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Perth Now
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Eleven of the best TV shows of 2025 . . . so far
There have been a plethora of great TV series hitting screens this year — and it's only June! From brilliant local productions like The Narrow Road To The Deep North and Apple Cider Vinegar to international mega-hits like Adolescence and The White Lotus, here are 11 of the best . . . so far. Kaitlyn Dever as Belle in Apple Cider Vinegar. Credit: Ben King / Netflix Inspired by the wild-but-true story of wellness scammer Belle Gibson, this local series stars US actress Kaitlyn Dever doing just about the best Aussie accent you'll ever hear. The show has only grown in popularity as more have discovered it. Some fantastic performances and a strong story rooted in reality make this must-see television. Give Dever all the awards! Adolescence is streaming on Netflix. Credit: Netflix Not only is this series, co-created by UK actor and creator Stephen Graham, an urgent examination of adolescent mental health and the toxic online 'manosphere', it's also a feat of technical brilliance. Each episode is shot in one take, forcing viewers to stay with the action and not turn away from the story's more confronting aspects (and there are plenty). Put simply — it is a work of genius. This Year's season of The White Lotus was set in Thailand. Credit: Fabio Lovino / HBO Creator Mike White knocked it out of the park for the third series of his Emmy Award-winning show, this time set in Thailand. Right from those strange new opening credits, something felt different about season three — but in a good way. Performances from the key cast got everyone talking, and by the explosive finale, there wasn't a viewer out there not 100 per cent invested in seeing how everything ended. What a show! Adam Scott and Britt Lower are brilliant in Severance. Credit: Apple TV Plus Without a doubt, this superb series from Dan Erickson and Ben Stiller is the best TV you'll see this year. In season two, the creators took the story in wholly new directions, further fleshing out characters while still leaving us with plenty of questions ahead of next season (hurry up, dammit!). Discover why TV fans are losing their minds for this ridiculously good show. Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart in Hacks. Credit: Supplied / Max This comedy just gets better — no wonder it keeps scooping the pool at the Emmys. Season four could well have been Hacks' last, with episode eight potentially wrapping things up beautifully. But good news: it has been greenlit for another season, so we'll get to spend even more time with Deborah (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder). Though whether either still has a career remains to be seen . . . Noah Wyle stars in The Pitt. Credit: Warner Bros The second season of this superb ER-esque medical drama has just begun filming, which gives you a pretty good indication of how well received it was first time around. Starring Noah Wyle as an under-the-pump doctor, each episode plays out as an hour of his very long shift, giving us some genuinely gripping storylines and exceptional performances. Can't wait for more. Dept. Q is streaming on Netflix. Credit: Justin Downing / Netflix This one seemingly came out of nowhere and quickly gained a devoted following for its grisly premise and darkly compelling story. Set in Edinburgh and starring Downton Abbey's Matthew Goode as a disaffected Detective Inspector, this psychological crime thriller had us hooked from the opening episode, not letting up until that surprising finale. Here's hoping there are more seasons on the way. The Four Seasons is a remake of an Alan Alda film. Credit: Jon Pack / Netflix Tina Fey's newest creation, based on the 1981 movie from Alan Alda, is a midlife comedy about a group of friends in their fifties who catch up every few months. Sounds dull, right? Trust us: it's not. Fey has played it (relatively) straight for the laughs this time, but the show still has some hilarious moments and a stack of brilliantly relatable performances from the central cast. Good news — it's back for another season! Diego Luna returns for season two of Andor. Credit: Disney At last, a Star Wars spinoff worthy of the hype. The second season of this Rogue One prequel has been roundly praised by critics, with some even uttering the 'm' word. Yep, critics and fans alike are bandying the term masterpiece about. Diego Luna continues to anchor the tightly written series, which feels more urgent by the day given what's going on in the world right now. If you've not discovered this one yet, seek it out. Seth Rogan stars in The Studio. Credit: Supplied / TheWest Think of yourself as a cinephile? You won't want to miss this excellent series starring Seth Rogan. He plays a Hollywood exec battling to maintain his sanity while kowtowing to his corporate bosses and trying to stay afloat in the cutthroat movie-making world. This is a great peek behind the curtain. Equal parts cringe and captivating, it's a lot of fun for movie fans. Find out how the sausage is made! The Narrow Road To The Deep North is streaming on Prime Video. Credit: Ingvar Kenne / Curio/Sony Pictures This locally produced series is based on the award-winning novel by Richard Flanagan and is brought to the small screen by esteemed filmmakers Justin Kurzel and Shaun Grant. They're the duo behind Nitram and Snowtown, which gives you an idea of its calibre. This devastating series is beautifully shot and has a dreamlike quality to it, and Jacob Elordi and Ciaran Hinds are fantastic as younger and older versions of the same character. Hauntingly great.
Buzz Feed
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Rachel Zegler On Snow White Backlash And Palestine
At this very moment, Rachel Zegler is earning what seems like well-deserved raves for her turn in the title role of the West End production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic musical Evita. Suffice to say, it's a nice change of pace after the exhausting discourse around her appearance in Disney's ill-fated live-action remake of Snow White — which reached a fever pitch after Variety published a widely-derided report claiming that the film's troubles stemmed from Rachel's vocal support for the Palestinian people, as well as her opposition to current US President Donald Trump. In a new interview with i-D, Rachel addressed the effects that all the backlash had on her, as well as her commitment to speaking her mind on the matters that mean the most to her. 'My fucking psychiatrist has seen me through all of it,' she said, adding that it was necessary for someone to remind her that, ''What you're going through isn't normal'...That sentence did such wonders for me in multiple situations in my life.' During that time, Rachel was also prescribed medication to treat anxiety, which she describes as a "game-changer." "I just wasn't functioning," she explained, "and I wanted to function in a way that made me feel confident in the way I was moving through the world.' 'I think a victim mindset is a choice, and I don't choose it," she added. "I also don't choose nastiness in the face of it. I don't choose negativity in the face of it. I choose positivity and light and happiness. And I do believe at times, happiness is absolutely a choice, and every day I wake up and I think I'm very lucky to live the life I live.' In the interview, Rachel also addressed her support for the Palestinian people amidst the ongoing genocide taking place in Gaza, gesturing towards Hacks star Hannah Einbinder's recent comments: 'I can really only echo Hannah Einbinder in saying that a platform becomes a responsibility, and that responsibility is ours to use as we please,' she said. 'My compassion has no boundaries, is really what it is,' she added, 'and my support for one cause does not denounce any others. That's always been at the core of who I am as a person. It's the way I was are obviously things that are at stake by being outspoken, but nothing is worth innocent lives. My heart doesn't have a fence around it, and if that is considered my downfall? There are worse things.' Hear, hear. You can read the entire interview with Rachel right here.
Daily Mail
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Fans distraught as future of hit HBO series is revealed
The future of HBO 's hit comedy series Hacks as in jeopardy as the showrunner has doubled down on plans to end the show after its fifth season. Paul W. Downs, who co-created Hacks and serves as showrunner, opened up about the future of the critically-acclaimed series in an interview with Deadline. He confirmed that the plan from the beginning of Hacks was always to end it after its fifth season. However, he tellingly avoided stating if they would go through with the plan or not. 'Knowing that we're coming to a close in the universe of Hacks, we do want to serve all the characters in the ensemble and give them a proper farewell,' he said. 'So I don't know how many episodes that takes, but we do know where we're headed. We've always known the last scene of the last episode and we're still headed there,' he added. Fans are already distraught about the hit series ending and many weren't afraid to sound off about it on social media. 'Noooo this is my comfort show,' wailed one, while another begged, 'Please don't end Hacks! It's too good!' 'If this show ever ends, we are rioting in the streets,' raged another. 'I never want to think of Hacks ending,' cried a fourth, while a fifth fan added, 'Best show ever.' Hacks wrapped up its fourth season in May and a fifth season was then confirmed. Starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder, Hacks follows the ups and downs of the relationship between a legendary comedian in her '70s and an up-and-coming writer who works for her. Last year, Smart received a standing ovation after she took home the award for Best Lead Actress at the 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards. After receiving the gong for her role in Hacks, the beloved star said that she was thrilled for the win and jokingly added, 'I just don't get enough attention.' She was nominated in the same category that also included The Bear's Ayo Edebiri, Palm Royale's Kristen Wiig, Loot's Maya Rudolph, Abbott Elementary's Quinta Brunson and Only Murders in the Building's Selena Gomez. After clinching the honor, she received a rapturous applause and gave an engaging speech. 'Thank you. Thank you so, so much,' she began. 'It's very humbling. It really is.' Evoking laughter from the audience, she joked: 'And I appreciate this, because I just don't get enough attention. I'm serious!' During her speech, she recalled how she felt when she first read the script for the Max series. 'When I read the script, I said, "This is everything I could possibly want for my next job.' She also quipped about the streaming service's name change during her acceptance speech. 'Casey and everybody at HBO... Max... No, I'm sorry. Just what we needed, another network,' as the audience roared with laughter. At the 2021 and 2022 Emmys, Smart also for her role as comedian Deborah Vance on Hacks.
Yahoo
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Creators of ‘Hacks' Want To Know Which TV You Own
'Hacks' is now four seasons into an established comedy rhythm, even as it continues to find new ways to complicate the dynamic between standup legend Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and comedy writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder). But that certainly doesn't mean making the show has gotten easy or expected. Co-creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky have always been pretty visual writers, with a clear sense of what they want, but they search with the tirelessness of Damian's (Mark Indelicato) quest for coyote-warding bear piss to sculpt exactly the right comedy moments. So while they often aren't 'finding the show' in the edit in a wholesale way, they are searching every frame for what beat is the funniest. More from IndieWire Sarah Michelle Gellar, Allison Hannigan Say 'Buffy' Reboot Will Honor Michelle Trachtenberg: 'We'll Do What's Appropriate' Lucie Arnaz Says 'You Can't Talk to Aaron Sorkin,' Reflecting on 'Being the Ricardos' - 'It Was So Wrong' 'We do like to watch pretty much every take of everything. That is always going to be the thing we like to do,' Aniello told IndieWire on an episode of the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. 'We always say the edit's not done, it's just abandoned. We're not really people who find it in the edit for the most part. We really know what we want. For us, it's really just about, 'Is that the best performance? Is that the best take?'' Shifting through each and every option is, of course, rather time-consuming. Aniello praised the show's 'very patient' editors, especially the assistant editors who create string outs but sometimes get asked to go back in and find moments that were between where the takes started and ended, or that weren't logged, or that were part of the pre-roll. Part of the instinct to do that comes from the very fact that 'Hacks' is a show about a standup comic. It is about performance, and while Downs is the only one of the three co-creators to appear on camera (so far), Aniello and Statsky are also performers, too. 'We all came from making alt comedy — performing it, writing it, shooting digital shorts and editing them ourselves. So we come at it from performance. We really want the performance to be just right, especially when it comes to comedic moments. We not only watch every take, we often audition them in the sequence,' Downs told IndieWire on the same Filmmaker Toolkit episode. 'If there's five takes, we'll watch all five takes in the sequence of the other actors to see what alchemy is correct.' Aniello pointed out that watching one take after another can rob them of the wider context of the scene. 'You actually don't know which is the best one until all of a sudden you see it in the sequence. So sometimes it can just be time-consuming and you've gotta finish the show at some point,' Aniello said. But one of the barriers to finally finishing the hat 'Hacks' episodes is crafting the final mix and color grade so that the show is presented in the best possible way across a wide variety of viewing platforms and formats. 'We sound mix on the stage and we listen to it on the stage, but then when we do our review of the sound mix after notes are given, we go to a different environment and listen to it on television speakers,' Downs said. 'We try and listen to things and watch things both from a color grade and a sound design standpoint in as many environments as we can because they're so different device to device.' They can get exacting about those differences, too. 'You're like, 'OK, well, in 5.1 it sounds like this; in left-to-right it sounds like this; on the computer, it sounds like this. We literally are like, 'What brands of televisions do most people have and watch it from?'' Aniello said. ''What is the most likely out-of-the-box color grade that people put on it?' We want to make [the show] as good as possible for the most people, but then you [also want] to reward the people who put the time into having a 5.1 speaker system in their house, and it just gets very complicated. You're like, 'Who do we make it for?' We are thinking about those things so much.' The devil is in those details, to be sure, but some of the biggest shifts that happen in the edit on 'Hacks' are ones that simplify what we see in order to emotionally clarify what the characters are going through. One key example of this occurs early on in the Season 4 finale, 'Heaven,' while Deborah is licking her late-night exit wounds back in Las Vegas. 'When I come into a director's cut of Lucia's work, I know pretty much what it is because we write in a way that's pretty visual and we oftentimes have planned things that I'll expect to see,' Downs said. But the sequence of Deborah moping in bed, at rock bottom, was different. A case of extremely judicious editing, in addition to take selection, elevated it beyond what Downs expected to see. 'We had actually scripted [a series of] voicemails from Jimmy [Paul W. Downs] and Kayla [Megan Stalter] and Randy [Robbie Hoffman] and Ava just checking in on her and all of the calls that she'd missed. But when Jen and I came in at the producer's level to watch Lucia's first director's cut, she had opted not to include those voiceovers,' Downs said. 'And I was so moved by that sequence. I thought it was one of my favorite things in the series. Now, that's saying a lot because my lines were cut, OK? Jimmy's lines were cut. But I loved that sequence so much.' All episodes of 'Hacks' are now streaming on Max. To hear full interview, subscribe to the on , , or your favorite podcast platform. Best of IndieWire The Best Thrillers Streaming on Netflix in June, from 'Vertigo' and 'Rear Window' to 'Emily the Criminal' All 12 Wes Anderson Movies, Ranked, from 'Bottle Rocket' to 'The Phoenician Scheme' Nightmare Film Shoots: The 38 Most Grueling Films Ever Made, from 'Deliverance' to 'The Wages of Fear'
Yahoo
01-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Hacks' stars Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder in images
The brilliant comedy series "Hacks" stars Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder. The show has been lauded by critics and earned numerous awards. The chemistry between the comedian and her head writer is nothing short of splendid. A look at Smart and Einbinder in images. This article originally appeared on The List Wire: Best of actresses Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder in images
