Happy Sunday! TV news is in a bit of an early summer lull, but read on for some fall premiere dates and a whole bunch of exciting renewals!
Premiere dates:
July 28: Ripper Street
September 11: Masters of Sex
October 1: Versailles (new date)
October 2: Shameless
October 22: Dirk Gently
November 17: Undercover
November 20: The Affair
Renewed: Outlander (for seasons 3 and 4), UnREAL, Transparent, Cleverman, Endeavour, Good Witch, Lopez
Homeland is “nearing” a renewal for seasons 7 and 8, and season 6 will premiere in January 2017.
Ellen Pompeo has closed a deal to return to Grey’s Anatomy.
Ordered to series:
Channel 4/Lionsgate: Social services comedy Damned
Comedy Central: Dark workplace comedy Corporate
FX: Marvel show Legion
HBO: Bill Hader hitman comedy Barry
Netflix: 1980s female wrestler comedy G.L.O.W. from Jenji Kohan
Showtime: An adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s Purity starring Daniel Craig
TV Land: Melissa McCarthy/Ben Falcone comedy Nobodies
Pilot orders:
Showtime: Jamie Foxx comedy White Famous
In development:
BBC America: Sci-fi drama Memoria, female Israeli army comedy Zero Motivation, actress drama Foreign Babes in Beijing, a remake of British alien invasion show Quatermass, Chinese novel adaptation Trip, satirical junk food show Junk
Leaving their shows:
Code Black: Bonnie Somerville, Raza Jaffrey
Promoted to series regular:
The Americans: Brandon J. Dirden
Code Black: Boris Kodjoe, Jillian Murray
Life in Pieces: Hunter King
Shameless: Isidora Goreshter
Guest stars:
Mozart in the Jungle: Monica Bellucci
Shooter: Randy Orton
Returns:
Pretty Little Liars: Brant Daugherty
Casting:
American Gods: Gillian Anderson
The First Wives Club: Alyson Hannigan, Megan Hilty
I Love Dick: Griffin Dunne
Quantico: Russell Tovey
Santa Clarita Diet: Skyler Gisondo, Liv Hewson, Richard T. Jones
Sick Note: Rupert Grint, Don Johnson, Nick Frost
Suits: Carly Pope
(Image courtesy of Starz.)
