Robert De Niro to do a TV show called "Mr Natural"

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/robert-de-niro-tv-series-eone-mr-natural-1235463062/

Mr. Natural: Robert De Niro to Lead Crime Drama Series

According to Variety, Oscar winner Robert De Niro has officially boarded Entertainment One’s forthcoming crime drama series titled Mr. Natural. De Niro is set to portray the titular leading role of Louis Baron, an ex-convict who goes to Palm Springs to enact his dangerous plans. The project...

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According to Variety, Oscar winner Robert De Niro has officially boarded Entertainment One’s forthcoming crime drama series titled Mr. Natural. De Niro is set to portray the titular leading role of Louis Baron, an ex-convict who goes to Palm Springs to enact his dangerous plans. The project currently has no platform attached to it yet.

This marks De Niro’s second major TV project within the month, as he recently signed on for Netflix’s political thriller miniseries Zero Day. Both projects would be De Niro’s first series regular roles after only appearing in movies for most of his career.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

A lot of broadcast networks, basic cable networks, premium cable channels, and streaming services will be very interested in this series for one reason: Robert De Niro is the star.

If he wasn't the star, there would be much less interest in the series.

But a caveat emptor: Big stars don't always make a successful TV series. Back in the early seventies, a number of major stars of the era decided to try their hand at doing a weekly TV series. Most of these efforts were flops.

 

[Mikey Radio]

Big stars don't always make a successful TV series. Back in the early seventies, a number of major stars of the era decided to try their hand at doing a weekly TV series. Most of these efforts were flops.

That's one of the reasons many were surprised at how long Carson remained at the helm of The Tonight Show, as even late night talk hosts back then only tended to stick around for a relatively short while before moving on.

Building on your comment about the TV variety shows hosted by personalities of that era, have a look at the list below from the 60s and 70s. This isn't a complete list by any means, but it seems many who were even relatively well know back then, had a show:

The Andy Williams Show; The Danny Kaye Show; The Dean Martin Show; The Dick Clark Show; The Edie Adams Show; The Garry Moore Show; The George Gobel Show; The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour; The Jim Nabors Hour; The Judy Garland Show; The Red Skelton Show; The Don Ho Show; The Don Knotts Show; The Flip Wilson Show; The Mac Davis Show... The list goes on.