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EXCLUSIVE: In 2009, Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty, Solar Opposites) pitched an animated comedy to Fox that was a mix of family high jinks and screwball variety acts. The result was The Paloni Family Comedy Show, an off-the-rails pilot presentation that didn’t make the cut for Fox’s Animation Domination. A show ahead…

EXCLUSIVE: Pamela Adlon’s untitled pregnancy comedy has rounded out its cast with John Carroll Lynch, Hasan Minhaj, Stephan James, Oliver Platt, the Lucas Brothers and Sandra Bernhard joining the already announced Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau. Adlon, who directed many of the episodes of her Emmy-nominated FX…

After two very long pandemic years without in-person events and hootenannies to electrify Emmy season, the FYC is back. Big time. Yet, for all the star power, sound stages, rented mansions and gimmicks, do FYCs really help? Will a performance from Sting galvanize the TV Academy voting masses? So, it’s not quite a…

"For me, I was aching to see these people in the village and these characters, get one last tip of the hat," Better Things co-creator and star Pamela Adlon said of the FX series' finale tonight. "That for me was everything.” Full of freed fish, childhood homes past and present, unlocked bathrooms, a lack of tampons…

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Better Things creator Pamela Adlon became emotional while reflecting on her journey across five seasons during the show’s panel at Deadline’s Contenders TV event Sunday. “I couldn’t be happier,” she said. “At this point a year ago, I was like, ‘This is impossible.’ It was incredibly challenging making the show during…

EXCLUSIVE: Things just got a lot better for fans of Better Things. As the acclaimed FX series rolls through its fifth and final season, co-creator and star Pamela Adlon is launching a podcast to focus on the story behind the story in each episode. Entitled Better Things with Pamela Adlon, the podcast is set to debut…

The fifth and final season of FX‘s Better Things is set to premiere on February 28 at 10 p.m., and creator Pamela Adlon already is toying with the idea of rebooting it a la Sex and the City‘s And Just Like That… “I really love this. It’s an incredible thing that we had these five seasons,” Adlon told Deadline during…

Here’s wishing you the bluest sky, Better Things. FX said today that the fifth and final season of its comedy written, directed and produced by and star Pamela Adlon will premiere at 10 p.m. Monday, February 28. It also will stream on Hulu. The FX Productions show’s ending run focuses on “the road ahead” for  Sam Fox…

Judy Greer is joining Showtime's drama The First Lady (w/t), replacing Pamela Adlon in the anthology series that also features Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Aaron Eckhart. Better Things star Adlon has had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict and Greer will now step into the shoes of Nancy Howe, Betty Ford's…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Pamela Adlon (Better Things) and Rhys Wakefield (True Detective) are set to co-star opposite Viola Davis and Michelle Pfeiffer in The First Lady (working title), Showtime's anthology executive produced by Davis and directed and executive produced by Susanne Bier. Co-produced by Showtime and…

Better Things‘ Pamela Adlon is staying in business with FX Productions, signing a new overall deal with the studio behind the critically praised series. Under the pact, Adlon will continue to develop both scripted and unscripted programming exclusively for FX, as well as potentially other divisions of Walt Disney…