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EXCLUSIVE: Starstruck co-writer Alice Snedden is directing a Channel 4 comedy about love in the cost-of-living crisis. Snedden is helming a one-off for Channel’s 4 Blap strand titled Break Clause, which is written and created by Jess Bray (The Outlaws) and will star BAFTA-nominee Samuel Bottomley (So…

Kiwi entertainer Rose Matafeo may have struck gold with her TV rom-com Starstruck, but she has shared her fears of contributing to a genre she has mixed thoughts about. Ahead of the third season's debut, Matafeo told the UK's Guardian newspaper: "Maybe through Starstruck I've added to the canon…

Brad Pitt became a global film superstar, due in no small part to Shania Twain immortalising him in her 1998 song ‘That Don’t Impress Me Much’, in which she name-checked the upcoming actor as somebody noticeably standing out from his peers. Now the Canadian singer-songwriter has revealed which actor…

Starstruck, the original comedy from comedian and writer Rose Matafeo, has been picked up for a third season by HBO Max. The Max Original series is co-produced by BBC Three and co-written by Alice Snedden and Nic Sampson, with Matafeo and Snedden also directing. It’s produced by Avalon and executive produced by Rob…

BBC Three and HBO Max have commissioned a third season of Rose Matafeo’s critically-acclaimed comedy Starstruck.  The show, in which Matafeo plays millennial Londoner Jessie as she navigates the complications of becoming romantically involved with famous movie star Tom (Nikesh Patel), will once again be co-produced by…

Rose Matafeo’s millenial comedy Starstruck will be back for a second go-round. HBO Max has renewed the series, produced by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Breeders producer Avalon Television, for a second season. News of the pickup comes the same day as the season one debut on the WarnerMedia streaming…

Cris Abrego was named as boss of MasterChef and Big Brother producer Banijay in the U.S. and Latin six months into the Covid-19 pandemic. Abrego oversees a group of production companies that produced the aforementioned Fox food format and long-running CBS series during the pandemic as well as a reboot of Wipeout for…

HBO Max launched with a slew of British series and that shows no sign of slowing down as international originals chief Jen Kim outlined some of her upcoming projects for the nascent streamer. Kim, who is SVP for International Originals for HBO Max, was speaking on a virtual Edinburgh International TV Festival panel…

HBO Max and BBC Three have partnered on a six-part comedy created by, written by and starring New Zealand-born comedian Rose Matafeo. They have ordered Starstruck from the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, who is based in London and has appeared on BBC's Have I Got News For You, W1A and Channel 4's The Great British…