We should have fully expected “Poker Face” to be a hit series. Natasha Lyonne is one of the best actors working today, and she’s had an exception run on TV. Not only that, but Rian Johnson seemingly can’t miss nowadays. But still, the series was a pleasant surprise when it debuted in 2023. Now, as we approach Season 2, expectations are sky high, especially with the new cast coming to the series.

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Television feels like it’s at a turning point at the end of 2023. The form has said goodbye to some of its heaviest critical darlings, including losing HBO Emmy juggernauts “Succession” and “Barry,” along with the too-soon demise of FX’s “Reservation Dogs.” It really felt like there was a question of where TV goes next … and then it went nowhere.

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Does anyone else think it’s a little quiet out there? And it’s not just because the writers are on strike. After a few years of almost too much television to watch, especially around Emmy deadline season, the first half of 2023 has been relatively… quiet. Part of it is the decline of one-time critical darlings from the peak of the TV mountain with new seasons of “Yellowjackets” and “Ted Lasso” falling short of viewer expectations.

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When are things not strange in Hollywood? Should we be surprised that there is always some industry or world crises crashing an awards season? Probably not, but it’s been quite a long time since a work stoppage affected the Primetime Emmy Awards. And, as we’ll discuss later, that means while writers form picket lines, actors and directors are still engaged in that Emmy nomination fight.

READ MORE: Emmys 2023: Drama Series Contenders and Predictions

Yes, Netflix, Amazon Studios, and Paramount all have installations and exhibits ready for Television Academy members to wander through and some Q&As are still going forward.

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Where have all the Columbos gone? Why don’t they make shows like “Monk” or “Murder, She Wrote” anymore, programs about the smartest person in the room solving a mystery of the week before the cops can even get there? Has true crime supplanted the viewer’s need for shows about immediate justice, or are people just too accustomed to the death of the episodic structure wherein every showrunner thinks they’re making a ten-hour movie instead of ten individual chapters?

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Rian Johnson already has one highly successful mystery franchise with his “Knives Out” films. Does he have another with “Poker Face,” the director’s television debut? The new series, the brainchild of Johnson and the show’s star Natasha Lyonne, hits Peacock later this month, to settle that debate.

With “Poker Face,” Johnson and Lyonne give the mystery-of-the-week premise of classic shows like “Colombo” and “Magnum P.I.

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A new year means a new barrage of television shows requiring instant viewing. While we’ve polished off all of our end-of-year lists for 2022, Hollywood refuses to slow down with both returns of highly anticipated series as well as welcomed new shows to dig into. Rian Johnson makes his return to television with Natasha Lyonne as his star, while filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn also takes another stab at a miniseries with his latest, “Copenhagen Cowboy.” Fan favorite shows such as “Servant” and “Hunters” arrive for their final seasons while Hirokazu Kore-eda makes his television debut through an original Netflix series.

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Rian Johnson has a cinematic sensation on his hands with his “Knives Out” movie series. Both critics and audiences love the whodunit films and Daniel Craig‘s detective at their center, Benoit Blanc. But Johnson has murder mystery plans beyond the highly successful movie franchise, too. Enter “Poker Face,” Johnson’s upcoming series for Peacock, which stars Natasha Lyonne as the lead in a case-of-the-week detective show alá classic series like “Murder, She Wrote” or “Columbo.”

READ MORE: Rian Johnson Will Take On The Challenge Of The Third ‘Knives Out’ Next [Interview]

Johnson and Lyonne, the star of Netflix‘s time-loop dramedy “Russian Doll,” cooked up the idea for “Poker Face” at a book party thrown by Johnson’s wife, Karina Longworth.

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Two years ago, Bob Iger pointed to the rafters and said, the future of our business is on streaming and Disney+. By then, everyone had a streaming service or one in the works, and it ushered in the age of #TooMuchContent. However, as we know, after the Wall Street Netflix crash of April 2022, which impacted the entire industry as the stock market totally reevaluated the worth of all streaming services, things are changing.

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Rian Johnson has proven that he knows how to craft a solid mystery, as seen in his “Knives Out” franchise. Now, he’s taking those skills to TV with his new series “Poker Face.”

READ MORE: ‘Knives Out’: Rian Johnson Confirms Daniel Craig’s Character Is Queer

As seen in the teaser for “Poker Face,” Natasha Lyonne stars as Charlie, a woman with the unusual ability to know exactly when someone is lying.

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In 2014, Russell Crowe made his directorial debut with “The Water Diviner,” about an Australian farmer who travels to Turkey after World War II to find his three sons who never returned. Critics weren’t high on the movie, but it fared well with audiences; at least with those who saw it. The film was a modest box-office success, making $38.2 million off its $22.5 million budget.

READ MORE: ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’: Russell Crowe To Star In New Film From The Director Of ‘Overlord’

Now, Crowe returns to the director’s chair with “Poker Face,” a thriller set in the world of high-stakes poker.

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We’re excited to see filmmaker Rian Johnson (“Looper,” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi“) make his television debut with “Poker Face,” a murder mystery streaming drama starring Natasha Lyonne (“Russian Doll“) that follows a traditional procedural format similar to iconic shows like “Murder She Wrote” or “Columbo.” Lyonne plays a sleuth working to solve different murders in each episode.

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Actress Natasha Lyonne (“Orange Is The New Black“) is looking to dominate the streaming space. The second season of “Russian Doll” is arriving soon on Netflix, and Lyonne is attached to lead a new Peacock series, “Poker Face,” developed by Rian Johnson (“Looper“) on the heels of completing production on his “Knives Out” sequel.

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Rian Johnson is currently working on a “Knives Out” sequel and a future “Star Wars” film trilogy (wink, wink), but apparently, the filmmaker has found time to squeeze in a TV series for Peacock, “Poker Face.”

READ MORE: Rian Johnson’s ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Still Might Happen… Eventually

According to the streaming service, Peacock has ordered a 10-episode season of “Poker Face,” a new mystery series from creator-writer-director Rian Johnson.

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