Exclusive: Danny McBride is setting a shining example with The Righteous Gemstones on HBO.
Following the debut of Season 3, the series is showing impressive (and somewhat rare) growth. The back-to-back June 18 premiere episodes of Righteous Gemstones are currently tracking at 2.85M viewers across HBO and Max, which is about 30% ahead of the audience for the first two episodes of Season 2 at the same point in time.
The audience for Episode 3 of Gemstones, which aired this past Sunday, grew 19% in its same-day audience versus the premiere episodes with 643,000 people tuning in.
According to HBO, Righteous Gemstones has become McBride’s most-watched HBO comedy series, surpassing both Eastbound and Down and Vice Principals for the honor.
Season 2 episodes are now averaging 5.1M viewers per episode, marking a 6% increase over Season 1’s average audience of 4.8M.
Previously, Vice Principals had been McBride’s highest performing comedy on HBO with an average audience of...
Following the debut of Season 3, the series is showing impressive (and somewhat rare) growth. The back-to-back June 18 premiere episodes of Righteous Gemstones are currently tracking at 2.85M viewers across HBO and Max, which is about 30% ahead of the audience for the first two episodes of Season 2 at the same point in time.
The audience for Episode 3 of Gemstones, which aired this past Sunday, grew 19% in its same-day audience versus the premiere episodes with 643,000 people tuning in.
According to HBO, Righteous Gemstones has become McBride’s most-watched HBO comedy series, surpassing both Eastbound and Down and Vice Principals for the honor.
Season 2 episodes are now averaging 5.1M viewers per episode, marking a 6% increase over Season 1’s average audience of 4.8M.
Previously, Vice Principals had been McBride’s highest performing comedy on HBO with an average audience of...
- 6/28/2023
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Danny McBride has increased the guest list for season 3 of The Righteous Gemstones.
Joining the comedy in its third season on HBO are Steve Zahn, Stephen Dorff, Shea Wigham, Kristen Johnston, Lukas Haas, Robert Oberst, Stephen Schneider, Iliza Shlesinger, Sturgill Simpson and Casey Wilson.
Created, written, and executive produced by McBride, The Righteous Gemstones premieres with two new episodes on Sunday, June 18 at 10 p.m. Et. The third season will be made up of nine episodes.
The Righteous Gemstones tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work. When the spoiled Gemstone children finally get their wish to take control of the Church, they discover leadership is harder than they imagined and that their extravagant lifestyle comes with a heavy price.
McBride plays Jesse Gemstone, while Adam Devine is Kelvin Gemstone and John Goodman is Eli Gemstone. Other cast members include...
Joining the comedy in its third season on HBO are Steve Zahn, Stephen Dorff, Shea Wigham, Kristen Johnston, Lukas Haas, Robert Oberst, Stephen Schneider, Iliza Shlesinger, Sturgill Simpson and Casey Wilson.
Created, written, and executive produced by McBride, The Righteous Gemstones premieres with two new episodes on Sunday, June 18 at 10 p.m. Et. The third season will be made up of nine episodes.
The Righteous Gemstones tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work. When the spoiled Gemstone children finally get their wish to take control of the Church, they discover leadership is harder than they imagined and that their extravagant lifestyle comes with a heavy price.
McBride plays Jesse Gemstone, while Adam Devine is Kelvin Gemstone and John Goodman is Eli Gemstone. Other cast members include...
- 5/31/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Stephen Dorff, Shea Wigham, Lukas Haas, Robert Oberst, Stephen Schneider, Iliza Shlesinger, Sturgill Simpson, Casey Wilson have each signed on to join HBO’s “The Righteous Gemstones” for Season 3.
The announcement serves as the first official confirmation of Dorff and Whigham’s casting, despite both appearing in the Season 3 teaser. The new recurring cast members join previously announced newcomers Steve Zahn and Kristen Johnston as well as returning stars Danny McBride, Adam Devine, John Goodman, Edi Patterson, Cassidy Freeman, Tim Baltz, Tony Cavalero, Greg Alan Williams, Skyler Gisondo, Walton Goggins, Jennifer Nettles, James DuMont, Jody Hill, Troy Anthony Hogan, Valyn Hall, Kelton DuMont and Gavin Munn.
Created, written, and executive produced by McBride, Season 3 of the comedy will continue the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work. “When the spoiled Gemstone children finally get their wish to take control of the Church,...
The announcement serves as the first official confirmation of Dorff and Whigham’s casting, despite both appearing in the Season 3 teaser. The new recurring cast members join previously announced newcomers Steve Zahn and Kristen Johnston as well as returning stars Danny McBride, Adam Devine, John Goodman, Edi Patterson, Cassidy Freeman, Tim Baltz, Tony Cavalero, Greg Alan Williams, Skyler Gisondo, Walton Goggins, Jennifer Nettles, James DuMont, Jody Hill, Troy Anthony Hogan, Valyn Hall, Kelton DuMont and Gavin Munn.
Created, written, and executive produced by McBride, Season 3 of the comedy will continue the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work. “When the spoiled Gemstone children finally get their wish to take control of the Church,...
- 5/31/2023
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
“The Righteous Gemstones” has added new members to its congregation for Season 3. Stephen Dorff, Shea Whigham, Iliza Shlesinger, Casey Wilson and four other actors are set to appear in this new season in recurring roles. The HBO comedy will premiere its first two episodes on Sunday, June 18 at 10/9c p.m.
Dorff and Whigham appeared in the Season 3 teaser but were not formally introduced. We now know that they will be playing two characters named Vance Simkins and Dusty Daniels.
Additionally, this season will star Lukas Haas (“Inception”) as Chuck, Robert Oberst (“World’s Strongest Man”) as Karl, Stephen Schneider as Stephen, comedian Iliza Shlesinger as Shay Marigold, Sturgill Simpson (“The Hunt”) as Marshall and Casey Wilson (“Gone Girl”) as Kristy, all in recurring roles. They will join the previously announced Steve Zahn (“War for the Planet of the Apes”) as Peter Montgomery and Kristen Johnston (“Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me”) as May-May.
Dorff and Whigham appeared in the Season 3 teaser but were not formally introduced. We now know that they will be playing two characters named Vance Simkins and Dusty Daniels.
Additionally, this season will star Lukas Haas (“Inception”) as Chuck, Robert Oberst (“World’s Strongest Man”) as Karl, Stephen Schneider as Stephen, comedian Iliza Shlesinger as Shay Marigold, Sturgill Simpson (“The Hunt”) as Marshall and Casey Wilson (“Gone Girl”) as Kristy, all in recurring roles. They will join the previously announced Steve Zahn (“War for the Planet of the Apes”) as Peter Montgomery and Kristen Johnston (“Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me”) as May-May.
- 5/31/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
Can I get an amen? Season 3 of “The Righteous Gemstones” will arrive on June 18 at 10 Pm on HBO, with streaming on Max.
Created, written, and executive produced by Danny McBride (HBO’s “Vice Principals” and “Eastbound & Down”), the first two episodes of the nine-episode third season will kick off the new season.
The series tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work. When the spoiled Gemstone children finally get their wish to take control of the Church, they discover leadership is harder than they imagined, and that their extravagant lifestyle comes with a heavy price.
“The Righteous Gemstones” is directed and executive produced by Danny McBride, Jody Hill and David Gordon Green; executive produced by John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley and Brandon James; co-executive produced by Jonathan Watson; produced by David Brightbill; consulting produced by Kevin Barnett, Edi Patterson and Chris Pappas.
Created, written, and executive produced by Danny McBride (HBO’s “Vice Principals” and “Eastbound & Down”), the first two episodes of the nine-episode third season will kick off the new season.
The series tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work. When the spoiled Gemstone children finally get their wish to take control of the Church, they discover leadership is harder than they imagined, and that their extravagant lifestyle comes with a heavy price.
“The Righteous Gemstones” is directed and executive produced by Danny McBride, Jody Hill and David Gordon Green; executive produced by John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley and Brandon James; co-executive produced by Jonathan Watson; produced by David Brightbill; consulting produced by Kevin Barnett, Edi Patterson and Chris Pappas.
- 5/11/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO is bringing back its most beloved, ultra-rich adult children fighting for their family business. I’m talking, of course, about the Gemstones.
Danny McBride’s absurdist megachurch comedy returns for Season 3 on June 18, as “The Righteous Gemstones” unveiled the first trailer for its next installment. The high-octane teaser clip features monster trucks, high-speed racing and none other than Steve Zahn, who appears to play a rival to Jesse, Judy and Kelvin Gemstone.
John Goodman also stars as the Gemstone family patriarch, alongside series regulars Cassidy Freeman, Tim Baltz, Tony Cavalero and Walton Goggins. The official Season 3 logline from HBO reads, “When the spoiled Gemstone children finally get their wish to take control of the Church, they discover leadership is harder than they imagined and that their extravagant lifestyle comes with a heavy price.”
McBride teased the new episodes in an interview with Variety last year, saying Season 3 will explore...
Danny McBride’s absurdist megachurch comedy returns for Season 3 on June 18, as “The Righteous Gemstones” unveiled the first trailer for its next installment. The high-octane teaser clip features monster trucks, high-speed racing and none other than Steve Zahn, who appears to play a rival to Jesse, Judy and Kelvin Gemstone.
John Goodman also stars as the Gemstone family patriarch, alongside series regulars Cassidy Freeman, Tim Baltz, Tony Cavalero and Walton Goggins. The official Season 3 logline from HBO reads, “When the spoiled Gemstone children finally get their wish to take control of the Church, they discover leadership is harder than they imagined and that their extravagant lifestyle comes with a heavy price.”
McBride teased the new episodes in an interview with Variety last year, saying Season 3 will explore...
- 5/10/2023
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Scottish thriller Guilt is back for the third and final chapter in the McCall Brothers trilogy. Neil Forsyth’s fiendishly plotted drama all began when Max and Jake – a ruthless lawyer who’d climbed his way out of his working class Leith upbringing to wealth and status, and his vinyl-loving record shop slacker sibling – were flung together when they tried to cover up an accidental hit-and-run. So began a complex and gripping story about money laundering, Edinburgh gangsters, betrayal, class, family and yes, guilt.
Series three finds Max and Jake forced back to Edinburgh where some old enemies await. They’re joined by Pi-turned legal advisor Kenny Burns, his police detective girlfriend Yvonne, criminal kingpin Maggie Lynch, dangerously unpredictable ex-con Teddy and more familiar faces from the first two series. Also appearing are a range of new characters, as follows:
Isaura Barbé-Brown as Yvonne Nixon
Police officer Yvonne joined Guilt...
Series three finds Max and Jake forced back to Edinburgh where some old enemies await. They’re joined by Pi-turned legal advisor Kenny Burns, his police detective girlfriend Yvonne, criminal kingpin Maggie Lynch, dangerously unpredictable ex-con Teddy and more familiar faces from the first two series. Also appearing are a range of new characters, as follows:
Isaura Barbé-Brown as Yvonne Nixon
Police officer Yvonne joined Guilt...
- 4/25/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Kristen Johnston has joined “The Righteous Gemstones” Season 3 at HBO in a recurring role, Variety has learned exclusively.
Johnston joins previously announced new Season 3 cast member Steve Zahn in the comedy series. Johnston will play May-May Montgomery, who is said to have a history with the Gemstone family. Further character details are being kept under wraps.
Johnston is best known for her starring role in the NBC sitcom “3rd Rock From the Sun.” The show aired for five seasons on the broadcast network, with Johnston winning the Emmy for best supporting actress in a comedy twice. She is also known for playing Tammy on the CBS sitcom “Mom,” which ended after eight seasons in 2021. Her other TV roles include “Our Flag Means Death,” “Modern Family,” “Ugly Betty,” and “Sex and the City.” She has also appeared in features like “Small Town Wisconsin,” “Bride Wars,” and “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
Johnston joins previously announced new Season 3 cast member Steve Zahn in the comedy series. Johnston will play May-May Montgomery, who is said to have a history with the Gemstone family. Further character details are being kept under wraps.
Johnston is best known for her starring role in the NBC sitcom “3rd Rock From the Sun.” The show aired for five seasons on the broadcast network, with Johnston winning the Emmy for best supporting actress in a comedy twice. She is also known for playing Tammy on the CBS sitcom “Mom,” which ended after eight seasons in 2021. Her other TV roles include “Our Flag Means Death,” “Modern Family,” “Ugly Betty,” and “Sex and the City.” She has also appeared in features like “Small Town Wisconsin,” “Bride Wars,” and “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
- 6/27/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Steve Zahn is set to join Danny McBride and John Goodman in the cast of HBO’s “The Righteous Gemstones” when the comedy returns for its third season, an individual with knowledge of the series told TheWrap.
Zahn, who has earned Emmy buzz for his work on another recent HBO show “The White Lotus,” will play Peter, a militia leader. Production starts this month.
McBride created the show in which he also stars alongside Goodman, Edi Patterson and Adam Devine. The show concluded its second season in February and it was picked up for a third season back in January.
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“The Righteous Gemstones” is a dark comedy that follows a world-famous family of televangelists with a history of deviance and greed alongside their charitable work, and the second season saw their...
Zahn, who has earned Emmy buzz for his work on another recent HBO show “The White Lotus,” will play Peter, a militia leader. Production starts this month.
McBride created the show in which he also stars alongside Goodman, Edi Patterson and Adam Devine. The show concluded its second season in February and it was picked up for a third season back in January.
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“The Righteous Gemstones” is a dark comedy that follows a world-famous family of televangelists with a history of deviance and greed alongside their charitable work, and the second season saw their...
- 6/19/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
HBO will get a holy trinity of The Righteous Gemstones as it renews the comedy for Season 3.
The renewal news comes just weeks after Season 2 debuted on January 9. Created, written by and starring Danny McBride, The Righteous Gemstones tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work. Season 2, which will end on February 27, finds the blessed Gemstone family threatened by outsiders from both the past and present who wish to destroy their empire.
The series also features Adam Devine, Edi Patterson, John Goodman, Cassidy Freeman, Tony Cavalero, Tim Baltz, Skyler Gisondo, Greg Alan Williams, Walton Goggins, Jennifer Nettles, Jody Hill, Valyn Hall, Kelton DuMont, Gavin Munn, Jason Schwartzman, Eric Roberts, Eric Andre and Jessica Lowe.
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“After a season of literal fire and brimstone, blood, sand and rollerblading, who wouldn’t come back for more?...
The renewal news comes just weeks after Season 2 debuted on January 9. Created, written by and starring Danny McBride, The Righteous Gemstones tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work. Season 2, which will end on February 27, finds the blessed Gemstone family threatened by outsiders from both the past and present who wish to destroy their empire.
The series also features Adam Devine, Edi Patterson, John Goodman, Cassidy Freeman, Tony Cavalero, Tim Baltz, Skyler Gisondo, Greg Alan Williams, Walton Goggins, Jennifer Nettles, Jody Hill, Valyn Hall, Kelton DuMont, Gavin Munn, Jason Schwartzman, Eric Roberts, Eric Andre and Jessica Lowe.
Cancellations/Renewals Scorecard: TV Shows Ended Or Continuing In 2021-22 Season
“After a season of literal fire and brimstone, blood, sand and rollerblading, who wouldn’t come back for more?...
- 1/25/2022
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Can I get an Amen? After a two-year delay caused by the pandemic, HBO is resurrecting The Righteous Gemstones. It’s the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work, and will start its nine-episode second season with two back-to-back shows on Sunday, Jan. 9 from 10 Pm-11:25 Pm Et/Pt.
The premiere will be followed by additional half-hour episodes on subsequent Sundays at the same time. The series debuts on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.
The series was created, written and executive produced by Danny McBride (HBO’s Vice Principals and Eastbound & Down), marking his third HBO comedy series from Rough House Pictures. McBride collaborators Jody Hill and David Gordon Green also serve as executive producers and directors.
Season two finds the Gemstone family threatened by outsiders from the past and present who wish to destroy their empire.
The premiere will be followed by additional half-hour episodes on subsequent Sundays at the same time. The series debuts on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.
The series was created, written and executive produced by Danny McBride (HBO’s Vice Principals and Eastbound & Down), marking his third HBO comedy series from Rough House Pictures. McBride collaborators Jody Hill and David Gordon Green also serve as executive producers and directors.
Season two finds the Gemstone family threatened by outsiders from the past and present who wish to destroy their empire.
- 11/6/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix announced that Dolly Parton will guest star on “Grace and Frankie’s” seventh and final season.
The streamer did not announce who she would be playing or how she would interact with stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, though.
In the show, Fonda and Tomlin play rhe titular characters who found their lives turned upside down when their husbands revealed they were gay and left the women for each other.
June Diane Raphael, Brooklyn Decker, Baron Vaughn, Ethan Embry and Peter Gallagher will all reprise their roles in the final season.
The final season of “Grace and Frankie” dropped its first four episodes of the 16-episode season earlier this year, with the rest set to launch in 2022. The show will close out with 94 total episodes, making it Netflix’s longest-running original series to date.
Showrunners Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris executive produce alongside Fonda, Tomlin, Robbie Tollin, Hannah Ks Canter,...
The streamer did not announce who she would be playing or how she would interact with stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, though.
In the show, Fonda and Tomlin play rhe titular characters who found their lives turned upside down when their husbands revealed they were gay and left the women for each other.
June Diane Raphael, Brooklyn Decker, Baron Vaughn, Ethan Embry and Peter Gallagher will all reprise their roles in the final season.
The final season of “Grace and Frankie” dropped its first four episodes of the 16-episode season earlier this year, with the rest set to launch in 2022. The show will close out with 94 total episodes, making it Netflix’s longest-running original series to date.
Showrunners Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris executive produce alongside Fonda, Tomlin, Robbie Tollin, Hannah Ks Canter,...
- 11/5/2021
- by Jennifer Yuma and Katie Song
- Variety Film + TV
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BBC Two has renewed the Two Doors Down TV show for a second season. Set in Scotland, this sitcom features a couple and their insufferable neighbors. The cast of Two Doors Down includes: Arabella Weir, Alex Norton, Elaine C. Smith, Doon Mackichan, Sharon Rooney, Jonathan Watson, Jamie Quinn, and Harki Bhambra.
Filming is set for mid-August, on location in Glasgow and at BBC Scotland's Dumbarton Studios. Two Doors Down is written by Gregor Sharp and Simon Carlyle. The season two recommissioning is for six 30-minute episodes.
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BBC Two has renewed the Two Doors Down TV show for a second season. Set in Scotland, this sitcom features a couple and their insufferable neighbors. The cast of Two Doors Down includes: Arabella Weir, Alex Norton, Elaine C. Smith, Doon Mackichan, Sharon Rooney, Jonathan Watson, Jamie Quinn, and Harki Bhambra.
Filming is set for mid-August, on location in Glasgow and at BBC Scotland's Dumbarton Studios. Two Doors Down is written by Gregor Sharp and Simon Carlyle. The season two recommissioning is for six 30-minute episodes.
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- 5/10/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Stars: Liam Cunningham, Pollyanna McIntosh, Bryan Larkin, Hanna Stanbridge, Douglas Russell, Niall Greig Fulton, Jonathan Watson, Brian Vernel, James McCreadie | Written by David Cairns, Fiona Watson | Directed by Brian O’Malley
It’s possible that Let Us Prey peaks too early.
The title sequence is wonderfully put together. Incredible imagery of a mysterious stranger seemingly appearing out of the ocean and making his way into a sleepy little town, backed by a powerful electronic soundtrack, sets expectations for what follows to an astronomically high level. Disappointingly, the rest of the film doesn’t live up to its opening.
Focusing on the mysterious appearance of, well, Liam Cunningham, Let Us Prey was pitched before its screening on Mayhem’s opening night as a kind of reverse Assault on Precinct 13. Which is probably accurate: Cunningham is incarcerated by Pollyanna McIntosh in one of the holding cells of the town police station,...
It’s possible that Let Us Prey peaks too early.
The title sequence is wonderfully put together. Incredible imagery of a mysterious stranger seemingly appearing out of the ocean and making his way into a sleepy little town, backed by a powerful electronic soundtrack, sets expectations for what follows to an astronomically high level. Disappointingly, the rest of the film doesn’t live up to its opening.
Focusing on the mysterious appearance of, well, Liam Cunningham, Let Us Prey was pitched before its screening on Mayhem’s opening night as a kind of reverse Assault on Precinct 13. Which is probably accurate: Cunningham is incarcerated by Pollyanna McIntosh in one of the holding cells of the town police station,...
- 11/4/2014
- by Dan Woolstencroft
- Nerdly
A suitably gory new teaser one-sheet for Brian O'Malley's directorial debut 'Let Us Prey' has been unearthed. The British/Irish co-production is currently in post-production but we're certain of seeing plenty more shocks and gruesomeness along the way heading to a final official release date. The movie stars Liam Cunningham ('Game of Thrones') and Pollyanna McIntosh ('The Woman') and action takes place in a remote police station where a terrifying and influencial individual is being detained. 'Let Us Prey' also stars Bryan Larkin, Niall Greig Fulton, Douglas Russell, Hanna Stanbridge, James McCreadie, Jonathan Watson and Brian Vernel. Head below to check out the new poster....
- 4/16/2014
- Horror Asylum
Brit/Irish co-production 'Let Us Prey' has headed into post-production and will making a stop by tomorrow's American Film Market hosted in California. The new thriller marks the feature debut of director Brian O'Malley who helms from a script co-written by Rae Brunton (the 'Outpost' trilogy), David Cairns ('When Evil Calls') and Fiona Watson. 'Game of Thrones' actor Liam Cunningham and 'The Woman's Pollyanna McIntosh (below) both star in the feature which sees a stranger (played by Cunningham) held in a police station only to use his hellish mind-bending influences over inmates and officers. Rachel (played by McIntosh), however, is the only one able to resist. Bryan Larkin, Niall Greig Fulton, Douglas Russell, Hanna Stanbridge, James McCreadie, Jonathan Watson and Brian Vernel also star....
- 11/5/2013
- Horror Asylum
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