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EXCLUSIVE: Anna Paquin's Flack has found a new home in the U.S. after Amazon picked up the dark comedy drama. This comes after the series, which was created and written by Oliver Lansley, was surprisingly dropped by ViacomCBS' Pop TV, a week before the second season was set to air. Seasons one and two will air via…

Anna Paquin’s dark comedy drama Flack may well find another home in the U.S. after it was abruptly pulled by Pop TV. Yesterday, it emerged that the ViacomCBS-backed network was pulling three of its five original series, including Flack, Florida Girls and Best Intentions. Flack was set to launch its second season on…

“Florida Girls is another reason to find the Pop network,” is how The New York Times headlined its glowing review of the new Pop series last July. That reason is no longer there. In a week when Pop was hit by major layoffs, the ViacomCBS network also saw its original scripted slate gutted, with three of its five…

Pop TV has set 10 p.m. Friday, March 13, for the Season 2 return of dark comedy Flack, starring Anna Paquin. The premiere date was announced Monday during the network’s presentation at TCA. The six-episode second season also features new cast members Sam Neill, Daniel Dae Kim and guest star Martha Plimpton. Executive…

Anna Paquin's dark comedy Flack is coming back for a second season on Pop TV and UKTV. Hawaii Five-0 alum Daniel Dae Kim and Jurassic Park‘s Sam Neill are joining the cast of the six-part season, with Paquin's True Blood co-star and husband Stephen Moyer making his series directorial debut with two episodes. Flack is…

Four years ago, the TV Guide Channel, a co-venture of CBS and Lionsgate, relaunched as Pop with a slate of unscripted series and a scripted comedy, Schitt’s Creek, which has become the basic cable network’s signature series. Now in its fifth season (and certain to be renewed for a sixth as it eyes an off-network…

As in all too many things, not all weeks of the show you have to watch are created equal, as this week makes very clear – and my review video above reveals. With the politically star-studded debut of brand-strong Desus & Mero's new Showtime series tonight and the seemingly hostless Academy Awards on Sunday on ABC, the…

Scenario: Your client has an important engagement, but he’s been, well, otherwise engaged. It’s not a case of “who ya gonna call?” — because the burden is on you. How to handle it? You just handle it. Here is the first teaser trailer for Flack, the celebrity-PR drama starring Anna Paquin that premieres February 21 on P…

Anna Paquin, star of Pop TV and UKTV's forthcoming dark PR comedy drama Flack, says now is the time for female roles that are "flawed, complicated and interesting" – echoing recent male antiheroes such as Walter White, Don Draper and Tony Soprano. The True Blood star plays Robyn, a quick-witted London-based U.S…

Bradley Whitford has been tapped for a key role opposite Anna Paquin in Flack, Pop TV’s new series about the world of high-stakes, celebrity-driven public relations. Directed by the Oscar-nominated Peter Cattaneo, Flack is a one-hour dramedy starring Paquin as Robyn, an American PR executive living in London who's an…

Oscar nominee Sophie Okonedo, Game of Thrones‘ Rebecca Benson, Arinzé Kene, Marc Warren and Rufus Jones are rounding out the cast of Flack, Pop TV’s first scripted drama series centered on the celebrity PR business that stars Anna Paquin. Production on six one-hour episodes kicks off this week in London. Good Girls Rev…