{"id":33731,"date":"2014-04-30T11:07:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T18:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=33731"},"modified":"2014-04-30T11:07:36","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T18:07:36","slug":"stewart-in-new-starz-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2014\/04\/stewart-in-new-starz-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewart In New Starz Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33734\" alt=\"StewartMacFarlane043014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/StewartMacFarlane043014.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/StewartMacFarlane043014.jpg 580w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/StewartMacFarlane043014-50x19.jpg 50w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/StewartMacFarlane043014-150x58.jpg 150w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/StewartMacFarlane043014-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/StewartMacFarlane043014-450x175.jpg 450w, https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/StewartMacFarlane043014-50x19@2x.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sir Patrick Stewart<\/strong> will be seen in a new comedy from <strong>Seth MacFarlane<\/strong>, beginning next year.<\/p>\n<p>The comedy, <em>Blunt Talk<\/em>, will be executive produced by MacFarlane. <strong>Jonathan Ames<\/strong> created<em> Blunt Talk<\/em> and will be the showrunner for the series.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->In <em>Blunt Talk<\/em>, Stewart will &#8220;play a <strong>Stephen Colbert<\/strong>-type character as a British TV host of a cable news show.&#8221; The character, Walter Blunt, is &#8220;is a borderline-alcoholic who presents a nightly interview show and deals with his network bosses, staff and family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the character of Walter Blunt, Seth, Jonathan and Patrick have found the alchemy that makes a borderline alcoholic, mad-genius-Brit the man you want fighting in America&#8217;s corner,&#8221; said Starz CEO <strong>Chris Albrecht<\/strong>. &#8220;Seth and Jonathan have struck the right balance between biting wit and outright absurdity in building this world, and we cannot wait for Patrick to breathe life into Walter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a delight to collaborate on <em>Blunt Talk<\/em> with two such talented and strange men as Seth MacFarlane and Patrick Stewart,&#8221; said Ames. &#8220;The only problem is that sometimes on conference calls Seth will uncannily recreate Patrick&#8217;s voice, and I&#8217;m not sure who&#8217;s talking, but other than that it&#8217;s been smooth sailing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Blunt Talk<\/em> is expected to run for twenty episodes over two seasons, beginning in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Patrick Stewart will be seen in a new comedy from Seth MacFarlane, beginning next&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2413],"tags":[7184,5399,4997,2440],"class_list":["post-33731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cast-crew","tag-blunt-talk","tag-macfarlane","tag-starz","tag-stewart"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsphere-slider-full":"","newsphere-featured":"","newsphere-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"T&#39;Bonz","author_link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/author\/tbonz\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/cast-crew\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Cast &amp; 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