Caffeine – TV News – December 6th Edition

Happy Sunday! We’ve got some very exciting renewals in this week’s TV news, but first, a few premiere dates …

Premiere dates:
January 6th: Mike & Molly, 2 Broke Girls
January 7th: Angel from Hell
February 15th: Major Crimes
February 16th: Rizzoli & Isles
March 2nd: Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders

Renewed: The Fosters, Those Who Can’t, Blood and Water, You’re the Worst, The Art of More

Canceled: Gigi Does It

The Agent Carter premiere has been pushed to January 19th because of the State of the Union address.

CBS has ordered seven more episodes of Supergirl, bringing the total for the season to 20.

CTV has acquired the X-Files revival in Canada, and will air it simultaneously with Fox.

Amazon has officially confirmed David E. Kelley legal drama Trial.

Ordered to series:
Amazon UK: Period fashion drama The Collection
BBC One: Pre-apocalyptic crime drama Hard Sun
ITV: Lingerie/sex toy sales party drama Brief Encounters, historical hotel drama The Halcyon

Pilot orders:
ABC: John Ridley PI drama Presence (Unlic)
TruTV: Comedy Shady Neighbors, a medical comedy

In development:
ABC: Steampunk soap Power, Latino family comedy Accidentes
Amazon: Historical drama Queen Charlotte, female papal spokesperson drama Vatican City
CBS: Tom Welling action drama Section 13
City TV: Mob miniseries Bad Blood
The CW: Romantic comedy No Tomorrow, 19th century monster drama Transylvania, a revenge drama
Discovery: Criminal mastermind anthology series Manifesto
Fox: A Rambo: New Blood series with Sylvester Stallone producing, 50 Cent comedy My Friend 50, horror/thriller drama Through My Eyes from Joel Wyman, political thriller drama The Code from Graham Yost
HBO: Baptist university comedy Brotherhood
Nat Geo: A miniseries adaptation of Martha Raddatz’s Iraq War book The Long Road Home
NBC: Thriller Heist, soccer family comedy Imported
Pop: A Joey McIntyre comedy
Syfy: Dark Horse comic adaptation Harrow County
TruTV: An amateur vigilante series from Melissa Hunter

Pilot Paradise Pictures is not going forward at USA Network.

Tim Story will direct ABC Family’s Nicki Minaj comedy pilot.

Promoted to series regular:
Fear the Walking Dead: Colman Domingo

Guest stars!
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Kathryn Hahn
Criminal Minds: Aubrey Plaza
CSI: Cyber: Kelly Osbourne
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: Carlos Valdes
Getting On: Rita Moreno
Gotham: Lori Petty
Grace and Frankie: Rita Moreno
Rosewood: Joy Bryant

Returns:
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Sandra Bernhard
Jane the Virgin: Rita Moreno
Once Upon a Time: Tony Perez, Rachel Shelley
Supernatural: Mark Pellegrino

Casting:
Bates Motel: Damon Gupton
Big Little Lies: Shailene Woodley
Blindspot: Trieste Kelly Dunn
BrainDead: Danny Pino
Cardinal: Billy Campbell, Karine Vanasse
Divorce: Sterling Jerins
Downward Dog: Kirby Howell-Baptiste
Famous in Love: Ana Mulvoy-Ten
The Flash: Marco Grazzini
Gotham: Michael Bowen
The Path: Keir Dullea
Roots: T.I., Mekhi Phifer, James Purefoy, Matthew Goode, Lane Garrison, Emayatzy Corinealdi, G. Hannelius
Rosewood: Sherri Shepherd
Supergirl: Italia Ricci
Undateable: Whitney Cummings

(Image courtesy of ABC Family.)

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