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[03/27/25 - 09:00 AM]
Prime Video Reveals First Look and Premiere Date for "The Better Sister," Starring and Executive Produced by Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks
All eight episodes of the limited series produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Tomorrow Studios will premiere on Thursday, May 29 on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

[09/13/24 - 11:17 PM]
Development Update: Week of September 9-13
Updates include: Paramount+ sets "JonBenét Ramsey" ensemble; The CW rounds out of the cast of "Sherlock & Daughter"; and Tim Meadows to lead CBS comedy pilot "DMV."
[06/28/24 - 11:06 PM]
Development Update: Week of June 24-28
Updates include: Apple cancels "The Big Door Prize" after two seasons; Hulu pulls the plug on "The D'Amelio Show"; and Briana Middleton joins Callum Turner in Apple's "Neuromancer."
[06/14/24 - 11:32 PM]
Development Update: Week of June 10-14
Updates include: NBC extends "St. Denis Medical" to 18 episodes; Amazon's "The Boys" to end with season five; and Starz's "Power Book IV: Force" to sign off with season three.

[06/07/24 - 11:48 PM]
Development Update: Week of June 3-7
Updates include: The CW's "All American: Homecoming" to end with upcoming season; Steve Zahn among those cast in Hulu's "Chad Powers"; and Alec Baldwin and his family to be the focus of a new TLC series.
[05/01/24 - 11:00 AM]
Prime Video Orders "The Better Sister" Starring Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks from Tomorrow Studios
Olivia Milch and Regina Corrado will serve as showrunners and executive producers on the series, with Craig Gillespie as director and executive producer.






BETTER SISTER, THE (AMAZON)
Premieres Thursday, May 29
BROADCAST HISTORY:
5/29/25 - ???
STATUS:
new this spring (yet to premiere)
TIME SLOT:
thursdays from 3:01 AM-4:00 AM EST
CURRENT SEASON:
1 (8 episodes)
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
limited series
DESCRIPTION:
(from Amazon's press release, March 2025) Today, Prime Video revealed the premiere date and first look of the highly anticipated series The Better Sister, starring Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks, with six images of the thrilling crime drama. All eight episodes of the limited series produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Tomorrow Studios (part of ITV Studios) will premiere on Thursday, May 29, 2025 on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The Better Sister, based on the book by bestselling author Alafair Burke, is an 8-episode electric thriller limited series about the terrible things that drive sisters apart and ultimately bring them back together. Chloe (Jessica Biel), a high-profile media executive, lives a picturesque life with her handsome lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) by her side while her estranged sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) struggles to make ends meet and stay clean. When Adam is brutally murdered, the prime suspect sends shockwaves through the family, reuniting the two sisters, as they try to untangle a complicated family history to discover the truth behind his death.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Bobby Naderi as Matt Bowen
· Corey Stoll as Adam Macintosh
· Elizabeth Banks as Nicky Macintosh
· Gabriel Sloyer as Jake Rodriguez
· Gloria Reuben as Michelle Sanders
· Jessica Biel as Chloe Taylor
· Kim Dickens as Nancy Guidry
· Lorraine Toussaint as Catherine Lancaster
· Matthew Modine as Bill Braddock
· Maxwell Acee Donovan as Ethan Macintosh
CREW INFORMATION:
· Alafair Burke as BOOK
· Alissa Bachner as EP
· Annie Marter as EP
· Annie Marter as EP
· Becky Clements as EP
· Craig Gillespie as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Elizabeth Banks as EP
· Jessica Biel as EP
· Kerry Orent as EP
· Marty Adelstein as EP
· Michelle Purple as EP
· Olivia Milch as CRTR/EP
· Regina Corrado as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Amazon MGM Studios
· Fortunate Jack Productions
· Tomorrow Studios