TV news for Dec. 15-21, 2024

CW news

It's dead!!

NBC news
NBC High-Concept Prison-Based Drama ‘The Hunting Party’ Gets Haunting
First Teaser (Dec. 21)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/nbc-the-hunting-party-first-teaser-1236240271/
["An elite task force of investigators has its hands full when an off-
the-books max-security prison sees a massive breach, leading to the
escape of the most notorious convicts. In a first teaser for NBC‘s
forthcoming crime procedural, 'The Hunting Party,' Melissa Roxburgh‘s
ex-FBI agent Rebecca Henderson must spearhead a search to round up the
escaped criminals."]

Whoo, boy!...

‘Brilliant Minds’ Season Finale Moves Up A Week With Back-To-Back
Episodes On NBC (Dec. 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/brilliant-minds-season-finale-new-date-
zachary-quinto-nbc-1236239533/

That's generally a bad sign, as it looks like burnoff.

Cable channel news
Syfy’s ‘Revival’ Series Based On Comics Adds 8 To Cast (Dec. 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/syfys-revival-series-comics-cast-1236238880/
["In 'Revival,' on one miraculous day in rural Wisconsin, the recently
deceased suddenly rise from their graves. But this is no zombie story as
the “revived” appear and act just like they once were. When local
Officer and single mother Dana Cypress (Melanie Scrofano) is
unexpectedly thrown into the center of a brutal murder mystery of her
own, she’s left to make sense of the chaos amidst a town gripped by fear
and confusion where everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect."]

I'm highly skeptical of this one as the concept has already been done.

‘Dune: Prophecy’ Gets Second Season Order From HBO (Dec. 19)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/dune-prophecy-season-2-1236238385/

OK.

‘Euphoria’ Third (And Likely Final) Season Gets Another Boost With
$19.4M Tax Credit [HBO] (Dec. 18)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/euphoria-final-season-3-tax-credit-1236209879/

Vaporware!!

‘The Old Man’ Canceled By FX After 2 Seasons (Dec. 17)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/the-old-man-canceled-fx-no-season-3-jeff-
bridges-1236209118/

That's actually good, as it makes it more likely I will tackle season #2
at some point...

‘Yellowstone’ Finale: How Taylor Sheridan Wrapped Up (For Now) His Hit
Drama On Paramount (Dec. 15)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/yellowstone-finale-recap-paramount-network-
whats-next-1236204179/

[roll]

Streaming service news--Apple TV+
‘Bad Monkey’ Renewed For Season 2 By Apple; Production Moving To LA With
Vince Vaughn Back As Yancy (Dec. 17)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/bad-monkey-renewed-season-2-production-
location-move-vince-vaughn-1236208699/

It's good that it was renewed, but terrible that they are moving filming
to L.A. - an awful aesthetic choice.

‘Silo’ Renewed For Two Seasons; Rebecca Ferguson Starrer To End After
Year 4 (Dec. 16)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/silo-renewed-for-two-seasons-rebecca-
ferguson-starrer-to-end-after-year-4-1236203534/

I believe I beat Robin here - glad this series will get a chance to wrap
things up.

Streaming service news--Disney+
“It Wasn’t Where We Needed It To Be Given The Cost Structure Of That
Title” (Dec. 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/disney-executive-why-star-wars-series-the-
acolyte-canceled-1236239439/

Like, *duh*.

Streaming service news--Hulu
‘Tell Me Lies’ Renewed For Season 3 By Hulu (Dec. 19)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/tell-me-lies-renewed-season-3-hulu-meaghan-
oppenheimer-overall-deal-1236229781/

Another one I am wondering if I should watch (and if I could ever fit it
in!)...

‘Gilmore Girls’ Heads To Hulu For The Holidays (Dec. 16)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/gilmore-girls-complete-series-hulu-1236204218/

[finger!]

Streaming service news--Netflix
Everything We Know About ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 So Far (Dec. 20)
https://deadline.com/feature/stranger-things-season-5-news-1236169409/
‘Stranger Things’ Wraps Production On 5th & Final Season; Behind-The-
Scenes Photos (Dec. 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/stranger-things-wraps-production-season-5-
photos-1236239226/

Vaporware!!

‘Virgin River’ Showrunner Unpacks Season 6: Wedding, Cliffhangers, That
Catchy Song & “Hold Space” Line; Teases Season 7’s Theme & More (Dec. 19)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/virgin-river-showrunner-season-6-recap-
wedding-season-7-interview-1236235552/

[sigh...]

‘Virgin River’: Mark Ghanimé Leaving As Series Regular After 3 Seasons
(Dec. 19)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/virgin-river-mark-ghanime-exits-series-
regular-cameron-1236235000/

Smart of him!!

‘Sweet Magnolias’ Gets Season 4 Premiere Date At Netflix (Dec. 19)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/sweet-magnolias-season-4-premiere-date-
netflix-trailer-1236238118/

Gah! - This show is still going?!

‘Girls5eva’ Canceled At Netflix & Will Not Have Season 4 (Dec. 17)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/girls5eva-season-4-canceled-
netflix-1236209268/

They were lucky to get season #3.

‘Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen’ Netflix Series Sets Camila
Morrone & Adam DiMarco To Star (Dec. 17)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/camila-morrone-adam-dimarco-something-very-
bad-is-going-to-happen-1236205201/
["'Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen' is described as an atmospheric
horror series. Set at a wedding, it follows a bride (Morrone) and groom
(DiMarco) in the week leading up to their ill-fated nuptials."]

Very sorry that this is going to Netflix, as I am very interested in it.

Streaming service news--Paramount+
‘Mayor Of Kingstown’ Renewed For Fourth Season (Dec. 18)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/mayor-of-kingstown-renewed-fourth-season-
paramount-plus-1236209560/

Robin, you missed the news about Paramount's latest cut of its library,
including dumping 'Game Shakers" and "House of Anubis" and a number of
animated series.

Streaming service news--Peacock
Rose Byrne & Meghann Fahy To Headline Peacock’s ‘The Good Daughter’
Limited Series (Dec. 19)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/rose-byrne-meghann-fahy-the-good-daughter-
peacock-1236238237/
["In 'The Good Daughter,' sisters Charlotte and Samantha Quinn have
spent the last twenty-eight years trying to piece together the lives
that were fractured by a single night of violence. When another attack
splinters the small town of Pikeville, Charlotte is the first witness on
the scene. Now a lawyer like her father, she’s forced to confront her
demons as the case twists through one shocking revelation after another.
In the end, she and Samantha wonder if the price of being the good
daughter was worth it after all."]

Interested - and I'm more likely to watch this with Meghann Fahy
starring than I would have with Jessica Biel.

‘The Day Of The Jackal’: Eddie Redmayne Will Return For Season 2 (Dec. 19)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/the-day-of-the-jackal-eddie-redmayne-
return-season-2-1236237964/

Another one I still have to get to...

Streaming service news--Prime Video
‘The Wheel Of Time’ Adds Olivia Williams, Luke Fetherston, Callum Kerr &
Nuno Lopes To Season 3 Cast (Dec. 18)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/the-wheel-of-time-adds-cast-olivia-
williams-luke-fetherston-1236209238/

Cool - looking forward to it.

‘Secret Level’ Renewed For Season 2 At Prime Video (Dec. 17)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/secret-level-renewed-season-2-1236208665/

OK. (It's likely cheap, as the video game makers may be paying them, as
these are basically ads for the game...)

Syndicated series news
‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’ Renewed For Season 7 By NBCUniversal (Dec. 16)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/the-kelly-clarkson-show-renewed-season-7-
nbcuniversal-1236204701/

OK.

Series in development
Sony Developing Jennifer L. Armentrout’s ‘From Blood & Ash’ Book Series
TV Adaptation (Dec. 16)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/sony-developing-jennifer-l-armentrout-from-
blood-and-ash-book-series-tv-adaptation-1236204651/
["The book series follows Poppy, whose life has never been her own since
being chosen at birth to usher in a new era. Waiting for the day of her
Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil
that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods. But
the choice has never been hers."]

Someone on Reddit said this book series was trash... [shrug]

The business of TV
Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery & Fox Officially Lose Latest Move To Kill
Venu Sports Streaming Suit From Fubo; Trial Still On For 2025 (Dec. 16)
https://deadline.com/2024/12/disney-fox-fubo-warner-bros-discovery-
sports-antitrust-lawsuit-ruling-1236205279/

Yeah, I would say Venu is fully dead now, as it seems unlikely that they
will prevail in court, and it will take years to work out the court case
anyway.

Dimensional Traveler

2024-12-24 06:51:52 UTC

CW news

It's dead!!

How long has it been dead, Bones?

--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.

shawn

2024-12-24 08:34:44 UTC

On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 22:51:52 -0800, Dimensional Traveler

CW news

It's dead!!

How long has it been dead, Bones?

It's only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead
and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive.

Adam H. Kerman

2024-12-24 14:54:52 UTC

Post by shawn

Post by Robin Miller
CW news

It's dead!!

How long has it been dead, Bones?

It's only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead
and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive.

It's not even slightly alive. They refuse to order any new scripted
television series, which is a huge indication that they themselves see
abslutely no future in broadcast television as a fifth network. Their
scripted shows are foreign imports. This is the ION Television route
which was never a fifth network. PTEN, the WB, and UPN all tried harder
to be successful fifth networks than the C-Wub ever did.

All American is their very last drama from the old days, I believe. Its
lead actor didn't sign on for season 7, which means it should have
concluded in season 6. I doubt the new cast will find an audience and
there won't be a season 8.

Ian J. Ball

2024-12-24 16:30:10 UTC

Post by Adam H. Kerman

Post by shawn

Post by Robin Miller
CW news

It's dead!!

How long has it been dead, Bones?

It's only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead
and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive.

It's not even slightly alive. They refuse to order any new scripted
television series, which is a huge indication that they themselves see
absolutely no future in broadcast television as a fifth network. Their
scripted shows are foreign imports. This is the ION Television route
which was never a fifth network. PTEN, the WB, and UPN all tried harder
to be successful fifth networks than the C-Wub ever did.
All American is their very last drama from the old days, I believe. Its
lead actor didn't sign on for season 7, which means it should have
concluded in season 6. I doubt the new cast will find an audience and
there won't be a season 8.

All of this (except for the last line of Anim's first paragraph - they
did try to be a fifth network for several years, esp. early on).

The CW is dead. It's actually been dead for a year and a half. People
are only just now realizing it.

There is about 0% chance this CW will renew "All American" for season
#8. For one thing, I think they've already laid off about 100% of their
"original programming" department.

Ian J. Ball

2024-12-24 16:31:44 UTC

Post by Adam H. Kerman

Post by shawn
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 22:51:52 -0800, Dimensional Traveler

Post by Robin Miller
CW news

It's dead!!

How long has it been dead, Bones?

It's only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead
and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive.

All of this (except for the last line of Anim's

Ha! I mean Adam, not Anim!
(They're pretty interchangeable, right?! ;p )

Post by Ian J. Ball
first paragraph - they
did try to be a fifth network for several years, esp. early on).
The CW is dead. It's actually been dead for a year and a half. People
are only just now realizing it.
There is about 0% chance this CW will renew "All American" for season
#8. For one thing, I think they've already laid off about 100% of their
"original programming" department.

Adam H. Kerman

2024-12-24 18:05:27 UTC

Post by Adam H. Kerman

Post by shawn

Post by Robin Miller
CW news

It's dead!!

How long has it been dead, Bones?

It's only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead
and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive.

All of this (except for the last line of Anim's first paragraph - they
did try to be a fifth network for several years, esp. early on).

My name is Adam. Of course the C-Wub was trying to be a fifth network
from Day One. They were the fourth attempt at a fifth network.

Post by Ian J. Ball
The CW is dead. It's actually been dead for a year and a half. People
are only just now realizing it.
There is about 0% chance this CW will renew "All American" for season
#8. For one thing, I think they've already laid off about 100% of their
"original programming" department.

I don't get why it got a 7th season renewal instead of ending it
gracefully.

anim8rfsk

2024-12-25 01:31:21 UTC