Heading into a holiday week in the U.S., this week’s TV news brings us several more winter premiere dates and a slew of renewals!
Premiere dates:
November 28th: Heated Rivalry
December 25th: Call the Midwife Christmas special
January 5th: Saint-Pierre
January 7th: Harlan Coben’s Final Twist
January 15th: Ponies
January 21st: Steal
January 26th: Wild Cards (U.S. season three premiere)
February 23rd: CIA
March 1st: Y: Marshals
Renewed:
Task, The Chair Company, I Love LA, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, House of the Dragon, Line of Duty, Twisted Metal, Veronika, All Creatures Great and Small (for seasons 7 and 8)
Canceled:
The Way Home (after the upcoming fourth season), Too Much
Other headlines:
David Reed is taking over as showrunner of Twisted Metal.
Apple TV has pushed the release of French series The Hunt with no new date yet.
Ordered to series:
Amazon Prime Video: A new Stargate series from Martin Gero
BBC: An adaptation of Sue Townsend’s novel The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾ from David Nicholls
Netflix: A limited series reimagining of Ira Levin’s historical novel The Boys from Brazil from Peter Morgan, action crime drama Trigger Point starring Joel Edgerton
Truenorth: Cold War crime series Top of the Rock starring Leslie Bibb
Acquired for the U.S.:
HBO Max: Canadian queer hockey series Heated Rivalry
In development:
Amplify Pictures: A TV version of Ben Schwartz’s Funny or Die show The Earliest Show starring Schwartz and Lauren Lapkus
Appian Way: 1990s United Nations series United from Kevin Costner (who may star as Bill Clinton) and Leonardo DiCaprio
Hulu: Fashion house comedy Last Look from Taika Waititi, recreational basketball comedy C-League from Charlie Hall
Made Up Stories: Erotic thriller series Night Float starring Nina Dobrev
Netflix: Political drama The Aisle from John Wells and Phoebe Fisher
Guest stars:
Fire Country: Alona Tal
The Hunting Party: Niecy Nash-Betts, Eric McCormack, Finnigan McCormack
Matlock: Sean Carrigan
Promoted to series regular:
The Hunting Wives: Karen Rodriguez, Hunter Emery
Casting:
Black Doves: Neve Campbell, Ambika Mod, Sam Riley, Babou Ceesay, Sylvia Hoeks, Goran Kostic, Samuel Barnett
The Boys from Brazil: Jeremy Strong, Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Gillian Anderson, Shira Haas, Lizzy Caplan
CIA: Necar Zadegan
Shōgun: Ren Meguro
Time: David Tennant, Siobhan Finneran
Tulsa King: Gretchen Mol
(Image courtesy of Crave.)
