When production designer Michael Bricker was approached for Russian Doll, he had only "a very contained set of knowledge" about the series with which to craft his pitch. Reading over the pilot script without others to go on, Bricker had "no sense of what was going to happen over the course of the season," recognizing…

FX’s Pose and Netflix’s Russian Doll lead the Television Critics Association's 35th Annual TCA Awards nominations with four each. Pose is nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Drama and Russian Doll for Comedy. Both are nommed for Program of the Year and Outstanding New Program. Pose star Billy Porter is up for…

Netflix has picked up Russian Doll for an eight-episode second season, announcing the renewal during an interview of co-creator/star Natasha Lyonne and Netflix content VP Cindy Holland by Kara Swisher at Recode’s annual Code Conference. "Want to do a season two, Natasha?" Holland asked Lyonne on the panel. (See full…

Comedic powerhouses with incomparable rapport, Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman recently ventured into unfamiliar territory with Making It, their first unscripted series. Spearheading the project through her Paper Kites shingle, Poehler's pitch for the show was beautiful and succinct. “I think she said, ‘We want it to be…

A series about reliving your death over and over again has the making for a great comedy but it also runs the risk of, as the premise suggests, repetitive. But the Netflix comedy Russian Doll steps up to the challenge with co-creators, executive producers and writers Leslye Headland, Amy Poehler and Natasha Lyonne…

Set to the tune of “Crimson and Clover”, the new trailer for the Netflix comedy Russian Doll starts over not once, not twice, but three times… and it makes sense considering the main character relives death on an endless loop. Created by Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler, and Leslye Headland, Russian Doll, which debuts Feb…

Netflix is getting ready to party with a Russian. The streamer has set a February 1 premiere date and released first-look photos for Russian Doll, its comedy series starring Natasha Lyonne. Created by Lyonne, Amy Poehler and Leslye Headland, Russian Doll follows a young woman named Nadia (Lyonne) on her journey as the…