Caffeine – TV News – February 25th Edition

Caffeine – TV News – February 25th Edition

It was a bit of a quieter week for TV news, but we’ve got several renewals, a bunch of casting, and more!

Premiere dates:

June 13th: The Boys

Renewed:

All Creatures Great and Small (for seasons 5 and 6), True Detective, Berlin, Frasier

Ordered to series:

BBC: A whole slate of twelve dramas, including soccer/football show Dear England starring Joseph Fiennes
FX: Ryan Murphy horror drama Grotesquerie starring Niecy Nash-Betts, Courtney B. Vance, and Lesley Manville
Hulu: A comedy based on Eli Manning’s Chad Powers skit starring Glen Powell
Netflix: Dark comedy limited series Sirens from Molly Smith Metzler

Acquired for North America:

Walter Presents: WWI spy drama Davos 1917

In development:

Amazon MGM Studios: True crime drama Naked by the Window from and starring America Ferrera
ILBE: An adaptation of historical novel Memoirs of Hadrian
ITV: A series written by Peter Moffat about the 1970s/80s contaminated blood scandal
Legendary Television: An adaptation of Django Wexler’s fantasy novel How to Become the Dark Lord (And Die Trying)
Lionsgate: A sequel to Blue Mountain State
Netflix: A Virgin River prequel
SmartAngel Entertainment: An end of life limited series from and starring Jean Smart

Promoted to series regular:

Hacks: Megan Stalter, Paul W. Downs

Guest stars:

Animal Control: Thomas Lennon, Chelsea Frei, Larry Joe Campbell
Ghosts: Lamorne Morris

Returns:

All Creatures Great and Small: Callum Woodhouse

Casting:

9-1-1: Rick Cosnett
Amadeus: Will Sharpe
Butterfly: Piper Perabo
The Day of the Jackal: Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Chukwudi Iwuji
Foundation: Troy Kotsur
The Hunting Wives: Dermot Mulroney, Evan Jonigkeit
Only Murders in the Building: Eva Longoria
Suits: L.A.: Josh McDermitt
Your Friends and Neighbors: Olivia Munn
Untitled Hulu Dan Fogelman drama: Gerald McRaney, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Krys Marshall, Charlie Evans, Jon Beavers
Untitled Netflix Mindy Kaling basketball series: Fabrizio Guido, Toby Sandeman, Chet Hanks, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Roberto Sanchez

(Image courtesy of PBS.)

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