Caffeine – December 21st Edition

Happy Sunday! Let’s see what news we’re sneaking in before the holidays …

Premiere dates:
January 29th: Fortitude
February 19th: Vikings
March 4th: Broadchurch
April 18th: Orphan Black

The Parenthood series finale will air on January 29th.

The Missing has been renewed.

Gracepoint will not be getting a second season.

Ian Somerhalder will direct an episode of The Vampire Diaries.

Sebastian Bach will appear on the Galavant soundtrack.

Netflix is reportedly moving ahead with a Wet Hot American Summer sequel miniseries.

Ordered to series:
ABC Family: Addiction drama Recovery Road
ITV: A Beowulf adaptation
Logo: Interwoven dramas Cucumber and Banana from Russell T. Davies
USA Network: Hacker drama Mr. Robot

Pilot orders:
HBO: A Sarah Silverman comedy
TBS: Comedy Quality Time

In development:
ABC: FBI drama High Profile
Fox: Lucas Brothers comedy A Better Bushwick
HBO: Sarah Jessica Parker comedy Divorce, 1950s noir drama Shakedown
NBC: Action workplace comedy Human Resources

Guest stars!
The Flash: Peyton List, Nicholas Gonzalez
The Fosters: Patrick Duffy, Marlene Forte, Tony Plana
Girls: Ana Gasteyer, Anthony Edwards
The Goldbergs: Charlie Sheen
How to Get Away with Murder: Cicely Tyson
NCIS: Tanner Stine, Steve Harris
New Girl: Lori Greiner, Nasim Pedrad
Once Upon a Time: Ernie Hudson
Scorpion: David James Elliott

Returns:
About a Boy: Dax Shepard
New Girl: Justin Long, Josh Gad
Once Upon a Time: Eion Bailey, JoAnna Garcia Swisher
Reign: Amy Brenneman
Young and Hungry: Ashley Tisdale

Casting:
American Crime: The People v. O.J. Simpson: David Schwimmer
Badlands: Daniel Wu
Ballers: Arielle Kebbel
Childhood’s End: Julian McMahon, Daisy Betts
Dark Matter: Zoie Palmer, Anthony Lemke, Melissa O’Neil, Marc Bendavid, Alex Mallari Jr., Jodelle Ferland, Roger Cross
Go Jerrod Go: Loretta Devine, Amber West
Hannibal: Joe Anderson (replacing Michael Pitt)
Lumen: Neil Jackson, C.J. Valleroy, Fiona Shaw, Christina Cole, Nadja Bobyleva, Jon Brazier
Marilyn: Giacomo Giannotti, Embeth Davidtz, Jack Noseworthy
Murder in the First: Mo McRae
The Mysteries of Laura: Meg Steedle
Queen of the South: Hemky Madera
Revenge: Gina Torres
Roadies: Christina Hendricks
Shannara: Manu Bennett
The Vampire Diaries: Annie Wersching
Vice Principals: Da’vine Joy Randolph, Sheaun McKinney

(Image courtesy of Pivot.)

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