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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-19T07:00:12.000Z",
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  "textContent": "[caption id=\"attachment_161042\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"359\"] Photo: Daniel Speer - Maximum Fun 2026[/caption] _Widow’s Bay_ is a new horror-comedy on Apple TV, named for the show’s setting: a small, picturesque island off the coast of New England. The tiny town on the island has it all: beautiful old buildings, charming seafood shacks, eccentric locals, and a dark, possibly supernatural past. The show uses plenty of humor, and it nods to the horror greats, but it is not a spoof. It’s earnestly scary! Katie Dippold created the show. She worked on _Parks & Recreation_, wrote the 2016 Ghostbusters revival, and wrote the 2013 action-comedy _The Heat_. Dippold joins Bullseye to talk about maintaining the delicate balance of horror and comedy on _Widow’s Bay_ , writing movies that have been on the receiving-end of intense internet discourse, and being the person from twitter who dressed up like the babadook for a halloween party, and was the only one in costume.",
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