THR's 50 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century (So Far); The Demographics of Movie Stardom; Sterlin Harjo Talks 'Reservation Dogs' End; NBC's 'Found' Review

[View on web]( [New reader? Subscribe]( October 04, 2023 What's news: Hulu renews Only Murders in the Building for a fourth season. VFX workers at Walt Disney Pictures have voted to unionize under IATSE. WBD is raising the price of Discovery+'s ad-free tier. Legendary has secured the film and TV rights to Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist. — [Abid Rahman]( Do you have THR's next big story? Confidentially share tips with us at [tips@thr.com](. THR's 50 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century (So Far) ►Peep Show should be higher! Over the course of a few months, several Zoom meetings, lots of emails and countless Excel spreadsheets, three THR TV critics — [Daniel Fienberg]( [Angie Han]( and [Robyn Bahr]( — joined forces to hash out, and rank, what they consider the greatest shows since 2000. [The list.]( —✊ "A seismic shift in this critical moment in our industry" ✊ Visual effects workers at Walt Disney Pictures — the in-house VFX employees including data wranglers, witness camera operators, and other production staff — voted unanimously by a vote of 13-0 to unionize under IATSE in an election held by the National Labor Relations Board. The unanimous vote follows a vote to unionize by Marvel Studios' in-house VFX crew. [The story.]( —Shakeup. Netflix is making changes to its C-Suite, naming new executives to oversee its nascent advertising business, as well as its technology and product divisions. Jeremi Gorman will be departing as its head of ad sales, with Amy Reinhard, a seven-year veteran of the company, becoming president of advertising. Eunice Kim has been promoted to chief product officer, while Elizabeth Stone will become its chief technology officer. [The story.]( —A bit of clarity. With the SAG-AFTRA strike ongoing, there have been questions about how the stoppage will impact the Screen Actors Guild Awards season. THR's Scott Feinberg reports that on Tuesday, after a lengthy period of deliberation, the SAG Awards team shared its game plan with awards consultants and publicists. [The story.]( The Demographics of Movie Stardom ►What makes a box office winner? The conventional wisdom in Hollywood has been that movies starring white male protagonists are the most reliable guarantor of high ticket grosses. But a new research brief from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative tests the various factors thought to contribute to box office performance. [The story.]( —New home. Rush Hour director Brett Ratner has reportedly immigrated to Israel. On Tuesday, Israeli media reported that Ratner had acquired an Israeli immigration certificate and national insurance documents. The scandal-plagued director’s Hollywood career has stalled since he was accused in October 2017 of sexual misconduct by multiple women. [The story.]( —Three-year high! After a solid showing for its initial broadcast, The Golden Bachelor continued gathering momentum in the subsequent days — enough to hit a three-year high for The Bachelor franchise in total viewers. The Sept. 28 premiere rose to 7.7m viewers after three days of cross-platform viewing, a gain of 3.34m viewers (and almost 77 percent) over its on-air tally of 4.36m. [The ratings.]( —Premium perk. Spotify is broadening its audiobooks offering by giving all paid subscribers 15 hours of listening per month. Rather than purchase audiobooks à la carte, premium subscribers will be able to open the app and opt to listen to more than 150,000 audiobooks from all the major publishers. The offering rolled out in the U.K. and Australia on Tuesday, with other markets, including the U.S., expected to launch this winter. I've checked and Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey–Maturin series narrated by Robert Hardy is included. [The story.]( The End of 'Reservation Dogs' Was Always Going to Be About Community ►"Most shows, or most Western stories, are about a person walking off alone into the sunset. I never wanted that to be any of them." Sterlin Harjo, the co-creator of the FX on Hulu hit Reservation Dogs, talks to THR's [Abbey White]( about the nuances of goodbyes, telling a story of love within a community healing from generational trauma, and why ending the series now was a chance to "get out of the way" and let other Indigenous stories be told. [The interview.]( —More price hikes. Warner Bros. Discovery says that it is raising the price of the ad-free tier of Discovery+. The tier will see its price rise from $6.99 per month to $8.99 per month, effective today, Oct. 3. The price of the advertising tier of Discovery+ will remain unchanged at $4.99 per month. [The story.]( —Moving forward. A federal judge has ruled that Disney must face an antitrust lawsuit accusing it of illegally taking advantage of its dual role as a content supplier and distributor. The proposed class action from YouTube TV subscribers took aim at Disney’s ownership of Hulu, the country’s second-largest live-streaming pay TV provider, and ESPN, cable’s most expensive channel controlled by Disney that’s widely regarded as the driver of price hikes for consumers over the past decade. [The story.]( —Settlement. Chris Tucker will pay $3.6m to settle claims he shorted the government on taxes when he was at the peak of his fame. THR's [Winston Cho]( reports that the deal reached on Monday will cover unpaid federal income tax liabilities for 2002, 2006, 2008 and 2010. The government sought roughly $9.68m. Tucker has been wrapped up in various disputes over his taxes since 2010. In 2014, he settled a $14m bill with the IRS after a lien was placed on one of his properties. [The story.]( How "Jake from State Farm" Snuck Into the Kelce Suite ►Taylor was in the loop. THR's [Alex Weprin]( reveals how Ryan Reynolds' marketing company Maximum Effort set up the viral moment at Sunday's Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders game that saw Jake from State Farm chatting to Donna Kelce. [The story.]( —It's on again...for now. The elusive feature adaptation of Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist is back on after Legendary Entertainment secured the film, TV and ancillary rights to the popular novel. Jack Thorne (Enola Holmes) is attached to write the feature adaptation of the book about a traveler journeying the world during the Inquisition in order to find man’s purpose. The Alchemist film has been in the works for two decades and the rights have passed through Warner Bros., The Weinstein Co. and Westbrook Studios. [The story.]( —Snapped up. Universal has taken the international rights to Antoine Fuqua's Michael Jackson biopic, Michael. Lionsgate is behind the project that will see Jackson's nephew Jaafar Jackson play him in the film about his life. Graham King (Bohemian Rhapsody) is producing along with John Branca and John McClain, who are the co-executors of the Michael Jackson estate. John Logan (Gladiator) wrote the script. [The story.]( 'Only Murders' S3 Finale Sets Up Even Deadlier S4 ►Encore! For THR, Josh Wigler unpacks the season three finale of Hulu's Only Murders in the Building. Ben Gilroy's (Paul Rudd) murder is solved in the final episode — which also sets up a new murder mystery for season four of the Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez series, which was made official the day the finale released. Warning: Spoilers! [The story.]( —"What a feast [Paul Rudd] made of it." THR's [Christy Piña]( spoke to Only Murders in the Building showrunner John Hoffman about the end of season three and also what's in store for season four. Hoffman reveals how they approached the actor who is set to become the Hulu show's next victim, foreshadowing the murderers and how losing his mother subconsciously made its way into the scripts. Warning: Spoilers! [The interview.]( —"I feel like The Royal Hotel is about microaggressions in a lot of ways." THR's [Brian Davids]( spoke to Kitty Green about her new film, the psychological thriller The Royal Hotel. The Aussie filmmaker discusses working with Julia Garner and her hopes of making a spiritual trilogy with the actress, and also addresses the divisiveness she’s already noticing regarding her film’s spectacular final shot: "We're getting pushback, particularly from male audience members." [The interview.]( TV Review: 'Found' ►"A clumsy hybrid." THR's chief TV critic Dan Fienberg reviews NBC's Found. Shameless star Shanola Hampton plays the leader of a team of specialized investigators tackling the missing persons cases that slip through the police cracks. [The review.]( In other news... —Cailee Spaeny [faces flawed marriage to Elvis in new trailer for Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla]( —Neon [trailer sees 3 friends hustling to make it big in Miami’s music industry]( —John Woo’s Silent Night trailer: [Are dialogue-free movies a trend now?]( —BET+ [reveals 2023 holiday slate]( —Inside the new $38m [L.A. mansion inspired by Thunderball and Ex Machina]( —Nancy Sinatra’s [former home in Beverly Hills lists for $2.95m]( —David Lebensfeld [to serve as president of Ingenuity Studios and Ghost VFX]( What else we're reading... —Carl Hulse writes that Kevin McCarthy’s extraordinary downfall reflects the ungovernable nature of the modern Republican Party [[NYT]( —Angelina Chapin has been looking into Ashton Kutcher's anti-sex-trafficking tech company, and her findings raise some questions about who the company is really helping [[The Cut]( —Ben Strauss has the goods on the battle between ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and The Athletic’s Shams Charania, revealing that the master and protégé have a rather frosty relationship [[WaPo]( —Michael Lewis gets Michael Lewis'd by Samanth Subramanian, who profiles the celebrated author and asks whether Lewis got too close to crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried [[Guardian]( —Adam Scovell reflects on how The Singing Detective, the Michael Gambon-starring British drama series from 1986, changed TV forever [[BBC]( Today... ...in 1996, Tom Hanks’ directorial debut, That Thing You Do!, hit theaters nationwide after getting early reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival. 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