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Samuel L. Jackson stars in Tulsa King spinoff Frisco King

Paramount Plus dropped the first teaser Thursday morning, with Jackson reprising Russell Lee Washington Jr. and two episodes arriving at launch; the suburb has not been consulted.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDeadline reports that Paramount Plus released a teaser this morning for Frisco King, with Samuel L. Jackson lording over a Texas suburb, premiering December eighteenth.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSo, panel: could you rule a suburb?

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorGladly. I was voted off my homeowners association in two thousand nine for predicting the sinkhole, and the sinkhole came, Gloria, in March.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe sinkhole was a puddle.

  5. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA puddle with ambitions. As king, I'd ban lawn sprinklers, plant a bell tower, and ring it every time the neighbors repaint a garage door.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have watched a general fall over a parking permit, Dale.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA suburb is harder than a coup, because nobody there fears anything except a letter.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'd take it. My kingdom is one thermostat, and I hold it at seventy degrees by force of personality.

  9. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSeventy is a truce, not a throne.

  10. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAnd a king without a army is a man in a robe. Jackson at least has a teaser and a release date.

  11. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFine, I'm switching to Hank's side, because at least he'd let me ring that bell tower.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThere was never a tea ban. Show of hands: who would rule a suburb? Two.

  13. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChat, vote yes or no, and know the man with the leaf blower already runs mine.

  14. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChip, tell me your suburb has a king too.

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