Hat Trick Productions, the UK production company behind Showtime's Matt LeBlanc-fronted comedy Episodes and forthcoming Anna Paquin-fronted drama Flack, is eyeing a sale after appointing advisers Stella EOC. Founder Jimmy Mulville, who set up the company in 1986 with Denise O’Donoghue and Rory McGrath, has appointed…

Veteran actor tells producer to go self-copulate. Veteran actor gets gig hosting a salacious game show. Veteran actor spitballs ideas with his pet writers about his next series. Add the writers room notion that “comedies don’t have to be funny anymore,” and you have the fifth and final season of Showtime’s <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/episodes/" id="auto-tag_episodes"…

Showtime has slotted summer premiere dates for its hit series Ray Donovan and Episodes, along the two-part finale for Twin Peaks, the anticipated follow-up to David Lynch’s cult ABC series. Season 5 of Ray Donovan will premiere at 9 PM Sunday, August 6. Also beginning that Sunday, Twin Peaks will move to the 8 PM slot…

Hit 2014 Korean comedy Miss Granny has already been remade for China and several other countries, and is now getting the transfer treatment in English and Spanish. Korea powerhouse CJ E&M has unveiled a plan to jointly produce the English-language re-do with Tyler Perry's 34th Street Films and the Spanish take with…

There has been no last-minute miracle — the upcoming fifth season of Showtime’s Hollywood comedy Episodes indeed will be its final one, the network confirmed. The first table read is tomorrow, and production begins next week in London, with Jeffrey Klarik directing all seven episodes for a 2017 premiere. The…

Jeffrey Tambor took home tonight the primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, capping off a year full of acclaim for his portrayal of Maura Pfefferman, the transgender woman who comes out to her family late in life on Amazon’s Transparent. The win continues a solid string of nods from Emmy voters…

There will be a behind-the-scenes change on the showbiz-centric comedy Episodes. Since its inception, the show, starring Matt LeBlanc, has been a co-production between the BBC, Showtime and UK’s Hat Trick Productions. Heading into the series’ upcoming fifth season — fully expected to be the Episodes‘ final run — the…

"I really can’t take much credit for it," Matt LeBlanc says of his repeated Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for playing the role of "Matt LeBlanc" on Showtime’s satirical sitcom Episodes. Through four seasons on the series, he’s depicted a selfish, self-destructive parody of himself that, he’s quick to make clear…

Showtime’s Episodes has landed Emmy nominations for each of its first three seasons, including three consecutive acting noms for star Matt LeBlanc and three writing ones for series creators David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik who pen every episode. The comedy, which is being produced in the U.K. on a shoestring budget…

Showtime has ordered a nine-episode fifth season of comedy Episodes, starring Matt LeBlanc as a fictionalized version of himself. There had been speculation that a fifth season would be the last for the series created and written by David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik, though Showtime stopped short of making that…

UPDATE: The BBC has taken to Twitter to respond to this morning’s news that UK indies Hat Trick Prods and Avalon Entertainment were launching a £100M bid to save the BBC Three channel from becoming an online-only outlet. After the proposal to acquire BBC Three was confirmed by Hat Trick to the media, the broadcaster’s…

Showtime announced new seasons of comedies Shameless, House of Lies and Episodes will debut on Sunday, January 11th.  The fifth season of Shameless, returning at 9 PM, stars William H. Macy as pickled patriarch Frank Gallagher and Emmy Rossum as daughter Fiona. Season 5 finds the Gallaghers dealing with both the…