# Coen Brothers TV mini-series next year: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coen-brothers-tv-mini-series-next-year-the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs/790938 "2017-07-10T18:09:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coen-brothers-tv-mini-series-next-year-the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs/790938/1 "2017-07-10T18:09:18Z")
The Cohen Brothers are both writing and directing a television mini-series, due to come out in 2018: _[The Ballad of Buster Scruggs](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6412452/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_1)_. The best I can make out is that it’s a series of loosely-connected but stand-alone episodes set in the old west. The best part is that one of the episodes stars Tim Blake Nelson as a singing cowboy (he was Delmar in _O Brother Where Art Thou?_). Another stars Stephen Root, who was so hysterical as the blind radio station manager from the same film. I’m marking my calendar to look out for this one. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coen-brothers-tv-mini-series-next-year-the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs/790938/2 "2017-07-13T14:45:25Z")
Also has James Franco, I don’t like westerns in general but love the Coens, so will check this out if possible. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coen-brothers-tv-mini-series-next-year-the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs/790938/3 "2017-07-13T17:03:39Z")
Any idea where it will be airing (or streaming)? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coen-brothers-tv-mini-series-next-year-the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs/790938/4 "2017-07-13T18:24:30Z")
> **[Coen Brothers to Write and Direct Their First-Ever TV Series, ‘Buster...](https://variety.com/2017/film/news/the-coen-brothers-the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs-1201941064/)** > > Joel and Ethan Coen are the latest auteurs moving into television, with a new event anthology set in the Old West. Annapurna Television is partnering with the Coen brothers on a limited series West… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coen-brothers-tv-mini-series-next-year-the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs/790938/5 "2017-07-13T18:50:35Z")
I’d rather see _The Ballad of Lester Scruggs_–the tale of the aftermath of a teleporter accident involving a famous bluegrass duo. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coen-brothers-tv-mini-series-next-year-the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs/790938/6 "2017-07-14T17:10:50Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I’d rather see _The Ballad of Lester Scruggs_–the tale of the aftermath of a teleporter accident involving a famous bluegrass duo. Heh: [Flatt and Scruggs - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foggy_Mountain_Boys)