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EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Pamela Adlon has joined the cast of Universal's untitled Judd Apatow-Pete Davidson comedy, which is set to start shooting soon in New York. She joins the already announced cast of Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Maude Apatow and Bel Powley who star alongside Davidson. Apatow directs and wrote the pic…

Four weeks in to its third season, FX has renewed Pamela Adlon’s Better Things for a fourth go-round. The critically praised and award-winning comedy series directed by, produced by and starring Adlon, will premiere its fourth season in 2020 on FX. "With every season, Better Things becomes more vital, engaging and…

It’s been 15 months since we’ve had a new episode of Better Things, but the wait is over is a couple of weeks. As fans await for the Season 3 premiere of Pamela Adlon’s comedy February 28, FX has released a first-look featurette. Check it out above. Adlon, who’s been Emmy-nominated for Lead Actress in a Comedy for…

Sam’s back, and so are her bickering and profane offspring: “There’s mean-girl issues with my youngest and birth control with my oldest. And then cruelty from my middle daughter.” Yup, sounds like a new round of Better Things, FX’s comedy series written and directed by its star, Pamela Adlon. But don’t price it yet…

FX has slotted Thursday, February 28 at 10 PM for the Season 3 premiere of Peabody-winning comedy series Better Things. Created by and starring Pamela Adlon, who also directs, Better Things is the story of Sam Fox (Adlon), a single mother and working actor with no filter, raising her three daughters, Max (Mikey…

Deadline Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic Pete Hammond gives his take on the top acting contenders for the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards. Here, he breaks down the categories of Outstanding Lead and Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series The big news here is that the…

In busy times, as the executive producer, writer and star of her first television series—FX’s Better Things—what more could there be for Pamela Adlon to do? Co-creating Better Things with Louis C.K, Adlon was the key creative voice on her series from the get-go. It was in Season 2, though, that the creative took her…

EXCLUSIVE: Better Things co-creator, star and executive producer Pamela Adlon has parted ways with 3 Arts Entertainment’s Dave Becky as her manager in a fallout from the Louis C.K. sexual misconduct scandal. Becky was C.K.’s longtime manager until Friday afternoon, when 3 Arts fired the comedian following last week’s N…

Pamela Adlon, a longtime friend and collaborator of Louis C.K., today issued a statement reacting to his confirming allegations of sexual misconduct by multiple women. “Hi. I'm here. I have to say something. It's so important,” the star, writer, director and producer of FX’s Better Things said. “My family and I are…

FX Networks chief John Landgraf parted company with many of his industry peers during a panel at Advertising Week, throwing cold water on the premise of social media being a catalyst for TV viewership. He cited the recent season of the high-rated American Horror Story anthology that starred Lady Gaga. When the FX team…

One of the most defining, ubiquitous comedic voices of the last decade—hitting the stratosphere of stand-up stardom and creating hit series including Louie and Horace And Pete—Louis C.K. is as much a filmmaker as anything else. Writing on series including The Chris Rock Show and Saturday Night Live before breaking out…

Pamela Adlon, being the Emmy nominated star, writer, director and executive producer of FX’s first comedy series with a solo female lead, was the perfect person to lead a discussion on the “incremental increase in male shittiness” at the Television Critics Association confab in Beverly Hills. “Can I hug you?” Better Th…