Taking a cue from themselves, TBS is set to do a full season premiere marathon of its newest series Search Party. The first show they've done this type of guerrilla advertising with Steve and Nancy Carrell's Angie Tribeca. The only difference is that, unlike Tribeca's 24 hour marathon, Search Party will be aired all week long with two new episodes each night. Search Party stars Alia Shawkat who reconnects with her colleged aged friends after they find out that one of their own has disappeared. The show has been billed as a serialized mystery dark comedy so it should hit the same notes as Angie Tribeca.
Watch the trailer for that holiday Pee-Wee Herman movie that's not about the holidays
Listen up, rest of the world: no one in America uses the term "holiday" to describe taking time off from work. We say "vacation." I've been telling people and writing stories about this new Pee-Wee Herman movie and referring to it as a dang holiday (i.e. Christmas) movie! You've made me look like a fool! Anyways, Netflix released a new trailer for the upcoming Judd Apatow produced project. Pee-Wee is convinced by the super cool Joe Manganiello to take a much needed vacation from life so Herman decides to go to New York in order to visit his new friend. Along the way he is captured by bank robbers, ends up on a snake farm and is courted by several women. In other words, it's a normal Pee-Wee movie. Alia Shawkat, Stephanie Beatriz, David Arquette and others make up the supporting cast. Pee-Wee's Big Holiday premieres on Netflix on March 18th.
Alia Shawkat will star in a new Michael Showalter produced pilot
Those Arrested Development kids sure do love to work. Jason Bateman seems to pop up in a few movies a year. Will Arnett is trying to make in both TV and film and Tony Hale is accomplishing the TV aspect on Veep. Jeffrey Tambor is kicking ass with Transparent while Jessica Walter is always lovely on Archer. Michael Cera does films here and there and makes music. Portia de Rossi is currently on Scandal and David Cross is bringing a spiritual successor of his HBO show to Netflix. Now, Alia Shawkat is getting her own series -- well, pilot. Titled Search Party, THR reports that the show will "focus on a group of four self-absorbed 20-somethings that come together when a former college acquaintance mysteriously disappears." Shawkat will be joined by John Early, John Reynolds and Meredith Hagner. Search Party was created by Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers and Michael Showalter. Bliss and Rogers, who recently wrote Amazon's Mozart in the Jungle and Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, will take over writing duties.