Caffeine – September 7th Edition

Happy Sunday! It’s almost time for fall TV to start – which means we’re starting to hear about all the potential shows in development for next year. But first . . .

Netflix has ordered a third and final season of Hemlock Grove.

Cancelled: Gang Related

TV Land has ordered twelve more episodes of The Exes.

Haven‘s timeslot on Syfy has shifted to Thursdays at 8pm.

ION has picked up Saving Hope in the U.S.

Bad Judge showrunner Liz Brixius has left the show.

Ordered to series:
Syfy: A Childhood’s End miniseries

Pilot orders:
AMC: A Walking Dead companion series

In development:
ABC: A Jermaine Fowler comedy, a John Stamos comedy, a parenting comedy
CBS: A football comedy, D.C. comedy-horror show Brain Dead from the producers of The Good Wife
Fox: An event series based on Carrie Underwood’s song “Two Black Cadillacs”
Fox TV Studios: A Son of Sam miniseries
HBO: A Jemaine Clement comedy, Patricia Clarkson international politics romantic drama Elisabeth
NBC: A Ten Commandments miniseries, exorcism drama The Possession of Maggie Gill, an Adam Levine autobiographical family comedy, an adaptation of The Dangerous Book for Boys, friends comedy The One That Got Away, live hotel comedy Hospitality, Julian McCullough comedy Poor House
Showtime: A Mary Karr drama
TrustNordisk: Lars Von Trier show The House That Jack Built
Warner Bros.: A Supergirl series from Greg Berlanti

Pilot directors:
The Magicians: Mike Cahill

Justin Lin is apparently in talks to direct True Detective.

Apparently Bran and Hodor won’t appear in season five of Game of Thrones.

Guest stars!
Blue Bloods: Rebecca Mader
Elementary: Mamie Gummer
Faking It: Laverne Cox
The Flash: Dominic Purcell
The Goldbergs: Paul Sorvino, Rob Huebel, Dan Bakkedahl
Grey’s Anatomy: Annet Mahendru
Jane the Virgin: Juanes
Lillyhammer: Bruce Springsteen
Looking: Brian Gattas
Major Crimes: Torrey DeVitto, Alex Carter, Carlos Bernard
Modern Family: Tyne Daly
Mom: Ed Asner
Nashville: Florida Georgia Line, Chris Carmack, Charles Esten
New Girl: Erinn Hayes
Once Upon a Time: Frances O’Connor
Parks and Recreation: Werner Herzog

Promoted to series regular:
The Americans: Lev Gorn

Casting:
Aquarius: Brian Gattas
Arrow: Austin Butler, Matt Nable
Backstrom: Ben Hollingsworth
The Brink: Rob Brydon, Michelle Gomez
Chicago Fire: Serinda Swan
Constantine: Emmett Scanlan
Down Dog: Lyndsy Fonseca
Faking It: Yvette Monreal, Keith Powers
Jane the Virgin: Brian Dare
The Last Kingdom: Alexander Dreymon
Law & Order: SVU: Peter Gallagher
Lillyhammer: Tony Sirico
Manhattan Love Story: Nico Evers-Swindell
Members Only: John Stamos
Mom: Sara Rue
NCIS: Lev Gorn
Scandal: Mary Mouser (replacing Madeline Carroll)
Scorpion: Brendan Hines
Show Me a Hero: LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Natalie Paul, Clarke Peters, Daniel Stern
Stanistan: Jennifer Carpenter
We Hate Paul Revere: Brian Gattas

(Image courtesy of Netflix.)

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