When Will ‘Hollywood’ Be on Netflix?

Netflix is about to get a lot more fabulous with the premiere of Hollywood. From Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, the team behind Glee, Scream Queens, and The Politician, comes a new show about big dreams and beautiful people. But when will Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood be on Netflix?

Hollywood will be the second project from Murphy to come to Netflix. In the summer of 2019 the streaming giant unveiled its irreverent comedy about passion, corruption, power, and high school, The Politician. And now with Hollywood things are getting both darker and  more optimistic. Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch Hollywood on Netflix.

When Will Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood Be on Netflix?

Get ready to embrace the glitz and glamour of the Golden Age of cinema this weekend. Super producer Ryan Murphy’s latest series Hollywood premieres on Netflix this Friday, May 1.

What Time Will Hollywood Be on Netflix?

If you love Netflix originals there’s a good chance you already know the answer to this one. All seven episodes of this limited series will drop on Netflix this Friday, May 1 at 3/2c a.m. That means if you plan to watch on the East Coast as soon as humanly possible you’re looking at a really early binge-watch. But if you’re on the West Coast you’re looking at a far more manageable midnight start time.

What Is Hollywood on Netflix About?

It’s about hoping and dreaming and making passions into reality. Set in post-World War II Tinseltown, the series follows a group of aspiring actors, directors, and screenwriters who want only one thing: fame. Thanks to a studio head who’s sick of seeing the same forgettable regressive movies, together they manage to change Hollywood for the better, challenging this town’s and the country’s racism, sexism, and homophobia.

Half a work of fiction, half based on real Hollywood legends, this seven-episode drama tells an alternative history of the ’40s not unlike Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. But whether it’s real or not, it’s a dream to behold.

Who Does Jim Parsons Play in Hollywood?

Parsons portrays one of the few main characters who was a real person, Henry Willson. A talent agent for Hollywood, Willson was a majorly involved in developing cinema’s beefcake craze in the 1950s. His clients included Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter, Chad Everett, Robert Wagner, Guy Madison, and John Saxon. He was also instrumental in developing Rhonda Fleming and Lana Turner’s careers.

Willson was known to frequent gay bars in the early stages of his career to scout for talent. But just as Hollywood portrays, the real Willson had a dark side. He would regularly force his young, male clients to have sexual relations with him, promising to further their careers if they cooperated and threatening to blackmail them if they didn’t. After his own homosexuality became public knowledge, he was professionally abandoned by the industry. He died unemployed and destitute in 1974.

What Does Rotten Tomatoes Have to Say About Hollywood?

We’re still in the early stages of Hollywood’s reviews, but so far critics are torn on this new series. At the moment the upcoming drama has a 59 percent. But not everyone is anti-Hollywood. Check out Decider’s review of the new Ryan Murphy limited series.

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