The leaves are turning and we’re barreling toward the fall TV season, so let’s catch up on a bunch of premiere dates, casting, and more TV news!
Premiere dates:
September 19th: The Couple Next Door
September 25th: English Teacher
September 28th: Billy the Kid
September 30th: Chad Powers
October 3rd: Monster: The Ed Gein Story
October 5th: House of David
October 12th: The Chair Company
October 15th: Murdaugh: Death in the Family
October 19th: Hal & Harper
October 22nd: Harlan Coben’s Lazarus
October 26th: IT: Welcome to Derry
October 30th: The Witcher
November 2nd: I Love LA, Robin Hood
November 3rd: Crutch
November 13th: Last Samurai Standing
November 24th: Bel-Air
Renewed:
The Paper, Deli Boys, The Hunting Wives, Signora Volpe, SAS Rogue Heroes, Irish Blood, Leanne, Overcompensating, Berlin ER, Foundation
Canceled:
Other headlines:
NCIS and NCIS: Origins are doing a crossover, which sounds interesting from a…. spacetime perspective.
Abbott Elementary is doing an episode involving the Philadelphia Phillies.
ABC has ordered three more episodes of Shifting Gears.
Marlyne Barrett is reportedly stepping back from Chicago Med, but it sounds like it’s hopefully temporary.
Big Little Lies hasn’t been officially renewed for a third season yet, but Francesca Sloane has been hired to write the first episode.
The second season of Mr. and Mrs. Smith has been delayed indefinitely at Amazon.
The potential Blossom reboot is not moving forward.
Jesse Lee Soffer will direct an episode of Chicago PD.
Chad Feehan will showrun Yellowstone spinoff The Dutton Ranch.
Nancy Won will showrun HBO’s The Conjuring series.
Hilary Winston will co-showrun season two of Going Dutch.
Ordered to series:
Amazon Prime Video: A live-action series adaptation of video game Life Is Strange, crime drama Bishop starring Joel Kinnaman
Apple TV+: Sibling series The Choir from and starring James Corden and Ruth Jones
BBC: Crime series The Hairdresser Mysteries starring Sally Phillips
Channel 4: Drama Hunting Alice Bell starring Alexandra Roach and Rudi Dharmalingam, action thriller Deadpoint starring Callum Scott Howells, Michael Socha, Annes Elwy, and Christine Tremarco
HBO Max/France Télévisions: Drama Alice about first female director Alice Guy Blaché and starring Bérénice Bejo
Netflix: YA rower series Crew Girl, a detective series from Charlie Brooker starring Paddy Considine, Georgina Campbell, and Lena Headey
Acquired for North America:
BritBox: British Victorian drama The Hardacres
Walter Presents on PBS Masterpiece: French series The Plague and Winter Palace
Pilot orders:
Hulu: Teen mystery series Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos from Greg Berlanti
In development:
ABC: Food truck park workplace comedy All’s Fine
Amazon MGM Studios: An adaptation of Freida McFadden’s thriller Dear Debbie
Amazon Prime Video: Contemporary music-inflected Wizard of Oz series Dorothy, a limited series about the Karen Read trial starring Elizabeth Banks
AR Content: A series adaptation of action-thriller book series The Specialist
Fox: Psychic mystery drama Wine & Spirits from Jessica Alba
Good Karma: An adaptation of Trisha Sakhlecha’s novel The Inheritance
HBO: A series adaptation of nonfiction book The Fort Bragg Cartel about drug trafficking and homicides in the military
A Higher Standard/Harris Films: An adaptation of David Morrell’s historical mystery Murder as a Fine Art from Zack Stentz
Hulu: An adaptation of Kirker Butler’s pageant novel Pretty Ugly starring Hilary Duff
Imani Media: A series adaptation of Terri Woods’ romantic crime trilogy True to the Game
Legendary TV: An adaptation of Kate Weston’s real estate mystery How to Make a Killing
Netflix: A series from Nic Pizzolatto starring Matthew McConaughey and Cole Hauser, an adaptation of Andrew Ridker’s novel Hope from Noah Baumbach, intimacy coordinator series Sex Act, an adaptation of Elsie Silver’s Chestnut Springs novels
Noho Film & Television: An adaptation of Zac Hammett’s queer college romance See You at the Finish Line
Osun Group: An adaptation of Yrsa Daley-Ward’s supernatural thriller The Catch
Paramount TV: A series based on Michael Connelly’s experiences as a crime reporter
Universal International Studios: An adaptation of Monica Ojeda’s coming-of-age horror novel Jawbone from Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, and Nick Antosca
Leaving their shows:
The Night Agent: Luciane Buchanan
Promoted to series regular:
Bad Monkey: John Ortiz
Guest stars:
9-1-1: Mark Consuelos
Brilliant Minds: Jane Krakowski
Chicago Fire: Annabeth Gish
DMV: Randall Park
Don’t Get High: Michelle Buteau, Casey Wilson, Dan Thompson, Macoy Stewart, Chloe Hakola
Elsbeth: Annaleigh Ashford, William Jackson Harper
Happy’s Place: Christopher Lloyd, Carol Kane, Cheri Oteri
Law & Order: Joshua Malina
Law & Order: SVU: Tony Goldwyn
Murder in a Small Town: Camryn Manheim, Tyler Posey, Jamie Chung, Sara Canning
NCIS: Origins: Adam Campbell
The Pitt: Victor Rivas Rivers
Shifting Gears: Lilly Singh, Gabriel Iglesias, Lori Greiner
Returns:
Chicago Med: Nick Gehlfuss
Law & Order: Ryan Eggold
Murder in a Small Town: Noah Reid
Scrubs: Judy Reyes, John C. McGinley
Casting:
Abbott Elementary: Luke Tennie
The Age of Innocence: Camila Morrone, Kristine Froseth, Ben Radcliffe, Margot Martindale
The Agency: Amir El-Masry
American Hostage: Mireille Enos, William Jackson Harper
Anna Pigeon: Kim Coates
Bad Monkey: John Malkovich
Best Medicine: Didi Conn, Clea Lewis, Stephen Spinella, Jason Veasey, John DiMaggio, Carter Shimp, Cindy De La Cruz, Wattson (the dog)
Cape Fear: Ron Perlman, Ted Levine, Margarita Levieva
CIA: Nick Gehlfuss, Michael Michele
Counsels: Brandon Grace, Ro Kumar, Eilidh Park, George Prentice, Alyth Ross, Rebecca Bell, Michelle Gomez, Derek Riddell, Laura Haddock, Daniela Nardini, Michael Nardone, Sally Howitt, Stuart Bowman, Neshla Caplan, Stephen Purdon
Crew Girl: Miku Martineau, Jessica Paré, Samuel Braun, Kyle Clark, Thomas Cadrot
Deli Boys: Fred Armisen
The Diplomat: Aidan Turner
Don’t Get High: Tony Hale, Ashley Brooke, Olivia Gill, Oscar Williams, Erin Morton, Daniel Rosales
The Dutton Ranch: Annette Bening, Ed Harris
Extraction: May Calamawy, Waleed Zuaiter, Ed Speleers
From: Julia Doyle
Going Dutch: Kristen Johnson
Group Chat: Yaya DaCosta, Melanie Liburd, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Stephanie Suganami
The Hack: Steve Pemberton, Dougray Scott, Eve Myles
Harry Potter: Warwick Davis, Leigh Gill, Elijah Oshin, Finn Stephens, William Nash, Sirine Saba, Richard Durden, Bríd Brennan
Hunting Alice Bell: Simon Pegg, Ralf Little, Amanda Abbington, Emily Barber, Toni O’Rourke, Christina Bennington
Joseph of Egypt: Navid Negahban
Last Samurai Standing: Hamada Gaku, Okazaki Taiiku, Iura Arata, Tanaka Tetsushi, Nakajima Ayumu
Law & Order: SVU: Norma Kuhling
Ludwig: Sian Clifford, Mark Bonnar, Ben Ashenden, Rumi Sutton
The Madison: Kurt Russell
Mayor of Kingstown: Niko Nicotera
Not Suitable for Work: Ella Hunt, Avantika, Will Angus, Jack Martin, Nicholas Duvernay
Power: Origins: Spence Moore II, Charlie Mann
Presumed Innocent: Matthew Rhys
The Ráth and the Rock: Jack Hudson
SkyMed: Shawn Ahmed, Leishe Meyboom, Alexander Eling, Cecilia Lee, Lauren Lee Smith
Sterling Point: Missi Pyle, Nikko Angelo Hinayo, Mabel Strachan, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
S.W.A.T. Exiles: Jay Harrington, Patrick St. Esprit, Lucy Barrett, Adain Bradley, Zyra Gorecki, Freddy Miyares, Ronen Rubinstein
Tip Toe: Alan Cumming, David Morrissey,
Tomb Raider: Sophie Turner
True to the Game: Vivica A. Fox, Sierra Capri, Bentley Green, Angell Conwell, Carl Anthony Payne II
Unaccustomed Earth: Siddharth
The Varnell Hill Show: Nick Cafero
Very Young Frankenstein: Cary Elwes
The Walking Dead: Dead City: Aimee Garcia
The Westies: Aidan Wojtak-Hissong, Jeremy Walmsley, Dylan Taylor
Y: Marshals: Gil Birmingham, Brecken Merrill, Mo Brings Plenty, Arielle Kebbel, Ash Santos, Tatanka Means, Brett Cullen
Untitled Netflix Will Ferrell golf series: Jimmy Tatro, Fortune Feimster,Chris Parnell, Katelyn Tarver, David Hornsby
(Image courtesy of Netflix.)
