{
  "id": 10788885,
  "title": "Connie Britton is pretending to be a teen's mom in unsettling Phony trailer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/connie-britton-is-pretending-to-be-a-teens-mom-in-unsettling-phony",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-29T19:40:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The A.V. Club",
    "slug": "the-a-v-club",
    "url": "https://www.avclub.com/phony-trailer-hulu"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Connie Britton and Sam Nivola star in Hulu's new unsettling series Phony, a coming-of-age mystery. The show follows a teenage Sonny, played by Nivola, who wakes up in the hospital after a car crash to find his mom, Ellen, played by Britton, replaced by an impostor. The trailer showcases the duo laughing together, but the series takes a darker turn when Sonny wakes up in the hospital and realizes he may have been fooled by an imposter. Some viewers compare Sonny's situation to a conspiracy theory about Avril Lavigne being replaced by a lookalike, while others believe Sonny is struggling with the trauma of his near-death experience. The series premieres on October 20 on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.",
  "summary": "Fellow The White Lotus alum Sam Nivola also stars in the coming-of-age mystery series.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}