Caffeine – TV News – October 13th Edition

Caffeine – TV News – October 13th Edition

This week’s TV news is full of fall and winter premiere dates, plus news on the fates of some fan-favorite shows!

Premiere dates:

October 18th: It’s Florida, Man
October 27th: Somebody Somewhere
October 31st: The Diplomat

November 7th: Rebus (U.S. premiere)
November 14th: The Day of the Jackal
November 21st: The Sex Lives of College Girls, Ronja the Robber’s Daughter (U.S. premiere)

December 6th: The Sticky
December 11th: One Hundred Years of Solitude
December 19th: Virgin River

January 10th: Goosebumps: The Vanishing
January 12th: Miss Scarlet

Renewed:

The Night Agent, Reacher, The Diplomat, Nobody Wants This

Canceled:

Kaos, The Serpent Queen, Unstable

Other headlines:

The CW has moved Joan to Fridays at 9pm.

This isn’t official yet, but Helen Mirren, Tom Hardy, and Pierce Brosnan are reportedly in talks to star in Guy Ritchie’s The Associate.

Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan are taking over as showrunners for season two of Nobody Wants This.

Anthony Hemingway will direct and EP Ryan Murphy legal drama All’s Fair.

Ordered to series:

Acorn TV: Murder mystery Irish Blood starring Alicia Silverstone
BBC: Pride and Prejudice spinoff novel adaptation The Other Bennet Sister
BBC/ZDF/France Televisions: Teen historical mystery series The Lady Grace Mysteries
Channel 5: An adaptation of Parnell Hall’s The Puzzle Lady mysteries starring Phyllis Logan

Acquired for the US:

Sundance Now: The adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s The Last Anniversary

In development:

Amazon MGM Studios: An adaptation of Marie Still’s thriller My Darlings from Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos
Annapurna: An adaptation of Alexandra Andrews’ thriller Who Is Maud Dixon?
Fifth Season: An adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s thriller Here One Moment from Nicole Kidman
Happy Accidents: Comedy series The Sanctuary about an American billionaire in hiding in New Zealand
Jeff Pope and Xavier Marchand: WWII POW escape drama Castle of the Eagles starring Jason Isaacs
MGM Television: An adaptation of podcast My Mom’s Murder from and starring Chloë Grace Moretz
Netflix: A series adaptation of Pride & Prejudice
Secuoya: A period drama about the Bacardi family and brand
Starz: A spinoff of The Serpent Queen about Queen Elizabeth I starring Minnie Driver
UCP: An adaptation of Susan Rieger’s novel Like Mother, Like Mother
Wiip: An adaptation of Amanda Eyre Ward’s novel The Lifeguards

Guest stars:

Elsbeth: Christian Borle
Happy’s Place: Steve Howey
Lopez vs Lopez: Vicki Lawrence, Francia Raisa, Rizwan Manji, Annie Gonzalez, Adam Irigoyen
The Z-Suite: Rhys Darby, Mark McKinney, Dani Kind, Nadine Djoury, Richard Waugh, Peter Keleghan

Returns:

All American: Samantha Logan
Tracker: Sofia Pernas

Casting:

The Agency: Reza Brojerdi, Adam Nagaitis, Ambreen Razia, Bilal Hasna, David Harewood, Kurt Egyiawan, Ray BLK, Sabrina Wu, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
The Big Bang Theory spinoff: Brian Posehn, Lauren Lapkus, Kevin Sussman
Code of Silence: Kieron Moore, Charlotte Ritchie, Andrew Buchan, Nathan Armarkwei Laryea, Joe Absolom, Beth Goddard, Andrew Scarborough, Fifi Garfield, Rolf Choutan
Death by Lightning: Željko Ivanek, Barry Shabaka Henley, Vonde Curtis Hall, Archie Fisher, Kyle Soller, Ben Miles, Shaun Parkes, Alistair Petrie
Downforce: Harry Delano, Reece Shearsmith, Amar Chadha-Patel, Arturo Del Puerto
Grey’s Anatomy: Julia Rose
His & Hers: Izzy Kusman, Rhoda Griffis, Tiffany Ho, Dave Maldonado, Kristen Maxwell, Leah Merritt, Mike Pniewski, Astrid Rotenberry, Ellie Rose Sawyer, Jamie Tisdale
Lanterns: Kyle Chandler (now official), Aaron Pierre
Man on Fire: Alice Braga, Scoot McNairy, Paul Ben-Victor
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters: Amber Midthunder
The Office spinoff: Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Tim Key, Eric Rahill
Superman & Lois: Elizabeth Henstridge
Under Salt Marsh: Rafe Spall, Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Yang, Harry Lawtey
What We Do in the Shadows: Alyssa Limperis

(Image courtesy of Netflix.)

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