This week’s TV news brings us a slew of premiere dates, so let’s see how the winter and early spring are shaping up!
Premiere dates:
December 13th: The Jetty
January 2nd: Vera
January 12th: Rogue Heroes
January 30th: The Recruit, Mo
January 31st: The Eastern Gate
February 17th: A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
February 20th: Reacher
February 21st: Surface
February 23rd: 1923
February 26th: Berlin ER
March 4th: Lost Boys & Fairies
March 6th: Douglas Is Canceled
March 13th: The Wheel of Time
March 20th: Ludwig
April 16th: Government Cheese
Renewed:
Bel-Air (for a fourth and final season), Sweetpea, Rivals, The Agency, Like Water for Chocolate, The Thaw
Other headlines:
The One Chicago crossover event will take place on January 29th.
Ordered to series:
Apple TV+: An adaptation of Marissa Stapley’s novel Lucky starring Anya Taylor-Joy
BBC: An adaptation of Caleb Azumah Nelson’s novel Open Water written, directed, and EPed by the author
Channel 5: Psychological drama The Rumour starring Rachel Shenton, Emily Atack, and Joanne Whalley
ITV: Elizabeth I conspiracy drama Majesty, real-life royal-adjacent crime series The Lady
Netflix: True crime drama The Witness starring Jordan Bolger and Max Fincham
RTÉ/BBC: An adaptation of Marian Keyes’ Walsh sisters novels
Sky: Jamaica-set limited series Inheritance starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jonny Lee Miller
Vaba TV: Murder mystery series Fatal Game
Acquired for Canada:
CBC Gem: BBC heist drama The Gold
Acquired for the U.S.:
BBC Masterpiece: BBC heist drama The Gold
In development:
ABC: A cop-centered spinoff of The Rookie, a Scrubs revival (now officially in development), military procedural Devil’s Ranch
FX: A series based on the life of mobster Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano
NBC: Junior college cheerleading comedy Stumble, band member drama Duo starring Melissa Benoist and Chris Wood, food magazine comedy Taste starring Julie Bowen
New Pictures: An adaptation of oil company exposé The Petroleum Papers
Paper Entertainment: Male escort dramedy Honey Boys
Playground: An adaptation of Alan Moore’s fantasy novel The Great When
Studiocanal: 1950s Singapore female crime gang drama Red Butterfly
Universal TV: An adaptation of Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas’s novel Running in Heels about 1980s Hollywood secretaries
Warner Bros. TV: An adaptation of Liza Minnelli’s forthcoming memoir
Guest stars:
George and Mandy’s First Marriage: Matt Hobby
Ghosts: Nat Faxon
Poppa’s House: Marlon Wayans
Returns:
Lopez vs Lopez: Jaime Camil
Casting:
The Buccaneers: Greg Wise, Jacob Ifan, Grace Ambrose, Maria Almeida
Étoile: Ivan du Pontavice, Taïs Vinolo
Mr. and Mrs. Smith: Mark Eydelshteyn
Smilla’s Sense of Snow: Filippa Coster-Waldau, Elyas M’Barek, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Morten Suurballe, Amanda Collin, Set Sjöstrand, Alexandre Willaume
Untitled Hulu Murdaugh Murders limited series: Jason Clarke
Untitled Paramount+ Guy Ritchie crime series: Paddy Considine, Joanne Froggatt, Lara Pulver, Anson Boon, Mandeep Dhillon, Jasmine Jobson
(Image courtesy of the BBC.)
