Start filling in your summer calendar with a whole bunch of premiere dates in this week’s TV news!
Premiere dates:
May 6th: Citadel
May 12th: Zatima
May 15th: The Wonderfools
May 18th: You’re Killing Me
May 22nd: The Chi
May 24th: Bad Thoughts
June 8th: Alice and Steve
June 11th: Hudson and Rex (U.S. season 8 premiere)
June 14th: Patience
June 21st: House of the Dragon
July 3rd: Silo
July 8th: Trying
July 9th: The Five Star Weekend (new date)
July 17th: Heartstopper Forever (finale movie)
July 23rd: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Ransom Canyon
August 5th: Ted Lasso, Sterling Point
August 16th: Lanterns
September 6th: The Marlowe Murder Club, Marble Hall Murders
Renewed:
Canceled:
Brilliant Minds, Stumble, Gen V
Other headlines:
Netflix’s live-action Scooby-Doo show will be called Scooby-Doo: Origins.
CBS is reducing the episode count for some shows next season.
Showrunner Andrea Newman is leaving Chicago Fire, and Victor Teran will take over.
And Dutton Ranch showrunner Chad Feehan is reportedly not returning for season two.
Ordered to series:
Amazon Prime Video: Japanese crime thriller Hanzaisha
AMC: Dennis Quaid NASCAR drama Thunder Road
Apple TV: A retirement community relationship comedy starring Elizabeth Banks
BBC: Celebrity legal drama series Reputation
CBC/BBC Northern Ireland: Relationship comedy Committed starring Dustin Milligan and Diona Doherty
Disney+: A K-drama adaptation of Miracles of the Namiya General Store
ITV: Thriller The Only Suspect starring Kevin McKidd, sci-fi thriller First Woman starring Andrea Riseborough and Ashley Walters
Netflix: Cancer drama Lovesick starring Claire Danes, Harlan Coben crime series The Woods starring Michelle Keegan and Tom Bateman
PBS: A reboot of Monarch of the Glen
Starz: A family drama set in the world of a Texas Black rodeo
Acquired for North America:
Netflix: Taiwanese male escort dramedy A Controversial Entertainer
Acquired for Canada:
Amazon Prime Video: Action-thriller Embassy
Acquired for the U.S.:
AMC+: Canadian drama Yaga starring Hudson Williams
The CW: Spinoff Private Eyes West Coast
The Network: British historical series The Doll Factory, Italian thriller The Bad Guy
In development:
A24: An adaptation of Nick Brucker’s upcoming heist novel White Smoke starring Benedict Cumberbatch, an adaptation of Alexis Hall’s queer romance novel Boyfriend Material
Amazon: NASCAR family drama Godspeed
Amazon MGM Studios: A series based on T.L. Swan’s Miles High Club romance novel series
Amazon Prime Video: An adaptation of Irving Wallace’s thriller The Second Lady
AMC: An adaptation of John Maxim’s Bannerman spy novels
BBC: An adaptation of David Nicholls’ novel You Are Here
Blumhouse Television: An adaptation of Japanese psychological thriller Sparks
Disney+: A live-action Casper the Friendly Ghost series
Eleventh Hour: An environmental legal drama inspired by book A Barrister for the Earth
Hulu: Royal bodyguard romantic thriller Close Protection, artist family scandal drama Bastards
Netflix: An adaptation of Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus’s novel The Nanny Diaries from Scarlett Johansson, baseball drama Glory Days from Josh Safran
Paramount TV Studios/Miramax TV: A series version of move Cop Land from James Mangold
Peacock: Crime drama Summer People, an adaptation of Amy Tintera’s thriller Listen for the Lie, a scripted true crime series about the Gilgo Beach murders
Rebellion/Two Brothers Pictures: A TV adaptation of British video game Atomfall
TaleSphere Studios: Live-action Stan Lee tribute anthology series The Vault
UCP: An adaptation of Judy Blume’s novel Summer Sisters
Vice Studios: An adaptation of Anika Jade Levy’s novel Flat Earth
Not moving forward:
ABC: Rachel Bloom comedy Do You Want Kids?
Peacock: The Clueless sequel series
Leaving their shows:
The White Lotus: Helena Bonham Carter
Promoted to series regular:
Dexter: Resurrection: Desmond Harrington
Guest stars:
Matlock: Bridget Regan
Sheriff Country: Maren Morris
Casting:
9-1-1: Nashville: Ryan Phillippe
American Blue: Jesse Garcia, Wrenn Schmidt, Ellyn Jameson
Bishop: Ulrich Thomsen, Erik Svedberg-Zelman, John Larroquette, Rob Yang
Count My Lies: Sophia Bush
A Different World: Karen Malina White, Ajai Sanders, Cliff ‘Method Man’ Smith, Norman Nixon Jr.
Dutton Ranch: Morgan Wade
Embassy: Aleksandar Jovanovic, Lydia Leonard, Mitya Savelau, Hasan Akil, James Murray, Luke Treadaway, Stephen Odubola, Katie McGrath, Alexander Karim, Natalie Mendoza
First Woman: Alex Hassell, Jennifer Ehle
I Will Find You: Vas Saranga
The Interrogator: Luke Kleintank, Michael Beach
The Lowdown: Austin Amelio
The Morning Show: Sydney Park, Jeff Wilbusch
The Night Agent: Titus Welliver, Trevante Rhodes, Li Jun Li, Elizabeth Lail
Off Campus: India Fowler, Phillipa Soo
Paradise: Julianna Margulies
Phony: Meera Syal, Grace Brennan, Mahaela Park, Maliq Johnson, Colter Lee
Reasonable Doubt: La La Anthony, Rutina Wesley, Taylor Polidore Williams, DeVaughn Nixon, Alexxis Lemire
Safe Houses: David Lyons, Tobias Menzies
Southern Bastards: Jonathan Tucker, Amin Joseph, Ethan Suplee, Derek Luke, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Cara Buono
The White Lotus: Laura Dern
Yaga: Sheila McCarthy, Megan Follows, Ezra Franky, Patrick Gilmore, Katharine Isabelle, Hiro Kanagawa, Emilija Baranac, Georgia Acken, Anisa Harris, Sam Krochmal
Untitled Apple TV Berlin Noir adaptation: Amir El-Masry, Stephen Campbell Moore, Alex Nowak, Jacob McCarthy, Amanda Lawrence
(Image courtesy of Netflix.)
