The Asian Pacific American Media Coalition (Apamc) released their annual TV report card, grading the top four television networks for the 2018-2019 season assessing their progress toward diversity and inclusion of Asian Pacific Americans (APAs) onscreen and behind the camera and although there was some progress, it wasn’t enough to make the needle move dramatically. In fact, it barely moved at all.
The report card evaluated the networks on the following categories: acting (regular and recurring), unscripted (hosts and contestants), writer/producers, directors, development, commitment to diversity and diversity department relationship. ABC had an overall grade of B while CBS came in at a B- and NBC scored a C, all on par with their 2017-2018 marks. Fox scored the lowest with a C-, but it is a remarkable increase from the F it received last season.
“Since the Apamc began meeting with the networks in 1999,” said Apamc chair Daniel Mayeda,...
The report card evaluated the networks on the following categories: acting (regular and recurring), unscripted (hosts and contestants), writer/producers, directors, development, commitment to diversity and diversity department relationship. ABC had an overall grade of B while CBS came in at a B- and NBC scored a C, all on par with their 2017-2018 marks. Fox scored the lowest with a C-, but it is a remarkable increase from the F it received last season.
“Since the Apamc began meeting with the networks in 1999,” said Apamc chair Daniel Mayeda,...
- 5/5/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Crazy Rich Asians star and stand-up comedian Ken Jeong and Dope actress Kiersey Clemons are joining the Mystery Inc. gang in Warner Bros.’ animated Scooby-Doo movie Scoob from director Tony Cervone.
Jeong will voice Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, a robot dog with mechanical robotic parts. He had his own Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning show from 1976-1977 assisting super hero Blue Falcon. Originally the series was broadcast as a half-hour segment of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour. The robo dog and the Mystery team gang of Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma would often team up in cracking cases.
Clemons will voice Dee Dee Skyes, who was one of Captain Caveman’s “Teen Angels” and the smartest one of the group, much like Velma in the Mystery Inc. gang.
Both Jeong and Clemons join the already announced cast of Zac Efron (Fred), Amanda Seyfried (Daphne), Gina Rodriguez (Velma), Will Forte (Shaggy), Tracy Morgan...
Jeong will voice Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, a robot dog with mechanical robotic parts. He had his own Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning show from 1976-1977 assisting super hero Blue Falcon. Originally the series was broadcast as a half-hour segment of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour. The robo dog and the Mystery team gang of Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma would often team up in cracking cases.
Clemons will voice Dee Dee Skyes, who was one of Captain Caveman’s “Teen Angels” and the smartest one of the group, much like Velma in the Mystery Inc. gang.
Both Jeong and Clemons join the already announced cast of Zac Efron (Fred), Amanda Seyfried (Daphne), Gina Rodriguez (Velma), Will Forte (Shaggy), Tracy Morgan...
- 4/10/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Tony nominee Taylor Louderman (Mean Girls) is set as the female lead opposite Ken Jeong and Max Willems in CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot The Emperor of Malibu, from Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan and Warner Bros. TV.
In The Emperor of Malibu, written by Kwan and David Sangalli, directed by Andy Ackerman and showrun by Michelle Nader and Christina Lee, when Auggie (Willems), the son of a Chinese billionaire (Ken Jeong), announces his engagement to an American woman (Louderman), his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Louderman portrays Kate. A charming, easygoing classic California blonde, Kate’s an intellectual property lawyer who urges her fiancé, Auggie, to tell his parents about their engagement — confident that they’ll eventually get over the cultural differences and embrace the relationship. But that was before she actually met his parents.
Deborah S. Craig also stars.
In The Emperor of Malibu, written by Kwan and David Sangalli, directed by Andy Ackerman and showrun by Michelle Nader and Christina Lee, when Auggie (Willems), the son of a Chinese billionaire (Ken Jeong), announces his engagement to an American woman (Louderman), his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Louderman portrays Kate. A charming, easygoing classic California blonde, Kate’s an intellectual property lawyer who urges her fiancé, Auggie, to tell his parents about their engagement — confident that they’ll eventually get over the cultural differences and embrace the relationship. But that was before she actually met his parents.
Deborah S. Craig also stars.
- 3/28/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Max Willems has been cast as the lead in CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot The Emperor of Malibu, from Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan and Warner Bros. TV.
Willems was a series regular in Amazon’s Ya pilot College. The streaming platform is yet to reveal the fate of the several Ya pilots it ordered last year, including College, but the CBS comedy has Willems in first position. There had been speculation that College would not be moving forward.
In The Emperor of Malibu, written by Kwan and David Sangalli, directed by Andy Ackerman and showrun by Michelle Nader and Christina Lee, when Auggie (Willems), the son of a Chinese billionaire (Ken Jeong), announces his engagement to an American woman, his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Willems’ Auggie is an environmental lawyer with a degree from Stanford. Recently engaged to his college girlfriend,...
Willems was a series regular in Amazon’s Ya pilot College. The streaming platform is yet to reveal the fate of the several Ya pilots it ordered last year, including College, but the CBS comedy has Willems in first position. There had been speculation that College would not be moving forward.
In The Emperor of Malibu, written by Kwan and David Sangalli, directed by Andy Ackerman and showrun by Michelle Nader and Christina Lee, when Auggie (Willems), the son of a Chinese billionaire (Ken Jeong), announces his engagement to an American woman, his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Willems’ Auggie is an environmental lawyer with a degree from Stanford. Recently engaged to his college girlfriend,...
- 3/27/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the most coveted roles of 2019's pilot season has been filled.
The CBS comedy The Emperor of Malibu has cast Max Willems in its lead role after an extensive search. The pilot from Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan and Warner Bros. TV centers on Auggie (Willems), an environmental lawyer and son of a Chinese tech billionaire who announces his engagement to an American woman — and is terrified of how his parents will react to the news.
Newcomer Willems joins Ken Jeong and Deborah S. Craig, who will play his parents. The actor recently starred in ...
The CBS comedy The Emperor of Malibu has cast Max Willems in its lead role after an extensive search. The pilot from Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan and Warner Bros. TV centers on Auggie (Willems), an environmental lawyer and son of a Chinese tech billionaire who announces his engagement to an American woman — and is terrified of how his parents will react to the news.
Newcomer Willems joins Ken Jeong and Deborah S. Craig, who will play his parents. The actor recently starred in ...
- 3/27/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Deborah S. Craig (The Blacklist) is set as a series regular opposite Ken Jeong in CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot The Emperor of Malibu, from Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan, former 2 Broke Girls executive producer Michelle Nader and Warner Bros. TV. In addition, veteran multi-camera comedy director Andy Ackerman has been tapped to direct the pilot. In The Emperor of Malibu, written by Kwan and David Sangalli, when Auggie (Tbd), the son of a Chinese billionaire (Jeong), announces his engagement to an American woman, his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream. Craig will play Shiatzy. A terrifying force of nature, Auggie’s mom is sophisticated, a little eccentric and strong-willed. Outraged that Auggie chose his fiancée without her, she does her best to keep Kate (also known as “that one”) (Tbd) at a distance. Craig’s credits include recurring roles on The Blacklist,...
- 3/20/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
For the second pilot season in a row, multi-camera comedies have proven to be a hot commodity.
The Big 4 have collectively ordered 28 comedy pilots this year, including two animated straight-to-series orders at Fox. Of those 28, 12 are single-cams and 13 are multi-cams (including one multi-cam hybrid at ABC and two at CBS). There is also a hybrid comedy in the works along with the two animated comedies.
The balance between the two formats comes after several years when multi-cams were all but written off as a defunct format. In 2017, for example, only seven of the 33 comedy pilots ordered were multi-cams. That changed in 2018, with 16 multi-cam pilot orders between the Big 4 versus 14 single-cams.
One TV lit agent who spoke with Variety views this year as a natural “course correction” from when single-cams were all the rage. Following the success of single-camera shows like “Modern Family” and “The Office,” broadcasters bent over backwards to get single-cams on their airwaves.
The Big 4 have collectively ordered 28 comedy pilots this year, including two animated straight-to-series orders at Fox. Of those 28, 12 are single-cams and 13 are multi-cams (including one multi-cam hybrid at ABC and two at CBS). There is also a hybrid comedy in the works along with the two animated comedies.
The balance between the two formats comes after several years when multi-cams were all but written off as a defunct format. In 2017, for example, only seven of the 33 comedy pilots ordered were multi-cams. That changed in 2018, with 16 multi-cam pilot orders between the Big 4 versus 14 single-cams.
One TV lit agent who spoke with Variety views this year as a natural “course correction” from when single-cams were all the rage. Following the success of single-camera shows like “Modern Family” and “The Office,” broadcasters bent over backwards to get single-cams on their airwaves.
- 3/18/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Crazy Rich Asians co-star Ken Jeong has been tapped as the lead of CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot The Emperor of Malibu, from Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan, former 2 Broke Girls executive producer Michelle Nader and Warner Bros. TV.
In The Emperor of Malibu, written by Kwan and David Sangalli, when the son of a Chinese billionaire (Jeong) announces his engagement to an American woman, his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Jeong’s Gerry is shocked when he learns that his son, Auggie, plans to marry a California woman he has been dating for two years without telling his parents. Gerry brings the whole family to Los Angeles to see if they can persuade Auggie to re-think his engagement.
The Emperor of Malibu draws on a similar East-meets-West theme as Kwan’s popular Crazy Rich Asians book and its hit movie adaptation,...
In The Emperor of Malibu, written by Kwan and David Sangalli, when the son of a Chinese billionaire (Jeong) announces his engagement to an American woman, his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Jeong’s Gerry is shocked when he learns that his son, Auggie, plans to marry a California woman he has been dating for two years without telling his parents. Gerry brings the whole family to Los Angeles to see if they can persuade Auggie to re-think his engagement.
The Emperor of Malibu draws on a similar East-meets-West theme as Kwan’s popular Crazy Rich Asians book and its hit movie adaptation,...
- 2/15/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
A “Crazy Rich Asians” reunion is happening at CBS.
Ken Jeong has been cast in a lead role in the multi-camera comedy pilot “The Emperor of Malibu,” which is being co-written and executive produced by “Crazy Rich Asians” author Kevin Kwan. In the series, Auggie, the son of a Chinese tech billionaire, announces his engagement to an American woman, forcing his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Jeong will play Gerry, the Chinese tech billionaire. Gerry brings the whole family to Los Angeles to see if they can persuade Auggie to re-think his engagement.
Jeong was part of the ensemble cast for “Crazy Rich Asians” alongside stars including Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Awkwafina, and Gemma Chan. The film has grossed over $238 million at the global box office. Jeong released his first stand up special, “You Complete Me,...
Ken Jeong has been cast in a lead role in the multi-camera comedy pilot “The Emperor of Malibu,” which is being co-written and executive produced by “Crazy Rich Asians” author Kevin Kwan. In the series, Auggie, the son of a Chinese tech billionaire, announces his engagement to an American woman, forcing his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.
Jeong will play Gerry, the Chinese tech billionaire. Gerry brings the whole family to Los Angeles to see if they can persuade Auggie to re-think his engagement.
Jeong was part of the ensemble cast for “Crazy Rich Asians” alongside stars including Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Awkwafina, and Gemma Chan. The film has grossed over $238 million at the global box office. Jeong released his first stand up special, “You Complete Me,...
- 2/15/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
CBS is hosting a Crazy Rich Asians reunion: Ken Jeong has joined the cast of the Eye network’s comedy pilot The Emperor of Malibu, from Asians writer Kevin Kwan, TVLine has learned.
The multi-cam comedy centers on Auggie, the son of a Chinese billionaire who announces he’s marrying an American woman, spurring his family to descend on Los Angeles “to win their son back and test-drive the American Dream,” per the network’s official description. Jeong will play Gerry, the Chinese tech billionaire who hauls his family to L.A. “to see if they can persuade Auggie to re-think his engagement.
The multi-cam comedy centers on Auggie, the son of a Chinese billionaire who announces he’s marrying an American woman, spurring his family to descend on Los Angeles “to win their son back and test-drive the American Dream,” per the network’s official description. Jeong will play Gerry, the Chinese tech billionaire who hauls his family to L.A. “to see if they can persuade Auggie to re-think his engagement.
- 2/15/2019
- TVLine.com
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