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Joel Kim Booster is set as a lead opposite Maya Rudolph in Apple’s half-hour comedy series from Emmy winners Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard. Mj Rodriguez also stars. Created and written by Yang and Hubbard, the series follows Molly (Rudolph), a woman whose seemingly perfect life is upended after her husband leaves her…

When Lena Waithe and Naomi Ackie signed on to star in Master of None Season 3, they each experienced a different kind of pressure, based on their past experiences. The most daunting aspect of the shoot, for Waithe, was the fact that she was thrust fully into the spotlight for the first time. Prior to Season 3, titled M…

It’s been a minute since audiences were treated to a new season of Netflix’s Emmy-winning Master of None created by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang. Netflix said last month that it will finally debut a third season of the comedy May 23 — though it may not be something fans of the series would expect. In fact, it might go…

Pose‘s Michaela Jaé (Mj) Rodriguez is set to star alongside Maya Rudolph in Apple TV+’s untitled half-hour comedy series created by Emmy winners Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard. Created and written by Yang and Hubbard, the series follows Molly (Rudolph), a woman whose seemingly perfect life is upended after her husband…

We’re getting the first look at footage of the long-awaited Season 3 of Aziz Ansari’s Emmy-winning series Master Of None. Netflix unveiled the trailer Monday, along with a May 23 premiere date for the Universal TV-produced series. The new season focuses on Lena Waithe’s character Denise and her relationship with her…

EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ has given a straight-to-series order to a half-hour comedy series starring Emmy winner Maya Rudolph and created by Emmy winners Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard. The untitled series reunites the trio who worked together on the 2018 Amazon comedy series Forever, also created by Yang and Hubbard and…

Netflix’s two top film and TV executives said the streaming service still has plenty of room for progress with diversity, but predicted results in 2020 will likely show improvement over 2019 when all of the numbers are tallied. “I think we are definitely going to improve,” TV chief Bela Bajaria said. “If you think…

USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released a study today examining the diversity of Netflix’s original content. If anything the study could be summarized by Dr. Stacy L. Smith who said in a video: “Inclusion happens when women are given the keys to the kingdom.” “I rarely have anything positive to say,” said Dr…

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a surge in racism against Asians and Pacific Islanders (API) which has been bolstered by Donald Trump and his administration’s consistent use of the terms “Chinese virus” and “Kung Flu” to describe COVID-19. To combat the wave of harassment and discrimination…

Alan Yang is known for working on comedy-driven TV series such as Parks and Recreation, Master of None and Forever. More recently, he was part of the team that brought the immigrant anthology series Little America to Apple TV+. That being said, he dived deeper into immigrant narratives, telling a personal story with…

When director and writer Alan Yang tweeted out the first trailer for his Netflix multi-generational drama Tigertail this morning, he wrote, “Please share it with anyone who needs an escape for two minutes today, especially Asian-Americans, who are facing an unprecedented time in our history. This film is a love letter…

Apple TV+'s new anthology series focusing on the immigrant experience, Little America, which premiered Friday, has already been renewed for a second season. On today's TCA panel on the show, executive producer Alan Yang teased that the second season will go beyond the first season in scope and perhaps go "farther back…