We’ve got a bunch of TV news this week from the TCA press tour and more!
Premiere dates:
March 3rd: The Tourist
March 6th: Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
March 9th: Good Trouble, The Last Kingdom
March 10th: Theodosia
March 26th: The Pact
March 29th: The Girl from Plainville
April 7th: Tokyo Vice
April 8th: Woke
April 18th: Better Call Saul
April 19th: Mayans M.C.
May 25th: Obi-Wan Kenobi
June 15th: Love, Victor
July 11th: Better Call Saul (part two)
Renewed:
Reacher, Almost Paradise (now on IMDb TV), South Side, The Sister Boniface Mysteries, Joe Pickett, Kin, Bloodlands, My Life Is Murder, Creepshow, Slasher, London Kills
Canceled:
Love, Victor (after the upcoming third season)
Other headlines:
The Rookie will air a backdoor pilot this season for a potential spinoff starring Niecy Nash.
Disney+ has put its Beauty and the Beast prequel series on hold indefinitely.
Pilot directors:
Blockbuster: Payman Benz
Pitch Perfect: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Quantum Leap: Helen Shaver
Walker: Independence: Larry Teng
Ordered to series:
AllBlk: Anthology series Snap
Apple TV+: 1970s Palm Beach society comedy Mrs. American Pie from Laura Dern and starring Kristen Wiig, futuristic dark comedy Sunny starring Rashida Jones, Dior/Chanel fashion drama The New Look starring Ben Mendesohn and Juliette Binoche
BritBox: Crime novel adaptation The Confessions of Frannie Langton, Martin Freeman crime series The Thief, His Wife, and the Canoe
Disney+: National Geographic Anne Frank protector limited series A Small Light
HBO: Julio Torres comedy Little Films
Netflix: Female-led action-adventure series Palomino
Peacock: An adaptation of Liane Moriarty novel Apples Never Fall
Acquired for the U.S.:
Acorn TV/Sundance Now: British dramas Showtrial, The Suspect, Anne
BBC America: British drama Mood
Pilot orders:
CBS: A genderbent Early Edition reboot, cop drama East New York
Freeform: Asian-American coming-of-age drama AZNBBGRL
In development:
20th Television: An adaptation of Steve Almond’s upcoming social novel All the Secrets of the World
Amazon Studios: Blade Runner 2099 sequel series
BET+: Dark crime comedy Average Joe
CBS: Procedural HSI: Puerto Rico
Disney+: An adaptation of middle grade Rick Riordan Presents La Llorona-inspired novel Paola Santiago and the River of Tears
Fox: Meteorologist dark comedy Cindy Snow, a police drama based on movie End of Watch
HBO: Facebook drama Doomsday Machine starring Claire Foy, queer comedy Lucky
Hulu: Darkly comic murder mystery limited series The Golden Spoon
Jim Henson Co.: A fantasy adventure series from Norman Reedus
Sky Studios: A drama about the Gucci family
Submarine: Baader Meinhof Gang drama Ghost Generation
Topic Studios: An adaptation of The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu
Two for the Road/Kapital: An adaptation of Tiffany D. Jackson’s YA novel White Smoke
Walden Media: An adaptation of Joe Hill’s horror novel The Fireman
Guest stars:
Blue Bloods: Tony Danza
New Amsterdam: Adam Rose
Returns:
All Rise: Marg Helgenberger
Casting:
Ahsoka: Ray Stevenson
All Rise: Roger Guenveur Smith, Christian Keyes (replacing Todd Williams)
American Born Chinese: Michelle Yeoh, Ben Wang, Yeo Yann Yann, Chin Han, Daniel Wu, Ke Huy Quan, Jim Liu, Sydney Taylor
Beauty and the Beast prequel: Rita Ora
The Big Door Prize: Djouliet Amara, Ally Maki, Crystal Fox
Big Sky: Constance Zimmer
Bust Down: DomiNque Perry
Charmed: Shi Ne Nielson
The Continental: Katie McGrath, Ray McKinnon, Adam Shapiro, Mark Musashi, Marina Mazepa
The Crossover: Daveed Diggs (as narrator)
CSI: Vegas: Marg Helgenberger
Firefly Lane: Chris McNally
Fleishman Is in Trouble: Joy Suprano
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies: Chris McNally
Immigrant: Andrew Rannells
Ironheart: Anthony Ramos
National Treasure: Catherine Zeta-Jones
Only Murders in the Building: Andrea Martin, Zoe Colletti, Michael Rapaport
The Patient: Alex Rich, David Alan Grier
Remember: Hosea Chanchez, Devere Rogers, Griffin Matthews, Brandon Gill
Retreat: Clive Owen, Harris Dickinson, Alice Braga, Jermaine Fowler, Joan Chen, Raul Esparza, Edoardo Ballerini, Pegah Ferydoni, Ryan J. Haddad, Javed Khan
Slasher: Ripper: Eric McCormack
Tales of the Walking Dead: Daniella Pineda
Tom Swift: Asheligh Murray
Washington Black: Rupert Graves, Shaunette Renée Wilson
The White Lotus: Theo James, Meghann Fahy, Will Sharpe, Leo Woodall
(Image courtesy of Freeform.)
