Netflix’s “American Symphony,” which follows Grammy and Oscar winner Jon Batiste as he prepares for his performance at Carnegie Hall, leads the 2023 Critics Choice Documentary Award nominations with six, including best documentary feature and directing for Matthew Heineman. PBS’ “20 Days in Mariupol,” Magnolia Pictures’ “Kokomo City” and Apple Original Films’ “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” are tied for second with five nominations apiece. Each were also were nominated in the top category.
Other nominees for documentary feature include Roadside Attraction’s “Beyond Utopia,” MTV Documentary Films’ “The Eternal Memory,” Amazon’s “Judy Blume Forever,” National Geographic’s “The Mission” and Netflix’s “The Deepest Breath” and “Stamped from the Beginning.”
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.
Now in its eighth year, the Critics Choice Documentary Awards have previously given the top prize to Oscar winners “O.J.: Made in America” (2016) and...
Other nominees for documentary feature include Roadside Attraction’s “Beyond Utopia,” MTV Documentary Films’ “The Eternal Memory,” Amazon’s “Judy Blume Forever,” National Geographic’s “The Mission” and Netflix’s “The Deepest Breath” and “Stamped from the Beginning.”
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.
Now in its eighth year, the Critics Choice Documentary Awards have previously given the top prize to Oscar winners “O.J.: Made in America” (2016) and...
- 10/16/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
After the wave of public protests following the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, HBO made both seasons of “Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas” available for free on YouTube.
When it aired in 2018 and 2019, the show was a fresh spin on the kind of accessible, joke-filled explainer series that had gained popularity in the wake of the 2016 election. “Problem Areas” used on-the-ground interviews, heavily sourced segments, and host Wyatt Cenac’s skills as a communicator to examine deep-seated issues in a number of areas of American life.
Renewed attention to the show and its availability on a new platform largely comes from the overarching subject of the show’s first season: policing. Through the lens of gun violence, sexual violence, homelessness, use of force, and officer training, “Problem Areas” was able to show how police-related issues directly intersect with so many others.
(That idea is reinforced in Season 2, which discussed...
When it aired in 2018 and 2019, the show was a fresh spin on the kind of accessible, joke-filled explainer series that had gained popularity in the wake of the 2016 election. “Problem Areas” used on-the-ground interviews, heavily sourced segments, and host Wyatt Cenac’s skills as a communicator to examine deep-seated issues in a number of areas of American life.
Renewed attention to the show and its availability on a new platform largely comes from the overarching subject of the show’s first season: policing. Through the lens of gun violence, sexual violence, homelessness, use of force, and officer training, “Problem Areas” was able to show how police-related issues directly intersect with so many others.
(That idea is reinforced in Season 2, which discussed...
- 6/8/2020
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Comedy documentary series “Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas” has been canceled by HBO after two seasons.
Tonight’s episode will be the series’ last; the series finale airs 11 p.m. on HBO.
“Tonight is the series finale of @ProblemAreasHBO. I guess we were another casualty of that dragon fire at King’s Landing?” Cenac tweeted Friday. “Sad there won’t be season 3 or 17, but appreciate everything and everyone who made seasons 1 & 2 possible, whether that was working on it or watching it.”
Tonight is the series finale of @ProblemAreasHBO.
I guess we were another casualty of that dragon fire at King's Landing?
Sad there won't be season 3 or 17, but appreciate everything and everyone who made seasons 1 & 2 possible, whether that was working on it or watching it.
— Wyatt Cenac (@wyattcenac) June 7, 2019
Cenac continued his thoughts in a seven-part tweet thread.
Tonight’s episode will be the series’ last; the series finale airs 11 p.m. on HBO.
“Tonight is the series finale of @ProblemAreasHBO. I guess we were another casualty of that dragon fire at King’s Landing?” Cenac tweeted Friday. “Sad there won’t be season 3 or 17, but appreciate everything and everyone who made seasons 1 & 2 possible, whether that was working on it or watching it.”
Tonight is the series finale of @ProblemAreasHBO.
I guess we were another casualty of that dragon fire at King's Landing?
Sad there won't be season 3 or 17, but appreciate everything and everyone who made seasons 1 & 2 possible, whether that was working on it or watching it.
— Wyatt Cenac (@wyattcenac) June 7, 2019
Cenac continued his thoughts in a seven-part tweet thread.
- 6/7/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
There's some good news coming out of the world of late-night cable television. HBO has renewed Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas TV show for a second season, with a start date TBD.
The first 10-episode season of Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas premiered on Friday, April 13, 2018, yet seems to have evaded any bad luck associated with the date. The HBO TV series explores issues of the day from the lighthearted to the serious.
The first 10-episode season of Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas premiered on Friday, April 13, 2018, yet seems to have evaded any bad luck associated with the date. The HBO TV series explores issues of the day from the lighthearted to the serious.
- 5/23/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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