Franchise (HBO)
Stars: Himesh Patel, Aya Cash, Billy Magnussen, Lolly Adefope, Richard E. Grant, Daniel Brühl, Jessica Hynes
Armando Ianucci (The Thick Of It, Veep), a master of plumbing comedy from behind the scenes, is back on HBO and up to his old tricks. Only instead of politics, he’s skewering the making of a superhero movie. (Those productions always go so smoothly, no?) Sam Mendes and Succession scribe Jon Brown co-created the new series, which boasts a very solid cast. [Tim Lowery]
