Every week, hosts
Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and
Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executive and other guests and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as the case may be).
This week s five topics are:
1. Disney s Investor Day.
Following a tidal wave of news during a
four-hour presentation, Disney hammered home a message that they re all in on streaming (in case you didn t notice). Ten
Star Wars shows. Ten Marvel shows. Plus scores of reboots and remakes for film and TV series. Hulu was there, too, and scored the Kardashians next show normally a huge announcement that felt more like an afterthought. FX delivered an
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The night before he was set to begin work on
The Stand, a CBS All Access miniseries event in which he plays one of the key villains, Nat Wolff found himself freaking out. Faced with the task of squaring off with Alexander Skarsgård s big bad, the walkin dude known as Randall Flagg, Wolff was second-guessing the months he d spent developing his own character, Lloyd Henreid. Then he went to get some dinner, and inspiration struck over sandwich shop loudspeakers. The night before shooting, I had a panic attack, and I thought, This character is so extreme, and I went really out on the edge, Wolff told SYFY WIRE at a virtual press junket ahead of the show s Dec. 17 premiere. Then I went into a Subway. and I heard Like a Virgin by Madonna playing on the radio, and I thought, Oh, f , and it just possessed me, and I started dancing. Everybody was looking at me, and I was like, I think I got it. And then, for the rest of the shoot, I would just play Like a Virgin, and imme