Caffeine – TV News – November 8th Edition

Caffeine – TV News – November 8th Edition

The midseason schedule is shaping up – read on for premiere dates and the rest of the recent TV news!

Premiere dates:

November 12th: Blue Lights
November 15th: Cunk on Camera

December 1st: Trinity
December 10th: Who the Hell Is Hamish?

January 2nd: The Rockford Files (special premiere)
January 5th: Will Trent, High Potential
January 6th: Baywatch, Shifting Gears, The Rookie, The Rookie North
January 7th: The Rockford Files (regular timeslot)
January 10th: Bosch: Start of Watch
January 13th: Criminal

April 28th: Off Campus

Renewed:

The Diplomat, Coven Academy, Youth, Nobody Wants This

Canceled:

Criminal Minds: Evolution (after its upcoming 20th season)

Other headlines:

This is unconfirmed, but there’s a report that Heated Rivalry is filming a third season and a movie.

The Terminal List franchise will continue at Amazon with an adaptation of Savage Son, either as a season or its own sequel show.

Matthew Weiner is no longer involved in upcoming Peacock drama The Chairman.

Ordered to series:

Angel: Christian comedy series Shelf Life
Apple: Darkly comedic mystery Lenni starring Toni Collette
ITV: Thriller Nightswimming starring Lennie James
MGM+: Supernatural horror podcast adaptation The Black Tapes starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Netflix: 1950s prequel Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure, an adaptation of Curtis Sittenfeld’s novel Prep
Paramount+: True crime limited series Mushroom Murders starring Melanie Lynskey

In development:

A24: An adaptation of Chad Harbach’s college novel The Art of Fielding and The Brightness
Amazon: Alesia Dangerfield drama Whiskey Matriarch starring Taraji P. Henson
Amazon MGM Studios: An adaptation of Melinda Leigh’s thriller The Courier
Amblin Entertainment: An adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson’s sci fi novel Robopocalypse from Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman
Cottage Industry Productions: A whole slate of potential series including a Danielle Steel adaptation
Dollhouse Pictures: An adaptation of Bri Lee’s art world novel The Work
Easy Tiger: An adaptation of Dervla McTiernan’s psychological thriller Three Reasons for Revenge
Golden Possum Productions: Guantanamo Bay trials books adaptation Camp Justice
HBO: A series adaptation of Hitchcock film The Birds starring Sarah Snook
Hulu: Conspiracy crime drama Hotline
Impossible Dream Entertainment: Wendy Webb ghost stories series The Invited
NBC: Gender-swapped police procedural Gatsby, detective drama Worth
Netflix: Dramedy AWOL written by Craig Rowin, an adaptation of video game PUBG written by and starring Donald Glover, archery limited series The Only Child starring Ali Wong, crime drama Citizen’s Arrest
Pacesetter Productions/Kudos: An adaptation of Tahmima Anam’s upcoming publishing world novel Good Books
Titan1Studios: Historical drama House of Hudson
Two Brothers Pictures: A new version of British war drama Tenko, a series adaptation of rom-com Chalet Girl
Universal TV: An adaptation of Natalie Baszile’s novel Good People

Promoted to series regular:

How to Survive Without Me: Will Yun Lee

Guest stars:

Abbott Elementary: Bill Hader
Elsbeth: Simon Helberg, Molly Shannon, Lucas Hedges
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins: Jane Krakowski, Jason Mantzoukas, Edi Patterson, Scott Adsit, André De Shields
Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage: Ava Allan
Tracker: Josh Holloway

Returns:

FBI: Shantel VanSanten

Casting:

9-1-1: Nashville: Camryn Manheim
Ascension: Bill Nighy, Amanda Plummer, Christopher Chung, T’Nia Miller, Art Malik, Fred Loxley, Mirren Mack
Ascent: Amy Madigan, Alfred Molina, Selton Mello
Baywatch: Gillian Nation
The Beast in Me: John Goodman, Lili Taylor
Best Medicine: Katey Sagal
The Black Tapes: Sosie Bacon
Chicago P.D.: Naiqui Macabroad
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone: Patricia Clarkson, Elizabeth Marvel, Daniella Garcia, Felix Solis, Sean Astin, Annaleigh Ashford, Chris Walley, Eliza Bennett
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Jonathan Pryce, James D’Arcy, Lena Olin, Camille Cottin, Alun Armstrong, Jessica Raine, Paul Ready
Gone: Keeley Hawes
Good American Family: Isabela Merced, Patrick Schwarzenegger
Guilty Creatures: Brian d’Arcy James, Reed Birney, Gus Birney
Harry Potter: Jasper Talbott, Hannah Chinn, Harry Gilby, Laura Smyth, David Fearn, David Threlfall, Andrew Brooke, Leo Bill
Love Comes Softly: Ethan Rich
Marshals: Judd Lormand, Beau Knapp
Pagans: Paul Bettany
Prisoner: Keeley Hawes
Quitters: Thomas Lennon, Emily Bett Rickards, Jolie Handler, Lonzo Liggins, John Novosad, Denzel Papillon
Reacher: Ari Stidham
Rose Hill: Desmin Borges
Rules of Prey: Peter Outerbridge, Cody Ray Thompson, David Klein
Shelf Life: Jim O’Heir, Zachary Levi, Wesam Keesh, Donna Biscoe, Tommy Woodard, Jonathan Charles, Leilany Celeste, Jazelle Villanueva, Brittany Visser
Shrinking; Dyllón Burnside, Jillian Bell, Addie Weyrich
Tulsa King: Manny Montana
Wentworth: Halfway Home: Grace Chow, Nadine Garner, Elaine Crombie, Sara West, Claude Jabbour, Daniel Henshall, Laura Gordon, Thom Green, Chika Ikogwe
Young Americans: Billie Boullet, Sam Rechner, Mia Isaac, Oscar Winter, Lauren Mei
Untitled Apple TV Monsterverse series: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito
Untitled FX crime drama pilot: Jun Che, Sean Kaufman, Fala Chen, Leah Dou, Kheng Hua Tan
Untitled Starz Black rodeo drama: Arthur McAlpine III

(Image courtesy of NBC.)

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