Caffeine – TV News – June 6th Edition

It was a bit of a quiet TV news week following the U.S. holiday weekend, but we’ve got a bunch of new summer premiere dates!

Premiere dates:

June 10th: Starstruck

July 9th: Atypical
July 15th: American Horror Stories

August 8th: The L Word: Generation Q
August 9th: Reservation Dogs
August 25th: American Horror Story: Double Feature

September 2nd: What We Do in the Shadows
September 7th: Impeachment: American Crime Story
September 13th: Y: The Last Man
September 16th: Untitled B.J. Novak anthology series

Renewed:

The Mosquito Coast, City on a Hill, The Beast Must Die, Murdoch Mysteries

Canceled:

Jupiter’s Legacy

Other headlines:

In case you missed it, earlier this week we told you about CBC’s fall/winter schedule!

Michelle Nader will showrun season two of Dollface.

Andrew Bernstein has joined The Nevers as EP/director.

Ordered to series:

ITV: Detective series Ridley starring Adrian Dunbar
Netflix: Millarworld series Supercrooks
Peacock: Darkly comic mystery series The Resort from Andy Siara and Sam Esmail

Pilot orders:

Amazon Studios: Podcast adaptation The Horror of Dolores Roach starring Justina Machado

In development:

Blumhouse: An adaptation of Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta mysteries from Jamie Lee Curtis
Cannonball Productions: A limited series adaptation of trans pastor Dr. Paula Stone Williams’ memoir As a Woman
Fox: An adaptation of Sarah Penner’s historical novel The Lost Apothecary
Hillbilly: An adaptation of Jules Grant’s queer revenge thriller We Go Around in the Night and Are Consumed by Fire
Hulu: An adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel Malibu Rising
Mark Blutman: An adaptation of YA series Gripped
Miramax/Stone Village: An adaptation of Alex Michaelides’ upcoming thriller The Maidens
NBC: Jude Weng comedy Leftover Daughters about Chinese-American single women
One Community: An adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns
Peacock: Family drama Fruits of Thy Labor from Billy Porter
Showtime: Robby Hoffman Jewish genderqueer comedy Rivkah

Promoted to series regular:

NCIS: LA: Gerald McRaney
The Resident: Anuja Joshi

Guest stars:

All American: Jaclyn Smith
Fantasy Island: Dave and Odette Annable

Casting:

American Horror Stories: Kevin McHale, Dyllón Burnside, Charles Melton, Nico Greetham
Andor: Robert Emms
Animal Kingdom: Diego Josef
Breathe: Melissa Barrera
Dangerous Moms: Shanola Hampton (who is also producing)
Echo 3: Elizabeth Anweis
The First Lady: Gloria Reuben
Five Days at Memorial: Michael Gaston
Joe Exotic: Sam Keeley, Dennis Quaid
The Kingdom: Lars Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
NCIS: Hawai’i: Tori Anderson, Kian Talan
Our Kind of People: LeToya Luckett
The Peripheral: Louis Herthum, Chris Coy, Melinda Page Hamilton, Katie Leung, Austin Rising
Space: Jake Lacy, Krysta Rodriguez, Ally Maki, Caleb Hearon, Rachel Pegram
The Staircase: Sophie Turner
The Terminal List: LaMonica Garrett, Alexis Louder, Tom Amandes, JD Pardo, Arlo Mertz, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Jared Shaw
The Time Traveler’s Wife: Caitlin Shorey, Everleigh McDonell, Michael Park, Jaime Ray Newman, Taylor Richardson, Peter Graham, Brian Altemus, Jason David, Kate Siegel, Josh Stamberg, Chelsea Frei, Marcia DeBonis, Will Brill, Spencer House
The United States of Al: Rachel Bay
The White House Plumbers: Judy Greer
With Love: Emeraude Toubia, Mark Indelicato
Yellowjackets: Warren Cole, Peter Gadiot, Keeya King, Alex Wyndham

(Image courtesy of Showtime.)

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