Survivor released a promo for its last season as the current one came to a close. In the promo, several people appeared and one of them has ties to a former President of the United States.
Here is who that specific person is and what they had to do with the President in the past.
Survivor 47 Contestant Worked For A Former U.S. President
A promo announcing Survivor 47 aired as Season 46 came to a close. The promo showed a few different people and hinted that the show was coming soon. While fans celebrated Kenzie Petty’s big win in this season’s finale, many others got excited when they recognized a face from the promo for next season.
This person is Jon Lovett. For those who don’t recognize his name, Jon is a former White House speechwriter for President Barack Obama. He is also the co-host of the “Pod Save America” podcast.
Here is who that specific person is and what they had to do with the President in the past.
Survivor 47 Contestant Worked For A Former U.S. President
A promo announcing Survivor 47 aired as Season 46 came to a close. The promo showed a few different people and hinted that the show was coming soon. While fans celebrated Kenzie Petty’s big win in this season’s finale, many others got excited when they recognized a face from the promo for next season.
This person is Jon Lovett. For those who don’t recognize his name, Jon is a former White House speechwriter for President Barack Obama. He is also the co-host of the “Pod Save America” podcast.
- 5/24/2024
- by Shawn Lealos
- TV Shows Ace
What is a showrunner’s worst nightmare? What keeps you up at night when you’re right in the thick of production? What film or series inspired you to work in television?
These were some of the questions answered by five of today’s top TV showrunners and producers when they joined Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” group roundtable panel with 2022 Emmy contenders. Watch our full group chat with Dave Burd (“Dave”), Joe Wiseman (“Ghosts”), Tracy Oliver (“Harlem”), Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders (“The Hot Zone: Anthrax”) and John Hlavin to compete against legions of other fans plus our experts and editors for best prediction accuracy scores. See our latest prediction champs. Can you top our esteemed leaderboards next? Always remember to keep your predictions updated because they impact our latest racetrack odds, which terrify Hollywood chiefs and stars. Don’t miss the fun. Speak up and share...
These were some of the questions answered by five of today’s top TV showrunners and producers when they joined Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” group roundtable panel with 2022 Emmy contenders. Watch our full group chat with Dave Burd (“Dave”), Joe Wiseman (“Ghosts”), Tracy Oliver (“Harlem”), Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders (“The Hot Zone: Anthrax”) and John Hlavin to compete against legions of other fans plus our experts and editors for best prediction accuracy scores. See our latest prediction champs. Can you top our esteemed leaderboards next? Always remember to keep your predictions updated because they impact our latest racetrack odds, which terrify Hollywood chiefs and stars. Don’t miss the fun. Speak up and share...
- 5/22/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Six top TV showrunners will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy Awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Wednesday, May 18, at 6:00 p.m. Pt; 9:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Rob Licuria and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 contenders:
Dave (FX)
Synopsis: A neurotic mid-20s suburbanite’s convinced he’s destined to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Now he’s got to prove it to everyone else.
Bio: Dave Burd was a Writers Guild Awards nominee for “Dave.
RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 contenders:
Dave (FX)
Synopsis: A neurotic mid-20s suburbanite’s convinced he’s destined to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Now he’s got to prove it to everyone else.
Bio: Dave Burd was a Writers Guild Awards nominee for “Dave.
- 5/12/2022
- by Chris Beachum and Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Six top TV cinematographers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy Awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Wednesday, May 18, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Christopher Rosen and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 contenders:
Halo (Paramount+)
Synopsis: Aliens threaten human existence in an epic 26th-century showdown. TV series based on the video game ‘Halo.’
Bio: Karl-Walter Lindenlaub was an Emmy nominee for “Houdini.” Other projects have included “Independence Day,” “The Princess Diaries,” “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,...
RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 contenders:
Halo (Paramount+)
Synopsis: Aliens threaten human existence in an epic 26th-century showdown. TV series based on the video game ‘Halo.’
Bio: Karl-Walter Lindenlaub was an Emmy nominee for “Houdini.” Other projects have included “Independence Day,” “The Princess Diaries,” “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,...
- 5/12/2022
- by Chris Beachum and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Apple TV+ on Thursday announced that André Holland (Moonlight, The Eddy) is poised to play Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton in the limited series The Big Cigar, with Don Cheadle (Black Monday) on board as director and executive producer.
Adapted from a Playboy magazine article by Joshuah Bearman (Argo) and written by Jim Hecht (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty), the six-part series will tell “the extraordinary, hilarious, almost-too-good-to-be-true story of how Newton relied on his best friend, Bert Schneider, the Hollywood producer behind Easy Rider, to elude a nationwide manhunt and escape to Cuba while being...
Adapted from a Playboy magazine article by Joshuah Bearman (Argo) and written by Jim Hecht (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty), the six-part series will tell “the extraordinary, hilarious, almost-too-good-to-be-true story of how Newton relied on his best friend, Bert Schneider, the Hollywood producer behind Easy Rider, to elude a nationwide manhunt and escape to Cuba while being...
- 4/7/2022
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: After acquiring both television and feature rights, Sony Pictures Television has put in development One Last Last Heist, a half-hour comedy based on Darrin Rose’s comedic short film of the same name, with Rose set to write and executive produce. Two-time Emmy winner Mike Royce is on board as showrunner. Rose is penning a potential pilot aimed at cable/streaming outlets.
Created, written and executive produced by Rose, the series, like the short, follows a crew of blue-collar heisters working their way up the criminal version of the corporate ladder, while dealing with personal and romantic dysfunction.
“It’s about how hard it is for small business to get ahead in America, and how that’s particularly true if your small business is armed robbery,” said Rose.
The short film, which Rose wrote, directed, produced and starred in, was nominated...
Created, written and executive produced by Rose, the series, like the short, follows a crew of blue-collar heisters working their way up the criminal version of the corporate ladder, while dealing with personal and romantic dysfunction.
“It’s about how hard it is for small business to get ahead in America, and how that’s particularly true if your small business is armed robbery,” said Rose.
The short film, which Rose wrote, directed, produced and starred in, was nominated...
- 8/24/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Hulu is taking adult animation fans down under with a series order for “Koala Man,” a new cartoon comedy from “Solar Opposites” and “Rick and Morty” co-creator Justin Roiland, the streaming service said Tuesday.
Here’s the official description for the eight-episode first season of the show: “An animated family comedy where the patriarch lives a not-so-secret identity of Koala Man, an Australian suburban superhero with no powers but a burning passion to snuff out petty crime and bring order to the community.”
Roiland is executive producing “Koala Man” alongside Michael Cusack, who created the series and voices Koala Man, and Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez, who are serving as showrunners on the project. Cusack, Samit and Hernandez will all write for the show.
The comedy hails from 20th Television Animation, a unit of Disney Television Studios, Princess Pictures and Bento Box. The series was put together by Bento Box...
Here’s the official description for the eight-episode first season of the show: “An animated family comedy where the patriarch lives a not-so-secret identity of Koala Man, an Australian suburban superhero with no powers but a burning passion to snuff out petty crime and bring order to the community.”
Roiland is executive producing “Koala Man” alongside Michael Cusack, who created the series and voices Koala Man, and Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez, who are serving as showrunners on the project. Cusack, Samit and Hernandez will all write for the show.
The comedy hails from 20th Television Animation, a unit of Disney Television Studios, Princess Pictures and Bento Box. The series was put together by Bento Box...
- 3/23/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Hulu is growing its adult animation slate with an eight-episode order to Koala Man, a family comedy about a powerless superhero in an Australian suburb created by and starring Aussie animator Michael Cusack and executive produced by Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland and Pokémon Detective Pikachu co-writers Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit. 20th Television Animation is the studio.
Written by Cusack, Samit and Hernandez, Koala Man follows a family patriarch (Cusack) who lives a not-so-secret identity as the titular hero who possesses a burning passion to snuff out petty crime and bring order the community.
Cusack executive produces alongside Samit and Hernandez — who serve as showrunners — Roiland, Australian production company Princess Pictures and Bento Box. The series is also produced in LA and in Melbourne, where Princess Pictures and Bento Box’s Princess Bento Studio is based.
Koala Man expands Hulu’s relationship with Justin Roiland and 20th Television Animation,...
Written by Cusack, Samit and Hernandez, Koala Man follows a family patriarch (Cusack) who lives a not-so-secret identity as the titular hero who possesses a burning passion to snuff out petty crime and bring order the community.
Cusack executive produces alongside Samit and Hernandez — who serve as showrunners — Roiland, Australian production company Princess Pictures and Bento Box. The series is also produced in LA and in Melbourne, where Princess Pictures and Bento Box’s Princess Bento Studio is based.
Koala Man expands Hulu’s relationship with Justin Roiland and 20th Television Animation,...
- 3/23/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Mary Pat Gleason, a prolific character actress with more than 100 TV and film credits, including CBS’ sitcom Mom and A Cinderella Story, died of cancer June 2, according to a post on her Facebook page. She was 70.
Born in Lake City, Mn, Gleason began her decades-long career in 1982 with a role in NBC soap opera Texas. She went on to star as Jane Hogan in daytime drama The Guiding Light, and won a daytime Emmy as part of the writing team on the show, which ran for 72 seasons on CBS.
Since then she has appeared on dozens of television series including Full House, Dear John, Murphy Brown, Empty Nest, L.A. Law, Saved by the Bell, Murder, She Wrote, Friends, Step by Step, Suddenly Susan, Will & Grace, Sex and the City, Desperate Housewives, Family Matters, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Middleman, Up All Night, 1600 Penn, Motive, Baby Daddy, Grey’s Anatomy, Partners,...
Born in Lake City, Mn, Gleason began her decades-long career in 1982 with a role in NBC soap opera Texas. She went on to star as Jane Hogan in daytime drama The Guiding Light, and won a daytime Emmy as part of the writing team on the show, which ran for 72 seasons on CBS.
Since then she has appeared on dozens of television series including Full House, Dear John, Murphy Brown, Empty Nest, L.A. Law, Saved by the Bell, Murder, She Wrote, Friends, Step by Step, Suddenly Susan, Will & Grace, Sex and the City, Desperate Housewives, Family Matters, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Middleman, Up All Night, 1600 Penn, Motive, Baby Daddy, Grey’s Anatomy, Partners,...
- 6/3/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Ronan Farrow is engaged after sneaking his proposal into a draft of his book Catch and Kill.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, 31, wrote about proposing to Pod Save America host Jon Lovett in his book, where he explained he thought up of a creative way to ask Lovett.
“Later, when I decided some of that reporting would make its way into a book, I’d send him a draft, and put in a question, right on this page: ‘Marriage?’” Farrow wrote. “On the moon or even here on Earth. He read the draft, found the proposal here, and said, ‘Sure.’”
Lovett...
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, 31, wrote about proposing to Pod Save America host Jon Lovett in his book, where he explained he thought up of a creative way to ask Lovett.
“Later, when I decided some of that reporting would make its way into a book, I’d send him a draft, and put in a question, right on this page: ‘Marriage?’” Farrow wrote. “On the moon or even here on Earth. He read the draft, found the proposal here, and said, ‘Sure.’”
Lovett...
- 10/15/2019
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
NBC is in tune with “Perfect Harmony” executive producer Jason Winer, developing another show from Winer’s 20th Century Fox TV-based Small Dog Picture Company. The Peacock network has bought the script “Forever Family,” a comedy from writers Austen Earl and Joel Church-Cooper.
Winer will serve as a non-writing executive producer on “Forever Family,” which centers on three different families that live “miles away but worlds apart” and who discover that their adopted children all share the same birth father. Earl and Church-Cooper will executive produce the project, along with Winer and Jon Radler, who heads up development at Small Dog.
“Forever Family” is part of a growing slate for Winer, who sealed a new overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV, now a part of Disney, earlier this year. Winer has been based at 20th for 13 years, and his current credits include “Perfect Harmony,” which premiered on NBC last month,...
Winer will serve as a non-writing executive producer on “Forever Family,” which centers on three different families that live “miles away but worlds apart” and who discover that their adopted children all share the same birth father. Earl and Church-Cooper will executive produce the project, along with Winer and Jon Radler, who heads up development at Small Dog.
“Forever Family” is part of a growing slate for Winer, who sealed a new overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV, now a part of Disney, earlier this year. Winer has been based at 20th for 13 years, and his current credits include “Perfect Harmony,” which premiered on NBC last month,...
- 10/3/2019
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Joseph Baxter Aug 15, 2019
The superhero movie genre is getting Kevin Hart comedy Night Wolf, which comes from the writers of Detective Pikachu.
Night Wolf is joining the seemingly-ceaseless deluge of superhero cinema, with Kevin Hart set to star-in and produce the comedic cinematic genre offering.
STXfilms announced its acquisition of the script to Night Wolf, which is being described as a “high concept comic superhero” offering. The early details of the plot describe a scenario that’s initially akin to Meet the Parents, in which a man (Hart) meets his prospective father-in-law, eventually discovering the secret that he’s the film’s eponymous superhero, the Night Wolf.
The Night Wolf project was pitched by writer Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, a duo who did some work on the screenplay for this past May’s live-action/animated hybrid film, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, as well as television comedy work on episodes of...
The superhero movie genre is getting Kevin Hart comedy Night Wolf, which comes from the writers of Detective Pikachu.
Night Wolf is joining the seemingly-ceaseless deluge of superhero cinema, with Kevin Hart set to star-in and produce the comedic cinematic genre offering.
STXfilms announced its acquisition of the script to Night Wolf, which is being described as a “high concept comic superhero” offering. The early details of the plot describe a scenario that’s initially akin to Meet the Parents, in which a man (Hart) meets his prospective father-in-law, eventually discovering the secret that he’s the film’s eponymous superhero, the Night Wolf.
The Night Wolf project was pitched by writer Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, a duo who did some work on the screenplay for this past May’s live-action/animated hybrid film, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, as well as television comedy work on episodes of...
- 8/15/2019
- Den of Geek
Contrary to popular belief that insists upon their demise, first-rate romantic comedies are still alive and well. Sadly, Jason Winer’s perplexing farce “Ode to Joy” — on the misadventures of a tedious male lead with a self-sabotaging biology that opposes happiness — makes it harder than ever to dispute the mourners of the supposedly vanished genre. Humorless to a paralyzing extent, this joyless effort (developed under the title “The Pursuit of Unhappiness”) illustrates how a bad-on-paper idea can turn into something cringe-inducing onscreen. It also reminds that pulling off a smart, intoxicating happily-ever-after tale with sexual chemistry, refined contemporary jokes and lovably quirky sidekicks (à la “The Big Sick” or “Crazy Rich Asians”) is much tougher than we often imagine.
Inspired by a true story featured on the “This American Life” podcast, the labored romp follows the Brooklyn librarian Charlie, played by a deliberately monotonous Martin Freeman (“The Hobbit”) sans an emotional range.
Inspired by a true story featured on the “This American Life” podcast, the labored romp follows the Brooklyn librarian Charlie, played by a deliberately monotonous Martin Freeman (“The Hobbit”) sans an emotional range.
- 8/9/2019
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
Someone, show Wynonna Earp the money! Production on Season 4 of the Syfy series has been delayed due to financial challenges on producer Idw Entertainment’s part, per The Hollywood Reporter.
A new start date remains unclear as Idw seeks funding for not just the next season, but a Season 5 as well, which Deadline says was quietly ordered by Syfy.
Syfy — which licenses the drama from Idw Entertainment — says it is “completely committed to the series. This has not changed.”
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Tyler Blackburn (Roswell, New Mexico; Pretty Little Liars) will guest-star in an...
A new start date remains unclear as Idw seeks funding for not just the next season, but a Season 5 as well, which Deadline says was quietly ordered by Syfy.
Syfy — which licenses the drama from Idw Entertainment — says it is “completely committed to the series. This has not changed.”
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Tyler Blackburn (Roswell, New Mexico; Pretty Little Liars) will guest-star in an...
- 2/22/2019
- TVLine.com
Sacha Baron Cohen’s controversial Who is America? is performing a valuable service in that it’s exposing how “shameless” are those members of the Gop who will “literally do anything,” the hosts and creators of Pod Save America told TV critics at TCA.
The four Dems on the HBO TCA panel said their party need not clutch its pearls over Cohen, insisting his very divisive Showtime series is not going to hurt Claire McCaskill’s chances in Missouri.
The most depressing thing about what Cohen does “is that he’s not that manipulative… He does not have to push them too hard,” Jon Lovett said.
(Late Tuesday, it was announced that Georgia state Rep. Jason Spencer, who mooned the camera and yelled racist slurs on Cohen’s program, will resign from the legislature.)
Lovett got asked the inevitable question about his short-lived NBC sitcom 1600 Penn about a zany...
The four Dems on the HBO TCA panel said their party need not clutch its pearls over Cohen, insisting his very divisive Showtime series is not going to hurt Claire McCaskill’s chances in Missouri.
The most depressing thing about what Cohen does “is that he’s not that manipulative… He does not have to push them too hard,” Jon Lovett said.
(Late Tuesday, it was announced that Georgia state Rep. Jason Spencer, who mooned the camera and yelled racist slurs on Cohen’s program, will resign from the legislature.)
Lovett got asked the inevitable question about his short-lived NBC sitcom 1600 Penn about a zany...
- 7/25/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
In a TV world where some services offer up brand new TV shows every week, it’s all the more impressive when a network can maintain quality with only a handful of new series each calendar year. One such channel? FX, which for the better part of the last 20 years, has been a place that’s helped push the boundaries of what’s allowed and what’s successful on TV.
Particularly since 2002 (the year when two of the shows in this collection premiered), FX has become a force for compelling dramas, surprising comedies, and a few shows that proudly defy falling into either category. Not all their efforts have been critical or audience successes (for every “The Shield,” there’s bound to be an “Anger Management”), but there’s a certain consistency to the FX banner that’s come without having a particular house style.
So which of these shows are most worthy of praise?...
Particularly since 2002 (the year when two of the shows in this collection premiered), FX has become a force for compelling dramas, surprising comedies, and a few shows that proudly defy falling into either category. Not all their efforts have been critical or audience successes (for every “The Shield,” there’s bound to be an “Anger Management”), but there’s a certain consistency to the FX banner that’s come without having a particular house style.
So which of these shows are most worthy of praise?...
- 2/13/2018
- by Steve Greene, Ben Travers, Hanh Nguyen, Liz Shannon Miller and Kevin Yang
- Indiewire
Former 1600 Penn FLOTUS Jenna Elfman may be returning to NBC next season as the female lead in The Family Guide.
TVLine has learned exclusively that the Peacock net is pursuing Elfman to replace the recently-exiled Parker Posey in the single-camera comedy, which is set to debut at midseason.
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The series centers on a son (Eli Baker) who idolizes his blind father (J.K. Simmons) and enjoys his mom’s (Elfman) newfound adolescence after his folks divorce and, ultimately, grow closer.
Posey dropped out of the project shortly after it was ordered to series.
TVLine has learned exclusively that the Peacock net is pursuing Elfman to replace the recently-exiled Parker Posey in the single-camera comedy, which is set to debut at midseason.
Related | Fall TV Preview: Your Guide to All That’s New for 2013-14
The series centers on a son (Eli Baker) who idolizes his blind father (J.K. Simmons) and enjoys his mom’s (Elfman) newfound adolescence after his folks divorce and, ultimately, grow closer.
Posey dropped out of the project shortly after it was ordered to series.
- 5/30/2013
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
There are more than a dozen scripted programs debuting in early 2013, including a quirk-free (!?) David E. Kelley drama, Felicity as a 1980s Kgb spy and what The CW hopes will become a Cult hit. To help you re-prioritize your DVR, TVLine is offering First Impressions of several of the new shows. Next up on our list…
The Show | NBC’s Do No Harm (Thursdays at 10/9c, premiering Jan. 31)
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The Show | NBC’s Do No Harm (Thursdays at 10/9c, premiering Jan. 31)
More from TVLineThe Voice Recap: The Playoffs' Beginning Marks the End of the Line for Four ContestantsLaw & Order: Organized Crime Is the Show You Most Want to See Renewed - See Complete...
- 1/29/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
On TV this Thursday: NBC’s 1600 Penn officially takes office, The Big Bang boys get comic-con’d, Kathy is back to yak and a Grey’s Anatomy couple has to fish or cut bait. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (always linked within), here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.
Preview | 30 Rock: Will Arnett and Steve Buscemi Return! Plus, Megan Mulally, Octavia Spencer Drop By
More from TVLineDead Boy Detectives Showrunners Talk Potential Sandman Crossovers and Supernatural Easter EggsParish Sneak Peek: A Menacing Bradley Whitford Gives Gray a Life-or-Death Ultimatum (Exclusive)The Challenge: All Stars:...
Preview | 30 Rock: Will Arnett and Steve Buscemi Return! Plus, Megan Mulally, Octavia Spencer Drop By
More from TVLineDead Boy Detectives Showrunners Talk Potential Sandman Crossovers and Supernatural Easter EggsParish Sneak Peek: A Menacing Bradley Whitford Gives Gray a Life-or-Death Ultimatum (Exclusive)The Challenge: All Stars:...
- 1/10/2013
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
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