{
  "id": 11406116,
  "title": "Eddie Murphy is teaming up with Mad Men's Matthew Weiner for a Peacock drama",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/eddie-murphy-is-teaming-up-with-mad-mens-matthew-weiner-for-a-peacock",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-01T23:58:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The A.V. Club",
    "slug": "the-a-v-club",
    "url": "https://www.avclub.com/eddie-murphy-matthew-weiner-peacock-drama-the-chairman"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Eddie Murphy has done almost no TV in the 42 years since he departed Saturday Night Live, with the rare exceptions amounting to a few Shrek shorts and his 1999 stop-motion animated Fox series The PJs. That streak is apparently about to end, though, as Deadline reports that not only is Murphy making the move to streaming, but that he's doing so with Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner in tow.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Eddie Murphy Moves Into Scripted TV With ‘The Chairman’ For Peacock From Matthew Weiner",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/eddie-murphy-moves-into-scripted-tv-with-the-chairman-for-peacock",
        "published": "2026-10-01T23:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Eddie Murphy to Star in Peacock Drama Series ‘The Chairman’ From ‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/eddie-murphy-to-star-in-peacock-drama-series-the-chairman-from-mad",
        "published": "2026-10-01T23:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Eddie Murphy to Lead Peacock’s ‘The Chairman’ From ‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/eddie-murphy-to-lead-peacocks-the-chairman-from-mad-men-creator",
        "published": "2026-10-01T23:48:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Eddie Murphy to Star in First Scripted Series ‘The Chairman’ at Peacock",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/eddie-murphy-to-star-in-first-scripted-series-the-chairman-at-peacock",
        "published": "2026-10-02T00:32:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}