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“Rick and Morty” Is More Popular Than “Community”
A few weeks ago we asked you why you weren’t watching “Rick and Morty.” Apparently, you are now. Welcome to the club! (Go on, you deserve to give yourself a pat on the back.)
From the creator of “Community,” Dan Harmon has found himself a hit with “Rick and Morty,” explains Vulture.
His Adult Swim animated series is turning into something of a juggernaut with young men: Last night’s episode jumped up to a 1.5 rating with guys under 35, putting it ahead of FX’s “Archer” (1.4 in that demo) and everything that aired on the Big Four broadcast networks (save for “How I Met Your Mother” and “2 Broke Girls”).
“R&M” even outdrew last Thursday’s episode of “Community” among men under 35 (his NBC comedy notched a 1.0 in the dude demo). While “R&M” is strongest with younger men, it also did well with the broader audience of all adults under 50, averaging a 0.8 in the key sales demo, per Nielsen.
That puts it ahead of NBC’s 9 to 10 p.m. comedies last week (which averaged a 0.7) and not far from what Community earned on the Peacock (1.1). Adult Swim hasn’t renewed “Rick and Morty” for a second season, but with these numbers it’s probably just a formality at this point.
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In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.
Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).
The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”
Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”
Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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