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Lena Dunham Addresses Possible ‘Girls' Shoshanna Spinoff
With Girls experiencing a resurgence in recent years, fans of Zosia Mamet's character Shoshanna Shapiro have been hopeful that she would get her own spinoff. And now Girls creator Lena Dunham is addressing that possibility. More from The Hollywood Reporter Lena Dunham Acknowledges How Lack of Diversity on 'Girls' Was "Really Disappointing to People" Lena Dunham Describes Her Netflix Series 'Too Much': "When a Loud, Messy Jewess Descends on a City of Deeply Repressed People" Lena Dunham Makes TV Return With Trailer for Netflix's 'Too Much,' Takes Megan Stalter to London to Find Her "English Dream" 'I love Shoshanna. I am on record as saying she is my favorite girl,' Dunham said on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, adding that Shoshanna is the character that is most likely 'going places' out of the four main girls. In addition to loving the character of Shoshanna, Dunham said that it was 'such a joy to watch Zosia be her.' 'So if there was, like, the right context for us to do it, I'd be fucking thrilled,' Dunham said. 'And also to do anything with her.' Dunham explained that she and Mamet have jokingly 'kicked around' ideas of where Shoshanna would be today. 'She'd be so brilliant at revisiting it, and I just miss it and I miss her,' Dunham said, stating that she would be 'in' to do a spinoff about Shoshanna. Mamet has also expressed interest in revisiting the character in a spinoff. 'I'm trying to get Lena to write a Shosh spinoff,' Mamet said when she appeared on the same podcast in January. 'I've been, like, slowly working on her. We'll see. She seems receptive.' Meanwhile, the idea of doing a Girls follow-up has long been of interest to Dunham. In a January 2022 cover story, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Dunham had engaged in informal talks with HBO about a possible Girls reboot, in which the characters were older and wiser. Though, she admitted it wasn't the right time. 'We all recognize it's not time yet,' she said. 'I want it to be at a moment when the characters' lives have really changed.' And HBO boss Casey Bloys added, 'As proud of the show as we are, there aren't any plans to bring Girls back. It's great to know new viewers will continue to discover the [original] series.' The penultimate episode of Girls featured the surprise that Shoshanna was engaged to a man neither Hannah (Dunham) or viewers had heard of. 'I remember when that idea came up, it was like, 'How could she?' Shoshanna's been very light this season, and it hasn't been an accident,' Dunham told THR at the time. 'We love Zosia, and we want her acting all of the time. But it has felt like she was going to be the character who made the breakaway first, and we needed to explain what had happened to her during that time.' Dunham makes her return to TV with Netflix's Too Much, which she created and based loosely on her real-life romance with husband Luis Felber, streaming Thursday. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Studio': 30 Famous Faces Who Play (a Version of) Themselves in the Hollywood-Based Series 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise
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23-06-2025
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Allison Williams wants Girls reunion
Allison Williams would "love" to be part of a Girls reunion. The 37-year-old actress shot to fame playing Marnie in the HBO series, which ran for six seasons until 2017, and she has backed former co-star Zosia Mamet's calls for a spin-off series because she is so keen to get the cast "back together". Asked if there would be a Girls reunion, she told The Guardian newspaper: "I would love it. I know that Zosia has been pushing for a spin-off, which I would voraciously consume and try to elbow my way into. "I kind of want us all back together. "It was so fun and it was the beginning of my career, so I didn't have the perspective I have now on just how lucky we were, or to know how unusual a creative experience it was.' Despite her enthusiasm, Allison initially struggled with viewers thinking she was similar to her narcissistic alter ego on the show. She said: 'I really desired to put distance between us, because I thought that was the kind of acting everybody respected – like, I'm wearing a prosthetic nose and I gained 40lbs, or whatever. "And here [our characters] were, who looked basically like we looked and sounded like we sounded, but crucially said and did things that we would never do. It always felt weird that, since we didn't transform ourselves in some way, people weren't buying us playing characters.' Girls faced a lot of criticism, including for a lack of racial diversity, but Allison thinks any "valid" viewpoints got lost amidst a tide of unfair comments. She said: "[It felt like there were] a gazillion think pieces about every episode that we did – and most thought we all took ourselves too seriously. We were all pretty privileged people who were the leads of this HBO show that was definitely skewering our own, but we weren't given credit for that, or for being in on it." Of the unjust comments directed their way, she added: "The shame is that, when it is coupled with misogyny and fatphobia and everything, the valid criticism gets lost. "We were easy targets, I get it.'
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10-03-2025
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W NETWORK DEBUTS ITS SPRING SCHEDULE WITH THIS SEASON'S FRESHEST PICKS
New Series Include Peacock Comedy Laid, Sky Original Series Small Town, Big Story, Plus Hallmark Channel's The Chicken Sisters and Small Town Setup This Spring Will Also See the Season Finales of The Way Home, Season 3 and Based on a True Story, Season 2 Stream W Network on STACKTV For additional photography and press kit material visit: To share this release socially visit: TORONTO, March 10, 2025 /CNW/ - This spring, W Network, a Corus Entertainment top 10 specialty network*, is blooming with freshly picked new series featuring star-studded performances, humour and heart. This season, W Network ushers in new comedies such as Laid and Small Town, Big Story as well as Hallmark's family drama The Chicken Sisters and Hallmark's unscripted series Small Town Setup. All series are available to stream on STACKTV. First to spring onto the schedule is Peacock's twisted romantic comedy, Laid, starring Academy Award®-nominee Stephanie Hsu and Zosia Mamet. Premiering on Monday, March 24 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, a woman (Hsu) finds out her former lovers are dying in unusual ways and must go back through her sex timeline to confront her past in order to move forward. Laid is a dark rom-com where the answer to "why can't I find love, is there something wrong with me?" is a resounding "Yes. There is. The problem is definitely you." Up next is the dramatic comedy Small Town, Big Story premiering Thursday, March 27 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Created and directed by Emmy® Award winner Chris O'Dowd (Moone Boy), the series stars Emmy® nominee Christina Hendricks (Good Girls, Mad Men) and BAFTA award-winner Paddy Considine (House of the Dragon, The World's End), and looks at the untold chaos caused when a big budget Hollywood production rolls into a small, rural Irish town. Wendy Patterson (Hendricks) is a local girl who found success as a TV producer in Los Angeles, returns to her hometown in Ireland after over 20 years, having left under something of a cloud. Back in the chaotic microcosm of Drumbán, this time with a film crew in tow, Wendy is caught in between her past and her epic new production. Séamus Proctor (Considine) is the local doctor and pillar of the community. He has a neat and well-ordered life, or at least he thinks he does. Soon, he will find himself in the eye of a storm as a celluloid circus descends on the town, threatening to shine a spotlight on a secret he's been harbouring for ages. On Sunday, March 30 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, W Network serves up new Hallmark series, The Chicken Sisters, based on the New York Times bestseller and Reese's Book Club selection of the same name by KJ Dell'Antonia. Created for television and executive produced by Annie Mebane (Shrinking, Atypical, The Goldbergs), the eight-episode series is a family drama dipped in southern charm and served up with a saucy side of romance. The setting is the fictional town of Merinac, where a generations-old rift between dueling fried chicken restaurants – Mimi's and Frannie's – has left the founders' families fractured and the locals taking sides. When the popular cooking competition show Ultimate Kitchen Clash comes to town, it could be the recipe for ending this feud once and for all. But things are fixing to heat up both inside and outside of the kitchen as the reality show spotlight causes sparks to fly as secrets are spilled and feathers get ruffled. The series boasts an impressive cast, including Schuyler Fisk (Sam & Kate), Genevieve Angelson (The Handmaid's Tale), Lea Thompson (Back to the Future) and Wendie Malick (Just Shoot Me!) as the women at the heart of the restaurant rivalry. James Kot (Virgin River), Rukiya Bernard (Yellowjackets), Ektor Rivera (Groundswell) and Jake Foy (Ride) round out the supporting cast. Emmy® Award-winning actress Margo Martindale (Justified) lends her voice as the nearly omniscient narrator, who serves up history and offers country fried context the way only the best town gossip can. Following the premiere of The Chicken Sisters on March 30, Small Town Setup debuting at 9 p.m. ET/PT, explores the unique charm of small-town America and its welcoming community in this heartwarming unscripted, romantic comedy docu-style dating series, hosted by Ashley Williams. In each episode, viewers meet different hometown parents with a big problem – their successful adult child is living far away in a big city – and is still single. The couple gathers their neighbours and asks for help to find a match for them to go out with. Now, the entire community is on the hunt to find the best three daters for the "city single" to go on dates with, in the hope that they will fall in love, move back home and live happily ever after. This spring will also see the Season 3 finale of the multi-generational family drama and top 5 specialty entertainment program** The Way Home on Sunday, March 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT and the Season 2 finale of the dark comedic thriller Based on a True Story on Monday, March 17 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. W Network can be streamed via STACKTV, available on Amazon Prime Video Channels, Bell Fibe TV app, Fubo, Rogers Ignite TV and Ignite Streaming. The network is also available through all major TV distributors, including: Shaw, Shaw Direct, Rogers, Bell, Videotron, Telus, Cogeco, Eastlink and SaskTel. *Source: Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, FL'24 (Aug 26 – Dec29/24), SP'25 STD (Dec 30/24 – Feb 9/25) confirmed to Feb 2/25, A25-54, AMA(000), CDN SPEC COM ENG, M-Su 2a-2a**Source: Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, SP'24 (Jan 1 – May 26/24), 3+ airings, SP'25 STD (Dec 30/24 – Feb 9/25) 2+ airings, confirmed to Feb 2/25, CDN SPEC COM ENG excluding sports SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS: Follow W Network on Facebook, InstagramFollow STACKTV on Instagram @stacktv W Network is a Corus Entertainment Network. About Corus Entertainment Inc. Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX: CJR.B) is a leading media and content company that develops and delivers high quality brands and content across platforms for audiences around the world. Engaging audiences since 1999, the company's portfolio of multimedia offerings encompass 30 specialty television services, 37 radio stations, 15 conventional television stations, digital and streaming platforms, and social digital agency and media services. Corus' roster of premium brands includes Global Television, W Network, Flavour Network, Home Network, The HISTORY® Channel, Showcase, Adult Swim, National Geographic and Global News, along with streaming platforms STACKTV, TELETOON+, the Global TV App and Curiouscast. Corus is also the domestic advertising representative and an original content partner for Pluto TV, a Paramount Company, which is the leading free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service. Corus is an internationally-renowned content creator, producer and distributor through Corus Studios and Nelvana. For more information visit SOURCE Corus Entertainment Inc. View original content:
