinco Paul, as well as returning stars Cecily Strong, Keegan-Michael Key, Ariana DeBose, Martin Short, Dove Cameron, Jaime Camil, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Ann Harada,...
- 1/22/2023
- by TV Shows Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid - TV
At its core, the first season of "Schmigadoon!" on Apple TV+ is about two people that are trying to navigate the complex topics of love and relationships. But on the surface, as these characters are trapped in a town that won't let the leave until they find true love, the series starring Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key is a love letter to the Golden Age of musicals, which featured stories that often were light, bright, and shiny. However, for the show's second season, this couple is moving from the romance of the 1940s and 1950s to the darker and grittier aura of musical theater from the 1960s and 1970s.
During the Television Critics Association's winter press tour, /Film's Vanessa Armstrong was able to attend the panel featuring Key, his co-star Dove Cameron, and co-creator/songwriter/showrunner Cinco Paul where they discussed how their show would make that transition into...
During the Television Critics Association's winter press tour, /Film's Vanessa Armstrong was able to attend the panel featuring Key, his co-star Dove Cameron, and co-creator/songwriter/showrunner Cinco Paul where they discussed how their show would make that transition into...
- 1/19/2023
- by Ben F. Silverio
- Slash Film
Apple TV+ had plenty of news to share at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour today.
Ted Lasso Season 3, which could turn out to be the final season of the hit comedy, will be back on the air in the spring.
The streaming service also shared an intense first-look photo for the new season.
Ted Lasso quickly earned praise and acclaim, with season one becoming the most Emmy-nominated freshman comedy series in history, landing top honors and awards.
In addition to its Emmy accolades, the series has been recognized with an esteemed Peabody Award, a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Award for Sudeikis.
It has also landed three Critics Choice Awards, including Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Sudeikis, and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Hannah Waddingham, sweeping all categories in which the series was nominated.
Ted Lasso Season 3, which could turn out to be the final season of the hit comedy, will be back on the air in the spring.
The streaming service also shared an intense first-look photo for the new season.
Ted Lasso quickly earned praise and acclaim, with season one becoming the most Emmy-nominated freshman comedy series in history, landing top honors and awards.
In addition to its Emmy accolades, the series has been recognized with an esteemed Peabody Award, a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Award for Sudeikis.
It has also landed three Critics Choice Awards, including Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Sudeikis, and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Hannah Waddingham, sweeping all categories in which the series was nominated.
- 1/19/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Josh and Melissa will find themselves in a strange but somewhat familiar land this April. Apple TV+ has announced a premiere date for the second season of the Schmigadoon! series.
A musical comedy series co-created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, Schmigadoon! follows modern-day couple Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) as they find themselves trapped in a strange Brigadoon-like town. The naïve residents sing and dance at the drop of a hat, like they're in a '40s or '50s-style musical. The first season finished with the couple having worked out issues in their own relationship while helping the residents to grow.
They are able to leave the town of Schmigadoon but have now ended up in Schmicago, the reimagined world of ’60s and ’70s musicals. The second season will feature the returns...
A musical comedy series co-created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, Schmigadoon! follows modern-day couple Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) as they find themselves trapped in a strange Brigadoon-like town. The naïve residents sing and dance at the drop of a hat, like they're in a '40s or '50s-style musical. The first season finished with the couple having worked out issues in their own relationship while helping the residents to grow.
They are able to leave the town of Schmigadoon but have now ended up in Schmicago, the reimagined world of ’60s and ’70s musicals. The second season will feature the returns...
- 1/19/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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