Caffeine – TV News – February 23rd Edition

Caffeine – TV News – February 23rd Edition

We’ve got a whole slew of renewals in this week’s TV news, plus some spring premieres, spinoff news, and more!

Premiere dates:

April 3rd: Pulse, The Bondsman
April 13th: The Last of Us

May 16th: Murderbot

June 4th: Stick

Renewed:

Happy’s Place, Ghosts (for two seasons), Tracker, George & Mandy’s First Marriage, Elsbeth, Fire Country, NCIS, NCIS: Origins, NCIS: Sydney, Vigil, Miss Scarlet, Paradise, Jury Duty

Canceled:

Bookie, The Sticky

Other news:

9-1-1 and Doctor Odyssey will cross over on March 20th.

The Chosen will stream on Amazon Prime Video.

Lesli Linka Glatter will direct and EP Apple TV+’s Imperfect Women.

Jac Schaeffer will direct the pilot of Holes.

Jason Moore will direct the first two episodes of Elle.

Ordered to series:

ABC: New franchise entry 9-1-1: Nashville
CBS: Blue Bloods spinoff Boston Blue
HBO: 1980s Brazilian HIV epidemic limited series Oxygen Masks Will (Not) Drop Automatically
Hulu: Mindy Kaling Manhattan young professionals comedy Not Safe for Work
Netflix: An Extraction series (set in the movie universe) starring Omar Sy
Red Hill Creative: Cricket comedy Strikers starring Bobby Berk, Dana Abraham, Nazanin Mandi, and Shaun Majumder

In development:

20th Century Television: An adaptation of Tinx’s influencer novel Hotter in the Hamptons from Erin and Sara Foster
A24: An adaptation of Eric Puchner’s novel Dream State
FX: An adaptation of Danish family drama Cry Wolf from Sarah Treem and starring Olivia Colman
HBO: Family drama The Applebaum Curse from Winnie Holzman and starring Claire Danes
Netflix: Napa Valley dramedy Uncorked from Darren Star and David Schulner
Peacock: An adaptation of Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas’s 1980s Hollywood novel Climbing in Heels from Darren Star
Story Girl Productions: L.M. Montgomery biographical series Lucy. Maud starring Anne of Green Gables star Megan Follows

Leaving their shows:

Industry: Harry Lawtey
Miss Scarlet: Patrick Nash

Guest stars:

Doctor Who: Christopher Chung
Elsbeth: Mary-Louise Parker, David Alan Grier
The Irrational: Gil Bellows
Law & Order: Jesse Metcalfe
Nobody Wants This: Leighton Meester, Miles Fowler
Poker Face: Davionte “GaTa” Ganter, Haley Joel Osment, John Cho, Justin Theroux, Patti Harrison, Jason Ritter, Alia Shawkat, Carol Kane, David Krumholtz, Melanie Lynskey

Casting:

Boyfriend on Demand: Jisoo, Seo In-guk
Daredevil: Born Again: Tony Dalton
The Dream Lands: Golda Rosheuvel, Pascale Kann, Anna Friel, Connor Swindells, Clara Rugaard, Katherine Parkinson
DTF St. Louis: Chris Perfetti, Joy Sunday
Good American Family: Kim Shaw
The Good Daughter: Brendan Gleeson, Harper Steele, Paula Malcomson, Jake McDorman
Highly Favored: Michael Colyar, KiKi Shepard, Anthony S. Goolsby, Chico Benymon, Rodney Perry, Melanie Comarcho
Industry: Max Minghella
The Lincoln Lawyer: Marcus Henderson, Gigi Zumbado, Kasey Montoya
Lucky: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Malcolm in the Middle revival: Kiana Madeira
Miss Scarlet: Sam Buchanon, Grace Hogg-Robinson
Monster: Suzanna Son
Star City: Adam Nagaitis, Josef Davies, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes: Edison Alcaide, Conleth Hill, Russell Tovey, Max Beesley, Emily Mortimer, Daniel Mays, Laura Aikman, Alex Jennings
Zarna: Rizwan Manji, Chandni Shah
Untitled AMC Silicon Valley series: Rob Corddry
Untitled Apple TV+ Woody Harrelson/Matthew McConaughey comedy: Natalie Martinez, Brittany Ishibashi
Untitled HBO Bill Lawrence college comedy: Danielle Deadwyler

(Image courtesy of Apple TV+.)

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