Caffeine – TV News – May 24th Edition

Caffeine – TV News – May 24th Edition

It’s a quieter week for TV news as we move past upfronts and into summer, but let’s see what we’ve got!

Premiere dates:

June 21st: The Agency
June 22nd: Harry Wild

July 19th: Blue Ridge

August 5th: One Hundred Years of Solitude

Renewed:

The Testaments

Canceled:

Emily in Paris (after the upcoming sixth season), Spartacus: House of Ashur

Other headlines:

Donald Glover will direct multiple episodes of Mr. and Mrs. Smith season two.

Tom Hardy has reportedly been fired from MobLand after season two.

Ordered to series:

ABC: A Grey’s Anatomy spinoff set in rural West Texas
BBC: A new series about Agatha Christie’s famous detective Hercule Poirot
Crave/Sony Pictures TV: Crime drama I’m Not Here to Hurt You from David Shore and Freddie Highmore and starring Highmore
FX: Young Frankenstein-inspired series Very Young Frankenstein starring Zach Galifianakis, Dolly Wells, and Spencer House

In development:

Apple TV: Soul food restaurant comedy American Comfort starring Danielle Brooks, prison comedy Protective Custody starring Ben Stiller
Balboa Productions: An adaptation of J.D. Barker’s serial killer thriller series 4MK
Disney+: A series adaptation of Ella Enchanted from Anne Hathaway
Firebird Pictures: An adaptation of Fay Weldon’s supernatural novel Puffball
Hulu: An adaptation of Alexandra Romanoff’s boy band romance novel Big Fan, an adaptation of Wendy Walker’s thriller What Remains from and starring Kerry Washington
Tomorrow Studios: An adaptation of Brandon Sanderson’s sci-fi novel Skyward
Warner Bros. TV: An adaptation of Steven Rowley’s novel Take Me with You

Leaving their shows:

Harry Potter: Gracie Cochrane
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent: Aden Young

Guest stars:

How to Survive without Me: Joe Romano, Katie Monds, Katie Aselton, Richard Blackmon, Will Yun Lee
The White Lotus: Charlie Davis, Kamilla Karthigesu

Returns:

American Horror Story: John Carroll Lynch, Matt Fraser

Casting:

American Horror Story: Mena Suvari, Berto Colón
Bishop: Jennifer Beals
Delphi: Benji Santiago, Juan Castano, Demián Bichir, André Holland, Andre Royo, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Victoria Vourkoutiotis, Wood Harris, Niles Fitch, Dasan Frazier, Graham Patrick Martin, Brittany Adebumola, Rene Moran, Okieriete Onaodowan, Breanna Yde
Lanterns: Laura Linney
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent: Luke Kirby
Life Is Strange: Tom Cullen, Leisha Hailey, Raúl Castillo, Owen Teague
Moving: Won Gyu-bin (replacing Lee Jung-ha)
Mr. and Mrs. Smith: Francesca Scorsese
Prison Break: Kelli Berglund (replacing Priscilla Delgado)
The Rainmaker: Libby Kay, Liam O’Halloran
Reputation: Naomie Harris, Christina Hendricks
Task: Harry Melling, Adam Nagaitis, Aminah Nieves
Tulsa King: Eden Lee
Untitled Apple TV Elizabeth Banks comedy: Rob Delaney

(Image courtesy of Hulu.)

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