We’ve got a bunch of new series orders and some other exciting tidbits in this week’s TV news!
Premiere dates:
May 22nd: Tyler Perry’s She the People
May 29th: The Summer I Turned Pretty
August 6th: Wednesday
Renewed:
A Shop for Killers, Sweet Magnolias
Canceled:
Other headlines:
Heartstopper will wrap up with a feature film on Netflix.
Cast members Ayo Edebiri and Lionel Boyce are co-writing an episode for season four of The Bear.
Stephen Frears will direct and EP The Anarchy.
Ordered to series:
Apple TV+: Former child prodigy romcom Prodigies starring Will Sharpe and Ayo Edebiri, an adaptation of Philip Kerr’s Berlin Noir crime novels
CBS: FBI spinoff DMV
Channel 4: Priest/nun romance drama Falling starring Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu
MGM+: Anthology series American Hostage from and starring Jon Hamm
Netflix: A drama based on Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story collection Unaccustomed Earth, a limited series adaptation of Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence
Acquired for the U.S.:
Paramount+: British comedy Can You Keep a Secret? starring Dawn French
PBS Masterpiece: The Count of Monte Cristo
In development:
Blumhouse TV: An adaptation of Marisha Pessl’s YA psychological thriller Darkly
HBO: A series about Jonestown from and potentially starring Bill Hader
Lucasfilm: A Star Wars series from Carlton and Nick Cuse
NBC: A Royal Pains revival starring original lead Mark Feuerstein
Not moving forward:
CBS: The Neighborhood spinoff, The Equalizer spinoff
Leaving their shows:
Fire Country: Stephanie Arcila, Billy Burke
Promoted to series regular:
The Rookie: Deric Augustine
Guest stars:
The Audacity: Randall Park
M.I.A.: Edward James Olmos, Billy Burke, Sônia Braga
Suits LA: Yvette Nicole Brown
Casting:
12 12 12: Jack Kesy
The Audacity: Thailey Roberge, Ava Marie Telek
Holes: Greg Kinnear, Aidy Bryant, Shay Rudolph, Flor Delis Alicea, Anire Kim Amoda, Noah Cottrell, Iesha Daniels, Sophie Dieterlen, Alexandra Doke, Maeve Press
House of the Dragon: Barry Sloane, Tom Cullen, Joplin Sibtain
Lanterns: Paul Ben-Victor
M.I.A.: Alberto Guerra
Robin Hood: Richard Lintern, Erica Ford, Ryan Gage, Oscar Salem, Miloš Timotijević, Tamara Radovanović
Seven Sisters: Christopher Gorham, Michele Weaver
Sterling Point: Ella Rubin, Amélie Hoeferle
Stumble: Jenn Lyon
Untitled Hulu Murdaugh Murders series: Madeline Popovich, Jessi Case, Jim O’Heir, Mark Pellegrino, Nicholas Cirillo, Patch Darragh, Ryan Paynter, Gerald McRaney
(Image courtesy of Netflix.)
