This week’s TV news brings us spring premiere dates and casting updates for upcoming shows!
Premiere dates:
February 19th: The Madame Blanc Mysteries
March 14th: Apples Never Fall
March 17th: Alice and Jack
March 28th: We Were the Lucky Ones
April 4th: Ripley
April 7th: When Calls the Heart
Canceled:
Other headlines:
The Last of Us has set its season two directors.
Jonathan Frakes will direct sci-fi adaptation Deathlands.
Ordered to series:
Netflix: Harlan Coben limited series adaptations Missing You and Run Away
Peacock: A limited series adaptation of Liz Moore’s thriller Long Bright River starring Amanda Seyfried
Prime Video: Psychological thriller Malice starring David Duchovny, Jack Whitehall, and Carice Van Houten, Christian drama The Baxters
Acquired for the U.S.:
Tubi: British teen dramedy Boarders
In development:
BET+: A half-hour dramedy inspired by the life of rapper/actor Chris “Ludacris” Bridges
CBS: A Fire Country spinoff starring Morena Baccarin as a sheriff
NBC: Liz Astrof sibling comedy Co-Dependents
Promoted to series regular:
Mayor of Kingstown: Michael Beach
S.W.A.T.: Anna Enger Ritch
Guest stars:
Elsbeth: Jane Krakowski, Blair Underwood, Retta, Linda Lavin
Night Court: Kunal Nayyar
Casting:
American Sports Story: Jaylen Barron
Before: Jacobi Jupe, Maria Dizzia, Ava Lalezarzadeh, Hope Davis
Chicago Med: Sophia Ali
Daredevil: Born Again: Wilson Bethel
The Diplomat: Allison Janney
Étoile: Yanic Truesdale
The Hunting Wives: Malin Åkerman
Lockerbie: Colin Firth
Mayor of Kingstown: Richard Brake, Denny Love, Paula Malcomson
The Penguin: Jared Abrahamson
Ransom Canyon: Tatanka Means
The Recruit: James Purefoy, Brooke Smith, Devika Bhise, Felix Solis, Young-Ah Kim, Do Hyun Shin, Sanghee Lee, Omar Maskati, Alana Hawley Purvis
Tell Me Lies: Tom Ellis
Terminal List; Dark Wolf: Tom Hopper
The White Lotus: Francesca Comey, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius
Untitled Erin Foster Netflix rabbi comedy: Justine Lupe, Timothy Simons, Jackie Tohn, Michael Hitchcock, Paul Ben-Victor, Sherry Cola, Shiloh Bearman, Stephanie Faracy, Tania Raymonde, Tovah Feldshuh
Untitled Mindy Kaling Netflix basketball comedy: Kate Hudson
(Image courtesy of Netflix.)
