Caffeine – TV News – July 6th Edition

Caffeine – TV News – July 6th Edition

TV news has been on the quiet side this holiday week – happy belated Canada Day to our Canadian readers and Independence Day to those in the U.S. – but let’s see what we’ve got!

Premiere dates:

August 22nd: Invasion
August 28th: My Life with the Walter Boys

September 11th: Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black
September 18th: Reasonable Doubt
September 24th: Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (U.S. debut on the CW)

Renewed:

The Bear, Tires, Criminal Code

Canceled:

The Residence, Pulse

Other headlines:

It’s not an official cancellation, but there are reportedly no current plans for a second season of anthology series No Good Deed.

A One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest spinoff series is reportedly in the works.

Co-creator Neil Druckmann is stepping away from The Last of Us.

Moira Walley-Beckett has exited Fourth Wing as showrunner.

David Schulner will co-showrun Memory of a Killer.

Ordered to series:

ABC (Australia): True crime mushroom poisoning series Toxic
Apple TV+: An adaptation of Jennette McCurdy’s memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died starring Jennifer Aniston
Channel 4: Witness protection thriller Maya created, written, and directed by Daisy Haggard and starring Haggard and Bella Ramsey
ITV: An adaptation of GR Halliday’s serial killer novel From the Shadows called The Dark

In development:

Fox: Semi-autobiographical comedian sitcom Earthquake
Hulu: An adaptation of Marisa Kashino’s upcoming real estate novel Best Offer Wins from and potentially starring Greta Lee

Casting:

Betrayal: Romola Garai, Zahra Ahmadi, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Gamba Cole, Omid Djalili
Emily in Paris: Bryan Greenberg, Michèle Laroque
The Five-Star Weekend: Judy Greer, West Duchovny, Tory Devon Smith
Free Bert: Chris Witaske, Christine Horn, Sophia Reid-Gantzert
A Man on the Inside: Jackée Harry
Memory of a Killer: Michael Imperioli
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Mykal-Michelle Harris, Ryder Allen, Amy Sedaris
Robin Hood: Graeme Thomas King, Tom Mison, Anastasia Griffith, Matija Gredić, Mihailo Lazić, Boban Marjanović, Jelena Gavrilović
Star City: Priya Kansara
Untitled Apple TV+ Lars Kepler adaptation: Rory Culkin
Untitled FX witness protection pilot: Alison Brie
Untitled Netflix Newfoundland series: Mackenzie Davis, Charlie Heaton
Untitled Onyx Collective real estate drama pilot: Jacob Scipio, Leslie Grace, Mariana di Girolamo, Liz Caribel Sierra, Armando Rivera

(Image courtesy of Netflix.)

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