Caffeine – TV News – July 12th Edition

Caffeine – TV News – July 12th Edition

This week’s TV news brings us a few September premiere dates and a whole bunch of renewal news!

Premiere dates:

September 4th: Away
September 9th: Woke
September 18th: PEN15

Renewed:

Vienna Blood, Stargirl, Dead to Me (for a third and final season), The Last Kingdom, Most Dangerous Game, Better Things, The Moodys, Ramy

Cancelled:

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Run

Other headlines:

The Crown is getting a sixth season after all.

Peter Lenkov, showrunner of Magnum P.I. and MacGyver, has been fired from CBS for creating a toxic work environment.

Carina Adly Mackenzie has stepped down as showrunner of Roswell, New Mexico.

Ordered to series:

HBO Max: A drama about the Gotham City police department
Quibi: Horror manga adaptation Tomie

In development:

ABC: A comedy about parents of a non-binary child, a Wonder Years reboot about a Black family
Amazon Studios: Supernatural drama Tether, a drama series based on New York Times story “The Jungle Prince of Delhi”
Anonymous Content: An adaptation of alternate history novel Civilizations
Content Cartel: 1980s Brooklyn street crew series Lo Lifes: Stealing the American Dream
FOX: Psychic family drama Free Will
FX: A mystery dramedy from Matthew Weiner
HBO: A limited series adaptation of Scenes from a Marriage starring Oscar Isaac and Michelle Williams
HBO Max: Heist drama Rip Crew
Quibi: Relationship series The Long Distance Relationship Project
Showtime: Limited series Blackbird: Lena Horne and America, psychological thriller dramedy La Bravura
Spectrum/BritBox: An adaptation of Ben Macintyre’s A Spy Among Friends starring Damian Lewis and Dominic West
UCP: True crime limited series Candy starring Elisabeth Moss

Casting:

American Auto: Tye White, Michael Benjamin Washington, Jon Barinholtz, Humphrey Ker
Batwoman: Javicia Leslie
Blood Relative: Dascha Polanco, Tracie Thoms, Sarah Catherine Hook
Swagger: Quvenzhané Wallis
This Country: Aya Cash, Justin Linville
Untitled ABC workplace comedy: Lucy Liu

(Image courtesy of DC Comics.)

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