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The sky’s the limit for Ben Stiller.
During a recent interview, the Severance executive producer and director revealed that before asking John Wick star Keanu Reeves to narrate the show’s puppet propaganda video, he originally reached out to President Barack Obama.
"I didn't ask him in person, I knew someone who knew his lawyer and his lawyer said I can relay the request if you write an email," Stiller told host Jimmy Kimmel during a March 3 episode of his late-night show. "So I wrote an email to him saying like, 'Hey we have this show,' whatever.”
Unfortunately, the Zoolander actor didn’t quite get the answer he had hoped for.
“Two days later, I get an email back from President Barack Obama,” he explained. “Saying, ‘Hey Ben, big fan of the show, love season one, can’t wait for season two. Don’t think I have time in my schedule to make this happen.’”
Despite his disappointment, Ben was surprised the A Promised Land author wrote back, saying it was “pretty cool he responded.”
Still, the Night at the Museum actor was thrilled with Keanu’s performance, explaining he took the role “very seriously.”
“We reached out to him, and he was like, ‘Yeah, okay I’ll do it,’” Ben explained. “We did it like a full-on recording session. He was in L.A., I was in New York, but, you know, he went into the studio and did multiple takes.”
As if his work effort wasn’t enough, the 59-year-old also complemented Keanu’s tone, saying he has “the most warm and inviting voice.”
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And while the Matrix actor went unlisted in the series’ credits, Ben suspected fans would subconsciously identify him.
“I don’t know if when you see the building and hear his voice you necessarily think immediately that it’s Keanu,” he said. “But then I think you have just this innate sort of feeling.”
And Ben wasn’t the only one seeking an actor with a pillowy voice, as the show’s creator, Dan Erickson, also echoed a similar sentiment.
"We always wanted it to be somebody that people have certain associations with, but also, it had to be a very warm presence,” he said in a January interview with Collider. “The Lumon building is very friendly in the context of this video, and there’s a friendliness to that particular voice and a heart to that particular voice.”
While this Severance season is in full swing, keep reading for more 2025 TV premiere dates…
Warner Bros. Discovery
Naked and Afraid (Discovery) - Mar. 3
The season kicks off with remarkable and inspiring survivalist, Mandy, the first double amputee featured on Naked and Afraid. After losing her legs a decade ago in a devastating and tragic incident, Mandy set out to motivate others and prove that there is life after the unimaginable happens. She became the first female bilateral amputee to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and is now ready to take on the Everest of survival challenges – 21 days in the remote jungle and dense rainforest of Belize. Mandy, alongside her partner, Jonny, will battle heavy rains, swarms of mosquitos, and toxic plants all in a bid to demonstrate that no challenge is too formidable to conquer.
Warner Bros. Discovery
Filthy Fortunes (Discovery) - Mar. 3
Across the United States, unclaimed valuables lie buried within ordinary people’s attics, basements and garages. In the new Discovery Channel series, modern day treasure hunter and the King of Hoards, Matt Paxton, travels around the country in search of rare, big-ticket items hidden in some of the most cluttered, filthy homes imaginable. His priority is to clean out the overloaded properties and sell his finds as quickly and for as much money as possible to secure the ultimate payday for him and his clients.
Netflix
With Love, Meghan (Netflix) - Mar. 4
This inspiring series, produced by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, reimagines the genre of lifestyle programming, blending practical how-to’s and candid conversation with friends, new and old. Meghan shares personal tips and tricks, embracing playfulness over perfection and highlights how easy it can be to create beauty, even in the unexpected. She and her guests roll up their sleeves in the kitchen, the garden and beyond, and invite you to do the same.
Bravo
Denise Richards & Her Wild Things (Bravo) - Mar. 4
The first time Denise Richards opened up her family life for a reality series more than 15 years ago, she was navigating a notoriously difficult marriage, intense scrutiny and tabloid attention all while raising two young girls. This time around, life is more complicated and unpredictable. Richards and her family, which includes daughters Sami, Lola and Eloise, and husband Aaron, show us what their famous, loving and hilarious life is like.
Showtime/Paramount+
Sin City Gigolo: A Murder in Las Vegas (Showtime/Paramount+) - Mar. 4
The docuseries follows the criminal investigation of a former Gigolos cast member who was arrested for killing a young female client.
Kit Karzen/CBS
The Amazing Race (CBS) - Mar. 5
Season 37 of the CBS reality competition series debuts Mar. 5.
Hulu
Deli Boys (Hulu) - Mar. 6
After their deli-tycoon father suddenly dies, Raj and Mir Dar, a pair of spoiled Pakistani-American brothers, lose everything and find out that their Baba was more drug lord than corporate magnate. The freaked-out boys are ushered kicking and screaming (literally) into the underworld by their Lucky Auntie and her nemesis Ahmad Uncle. As Raj and Mir fumble from one ridiculous catastrophe to the next, every move they make is life or death. Because when your trust fund is gone, so is the luxury of screwing up.
BritBox
Douglas Is Cancelled (BritBox) - Mar. 6
Journalist Douglas Bellowes’ life implodes after a tweet about him allegedly making a sexist joke goes viral – in this provocative comedy drama from acclaimed writer Steven Moffat (Sherlock). Douglas and Madeline are co-hosts on a popular current affairs show. Madeline is young and sharp, Douglas middle-aged and highly respected. But a single tweet, claiming Douglas told a sexist joke at a recent wedding, tears Douglas’s life apart. With the help of editor Toby, wife Sheila and agent Bentley, Douglas tries to save his career. Is he truly guilty – or a victim of cancel culture? And exactly how is co-host Madeline caught up in it all? An outstanding cast, including Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan, star in this timely series about gender politics and trial by social media.
Starz
Power Book III: Raising Kanan (Starz) - Mar. 7
Season three left viewers reeling with its shocking plot twist, setting the stage for an even more intense return to South Jamaica, Queens. As the Thomas family navigates the fallout from their life-altering decisions, they remain oblivious to Unique's return and the chilling consequences of his near-death experience.
Roku Channel
Visionaries (Roku Channel) - Mar. 7
Keanu Reeves and Gard Hollinger are kindred souls with a bond built on a love of motorcycles and an insatiable curiosity about the world around them. In 2011, they founded ARCH Motorcycle to reimagine what a motorcycle could be. To them, ARCH is a mindset, a lens through which to see the world. This is a journey of curiosity, to understand where human creativity comes from and to shine a light on the visionaries who are pushing the bounds of innovation and changing our world.
Bravo
The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Bravo) - Mar. 9
Porsha Williams makes her spectacular return alongside Drew Sidora and new season 16 Housewives Shamea Morton Mwangi, Brit Eady, Kelli Ferrell and Angela Oakley.
The legendary Southern Belle, Ms. Phaedra Parks, joins the ladies with some extra sass and spice later this season, but right on time to make her sweetest return.
Fan-favorite Cynthia Bailey returns as a friend.
Disney/Eric McCandless
American Idol (ABC) - Mar. 9
Former AI winner Carrie Underwood joins the judges' table this spring.
AMC Networks
Dark Winds (AMC) - Mar. 9
The expanded third season picks up six months after the events of season two and follows Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee as they investigate the disappearance of two boys, with only an abandoned bicycle and blood-stained patch of ground left in their wake. Meanwhile, Bernadette Manuelito attempts to settle into her new life 500 miles from home with the Border Patrol, but stumbles across a conspiracy involving human and drug smuggling with far-reaching implications.
HBO
The Righteous Gemstones (HBO) - Mar. 9
The comedy tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work. Despite constant bickering, Gemstone family ties run deep, and this season, the family’s codependence is tested as they attempt to move forward without letting go of their storied past.
Lifetime/A+E Networks
Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up (Lifetime) - Mar. 10
Gypsy Rose Blanchard once again gives viewers a window into her complex life after prison. Season 2 will follow Gypsy's emotionally charged journey as she navigates her newfound freedom, rebuilds relationships, handles pregnancy and new motherhood, all while remaining on parole.
After recently filing for divorce from Ryan Anderson, Gypsy is ready to embrace a new chapter. As she rekindles her romance with ex-fiancé Ken Urker, the couple faces the challenges of restarting their relationship amidst intense public scrutiny. With a new baby girl, Gypsy is eager to embrace her role as a mother while grappling with the realities of life outside of incarceration.
Netflix
American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden (Netflix) - Mar. 10
This three part docuseries from directors Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan gives an in-depth look at how the world mobilized to hunt down Osama Bin Laden after his orchestrations of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Featuring interviews with key people within the US government who helped in the global chase, this series focuses on the decade-long mission to capture one of the world's most notorious terrorists.
Courtesy Felipe Orozco/Hulu
Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna (Hulu) - Mar. 11
On October 21, 2021, on the set of the movie Rust, a prop gun held by actor Alec Baldwin fired a live bullet, wounding the film's director and killing its cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. Within hours, the catastrophic accident was enveloped by a frenzy of media attention. For months, then years, as lawsuits flew and criminal trials unfolded, the tabloid spectacle around the case overshadowed a private, personal tragedy.
Amazon MGM Studios
Iliza Shlesinger: A Different Animal (Prime Video) - Mar. 11
Shlesinger debuts on Prime Video with a no-holds-barred, explosive and relentlessly funny hour special. From shower sex, ugly wives and the ideal man to the truth about the ONE thing no woman wants, nothing in this special is off limits. Shlesinger taped the special at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City.
Netflix
Temptation Island (Netflix) - Mar. 12
In this brand new season of Temptation Island, coming to Netflix, emotions run high when four couples, each at a crossroads in their relationship, head to Temptation Island to put their love to the ultimate test as they agree to live separately with a group of singles of the opposite sex. Will the choices they make push the couples closer together or farther apart into the arms of a new lover?
Hulu/Disney
Am I Being Unreasonable? (Hulu) - Mar. 12
Season two will begin where season one left off, mid panic attack. Has Nic got away with murder? Quite possibly. Has she raised her son Ollie to follow in her murky footsteps? Kicked out of the family home for brotherly love – loving the wrong brother – Nic is reduced to sharing a caravan with not so trustworthy best friend Jen. Husband Dan has taken up roller-blading to channel his mid-life crisis. Shunned at the school gates and cast as the witch at the school re-enactment Nic is experiencing hallucinations. Or is the someone playing tricks on her?
Bravo
Top Chef (Bravo) - Mar. 13
Bravo's Top Chef makes Canada the backdrop for season 22 with host Kristen Kish, head judge Tom Colicchio and perennial judge Gail Simmons, who hails from Canada.
Prime Video
The Wheel of Time Season 3 (Prime Video) - Mar. 13
Based on the best-selling Robert Jordan fantasy book series The Wheel of Time, a humble farm boy, Rand al’Thor, learns he is The Dragon Reborn—a dangerous figure from history destined to save the world … or break it. The Wheel of Time turns, and the Last Battle approaches.
The highly anticipated third season stars Rosamund Pike, Josha Stradowski, Daniel Henney, Marcus Rutherford, Dónal Finn, Ceara Coveney, Natasha O’Keeffe, Ayoola Smart, and Sophie Okonedo.
MAX
The Parenting (MAX) - Mar. 13
A hilariously terrifying comedy, The Parenting follows young couple Rohan and Josh as they plan a perfect weekend getaway in the country to introduce their parents. As tensions begin to flare between the more traditional Sharon and Frank and the laid-back Liddy and Cliff, the families soon realize that their rental – managed by eccentric local Brenda – is haunted by the presence of a 400-year-old poltergeist. When one parent becomes thoroughly possessed, it’s up to the young couple and their meddlesome BFF Sara to unite the families and stop the evil entity once and for all.
Peacock/NBCUniversal
Long Bright River (Peacock) - Mar. 13
Based on the bestselling novel by Liz Moore, Long Bright River is a suspense thriller series that tells the story of Mickey (Amanda Seyfried), a police officer who patrols a Philadelphia neighborhood hard-hit by the opioid crisis. When a series of murders begins in the neighborhood, Mickey realizes that her personal history might be related to the case.
Hulu/Disney
Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years (Hulu) - Mar. 14
Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years is the latest one-hour special from one of the greatest stand-up comedians working today. In what might be his most personal and introspective hour yet, Bill offers hilarious takes on everything from male sadness to dating advice.
AppleTV+
Dope Thief (AppleTV+) - Mar. 14
Based on Dennis Tafoya’s book of the same name, the series follows long-time Philly friends and delinquents who pose as DEA agents to rob an unknown house in the countryside, only to have their small-time grift become a life-and-death enterprise, as they unwittingly reveal and unravel the biggest hidden narcotics corridor on the Eastern seaboard.
Investigation Discovery
A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read (Investigation Discovery) - Mar. 17
On a cold January morning in a sleepy suburb outside of Boston, a police officer named John O’Keefe is found dead on a fellow officer's front lawn. Authorities, citing a toxic dynamic between O’Keefe and his girlfriend, Karen Read, immediately narrow in on Read as their main suspect. They allege Read backed into O’Keefe with her car in a fit of passion and then left him to die in the snow - but Read maintains her innocence with her defense alleging something far more nefarious was at play. With the 2024 trial ending in a mistrial, and a 2025 re-trial upcoming, many questions continue to swirl over what really happened that night. In a new multi-part docuseries, Investigation Discovery takes viewers behind the scenes of the Karen Read 2024 murder trial, with unprecedented access to Read, her legal team, and other key voices involved in the case.
Netflix
Bert Kreischer: Lucky (Netflix) - Mar. 18
Comedian Bert Kreischer returns with his fourth Netflix special, Bert Kreischer: Lucky. He dives into everything from shedding 45 pounds, the usual family antics, getting parenting tips from Snoop Dogg and more. Bert Kreischer is the luckiest guy around – and he’s recounting his blessings.
Hulu/Disney
Good American Family (Hulu) - Mar. 19
Told from multiple points of view, as a means to explore issues of perspective, bias, and trauma, this compelling drama is inspired by the disturbing stories surrounding a Midwestern couple who adopts a girl with a rare form of dwarfism. But as they begin to raise her alongside their three biological children, mystery emerges around her age and background, and they slowly start to suspect she may not be who she says she is. As they defend their family from the daughter they’ve grown to believe is a threat, she fights her own battle to confront her past and what her future holds, in a showdown that ultimately plays out in the tabloids and the courtroom.
NBCUniversal
Opry 100: A Live Celebration (NBC) - Mar. 19
Grand Ole Opry member and country music superstar Blake Shelton will host NBC’s Opry 100: A Live Celebration honoring the Grand Ole Opry’s milestone 100th anniversary
The three-hour live celebration will feature performances from some of country music’s most acclaimed artists, including Opry members Brad Paisley, Carly Pearce, Carrie Underwood, Garth Brooks, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs and Trisha Yearwood.
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