Happy Sunday! We’ve got TV news from SDCC and a bunch of cable renewals, but first …
Premiere dates:
August 23rd: Fear the Walking Dead
September 19th: Doctor Who
October 11th: The Walking Dead
October 31st: Ash Vs. Evil Dead
Renewed: UnREAL, Between, Rectify, Workaholics (for two seasons), Teen Wolf, Ballers, Salem
CBS will air a special 90-minute Scorpion after the Supergirl premiere on October 26th.
Michael Offer will direct the new Of Kings and Prophets pilot.
Peter Webber will direct event series Tutankhamun.
John Dahl will direct the Paradise Pictures pilot
Insecure‘s new showrunner is Prentice Penny
Archie pilot Riverdale has moved to the CW.
Ordered to series:
DirecTV: Comedy You Me Her
Pilot orders:
A&E: 1990s L.A. riot drama The Infamous
Fox: An Urban Cowboy remake
In development:
Syfy: An adaptation of British show The Machine
Universal Cable Productions: An adaptation of El Pantera, comic adaptation Kill Shakespeare
Makenzie Vega will no longer be a series regular on The Good Wife.
Roadies is revamping and recasting Christina Hendricks’s role.
Promoted to series regular:
Scandal: Cornelius Smith Jr.
Scorpion: Riley Smith
Guest stars!
Once Upon a Time: Andrew Jenkins
Scorpion: Gene Simmons
Returns:
Scream: Bella Thorne
Casting:
12 Monkeys: Michael Hogan
Arrow: Neal McDonough
Blood and Oil: Adan Canto
Castle: Toks Olagundoye
Damien: Scott Wilson
Daredevil: Elodie Young
The Flash: Teddy Sears, Shantel VanSanten
Getting On: Jonathan Silverman
The Good Wife: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Margo Martindale
Gorgeous Morons: Christopher Russell, Dylan Playfair
Graves: Susan Sarandon, Nick Nolte
Homeland: Mark Ivanir
Legends: Ralph Brown, Klara Issova
Marseille: Gerard Depardieu, Benoit Magimel, Geraldine Pailhas, Nadia Fares, Pascal Elso, Gerard Meylan
Masters of Sex: Emily Kinney
Of Kings and Prophets: Jeanine Mason
Once Upon a Time: Elliot Knight, Joana Metrass, Amy Mason
Snowfall: Damson Idris
Suits: Amy Acker
Supergirl: Peter Facinelli
The Walking Dead: Merritt Wever, Ethan Embry
Wicked City: Jeremy Sisto, Evan Ross
(Image courtesy of Lifetime.)