This week’s TV news includes a couple big renewals and cancellations along with info about some new shows in development and more!
Premiere dates:
November 2nd: Salem
November 15th: Teen Wolf
Renewed: Narcos (for seasons three and four), Queen of the South (with Natalie Chaidez joining as showrunner), The Last Ship (through season five)
Canceled: Tyrant, Mistresses, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll
Showrunner Charles Murray has left Star.
Ordered to series:
Foxtel/Fremantle Australia: A Picnic at Hanging Rock miniseries
Hulu: Josh Hutcherson time travel comedy Future Man
Pilot orders:
TV Land: A Heathers anthology reboot
USA Network: Crime thriller The Sinner from Jessica Biel
In development:
ABC: Multi-generational real estate soap American Heritage, widow comedic drama Women in Black
CBS: A sister legal dramedy from Jason Katims and Annie Weisman, couples comedy 99 Problems from Greg Garcia, interracial family comedy The Mix Up
Fox: A family comedy from Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone, Greg Berlanti’s Black Lightning show
FX: Horror drama Basilisk
HBO: Jonestown limited series Raven from Vince Gilligan and Octavia Spencer
Hulu: Sarah Maas YA fantasy adaptation Queen of Shadows
The Jackal Group: Literary adaptation The Immortalists
NBC: Friendship comedy Big of Me from Lauren Iungerich, Will Packer, and Eva Longoria, boy band drama Boys from Zayn Malik and Dick Wolf, a suburban crime drama from Jenna Bans, law school satire The Curve, a sports medicine drama from LeBron James, a coming-of-age comedy from Kourtney Kang and Nahnatchka Khan, a multigenerational family comedy from Wendi Trilling
Warner Bros TV: Literary adaptation The Nix from J.J. Abrams starring Meryl Streep
David Mackenzie will direct USA Network’s Damnation pilot.
Guest stars:
Aftermath: Adrian Hough
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Eric Roberts
Chicago Med: Betty Buckley
Jane the Virgin: Gloria and Emilio Estefan
Law & Order: SVU: Anthony Edwards
Life in Pieces: Victor Ortiz, Jasmine Tookes
Pitch: Josh Peck
The Real O’Neals: Graham Elliot, Alexandra Guarnaschelli, Antonia Lofasa
Supernatural: Kara Royster
Training Day: Emma Caulfield
Travelers: Adrian Hough
Returns:
Supernatural: Adam Rose
The Vampire Diaries: Michael Trevino
Casting:
Alias Grace: David Cronenberg, Edward Holcroft, Paul Gross, Kerr Logan, Rebecca Liddiard
Altered Carbon: Chris Conner, Ato Essandoh
Cormoran Strike: Tom Burke
Dear White People: Nia Jervier, Wyatt Nash
Frequency: Rob Mayes
Godless: Sam Waterston, Scoot McNairy, Kim Coates, Audrey Moore, Christiane Seidel, Randy Oglesby, Justin Welborn, Christopher Fitzgerald
The Handmaid’s Tale: O-T Fagbenle
Hap & Leonard: Brian Dennehy, Irma P. Hall, Dohn Norwood, Tiffany Mack, Cranston Johnson
Major Crimes: Camryn Manheim
Pitch: Christian Ochoa, Kelly Jenrette, Kevin Connolly
Strange New Things: Richard Madden
Superior Donuts: Katey Sagal
The Terror: Tobias Menzies
Will: Max Bennett
World’s End: Aasif Mandvi, Maya Kazan, Robin Bartlett, Ajay Naidu, James Ortiz
(Image courtesy of WGN America.)
