Caffeine – May 24th Edition

Now that upfronts are over, we’ve got way less TV news than we’ve had for the past several weeks, but there are still some interesting tidbits …

Premiere dates:
July 12th: The Strain
July 17th: BoJack Horseman
August 16th: Show Me a Hero

MTV has ordered twelve more episodes of Finding Carter.

Ordered to series:
Epix: Nick Nolte comedy Graves, espionage thriller Berlin Station
FX: Kurt Sutter’s medieval drama The Bastard Executioner

In development:
AMC: Dramas Goliath, The Son, Lodge 49
Cinemax: Bruce Lee drama Warrior
MTV: An adaptation of YA shoplifting novel Trinkets

Pilots Studio City and 48 Hours ‘Til Monday are dead at Fox, but they might consider NBC’s Warrior.

TNT is not moving forward with its Major Crimes spinoff.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen will not be in Fuller House after all.

Leaving their shows:
The Catch: Bethany Joy Lenz, Damon Dayoub
The Good Wife: Matthew Goode
Heartbreaker: Don Hany
Law & Order: SVU: Danny Pino
Quantico: Dougray Scott
Wicked City: Adam Rothenberg, Holley Fain, Darrell Britt-Gibson

Promoted to series regular:
The Goldbergs: AJ Michalka

Guest stars!
Heroes Reborn: Greg Grunberg
Masters of Sex: Tate Donovan, Julie Ann Emery
Quarry: Ann Dowd
Recovery Road: Mischa Barton
Suits: Charles Barkley
Unforgettable: Rachel Dratch

Casting:
11/22/63: T.R. Knight
American Crime Story: Bruce Greenwood, Evan Handler, Cheryl Ladd, Gbenga Akinnagbe
Ash vs. Evil Dead: Mimi Rogers
Fear the Walking Dead: Ruben Blades
The Get Down: Mamoudou Athie
Hell on Wheels: Reg Rogers, Tzi Ma
The Leftovers: Steven Williams
Narcos: Gabriela de la Garza
Preacher: Tom Brooke
Recovery Road: Roberto Urbina, Jon Lindstrom
Shadowhunters: Maxim Roy
Under the Dome: Frank Whaley
Unforgettable: Skeet Ulrich

(Image courtesy of MTV.)

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