Caffeine – March 22nd Edition

Happy Sunday! Some exciting renewals and one big show-ending announcement this week …

Premiere dates!
June 6th: Power

Renewed: Sleepy Hollow, Bosch, Hindsight, Schitt’s Creek

Downton Abbey will end after season six.

Sleepy Hollow‘s new showrunner will be Clifton Campbell.

Undateable will have an hourlong live episode on May 5th.

Sherlock is doing a Victorian-set special.

Ordered to series:
Fox/ITV/Shaw: Houdini & Doyle (Yes, that Houdini and that Doyle.)
HBO: Steve McQueen limited series Codes of Conduct
Showtime: Andrew Dice Clay comedy Dice

Netflix has acquired Chinese show Empresses in the Palace for the U.S. and will stream it in a cut version.

In development:
A&E: A remake of Let the Right One In from Jeff Davis and Brandon Boyce
HBO: A 1980s family drama from Snoop Dogg and Allen Hughes

Ehren Kruger is writing The Brothers Grimm.

Pilot name changes:
The Catch: Smoke and Mirrors
Chev & Bev: Chevy
Joe Time: Happy Life

Leaving their shows:
American Horror Story: Jessica Lange

Cynthia McWilliams is replacing Meta Golding as lead in pilot Love Is a Four Letter Word.

Promoted to series regular:
Banshee: Chris Coy, Matthew Rauch

Guest stars!
Blue Bloods: Dennis Haysbert
The Flash: Doug Jones
For Justice: Mario Van Peebles
Ray Donovan: Jack Wagner
Young and Hungry: Keegan Allen

Casting:
Agent X: Andrew Howard
American Horror Story: Hotel: Matt Bomer, Cheyenne Jackson, Wes Bentley
Angel from Hell: Maggie Lawson
Arrow-Flash spinoff: Dominic Purcell
Banshee: Casey LaBow
Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life: Charlie Saxton
Cuckoo: Michael Chiklis, Cheryl Hines
The Curse of the Fuentes Women: Robbie Jones
Damien: Barbara Hershey
Dead People: Jaime Lee Kirchner
Delores & Jermaine: Christina Moore
The Devil You Know: Ever Carradine, Damien Molony, Julian Rhind Tutt, Matthew James Thomas, Nigel Lindsay, Ewen Bremner, Karen Gillan, Hannah Nordberg, Naian Gonzalez Norvind, Zawe Ashton, Will Pullen, Kate Nash, Seana Kofoed, Mary Mouser, Beanie Feldstein, Mia Barron
Endgame: Cara Buono
Extant: Necar Zadegan, Lyndon Smith
Famous in Love: Bella Thorne
Fantasy Life: Jamie Lynn Sigler
For Justice: Tim Blake Nelson, Leonardo Nam
Frankenstein: Ciara Bravo
From Dusk to Dawn: The Series: Esai Morales
Grandpa: Ravi Patel
Hap and Leonard: Bill Sage
Happy Life: Rita Moreno, Alli Kinzel, Noland Ammon, Bill Smitrovich, Minnie Driver
Heart Matters: Joshua Leonard, D.L. Hughley
Heroes Reborn: Robbie Kay, Henry Zebrowski, Judith Shekoni, Ryan Guzman, Gatlin Green
Impastor: Lindsey Gort
The Kingmakers: Adrian Pasdar, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Khary Payton
LA Crime: David Sullivan
Limitless: Hill Harper, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Love Is a Four Letter Word: LeToya Luckett
Lucifer: Lesley Ann Brandt (replacing Lina Esco)
Mistresses: Ed Quinn
Murder in the First: Sarah Jane Morris
Not Safe for Work: Vanessa Lachey
Of Kings and Prophets: James Floyd, Mohammad Bakri
Preacher: Ruth Negga, Ian Colletti
Rush Hour: Page Kennedy
Sharing: Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Smoke and Mirrors: Alimi Ballard, Bethany Joy Lenz
The Spoils Before Dying: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Haley Joel Osment
Superstore: America Ferrera
Ties That Bind: Kelli Williams
Warrior: Jason Scott Lee
Untitled Jenna Bans pilot: Rupert Graves, Madeleine Arthur
Untitled Judah Miller pilot: Marissa Jaret Winokur, Mary Lynn Rajskub
Untitled Tommy Johnagin pilot: Kevin Nealon, Jane Kaczmarek

(Image courtesy of Starz.)

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