Caffeine – TV News – June 19th Edition

Happy Juneteenth and also Happy Father’s Day to the dads out there! This week’s TV news brings us more summer and fall premiere dates, a bunch of renewals, and more.

Premiere dates:

July 21st: Rap Sh!t
July 28th: Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, The Resort

August 1st: Industry
August 12th: Five Days at Memorial
August 18th: The Undeclared War
August 19th: Bad Sisters

September 14th: The Handmaid’s Tale
September 21st: The Connors, The Goldbergs, Abbott Elementary, Home Economics, Big Sky
September 25th: The Rookie
September 27th: The Rookie: Feds

October 3rd: The Good Doctor
October 6th: Station 19, Grey’s Anatomy, Alaska Daily

Renewed:

Squid Game, Starstruck, Hacks, The Lincoln Lawyer, Sweet Home (for two seasons), Swagger, When Calls the Heart

Canceled:

Snowpiercer (after the upcoming fourth season)

New showrunners or co-showrunners:

The Lincoln Lawyer: Dailyn Rodriguez
Power Rangers: Jenny Klein
Run the Burbs: Anthony Q. Farrell
When Calls the Heart: Lindsay Sturman

Ordered to series:

Apple TV+: Child psychiatrist limited series Before starring Billy Crystal
BBC: Queer adoption series Lost Boys and Fairies
Hallmark: Rodeo dynasty drama Ride
Netflix: Darkly comedic thriller Bodkin from the Obamas and starring Will Forte
Paramount+: Paranormal YA drama School Spirits starring Peyton List

In development:

A+E Studios: An adaptation of book Things I’m Seeing Without You from Alyssa Milano
Amazon: Mystery thriller podcast adaptation Last Known Position starring Gina Rodriguez
CBS: A comedy based on comic strip JumpStart
Disney+: Marvel adaptation Wonder Man
Fandango: A series based on play The Lehman Trilogy (which just won a bunch of Tonys)
HBO: A Game of Thrones sequel series about Jon Snow
Los Angeles Media Fund: An adaptation of Andrew DeYoung’s novel The Temps
Renegade Entertainment: An adaptation of Candice Fox’s thriller Gathering Dark
Showtime: Crime drama limited series The Whites starring Ethan Hawke
Tomorrow Studios: An adaptation of Clare Vaye Watkins’ novel I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness

Promoted to series regular:

Winning Time: Thomas Mann

Guest stars:

Chucky: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Meg Tilly, Joey Pantoliano, Sutton Stracke
Doctor Who: Neil Patrick Harris
P-Valley: Megan Thee Stallion

Casting:

Accused: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Wendell Pierce, Karen LeBlanc
The Afterparty: Will Greenberg, John Gemberling
Bad Monkey: John Ortiz (replacing Arturo Luis Soria)
The Big Cigar: Tiffany Boone
The Boys: Paul Reiser
The Brothers Sun: Michelle Yeoh, Justin Chien, Sam Song Li, Highdee Kuan, Joon Lee, Alice Hewkin, Jon Xue Zhang, Jenny Yang, Madison Hu, Rodney To
Chucky: Lara Jean Chorostecki
Criminal Nature: Ian Duff, Julia Chan
Demascus: Janet Hubert, Caleb Eberhardt, Shakira Ja’nai Paye
A Friend of the Family: Joe Chrest
Hightown: Garret Dillahunt, Jeanine Serralles, Kaya Rosenthal, Michael Drayer, Ellie Barone, Taja V. Simpson
Ironheart: Manny Montana
Law & Order: Mehcad Brooks
Mrs. American Pie: Jordan Bridges, Kaia Gerber, Jason Canela, Mindy Cohn, Julia Duffy, Claudia Ferri
Power Book III: Raising Kanan: Chyna Layne
The Rookie: Feds: Britt Robertson
Unstable: Sian Clifford, Rachel Marsh, Emma Ferreira, Aaron Branch, Fred Armisen, Tom Allen, JT Parr
Up Here: Carlos Valdes
Wilderness: Jenna Coleman, Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Untitled NBC Jon Cryer comedy pilot: Donald Faison, Abigail Spencer

(Image courtesy of WarnerMedia.)

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