Today, the 74th Television Academy Awards took place at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles.  The annual awards recognise excellence in television programming and individual achievement for the 2021–2022 television season. Disney picked up a number of awards during the event, with the Hulu/Star Original series, “Dopesick”, winning the award for Outstanding Lead Actor […]

The 27th annual Critics Choice Awards were held this weekend in Los Angeles and London, which saw Disney pick up a number of awards. The Disney+ animated series, “What If?” won the award for Best Animated Series, with “Cruella” winning an award for its costumes. The Hulu/Star Original, “Dopesick” won Best Actor, for Michael Keaton’s […]

The writers behind the Hulu/Star Original series “Dopesick” won the 34th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards at an online ceremony on the evening of February 26th, 2022. The Scripter Awards honour each year’s most accomplished adaptations of the written word for the screen and, uniquely, recognize the screenwriters and the authors of the source material. In […]

The writers behind the Hulu/Star Original series “Dopesick” won the 34th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards at an online ceremony on the evening of February 26th, 2022. The Scripter Awards honour each year’s most accomplished adaptations of the written word for the screen and, uniquely, recognize the screenwriters and the authors of the source material. In […]

On Disney+ Day, Disney is releasing the first two episodes of the new 20th Television series “Dopesick” on Disney+. I recently got to attend a special screening of these two episodes at the London Film Festival. One of the reasons I’m mentioning this is that, ultimately, it will positively sway my thoughts on this show. […]

“Dopesick” is the latest original drama series from 20th Television and will be coming to Hulu and Disney+ at the end of 2021. From Executive Producer Danny Strong and starring and executive produced by Michael Keaton, “Dopesick” examines how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. The series takes viewers to the […]

New casting information has been revealed by Deadline for the upcoming limited-series, “Dopesick”, which will be coming to Hulu in the United States and to Disney+ internationally as a “Star Original” later this year. Jaime Ray Newman (Little Fires Everywhere), Andrea Frankle (Irresistible) and Will Chase (Nashville) will join the show as regular roles.  Joining […]

During the Walt Disney Companies Investor Day, FX Chairman John Landgraf announced more details on brand new series called “Dopesick”, which is an ambitious, harrowing, and compelling look into the epicenter of America’s struggle with Opioid addiction, taking viewers from a distressed Virginia mining community to the hallways of the DEA, and to the opulence […]