We’re back after some technical difficulties last weekend, so fill up your coffee and settle in for a double dose of TV news!
Premiere dates:
November 13th: Blue Lights
December 7th: Miss Scarlet (streaming)
December 27th: The Copenhagen Test
January 1st: Run Away
January 8th: His & Hers
January 11th: Miss Scarlet (broadcast)
January 14th: Hijack
January 28th: Shrinking
January 29th: Bridgerton
February 14th: Dark Winds
March 1st: The Count of Monte Cristo (streaming)
March 22nd: The Count of Monte Cristo (broadcast)
Renewed:
Midsomer Murders, Crossroad Springs, The Rainmaker
Other headlines:
Patrick John Flueger is taking a leave of absence from Chicago P.D.
Chris Van Dusen is taking over as showrunner of Calabasas.
Ordered to series:
ABC Australia: Legal dramedy The Great White with directors including Mia Wasikowska
CBS: Silicon Valley legal drama Cupertino
Channel 5: Detective show Death in Benidorm starring John Hannah
Hulu: A Prison Break reboot
ITV Studios: South African thriller The Invisible starring Abbie Cornish and Dougray Scott
MGM+: Bosch prequel Start of Watch starring Cameron Monaghan and Omari Hardwick
Netflix: Canadian historical romance series The Granville Girls based on Cat Cahill’s Gilbert Girls books, historical dynastic drama Kennedy starring Michael Fassbender as Joe Kennedy Sr., a series adaptation of Charles Burns’ Black Hole graphic novels, Victorious spinoff Hollywood Arts
Netflix/TF1: An adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo starring Audrey Fleurot
Stan: Medical drama The F Ward starring Anna Friel, Ioane Saula, Lola Bond, Dan Wyllie, Alex Fitzalan, Emily Barclay, Annie Boyle, and Rishab Kern
Acquired for the U.S.:
Hulu: Spanish psychological thriller Innate
In development:
A+E Studios: An adaptation of Tom Ryan’s detective novel We Had a Hunch
Amazon Prime Video: An adaptation of Krystal Marquis’s Black historical romantic YA series The Davenports
Amplify Pictures: Comedic crime-thriller Sleep King from the Duplass brothers
Atomic Monster: An adaptation of Julie Soto’s YA psychological thriller The Thrashers
Electric Entertainment: An adaptation of Dana Elazar-Halevi’s YA thriller Secret Mission
Golden Possum: A drama about Julia Estrada and Cuban baseball player smuggling
HBO: CIA series Project: MKUltra from David Chase
Made Up Stories: An adaptation of J.P. Pomare’s crime thriller 17 Years Later
Mattel Studios: Supernatural drama Magic 8 Ball from M. Night Shyamaland and Brad Falchuk
Netflix: Supernatural series Prism from and starring Millie Bobby Brown, board game adaptation Catan, a limited series adaptation of Brian Watkins’ play Weather Girl
Peacock: A new season of Devil in Disguise about Richard Ramirez
Guest stars:
Best Medicine: Martin Clunes
Brilliant Minds: Eric Dane
DMV: Leslie Jones, Zoe Lister-Jones, Chelsea Frei, Renee Montgomery
Elsbeth: Lindsey Normington, Jaime Pressly, Andrew Rannells
High Potential: Bill Nye, Aiden Turner
Palm Royale: John Stamos
S.W.A.T. Exiles: Cas Anvar
St. Denis Medical: Draymond Green
Stumble: Jeff Hiller, Dascha Polanco, Ashlie Atkinson
Casting:
American Hostage: Kat Cunning
Bad Monkey: Nate Jackson
The Body: Ashley Madekwe, Motell Gyn Foster, Cale Ambrozic, Anna Tierney, Chloe Longname, Sarah Abbott, Emily Roman, Michela Luci, Bella Neuspiel, Julia Lowe, Christine Solomon
Cape Fear: Patrick Fischler
DMV: Jessica Camacho
The Dutton Ranch: Natalie Alyn Lind, Marc Menchaca, Juan Pablo Raba, JR Villarreal
Euphoria: Bella Podaras, Bill Bodner, Cailyn Rice, Colleen Camp, Danielle Deadwyler, Eli Roth, Gideon Adlon, Hemky Madera, Homer Gere, Jack Topalian, Jessica Blair Herman, Kwame Patterson, Madison Thompson, Matthew Willig, Natasha Lyonne, Rebecca Pidgeon, Sam Trammell, Trisha Paytas
Extraction: Sacha Dhawan, Ross McCall, Pip Torrens, Sam Woolf, Michael Zananiri, Riyad Sliman, Muhannad Ben Amor, Aaron Heffernan, Jojo Macari, Theo Ogundipe, Emma Appleton
Furious: Jake Lacy
Paradise: Patrick Fischler
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Kate McKinnon
Presumed Innocent: John Magaro, Michael Hsu Rosen
Sheriff Country: Kelli O’Hara
Vought Rising: Raphael Sbarge, Romi Shraiter, Aaron Douglas, David Hewlett
War: Celia Imrie, Nick Mohammed, Shaheen Jafargholi, Akiya Henry, Rose Williams, Camille Coduri, Aran Murphy, Honor Swinton Byrne, Miles Jupp, Kartanya Maynard, Alexandra Mardell, Mark Quartley, Steve Furst
(Image courtesy of PBS.)