Improv Comedy ‘Murderville’ Premieres on Netflix

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Ken Jeong, Annie Murphy, Conan O’Brien among the ad-libbing guests

Murderville on Netflix
(Image credit: Netflix)

Murderville premieres on Netflix February 3. Will Arnett plays Senior Detective Terry Seattle, and each episode features a guest star who has not seen the script, and must improvise. There are six episodes. 

The cast includes Haneefah Wood, Lilan Bowden and Phillip Smithey. 

The celeb guests include Annie Murphy, Conan O’Brien, Ken Jeong, Kumail Nanjiani, Marshawn Lynch and Sharon Stone. 

Murderville is based on the BBC3 series Murder in Successville. 

Will Arnett, Marc Forman, Jonathan Stern, Peter Principato and Brian Steinberg are the executive producers, and Krister Johnson is showrunner and executive producer. 

The show is produced by Electric Ave, Abominable Pictures, Artists First and Sony Pictures Television. ■

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.