Caffeine – TV News – May 31st Edition

Caffeine – TV News – May 31st Edition

It was a slow week for TV news as most things remain in a holding pattern, but we’ve got a few updates for you. And ICYMI, earlier in the week we brought you the details on CBC’s fall and winter lineup.

Premiere dates:

June 27th: Dark

August 14th: Ted Lasso

Renewed:

Better Things, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Mr Inbetween, Cake, Diary of a Future President

Other headlines:

Tom Ellis has officially signed on for a potential season six of Lucifer.

Season 10 of American Horror Story is delayed until next year.

Elizabeth Klaviter will showrun Clarice.

Kirk Ellis will write Fremantle’s Netanyahu series Bibi.

Ordered to series:

Apple TV+: Limited series Hedy Lamarr from Gal Gadot
BBC: Danish crime series DNA
FX: AHS spinoff American Horror Stories
Starz: A revival of YouTube’s canceled series version of Step Up

In development:

Amazon: Lisbeth Salander standalone series The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Black Bear Pictures: An adaptation of Naoise Dolan’s novel Exciting Times
Blumhouse/UCP: A series sequel to sci-fi movie Upgrade
The Lighthouse: A series based on a trilogy of Juno Dawson books
Warner Bros. TV: An adaptation of L.J. Smith’s The Forbidden Game from Greg Berlanti

Leaving their shows:

The Good Fight: Cush Jumbo

Promoted to series regular:

Virgin River: Grayson Gurnsey

Casting:

Nine Perfect Strangers: Manny Jacinto
Power Book III: Raising Kanan: Ade Chike Torbert
Virgin River: Sarah Dugdalae

(Image courtesy of Netflix.)

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