We know Sandra Oh can do pretty much anything, from her dramatic work as determined Dr. Cristina Yang on Grey’s Anatomy and passionate MI6 agent Eve Polastri on Killing Eve to her comedic turn as wound-up professor Ji-Yoon Kim on The Chair. In the movie Quiz Lady, she brings the funny as chaotic Jenny, a wayward soul with big dreams who’s stuck in a messy reality. Part of that mess is being estranged from her introverted, quiz show–obsessed sister, Anne (Crazy Rich Asians’ Awkwafina). “For Anne, Jenny is this disruptive, embarrassing element that she would like to keep out of her life,” director Jessica Yu says, “and then Jenny sees Anne as a charity project.” (Credit: © 20th Century Studios /Courtesy Everett Collection) Once the siblings reconnect, they quickly have more than personality clashes to worry about when they discover that they’re on the hook for gambling debts...
- 9/4/2023
- TV Insider
Sandra Oh has been a mainstay at the Emmy Awards since 2005, when she earned the first of her many nominations for “Grey’s Anatomy.” In the past 17 years, the celebrated actress has amassed an impressive 12 bids for four different projects: “Grey’s,” “Killing Eve,” “Saturday Night Live” and hosting the 76th Golden Globe Awards. Despite all of this past recognition, she still doesn’t have an Emmy Award on her mantle. Could her dozen past bids help her get nominated again this year and even win for the final season of BBC America’s “Killing Eve” or the first of Netflix’s “The Chair”? Below, see the complete list of Sandra Oh’s Emmy nominations.
See Sandra Oh could set an impressive Emmy nominations record with ‘Killing Eve’ and ‘The Chair’
Between those two shows, her performance as the title character on “Killing Eve” looks likelier to land her a nomination,...
See Sandra Oh could set an impressive Emmy nominations record with ‘Killing Eve’ and ‘The Chair’
Between those two shows, her performance as the title character on “Killing Eve” looks likelier to land her a nomination,...
- 6/6/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
“Overnight!” That’s what Holland Taylor infamously shouted 23 years ago when she won her first career Emmy Award in Best Drama Supporting Actress for playing fan-favorite judge Roberta Kittleson on “The Practice.” (Watch the 1999 flashback video below.) Can the esteemed actress now win an Emmy bookend for her role as English professor Joan Hambling on the Netflix comedy “The Chair”? This time around she’s competing in the red-hot Best Comedy Supporting Actress race.
“The Chair” tells the story of professor colleagues at Pembroke University, led by new English department head Ji-Yoon Kim (Sandra Oh). Despite their age differences, Joan and Ji-Yoon share a friendly rapport with each other at first, though their relationship is put to the test in later episodes. Eventually, Joan is forced to give a vote of no confidence against Ji-Yoon, and the season ends with Joan replacing her as chair.
TV critics loved Taylor in...
“The Chair” tells the story of professor colleagues at Pembroke University, led by new English department head Ji-Yoon Kim (Sandra Oh). Despite their age differences, Joan and Ji-Yoon share a friendly rapport with each other at first, though their relationship is put to the test in later episodes. Eventually, Joan is forced to give a vote of no confidence against Ji-Yoon, and the season ends with Joan replacing her as chair.
TV critics loved Taylor in...
- 5/13/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Mi-6 agent Eve Polastri and English professor and department chair Ji-Yoon Kim share virtually nothing in common, except of course Sandra Oh. The 12-time Emmy nominee plays these characters on BBC America’s “Killing Eve” and Netflix’s “The Chair,” respectively, with both shows airing just six months apart in an impressive display of her incredible range. With both series eligible at the upcoming Emmy Awards, could Oh land dual nominations?
In these early days of the Emmy race, Oh looks like she could pull off this impressive feat. In our current combined odds, Oh ranks in sixth in the race for Best Drama Actress, right behind her Emmy-winning co-star Jodie Comer. She’s a bit further behind in Best Comedy Actress in eighth place, two slots outside of the likely six-person lineup but certainly within striking distance.
See ‘The Chair’ lively roundtable conversation: Showrunner Amanda Peet, star Sandra Oh...
In these early days of the Emmy race, Oh looks like she could pull off this impressive feat. In our current combined odds, Oh ranks in sixth in the race for Best Drama Actress, right behind her Emmy-winning co-star Jodie Comer. She’s a bit further behind in Best Comedy Actress in eighth place, two slots outside of the likely six-person lineup but certainly within striking distance.
See ‘The Chair’ lively roundtable conversation: Showrunner Amanda Peet, star Sandra Oh...
- 4/3/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
The 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards have arrived. After last year’s truncated ceremony, which was pre-taped due to the severity of the coronavirus pandemic last winter, the 28th annual SAG Awards will once again take place live from Los Angeles with major celebrities and nominees in attendance at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar. Here’s how to watch the 2022 SAG Awards online and on television.
How to watch the SAG Awards
There are a number of ways to watch the 2022 SAG Awards online. As usual, the SAG Awards will air on linear television on both TNT and TBS, beginning at 8 p.m. Et. Cable subscribers can watch the SAG Awards online at those network’s websites by using their cable provider login. The SAG Awards will also stream live online via Hulu + Live, YouTube TV, Sling, and other cord-cutter services. For the first time, the 2022 SAG Awards will also stream on HBO Max,...
How to watch the SAG Awards
There are a number of ways to watch the 2022 SAG Awards online. As usual, the SAG Awards will air on linear television on both TNT and TBS, beginning at 8 p.m. Et. Cable subscribers can watch the SAG Awards online at those network’s websites by using their cable provider login. The SAG Awards will also stream live online via Hulu + Live, YouTube TV, Sling, and other cord-cutter services. For the first time, the 2022 SAG Awards will also stream on HBO Max,...
- 2/27/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Sandra Oh just earned her seventh Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for her performance in the Netflix series “The Chair,” and this nomination is a significant one. Of all the actors with individual bids in each of the comedy and drama categories, Oh is the only one without additional recognition for an ensemble cast. Her Comedy Actress competitors, Elle Fanning (“The Great”), Jean Smart (“Hacks”), Juno Temple (“Ted Lasso”) and Hannah Waddingham (“Ted Lasso”), are all nominated in Best Comedy Ensemble. This puts Oh at a disadvantage for the win, but it’s not an unattainable feat.
See SAG Awards nominee profile: Sandra Oh (‘The Chair’)
According to our odds, Smart is expected to win Best Comedy Actress, following her Emmy victory last September. While smart money may indeed be on the “Hacks” star, this is the first year in Smart’s decades-long career that the SAG Awards have recognized her in an individual category.
See SAG Awards nominee profile: Sandra Oh (‘The Chair’)
According to our odds, Smart is expected to win Best Comedy Actress, following her Emmy victory last September. While smart money may indeed be on the “Hacks” star, this is the first year in Smart’s decades-long career that the SAG Awards have recognized her in an individual category.
- 2/25/2022
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
In 2013, Claire Danes made history with her Screen Actors Guild Award win for “Homeland” as the first woman to conquer two individual TV categories. This drama actress victory came just two years after she bagged her first statuette for the TV movie “Temple Grandin.” To date, she remains the only woman to have achieved this feat, but she could soon be joined by another. This depends on if previous drama actress champ Sandra Oh pulls off her third solo win for the comedy series “The Chair” this year.
Oh’s challengers in the comedy actress contest are Elle Fanning (“The Great”), Jean Smart (“Hacks”), and “Ted Lasso” pair Juno Temple and Hannah Waddingham. All four are new to the category, like Oh, and each received one TV ensemble nomination prior to this year. Fanning, Temple, and Waddingham all vied for the 2021 comedy cast prize for these same series but lost...
Oh’s challengers in the comedy actress contest are Elle Fanning (“The Great”), Jean Smart (“Hacks”), and “Ted Lasso” pair Juno Temple and Hannah Waddingham. All four are new to the category, like Oh, and each received one TV ensemble nomination prior to this year. Fanning, Temple, and Waddingham all vied for the 2021 comedy cast prize for these same series but lost...
- 2/23/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Sandra Oh’s Netflix comedy “The Chair” touches on the sticky nature of how actions are perceived and the consequences that should or shouldn’t come with it in an age of social media, where nuance often gets lost in the debate.
“It’s really tricky to talk about,” Oh tells Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast. “It’s hard to gauge when it’s going to bite you. In some ways, when it gets out there in the culture, it doesn’t belong to you anymore.”
But that’s just one topic to be found in the humorous and satirical “The Chair,” which takes on everything from parenting to office politics to the question of discrimination, ageism and sexism at institutions like the New England university where “The Chair” is set.
Oh is nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in the lead female actor in a comedy series category for “The Chair,...
“It’s really tricky to talk about,” Oh tells Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast. “It’s hard to gauge when it’s going to bite you. In some ways, when it gets out there in the culture, it doesn’t belong to you anymore.”
But that’s just one topic to be found in the humorous and satirical “The Chair,” which takes on everything from parenting to office politics to the question of discrimination, ageism and sexism at institutions like the New England university where “The Chair” is set.
Oh is nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in the lead female actor in a comedy series category for “The Chair,...
- 2/18/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
The Netflix series “The Chair” is a perfect showcase for Sandra Oh’s comedic chops. The actress, best known for her dramatic work in ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” and BBC America’s spy series “Killing Eve,” has a field day in as Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim, the new chairman of the English department of a storied but less than Ivy league college. The department is in disarray with enrollment dwindling as well as the minds of some of the elderly professors. She also must deal with the racism and sexism that is steeped in the department and her workplace lover (Jay Duplass), a professor who seems to be spiraling out of control.
Variety’s Caroline Framke observed: “If ‘The Chair’ does nothing else for the TV landscape, let it legacy be that it has given Oh the starring comedic showcase she’s long deserved. The show absolutely includes some moments of real pathos…...
Variety’s Caroline Framke observed: “If ‘The Chair’ does nothing else for the TV landscape, let it legacy be that it has given Oh the starring comedic showcase she’s long deserved. The show absolutely includes some moments of real pathos…...
- 12/30/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Netflix’s “The Chair” has revealed to Gold Derby that 12 cast members will be eligible for the ensemble prize at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards. The series, which debuted in August 2021, was created by actress and writer Amanda Peet and stars four-time SAG Award winner Sandra Oh. “The Chair” follows an eccentric group of English professors as they navigate personal turmoil, office politics and the unique political and social challenges of academia in the 21st century. See the complete list of eligible cast members below.
See‘The Chair’ lively roundtable conversation: Showrunner Amanda Peet, star Sandra Oh and 4 cast members on their new Netflix series [Watch]
In “The Chair,” Oh stars as Professor Ji-Yoon Kim, a university English professor who is named the first female chair of her department. Unfortunately for Ji-Yoon, she is placed in a difficult position by her dean (David Morse) when he asks her to push some...
See‘The Chair’ lively roundtable conversation: Showrunner Amanda Peet, star Sandra Oh and 4 cast members on their new Netflix series [Watch]
In “The Chair,” Oh stars as Professor Ji-Yoon Kim, a university English professor who is named the first female chair of her department. Unfortunately for Ji-Yoon, she is placed in a difficult position by her dean (David Morse) when he asks her to push some...
- 12/27/2021
- by Tony Ruiz
- Gold Derby
During the most recent season of MTV’s competition program “The Challenge,” subtitled “Spies, Lies & Allies,” the competitors initially had to work in pairs, despite major language barriers among them.
In these games, veteran players from past seasons of “The Challenge” compete against vets of other series including “Survivor,” “Big Brother” and “Love Island” from around the world. Everyone must speak at least a little English, casting director Skye Topic says, or it wouldn’t be fair, since host T.J. Lavin gives them the rules of each challenge in English. But because “we envision the show as a place where it’s an intersection of societies,” she says, they are leaning into bringing in global players, including those from Germany, Turkey, Romania, Spain and Nigeria in this season alone.
“When we first started having international cast on ‘The Challenge’ and I was doing pre-casting interviews, I would be very hesitant...
In these games, veteran players from past seasons of “The Challenge” compete against vets of other series including “Survivor,” “Big Brother” and “Love Island” from around the world. Everyone must speak at least a little English, casting director Skye Topic says, or it wouldn’t be fair, since host T.J. Lavin gives them the rules of each challenge in English. But because “we envision the show as a place where it’s an intersection of societies,” she says, they are leaning into bringing in global players, including those from Germany, Turkey, Romania, Spain and Nigeria in this season alone.
“When we first started having international cast on ‘The Challenge’ and I was doing pre-casting interviews, I would be very hesitant...
- 12/13/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
In tune with rising awareness of the world’s inequities, a slew of 2021 shows sought to unpack the nuanced dynamics of power and privilege through the lens of their leading ladies, portraying women from diverse backgrounds facing a variety of obstacles — both personal and institutional.
Perhaps the most obvious example of this is “Squid Game’s” Kang Sae-byeok (Jung Ho-yeon), a North Korean defector who participates in the series’ deadly games for the mere chance to provide for her younger brother. Meanwhile, on “Succession,” Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook) yields an inordinate amount of power as one of the siblings poised to take over her father Logan’s (Brian Cox) conglomerate Waystar Royco — yet this season has proven how easily the domineering titan dilutes her strength with as little as a callous, dismissive phrase. And “Hacks” sees its main characters — Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) — as two sides of the same coin,...
Perhaps the most obvious example of this is “Squid Game’s” Kang Sae-byeok (Jung Ho-yeon), a North Korean defector who participates in the series’ deadly games for the mere chance to provide for her younger brother. Meanwhile, on “Succession,” Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook) yields an inordinate amount of power as one of the siblings poised to take over her father Logan’s (Brian Cox) conglomerate Waystar Royco — yet this season has proven how easily the domineering titan dilutes her strength with as little as a callous, dismissive phrase. And “Hacks” sees its main characters — Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) — as two sides of the same coin,...
- 12/13/2021
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- Variety Film + TV
“I think that everyone in this cast worked together in a way that was quite visceral and quite lively,” declares actress Holland Taylor about the experience of working on “The Chair,” the new Netflix comedy about the inner workings of a university English department. Taylor was joined by co-stars Sandra Oh (also an executive producer on the series), Bob Balaban, Jay Duplass, Nana Mensah, and showrunner Amanda Peet for a special Gold Derby spotlight panel. Watch our 30-minute roundtable discussion above.
The origins of “The Chair” stemmed from Peet’s desire to collaborate with Duplass, with whom she worked on his HBO series “Togetherness.” The idea evolved after Peet began reading stories of conflict on college campuses and thinking about the pressures often placed on women in positions of power. “I started thinking a lot about the pressure when you’re a female supervisor, or you’re the first female supervisor,...
The origins of “The Chair” stemmed from Peet’s desire to collaborate with Duplass, with whom she worked on his HBO series “Togetherness.” The idea evolved after Peet began reading stories of conflict on college campuses and thinking about the pressures often placed on women in positions of power. “I started thinking a lot about the pressure when you’re a female supervisor, or you’re the first female supervisor,...
- 12/1/2021
- by Tony Ruiz
- Gold Derby
Class is in session as the creator and cast of the Netflix comedy series “The Chair” joins Gold Derby for a special spotlight roundtable discussion. The panel will include showrunner Amanda Peet, series star and executive producer Sandra Oh and actors Bob Balaban, Jay Duplass, Nana Mensah and Holland Taylor. Watch their 30-minute chat with contributing editor Tony Ruiz.
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“The Chair” follows Professor Ji-Yoon Kim (Oh), an English professor at a prestigious university who is named the chair of her department. Ji-Yoon must navigate her role as the the first woman chair of the department while trying to manage her own personal life as well as the egos and idiosyncrasies of her colleagues.
Oh is a 12-time Emmy nominee who won both...
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“The Chair” follows Professor Ji-Yoon Kim (Oh), an English professor at a prestigious university who is named the chair of her department. Ji-Yoon must navigate her role as the the first woman chair of the department while trying to manage her own personal life as well as the egos and idiosyncrasies of her colleagues.
Oh is a 12-time Emmy nominee who won both...
- 11/24/2021
- by Tony Ruiz and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
“Empathy is a really important leadership quality,” Amanda Peet declares about her approach to her first time as a showrunner, which also happens to be a key theme of her show, the Netflix hit dramedy “The Chair.” “Empathy isn’t a weakness when you’re in a supervising role necessarily. The ability to take in multiple perspectives at once is an advantage,” she says about her approach to producing a TV series.
We talked with Peet as part of Gold Derby’s special TV showrunners “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with key award contenders. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
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In “The Chair,” Emmy nominee Sandra Oh stars as Professor Ji-Yoon Kim, the newly appointed chair of the English department at fictional Pembroke University. As the first woman chosen for the position, she attempts to navigate the stuffy old boys club faculty,...
We talked with Peet as part of Gold Derby’s special TV showrunners “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with key award contenders. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
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In “The Chair,” Emmy nominee Sandra Oh stars as Professor Ji-Yoon Kim, the newly appointed chair of the English department at fictional Pembroke University. As the first woman chosen for the position, she attempts to navigate the stuffy old boys club faculty,...
- 11/18/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
David Duchovny, the star of series like “The X-Files” and “Californication,” becomes a recurring figure in Netflix’s “The Chair,” a satirical send-up of modern academia starring Sandra Oh as the beleaguered new chair of the English department at struggling (and fictional) Pembroke University.
When the wife of Pembroke’s dean (David Morse) insists that a prestigious lecture series go not to a seasoned academic like junior professor Yasmin McKay (Nana Mensah) but instead to Duchovny, Oh’s Ji-Yoon Kim reacts with incredulity — even when the dean assures her that Duchovny is a “New York Times bestseller.” He adds, “Look it up.”
And we did. Turns out Dean Larson is right (even if hiring guest lecturers based on who his wife bumps into at the farmer’s market remains questionable). Duchovny’s 2015 debut novel, “Holy Cow,” entered the Times’ hardcover fiction list at No. 16. The actor has since published three more novels,...
When the wife of Pembroke’s dean (David Morse) insists that a prestigious lecture series go not to a seasoned academic like junior professor Yasmin McKay (Nana Mensah) but instead to Duchovny, Oh’s Ji-Yoon Kim reacts with incredulity — even when the dean assures her that Duchovny is a “New York Times bestseller.” He adds, “Look it up.”
And we did. Turns out Dean Larson is right (even if hiring guest lecturers based on who his wife bumps into at the farmer’s market remains questionable). Duchovny’s 2015 debut novel, “Holy Cow,” entered the Times’ hardcover fiction list at No. 16. The actor has since published three more novels,...
- 9/5/2021
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
by Lynn Lee
In my younger days, I wanted to be an English professor. I was pretty serious about it, too – serious enough to major in English, get a fellowship, and enroll in a Ph.D program. Ultimately, I realized academia wasn’t for me and left with just a master’s. I’ve never regretted that decision. Yet I still wonder occasionally what my life would have been like if I’d stuck with my original dream.
So it’s no wonder I immediately let myself sink into The Chair, a new Netflix (mini?)series starring Sandra Oh as the titular chair of the English department at Pembroke University. That's a fictional Ivy League school in what looks like a permanently snow-covered New England college town, although the show was actually shot in Pennsylvania. Basically, it’s my alternate-universe existence if I were as cool and charismatic as Sandra...
In my younger days, I wanted to be an English professor. I was pretty serious about it, too – serious enough to major in English, get a fellowship, and enroll in a Ph.D program. Ultimately, I realized academia wasn’t for me and left with just a master’s. I’ve never regretted that decision. Yet I still wonder occasionally what my life would have been like if I’d stuck with my original dream.
So it’s no wonder I immediately let myself sink into The Chair, a new Netflix (mini?)series starring Sandra Oh as the titular chair of the English department at Pembroke University. That's a fictional Ivy League school in what looks like a permanently snow-covered New England college town, although the show was actually shot in Pennsylvania. Basically, it’s my alternate-universe existence if I were as cool and charismatic as Sandra...
- 8/30/2021
- by Lynn Lee
- FilmExperience
Jay Duplass is the raging id at the heart of “The Chair,” a new Netflix miniseries that centers partly on an English professor whose tasteless joke lands him in the middle of a massive social-media fueled controversy. His actions also threaten his budding romance with the department’s chair, Ji-Yoon Kim (Sandra Oh), who also happens to be the first woman of color to lead the English faculty, and imperils her efforts to shake up a teaching staff that’s old, white, and out-of-touch.
Duplass, who first made a name for himself behind-the-camera as one half of a bootstrapping filmmaking duo with his brother Mark, has been more active on screen in recent years, popping up on shows like “Transparent.” “The Chair” may be his biggest acting challenge yet, presenting a chance to play a romantic lead in a dramedy produced and financed by a major streaming service. It’s not a conventional star turn,...
Duplass, who first made a name for himself behind-the-camera as one half of a bootstrapping filmmaking duo with his brother Mark, has been more active on screen in recent years, popping up on shows like “Transparent.” “The Chair” may be his biggest acting challenge yet, presenting a chance to play a romantic lead in a dramedy produced and financed by a major streaming service. It’s not a conventional star turn,...
- 8/30/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix's new dramedy The Chair is finally here, and if it's inspiring you to visit chilly New England and soak up the historical architecture, you're not alone. Featuring all-star cast members including Sandra Oh, Jay Duplass, and Holland Taylor, the miniseries is set at the fictional Pembroke University and follows Professor Ji-Yoon Kim (Oh), who becomes the first female chair of Pembroke's fledgling English department and is responsible for revamping it before the administrations starts making cuts.
Though the college is supposed to be set in Massachusetts, actual filming took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The show used the historically rich campuses of Washington & Jefferson College and Chatham University's Shadyside to shoot scenes of Pembroke, and we have to say, they nailed the dark academia aesthetic. Anyone familiar with the universities will be able to recognize the buildings that make up Pembroke, including Dr. Kim's office, which is inside Mellon Center,...
Though the college is supposed to be set in Massachusetts, actual filming took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The show used the historically rich campuses of Washington & Jefferson College and Chatham University's Shadyside to shoot scenes of Pembroke, and we have to say, they nailed the dark academia aesthetic. Anyone familiar with the universities will be able to recognize the buildings that make up Pembroke, including Dr. Kim's office, which is inside Mellon Center,...
- 8/25/2021
- by Kamrun Nesa
- Popsugar.com
Befitting its academic setting, “The Chair” offers a doozy of a thesis statement.
“I feel like someone handed me a ticking time-bomb because they wanted to make sure a woman was holding it when it explodes,” says Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim, played by the exhilarating Sandra Oh, in a moment of well-earned frustration about halfway through the Netflix limited series. The newly appointed chair of her university’s English department, Ji-Yoon is asked to tackle problem after problem at a dizzying pace. Some are institutional, ironed out only via a delicate balance of polite schmoozing and steadfast resolve. Others are personal, be it an inconvenient crush on a ragdoll of a professor (Jay Duplass) or behavioral issues with her obstinate young daughter (Everly Carganilla).
As the first woman and first woman of color to serve as chair, Ji-Yoon recognizes she’s the critical initial step in a longer movement to bring...
“I feel like someone handed me a ticking time-bomb because they wanted to make sure a woman was holding it when it explodes,” says Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim, played by the exhilarating Sandra Oh, in a moment of well-earned frustration about halfway through the Netflix limited series. The newly appointed chair of her university’s English department, Ji-Yoon is asked to tackle problem after problem at a dizzying pace. Some are institutional, ironed out only via a delicate balance of polite schmoozing and steadfast resolve. Others are personal, be it an inconvenient crush on a ragdoll of a professor (Jay Duplass) or behavioral issues with her obstinate young daughter (Everly Carganilla).
As the first woman and first woman of color to serve as chair, Ji-Yoon recognizes she’s the critical initial step in a longer movement to bring...
- 8/20/2021
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Ji-Yoon Kim’s young daughter Ju-Ju has an important question: Why does her mother, who runs the English department at a prestigious New England liberal arts college, use the title of “Doctor.” Ji-Yoon tries explaining how her love of literature led to a Ph.D. and a career in academia, but Ju-Ju cuts to the heart of the matter, asking, “But why are you a doctor? You never help anybody.”
Ji-Yoon (Sandra Oh) is rendered speechless in the moment, though she spends much of the new Netflix comedy The Chair...
Ji-Yoon (Sandra Oh) is rendered speechless in the moment, though she spends much of the new Netflix comedy The Chair...
- 8/17/2021
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
“I wanted to read novels and poems as long as I could,” Ji-Yoon Kim (Sandra Oh) tells her daughter Ju-Ju (Everly Carganilla) when asked why she became a professor. As the new Netflix series “The Chair,” co-created by Amanda Peet and Annie Wyman, unfolds, we see how the business of academics can so easily obfuscate the passions of those who work within it.
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- 8/16/2021
- by Marya E. Gates
- The Playlist
As The Chair opens, its heroine (Sandra Oh) could not look more thrilled with her recent promotion. There’s a bounce in her step as she makes her way through the ancient, august halls of Pembroke College — pointedly decorated with portraits of old white men — and she pauses to admire the gleaming nameplate on her new office door: Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim, Chair, Department of English.
And then, not 30 seconds later, she’s tossed to the floor when her chair collapses under her. It’s the arc of the series in miniature: This is not the tale of a Korean-American woman triumphantly ...
And then, not 30 seconds later, she’s tossed to the floor when her chair collapses under her. It’s the arc of the series in miniature: This is not the tale of a Korean-American woman triumphantly ...
- 8/12/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
As The Chair opens, its heroine (Sandra Oh) could not look more thrilled with her recent promotion. There’s a bounce in her step as she makes her way through the ancient, august halls of Pembroke College — pointedly decorated with portraits of old white men — and she pauses to admire the gleaming nameplate on her new office door: Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim, Chair, Department of English.
And then, not 30 seconds later, she’s tossed to the floor when her chair collapses under her. It’s the arc of the series in miniature: This is not the tale of a Korean-American woman triumphantly ...
And then, not 30 seconds later, she’s tossed to the floor when her chair collapses under her. It’s the arc of the series in miniature: This is not the tale of a Korean-American woman triumphantly ...
- 8/12/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
College campuses across the nation have come under scrutiny of late as safe spaces become the norm and intellectual discussion and disparate views suffer from an overly charged political atmosphere.
In Netflix's comedy, The Chair, there are plenty of isms on the Pembroke University campus, but the campus hopes to address many in one fell swoop with promotions, demotions, and reevaluating curriculum.
Professor Ji-Yoon Kim (Sandra Oh) benefits from her hard work with a promotion to English department Chair, but she soon wonders if the sacrifice is worth it.
It's not easy to address social ills, let alone the nuisances that arise on college campuses, but showrunner, writer, and executive producer Amanda Peet proves herself quite adept at writing believable conflict.
You might not expect a comedy to address such weighty issues as racism, sexism, and ageism, but the tone allows for a more authentic discussion than we might...
In Netflix's comedy, The Chair, there are plenty of isms on the Pembroke University campus, but the campus hopes to address many in one fell swoop with promotions, demotions, and reevaluating curriculum.
Professor Ji-Yoon Kim (Sandra Oh) benefits from her hard work with a promotion to English department Chair, but she soon wonders if the sacrifice is worth it.
It's not easy to address social ills, let alone the nuisances that arise on college campuses, but showrunner, writer, and executive producer Amanda Peet proves herself quite adept at writing believable conflict.
You might not expect a comedy to address such weighty issues as racism, sexism, and ageism, but the tone allows for a more authentic discussion than we might...
- 8/5/2021
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
About halfway through the first season of “The Chair,” I found myself profoundly grateful that it wasn’t the show it too easily could have been.
Created by Amanda Peet, the Netflix comedy takes place at the fictional Pembroke College, a fittingly idyllic liberal arts school where Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim (Sandra Oh) has just become the English department’s first female chair. Ji-Yoon’s harried attempts to keep her ailing department together in the face of declining enrollment, entrenched sexism and racism, and her unraveling work flirt Bill (Jay Duplass) have her running frantic every day — especially as students begin to call out Pembroke’s attempts to maintain its dusty status quo. It’s not exactly the show most would expect from executive producers’ D.B. Weiss and David Benioff’s massive Netflix deal, but it’s only more intriguing for it.
Throughout its six episodes, dropping August 20 on Netflix, “The Chair...
Created by Amanda Peet, the Netflix comedy takes place at the fictional Pembroke College, a fittingly idyllic liberal arts school where Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim (Sandra Oh) has just become the English department’s first female chair. Ji-Yoon’s harried attempts to keep her ailing department together in the face of declining enrollment, entrenched sexism and racism, and her unraveling work flirt Bill (Jay Duplass) have her running frantic every day — especially as students begin to call out Pembroke’s attempts to maintain its dusty status quo. It’s not exactly the show most would expect from executive producers’ D.B. Weiss and David Benioff’s massive Netflix deal, but it’s only more intriguing for it.
Throughout its six episodes, dropping August 20 on Netflix, “The Chair...
- 8/4/2021
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
1. “The Chair” Season 1 (available August 20)
Why Should I Watch: Sandra Oh! Do you need another reason beyond Sandra Oh? Of course not, but perhaps you’re curious to know how much of the “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Killing Eve” star you’ll be getting. “The Chair” consists of six, half-hour episodes, all of which star Oh as Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim, the new Chair of the English department at a prestigious (fictional) university tarnished by scandal. A professor (Jay Duplass) has been accused of improper behavior, and the investigation is made all the more complicated by a) his well-liked status within the community, and b) his possible relationship with Dr. Kim. Has she been promoted to guide the university into a new era, or is she the scapegoat to help the old guard escape any blame for their current predicament?
Bonus Reason: Amanda Peet! No, the “Brockmire” and “Togetherness” star isn’t...
Why Should I Watch: Sandra Oh! Do you need another reason beyond Sandra Oh? Of course not, but perhaps you’re curious to know how much of the “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Killing Eve” star you’ll be getting. “The Chair” consists of six, half-hour episodes, all of which star Oh as Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim, the new Chair of the English department at a prestigious (fictional) university tarnished by scandal. A professor (Jay Duplass) has been accused of improper behavior, and the investigation is made all the more complicated by a) his well-liked status within the community, and b) his possible relationship with Dr. Kim. Has she been promoted to guide the university into a new era, or is she the scapegoat to help the old guard escape any blame for their current predicament?
Bonus Reason: Amanda Peet! No, the “Brockmire” and “Togetherness” star isn’t...
- 8/1/2021
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
It's not easy being the boss. On Wednesday, July 21, Netflix released the first trailer for their upcoming dramedy, The Chair, starring the one and only Sandra Oh. And, as the first look proves, dream jobs aren't always as they appear to be. Specifically, Oh as Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim inherits a scandal-ridden situation while stepping up as the first woman to chair the English department at the (fictional) Pembroke University. To make matters worse, it appears Dr. Kim's work crush, Professor Bill Dobson (Jay Duplass), is at the heart of the drama. While it's unclear what Professor Dobson has done, his actions have certainly caused a disastrous chain of events with students...
- 7/21/2021
- E! Online
Sandra Oh will be back on the small screen in the coming weeks, thanks to her leading role on Netflix's The Chair.
The series follows Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim (Sandra Oh) as she navigates her new role as the Chair of the English department at prestigious Pembroke University.
Ji-Yoon is faced with a unique set of challenges as the first woman to chair the department and as one of the few staff members of color at the university.
The older staff fear change, while new blood, like professor Yasmin McKay (Nana Mensah), agitate for it. Ji-Yoon tries to juggle her new administrative responsibilities —clashing with close co-workers who were confidants before she became the boss— with motherhood to her young daughter Ju Ju (Everly Carginilla) and caretaking for her father Habi (Ji Yong Lee).
Simultaneously she is struggling to discern if her platonic relationship with beloved English professor Bill Dobson...
The series follows Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim (Sandra Oh) as she navigates her new role as the Chair of the English department at prestigious Pembroke University.
Ji-Yoon is faced with a unique set of challenges as the first woman to chair the department and as one of the few staff members of color at the university.
The older staff fear change, while new blood, like professor Yasmin McKay (Nana Mensah), agitate for it. Ji-Yoon tries to juggle her new administrative responsibilities —clashing with close co-workers who were confidants before she became the boss— with motherhood to her young daughter Ju Ju (Everly Carginilla) and caretaking for her father Habi (Ji Yong Lee).
Simultaneously she is struggling to discern if her platonic relationship with beloved English professor Bill Dobson...
- 7/21/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Can there ever be enough Sandra Oh? The answer is “of course not” and Netflix is making sure we aren’t lacking by putting the Emmy-winning actor in a new series. The streaming giant released the first trailer for “The Chair” Wednesday morning, a new six-episode dark comedy from writer, showrunner, and executive producer Amanda Peet.
In the trailer, it appears as if Oh’s character is in a relationship with a professor played by Jay Duplass, who also happens to be at the root of their university’s latest scandal. As Oh’s new department chair tries to navigate a path forward for the school as well as her close friend and employee, events push her into thinking she was brought in as a patsy — someone to blame when the PR problems become insurmountable.
Per Netflix, here’s the official synopsis:
‘The Chair’ follows Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim (Sandra Oh...
In the trailer, it appears as if Oh’s character is in a relationship with a professor played by Jay Duplass, who also happens to be at the root of their university’s latest scandal. As Oh’s new department chair tries to navigate a path forward for the school as well as her close friend and employee, events push her into thinking she was brought in as a patsy — someone to blame when the PR problems become insurmountable.
Per Netflix, here’s the official synopsis:
‘The Chair’ follows Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim (Sandra Oh...
- 7/21/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Sandra Oh has her hands full with both a college controversy and a questionable crush as the title character in the Netflix comedy The Chair.
The full trailer above previews the promotion of Oh’s character, Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim, to English department chair at the prestigious Pembroke University, where she must manage a brewing crisis while also clearly having an interest in the professor at the center of it, Bill Dobson, played by Jay Duplass (Transparent) — and all while being the first woman to chair the department, and as one of the few staff members of color at the university.
The full trailer above previews the promotion of Oh’s character, Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim, to English department chair at the prestigious Pembroke University, where she must manage a brewing crisis while also clearly having an interest in the professor at the center of it, Bill Dobson, played by Jay Duplass (Transparent) — and all while being the first woman to chair the department, and as one of the few staff members of color at the university.
- 7/21/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Netflix dropped the trailer for the Sandra Oh-led series “The Chair” on Wednesday, which is “Game of Thrones” showrunners Dan Weiss and David Benioff’s first scripted show at the streaming service. And though this series, created and showrun by Amanda Peet, is nothing like “GoT” on the surface, it seems Oh’s character, the first woman chair of her university’s English department, will be facing a “serious reputational matter” — not unlike several powerful women of Westeros did before her.
In the trailer for “The Chair,” which you can view here and via the video above, Oh’s Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim is left handling a scandal involving her friend and colleague Professor Bill Dobson (played by Jay Duplass), whom she appears to have feelings for, while navigating her new role as the chair of the English department at the prestigious Pembroke University. We don’t know exactly what Dobson did here,...
In the trailer for “The Chair,” which you can view here and via the video above, Oh’s Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim is left handling a scandal involving her friend and colleague Professor Bill Dobson (played by Jay Duplass), whom she appears to have feelings for, while navigating her new role as the chair of the English department at the prestigious Pembroke University. We don’t know exactly what Dobson did here,...
- 7/21/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Sandra Oh wants you to know she's the "f--ker in charge" in Netflix's new dramedy. On Wednesday, June 30, the streaming service released the first trailer for their new show, The Chair, starring the critically-acclaimed actress. In the new sneak peek, Ji-Yoon Kim (Oh) is seen stepping into her role at the (fictional) Pembroke University. Even though there is no dialogue in this teaser, the actions of the leading lady say plenty. For starters, after proudly taking in her office door, which reads, "Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim, Chair, Department of English," she settles into her academic space. On her desk, there's a very telling nameplate that declares, "F--ker in Charge...
- 6/30/2021
- E! Online
With Killing Eve sitting out all of 2020, Sandra Oh has an exciting new role to sink her teeth into.
Netflix on Wednesday unveiled the first footage of its forthcoming comedy The Chair, and it looks like a humorous affair.
We meet Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim (Oh), who arrives at the prestigious Pembroke University for her first day on the job.
And, if you wanted to know how humorous Oh's character is, then look no further than her nameplate, which declares her the "f--cker in charge."
Catchy, right?
The Chair follows Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim Oh) as she navigates her new role as the Chair of the English department at prestigious Pembroke University.
Ji-Yoon is faced with a unique set of challenges as the first woman to chair the department and as one of the few staff members of color at the university.
Six half-hour episodes have been ordered, and we're super excited for it.
Netflix on Wednesday unveiled the first footage of its forthcoming comedy The Chair, and it looks like a humorous affair.
We meet Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim (Oh), who arrives at the prestigious Pembroke University for her first day on the job.
And, if you wanted to know how humorous Oh's character is, then look no further than her nameplate, which declares her the "f--cker in charge."
Catchy, right?
The Chair follows Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim Oh) as she navigates her new role as the Chair of the English department at prestigious Pembroke University.
Ji-Yoon is faced with a unique set of challenges as the first woman to chair the department and as one of the few staff members of color at the university.
Six half-hour episodes have been ordered, and we're super excited for it.
- 6/30/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
To get a sense of the character Sandra Oh plays in Netflix’s comedy The Chair, look no further than the nameplate she’s putting on her desk at Pembroke University.
In a new teaser trailer released on Wednesday, Oh makes her debut as Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim, the first female and woman of color to lead the English department at the fictional Pembroke. And though Oh doesn’t say anything in the scene above, that nameplate — which reads “F—ker in Charge of You F—king F—ks” — is worth a thousand words.
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In a new teaser trailer released on Wednesday, Oh makes her debut as Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim, the first female and woman of color to lead the English department at the fictional Pembroke. And though Oh doesn’t say anything in the scene above, that nameplate — which reads “F—ker in Charge of You F—king F—ks” — is worth a thousand words.
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- 6/30/2021
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
Killing Eve may not be returning for its final season this year, but at least we will have Sandra Oh gracing our screens again in the near future.
The Chair, a new comedy series starring the beloved actress, will now launch on August 20 on the streaming service.
It was previously set to launch on August 27, so we're getting this one a whole week earlier.
The Chair follows Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim (Sandra Oh) as she navigates her new role as the Chair of the English department at prestigious Pembroke University.
Ji-Yoon is faced with a unique set of challenges as the first woman to chair the department and as one of the few staff members of color at the university.
Six half-hour episodes have been ordered, and there's some impressive talent attached to the series.
Amanda Peet is an executive producer, writer, and showrunner.
Joining Peet as executive producers are Sandra Oh,...
The Chair, a new comedy series starring the beloved actress, will now launch on August 20 on the streaming service.
It was previously set to launch on August 27, so we're getting this one a whole week earlier.
The Chair follows Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim (Sandra Oh) as she navigates her new role as the Chair of the English department at prestigious Pembroke University.
Ji-Yoon is faced with a unique set of challenges as the first woman to chair the department and as one of the few staff members of color at the university.
Six half-hour episodes have been ordered, and there's some impressive talent attached to the series.
Amanda Peet is an executive producer, writer, and showrunner.
Joining Peet as executive producers are Sandra Oh,...
- 6/9/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Netflix is revealing new details about Sandra Oh‘s forthcoming college-set comedy series from Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
Titled The Chair, the six-episode satire — created and co-written by Benioff’s real-life wife, actress Amanda Peet — finds the Killing Eve star playing the first female and woman of color to head up the English Department at the (fictional) Pembroke University. It’s set to premiere on Aug. 27.
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Titled The Chair, the six-episode satire — created and co-written by Benioff’s real-life wife, actress Amanda Peet — finds the Killing Eve star playing the first female and woman of color to head up the English Department at the (fictional) Pembroke University. It’s set to premiere on Aug. 27.
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- 5/12/2021
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
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