‘UnReal’ Will Bring Its Messy, Magnificent Four-Season Run to an End on Hulu

Posted on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018 by Hoai-Tran Bui

When UnReal premiered on Lifetime in 2015, it felt revolutionary. Here was a pitch-black drama about the lurid behind-the-scenes conflicts of a Bachelor-style reality show, featuring two of the most fascinating and fearsome antiheroines on TV (played with withering contempt by Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer). Immediately, UnReal became a critical darling and a boon to Lifetime’s bid to be taken seriously in the oversaturated prestige TV market.

But then UnReal fell to its own behind-the-scenes conflicts. Co-creator Marti Noxon left series after its Emmy-nominated first season and the series suffered a bad sophomore slump. Attempts to restore the show’s creative potential mostly fell flat in its most recent third season, while ratings dipped even further. Now, the show that was once hailed as the “female Breaking Bad” will air its fourth and final season on Hulu.

As the UnReal final season makes its way to Hulu, let’s take a look at the show’s messy lows and its magnificent highs. Read More »

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‘UnREAL’ Season 3 Trailer: The Savage ‘Reality Show’ Drama Looks to Course Correct

Posted on Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 by Hoai-Tran Bui

After a nearly year-long delay, Lifetime’s UnREAL is coming back onto our TV screens.

The darkly comic send-up to reality TV was nominated for a few Emmys in its first season and became one of the breakout shows of 2015, but it has been plagued by so many of its own behind-the-scenes conflicts that the drama in front of the cameras seemed demure by comparison. But after a really, really deep sophomore slump, UnREAL is revamping itself for its third season, boasting new showrunner Stacy Rukeyser and its first female “suitor.” Let the games begin.

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TV Bits: ‘American Horror Story’, ‘Girls’, ‘Parenthood’, ‘Hannibal’, Chuck Lorre, Ricky Gervais, and More

Posted on Thursday, August 2nd, 2012 by Angie Han

Alums of Friday Night Lights, Roswell, and Wonderfalls find new jobs in this edition of TV Bits. After the jump:

• American Horror Story‘s second season gets titled
• Shiri Appleby will romance Hannah’s ex on Girls
• … which, along with Enlightened, will return in January
• Parenthood adds yet another Friday Night Lights alum
• Wonderfalls star Caroline Dhavernas joins Hannibal
• Chuck Lorre will release a $100 coffee table book
• Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington have a new web series

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