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…
Amazon and Forever co-creators Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard have placed so many restrictions on what can be revealed about their September 14-launching dramedy that it is a straitjacket squeeze to say why you should or shouldn't watch it. So, in a clear exercise in anti-marketing marketing, as I say in my video review…
What if your average workaday existence suddenly was changed by a single decision? Here’s one idea. Amazon is out with the first trailer for Forever, its comedy series starring Saturday Night Live veterans Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen in which a little recreation turns in a life-changing event.
The logline:Â Married…
When it comes to diverse voices across film, TV and streaming, “it’s not enough to make one thing,” said Emmy winning Master of None EP Alan Yang at this morning’s CAA Amplify conference, “you’ve got to make that show better than all the other shows out there, it has to be the best.”
“When you get that freshness…
ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey, filmmakers Lee Daniels (The Butler) and Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians), California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and chairman of NBCUniversal International Group and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises Cesar Conde are among those who will take part in CAA Amplify’s…
EXCLUSIVE: Apple is developingLittle America, a half-hour anthology series from Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, the Oscar-nominated writers of indie hit The Big Sick, SMILFÂ executive producer Lee Eisenberg, Master of None co-creator/executive producer Alan Yang and Universal Television.
Written by Eisenberg, who…
As part of their Newsmaker Luncheon series, the Hollywood Radio and Television Society (HRTS) hosted The Hitmakers panel which featured an A-list roster of TV producers that have, as the panel suggests, created hit series that have stood out in the evolving landscape of TV. Alan Yang (Master of None), Bruce Miller (The…
With multiple Emmy nominations for each of its first two seasons, including a 2016 win for writing, Master of None co-creator Alan Yang is in no rush to churn out a Season 3 of the Netflix original.
“It’s still up in the air,” Yang told Deadline today after the second Comedy Series Emmy nom for the show he co-created…
Among several other changes put into place by the Television Academy this year, in anticipation of the 2017 Emmys, the category of Music Supervision was added to the fold—and rightly so. As with the composer, the cinematographer and every other craftsman working in television, the music supervisor plays a critical…
