Caffeine – June 16th Edition

Happy Sunday and Happy Father’s Day! It was a fairly light news week this week, but let’s see what we’ve got . . .

Renewed: Rogue, Portlandia

Cancelled: Good Luck Charlie

Dan Harmon and Chris McKenna are officially returning to Community.

Original producer/director Jon Cassar has signed on to the new 24.

Bridget Carpenter will run The Descendants.

Ordered to series:
Starz: Power

I Am Victor is getting a rewrite at NBC, so there’s a chance we’ll be seeing it after all.

Pilot orders:
HBO: A comedy about reporters in Atlanta

In development:
A&E: An amateur bull riding drama
Darren Star: Honest Toddler
Starz: Historical drama Monsters of God
Warner Bros.: An adaptation of Lauren Graham’s novel from Graham and Ellen DeGeneres

Pilot directors:
Horizon: Yves Simoneau
Tyrant: David Yates

Leaving their shows:
Chicago PD: Melissa Sagemiller
Nurse Jackie: Eve Best

Promoted to series regular:
Grey’s Anatomy: Camilla Luddington, Gaius Charles, Jerrika Hinton, Tessa Ferrer
Lost Angels: Robert Knepper
Scandal: Scott Foley

Guest stars!
Drop Dead Diva: Jordan Wall, Josh Randall
Hawaii Five-0: Jorge Garcia
Hot in Cleveland: Shirley Jones
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Josh Groban
Kirstie: Jason Alexander, George Wendt
Necessary Roughness: Greg Finley, Lindsey McKeon
Perception: Beth Riesgraf
Sullivan & Son: Kunal Nayyar
Unforgettable: Erin Cummings

Returns:
Burn Notice: Garret Dillahunt
Switched at Birth: Justin Bruening

Casting:
Californication: Roger Howarth
The Leftovers: Carrie Coon, Ann Dowd, Christopher Eccleston, Amanda Warren
Lost Angels: Jeremy Luke, Ed Burns
Murder in the First: Tom Felton
Occult: Sarah Jane Morris
Open: Wes Bentley
Quarry: Stellan Skarsgard
Sean Saves the World: Megan Hilty
The Strain: Lauren Lee Smith, Miguel Gomez
Under the Dome: Natalie Zea
Vikings: Alexander Ludwig, Linus Roache
Untitled Andrew Gurland comedy: Brett Gelman, Jenny Slate

(Image courtesy of DirecTV.)

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