TVLine Items: Rap Sh!t Return Delayed, Days of Our Lives Recast and More
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Max is putting Rap Sh!t on hold.
The streamer has shifted the Season 2 premiere of the Issa Rae-produced comedy from Aug. 10 to Thursday, Nov. 9, due to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.
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The series will return with its first two episodes, followed by one installment weekly leading up to the season finale on Dec. 21.
Season 2 follows “two estranged high school friends from Miami, Shawna and Mia, who reunite to form a rap group,” reads the official synopsis. “In their rise to fame, Shawna and Mia find themselves at a pivotal moment in their rap career as they are forced to decide if they will stay true to themselves or conform to the demands of the music industry.”
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* The Comedy Central original movie Office Race, starring Beck Bennett (Saturday Night Live) and Joel McHale (Animal Control), will premiere Monday, Sept. 4 at 8/7c. The film follows an “unambitious office worker (Bennett) who goes to great lengths — specifically 26.2 miles — to defeat his exercise-obsessed, micromanaging boss (McHale).” The cast also includes Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Kylie Bunbury (Big Sky), Erinn Hayes (Childrens Hospital), J.B. Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Alyson Hannigan (How I Met Your Mother), among others.
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