TCA press tour means tons of news this week. Let’s go!
The last network has finally come in: We have ABC’s fall premiere dates. The big news: The Neighbors and Suburgatory are switching timeslots.
Cancelled: The Killing
It looks like Dan Harmon is headed to Fox.
Eric Dane is leaving Grey’s Anatomy.
Netflix will stream French crime drama Spiral. ITV’s Mr. Selfridge will air in the US on PBS’s Masterpiece.
Ordered to series:
NBC: Dracula starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers
VH1: Bounce
Pilots ordered:
Fox: Sleepy Hollow
FX: The Bridge
HBO: Stephen Merchant’s Hello Ladies
Lifetime: Cinnamon Girl
In development:
ABC: Something based in the world of The Avengers.
AMC: An Area 51 show
CW: Battle Royale
MTV: The Experiment
TNT: Military drama React
USA: New projects from the creators of Psych and Royal Pains
A remake of Blake’s 7
Guest stars!
Beauty and the Beast: Luke MacFarlane
Blue Bloods: Michael Madsen
Burn Notice: Kenny Johnson
Castle: Chad Lindberg, Kevin Brown
The Exes: Michael Voltaggio
Go On: Christine Woods
Grimm: John Pyper-Ferguson, Maddie Hasson, Alice Evans
The Mentalist: Jim O’Heir
NCIS: LA: Chris O’Donnell’s and Daniela Ruah’s mothers!
New Girl: Leslie Mann, Niecy Nash, Josh Gad
Once Upon a Time: Sinqua Walls
Person of Interest: Ken Leung, Margo Martindale
Royal Pains: Carrie Preston
Suburgatory: Rachel Dratch
Supernatural: Lauren Tom
Returns:
Criminal Minds: Bellamy Young
Glee: Vanessa Lengies
Hawaii Five-0: Taryn Manning
How I Met Your Mother: Ashley Williams, Michael Trucco
New Girl: Rachael Harris
The Office: Mindy Kaling
Casting:
American Horror Story: Franka Potente, Jenna Dewan
Anger Management: Martin Sheen
Blue Bloods: Sebastian Sozzi
Body of Proof: Mark Valley
Bronx Warrants: Godfrey, Robert Kelly, Josh Segarra, Shirley Rumierk
Castle: Jack Coleman
Chicago Fire: Meghann Fahy, Jason Beghe
CSI: NY: Natalie Martinez
Ex-Men: Chris Smith, Kal Penn
Game of Thrones: Iwan Rheon
Glee: Dean Geyer, Jacob Artist
Goodwin Games: Kat Foster
Hannibal: Laurence Fishburne
Hot in Cleveland: Heather Locklear
How to Live with Your Parents: Stephanie Hunt
Infamous: Wes Brown
Law & Order: SVU: Adam Baldwin
Low Winter Sun: Mark Strong, James Ransone
The Mentalist: Ivan Sergei, Polly Walker
Mistresses: Penelope Ann Miller
New Girl: David Walton
The Office: Jake Lacy
Once Upon a Time: Julian Morris
Rogue: Ian Hart
Royal Pains: Rosanna Arquette
Scandal: Gregg Henry, Jillian Armenante
Vegas: Sarah Jones
(Photo courtesy of MTV.)
Blake’s 7 remake? Wow,kind of hard to contemplate all the ways an American version could screw it up. And there is no way a US production would ever have the balls to end it the way the original did.