James Acaster has announced his first HBO comedy special, titled “Hecklers Welcome.” The stand-up hour will debut on HBO and Max on Nov. 23 and will find the British comic exploring his “love/hate relationship with stand-up by relinquishing control of his set and accepting a healthy dose of audience interference – aka heckling.

Plimpton starred opposite Kate Winslet in HBO’s The Regime last year. The Emmy winner, will next be seen in Prime Target on Apple TV+, which premieres in January, and is filming Netflix’s East of Eden adaptation. Plimpton is repped by Innovative Artists and Markham Froggatt.

Martha Plimpton and Mireille Enos have joined the cast of 'Task,' HBO's upcoming drama series starring Mark Ruffalo.

Martha Plimpton (HBO’s The Regime, Fox’s Raising Hope) and Mireille Enos (AMC’s The Killing, Apple TV+’s For All Mankind) have been officially announced as part of the cast of Brad Ingelsby’s upcoming series at HBO,

HBO and Max head Casey Bloys has responded to the estate of Michael Crichton, and its lawsuit arguing that the upcoming Max series "The Pitt" is an unauthorized reboot of "ER," telling reporters he doesn’t expect it to have an impact on the show’s early 2025 rollout.

The Pitt, the upcoming medical drama starring Noah Wyle, could be the first of many traditional procedurals that could roll out on Max. The streamer is set to roll the series out weekly in the first quarter of next year but HBO boss Casey Bloys is already eyeing other projects that could be greenlit using