{
  "id": 17205726,
  "title": "Mad Men's Matthew Weiner has already bailed on his Eddie Murphy Peacock drama",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/mad-mens-matthew-weiner-has-already-bailed-on-his-eddie-murphy",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-30T01:41:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The A.V. Club",
    "slug": "the-a-v-club",
    "url": "https://www.avclub.com/matthew-weiner-leaves-eddie-murphy-peacock-drama-chairman-creative-differences"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A month or so back , we reported on a truly strange confluence of two well-known entertainment talents, seemingly united only by the fact that neither of them had had a hit in a minute or two: A new TV drama being set up at Peacock, starring Eddie Murphy, and being showrun by Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner. The series, apparently titled The Chairman , would be a comeback of sorts for both men,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}