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:
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.)