With each passing year, cataloguing the best TV shows of the previous 365 days becomes harder and harder. That which we call “television” is such an enormous, broad concept that it seems impossible to even categorize it, let alone rank it in a neat fashion. Basically any TV show you could ever dream of can be found with the right combination of cable packages and streaming subscriptions.
Want the best video game adaptation ever? Boom. It’s done. Feel like watching a bespoke eight-episode saga that brings the works of Edgar Allan Poe to the present day for a political horror satire about the opioid epidemic? Off to Netflix you go. What about a cartoonish dramedy featuring a nun overcoming the trauma of losing her Las Vegas magician father by finding the literal holy grail to turn off a world-ruling artificial intelligence? You’re gonna have to try harder than that to trick the algorithm.
Want the best video game adaptation ever? Boom. It’s done. Feel like watching a bespoke eight-episode saga that brings the works of Edgar Allan Poe to the present day for a political horror satire about the opioid epidemic? Off to Netflix you go. What about a cartoonish dramedy featuring a nun overcoming the trauma of losing her Las Vegas magician father by finding the literal holy grail to turn off a world-ruling artificial intelligence? You’re gonna have to try harder than that to trick the algorithm.
- 12/14/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
The late Norman Lear’s life and legacy took center stage tonight at the 2023 Sentinel Awards at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills.
The awards, which celebrate the storytellers behind some of the year’s most impactful stories, heard a statement from Lyn Lear read at the start of the show by Marty Kaplan, founding director of the Norman Lear Center.
“I would have been there tonight if not for the passing of our beloved Norman. He was so proud of the work of The Lear Center and Hollywood Health and Society. And he would not have wanted all of us to mourn. He would want us to celebrate the important shows you are honoring tonight, and most of all… he would want us to laugh.”
The night celebrated Lear’s lasting impact on television and the world, underlining his strong advocacy that television and storytelling makes a difference.
The awards, which celebrate the storytellers behind some of the year’s most impactful stories, heard a statement from Lyn Lear read at the start of the show by Marty Kaplan, founding director of the Norman Lear Center.
“I would have been there tonight if not for the passing of our beloved Norman. He was so proud of the work of The Lear Center and Hollywood Health and Society. And he would not have wanted all of us to mourn. He would want us to celebrate the important shows you are honoring tonight, and most of all… he would want us to laugh.”
The night celebrated Lear’s lasting impact on television and the world, underlining his strong advocacy that television and storytelling makes a difference.
- 12/7/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
In a sad bit of coincidence, the Hollywood, Health & Society at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center honored its 2023 Sentinel Awards winners on Wednesday night, just hours after the passing of its namesake and inspiration, the legendary Norman Lear.
Emmy-winning comedian and writer Larry Wilmore hosted the event and introduced this year’s 11 winners, including writers behind the series “Mrs. Davis,” “Fleishman is in Trouble” and “Tiny Beautiful Things.” But before the awards were handed out, Wilmore took a moment to pay tribute to Lear. And remarks from Lear’s wife, Lyn, were shared with the audience.
“Well you got to say this about Norman – the man knew how to make an exit,” Wilmore joked. “He knew his audience. And wanted us to make sure we were all listening.
“A giant has left us and we’re going to do him proud,” he added. “This evening meant a lot...
Emmy-winning comedian and writer Larry Wilmore hosted the event and introduced this year’s 11 winners, including writers behind the series “Mrs. Davis,” “Fleishman is in Trouble” and “Tiny Beautiful Things.” But before the awards were handed out, Wilmore took a moment to pay tribute to Lear. And remarks from Lear’s wife, Lyn, were shared with the audience.
“Well you got to say this about Norman – the man knew how to make an exit,” Wilmore joked. “He knew his audience. And wanted us to make sure we were all listening.
“A giant has left us and we’re going to do him proud,” he added. “This evening meant a lot...
- 12/7/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
The 2023 Sentinel Awards were handed out tonight Awards at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills, and winners included writers for such TV series as Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19, Superman & Lois, The Diplomat and Tiny Beautiful Things. See the full list below.
Presented by Hollywood, Health & Society at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, the Sentinel Awards recognize writers for meaningful and accurate portrayals onscreen on such timely topics as abortion, systemic racism, climate change and mental health. Larry Wilmore hosted the ceremony, which came the night that Lear died at 101.
Attendees heard a statement from Lyn Lear read at the start of the show by Marty Kaplan, founding director of the Norman Lear Center.
“I would have been there tonight if not for the passing of our beloved Norman,” she wrote. “He was so proud of the work of The Lear Center and Hollywood Health and Society.
Presented by Hollywood, Health & Society at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, the Sentinel Awards recognize writers for meaningful and accurate portrayals onscreen on such timely topics as abortion, systemic racism, climate change and mental health. Larry Wilmore hosted the ceremony, which came the night that Lear died at 101.
Attendees heard a statement from Lyn Lear read at the start of the show by Marty Kaplan, founding director of the Norman Lear Center.
“I would have been there tonight if not for the passing of our beloved Norman,” she wrote. “He was so proud of the work of The Lear Center and Hollywood Health and Society.
- 12/7/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Hollywood, Health and Society at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center toasted its 2023 Sentinel Awards winners on Wednesday at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills, where Lear’s life took center stage after his passing was announced earlier in the day at the age of 101.
Lear’s wife Lyn sent a statement to be read aloud to Sentinel attendees at the beginning of the show by founding director of the Norman Lear Center Marty Kaplan, as she wrote, “I would have been there tonight if not for the passing of our beloved Norman. He was so proud of the work of The Lear Center and Hollywood, Health and Society. And he would not have wanted all of us to mourn. He would want us to celebrate the important shows you are honoring tonight, and most of all, he would have want us to laugh.”
Larry Wilmore served as host of the evening,...
Lear’s wife Lyn sent a statement to be read aloud to Sentinel attendees at the beginning of the show by founding director of the Norman Lear Center Marty Kaplan, as she wrote, “I would have been there tonight if not for the passing of our beloved Norman. He was so proud of the work of The Lear Center and Hollywood, Health and Society. And he would not have wanted all of us to mourn. He would want us to celebrate the important shows you are honoring tonight, and most of all, he would have want us to laugh.”
Larry Wilmore served as host of the evening,...
- 12/7/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
What’s NBC nowadays?
Even before the ongoing writers strike scrambled the network’s fall schedule, its identity — historically quite strong as a place for chewy, grown-up dramas and chic, cerebral sitcoms — had seemed hazy. Promising comedies, the sort that might have grown to fulfill the role recently played by “30 Rock” or “Superstore,” got unceremoniously booted from the air after barely a chance to thrive; new dramas, from “Ordinary Joe” to “The Thing About Pam,” seemed painfully undistinguished.
It’s been a tough few years. And as much as the departure of Susan Rovner, chairman of entertainment content for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, a career TV executive previously known for her work at Warner Bros. Television, is just latest bit of media industry consolidation, it’s also a moment to observe that the legacy network and its corporate siblings have struggled to find a way forward. In the years...
Even before the ongoing writers strike scrambled the network’s fall schedule, its identity — historically quite strong as a place for chewy, grown-up dramas and chic, cerebral sitcoms — had seemed hazy. Promising comedies, the sort that might have grown to fulfill the role recently played by “30 Rock” or “Superstore,” got unceremoniously booted from the air after barely a chance to thrive; new dramas, from “Ordinary Joe” to “The Thing About Pam,” seemed painfully undistinguished.
It’s been a tough few years. And as much as the departure of Susan Rovner, chairman of entertainment content for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, a career TV executive previously known for her work at Warner Bros. Television, is just latest bit of media industry consolidation, it’s also a moment to observe that the legacy network and its corporate siblings have struggled to find a way forward. In the years...
- 7/6/2023
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Last year when Betty Gilpin was filming Mrs. Davis, the Peacock dramedy about a nun who vows to destroy a powerful artificial intelligence, people were barely even talking about ChatGPT — it was, as Gilpin described, “niche.” Now, as audiences binge the show, it’s the topic on everyone’s mind. “As a parent in real life, I think a lot about our dependence on the internet, and I do think it’s natural for humans to want a workaround to risk,” she says. “But it’s also tampering with the things that make us human.”
In the series, Gilpin plays Sister Simone, who, while attempting to enact her revenge on the bot known as Mrs. Davis, gets caught up in ancient religious conspiracies (she is, essentially, searching for a riff on the Holy Grail). The actress has thought a lot about the consequences of a more technologically advanced world and...
In the series, Gilpin plays Sister Simone, who, while attempting to enact her revenge on the bot known as Mrs. Davis, gets caught up in ancient religious conspiracies (she is, essentially, searching for a riff on the Holy Grail). The actress has thought a lot about the consequences of a more technologically advanced world and...
- 6/13/2023
- by Seija Rankin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ChatGPT might very well take my job one day. Which is why it was probably a bad idea to give it a job interviewing the creators and star of Peacock’s offbeat limited series “Mrs. Davis.” But the gimmick was too good to pass up: “Mrs. Davis,” created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof, stars Betty Gilpin as Sister Simone, a nun who takes on an algorithm that has infiltrated most of the world with the promise of solving humanity’s problems.
So, I figured, why not have an AI grill Hernandez, Lindelof and Gilpin about their show. The three of them immediately got it when we talked over Zoom in late April. We’re all victims of the algorithm and fascinated by the hold it now has on our lives and our jobs.
“On days where my screen time is a billion hours and I’ve filled my brain...
So, I figured, why not have an AI grill Hernandez, Lindelof and Gilpin about their show. The three of them immediately got it when we talked over Zoom in late April. We’re all victims of the algorithm and fascinated by the hold it now has on our lives and our jobs.
“On days where my screen time is a billion hours and I’ve filled my brain...
- 6/13/2023
- by Michael Schneider and ChatGPT
- Variety Film + TV
When “Mrs. Davis” director and executive producer Owen Harris read the pilot script for the Peacock limited series, he had one response. “I sent an email straight back to my agent saying, ‘What the f–k have I just read?’” Harris tells Gold Derby in our Making of “Mrs. Davis” video roundtable exclusive interview. “And then I quickly followed it up with, ‘But I love it. It’s amazing. We have to do this.’ And I think that sort of everyone had a similar reaction.”
Co-created by Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez, “Mrs. Davis” is a show that defies easy classification. Broadly, it’s about a nun named Simone (Betty Gilpin) who is tasked by an artificial intelligence program called Mrs. Davis to find and destroy the Holy Grail in exchange for the elimination of Mrs. Davis itself. The twisty conceit – which includes Simone’s magician father (David Arquette), her...
Co-created by Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez, “Mrs. Davis” is a show that defies easy classification. Broadly, it’s about a nun named Simone (Betty Gilpin) who is tasked by an artificial intelligence program called Mrs. Davis to find and destroy the Holy Grail in exchange for the elimination of Mrs. Davis itself. The twisty conceit – which includes Simone’s magician father (David Arquette), her...
- 6/13/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
[Editor’s Note: The following interview contains light spoilers for the “Mrs. Davis” series finale — Episode 8, “The Final Intercut: So I’m Your Horse.”]
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For “Mrs. Davis” stars Betty Gilpin and Elizabeth Marvel, the beginning of their work conveying a knotty mother-daughter relationship came at the end of the Peacock limited series’ Holy Grail quest.
“That scene was brilliantly but hastily written over a weekend while Beth and I cram studied the outlines for Episodes 3 through 8, so we would know what would happen,” said Gilpin of the first scene she shot with Marvel, which happened to be the climax of the show’s series finale. “I filmed out of order before, but I’ve never done that, where you’re filming the most important scene of the show.” With regard to working on the unpredictable...
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For “Mrs. Davis” stars Betty Gilpin and Elizabeth Marvel, the beginning of their work conveying a knotty mother-daughter relationship came at the end of the Peacock limited series’ Holy Grail quest.
“That scene was brilliantly but hastily written over a weekend while Beth and I cram studied the outlines for Episodes 3 through 8, so we would know what would happen,” said Gilpin of the first scene she shot with Marvel, which happened to be the climax of the show’s series finale. “I filmed out of order before, but I’ve never done that, where you’re filming the most important scene of the show.” With regard to working on the unpredictable...
- 6/6/2023
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
This story about “Mrs. Davis” first appeared in the Limited Series/Movies issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.
The phrase “unlike anything else on TV” gets thrown around a lot. But in the case of “Mrs. Davis,” the words apply.
“Mrs. Davis” is unlike anything else on TV — currently or otherwise. It’s the story of Sister Simone (Betty Gilpin), a strawberry jam-making nun who is attempting to bring down a malevolent artificial intelligence known as Mrs. Davis. And how will she force the end of this evil AI? By retrieving the Holy Grail, of course.
The fact that a show that lampoons the all-important algorithm is even airing on Peacock, a streaming platform, feels a little bit like, well, a miracle. The show had somewhat inauspicious beginnings. After Damon Lindelof finished work on “Watchmen” (which won 11 Emmys), he felt like maybe he could help “curate” someone else’s vision instead of starting from scratch.
The phrase “unlike anything else on TV” gets thrown around a lot. But in the case of “Mrs. Davis,” the words apply.
“Mrs. Davis” is unlike anything else on TV — currently or otherwise. It’s the story of Sister Simone (Betty Gilpin), a strawberry jam-making nun who is attempting to bring down a malevolent artificial intelligence known as Mrs. Davis. And how will she force the end of this evil AI? By retrieving the Holy Grail, of course.
The fact that a show that lampoons the all-important algorithm is even airing on Peacock, a streaming platform, feels a little bit like, well, a miracle. The show had somewhat inauspicious beginnings. After Damon Lindelof finished work on “Watchmen” (which won 11 Emmys), he felt like maybe he could help “curate” someone else’s vision instead of starting from scratch.
- 6/6/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
It’s Emmy season — so what better time than now for TV academy voters to consider Peacock’s limited series “Mrs. Davis” and its entire cast? Gold Derby associate editor Latasha Ford was on the red carpet Sunday, June 4 to interview lead cast members Betty Gilpin, Andy McQueen and Jake McDorman as well as executive producers/directors Alethea Jones and Owen Harris.
The cast and crew took part in a lively panel held at The Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles to celebrate the show. Watch our exclusive red carpet interviews above.
See Betty Gilpin on ‘Mrs. Davis’: ‘It was my favorite experience I’ve ever had’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
The eight-part limited series stars Gilpin as Sister Simone, a nun who partners with her ex-boyfriend Wiley (McDorman) on a globe-spanning journey to destroy Mrs. Davis, a powerful artificial intelligence. McQueen, Ben Chaplin, Margo Martindale, David Arquette, Elizabeth Marvel, Katja Herbers, Chris Diamantopoulos,...
The cast and crew took part in a lively panel held at The Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles to celebrate the show. Watch our exclusive red carpet interviews above.
See Betty Gilpin on ‘Mrs. Davis’: ‘It was my favorite experience I’ve ever had’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
The eight-part limited series stars Gilpin as Sister Simone, a nun who partners with her ex-boyfriend Wiley (McDorman) on a globe-spanning journey to destroy Mrs. Davis, a powerful artificial intelligence. McQueen, Ben Chaplin, Margo Martindale, David Arquette, Elizabeth Marvel, Katja Herbers, Chris Diamantopoulos,...
- 6/5/2023
- by Latasha Ford
- Gold Derby
Awards strategists managing this season’s Emmy campaigns may have issued a collective gasp on the night of April 9 — at least those who were watching the third episode of Succession live as it aired that evening. With little warning, and off-camera, Logan Roy (played by Emmy winner Brian Cox, twice nominated for his role in the HBO drama) collapsed while traveling on a plane — leaving his children Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin), trapped on a boat for their half-brother Connor’s wedding, struggling to come to terms with his sudden death and what it meant for the future of Waystar Royco.
Logan Roy, dead in episode three! A tragedy for some (and one that was inevitable given the entire premise of the series), but for those with stakes in the Emmy race, it raised questions of how Cox would be submitted for his role in...
Logan Roy, dead in episode three! A tragedy for some (and one that was inevitable given the entire premise of the series), but for those with stakes in the Emmy race, it raised questions of how Cox would be submitted for his role in...
- 6/5/2023
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The very premise of “Mrs. Davis” all but encouraged the Peacock show’s creative team to embrace their pop culture influences. Co-created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof, “Mrs. Davis” is about the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence algorithm and a nun named Simone (Betty Gilpin), who the computer programs tasks with its destruction by sending her on a quest to find the Holy Grail. “Algorithms love cliches,” Wiley (Jake McDorman), Simone’s ex – who happens to lead a group of male resistance fighters like he’s “Fight Club” figure Tyler Durden – says at one point.
“It’s such a pastiche,” “Mrs. Davis” cinematographer Joe Anderson tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview. “The show deals with cliches – like when you do a Google search, the very first topic that comes up. Some of the writing toys with that idea. So we kind of leaned into some of these kind of obvious references,...
“It’s such a pastiche,” “Mrs. Davis” cinematographer Joe Anderson tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview. “The show deals with cliches – like when you do a Google search, the very first topic that comes up. Some of the writing toys with that idea. So we kind of leaned into some of these kind of obvious references,...
- 5/30/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Damon Lindelof says that he “failed” to provide safety and comfort as a co-creator of Lost, in response to a new book that in part chronicles numerous allegations of a “racist,” “sexist,” “hostile” and overall toxic workplace.
In an excerpt from a chapter of Maureen Ryan’s Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood (preorder on Amazon or Walmart), cast members and writers from the iconic supernatural drama relay anecdotes that allege Lindelof and co-creator Carlton Cuse were indifferent, or worse, to complaints about storytelling that backburnered actors of color.
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In an excerpt from a chapter of Maureen Ryan’s Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood (preorder on Amazon or Walmart), cast members and writers from the iconic supernatural drama relay anecdotes that allege Lindelof and co-creator Carlton Cuse were indifferent, or worse, to complaints about storytelling that backburnered actors of color.
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- 5/30/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Thanks to a crowded fantasy/sci-fi Emmys field, some of the best new shows of the season steeped in fantasy, sci-fi, or horror are opting instead to compete in contemporary craft categories to avoid direct competition.
These include “The Last of Us,” HBO’s riveting video game adaptation of a post-apocalyptic America with a zombie-like vibe, “Mrs. Davis,” Peacock’s glorious genre-bending adventure, “Wednesday,” Netflix’s “Addams Family” spin-off about monstrous teens, and “Dead Ringers,” Prime Video’s update of the David Cronenberg body horror thriller, starring Rachel Weisz as the gender-flipped twin gynecologists.
However, this strategy of going contemporary is not unique. Just last season, Netflix entered its survival thriller juggernaut, “Squid Game,” in contemporary categories for production design and costume design, and came away with the Emmy for the former. And, although it didn’t pan out, the imaginatively retro “Severance” also competed for contemporary production design.
“Wednesday...
These include “The Last of Us,” HBO’s riveting video game adaptation of a post-apocalyptic America with a zombie-like vibe, “Mrs. Davis,” Peacock’s glorious genre-bending adventure, “Wednesday,” Netflix’s “Addams Family” spin-off about monstrous teens, and “Dead Ringers,” Prime Video’s update of the David Cronenberg body horror thriller, starring Rachel Weisz as the gender-flipped twin gynecologists.
However, this strategy of going contemporary is not unique. Just last season, Netflix entered its survival thriller juggernaut, “Squid Game,” in contemporary categories for production design and costume design, and came away with the Emmy for the former. And, although it didn’t pan out, the imaginatively retro “Severance” also competed for contemporary production design.
“Wednesday...
- 5/22/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Betty Gilpin’s Simone is heaven-sent in Mrs. Davis, but is the A.I.-fighting sister due for a second act? It appears not.
Although a Peacock rep declined to comment, a source at the streamer confirms to TVLine that there are no plans for the acclaimed dramedy — which ended its inaugural eight-episode season on May 18 — to return for a second season.
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Although a Peacock rep declined to comment, a source at the streamer confirms to TVLine that there are no plans for the acclaimed dramedy — which ended its inaugural eight-episode season on May 18 — to return for a second season.
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- 5/22/2023
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
This post contains spoilers for the finale of "Mrs. Davis."
"Mrs. Davis" is, far and away, the most difficult show to describe on TV right now. In the simplest of terms, it's about a nun and a rodeo cowboy on the hunt for the Holy Grail, which they plan to use to shut down a nearly omnipotent algorithm called Mrs. Davis. In more complex terms, it involves a stage magician who may or may not have dissolved himself in acid, a diner cook who is actually Jesus Christ incarnate, and, in the finale, a roller coaster designed to kill algorithm users who trade some of their lifespans for a virtual reward called "wings."
The Peacock series is funny and strange, and with "The Leftovers" creator Damon Lindelof and "The Big Bang Theory" writer Tara Hernandez at the helm, it also has a lot on its mind. If one character brings...
"Mrs. Davis" is, far and away, the most difficult show to describe on TV right now. In the simplest of terms, it's about a nun and a rodeo cowboy on the hunt for the Holy Grail, which they plan to use to shut down a nearly omnipotent algorithm called Mrs. Davis. In more complex terms, it involves a stage magician who may or may not have dissolved himself in acid, a diner cook who is actually Jesus Christ incarnate, and, in the finale, a roller coaster designed to kill algorithm users who trade some of their lifespans for a virtual reward called "wings."
The Peacock series is funny and strange, and with "The Leftovers" creator Damon Lindelof and "The Big Bang Theory" writer Tara Hernandez at the helm, it also has a lot on its mind. If one character brings...
- 5/19/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for the entire season of Peacock’s Mrs. Davis.
There may be more thematically rich, artistically audacious TV shows on this spring. There has not, however, been anything that comes close in strangeness, shock value, or delightfully stupid humor than Peacock’s Mrs. Davis, which this week dropped its eighth and final episode.
We already told you how wonderfully weird Mrs. Davis (created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof) was. Now that the entire season is out there, it’s time to highlight some of the best,...
There may be more thematically rich, artistically audacious TV shows on this spring. There has not, however, been anything that comes close in strangeness, shock value, or delightfully stupid humor than Peacock’s Mrs. Davis, which this week dropped its eighth and final episode.
We already told you how wonderfully weird Mrs. Davis (created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof) was. Now that the entire season is out there, it’s time to highlight some of the best,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
[This story contains major spoilers to the finale of Mrs. Davis.]
Mrs. Davis made a promise from the beginning that Simone, the heroic nun at the center of the genre-jumping story played by Betty Gilpin, would destroy the titular algorithm of the series. And after eight wild episodes, the show delivered on that promise.
The finale of the Peacock series from co-creators Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof is titled “The Final Intercut: So I’m Your Horse,” a name that was given by the algorithm created in the writers room to generate episode titles. (In their own quest to tackle the looming conversation around AI, the writers confronted the technology first-hand by developing their own algorithm, feeding it scripts and outlines, and then asking it to name the eight episodes.) Finale director Owen Harris thinks the title is genius. “It’s disconnection with the story is what that title is about,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It says pretty much everything...
Mrs. Davis made a promise from the beginning that Simone, the heroic nun at the center of the genre-jumping story played by Betty Gilpin, would destroy the titular algorithm of the series. And after eight wild episodes, the show delivered on that promise.
The finale of the Peacock series from co-creators Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof is titled “The Final Intercut: So I’m Your Horse,” a name that was given by the algorithm created in the writers room to generate episode titles. (In their own quest to tackle the looming conversation around AI, the writers confronted the technology first-hand by developing their own algorithm, feeding it scripts and outlines, and then asking it to name the eight episodes.) Finale director Owen Harris thinks the title is genius. “It’s disconnection with the story is what that title is about,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It says pretty much everything...
- 5/19/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The following contains major spoilers for Mrs. Davis’ Season 1 finale.
You know how Google Maps sometimes sends users down nonexistent streets or off an actual cliff? That’s what happened with Simone (played by Betty Gilpin), as revealed in Mrs. Davis’ Season 1 finale, now streaming on Peacock.
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As it turned out,...
You know how Google Maps sometimes sends users down nonexistent streets or off an actual cliff? That’s what happened with Simone (played by Betty Gilpin), as revealed in Mrs. Davis’ Season 1 finale, now streaming on Peacock.
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As it turned out,...
- 5/18/2023
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
This article contains spoilers for Mrs. Davis episode 8.
It’s perfectly natural for a director to develop a niche. What’s rarer, however, is for a director to develop a niche as specific as Owen Harris has. After getting his start helming episodes of TV shows like Secret Diary of a Call Girl and Misfits, the London-born director entered the dystopian world of Black Mirror to helm three of the often cynical show’s most reasonably cheerful installments.
By the grueling standards of the long-running sci-fi anthology, Harris’s three episodes: “Be Right Back,” “San Junipero,” and “Striking Vipers” are positively saccharine. San Junipero in particular is often fondly remembered as “That one Black Mirror with the happy ending.” Getting to explore the brighter side (or at least less dark side) of technology was no accident for the director invested in human-centric storytelling.
“I think you gravitate to the sort...
It’s perfectly natural for a director to develop a niche. What’s rarer, however, is for a director to develop a niche as specific as Owen Harris has. After getting his start helming episodes of TV shows like Secret Diary of a Call Girl and Misfits, the London-born director entered the dystopian world of Black Mirror to helm three of the often cynical show’s most reasonably cheerful installments.
By the grueling standards of the long-running sci-fi anthology, Harris’s three episodes: “Be Right Back,” “San Junipero,” and “Striking Vipers” are positively saccharine. San Junipero in particular is often fondly remembered as “That one Black Mirror with the happy ending.” Getting to explore the brighter side (or at least less dark side) of technology was no accident for the director invested in human-centric storytelling.
“I think you gravitate to the sort...
- 5/18/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
[Editor’s Note: This post contains spoilers for Mrs. Davis Season 1, Episode 8, "The Final Intercut: So I'm Your Horse" and for the film Beau Is Afraid.]
It's no coincidence that she (it?) is called Mrs. Davis. The all-knowing artificial intelligence at the center of Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof's mind-boggling series isn't called Miss Davis, nor is she Alexa or Siri or Hal. The name "Mrs. Davis" is meant to evoke a mother figure: helpful, encouraging, nurturing. She's also a system of control over the globe-spanning swath of her user base, and Sister Simone (Betty Gilpin) has spent the entirety of the eight-episode series on a quest to find the Holy Grail and, as she was promised, get Mrs. Davis to turn herself off.
It's no coincidence that she (it?) is called Mrs. Davis. The all-knowing artificial intelligence at the center of Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof's mind-boggling series isn't called Miss Davis, nor is she Alexa or Siri or Hal. The name "Mrs. Davis" is meant to evoke a mother figure: helpful, encouraging, nurturing. She's also a system of control over the globe-spanning swath of her user base, and Sister Simone (Betty Gilpin) has spent the entirety of the eight-episode series on a quest to find the Holy Grail and, as she was promised, get Mrs. Davis to turn herself off.
- 5/18/2023
- by Joe Reid
- Primetimer
[Editor’s Note: The following interview contains spoilers for the “Mrs. Davis” series finale — Episode 8, “The Final Intercut: So I’m Your Horse” — including the ending.]
Throughout “Mrs. Davis,” the titular app out to save or destroy mankind is never thoroughly explained. We know it’s relied upon by billions of users worldwide. We know it’s a piece of artificial intelligence so advanced it appears all-knowing and all-powerful. We know many consider it responsible for ending wars and famines, we know it grants wishes, and we know its ultimate gift is a pair of digital wings, which anoint the angelic owners as top-tier users.
What we don’t know is where it came from, who made it, or what it was made to do. Given everything else going on during the first seven episodes of “Mrs. Davis” — a quest for the Holy Grail, episode-long flashbacks about a sneaker commercial, this guy, this other guy, and that whole thing with...
Throughout “Mrs. Davis,” the titular app out to save or destroy mankind is never thoroughly explained. We know it’s relied upon by billions of users worldwide. We know it’s a piece of artificial intelligence so advanced it appears all-knowing and all-powerful. We know many consider it responsible for ending wars and famines, we know it grants wishes, and we know its ultimate gift is a pair of digital wings, which anoint the angelic owners as top-tier users.
What we don’t know is where it came from, who made it, or what it was made to do. Given everything else going on during the first seven episodes of “Mrs. Davis” — a quest for the Holy Grail, episode-long flashbacks about a sneaker commercial, this guy, this other guy, and that whole thing with...
- 5/18/2023
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
This article contains spoilers for Mrs. Davis episode 8.
Occasionally, pop culture websites (even yours truly) will catch flak for overusing the “Ending Explained” article format. And that’s fair play! While “ending explained” is often an Seo-winner, not everything is the kind of heady mind-bender that requires its ending to be explained. Some things, however, very much are.
Peacock’s sci-fi epic Mrs. Davis is certainly one of them, so much so that we threw a “Mrs. Davis Ending Explained” on the editorial calendar the moment after we watched the first five minutes of the show. Now, some five weeks later the time has finally come to delve into the conclusion of this very complicated TV endeavor.
As we’ve previously discussed, Mrs. Davis has a lot going on. Any one of its disparate narrative threads – a nun seeking the Holy Grail, an all-powerful A.I., and magician mommy issues...
Occasionally, pop culture websites (even yours truly) will catch flak for overusing the “Ending Explained” article format. And that’s fair play! While “ending explained” is often an Seo-winner, not everything is the kind of heady mind-bender that requires its ending to be explained. Some things, however, very much are.
Peacock’s sci-fi epic Mrs. Davis is certainly one of them, so much so that we threw a “Mrs. Davis Ending Explained” on the editorial calendar the moment after we watched the first five minutes of the show. Now, some five weeks later the time has finally come to delve into the conclusion of this very complicated TV endeavor.
As we’ve previously discussed, Mrs. Davis has a lot going on. Any one of its disparate narrative threads – a nun seeking the Holy Grail, an all-powerful A.I., and magician mommy issues...
- 5/18/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
The NBCUniversal upfront today kicked off a week of events in New York amid a writers strike.
Given the lack of A-list scripted stars, the company turned to one of its animated stars to kick off the morning.
Ted, the Seth MacFarlane-voiced star of the eponymous movie and upcoming Peacock series, opened with a song-and-dance number with a few barbs.
Related: 2023 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming
Most notably, the stoned bear pointed out that Twitter “may seem like the place to begin, but [it] just let the crazies back in,” particularly relevant given that NBCU ad chief Linda Yaccarino departed days before the upfronts to become CEO of Elon Musk’s social media site.
Other highlights for the ad crowd include, “How can I pay for all my hookers and blow without adverts on my shows?” and “As long as husbands keep killing their wives,...
Given the lack of A-list scripted stars, the company turned to one of its animated stars to kick off the morning.
Ted, the Seth MacFarlane-voiced star of the eponymous movie and upcoming Peacock series, opened with a song-and-dance number with a few barbs.
Related: 2023 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming
Most notably, the stoned bear pointed out that Twitter “may seem like the place to begin, but [it] just let the crazies back in,” particularly relevant given that NBCU ad chief Linda Yaccarino departed days before the upfronts to become CEO of Elon Musk’s social media site.
Other highlights for the ad crowd include, “How can I pay for all my hookers and blow without adverts on my shows?” and “As long as husbands keep killing their wives,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
To what would you give yourself over?
When Tara Hernandez was fed up with “a lot of crap dates,” she handed the reigns of her love life to an unspecified dating app — happily “surrendering” herself to “these unseen numbers.”
“And I got something great. It worked out. I met my husband,” she said. “It’s not always successful, but I feel like that is a moment where we sort of recreate fate, essentially. A moment that could happen in a bar, we put that into data and numbers and code, and let it provide for us.”
There are millions of stories like this one, where partners find each other via a virtual assistant, resulting in incalculable happy memories. “These sort of moments, typically, you throw to the universe or friends,” Hernandez said. “[But] we now can throw to technology and say, ‘Find me my soulmate.’ And I really felt like I did.
When Tara Hernandez was fed up with “a lot of crap dates,” she handed the reigns of her love life to an unspecified dating app — happily “surrendering” herself to “these unseen numbers.”
“And I got something great. It worked out. I met my husband,” she said. “It’s not always successful, but I feel like that is a moment where we sort of recreate fate, essentially. A moment that could happen in a bar, we put that into data and numbers and code, and let it provide for us.”
There are millions of stories like this one, where partners find each other via a virtual assistant, resulting in incalculable happy memories. “These sort of moments, typically, you throw to the universe or friends,” Hernandez said. “[But] we now can throw to technology and say, ‘Find me my soulmate.’ And I really felt like I did.
- 5/11/2023
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
When speaking to Den of Geek prior to the release of Peacock sci-fi series Mrs. Davis, co-creator and co-showrunner Tara Hernandez intimated that “Mrs. Davis” might not be the only name the show’s world conquering artificial intelligence is known by.
“We’ll leave it up to the audience to discover if she’s known as ‘Mrs. Davis’ everywhere or if that’s just regional. That’s something we play with. All of it will come out in the duration of the season.”
While the entity known as Mrs. Davis doesn’t have an “official” name…or at least not one that we’re aware of, her many users across the globe just can’t help but anthropomorphize “her.” And despite freedom fighter Jq’s (Chris Diamantopoulis) frustration with people giving the Algorithm a name (“No one calls Facebook ‘Doug!'”), we’ve come to know it or her as “Mrs.
“We’ll leave it up to the audience to discover if she’s known as ‘Mrs. Davis’ everywhere or if that’s just regional. That’s something we play with. All of it will come out in the duration of the season.”
While the entity known as Mrs. Davis doesn’t have an “official” name…or at least not one that we’re aware of, her many users across the globe just can’t help but anthropomorphize “her.” And despite freedom fighter Jq’s (Chris Diamantopoulis) frustration with people giving the Algorithm a name (“No one calls Facebook ‘Doug!'”), we’ve come to know it or her as “Mrs.
- 5/11/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
“Mrs. Davis” will compete for Emmys love in the Limited Series category, but that doesn’t mean the show won’t see a second season.
A source close to the production told TheWrap that creators Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez always intended for Season 1 of the genre-bending series to have a “conclusive and satisfying ending” with the finale episode airing Thursday, May 18. The source added that while discussions on a potential second installment have not started, nothing is off the table.
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‘Mrs. Davis’ Review: Betty Gilpin Stuns in Damon Lindelof’s New Series That Takes AI Conversation to Scary Heights
“Mrs. Davis” follows a nun named Symone (Betty Gilpin) on an epic — and at times hilarious — quest to find the holy grail, after making an agreement with the all-knowing artificial intelligence algorithm (named Mrs. Davis) to shut itself down upon the relic’s destruction.
The source told TheWrap...
A source close to the production told TheWrap that creators Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez always intended for Season 1 of the genre-bending series to have a “conclusive and satisfying ending” with the finale episode airing Thursday, May 18. The source added that while discussions on a potential second installment have not started, nothing is off the table.
Also Read:
‘Mrs. Davis’ Review: Betty Gilpin Stuns in Damon Lindelof’s New Series That Takes AI Conversation to Scary Heights
“Mrs. Davis” follows a nun named Symone (Betty Gilpin) on an epic — and at times hilarious — quest to find the holy grail, after making an agreement with the all-knowing artificial intelligence algorithm (named Mrs. Davis) to shut itself down upon the relic’s destruction.
The source told TheWrap...
- 5/9/2023
- by Jose Alejandro Bastidas
- The Wrap
“Mrs. Davis” may be one of the most surprising and unconventional new series of the spring — and now it’s making a surprising and unconventional move in the Emmy race as well. As the Television Academy deadline for category submissions ends today, Peacock has decided to make a last-minute shift and move the series into the limited/anthology series categories.
Betty Gilpin stars in “Mrs. Davis” as Simone, a sometimes nun who takes on her nemesis, the artificial intelligence being known only as “Mrs. Davis,” and strikes a deal with the algorithm — which promises to shut down if Simone finds and destroys the holy grail. This exploration of faith and technology comes from executive producers Tara Hernandez (“The Big Bang Theory”) and Damon Lindelof (“The Leftovers”).
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Emmy predictions in all categories.
“Mrs. Davis” finishes its eight-episode run with the finale “The Final...
Betty Gilpin stars in “Mrs. Davis” as Simone, a sometimes nun who takes on her nemesis, the artificial intelligence being known only as “Mrs. Davis,” and strikes a deal with the algorithm — which promises to shut down if Simone finds and destroys the holy grail. This exploration of faith and technology comes from executive producers Tara Hernandez (“The Big Bang Theory”) and Damon Lindelof (“The Leftovers”).
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Emmy predictions in all categories.
“Mrs. Davis” finishes its eight-episode run with the finale “The Final...
- 5/9/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Watching the first few episodes of "Mrs. Davis," you may find yourself wondering, "Is this show even about anything?" And not in a bad way either, as counterintuitive as that might feel.
Forget dipping one toe into the pool at a time; creators Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof plunge you head-first into the show's bizarre sci-fi setting. Its pilot merrily skips from a baffling prologue — itself like a Ridley Scott historical epic inexplicably filled with the cartoonish gore of a Monty Python skit — to sub-plots involving a castaway (and his cat) on an island, jam-making nuns, civilians governed by a seemingly omniscient AI, and German soldiers who feel lifted out of "The Big Lebowski."
There's "a messiness by design inherent" to the series early on, as /Film's Jacob Hall put it. Yet, by the time you reach the end of the first four episodes, a design begins to emerge. The show's themes about technology,...
Forget dipping one toe into the pool at a time; creators Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof plunge you head-first into the show's bizarre sci-fi setting. Its pilot merrily skips from a baffling prologue — itself like a Ridley Scott historical epic inexplicably filled with the cartoonish gore of a Monty Python skit — to sub-plots involving a castaway (and his cat) on an island, jam-making nuns, civilians governed by a seemingly omniscient AI, and German soldiers who feel lifted out of "The Big Lebowski."
There's "a messiness by design inherent" to the series early on, as /Film's Jacob Hall put it. Yet, by the time you reach the end of the first four episodes, a design begins to emerge. The show's themes about technology,...
- 5/7/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
If you haven’t checked out Peacock‘s darkly funny epic adventure Mrs. Davis, we suggest making it your next TV quest. In the eight-part series from creators Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof, Betty Gilpin plays Simone, a nun on a mission to destroy Mrs. Davis, an omnipresent and seemingly all-knowing AI algorithm that much of the world’s population has plugged into their ears. Simone and Mrs. Davis agree: If Simone can destroy the Holy Grail, Mrs. Davis will shut itself down. A mystical and wildly unpredictable odyssey ensues that travels the globe and spans the ages. Simone’s hunt for the Grail continues in Episode 6, “Alison Treasures: A Southern California Story” (May 4). Simone, Wiley (Jake McDorman), and the Resistance know where to find the Grail, but they’ll need her late father’s (David Arquette) special protective suit, the Lazarus Shroud, to get it. The big problem is that Simone’s mother,...
- 5/4/2023
- TV Insider
To hear Jake McDorman describe his first time reading a scene from “Mrs. Davis” is akin to watching the show itself. “You’re like, ‘I think it’s funny. I think it can be funny. Or maybe I’m completely misinterpreting this and it’s a drama. I don’t know,” McDorman tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview.
But as McDorman and viewers have found out, the new Peacock drama “Mrs. Davis” is all of that and more: it’s a serious drama with room for slapstick comedy, barbed banter, and swooning romance that’s also about technology and religion and the very nature of humanity. Star Betty Gilpin has called the show “No Country for Looney Tunes,” and the references to Joel and Ethan Coen and Bugs Bunny are no better exemplified than with McDorman’s character, Wiley. He’s a rodeo cowboy who also runs a...
But as McDorman and viewers have found out, the new Peacock drama “Mrs. Davis” is all of that and more: it’s a serious drama with room for slapstick comedy, barbed banter, and swooning romance that’s also about technology and religion and the very nature of humanity. Star Betty Gilpin has called the show “No Country for Looney Tunes,” and the references to Joel and Ethan Coen and Bugs Bunny are no better exemplified than with McDorman’s character, Wiley. He’s a rodeo cowboy who also runs a...
- 5/4/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Updated with latest: Day 1 of the Writers Guild strike hit Los Angeles and New York with full force Tuesday, with 10 picket lines in front of Hollywood studio lots and another in Manhattan outside Peacock’s NewFronts presentation.
Keep checking back as we update from on the ground.
At Amazon Studios‘ home at Culver Studios, writer-creator Damon Lindelof was on hand, carrying a sign that read “Alexa Will Not Replace Us” – a nod to the AI portion of the negotiations between the guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
Related: WGA Strike Photos: Stars, Writers, Showrunners & Their Supporters On The Picket Line
“I think that from a from a perspective of the writer, we just want to make sure that we’re all on the same page — that AI is...
Keep checking back as we update from on the ground.
At Amazon Studios‘ home at Culver Studios, writer-creator Damon Lindelof was on hand, carrying a sign that read “Alexa Will Not Replace Us” – a nod to the AI portion of the negotiations between the guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
Related: WGA Strike Photos: Stars, Writers, Showrunners & Their Supporters On The Picket Line
“I think that from a from a perspective of the writer, we just want to make sure that we’re all on the same page — that AI is...
- 5/2/2023
- by Dade Hayes, Katie Campione, Lynette Rice, Dominic Patten, Matt Grobar, Peter White, Rosy Cordero, Anthony D'Alessandro and Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The third time at the Emmys may be the charm for Peacock and Paramount+.
Often used as punchlines in conversations about the streaming wars, as their subscriber numbers still pale in comparison to behemoths like Netflix and Disney+, the two services seem to have quelled their growing pains by ending the fiscal year strong, and entering 2023 with their most successful programming yet both critically and commercially.
Still, with most streaming services fumbling toward profitability, the type of validation even a major Emmy nomination can give turns this TV awards season into a make-it-or-break-it situation for Peacock and Paramount+. To finally have formidable contenders for the biggest Emmy categories of the night like Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Drama Series, with a proven, broad audience and critical acclaim, and still be shut out of nominations could serve a deadly blow to the two streaming services’ future programming potential.
Here we take...
Often used as punchlines in conversations about the streaming wars, as their subscriber numbers still pale in comparison to behemoths like Netflix and Disney+, the two services seem to have quelled their growing pains by ending the fiscal year strong, and entering 2023 with their most successful programming yet both critically and commercially.
Still, with most streaming services fumbling toward profitability, the type of validation even a major Emmy nomination can give turns this TV awards season into a make-it-or-break-it situation for Peacock and Paramount+. To finally have formidable contenders for the biggest Emmy categories of the night like Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Drama Series, with a proven, broad audience and critical acclaim, and still be shut out of nominations could serve a deadly blow to the two streaming services’ future programming potential.
Here we take...
- 5/2/2023
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Latinx creatives gathered around sopes and mezcal at Cantina Frida in Beverly Hills on Monday afternoon for a conversation around community and representation in Hollywood.
“The fact that this room exists now is so enormous,” said writer and producer Gloria Calderón Kellett, who created the Prime Video series With Love. “We’ve got to talk about the trauma and we’ve got to talk about the wins. This room did not exist when I started where we could come together and just gather and celebrate, so give yourselves a round of applause.”
Kellett sat on a panel during the Latinx Creatives Empowerment Brunch, sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter in partnership with Zomoz Mezcal and Lucasfilm Ltd., alongside actress X Mayo (American Auto); Tara Hernandez, co-creator of Mrs. Davis; Henry R. Muñoz III, owner of Funny or Die; and actor Gabriel Luna (The Last of Us). The conversation was moderated by Andor star Diego Luna,...
“The fact that this room exists now is so enormous,” said writer and producer Gloria Calderón Kellett, who created the Prime Video series With Love. “We’ve got to talk about the trauma and we’ve got to talk about the wins. This room did not exist when I started where we could come together and just gather and celebrate, so give yourselves a round of applause.”
Kellett sat on a panel during the Latinx Creatives Empowerment Brunch, sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter in partnership with Zomoz Mezcal and Lucasfilm Ltd., alongside actress X Mayo (American Auto); Tara Hernandez, co-creator of Mrs. Davis; Henry R. Muñoz III, owner of Funny or Die; and actor Gabriel Luna (The Last of Us). The conversation was moderated by Andor star Diego Luna,...
- 5/2/2023
- by Brande Victorian
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Amid the success of the different Star Wars streaming shows on Disney+, LucasFilm also suffered many start-stops of Star Wars film projects. Kathleen Kennedy had lined up filmmakers that were planning to bring new material to the theatrical releases in the wake of the sequel trilogy and spin-offs. Rian Johnson, Taika Waititi, Patty Jenkins, and Shawn Levy were all named at one point or another to be helming a Star Wars film. Some are still going forward, some are not. However, there was also a reported secret project being written by Lost and The Leftovers creator Damon Lindelof. Skip to a few months later, and Lindelof’s project would be continuing at LucasFilm, only now without Lindelof.
He would recently speak with Esquire about the debacle. The project was recently revealed to be a new movie or a new trilogy that saw Rey returning, and she would now be training...
He would recently speak with Esquire about the debacle. The project was recently revealed to be a new movie or a new trilogy that saw Rey returning, and she would now be training...
- 4/28/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
When Jeff Russo sat down to watch “Mrs. Davis” to score the show, he had the same reaction as you likely did afterward. “I watched that first episode and I was like, ‘Wait. What? What? What is happening right now? What is going on?’” Russo tells Gold Derby (watch above). “I had the same response. It was like, ‘This is bonkers.'”
Co-created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof, the Peacock series stars Betty Gilpin as Simone, a magic-hating nun who is sent on a quest by the titular AI to find the Holy Grail. In exchange, Mrs. Davis will grant her one wish, and Simone wants the AI to shut herself off once she completes it. And so Simone sets off with her ex, Wylie (Jake McDorman), on a wild mission that involves a giant sword, a sneaker commercial and more. “Mrs. Davis” is a hodgepodge of ideas, set pieces and tone,...
Co-created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof, the Peacock series stars Betty Gilpin as Simone, a magic-hating nun who is sent on a quest by the titular AI to find the Holy Grail. In exchange, Mrs. Davis will grant her one wish, and Simone wants the AI to shut herself off once she completes it. And so Simone sets off with her ex, Wylie (Jake McDorman), on a wild mission that involves a giant sword, a sneaker commercial and more. “Mrs. Davis” is a hodgepodge of ideas, set pieces and tone,...
- 4/28/2023
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Peacock’s “Mrs. Davis” is a juicy blend of absurd humor, technological malaise, cheeky action/adventure, and magician con artists. Not to mention a medieval quest in the age of smartphones and a bold stance on the viability of falafel with pineapple in it. At its simplest, the show is perhaps a parable about how mankind creates God, and so God becomes obsessed with why a nun in Reno won’t talk to her and sends her on a quest to find the Holy Grail. Really.
As much as the success of the “Mrs. Davis” tone rests on creators Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez and the writing team and directors, it is equally on the cast members to bring that manic, incredibly Reno energy to life. So Lindelof and Hernandez turned to casting director Victoria Thomas to structure an audition process that could find actors able to handle the show’s many layers simultaneously.
As much as the success of the “Mrs. Davis” tone rests on creators Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez and the writing team and directors, it is equally on the cast members to bring that manic, incredibly Reno energy to life. So Lindelof and Hernandez turned to casting director Victoria Thomas to structure an audition process that could find actors able to handle the show’s many layers simultaneously.
- 4/27/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
This article contains spoilers for Mrs. Davis through episode 5.
When accomplished TV writer Damon Lindelof was scanning through a stack of scripts to find a writing partner for his next project, he knew he wanted a scribe with nuts and bolts TV experience. He eventually found that partner in the form of Tara Hernandez, who had worked on traditional TV heavy-hitters like The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon.
Together, Lindelof and Hernandez would go on to create the concept of Peacock‘s wild new sci-fi series Mrs. Davis. But why, exactly, did Lindelof seek a collaborator who knew how to write within a comfortable sitcom format for this ambitious project? Because in order to upend the expectations of television storytelling one has to first master them.
“It does feel a bit non-magical and mundane to break down the fundamental aspects of creativity,” Lindelof told Den of Geek at this year’s SXSW.
When accomplished TV writer Damon Lindelof was scanning through a stack of scripts to find a writing partner for his next project, he knew he wanted a scribe with nuts and bolts TV experience. He eventually found that partner in the form of Tara Hernandez, who had worked on traditional TV heavy-hitters like The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon.
Together, Lindelof and Hernandez would go on to create the concept of Peacock‘s wild new sci-fi series Mrs. Davis. But why, exactly, did Lindelof seek a collaborator who knew how to write within a comfortable sitcom format for this ambitious project? Because in order to upend the expectations of television storytelling one has to first master them.
“It does feel a bit non-magical and mundane to break down the fundamental aspects of creativity,” Lindelof told Den of Geek at this year’s SXSW.
- 4/27/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Just when it seems like scripted media keeps telling the same stories, along comes a show like Mrs. Davis, where a nun and a cowboy embark on a quest to find the Holy Grail. The Peacock original series comes from creators Tara Hernandez and genre-bending sci-fi writer Damon Lindelof. The series star, Betty Gilpin, would find doing press for the show a challenge when having to speak about it as doing so would either have to sound incredibly vague or have major spoilers. “It’s almost impossible!” Gilpin declares.
With the way the show left audiences by episode four, you don’t have to feel alone if you’re not quite following the madness. The Hollywood Reporter has the series creators and Gilpin on hand to help explain what’s been happening. “At the end of [episode] four, we’re not in a good place. Meeting Jay and her experience with...
With the way the show left audiences by episode four, you don’t have to feel alone if you’re not quite following the madness. The Hollywood Reporter has the series creators and Gilpin on hand to help explain what’s been happening. “At the end of [episode] four, we’re not in a good place. Meeting Jay and her experience with...
- 4/25/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
[This story contains spoilers to the first four episodes of Peacock’s Mrs. Davis.]
At the end of the fourth episode of Mrs. Davis, Betty Gilpin‘s Simone is perhaps speaking collectively for the audience when she screams, “What the fuck?!”
Technically, the Peacock series cuts to black before she gets out the last part. But the actress who plays the hero in Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof’s genre-jumping AI series confirmed the line to The Hollywood Reporter. “Ok, let me think about where we are at the end of episode four,” she says, before attempting to answer what her character was thinking in that exact moment. “They are starting to put the pieces together.”
It’s no surprise that Gilpin would need a minute to pinpoint where exactly Simone is in her Mrs. Davis journey when that scene arrives. Doing an interview about the show is basically an exercise in spoiler culture (“It’s almost impossible!” she says), because giving away anything...
At the end of the fourth episode of Mrs. Davis, Betty Gilpin‘s Simone is perhaps speaking collectively for the audience when she screams, “What the fuck?!”
Technically, the Peacock series cuts to black before she gets out the last part. But the actress who plays the hero in Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof’s genre-jumping AI series confirmed the line to The Hollywood Reporter. “Ok, let me think about where we are at the end of episode four,” she says, before attempting to answer what her character was thinking in that exact moment. “They are starting to put the pieces together.”
It’s no surprise that Gilpin would need a minute to pinpoint where exactly Simone is in her Mrs. Davis journey when that scene arrives. Doing an interview about the show is basically an exercise in spoiler culture (“It’s almost impossible!” she says), because giving away anything...
- 4/24/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s about to be a jolly holiday in Salem. The legendary Dick Van Dyke has been tapped for a recurring role on Peacock’s Days of Our Lives, first appearing sometime this fall.
The 97-year-old actor tells Access that his soap opera debut comes courtesy of his gym partner, Days actor Drake Hogestyn, with whom he’s been casually joking about joining the show for years.
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The 97-year-old actor tells Access that his soap opera debut comes courtesy of his gym partner, Days actor Drake Hogestyn, with whom he’s been casually joking about joining the show for years.
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- 4/23/2023
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Keri Russell is back. The Emmy-nominated star of “The Americans” returns to TV with the new Netflix series “The Diplomat” from showrunner Debora Cahn. In the eight-episode political drama, which is streaming now, Russell stars as Kate Wyler, a competent and confident woman in her first ambassadorship who, unbeknownst to her, is being considered for the position of vice president.
Although Kate expects to be sent to Afghanistan at the start of the limited series, she quickly finds herself named the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom after an attack on the Royal Navy. Once she touches down across the pond, Kate must prove she can navigate high-stakes crises and forge strategic alliances while secretly dealing with a failing marriage to another career diplomat (Rufus Sewell). With comparisons to shows like longtime Emmy favorite “The Good Wife,” “The Diplomat” is the awards contender to watch this weekend.
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Although Kate expects to be sent to Afghanistan at the start of the limited series, she quickly finds herself named the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom after an attack on the Royal Navy. Once she touches down across the pond, Kate must prove she can navigate high-stakes crises and forge strategic alliances while secretly dealing with a failing marriage to another career diplomat (Rufus Sewell). With comparisons to shows like longtime Emmy favorite “The Good Wife,” “The Diplomat” is the awards contender to watch this weekend.
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- 4/22/2023
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
Welcome to Emmy Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Emmy race — via Slack, of course. This week, with the release of “Mrs. Davis” and “The Diplomat,” we tackle drama.
Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! If it’s a day of the week that ends with the letter Y, you can be sure I have a new favorite Emmy contender. This week, that’s the Peacock series “Mrs. Davis,” an ostensible drama for awards purposes but a show that blends together so many different tones and genres that it almost defies classification. When I was telling a real-life friend about “Mrs. Davis” last night, I compared it to “The Stand,” “Fight Club,” “The Truman Show,” “The Big Lebowski,” Amazon’s “Good Omens” and then also none of those but maybe “Southland Tales” too? Regardless, having mainlined the entire season...
Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! If it’s a day of the week that ends with the letter Y, you can be sure I have a new favorite Emmy contender. This week, that’s the Peacock series “Mrs. Davis,” an ostensible drama for awards purposes but a show that blends together so many different tones and genres that it almost defies classification. When I was telling a real-life friend about “Mrs. Davis” last night, I compared it to “The Stand,” “Fight Club,” “The Truman Show,” “The Big Lebowski,” Amazon’s “Good Omens” and then also none of those but maybe “Southland Tales” too? Regardless, having mainlined the entire season...
- 4/21/2023
- by Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
The following contains spoilers from the first four episodes of Mrs. Davis. Proceed accordingly.
In Peacock’s Mrs. Davis, which released its first four episodes on Thursday, Simone (played by Betty Gilpin) is a nun on a mission to bring down the titular algorithm, once and for all. She embarks on a wacky journey with plenty of Looney Tunes-like antics, including cartoonish villains, dynamite explosions, and a motorcycle leap through the Randy’s Donuts sign.
More from TVLineMrs. Davis EP Tara Hernandez Teases a 'Cornucopia of Delight,' While EP Damon Lindelof Ponders the AfterlifeHow to Stream Mrs. Davis,...
In Peacock’s Mrs. Davis, which released its first four episodes on Thursday, Simone (played by Betty Gilpin) is a nun on a mission to bring down the titular algorithm, once and for all. She embarks on a wacky journey with plenty of Looney Tunes-like antics, including cartoonish villains, dynamite explosions, and a motorcycle leap through the Randy’s Donuts sign.
More from TVLineMrs. Davis EP Tara Hernandez Teases a 'Cornucopia of Delight,' While EP Damon Lindelof Ponders the AfterlifeHow to Stream Mrs. Davis,...
- 4/20/2023
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
This post contains spoilers for the first four episodes of "Mrs. Davis."
"Mrs. Davis" is a trip. The new show from "Lost" co-creator Damon Lindelof and "The Big Bang Theory" writer Tara Hernandez is so strange, its own star recently described it on "The Daily Show" as "like a Rubix Cube had sex with a haunted calculator." And you know what? Betty Gilpin's not wrong there; "Mrs. Davis" is a wacky exploration of faith and technology driven by absurd, algorithmically generated details that turn out to be integral to a mission to change the world.
So much happens in the four episodes of "Mrs. Davis" that dropped on Peacock this week that it's enough to make you need a break to process. That's exactly what Simone (Gilpin) takes in the fourth episode when a series of increasingly zany clues lead her to the Vatican, where she's told to deliver...
"Mrs. Davis" is a trip. The new show from "Lost" co-creator Damon Lindelof and "The Big Bang Theory" writer Tara Hernandez is so strange, its own star recently described it on "The Daily Show" as "like a Rubix Cube had sex with a haunted calculator." And you know what? Betty Gilpin's not wrong there; "Mrs. Davis" is a wacky exploration of faith and technology driven by absurd, algorithmically generated details that turn out to be integral to a mission to change the world.
So much happens in the four episodes of "Mrs. Davis" that dropped on Peacock this week that it's enough to make you need a break to process. That's exactly what Simone (Gilpin) takes in the fourth episode when a series of increasingly zany clues lead her to the Vatican, where she's told to deliver...
- 4/20/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Spoiler Alert! This post contains details from the first four episodes of Peacock’s Mrs. Davis.
In Mrs. Davis, Betty Gilpin is a nun on a mission to destroy an all-knowing artificial intelligence that has become a mainstay in society. In order to do so, she must first go on a mission to find the Holy Grail.
Yes, that Holy Grail. The one that Jesus Christ drank from at The Last Supper. The one that may or may not even truly exist.
The show has been billed as a “versus” show, pitting faith and tech against each other. But in reality, it’s more complicated than that, co-creator Damon Lindelof told Deadline.
“There’s always been a push-pull between faith and science. And now it’s become much more directed in terms of belief and tech,” he said. “The more nuanced reality of it is, neither of those things are going anywhere.
In Mrs. Davis, Betty Gilpin is a nun on a mission to destroy an all-knowing artificial intelligence that has become a mainstay in society. In order to do so, she must first go on a mission to find the Holy Grail.
Yes, that Holy Grail. The one that Jesus Christ drank from at The Last Supper. The one that may or may not even truly exist.
The show has been billed as a “versus” show, pitting faith and tech against each other. But in reality, it’s more complicated than that, co-creator Damon Lindelof told Deadline.
“There’s always been a push-pull between faith and science. And now it’s become much more directed in terms of belief and tech,” he said. “The more nuanced reality of it is, neither of those things are going anywhere.
- 4/20/2023
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
This post contains minor spoilers for Peacock's "Mrs. Davis."
The year is 2023. In an alternative timeline, an all-seeing, all-knowing artificial intelligence program has taken over society under the guise of being a benevolent force. Among the masses, who are mostly obedient to this force of technology, is a nun who embarks on a quest to retrieve the Holy Grail with the intention of dismantling said AI. This is the premise of Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez's techno-thriller "Mrs. Davis," which melds warring genres, tones, and sentiments to create a smorgasbord of zany adventures brimming with hilarity.
The first two episodes of "Mrs. Davis" first premiered at this year's SXSW, which /Film's Jacob Hall described as "the most audacious science fiction TV show ... since the early episodes of HBO's 'Westworld,'" while praising its willingness to take "big swings" and its "outlandish comedy." Peacock has decided to drop the...
The year is 2023. In an alternative timeline, an all-seeing, all-knowing artificial intelligence program has taken over society under the guise of being a benevolent force. Among the masses, who are mostly obedient to this force of technology, is a nun who embarks on a quest to retrieve the Holy Grail with the intention of dismantling said AI. This is the premise of Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez's techno-thriller "Mrs. Davis," which melds warring genres, tones, and sentiments to create a smorgasbord of zany adventures brimming with hilarity.
The first two episodes of "Mrs. Davis" first premiered at this year's SXSW, which /Film's Jacob Hall described as "the most audacious science fiction TV show ... since the early episodes of HBO's 'Westworld,'" while praising its willingness to take "big swings" and its "outlandish comedy." Peacock has decided to drop the...
- 4/20/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo embraces the wacky side of faith and technology with Peacock’s newest series, “Mrs. Davis.” Created by Damon Lindelof (“Lost,” “The Leftovers” HBO’s “Watchmen”) and Tara Hernandez, the show follows Simone (Betty Gilpin), a nun who has been tasked with tracking down the Holy Grail by an all-knowing and possibly evil artificial intelligence, referred to by many as, “Mrs.
Continue reading ‘Mrs. Davis’: Betty Gilpin Talks Playing An A.I. Battling Nun, Peter Berg’s ‘American Primeval,’ A Marvel Attempt & More [Bingeworthy Podcast] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Mrs. Davis’: Betty Gilpin Talks Playing An A.I. Battling Nun, Peter Berg’s ‘American Primeval,’ A Marvel Attempt & More [Bingeworthy Podcast] at The Playlist.
- 4/20/2023
- by Mike DeAngelo
- The Playlist
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