Caffeine – TV News – October 12th Edition

Caffeine – TV News – October 12th Edition

Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian readers! Let’s catch up on fall/winter premiere dates and more TV news as the weather turns cold . . .

Premiere dates:

October 31st: Bad Influencer

November 4th: All’s Fair
November 6th: Death by Lightning, The Vince Staples Show
November 14th: Malice
November 27th: The Artist

January 15th: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
January 18th: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
January 21st: Drops of God
January 27th: Wonder Man

February 11th: Cross

Renewed:

The Buccaneers, Dexter: Resurrection

Canceled:

Yellowjackets (after the upcoming fourth season), Countdown, Butterfly

Other headlines:

David Del Río has been fired from Matlock because of an alleged sexual assault of a castmate.

Scott Z. Burns has stepped down as showrunner of Thumblite.

Ordered to series:

BBC: A comedy about middle-aged relationships from Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs
Paramount+: Legal thriller Discretion starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning, first responders’ legal fight limited series 9/12 starring Jeremy Strong

Acquired for the U.S.:

MGM+: Kaley Cuoco mystery thriller Vanished

In development:

AGC Television: Geopolitical thriller Embassy starring Anna Kendrick and J.K. Simmons
Amazon MGM Studios: An adaptation of E. Lockhart’s YA novel Genuine Fraud starring Rain Spencer, romantic comedy Aught to Be from Paris Hilton and Andrew McMahon
Lionsgate Television: An adaptation of Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ YA series The Inheritance Games
NBC: Secret Service drama The Detail starring Rob Lowe
Paramount TV: An adaptation of Robert Ludlum spy thriller The Ambler Warning starring Jessica Biel
Sony Pictures TV/Hasbro: A Clue scripted series
StudioCanal: An adaptation of Robin Stevens’ Murder Most Unladylike mysteries
Universal TV: An adaptation of Stephanie Garber’s fantasy novel Alchemy of Secrets from Julie Plec

Promoted to series regular:

Grey’s Anatomy: Trevor Jackson

Guest stars:

Elsbeth: Lana Condor
Watson: Clarke Peters

Casting:

All the Sinners Bleed: Daniel Ezra, Andrea Cortés
American Hostage: Jonathan Tucker
Bad Monkey: Sam Jaeger
Bloodaxe: Marc Rissmann, Kai Luke Brummer
Disinherited: Katja Herbers, Alan Ruck, Eddie Marsan, Karl Glusman, Jonathan Higginbotham
The Faithful: Millie Brady, Blu Hunt, James Purefoy, Will Stevens, Taylor Napier
Grey’s Anatomy: Jade Pettyjohn, Anita Kalathara
Hacks: Christopher Briney
Lioness: Ian Bohen
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Stephen Colbert
This City Is Ours: Shaun Evans, Álvaro Morte
The Vampire Lestat: Sheila Atim, Noah Reid, Ryan Kattner, Seamus Patterson, Sarah Swire
The Walking Dead: Dead City: Raúl Castillo
Wild Things: Brett Gelman, Jessica Madsen, Justin Bartha, Cameron Britton, Bill Heck

(Image courtesy of Star Trek.)

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