Party Down
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“I Think People Feel Seen”: ‘THR Presents’ Q&A With the Cast of ‘Party Down’
After a 13-year hiatus, Party Down, the comedy-drama about a group of aspiring actors in L.A. who work as caterers to make ends meet, made its return to Starz for a third season on Feb. 24. Unlike some of the show’s characters who, over time, have given up hope of playing their dream roles, the […]
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Critics Appreciation: ‘Party Down’ Star Ken Marino Holds It All Together
At this point in Peak TV, it’s almost harder to think of an old, beloved series that hasn’t come back in some fashion — and yet, even within that landscape, Starz’s long-overdue third season of Party Down stands out as the rare revival that completely and utterly works. Within the first minutes of the premiere, […]
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How ‘Party Down’ Pulled Off That Secret Cameo in the Revival’s Finale
[This story contains spoilers from the season three finale of Starz’s Party Down.] The revival of Starz’s cult-favorite comedy Party Down finally found a way to reunite Adam Scott’s Henry and Lizzy Caplan’s Casey. After much media discussion surrounded Caplan being unable to appear in the six-episode third season due to scheduling issues, the show […]
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Events of the Week: ‘Daisy Jones and the Six,’ ‘Cocaine Bear’ and More
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Daisy Jones and the Six, Cocaine Bear, Party Down and Bel-Air. Cocaine Bear premiere Elizabeth Banks debuted her latest project on Tuesday in L.A., alongside producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller and stars Keri […]
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‘Party Down’ Team on Returning 13 Years Later and Carrying on Without Lizzy Caplan
Thirteen years after the end of its second season, Party Down has returned for its third. The comeback was a long time coming, following several revival plans that fell through (including a movie), until stars Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Martin Starr, Jane Lynch, Megan Mullally and Ryan Hansen reunited for the workplace cater waiter comedy. […]
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Megan Mullally on Convincing Nick Offerman to do ‘The Last of Us’: “Where’s My 10 Percent?”
Nick Offerman has a new nickname around the house after his breakout role on HBO’s The Last of Us. Offerman’s performance opposite Murray Bartlett in the third episode of the series, as a couple finding love amid the apocalypse, left the audience in tears when it aired in early February. As a result of the […]
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The Wait Is Almost Over for ‘Party Down’ — Here’s When and Where to Stream the Revived Comedy
Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Jane Lynch, Megan Mullally, Martin Starr and Ryan Hansen return with Jennifer Garner and more stars in the cult-favorite series' long-awaited third season.
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‘Party Down’ Season 3 Review: Starz’s Cater-Waiter Comedy Returns in Fine, Warmly Nostalgic Form
Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Martin Starr, Ryan Hansen and newcomers Jennifer Garner and Zoë Chao star in the long-awaited third season of the workplace sitcom.
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‘Party Down’ Trailer: Adam Scott Makes His Catering Return in Revived Comedy
The Party Down gang is back for seconds in the first full trailer teasing the Starz comedy’s long-awaited return. In the footage released Thursday ahead of the Feb. 24 launch, Adam Scott reprises his role as actor-bartender Henry Pollard, who finds himself unexpectedly reuniting a decade later with his former co-workers from the Party Down […]
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Adam Scott Pokes Fun at ‘Party Down’ Ratings Ahead of Revival: “Our Final Episode Had 13,000 Viewers”
Adam Scott has a feeling it might not be too tough for the revived run of Starz’s Party Down to get more attention than the comedy did when its initial episodes aired over a decade ago. The Severance star visited The Late Show on Thursday, where host Stephen Colbert asked Scott about reprising his role […]
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Jennifer Garner Joins ‘Party Down’ Revival at Starz
The revival of Party Down at Starz is adding to its cast. Jennifer Garner, Tryel Jackson Williams, Zoë Chao and James Marsden have signed on to the cult comedy’s six-episode return. Garner, Williams and Chao will all be regulars, while Marsden is set to recur. Starz ordered the revival in November, with most of Party […]
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