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Trial and Error Presents a New Legal Case for Comedy!

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By Angie Quidim

Starring: John Lithgow, Nicholas D’Agosto, Steve Boyer, Sherri Sheppherd

NBC, 9 pm PST

Creators: Jeff Astrof, Matt Miller

 

Do you remember the days of wild whodunits like “Clue” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”  Encapsulating this in a thirty-minute sitcom format isn’t easy, but leaving it to the writers who worked on such shows as “Angie Tribecca”, “Friends”, “Chuck” and “Forever” this task doesn’t seem daunting.

The new comedy “Trial and Error” brings the gritty true crime stylings of “NCIS” and “Cold Case” into a wacky mockumentary. It takes more than just a few funny lines to make a serious topic like murder laughable. It also takes a talented group of individuals to commit to the comedy material. The casting of a menagerie of off the wall comic geniuses does a lot to even the most ordinary dialog.

The story begins with Josh Segal (Nicholas D’Agosto), a bright young upstart from a New York City travels to East Covington, North Carolina to represent a roller skating peculiar professor accused of murdering his wife. The circumstances surrounding Margret Henderson’s death were strange, to say the least and how each member of his unqualified legal team is able to gather a single shred of admissible evidence is hilarious. Starting with the client himself, Lithgow plays the constantly befuddled Larry Henderson who always ends up saying the wrong thing and back peddling his comments that end up getting him into more trouble; a lawyer’s worst nightmare. Dwayne  Reed, a redneck, local law enforcement reject adds fuel to the fire as his wildly active imagination and his small town country charm gets Josh into some of the strangest places in town.  The last of the team is the most minor of characters in the show but things like “face-blindness” and other quirky character traits seal the deal in the show.

There are also other obstacles in the way besides his own team. An overzealous, sex-starved career driven prosecutor to seeks Josh’s defeat and Larry Henderson’s conviction as a new career move to make her the new District Attorney of East Covington. Also, the big tobacco big wig just happens to be the town’s underwriter and the brother of the now deceased Margret Henderson.

Josh’s optimism never relents regardless of how his put together team of legal outcasts bumble and the fact that his prestigious law office is a back-alley arrangement in a taxidermy shop.  This is Josh’s first case away from the law firm and his first murder trial.  Nothing is going to dissuade him from success on the path to becoming a legal partner.  Even if his client continues to say and do things that sway people’s opinion on his innocence.

The pacing of the show is quick with witty one-liners that if you don’t pay attention you can miss a moment. The rapid fire between the cast keeps things in motion with each crazy new reveal in the case. Check out the show’s teaser trailer below and let us know what you think!

 

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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