Hollywood is gearing up for the Oscars today, but let’s catch up on the week’s TV news while you’re waiting for stars to start appearing on the red carpet!
Renewed:
Tracker, Upload (for a fourth and final season), The Bad Guy, Avatar: The Last Airbender (for second and third/final seasons)
Other headlines:
Fox has set its season finale dates.
Former cast member Brian Tee will direct an upcoming episode of Chicago Med.
Paramount+’s political thriller The Department has set its writing and directing team.
Ordered to series:
CBS: A Young Sheldon spinoff centered on Georgie and Mandy
Hulu: A limited series about Amanda Knox starring Margaret Qualley
MGM+: Anthony Horowitz mystery limited series Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue starring Eric McCormack
TV1: Addiction drama Disrepair starring Matthew Sauvé
Acquired for the U.S.:
Disney+: Korean spy drama The Tyrant
Pilot orders:
ABC: Car restoration shop family comedy Shifting Gears starring Tim Allen
In development:
Amazon MGM Studios: A scripted series based on crime podcast Suspect
FlipNarrative: An adaptation of Shannon Chakraborty’s fantasy novel The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
Fox: A Baywatch reboot, a martial arts comedy from and starring Jermaine Fowler
HBO: Child protective services series The System from David Simon
Lionsgate TV: A scripted series based on nonfiction book The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA, another John Wick-related series
Media Res: An adaptation of Astrid Lindgren’s fantasy novel The Brothers Lionheart
MTV Entertainment Studios: A limited series about the murder of JonBenét Ramsey
NBC: Bewitched-style comedy Something Wicked starring June Diane Raphael
Prime Video: A series based on YA historical novel The Davenports
Village Roadshow Television: A scripted series based on serial killer Wild Bill
Guest stars:
The Equalizer: Mike Epps
FBI: Charlotte Sullivan
Fire Country: Paola Núñez
Hacks: Aristotle Athari
Pretty Little Liars: Summer School: Ava Capri, Antonio Cipriano, Noah Alexander Gerry, Loretta Ables Sayre
Young Sheldon: Jim Parsona, Mayim Bialik
Returns:
Mayor of Kingstown: Natasha Marc
Casting:
The Abandons: Clayton Cardenas
Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches: Ben Feldman
The Bad Guy: Stefano Accorsi
Doc: Omar Metwally, Amirah Vann, Jon Ecker, Anya Banerjee, Scott Wolf, Patrick Walker
The Family Business New Orleans: Lela Rochon, Ben Stephens, Pooch Hall, Quincy Brown, David Banner, Yvette Nicole Brown, Orlando Jones, Nicole Galicia, Erica Hubbard, Sarah Carter, Stan Shaw, Bern Nadette Stanis, Nayirah Teshali, Sacaiah Shaw, Jenson Atwood, AzMarie Livingston, Deric Augustine. Kayla Nicole, Nicholas Turturro
Forever: Karen Pittman, Wood Harris
Happy Face: James Wolk
King & Conqueror: Clémence Poésy, Emily Beecham
Landman: Colm Feore
The Librarians: The Next Chapter: Christian Kane
Lockerbie: Patrick J. Adams, Connor Swindells, Merritt Wever, Eddie Marsan, Peter Mullan, Tony Curran, Lauren Lyle, Andrew Rothney, Phyllis Logan, Parker Sawyers, James Harkness, Khalid Laith, Amanda Drew
Long Bright River: Dash Mihok, Britne Oldford, Matthew Del Negro, Harriet Sansom Harris, Patch Darragh, Perry Mattfeld
Missing You: Rosalind Eleazar
Murderbot: Sabrina Wu, Tattiawna Jones, Akshay Khanna, Tamara Podemski
NCIS: Origins: Austin Stowell
Only Murders in the Building: Kumail Nanjiani
Reacher: Brian Tee, Johnny Berchtold, Roberto Montesinos, Daniel David Stewart
Run the Burbs: Nicole Power, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee
The Serpent Queen: Minnie Driver, Angus Imrie, Emma McDonald, Stanley Morgan, Philippine Velge, Rosalie Craig, Isobel Jesper Jones, Bill Milner, Ashley Thomas, Alexandre Willaume
Suits: L.A.: Troy Winbush
Superman & Lois: Yvonne Chapman
Teacup: Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre, Luciano Leroux
Tell Me Lies: Jacob Rodriguez, Katherine Hughes
We Were Liars: Mamie Gummer, Caitlin FitzGerald, Candice King
You: Madeline Brewer
Untitled Netflix Mindy Kaling basketball series: Max Greenfield, Uche Agada, Dane DiLiegro
(Image courtesy of Netflix.)
