The Franchise
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TVMA
Comedy
The crew of an unloved franchise movie fight for their place in an unruly superhero cinematic universe.
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Thursday, October 10
Scene 31A: Tecto Meets Eye
Season 1 • Episode 1
Dan struggles to solve endless problems on the set of "Tecto: Eye of the Storm."
Thursday, October 10
Scene 31A: Tecto Meets Eye
Season 1 • Episode 1
Dan struggles to solve endless problems on the set of "Tecto: Eye of the Storm."
Thursday, October 10
Scene 31A: Tecto Meets Eye
Season 1 • Episode 1
Dan struggles to solve endless problems on the set of "Tecto: Eye of the Storm."
Friday, October 11
Scene 31A: Tecto Meets Eye
Season 1 • Episode 1
Dan struggles to solve endless problems on the set of "Tecto: Eye of the Storm."
Friday, October 11
Scene 31A: Tecto Meets Eye
Season 1 • Episode 1
Dan struggles to solve endless problems on the set of "Tecto: Eye of the Storm."
Friday, October 11
Scene 31A: Tecto Meets Eye
Season 1 • Episode 1
Dan struggles to solve endless problems on the set of "Tecto: Eye of the Storm."
Saturday, October 12
Scene 31A: Tecto Meets Eye
Season 1 • Episode 1
Dan struggles to solve endless problems on the set of "Tecto: Eye of the Storm."
Saturday, October 12
Scene 31A: Tecto Meets Eye
Season 1 • Episode 1
Dan struggles to solve endless problems on the set of "Tecto: Eye of the Storm."
Saturday, October 12
Scene 31A: Tecto Meets Eye
Season 1 • Episode 1
Dan struggles to solve endless problems on the set of "Tecto: Eye of the Storm."
Sunday, October 13
Scene 31A: Tecto Meets Eye
Season 1 • Episode 1
Dan struggles to solve endless problems on the set of "Tecto: Eye of the Storm."
Sunday, October 13
Scene 31A: Tecto Meets Eye
Season 1 • Episode 1
Dan struggles to solve endless problems on the set of "Tecto: Eye of the Storm."
Sunday, October 13
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer New
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Sunday, October 13
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 14
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 14
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 14
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 14
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 14
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Tuesday, October 15
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Tuesday, October 15
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Tuesday, October 15
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Wednesday, October 16
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Wednesday, October 16
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Thursday, October 17
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Thursday, October 17
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Thursday, October 17
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Thursday, October 17
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Thursday, October 17
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Friday, October 18
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Friday, October 18
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Friday, October 18
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Friday, October 18
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Friday, October 18
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Saturday, October 19
Scene 31A: Tecto Meets Eye
Season 1 • Episode 1
Dan struggles to solve endless problems on the set of "Tecto: Eye of the Storm."
Saturday, October 19
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Saturday, October 19
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Saturday, October 19
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Sunday, October 20
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Sunday, October 20
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Sunday, October 20 New
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Sunday, October 20
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 21
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 21
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 21
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 21
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 21
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 21
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 21
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 21
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Tuesday, October 22
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Tuesday, October 22
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Wednesday, October 23
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Wednesday, October 23
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Wednesday, October 23
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Wednesday, October 23
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Thursday, October 24
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Thursday, October 24
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Thursday, October 24
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Thursday, October 24
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Friday, October 25
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Friday, October 25
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Friday, October 25
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Friday, October 25
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Friday, October 25
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Saturday, October 26
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Saturday, October 26
Scene 31A: Tecto Meets Eye
Season 1 • Episode 1
Dan struggles to solve endless problems on the set of "Tecto: Eye of the Storm."
Saturday, October 26
Scene 36: The Invisible Jackhammer
Season 1 • Episode 2
THE FRANCHISE 102 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Saturday, October 26
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Saturday, October 26
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Sunday, October 27
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Sunday, October 27
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Sunday, October 27
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Sunday, October 27
Season 1 • Episode 3
THE FRANCHISE 103 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Sunday, October 27 New
Season 1 • Episode 4
THE FRANCHISE 104 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 28
Season 1 • Episode 4
THE FRANCHISE 104 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 28
Season 1 • Episode 4
THE FRANCHISE 104 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 28
Season 1 • Episode 4
THE FRANCHISE 104 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 28
Season 1 • Episode 4
THE FRANCHISE 104 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Monday, October 28
Season 1 • Episode 4
THE FRANCHISE 104 TVMA and has the TVMA code in the listings.
Matt Roush says...
All is not well in the Maximum (think Marvel) Cinematic Universe, when a satirical comedy from producer-writers of Veep and Succession goes behind the chaotic scenes of a big-budget superhero movie, the ridiculous Tecto: Eye of the Storm. We witness the madness through the eyes of overworked and underappreciated first assistant director Daniel (Himesh Patel), who’s putting out fires and stroking egos, playing middleman and fixer between a fickle studio and a mercurial director (Daniel Brühl). Lolly Adefope (the U.K. Ghosts) is his third A.D., bringing the droll snark, and Aya Cash (You’re the Worst) is an ambitious producer who worries that their film, a mere cog in a groaning galaxy of interconnected blockbusters, has become a “refugee camp for displaced I.P. (intellectual property).” Billy Magnussen and Richard E. Grant are Tecto’s combative stars, all working toward a product that only the most dedicated fanboy would ever want to see. “We just keep the trains running,” says Daniel. “Who cares what’s on them?” (See the full review.)
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