{"id":86219,"date":"2025-08-16T02:47:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/86219\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T02:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:47:06","slug":"martin-short-on-only-murders-in-the-building-future-as-season-5-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/86219\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Short on Only Murders in the Building Future as Season 5 Starts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMartin Short<\/a> was the only one of the three \u201cOnly Murders in the Building<\/a>\u201d stars to receive an Emmy acting nomination this year \u2014 and he\u2019s still laughing at how co-star Steve Martin took the news. \u201cSteve phoned me about mid afternoon,\u201d Short tells Variety\u2018s Awards Circuit Podcast<\/a>. Martin proceeded to play dumb about the news: \u201c\u2018Hi, it\u2019s Steve. So I\u2019ve been out all day, and I\u2019ve been hiking and biking and, oh my God, I\u2019ve been so busy. Hey, have you heard anything about the Emmys<\/a>?’\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d has been quite the triumph for Short, who earlier this year won his first-ever SAG Award, for outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series. That same night, he and his co-stars also won the SAG Award for comedy series ensemble.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s a great show, it\u2019s well written, it\u2019s well directed, it\u2019s well crafted, and it\u2019s a hit,\u201d Short says, marveling at the success he\u2019s experiencing at this stage of his career. \u201cThose things are very rare\u2026 it\u2019s not only obviously great to be nominated for things, but to be so personally pleased with the outcome of the show is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Oliver Putnam, Short is in many ways the emotional core of \u201cOnly Murders.\u201d Over four seasons \u2014 and soon five \u2014 audiences have seen his character struggle to maintain a bond with his son, lament over what his career could have been and then come close to a second chance, and then even fall in love with Loretta (Meryl Streep).<\/p>\n

\n\tSeason 4 ended with the wedding of Oliver and Loretta \u2014 but this being \u201cOnly Murders in the Building,\u201d there is, of course, a murder in the building at the very end: Arconia doorman Lester (Teddy Coluca). That brings us to Season 5, which returns Sept. 9. So how much murders can take place in the building? In other words, how long might the show continue? <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI think that the reality is, you know when it feels like it\u2019s past its time,\u201d Short says. \u201cI think everyone\u2019s amazed that it\u2019s gone this long. This is a long time in streaming to go five years. \u2018The Dick Van Dyke Show\u2019 ended after five years, because one of the reasons was that they were afraid of losing the quality of it. But then, \u2018Friends\u2019 went how long, and they were always brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOn this week\u2019s episode of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, we talk to Short about \u201cOnly Murders in the Building,\u201d about his new gig hosting the latest iteration of the game show \u201cMatch Game,\u201d and we even get a cameo from one of Short\u2019s house guests, Tina Fey. But first, on the Roundtable, we look at some of the week\u2019s news \u2014 including the latest on Disney negotiations to keep the Oscars \u2014 and where things stand as Phase 2 voting kicks off this Monday. Listen below!<\/p>\n

\n\tShort says he\u2019s having a blast on \u201cOnly Murders in the Building,\u201d but he\u2019s also deeply proud of \u201cthe reputation it has as a workplace in New York. It is a very loose set, and one of the reasons is because Steve and Selena and I all work the exact same way, screwing around, getting the crew to laugh. Everyone is laughing, and\u2026 action! Oh a, screw up, laughing. That kind of joie de vivre is what permeates the set, and I think that is translates a little bit to the camera as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAlthough he\u2019s known mostly for his comedic roles, Short also has made waves by taking dramatic parts in series like \u201cThe Morning Show\u201d and \u201cDamages.\u201d \u201cIf someone writes you a great role that\u2019s dramatic, you don\u2019t say, \u2018no, I only do comedy,’\u201d he says. \u201cI kind of do something that seems exciting and intriguing and risky.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMost recently, that meant taking on the job of game show host on ABC\u2019s \u201cMatch Game\u201d this summer. He says he was drawn to the challenge: \u201cYou don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing, but you know it\u2019s always intriguing to try something new, and know that you could potentially massively fail,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of exciting about that at this stage. Maybe not when I was 25.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWas there ever an idea of Short hosting the show in character as his overly excited but often misinformed Hollywood entertainment reporter character Jiminy Glick? After all, \u201cMatch Game\u201d is about saucy interactions with a panel of celebrities, and Glick is known for his irreverent interactions with stars.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cActually, that was something floated,\u201d Short reveals. \u201c\u2018What if you did it as Jiminy Glick?\u2019 The reality is, Mike Myers did a game show a few years ago in character [as \u2018Tommy Maitland\u2019 on \u2018The Gong Show\u2019]. So, I don\u2019t know. That\u2019s three hours of makeup. It seems like a good idea on paper.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShort still enjoys popping up from time to time as Jiminy Glick \u2014 last year, he guest hosted \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live\u201d in character. But he\u2019s moved on from some of his other signature characters \u2014 including Ed Grimley. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI think that someone like Ed Grimley was interesting because he was a grown man who still had the openness of a child, but at a certain point it looks like he\u2019s a grown man with an illness,\u201d Short says. \u201cSo, you don\u2019t look at it in the present that way. But Glick can constantly be in the current, like a male Barbara Walters, or someone who just lasted decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tVariety\u2019s \u201cAwards Circuit\u201d podcast, hosted by Clayton Davis, Jazz Tangcay, Emily Longeretta, Jenelle Riley and Michael Schneider, who also produces, is your one-stop source for lively conversations about the best in film and television. Each episode, \u201cAwards Circuit\u201d features interviews with top film and TV talent and creatives, discussions and debates about awards races and industry headlines, and much more. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or anywhere you download podcasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martin Short was the only one of the three \u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d stars to receive an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[59472,10549,88,50988,13283,92],"class_list":["post-86219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-awards-circuit-podcast","tag-emmys","tag-entertainment","tag-martin-short","tag-only-murders-in-the-building","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}