Happy Sunday! We’ve got a bunch of premiere dates and some interesting guest casting, plus a miraculous show revival that makes me very happy.
Premiere dates:
January 7: Intelligence (special preview)
January 10: Helix
January 13: Intelligence (timeslot premiere)
January 20: Klondike
February 25: Rizzoli & Isles, Perception
Season finales:
January 6: Hostages
Netflix has revived The Killing for a final six-episode season.
Renewed: Downton Abbey, Hell on Wheels
Picked up for full seasons: The Originals, The Tomorrow People, Reign
Marvel news: Melissa Rosenberg will reportedly write and EP the Jessica Jones series for Netflix, while Drew Goddard has Daredevil.
Dana Delany tweeted that Body of Proof will not in fact be resurrected.
Stephen Moyer will direct True Blood‘s final season premiere.
Ordered to series:
NBC: Comedy Working the Engels
USA: Adventure event series Dig
Pilot orders:
CBS: How I Met Your Mother spinoff How I Met Your Dad
Fox: Comedy Here’s Your Damn Family
In development:
ABC: A Catherine the Great limited series
AMC: A Preacher adaptation
BBC: A Dangerous Liaisons drama
Cinemax: Robert Kirkman exorcism drama Outcast
The CW: Latina musical drama Star Crazy from George Lopez, a Tales from the Darkside reboot
Fox: Event series Everest, an adaptation of Spanish hospital drama Red Band Society
FX: A Rasputin limited series, Jen Kirkman comedy Jen, a Sons of Anarchy prequel
HBO: Comedy Mr. Director
NBC: Bill Lawrence comedy Stand-Up Guy, weight loss comedy Losin’ It
Paramount TV: A Ghost adaptation from Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner
Syfy: A Beowulf series
Promoted to series regular:
The Mentalist: Emily Swallow
Laura Prepon will now reportedly return for four episodes of Orange Is the New Black season two.
Guest stars!
American Horror Story: Coven: Stevie Nicks
Arrow: Nicholas Lea
Community: David Cross
Cougar Town: Matthew Perry
Grimm: Dee Wallace, Chris Mulkey
Hot in Cleveland: Chris Isaak
The Michael J. Fox Show: Brooke Shields
The Mindy Project: JoAnna Garcia Swisher
NCIS: LA: Michelle Trachtenberg
New Girl: Ben Falcone
Super Fun Night: Fred Armisen
Returns:
New Girl: Jamie Lee Curtis, Rob Reiner, Angela Kinsey, Jessica Chaffin
Parenthood: Jason Ritter
Casting:
Beauty and the Beast: Elisabeth Rohm
The Brink: Jack Black, Tim Robbins
Crossbones: Stuart Wilson
From Dusk to Dawn: Robert Patrick, Madison Davenport, Brandon Soo Hoo, Eiza Gonzalez
Living the Dream: Abby Elliott, Dan Fogler
NCIS: LA: Andrew Leeds
Open: Aisha Tyler
Person of Interest: Camryn Manheim, Saul Rubinek
Power: La La Anthony, Andy Bean, Debbi Morgan
Teen Wolf: Shelley Hennig
Two and a Half Men: Aly Michalka
Untitled Sean Jablonski pilot: Stephanie Szostak, Blair Redford
(Image courtesy of AMC.)
