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A four-time Emmy nominee back in the running this year with Hulu's Catch-22, supervising sound editor Jerry Ross surely has one of the most interesting origin stories of anyone practicing his craft. Thinking, earlier in life, about becoming a chef, Ross was waiting for a spot to open up at Le Cordon Bleu cooking…

Catch-22 recently made its highly-anticipated debut on Hulu. George Clooney directs and co-stars in the adaptation of Joseph Heller’s seminal novel about artful dodger Yossarian (Christopher Abbott). The book contained nearly four dozens characters, which made it extremely difficult for writers Luke Davies and David…

There's an hour to go before the pilot episode of Catch-22 unspools to Emmy voters at the Television Academy in the San Fernando Valley, and George Clooney is feeling pretty confident. He and his Smokehouse partner Grant Heslov have completed work on their six-part miniseries based on Joseph Heller's classic World War…

American Gods producer Fremantle has struck an exclusive deal with True Detective and Catch-22 exec producer Richard Brown. The multi-year pact is the latest exclusive overall agreement from the RTL-backed producer and distributor. Brown's newly formed production company Passenger will be based in New York and London…

Ellen Kuras broke the glass ceiling as one of the first female cinematographers ever admitted into the American Society of Cinematographers. She is continuing to break into the top ranks of directors this season alone, helming segments of Ozark, The Umbrella Academy and joining George Clooney and Grant Heslov as one…

Critics have often been stumped by satire. This seemed again the case this week as puzzled TV reviewers wrestled with George Clooney's superbly astringent rendition of Catch-22. Shouldn't there be more laughs in satire, some asked? Ironically, I revisited this question as I paid a visit to the Comedy Store (a guilty…

Once again, we’re in that place in the TV realm when season and series finales are coming fast, with the likes of Blue Bloods wrapping up its ninth season tonight and multiple Emmy winner Veep pulling the plug for good Sunday. However, as some shows leave for a while or forever, there are debuts coming with almost as…

Hulu has released a “Making Of” featurette about Catch-22, its limited series starring Christopher Abbott, Kyle Chandler, EP George Clooney and Hugh Laurie that premieres May 17 on the streaming service. Here’s the logline for the adaptation of Joseph Heller's seminal 1961 novel: The incomparable, artful dodger…

Hulu has dropped the official trailer ahead of the May 17 premiere of Catch-22, its high-profile limited series from George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Paramount Television and Anonymous Content. Written by Luke Davies and David Michôd based on the seminal Joseph Heller novel, Catch-22 is the story of the incomparable…

Hulu has dropped the official trailer ahead of the May 17 premiere of Catch-22, its high-profile limited series from George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Paramount Television and Anonymous Content.] Written by Luke Davies and David Michôd based on the seminal Joseph Heller novel, Catch-22 is the story of the incomparable…

If you’ve followed the news at all today, you know Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen abruptly resigned amid tension in the Trump administration over its failure to stop Central American migrants from crossing the southern border. President Donald Trump tweeted news of Nielsen’s departure at 6:02 p.m. ET. He…

George Clooney says he first read Catch-22 in high school, joking it was required reading back then when he was young “15 years ago.” His initial response when asked about making Hulu’s six-episode series? “No,” he said, surprising TV critics at TCA on Monday. “It seemed ridiculous. I didn’t want to get into the…