Reviewing Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness immediately after binge watching the entire show might not have been the best idea. You’re bound to need a moment to catch your breath after barreling through seven straight episodes of unethical and extremely dangerous business practices, backstabbing, threats and inflated egos. The new Netflix docu-series puts the spotlight on the community of big cat owners operating in the United States, with a significant amount of screen time being devoted to the story of Oklahoma zoo owner and Internet personality Joe Exotic. As presented in the first episode, “Not Your Average …

Netflix has released the trailer for Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. The upcoming documentary series follows the world of big cat owners, specifically Joe Exotic, a gun-toting polygamist and country western singer who was eventually implicated in a murder-for-hire plot. This is the kind of series that seems tailor-made for Netflix. It's wild, it's true crime, it's colorful, and it's designed to get people talking. That doesn't mean it's good or bad; just that it checks the boxes of what Netflix would like in a documentary series because it …

Another podcast is finding its way to television, this time with Kate McKinnon. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Joe Exotic will be adapted for Universal Content Productions (UCP) and Wondery. It used to be that books were the limits of source material for Hollywood writers. Times sure have changed. Video games, board games, graphic novels, theme park rides. These are all legitimate art forms on which to base a script in 2019. And now, podcasts. So, what’s Joe Exotic all about? Try this on for size. McKinnon will play Carole Baskin, who boasts a great affinity for big cats (…