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Cover Story: The 'Widow's Bay' Team Reveals Secrets, Stories & Season 2 Hopes
If you don’t have a t-shirt that says, “I survived Patricia’s sunset cocktails,” what are you even doing? You could also get yourself a notebook with “Are you mad at something I said?” scrawled on the cover in wonky handwriting, or a tote bag with “Sorry, forgot my purse” on the front. All that merch is unauthorized too — that’s how huge the fan following is for Widow’s Bay — the @AppleTV comedy series sleeper hit that’s set the Emmy polls on fire.
How to explain the unique cozy-scary-hilarious appeal of a show about a small, haunted island in Massachusetts and its hapless inhabitants? With rip-roaring storytelling, authentic East Coast vibes and a cast — led by the left-field comedic talents of Matthew Rhys — here’s something special that we didn’t know we all needed.
Deadline sat down with creator-showrunner Katie Dippold, EP-Director Hiro Murai and some Widow’s Bay inhabitants to find out how the [Vienna] sausage was made…
Read Now: deadline.com/2026/08/widows-…
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BBC director-general Matt Brittin has hinted that the broadcaster is preparing to close TV and radio networks as it looks to save money. deadline.com/2026/09/bbc-mat…
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NYFF Turns Up The Heat As ‘Godzilla’, ‘Artificial’, ‘NAZA’, ‘You Can See Everything’ Spark Festival Buzz deadline.com/2026/09/new-yor…
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'Adults' Star Rachel Marsh On Creating "Hiccup" Pop Anthem With Director: "We Tried All Different Versions" deadline.com/2026/09/adults-…
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Adam Brody Declares Support For "Free Palestine" Ahead Of 'Nobody Wants This' Season 3 deadline.com/2026/09/adam-br…
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EXCLUSIVE: Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter have joined Tom Holland in the Spider-Man star’s next project: the untitled Fred Astaire biopic in which Holland will portray the American actor and dancer.
The development comes nearly five years after Holland first revealed that he would be leading the project.
Read More: deadline.com/2026/09/margare…
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Comedian Pretty Vee Signs With HeartRock For Management deadline.com/2026/09/pretty-…
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EXCLUSIVE: Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter have joined Tom Holland in the Spider-Man star’s next project: the untitled Fred Astaire biopic in which Holland will portray the American actor and dancer deadline.com/2026/09/margare…
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Jack Rooke Teases Spice Girls Biopic In Works: "If The Beatles Get Four Films, The Spice Girls Need A Big Comedy Romp" deadline.com/2026/09/jack-ro…
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Margaret Qualley & Sabrina Carpenter Join Tom Holland In Fred Astaire Biopic deadline.com/2026/09/margare…
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House and Senate lawmakers are again turning their attention to major anti-piracy legislation, introducing a bill in which content owners can seek a court order to require that internet providers prevent access to foreign digital piracy sites deadline.com/2026/09/piracy-…
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Oscars: Helen Mirren To Be Campaigned For Lead Actress As Author Patricia Highsmith In Bleecker Street's 'A Talent For Murder' deadline.com/2026/09/oscars-…
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‘Scrubs’ Zach Braff & Donald Faison tease what is to come in Season 2, more Dr. Cox
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‘Scrubs’ Stars reveal If Ken Jenkins Will Be Back & What OG Are In Season 2
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Prototype Hires Regan Frisby, Marisa Sherrier Returns As Agency Moves To New L.A. Location deadline.com/2026/09/prototy…
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'Gilded Age' Christmas Album To Feature Carrie Coon, Laura Benanti, Audra McDonald, Adrienne Warren & Other Cast Members And Broadway Stars deadline.com/2026/09/gilded-…
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Lawmakers Introduce Site-Blocking Legislation To Curb Foreign-Digital Piracy deadline.com/2026/09/piracy-…
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