This week’s TV news brings us some more late fall and winter premieres along with a whole bunch of casting updates!
Premiere dates:
November 4th: The Greatest
November 15th: The Chosen
November 19th: Heartland (season 20 U.S. premiere)
December 18th: Frisco King
January 6th: The Rookie, The Rookie: North
Renewed:
Karen Pirie, Line of Duty, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed
Other headlines:
HBO is reviving Girls for a limited series with the original cast.
High Potential is getting a special episode after the Super Bowl on February 14th.
NBC has ordered five additional scripts of Line of Fire.
Bruce Helford is taking over as Newlyweds showrunner.
Ordered to series:
Amazon: Department store drama Bella from Barneys
Amazon Prime Video: Marta Kauffman improvised comedy DINKS starring June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer, YA tennis drama Rally from Julie Plec and Andre Agassi
Hulu: Ryan Coogler’s reimagining of The X-Files starring Danielle Deadwyler and Himesh Patel, crime drama Durango starring Kathryn Newton and Cooper Hoffman
In development:
The Asylum: Sequel series Z Nation: Resurrection
Avatar Entertainment: An adaptation of Spanish thriller Hunting the Executioner
HBO: Hamptons drama Further Lane from Alex Gregory
NBC: EMT drama Pops starring Kelsey Grammer
Sunset Lane Media; A limited series about the 1985 Chicago Bears
Tomorrow/Today: An adaptation of Charlene Thomas’s YA horror novel Black Girl, Jump
Veritas Entertainment: Epic fantasy series Arabian Nights
Guest stars:
Abbott Elementary: Miranda Cosgrove, Edi Patterson, Ali Wong
Cupertino: Aasif Mandvi
Dig: Max Greenfield, Dan Bucatinsky
NCIS: Origins: Michael Weatherly
The Rookie: Troian Bellisario, Dulé Hill, Molly Kunz
Casting:
The Best of Us: Katherine Waterston
The Challenger: Daisuke Tsuji, Dennis Flanagan, David Shae, Devyn Tyler, Ellen Tamaki, Allie McCulloch, Lio Tipton, Chelle Ramos, Michael Milligan, Ned Vaughn, Jamie Marie Dunn
Change of Heart: Sam Jaeger, Ariel Winter, Rachel Boston, Julie Gonzalo, Kevin Vidal
Dig: Jason Mantzoukas, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Noma Dumezweni
Disavowed: Daniel Henney
Down Cemetery Road: Martin Clunes, Fionn Whitehead, Paterson Joseph, Aasiya Shah, Dimitri Leonidas, Paul Chahidi, Liz White, Amanda Abbington, Jeff Rawle, Ashley McGuire, Amber Grappy, Yali Topol Margalith
Elsbeth: Erika Woods
Fourth Wing: Esther McGregor, Emilio Sakraya
Guilty Creatures: Maddie Hasson
Laird: Jennifer Ehle, Peter Mullan, Phia Saban, Ruaridh Mollica, Holliday Grainger, Douglas Hodge, Corey Mylchreest
Rose Hill: Paul Raci, John Ralston, Kathleen Duborg, Nikki Rae Hallow, Woody Jeffreys, Carmela Zumbado, Karin Konoval, Alvina August, David A. Kaye, Anthony Konechny, Magda Apanowicz
Spaceship Earth: Catherine Laga’aia, Deacon Phillippe
Stillwater: Lauren Cohan, Mark O’Brien, Mia Tomlinson
True Detective: Antonio Banderas, Nicolas Cage (now confirmed)
Victoria: Mark Duplass
Untitled Liverpool FC Bill Shankly series: Jude Law
(Image courtesy of ABC.)
