It was a fairly quiet week for TV news in the scripted world, but we’ve got a few things to catch up on!
Premiere dates:
October 6th: Murdoch Mysteries (U.S. premiere)
October 7th: Red Alert
December 3rd: The Hunt
December 5th: Spartacus: House of Ashur
Renewed:
Small Achievable Goals, The Crow Girl
Other headlines:
Apple has postponed the release of The Savant.
Meredith Averill will showrun Fourth Wing.
David Harrower is taking over as lead writer for Day of the Jackal.
Ordered to series:
5/ITV Studios: Thriller Missed Call starring Joanna Scanlan, Claire Keim, Rupert Graves, François-Xavier Demaison, and Robert Lindsay
Fox: A reimagined take on Baywatch
Netflix: Supernatural drama Pagans from Joshua Zetumer
Sky Italia: Fashion family drama Gucci: Game Over
Stan/ITV Studios: Cold case drama The Killings: Parrish Station starring Mia Wasikowska, Heather Mitchell, and Xavier Samuel
Acquired for North America:
BritBox: British crime comedy Death Valley
In development:
Amazon MGM Studios: A private eye comedy starring football player Marshawn Lynch, an adaptation of Lucy Score’s romance novel Things We Never Got Over
AMC Networks: An adaptation of drug trade family saga nonfiction book Down by the River
EQT: 1990s hitman Wayne Perry series Silk from rapper Wale
Netflix: A Charleston-set society drama from Marc Cherry
Leaving their shows:
Ransom Canyon: Eoin Macken, Andrew Liner
Promoted to series regular:
The Diplomat: Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford
Running Point: Justin Theroux, Uche Agada
Guest stars:
Bel-Air: Tyra Banks
Casting:
American Hostage: Kristoffer Polaha
Bad Monkey: Yvonne Strahovski, Zavior Phillips
Every Year After: Elisha Cuthbert
Law & Order: David Ajala
NCIS: Origins: Philip Winchester
Not Suitable for Work: Jay Ellis
Running Point: Robert Townsend, Ken Marino, Tommy Dewey, Richa Moorjani, Jake Picking, Blake Anderson, Duby Maduegbunam, Aliyah Turner
Small Town Scandal: Rose Matafeo, Felicity Kendal
Sullivan’s Crossing: Fuad Ahmed, Jonathan Silverman, Colby Frost, Emerson MacNeil
Superfakes: Lucy Liu
The Walking Dead: Dead City: Jimmi Simpson
The Witcher: Peter Mullan (replacing Kim Bodnia)
Untitled FX witness protection pilot: Aidan Gillen
Untitled Netflix Will Ferrell golf series: Luke Wilson
(Image courtesy of the CBC.)
