It’s our first TV news update of summer, and things are appropriately relaxed . . .
Premiere dates:
September 4th: NCIS: Tony & Ziva
Other headlines:
Apple TV+’s Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson series has paused production and showrunner David West Read has left.
Ordered to series:
BBC: Drama California Adventure starring Bill Nighy, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Burke, and Erin Doherty, satirical soccer tournament sitcom Twenty Twenty Six
BritBox: A contemporary version of Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence detective characters
Disney+: A live-action adaptation of Korean webtoon The Remarried Empress
Paramount+ UK: Thriller The Revenge Club
In development:
Amazon MGM Studios: Christian biblical series Joseph of Egypt
BET Studios: A sitcom from and starring comedian Desi Banks
Hera Pictures: An adaptation of London high-end cocktail industry novel Nothing Good Happens After 2am
Netflix: A Land of the Lost reboot, an adaptation of 1901 Australian novel My Brilliant Career
Promoted to series regular:
Outer Banks: Tony Crane, Cullen Moss
Casting:
Dark Winds: Titus Welliver
The Dry: Rick Donald
The Five-Star Weekend: Timothy Olyphant
It’s Not Like That: Caleb Baumann, Cary Christopher, Leven Miranda, Cassidy Paul, Liv Lendell
The Other Bennet Sister: Ruth Jones, Richard E. Grant, Indira Varma, Richard Coyle, Laurie Davidson, Dónal Finn, Varada Sethu, Aaron Gill, Maddie Close, Poppy Gilbert, Molly Wright, Grace Hogg-Robinson, Tanya Reynolds, Anna Fenton-Garvey, Ryan Sampson, Roisin Bhalla, Reggie Absolom, Jasmine Sharp
Twenty Twenty Six: Hugh Bonneville, Paulo Costanzo, Chelsey Crisp, Stephen Kunken, Nick Blood, Jimena Larraguivel, Alexis Michalik, Belinda Stewart-Wilson
Untitled HBO Bill Lawrence/Steve Carell comedy series: Annie Mumolo, Connie Britton
(Image courtesy of Paramount Plus.)
