Tag: State of the Union
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‘State of the Union’ Season 2 Ordered at SundanceTV, Short-Form Emmy Winner Sets New Cast
“State of the Union,” the Emmy-winning short-form comedy series created by Nick Hornby, will return for Season 2 later in the year.SundanceTV, which premiered the first season of the show in May 2019, announced that Hornby and director Stephen Frears will reunite for the show’s upcoming sophomore season. Brendan Gleeson (“In Bruges”), Patricia Clarkson (“Sharp…
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‘An Emmy For Megan’ Loses Both Emmys (Again) — But Do We All Win a Third Season?
Emmy voters have spoken, and they love “An Emmy For Megan” — so much, that they demand a Season 3. After promising to end her Emmy-nominated short-form series “An Emmy For Megan” if it won an Emmy for its second season, Megan Amram again went home empty-handed from the Creative Arts Emmys, losing for Outstanding…
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‘State of the Union’: Nick Hornby on Covering an Entire Relationship in Ten Conversations
When Nick Hornby started writing the SundanceTV series “State of the Union,” he knew where he wanted the season to end. At first, the endpoint he decided on may not seem all that revolutionary – but like most elements of the experimental, 10-minute an episode, 10-episode season, context adds so much more than that.“I wanted…
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Stephen Frears to direct Rosamund Pike, Chris O’Dowd in Nick Hornby TV series ‘State of the Union’
Short-form comedy series to be produced by See-Saw Films for SundanceTV.Stephen Frears has been set to direct Rosamund Pike and Chris O’Dowd in State of the Union, a short-form comedy series to be produced by See-Saw Films for SundanceTV.Written by Nick Hornby, the series will start shooting this summer in London. Amy Jackson will produce…
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‘State of the Union’: Rosamund Pike and Chris O’Dowd to Lead Nick Hornby Short Form Comedy
SundanceTV and Sundance Now have picked up ten episodes of “State of the Union,” a comedy series starring Rosamund Pike and Chris O’Dowd, from “High Fidelity” team Stephen Frears and Nick Hornby. Pike and O’Dowd play a married couple in therapy; Each ten-minute episode takes place at their local pub during the moments before their…