Re: TV news for May 21-26, 2025

On 5/26/25 7:19 AM, Robin Miller wrote:

     ABC news
  ‘General Hospital’ Casts Rory Gibson As New Michael Corinthos  (May 22)
 https://deadline.com/2025/05/general-hospital-casts-rory-gibson-new- michael-corinthos-1236408459/

Yep. I think I mentioned this on RAT the other day.

     Cable channel news
  ‘Zombies 4: Dawn Of The Vampires’ Trailer Sees Zed & Addison Diffusing Yet Another Monster Rivalry [Disney Channel]  (May 22)
 https://deadline.com/2025/05/zombies-4-dawn-of-the-vampires-trailer- disney-channel-1236408638/

OMG, they must be kidding.

     Streaming service news--Apple TV+
  Meet Leighton Meester’s New Character In ‘The Buccaneers’ Season 2 Trailer As Nan Tries To “Let Go” Of Guy  (May 22)
 https://deadline.com/2025/05/the-buccaneers-season-2-trailer-leighton- meester-1236408014/

Mildly looking forward to this, though not as much as to season #3 of "The Gilded Age".

     Streaming service news--Disney+
  Bryan Cranston Says Filming ‘Malcolm In The Middle’ Revival Was “So Rewarding” Since The “Whole Family” Is “Back Together”  (May 25)
 https://deadline.com/2025/05/bryan-cranston-malcolm-in-the-middle- revival-rewarding-1236410832/

Well, except for the one kid who dropped out of acting!...

     Streaming service news--Netflix
  Josh Hartnett To Headline Netflix’s Newfoundland Limited Series  (May 22)
 https://deadline.com/2025/05/josh-hartnett-newfoundland-netflix-limited- series-1236408402/
 ["In the series, when a mysterious sea creature terrorizes a remote Newfoundland town, a hard-bitten fisherman (Hartnett) must fight to protect his family, his community, and his vanishing way of life."]

Wow. That sounds every bit as bad as the stuff the broadcast nets used to turn out in the 1970s thru the 1990s...

     Streaming service news--Prime Video
  ‘The Wheel Of Time’ Canceled By Prime Video After 3 Seasons  (May 23)
 https://deadline.com/2025/05/the-wheel-of-time-canceled-prime- video-1236409657/

F*** you, Prime!!  [finger!]

     Series in development
  Swift ‘S.W.A.T.’ Spinoff: Behind The Mad Dash To Get ‘Exiles’ Starring Shemar Moore Off The Ground  (May 21)
 https://deadline.com/2025/05/swat-spinoff-exiles-shemar-moore-back- story-fan-reaction-1236406431/

[roll]

     Ratings
  ‘Doctor Who’ Ratings Dive, Supercharging Uncertainty About Future Of Sci-Fi Series  (May 23)
 https://deadline.com/2025/05/doctor-who-ratings-drop-speculation- future-1236409467/

Well, duh.

     Other News
  Parole Granted For ‘Rust’ Armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Must Stay Away  From Halyna Hutchins’ Family  (May 25)
 https://deadline.com/2025/05/hannah-gutierrez-reed-parole-rust-halyna- hutchins-alec-baldwin-1236410566/

 >:/

Jeremy Renner On Being Revived After Snowplow Accident: “I Didn’t Want To Come Back”  (May 22)
 https://deadline.com/2025/05/jeremy-renner-revived-snowplow- accident-1236408570/

??!