TVLine Items: Annette Bening's Apple Series, Last Week Tonight Return Date And More
Annette Bening is feeling Lucky.
The five-time Academy Award nominee has joined Anya Taylor-Joy in Apple TV+'s aforementioned limited series based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Marissa Stapley. Reese Witherspoon is among the executive producers.
As previously reported, Taylor-Joy stars as a young woman who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past. Bening, who previously starred in the Peacock limited series Apples Never Fall, will play the role of Priscilla.
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* Last Week Tonight With John Oliver will return for Season 12 on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 11/10c on HBO (and streaming on Max).
* Celebrations With Lacey Chabert has been renewed for Season 2 at Hallmark+.
* NBC will re-air Saturday Night Live's first-ever episode on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 10 pm, the night before a three-hour primetime special marking the show's 50th anniversary on Sunday, Feb. 16, Late Nighter reports.
* Prime Video has ordered the drama series Sterling Point, created by Megan Park (My Old Ass), who will also direct, executive-produce, and co-showrun alongside Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage (The OC, Gossip Girl). Plot details are being kept underwraps.
* Netflix will now let all iPhone and iPad users download full seasons of original series for offline viewing with the click of a single button. This feature was previously exclusive to Android users.
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