Florence Pugh, Miley Cyrus in ‘Human Resources’ S2 (TV News Roundup)
Your hormone monster would like a word with you.
Florence Pugh, Miley Cyrus, Eugene Levy and Isabella Rossellini will guest star in the Season 2 of Netflix’s bawdy animated series “Human Resources,” the show that follows Netflix’s equally raunchy adult animation series “Big Mouth.” The new season has 10 episodes and is set to premiere on June 9.
“Human Resources” follows the creatures that help people through the awkward journey of puberty and the hard life of parenthood. Even as they assist their human clients, the hormone monsters, depression kitties, shame wizards and other creatures lead hilarious lives of their own, both in and out of the office.
Season 2 will also star Sam Richardson, Niecy Nash-Betts and Jason Mantzoukas along with returning guest stars Hugh Jackman, Pamela Adlon, Rosie Perez, Henry Winkler, Thandiwe Newton, Jemaine Clement, Maria Bamford, Bobby Cannavale and Cole Escola. Series regulars include Nick Kroll, Maya Rudolph, Aidy Bryant, Randall Park, Keke Palmer, Brandon Kyle Goodman and David Thewlis.
“Human Resources” was created by Kelly Galuska, Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin, Jennifer Flackett and Nick Kroll.
Watch the teaser below.
DATES
Season 14 of “The Real Housewives of New York City” will premiere on Sunday, July 16, at 9 p.m. with new episodes available to stream the next day on Peacock, Bravo announced on Monday.
The upcoming season will follow a brand new cast comprised of six New York City women running in the same social circles. As announced at BravoCon 2022, the cast was originally set to star Sai De Silva, Ubah Hassan, Erin Lichy, Jenna Lyons, Lizzy Savetsky, Jessel Taank and Brynn Whitfield. However, after the initial stages of production underwent, Savetsky and Bravo announced that she would no longer be joining the reboot due to a series of antisemitic attacks directed her way after casting was announced.
Season 14 of “RHONY” comes after a lackluster thirteenth season that drew in low ratings and wide criticism from fans. Andy Cohen, longtime executive producer of “The Real Housewives,” previously told Variety that the network’s strategy with the reboot was to feature “a multicultural group of friends who really best reflect the most exciting city in the country. We’re looking for a group of women who are real friends, and who are of diverse backgrounds, races and religions.”
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AXS’ new original music competition series “Banded” will premiere on Saturday, May 13 at 9 p.m. ET on AXS TV.
“Banded” will spotlight 25 musicians as they are placed into five separate bands while being mentored by Grammy-winning and-nominated songwriters, producers and artists such as Wendy Starland, credited with discovering and developing Lady Gaga, Paul Ebersold, Steve Diamond, Justin Wilson and Dave Pahanish.
“Banded” will be hosted by musician and TV personality Brandon Jenner alongside “American Idol” finalist Didi Benami as. The series will consist of eight brand-new episodes with an exclusive video podcast to go along with each new episode.
“We are extremely pleased to announce our partnership with AXS TV in launching the inaugural season of ‘Banded,’” said Nico Albano, executive producer of the series. “AXS TV’s national and digital platforms are incredibly robust, giving viewers multiple ways to conveniently enjoy our content. We hope that this will be the beginning of a long-lasting relationship between AXS TV and ‘Banded,’ and we look forward to continuing to work with them as we move forward into the future.”
TRAILERS
IFC has released the official trailer for dark comedy “Sisters,” which is set to debut on May 17 at 11 p.m.
“Sisters” stars Sarah Goldberg as Sare and Susan Stanley as Suze. After Sare’s mother dies, she finds out that the father who raised her isn’t her biological father, but is actually an Irish busker her mom met while backpacking decades ago. Sare then makes it her mission to find her biological father, to which she ends up meeting her half-sister, Suze, in Dublin. In the middle of dealing with her own life stressors, Suze joins forces with Sare so that they can both find their father.
The series also features Harki Bhambra, Liam Carney, Frank Laverty, Donal Logue, Rory Nolan, Darragh Shannon, Pat Shortt and Sophie Thompson.
“Sisters” is written and executive produced by Goldberg and Stanley. Declan Lowney and Alica MacDonald serves as executive producers. Lowney, Angela Squire, Richard Cook, Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Kira Carstensen, Melanie Donkers, Justin Healy and Ruth Coady executive produced the series. “SisterS,” an IFC Original Series, is a Canada/Ireland co-production from Peer Pressure and Shaftesbury in association with Mermade and Gaze Pictures with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.
Watch the official trailer below.
EXECUTIVE NEWS
Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG) has recruited Gail Austin as senior producer on the weekly show “Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien.”
“Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien” is regarded as the U.S.’ #1 nationally syndicated public affairs news magazine, garnering an average of over 1.1 million weekly viewers season-to-date for the 2022-2023 TV season. HMPG and Sony Pictures Television, the show’s distributor, recently revealed that the show has been renewed for another two seasons.
Austin hails from National Public Radio (NPR) where she served as a deputy executive producer of its flagship show “Morning Edition” and the “Up First” podcast. Stepping into the new role marks Austin’s return to Hearst as she previously served as a producer at Hearst Television’s Washington D.C., News Bureau, before working with NPR. She kicked off her career in broadcast journalism at Hearst’s WGAL-TV, the local market news leader in the Pennsylvania capital region of Lancaster-Harrisburg-York.
HMPG’s portfolio is comprised of over 30 series and hundreds of hours of content on leading broadcast networks and station groups and on connected TV and streaming platforms. It has a library of more than 4,000 hours of programming and its content can be found in 97 countries.