Praise Petey: Last News

EXCLUSIVE: Premeditated Productions, the newly launched shingle of powerhouse Entangled publisher Liz Pelletier and Sherryl Clark, the film veteran known for posts at the likes of Crooked Highway and Bad Robot, has hired seasoned television exec Julie Jarmon as SVP, TV.

The end has come for Freeform series Cruel Summer and Good Trouble. The Disney-owned cable net has canceled Cruel Summer after two seasons and Good Trouble will end with the second half of its upcoming fifth season, Deadline has confirmed.

The cancelations continue ahead of the holiday weekend.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Praise Petey” has been canceled after just one season at Freeform. Series creator Anna Drezen shared the news in an Instagram post on Nov. 13.

Anna Drezen, the creator of Freeform‘s animated series Praise Petey, has announced on social media that the cable network has canceled the show after one season.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic There’s a certain familiarity to the early going of “Praise Petey,” and not in an unwelcome way; as she did on “Schitt’s Creek,” Annie Murphy plays a child of privilege who is cast into a new, vastly more rural and isolated living situation by circumstance. Here, though, the character Murphy plays is animated, and the setting for her personal reinvention isn’t a small town but a compound we quickly learn plays host to a cult. Her late father’s cult, to be precise. Petey, a fashion-magazine functionary whom we’re told in Murphy’s charming voiceover is “a girl with a boy’s name, so you’re allowed to like me,” is living her best life in New York City. But in the midst of idle days of lunching and half-working, she’s treated as an obstacle and an annoyance by her mother (Christine Baranski). So it is that early in the first episode, she decides to learn a little more about the community her father (played, when he appears in video messages made before the character’s death, by Stephen Root) left behind. It’s called New Utopia, and the name hints at the many hopes its citizens have for what they’ll gain by giving up their lives for the cause.

“Praise Petey,” premiering July 21 (10 p.m.) on Freeform.Annie Murphy headlines the series as Petey, a millennial “It Girl” who, through a series of events, takes command of New Utopia, a small-town cult started by her hedonistic late father (Root). He, in turn, left behind a trove of weird, oft-touching life-lesson videotapes to help guide his daughter on her newfound journey — and looms large over the season arc.The all-star cast includes Christine Baranski, Paget Brewster, Kirsey Clemons, John Cho and Amy Hill.The series, created by Anna Drezen (“Saturday Night Live”), counts among its executive producers Mike Judge and Greg Daniels — co-creators of Fox’s beloved animated series “King of the Hill” (1997-2009), on which Root played sad-sack Army barber Bill Dauterive, pal/drinking buddy of Texas propane salesman Hank Hill (Judge).“He was the first one to contact me [about ‘Praise Petey’],” Root said of Judge.

, Annie Murphy has become a go-to fixture on television, with roles on, and season 6 of. Now, she's getting animated as the lead of Freeform's first adult animated series, . Ahead of its July debut, ET has the exclusive first, full-length trailer for, which stars Murphy as the voice of Petey, a New York City It Girl whose well-curated life comes crashing down.

Cruel Summer” and “Grown-ish” return to Freeform as part of their summer roster along with a brand-new animated comedy series “Praise Petey,” the network announced Monday. “Cruel Summer” returns with Season 2 and “Grown-ish” will be kicking off its sixth and final season with a two-part release.   The first half of “Grown-ish” Season 6 premieres June 28 and features Justine Skye and Tara Raani as returning series regulars. This season follows Annika (Skye), a sharp and funny aspiring media star who picks a college that best fits her personal brand. “Raani plays Zaara a first-generation queer Muslim American whose fearlessness inspires Junior as his best friend and go-to shoulder to lean on,” says the official show synopsis.  

EXCLUSIVE: WME has promoted Amanda Hacohen and Abe Cohen Hoffing to Partner in the Scripted Television department.

Saturday Night Live is ringing in the new year with a freshman pair.

A change is happening at SNL!

Saturday Night Live head writer Anna Drezen is leaving the long-running NBC late-night comedy series.

Freeform has ordered an animated comedy series about a New York City It girl starring Annie Murphy, John Cho, Christine Baranski.