Sasha Urban editorNetflix announced Tuesday that it will be premiering Ali Wong’s new comedy special, “Don Wong,” on Valentine’s Day, Feb.
14.The special is Wong’s third with Netflix, following 2016’s “Ali Wong: Baby Cobra” and “Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife” in 2018. “Don Wong” was filmed at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in New Jersey in November 2021, and features Wong discussing her deepest fantasies, the challenges of monogamy and her feelings about single people.The project is the latest addition to a slate of projects between Wong and Netflix, including the 2019 film “Always Be My Maybe” and the upcoming series “Beef.” Wong also voices characters on animated shows including Netflix’s “Ask the StoryBots,” “Ada Twist,” “Scientist” and the Emmy-winning adult comedy “Big Mouth.” “Don Wong” is directed by Nahnatchka Khan, with Wong serving as executive producer alongside Ravi Nandan, Inman Young, Alli Reich and Corey Deckler for A24.Watch the teaser below.Also in today’s TV news:Apple TV Plus announced that its new bilingual thriller series “Now and Then” will premiere on May 20.
The first three episodes of the Spanish-English series will be released at once, with the following five episodes to be released weekly, every Friday.
Set in Miami, “Now and Then” follows a group of college best friends whose lives are changed forever after a celebratory weekend that leaves one of them dead.
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