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Mikey Madison is getting a lot of Oscar buzz for her powerful lead performance in Anora, but she got her first big break playing Max in Pamela Adlons underappreciated dramedy series Better Things. Madison is one of Hollywoods most promising rising stars right now; Anora is the latest of many high-profile roles shes played in recent years. In 2019, she played notorious Manson Family member Susan Atkins in Quentin Tarantinos 60s-set epic Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and in 2022, she played a new incarnation of Ghostface, Amber Freeman, in Scream.

Anora has made Madison a bigger star than ever. Sean Bakers darkly comedic tale of an exotic dancer who impulsively marries a Russian oligarchs immature son is tipped to be a major contender come awards season. Its expected to land a Best Picture nomination, a Best Director nomination for Baker, and a Best Actress nomination for Madison. Madison gives one...

Charlie Wright, nephew of actress Robin Wright, had a memorable leading role in Diary of a Wimpy Kid, facing backlash for recasting. Wright's early TV appearances in The Millers and Better Things showcase his commitment to making an impact on screen, no matter the role. Despite facing online hate for his role in Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Wright found inspiration and passion for acting in projects like Yellowjackets.

Charlie Wright may have only had a few performances in his career, but they've all been in notable movies and TV shows, including one memorable leading part. As the nephew of Robin Wright, the Golden Globe-winning actress and star of Forrest Gump, Princess Bride, and many other classics, it could be that Charlie was inspired to enter the industry by his aunt. Born on October 22, 1999, Wright got his TV career started in 2014 at the age of 14 with a small role...

Three producers behind Rebel Wilson’s movie “The Deb” have sued her for defamation in California after the “Pitch Perfect” star accused them of embezzling funds and sabotaging her feature directorial debut. Variety has also exclusively obtained a letter of demand sent by Wilson to the producers in June, detailing previous allegations of financial impropriety and sexual harassment.

On Wednesday, Wilson posted a video message to Instagram captioned “If my movie gets buried at least you know why,” and went on to accuse producers Amanda Ghost, Gregor Cameron and executive producer Vince Holden of “embezzling funds” from the project, as well as “absolute viciousness and retaliatory behavior” in the aftermath. In the producers’ filing, they denied these accusations and claimed that Wilson has attempted to hold the film hostage over credits for screenwriting and musical recordings.

The defamation suit alleges unprofessional conduct on Wilson’s part – including claims she disappeared...

Free Turn Entertainment has announced the arrival of Robbie Ashcroft as Managing Partner, formerly International Development Partner at Dentsu’s The Story Lab, Robbie will join the leadership team and focus on continuing to grow Free Turn’s original audio slate, drive their entertainment innovation pipeline across emerging platforms, as well forge new partnerships for the company's film and television slate.

Free Turn Entertainment, was set up in 2020 by BAFTA winning director Nick Hamm, his executive producer brother Jon Hamm and ex Wpp alumni Gemma Batterby to produce premium film, television and immersive audio for global audiences. Recent credits include last year's hit feature film “Gigi and Nate” starring Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden, Charlie Rowe, Josephine Langford, Zoe Colleti, Hannah Alligood, Jim Belushi and Diane Ladd, the film was released by Roadside in the U.S. in 2022. The company has grown significantly in the last 18 months with a number...

Exclusive: Nick and Jon Hamm’s Free Turn Entertainment has hired Robbie Ashcroft as Managing Partner.

Ashcroft will join London and Los Angeles-based Free Turn’s management team. He’s joining from The Story Lab and will work on its audio slate and new TV and film slate partnerships among other tasks.

Ashcroft was most recently International Development Partner at The Story Lab, where he established a new development and production fund for “original audio projects with multiplatform potential” in partnership with Global Media and Entertainment. This led to the greenlight of podcasts such as John Sweeney’s Hunting Ghislaine.

While at The Story Lab, which is the content arm of Japanese ad giant Dentsu, Ashcroft also managed a strategic partnership between the parent company and Yahoo to created mixed reality TV formats from an Xr smartstage in Holborn, London. Interstellar used that partnership for its show All Star Dance...

(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)

The Series: "Better Things"

Where You Can Stream It: Hulu

The Pitch: Sam Fox is an actress living in LA with her three kids -- sweet youngest daughter Duke (Olivia Edward), social justice-minded middle child Frankie (Hannah Riley), and adventurous, tempestuous eldest, Max ("Scream" star Mikey Madison). Sam's beautiful house, the setting for much of the series' chaos and joy, also sits across from her forgetful and particular mother's (Celia Imrie) place.

This setup may make "Better Things" sound like a sitcom, but it's actually a series with a beautiful, serendipitous, nearly free-association structure. The show was initially co-created by Louis C.K. (whose network deal was terminated in 2017 in light of his admitted sexual misconduct), but it's clearly Adlon's baby through and through.

“There was not a moment I forgot just how crazy it was what we were asking them to do,” remembers Clea DuVall about casting the stars of her Freevee series “High School.” She and fellow showrunner Laura Kittrell chose twins Railey Gilliland and Seazynn Gilliland to play fictionalized versions of the real-life musical duo Tegan and Sara Quin, even though neither had any acting experience. Kittrell adds that on the first day of shooting, all their doubts melted away. Watch our exclusive video interview above.

“High School” is based on Tegan and Sara’s autobiography of the same name, and the series is a queer coming-of-age story that chronicles a year in the twins’ lives as they first discover their talent for music while navigating a new high school. DuVall met the musicians backstage at one of their performances over 15 years ago and struck up a friendship with them. She...

Gigi & Nate Review — Gigi & Nate (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by Nick Hamm, written by David Hudgins and starring Charlie Rowe, Marcia Gay Harden, Jim Belushi, Zoe Margaret Colletti, Josephine Langford, Diane Ladd, Tara Summers, Hannah Riley, Brent Sexton, Mishel Prada, Welker White, Olly Sholotan, Sasha Compere, Deja Dee, Maria [...]

Continue reading: Film Review: Gigi & Nate (2022): Cute and Endearing New Monkey Film Falters a Bit in its Third Act...

“Gigi & Nate” begins with two leaps. The first is out of terror, when Gigi, a capuchin monkey at a sad-sack roadside petting zoo, tries to steer clear of her “caretaker.” The second is the sweet leap of boy-joy that 17-year-old Nate Gibson takes off a rocky ledge and into a pond. In this amiable, if unnecessarily manipulative, movie about the human-animal bond — as well as the different forms resilience can take — that fateful second leap will lead the young man and the monkey to each other.

Gigi is rescued by a woman who works for an organization that provides service animals to people with disabilities. Nate (played by British rising star Charlie Rowe) is initially not so fortunate. Shortly after that dive, as he and his family ready for a Fourth of July celebration at their vacation cabin, he begins to feel increasingly lousy. Working from a screenplay by TV scribe David Hudgins,...

"Gigi allows me to live my life to the fullest every single day. I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for her." Roadside Attractions has revealed an official trailer for a true story inspirational dramedy titled Gigi & Nate, from filmmaker Nick Hamm. The film is arriving in theaters in early September, for those interested in watching. A young man's life is turned upside down after he is left a quadriplegic. Moving forward seems near impossible until he meets his unlikely service animal, Gigi - a curious and intelligent capuchin monkey. She helps Nate find what he needs most: hope. Charlie Rowe stars in the film as Nate, with an ensemble cast including Zoe Margaret Colletti, Marcia Gay Harden, Josephine Langford, Jim Belushi (!!), Diane Ladd, Tara Summers, and Hannah Alligood. This looks extra cheesy, especially with the music in this trailer, but the little monkey is so adorable and so lovely.

Roadside Attractions has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Free Turn’s “Gigi & Nate.” The film stars Charlie Rowe, Oscar-winner Marcia Gay Harden, and Jim Belushi, and is based on true events. It tells the story of Nate Gibson, a young man whose life is turned upside down after he suffers a near-fatal illness and is left a quadriplegic.

And “Gigi & Nate” also serves as the introduction to a pint-sized, though still formidable, new talent. Making her big-screen debut in the titular role of service animal “Gigi” is Allie, an adorable capuchin monkey. In the movie, Gigi is trained to assist Nate with his basic needs and helps him rediscover his sense of hope. Look for audiences to fall in love with Allie/Gigi when Roadside Attractions releases the film exclusively in theaters on Sept. 2, 2022.

The film is directed and produced by BAFTA-winning director Nick Hamm (“Driven”), alongside producers Piers Tempest...

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Airing on the FX cable channel, the Better Things TV show stars Pamela Adlon, Mikey Madison, Hannah Riley, Olivia Edward and Celia Imrie. Season five focuses on "the road ahead" for its unconventional, unfiltered heroine, Sam Fox (Adlon), so devoted to her life as a working actor and single mother of three that she's left little time for that one elusive thing: herself. As she navigates three daughters, each...

We don't have to wonder if Better Things will be cancelled this time around. It's already been announced that season five is the end for this FX series. But, could Better Things return for season six at some point in the future? Stay tuned.

A dark comedy series, the Better Things TV show stars Pamela Adlon, Mikey Madison, Hannah Riley, Olivia Edward, and Celia Imrie. Season five focuses on "the road ahead" for its unconventional, unfiltered heroine, Sam Fox (Adlon), so devoted to her life as a working actor and single mother of three that she's left little time for that one elusive thing: herself. As she navigates three daughters, each coming of age; the challenges of her chosen career; and her mother's increasing signs of aging (as well as her own), Sam embraces each moment, and each member of her family, with a fierce...

What does the future hold for Sam in the fifth and final season of the Better Things TV show on FX? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Better Things is cancelled or renewed for season six. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustrated when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the fifth season episodes of Better Things here.

An FX dark comedy series, the Better Things TV show stars Pamela Adlon, Mikey Madison, Hannah Riley, Olivia Edward and Celia Imrie. Season five focuses on "the road ahead" for its unconventional, unfiltered heroine, Sam Fox (Adlon), so devoted to her life as a working actor and...

For a television series as unique and special as FX’s Better Things, it only makes sense to end it with a proper farewell to single mother/actress Sam Fox (Pamela Adlon) and her colorful orbit of family and friends. In fact, without spoiling what’s to come in the final 10 episodes, Adlon reveals to TV Insider that she knew exactly what she wanted going into crafting the fifth season, which premieres on Monday on FX (next day on Hulu). “It was tough because I knew I wanted to give Max (Mikey Madison), Frankie (Hannah Riley), Duke (Olivia Edward), Phil (Celia Imrie), and then finally Sam enough consideration and let them all have a win, kind of, in a way,” Adlon says. “It was challenging trying to figure out and to be able to feel this satisfaction that everybody has moved forward in a way, including the village. And everybody...

Midway through the final season of “Better Things,” Sam Fox (Pamela Adlon) takes a break from a directing gig for a quick chat with the producer. Their day hasn’t been easy. The child actor won’t (or can’t) stop shouting his lines. His mom isn’t helping, demanding her son be called by his character’s name and insisting he has a “hard out” well ahead of wrap. The sitcom’s star, played by Ron Cephas Jones, is friends with Sam and has been cordial to her… until he snaps when she tries to do her job and, you know, direct him.

Throughout it all, the producer, Eli (Lena Waithe), has been silent yet sympathetic. She sees what’s going on, offering a knowing glance or supportive nod while Sam deals with problems that existed long before she took over the director’s chair. As it turns out,...

The critically acclaimed dramedy Better Things is about to kickstart its last hurrah, so naturally, its multi-hyphenate star Pamela Adlon had a mixture of feelings while preparing for the impending goodbye.

“When I first started thinking about it being the last season, I got a stomachache,” Adlon, who portrays Sam Fox, in addition to serving as creator, director and writer, tells TVLine. “I got a pit in my stomach. When I was talking to my network about it, we both mutually felt like this would be a great place to stop. By the end of the phone call I went...

“Better Things” co-creator and star Pamela Adlon toasted the fifth and final season of her Emmy-nominated FX series at a screening and party at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Wednesday night.

The cast and crew recalled learning the show was coming to an end. “I think I called everyone and said, ‘This is it fellas,’” Adlon cracked “I never felt like it was like we’re mourning. I feel like we’re celebrating. I feel like we’ve been given this gift and it’s a launching pad into the next phases of our lives.”

Mikey Madison, who plays Max, remembers finding out Seasons 5 would be the last edition about five or six months before filming began. “I had a feeling that it was going to be the last because we’ve just been telling the story for so long,” she said. “It’s so rare to have this many...

As Hollywood events return to full force in New York and Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a look at the week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings, including red carpets for The Dropout, The Godfather‘s 50th anniversary and season five of Better Things.

The Godfather 50th Anniversary

“A couple of times I thought I was finished,” Francis Ford Coppola told The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday night of the ongoing fear he was about to be fired while filming an adaptation of Mario Puzo’s Mafia novel The Godfather. Needless to say, he kept the gig, won three Oscars including best picture and launched a franchise that has become one of the most iconic in history. Coppola returned to the Paramount lot this week to honor the 1972 film’s milestone 50th anniversary, a celebration that included a dedication of Francis Ford Coppola Avenue on the studio lot...

For most of her acting career, Pamela Adlon was best known for her voice, even though she rarely felt like she had one of her own.

Adlon, née Segall, entered the family business as a teenager — her father Don Segall was a sitcom writer — mostly shuffling around in small TV roles in the Eighties before finding a niche in the Nineties as a voice actor, most famously as middle schooler Bobby Hill on King of the Hill. She worked a lot but rarely felt secure in her career prospects or her level of artistry.

The fifth and final season of FX‘s Better Things is set to premiere on February 28 at 10 p.m., and creator Pamela Adlon already is toying with the idea of rebooting it a la Sex and the City‘s And Just Like That…

“I really love this. It’s an incredible thing that we had these five seasons,” Adlon told Deadline during the show’s TCA panel on Thursday. “We have 52 episodes of these stories of this family, and I don’t think there’s any doubt that we could go on and on. The stories would keep changing. The run hasn’t run because there are all of these lives, and they all still have more stories to tell.”

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She continued, “So, it would be nice if we did. … I don’t know. Our costumer would joke that we should do a reboot.

“Better Things,” one of the best shows on TV, is ready to take its final bow. FX has debuted an official trailer for Season 5, the final entry of Pamela Adlon’s masterful comedy series, and the writer, director, executive producer, and star spoke with IndieWire to discuss what’s coming in an exclusive interview. The series returns with the first two episodes of the season Monday, February 28 at 10 p.m. Et on FX (and streaming the next day on Hulu), with a new episode each subsequent week.

The network synopsis for the season reads: “In its fifth and final chapter, ‘Better Things’ focuses on ‘the road ahead’ for its unconventional, unfiltered heroine, Sam Fox (Pamela Adlon), so devoted to her life as a working actor and single mother of three that she’s left little time for that one elusive thing: herself. As she navigates three daughters, each coming of...

Better Things is gearing up for its fifth and final season at FX and the network is giving viewers a first look at Sam Fox’s (Pamela Adlon) latest chapter. Kicking off on Monday, February 28, the show sees the return of Sam as she deals with juggling motherhood, her life as a working actor, and all of the challenges that come with getting older. As the single mother of three is left little time for herself, she’s also coping with the increasing signs of aging in her mother Phyllis (Celia Imrie). (Credit: Suzanne Tenner/FX) As teased in the trailer, below, she’s attempting to embrace each moment and her family members including her daughters Max (Mikey Madison), Frankie (Hannah Riley), and Duke (Olivia Edward). But they aren’t making things any easier on Sam as they give her a hard time. “Mom, are you really out of breath?...

FX’s critical acclaimed comedy “Better Things” returns for Season 5 at the end of the month, and on Thursday, FX whetted fan appetites with a heartwarming trailer full of Sam Fox’s family.

There appears to be plenty of family moments — and even a trip to grandma’s England — for Sam (Pamela Adlon) and her three daughters, Phil (Celia Imrie), Max (Mikey Madison) and Frankie (Hannah Riley).

Here’s a logline for the final season: “‘Better Things’ focuses on ‘the road ahead’ for its unconventional, unfiltered heroine, Sam Fox (Pamela Adlon), so devoted to her life as a working actor and single mother of three that she’s left little time for that one elusive thing: herself. As she navigates three daughters, each coming of age; the challenges of her chosen career; and her mother’s increasing signs of aging (as well as her own)—Sam embraces each moment, and each member of her family,...

FX announced that the comedy series “Better Things” will premiere its fifth and final season on Feb. 28, 2022 at 10 p.m. and will also stream on Hulu. The premiere will feature the first two episodes of the season, with the rest of the season unveiling one episode each following week.

In its final chapter, “Better Things” focuses on the road ahead for Sam Fox (Pamela Adlon) as she navigates her three daughters, her acting career and her aging mother (as well as herself). Alongside Adlon, the series stars Mikey Madison, Hannah Riley, Olivia Edward and Celia Imrie. The final season will also feature guest stars Lena Waithe, Ron Cephas Jones, Danny Trejo, Marty Krofft, Clive Russell, Casey Wilson, Rainbow Sun Francks, Angela Kinsey, Kevin Michael Richardson, Nelson Lee, Lennon Parham and Usman Ally, as well as the returns of Diedrich Bader, Kevin Pollak, Rosalind Chao, Judy Gold, Cree Summer, Alysia Reiner,...

Some famous names are assembling for Better Things‘ big sendoff next year.

The fifth and final season of the FX comedy will premiere on Monday, Feb. 28 at 10/9c, TVLine has learned.

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Special guest stars for the show’s final run include Lena Waithe, Ron Cephas Jones, Danny Trejo, Marty Krofft, Clive Russell, Casey Wilson, Rainbow Sun Francks, Angela Kinsey, Kevin Michael Richardson,...

Here’s wishing you the bluest sky, Better Things. FX said today that the fifth and final season of its comedy written, directed and produced by and star Pamela Adlon will premiere at 10 p.m. Monday, February 28. It also will stream on Hulu.

The FX Productions show’s ending run focuses on “the road ahead” for Sam Fox (Adlon), so devoted to her life as a working actor and single mother as she navigates three coming-of-age daughters, the challenges of her chosen career and her mother’s increasing signs of aging — as well as her own. As each of the Fox women head into the next phase of their life, they are inspired to re-evaluate themselves, learn from the past and find their own direction.

Mikey Madison, Hannah Riley and Olivia Edward stars as Sam’s daughters, and Celia Imrie plays her mother.

“While it’s bittersweet to present the finale of Pamela’s masterpiece,...

The upcoming fifth season of Pamela Adlon’s acclaimed comedy-drama Better Things will be its last. Ordered last year, Season 5 is currently filming for a 2022 premiere.

“I will forever be grateful to FX for allowing me to tell stories the way I see the world, and want the world to be seen,” Adlon said in a statement to Deadline. “Making this show has been film school for me. I bow down to my crew and my cast. And I can’t wait for people to discover and re-discover Better Things. This is gonna be a wrap on Sam Fox (for now) See you at the after party.”

Adlon executive produces, writes, directs, showruns and stars in Better Things, which tells the story of Sam Fox (Adlon), a single mother and working actor with no filter, raising her three daughters, Max (Mikey Madison), Frankie (Hannah Alligood) and Duke (Olivia Edward) in Los Angeles.

Exclusive: Production is getting underway on Evolution, a drama directed by BAFTA winner Nick Hamm (Driven) from a screenplay by David Hudgins (Friday Night Lights).

The film stars Marcia Gay Harden, Charlie Rowe, Josephine Langford, Zoe Colleti, Hannah Alligood, Jim Belushi and Diane Ladd.

Inspired by a true story, a young man with a bright future suffers a near fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend. An accident on the lake leaves Nate a quadriplegic, with little hope for his future. His resilient mother Claire puts her art career on hold and even risking her marriage to protect her son’s future. She discovers that the only thing that can make a profound difference in her son’s progress is providing him with an unlikely animal friend that helps the youth realize his life is still very much worth living.

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Great news from FX today.

The presitge network has ordered a fifth season of one of the best comedies on television -- Better Things.

In conjunction with the renewal, series creator and star, Pamela Adlon, has signed a new overall deal with FX productions.

Her partnership with FX productions has already achieved one of the most acclaimed comedy series in television with Better Things.

Eric Schrier, President, FX Entertainment made the announcement today.

The agreement covers all scripted and unscripted programming exclusively for FX, as well as potentially other divisions of Walt Disney Television.

Better Things is the story of “Sam Fox” (Pamela Adlon), a single mother and working actor with no filter, raising her three daughters, “Max” (Mikey Madison), “Frankie” (Hannah Alligood) and “Duke” (Olivia Edward) in Los Angeles.

She also looks after her mother, “Phil” (Celia Imrie), an English expat with questionable faculties who lives across the street.

Better Things‘ Pamela Adlon is staying in business with FX Productions, signing a new overall deal with the studio behind the critically praised series. Under the pact, Adlon will continue to develop both scripted and unscripted programming exclusively for FX, as well as potentially other divisions of Walt Disney Television.

Additionally, FX confirmed a season 5 renewal for Better Things, on which Adlon executive produces, writes, directs and stars. It’s expected to air in 2021. The renewal was initially revealed in April as part of FX’s programming slate. Just today, the series received two Television Critics Association Award nominations — for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, as well as a nomination for Adlon for Individual Achievement in Comedy.

“We are truly honored to work with Pamela,” said Eric Schrier, President, FX Entertainment. “She is one of the most talented artists in the business, which is exemplified through her work as a producer/showrunner,...

Pamela Adlon has signed an overall deal with FX Productions. In addition, Adlon’s critically-acclaimed FX series “Better Things” has been renewed for a fifth season.

Adlon’s new deal covers all scripted and unscripted programming. Any projects she sets up will be exclusively for FX, as well as potentially other divisions of Walt Disney Television.

“We are truly honored to work with Pamela,” said Eric Schrier, president of FX Productions. “She is one of the most talented artists in the business, which is exemplified through her work as a producer/showrunner, actor, writer and director. The most recent season of ‘Better Things’ was its best yet and we’re excited about what’s to come in season five, as well as all of the future projects we are working on together.”

The news comes shortly after it was announced that “Better Things” Season 4 was nominated for two TCA Awards...

“Better Things” creator Pamela Adlon has signed a new overall deal with FX Productions, the network announced Thursday.

Under the agreement, Adlon will develop and produce scripted and unscripted projects for FX and potentially for other divisions of Walt Disney Television. It expands on the existing relationship between Adlon and FX that includes “Better Things” and previously serving as a writer, producer and actor on “Louie.”

In addition to the new deal, FX has renewed “Better Things” for a fifth season, which is expected to premiere next year.

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“We are truly honored to work with Pamela,” said FX Entertainment president Eric Schrier. “She is one of the most talented artists in the business, which is exemplified through her work as a producer/showrunner, actor, writer and director. The most recent...

When it comes to playing actress and single mother of three Sam Fox on FX’s Better Things, creator-director-writer-star Pamela Adlon said during Deadline’s Contenders Television virtual event that her onscreen character “Sam is me in a cape. I joke that FX is paying for my therapy and I’m able to live out my fantasies in the script.”

Better Things, which just clocked its fourth season, follows Fox’s life as she manages her precocious kids, finds new love, and deals with old love in the colorful landscape of the City of Angels. The series with its unique approach to storytelling evokes such filmmakers as Paulo Sorrentino and Nic Winding Refn, but for Adlon it’s John Cassavettes, Bob Fosse, Francois Truffaut and Luis Bunuel who worked their way into her creative sensibility.

One intriguing Better Things episode showing Adlon’s facets is this season’s “Batceanera,” in...

A staple on FX since 2016, Better Things has never been a hit series for the channel but it has managed to be renewed year after year. Will the ratings rise this year? Will Better Things be cancelled or renewed for season five? Stay tuned. Status update below.

A dark comedy series, Better Things stars Pamela Adlon, Mikey Madison, Hannah Alligood, Olivia Edward, Celia Imrie, Rebecca Metz, and Alysia Reiner. A divorced woman without a filter, Sam Fox (Adlon) is doing her best to raise her three daughters — teenager Max (Madison), eccentric Frankie (Alligood), and spicy Duke (Edward). She also has to keep an eye out on her mother, Phil (Imrie). Sam fills the roles of dad, referee, and sometimes the cops, as well. If only she could find a little time to live her own life, too.

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Will Sam continue to keep her head above water in the fourth season of the Better Things TV show on FX? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Better Things is cancelled or renewed for season five. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the fourth season episodes of Better Things here. Status update below.

An FX dark comedy series, Better Things stars Pamela Adlon, Mikey Madison, Hannah Alligood, Olivia Edward, Celia Imrie, Rebecca Metz, and Alysia Reiner. A divorced woman without a filter, Sam Fox (Adlon) is doing her best to raise her three daughters — teenager Max (Madison), eccentric Frankie (Alligood), and spicy Duke (Edward). She also has...

[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Better Things” Season 4, Episode 10, “Listen to the Roosters.”]

Ghosts are walking among us, and they’re feeling very, very good.

One ghost in particular gets a temporary spotlight in the “Better Things” Season 4 finale (now available on Hulu), as a gray-haired woman in a yellow dress (played by Ellen Geer) shares a bit of foresight with Duke (Olivia Edward), the Fox family medium. Duke regularly connects with spirits, whether it’s the recurring presence of her grandfather in Season 3 or during the otherworldly Season 2 episode, “White Rock,” so it’s not all that surprising when her new friend up and vanishes via an apparitional Irish goodbye.

But before she leaves, this ghost offers a key bit of advice. Claiming she can see the future, Duke (in a moment of prescience) first asks if there is a future (there is), before saying, “I never want to get married or have kids...

Pamela Adlon is a true auteur.

The co-creator, writer, producer, director and star of “Better Things” has the reins of the FX comedy, and she may hold them tighter than most performers who step behind the scenes, with her fingerprints on every stage of the storytelling, from outlines in the writers’ room to sound mixing during post-production.

“I never could have imagined that I would have the discipline to stick it out from the first person there to the last person there — to do what I’m doing now,” Adlon tells Variety. “It tests your mettle when you go into other areas and realize, ‘Well, Ok I need to have the time and the patience to sit in a writers’ room for three months and to be in prep and pre-production and go on all of these scouts, and then I need to have the time and the patience to...

A big secret is finally out in the open after Chicago Med‘s milestone 100th episode, leaving one couple’s fate up in the air.

After doubling up on her IVF hormones and falling sick, April tells Ethan that she really wanted to give him a baby. “I just wanted to make up for…” she trails off from her hospital bed. When he rejects the idea that she has anything to be sorry about, April reveals that she kissed Crockett the night that her beau left for deployment.

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You are cordially invited to Chicago Med‘s 100th episode wedding celebration — and to a truth-telling session.

After meeting in chemotherapy and facing numerous hardships, including a close call with death, Maggie and Ben will tie the knot during Wednesday’s milestone installment (airing at 8/7c on NBC). “We wanted an event that would bring everybody together, [where] you could see all of the cast together,” executive producer Diane Frolov says. Ep Andrew Schneider adds that there will be “a lot of familiar faces” at the ceremony. But while Frolov describes the big day as “a very joyous, fun event,” everything...

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Can Sam get ahead? Has the Better Things TV show been cancelled or renewed for a fifth season on FX? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Better Things, season five. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?

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Airing on the FX cable channel, Better Things stars Pamela Adlon, Mikey Madison, Hannah Alligood, Olivia Edward, Celia Imrie, Rebecca Metz, and Alysia Reiner. A divorced woman without a filter, Sam Fox (Adlon) is doing her best to raise her three daughters — teenager Max (Madison), eccentric Frankie (Alligood), and spicy Duke (Edward). She also has to keep an eye out on her mother, Phil (Imrie). Sam fills the roles of dad,...

Sam Fox is the ideal television star. Played with sagacious pluck by Pamela Adlon and inspired by her life, work, and family, the eccentric “Better Things” lead is curiously hard to read. Take an early Season 4 episode, when Sam discovers an owl nesting under her bedcovers. Will she freak out? Will she shoo it away? Will she take care of it, like she takes care of so many others? Will she make it a family affair, inviting her three daughters into the conversation before naming the owl Edwin and wrapping it in a blanket?

You may think you know what Sam is going to do next, but rarely are those assumptions rewarded. “Better Things” purposefully chooses its events, eliminating the obvious developments to dwell on defining moments. Sam’s unpredictability is enticing on its own, as are her equally unexpected adventures, but the perpetual resourcefulness with which she lives her life,...

In the fifth episode of the new season of FX’s wonderful Better Things, three generations of the Fox family — mom Sam (creator-star Pamela Adlon), grandmother Phil (Celia Imrie), and daughter Frankie (Hannah Alligood) — are enjoying a late-night snack and talking about which part of the family Sam inherited her chronic hand pain from. Frankie interjects, “If I ever get the impulse to just strike up conversation with complete strangers everywhere I go, I will 100 percent hold it against you, Sam.”

In the moment, the remark is just another sign...

Pamela Adlon was in her happy place on Wednesday night, surrounded by friends, family members and fans as FX toasted the fourth season premiere of her critically adored comedy “Better Things.”

Adlon joked as she surveyed the audience in the Whitby Hotel screening room in Manhattan that the crowd was full of “Easter eggs” for her autobiographical show, starting with her real-life brother, Greg Segall, who is portrayed by Kevin Pollak in the series.

Adlon noted that she considers New York her “home town” and she pointed out a slew of old friends in the crowd, some of whom have influenced characters, character names and storylines on “Better Things,” which bowed Wednesday on FX. Adlon stars as an actor and single mother of a certain age who is struggling to stay afloat in Hollywood while raising three daughters.

“It has been an incredible time and journey for me,” Adlon said of producing the show.

For three seasons, we have been involved with some of the most intimate details of Sam Fox and her three daughters, Max, Frankie, and Duke.

The Pamela Adlon fronted series was created by her, as well, and it feels as personal to Adlon as the life created for her character and family on screen.

For decades, families on television were more ideal than our own. Adlon's creation examines three generations of women all coming into their own at various life stages, and all of the joy and misery that being closely related brings to the table.

Better Things Season 4 embraces the future while still honoring the past.

Adlon's Sam Fox, clearly an expression of her own life in character form, loves her family unconditionally, but that doesn't mean that they don't argue with the best of them. Better Things infuses realism into television families that is rarely seen elsewhere.

With mothers and daughters,...

One of the most underrated series in the FX lineup over the past several years is “Better Things.” Written, directed, produced by Pamela Adlon, the series has consistently been great and has sadly been overshadowed by some of the more headline-grabbing series that the network has released.

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The story of “Better Things” follows a woman clearly going through her mid-life crisis, played perfectly by Adlon, who is raising her three daughters, Max (Mikey Madison), Frankie (Hannah Alligood) and Duke (Olivia Edward), while also trying to find a life of her own that doesn’t revolve around family obligations and drama.

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The upcoming fourth season of “Better Things” is out to deconstruct how arguments between mothers and daughters can escalate so far as to get to a point where they are calling each other c—s.

Maybe.

The scene was written and performed, but creator, writer, producer, director and actor Pamela Adlon admits she hasn’t yet had the conversation with Standards & Practices to know if it can definitely stay in the episode as currently cut together.

“I hope that we can keep it because it’s not gratuitous — I don’t believe so. I believe it’s massively important and layered,” Adlon said at FX’s Television Critics Assn. press tour panel Thursday. “It’s not about the sensationalistic aspect of this word. It’s about who’s saying it and the levels they go through.”

In the scene, Sam (Adlon) comes into her eldest daugher Max’s (Mikey Madison...

As the father of two boys, I must say that no television show on the air right now better encapsulates the joys and sorrows of parenthood than Pamela Adlon’s FX series “Better Things.” It may be the best comedy since “Roseanne” to show warts-and-all parenting: a turbulent, messy, battle royale that brings out the best and worst in both parent and child. And in the show’s acclaimed third season, those ups and downs were displayed in their most hilarious and painful glory.

The series revolves around Sam (Adlon), a working actress and single mom to three girls: Max (Mikey Madison), Frankie (Hannah Alligood) and Duke (Olivia Edward). As is the case in most families, each child is a unique entity brimming with quirks, strengths and flaws. And each in her own way tests Sam’s parental endurance.

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“Better Things” is no stranger to moments that draw on music as a way to punctuate a specific emotion. In Thursday’s memorable Season 3 finale, “Shake the Cocktail,” the episode culminates in a rousing choral performance of Florence + the Machine’s “Shake It Out.” It’s a companion piece to the blissful Episode 9-ending group rendition of “On the Street Where You Live,” as the family and friends of Sam Fox (Pamela Adlon) watch Frankie (Hannah Alligood) take part in belting out a performance that captures all of the swirling anxiety and uncertainty that’s been hanging over many of the show’s central characters.

Adlon wrote and directed the episode, which weaves together a number of the threads of Sam’s personal life, from her evolving relationships with her children to finding a bit of reconciliation with close friend Rich (Diedrich Bader). For this season-capping crescendo, Bader said that...

[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Better Things” Season 3, Episode 12, “Shake the Cocktail.”]

For Sam Fox’s 50th birthday, she gave herself the gift of peace. Of acquiescence. A break from her persistent quest for perfection — not that she thinks she’s perfect, but, like most people, she wants to get it right whenever possible. Mainly, Pamela Adlon’s lead character wants to be good to her daughters, but there’s Rich (Diedrich Bader), her mom (Celia Imrie), and her friends, as well. There are a lot of folks to look after in Sam’s life, and yet, as Season 3 made clear, who she really needs to look after is herself.

Ghosts haunted Sam this season. If they had to go through her family to get to her, so be it, but they drove her back into her memories, her past, and the problems they create in her present. Self-assessment became a fixture in Sam’s life,...