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SMILF canceled at Showtime; Frankie Shaw loses overall deal with ABC

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SMILF is canceled after two seasons on Showtime amidst allegations against star and creator Frankie Shaw. Back in December, Shaw was accused of several disturbing rumors about sexual misconduct on set including not closing the set for a sex scene and yanking actress Samara Weaving’s shirt down after she refused to do a nude scene. The remainder of the second season will come out as scheduled, but Shaw’s overall deal

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SMILF star Frankie Shaw accused of sexual misconduct; Showtime finds no wrongdoing

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Frankie Shaw, the creator of the Showtime hit SMILF, is being investigated for sexual misconduct claims on set. The show returns to Showtime on January 20, but the production of the second season has been rife with onset controversy. The Hollywood Reporter published an exclusive Monday that included claims of onset racism and claims of inappropriately handled sex scenes. While the claims of racism stemming from a segregated writers room are

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Frankie Shaw, Stormy Daniels, Rosie O’Donnell flash in SMILF season 2 trailer (Video)

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The acronymal Showtime comedy SMILF will be back with new episodes very soon according to a trailer for the critical favorite’s second season. In the pop music-fueled trailer, we see flashes of Bridgette still trying to find her place in the world. As we flash between a fancy gala, a polo match, and a Wild West tourist stop, we hear star and creator Frankie Shaw say, “It’s like I’m living someone

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Showtime Renews ‘SMILF’ for a Second Season

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Showtime’s freshman comedy SMILF is getting another season. The network announced today that it’s handed out a season 2 renewal for Frankie Shaw’s show, which was ordered to series back in May and debuted its first season earlier this month. Production for season 2 is slated to begin in 2018; in the meantime, the season […]

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Here’s the Trailer for Frankie Shaw’s Showtime Comedy Series ‘SMILF’

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Back in May, Showtime ordered a half-hour comedy series starring and executive produced by Frankie Shaw called SMILF, and today the network released the trailer. The semi-autobiographical series is based on Shaw’s award-winning 2014 short of the same name and centers on Shaw as Bridgette, “a young woman from South Boston whose desires for relationships, sex and […]

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Watch the trailer for Showtime’s new dark comedy, “SMILF”

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Back in 2015, Frankie Shaw (Blue Mountain State, Mr. Robot) made a very funny and honest short film SMILF which… MORE

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Showtime Announces Fall Premiere Dates for ‘White Famous,’ ‘Shameless,’ and ‘SMILF’

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Showtime has revealed the fall premiere date lineup for returning comedy series Shameless as well as two new half-hour series: the Jamie Foxx-produced White Famous starring Jay Pharoah and SMILF starring Frankie Shaw and Rosie O’Donnell, which was ordered to series back in May. First up is the series premiere of White Famous, which will air […]

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Frankie Shaw’s SMILF jumps from Sundance short film to Showtime series

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Frankie Shaw’s short film, SMILF, won the jury award at the Sundance Film Festival a couple of years ago and garnered further interest from Showtime. The pay-cable network announced it’s fully invested now in SMILF, ordering up 10 episodes of a half-hour comedy series partially based on Shaw’s own life as a single mother. She’s […]

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Showtime Orders ‘SMILF’ Comedy Series Starring Frankie Shaw and Rosie O’Donnell

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Showtime has a new half-hour comedy in the works. According to Variety, the network has given a 10-episode series order to a comedy written, produced, and directed by Frankie Shaw called SMILF, which is based on her 2014 Sundance short of the same name and has been in development at Showtime since 2015. The series […]

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