“What’s an intimacy coach?” The Village’s Lorraine Toussaint asked TV critics on Day 1 of Winter TCA 2019. NBC had pointedly kicked off Winter TCA 2019 with a “Women of Drama” panel, presumably so Toussaint, Jennifer Carpenter of The Enemy Within, Good GIrls‘ Retta, and This is Us’s Susan Kelechi Watson could weigh in…

Christina Hendricks is best known for playing Joan Holloway in AMC's Mad Men, a role that earned her six Emmy Award nominations. However, since the end of the period drama in 2015, the Knoxville, Tennessee-born actor has been keen to spread her wings, and her latest role is as one of the leads in female-driven heist…

TV critics aren’t sure morally ambiguous women can survive on broadcast TV. The cast and crew of NBC’s midseason drama Good Girls therefore came in for a lot of questions to that point at TCA. Good Girls is described as a “Thelma & Louise meets Breaking Bad.” Christina Hndricks, Retta and Mae Whitman play…

NBC has released the first trailer for their upcoming Good Girls starring Christina Hendricks, Retta, and Mae Whitman. The series combines the empowerment of Thelma & Louise, the fun of Bad Moms, and the edge of Breaking Bad for a series that promises a unique dose of heartfelt drama and irreverent comedy. The series…

The “sneak peek” at Sarah Silverman’s new Funny or Die series for Hulu is more like a music video, with the star lipping to a track whose lyrics start with: “I love you, America/from sea to shining sea/from the East Coast to the West/and whatever’s in between.” From there she waxes in song about loving all the…

Last night at West Hollywood hot spot Catch LA, some of TV’s brightest stars came together for Deadline’s 2017 Emmy Season Kickoff Party. Hosting the heavily attended soirée were Deadline editors-in-chief Nellie Andreeva and Mike Fleming Jr., publisher Stacey Farish and awards editor Pete Hammond. As with last year’s…

Parks and Recreation alumna Retta is set for a lead opposite Kathleen Rose Perkins and Mae Whitman in Good Girls, NBC’s drama pilot from The Family creator Jenna Bans. Written and executive produced by Bans and directed by Dean Parisot, the project follows three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers (Perkins, Retta…

Parks and Recreation alumna Retta, who recurred in Season 2 of Bravo’s Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, has been promoted to series regular for seasons 3, 4 and 5. Production will begin later this summer in Vancouver. Retta plays Barbara, a rival editor at SheShe who is less than thrilled with Abby's (Lisa Edelstein)…

EXCLUSIVE: Production is underway on the indie comedy Where’s The Money in locations around Los Angeles. Vine star Andrew Bachelor (We Are Your Friends) toplines the pic, which follows a slacker from South Central L.A. who discovers that many years before, his father and uncle stole $1 million and hid it in a flop…

In her first series gig after the end of Parks & Recreation, series co-star Retta has signed on for a recurring role on the upcoming second season of Bravo’s Girlfiends’ Guide To Divorce. The casting stems from a development deal NBC inked with Retta in the months following the wrap of production on Parks & Rec.  From…

It wasn’t over for the Parks and Recreation cast after tonight’s finale with the gang gathering on Late Night With Seth Meyers to reminisce about how they became what Meyers hailed “the best cast on television. It must have been like putting The Avengers together”. With co-creator Michael Schur jumping the last season…