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Rapid Insights: ‘Chad Powers’ Turns a Viral Prank Into Sports Comedy Gold

Hulu recently premiered a new single-camera comedy that turns a viral 2022 Eli Manning prank on Penn State into a fleshed-out series with a robust backstory. Building on Manning’s fake character, co-creator Glen Powell stars as a disgraced famous quarterback trying to earn his redemption by donning prosthetics and trying out for a struggling college […]

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Rapid Insights: ‘NCIS: Tony & Ziva’ Reunites Iconic Duo in Serialized First

Paramount+ recently premiered a buzzy new spin-off of the long-running NCIS that marks the franchise’s first foray into truly serialized storytelling. The show reunites two beloved characters who left NCIS years ago and follows them–now exes and co-parents–on the run across Europe as they struggle to piece together who’s after them and why. Here’s what you need to […]

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Rapid Insights: ‘Outlander: Blood of My Blood’ Proves Table-Stakes IP Opens the Door to Fresh Appeal

Starz recently debuted a compelling spin-off to its historical romance drama Outlander that’s so promising it’s already been renewed for a second season. This new show serves as a prequel to the original series, tracing how the parents of Outlander’s storied couple originally came together–one pair in 18th century Scotland, the other in WWI-era England. Here’s what you […]

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Rapid Insights: ‘Alien: Earth’ Exposes the Hidden Rule That Makes TV Horror Scarier Than Film

Last week, FX on Hulu premiered the first TV series in the Alien film franchise and it’s already racking up both critical and viewer acclaim. Set two years before the 1979 film Alien and fifteen years after 2012 prequel Prometheus, this new sci-fi horror-thriller follows what happens after a deep space research vessel, loaded with dangerous specimens, crash-lands on Earth. […]

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Rapid Insights: ‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Shows Why a Strong Sequel Lifts Every Chapter of a Series

America’s favorite serial killer is back in Showtime’s newest entry in the mega-successful Dexter franchise. However, rather than a spin-off, this new show continues the very same story begun in the original Dexter, continued through the limited series Dexter: New Blood, and set up in the prequel Dexter: Original Sin. Dexter: Resurrection follows the popular antihero through New York City in pursuit […]

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