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When CBS Friday announced a series order for Silence of the Lambs sequel Clarice starring Rebecca Breeds, the announcement included three key new cast members whose deals had closed after the coronavirus pandemic suspended all pilot production in mid-March, Kal Penn, Nick Sandow and Michael Cudlitz. Designated Survivor…

Last week, NBC pulled its freshman comedy Sunnyside from its Thursday night schedule and will air the fourth episode on Thursday, which will be the last on the linear network. The comedy co-created by Kal Penn and Matt Murray and executive produced by Mike Schur will air its remaining seven episodes on NBC’s digital…

During the Vanity Fair Summit, Patriot Act creator and host Hasan Minhaj and Sunnyside star and host Kal Penn stepped on to the stage for conversation dubbed “The Standup Citizen”. “We’re part of the Brown Illuminati,” Minhaj announced. Penn added, “Yes, Priyanka and Mindy were not available — but we’re here!” They…

Crypt TV is making a second installment of its short The Door in the Woods, which has garnered more than 25 million views on the horror- and monster-focused streaming platform since its launch last October. The new pic, The Girl in the Woods, has been greenlighted with Kal Penn joining as a guest star and Roxine…

There are two things that Kal Penn loves: making people laugh and America. This is reflected in his résumé, which includes the successful sitcom How I Met Your Mother, the cult stoner comedy Harold and Kumar franchise (which we will get to later), and his work in the Obama administration as an associate director in…

As usual, NBC has kicked off its pickups of new series with orders to pilots from its sister studio Universal Television. The network has picked up to series Memphis legal drama Bluff City Law, starring Jimmy Smits, from The Brave creator Dean Georgaris and producer David Janollari; and Queens immigrant comedy Sunnysid…

The line of succession has held. Netflix today set a June 7 premiere date for Season 3 of Designated Survivor, the D.C. drama starring Kiefer Sutherland that the streaming service picked up in September after ABC had canceled it. Take a look above at a two-minute recap of the first two seasons, which also stream exclus…

NBC has given a pilot green light to an untitled single-camera comedy starring and executive produced by Kal Penn (Designated Survivor), writer-producer Matt Murray, The Good Place creator/executive producer Michael Schur and Universal TV. Co-written by Penn and Murray, the comedy, which had a put-pilot commitment…

Kal Penn (Designated Survivor) is set to co-write, executive produce and star in a comedy series project, which has received a put pilot commitment fro NBC. Penn is co-writing the untitled comedy with Matt Murray, with The Good Place creator/executive producer Michael Schur supervising. The project, produced by…

Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Adam Davidson (co-founder of NPR's Planet Money) and Kal Penn are teaming on a new original docuseries about money for Amazon Prime. According to Amazon, the untitled docuseries “will give Prime members extraordinary insight into the global economy and its comedic eccentricities, all through…

Tapping into every Democrat's dream, Michelle King, creator of The Good Fight, said her show is currently working on an episode about the impeachment of the president. Sadly for Dems, the president in the show is fictional. "We're doing an impeachment episode right now," she said during the “Penning Pennsylvania…

Actor and civil servant Kal Penn has signed a book/audiobook deal with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt & Audible. The book will be a collection of essays set to be published in 2019. The book will include his unique 21st-century American success story as he writes about ambition, the challenges of navigating Hollywood, and…