Re: TV news for Dec. 15-21, 2024

On 12/21/24 9:35 PM, Robin Miller wrote:

     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+
  Disney Executive On Why ‘Star Wars’ Series ‘The Acolyte’ Was Canceled: “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.