Caffeine - August 5th Edition

I know we’re all distracted by the Olympics this week, but we’ve got tons of news coming out of TCA! Here we go . . .

The Weeds series finale will air on September 16.

Girls and Enlightened will return in January. We’ll let you know when we have an exact date.

The Big C will have a final season of four one-hour episodes.

Josh Charles will direct an episode of The Good Wife this season.

The second miniseries of American Horror Story will be called American Horror Story: Asylum.

Picked up to series: Nick at Nite’s Wendell and Vinnie

Pilots ordered:
CBS: Backstrom, an adaptation of Swedish crime novels, from Hart Hanson
Lifetime: HR (Yes, it’s what it sounds like.)
Nickolodeon: Spinoffs of iCarly and Victorious; three comedies, including one starring Tia Mowry
Syfy: Proof from M. Night Shyamalan & Marti Noxon; High Moon from Bryan Fuller

In development:
ABC bought a Texas militia drama.
CBS and Vince Vaughn are rebooting The Brady Bunch. Yes, really. CBS is also working on a sitcom with Dan Harmon.
FOX has a buddy comedy based on an Israeli show, an upstairs/downstairs aircraft carrier drama, and a high-concept cop drama.
NBC is still thinking about its Army doctors pilot, and it bought a United Nations drama. It’s also working on a brother comedy from Seth Meyers and a hotel drama.
Ricky Martin is developing a show he can star in for NBC Universal.
Showtime has an Aztec drama.
There’s an adaptation of novel Jessica Z.

BBC America is joining the BBC’s new contemporary Musketeers drama.

Hulu is bringing some new international shows to U.S. audiences.

Sammy Adams will perform on 90210.

Returns:
Drop Dead Diva: Ben Feldman
The Exes: Judith Light
How I Met Your Mother: Joe Manganiello
NCIS: Robert Wagner, Daniel Luis Rivas
The Office: David Denman

(Image courtesy of Showtime.)

Caffeine – August 5th Edition