Re: TV news for June 17-22, 2024

Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Blue Bloods Cast Marks Final Day Of Filming: Donnie Wahlberg, Marisa
Ramirez & Vanessa Ray Share Moment As Series Wraps Shoot  (June 20)

Man, I still can't believe production didn't wrap months ago.

Trevor St. John Leaving ‘The Young And The Restless’ (June 18)

Wait. That's the actor's name? How is that not a character's name?

Kevin Costner Makes It Official: He's Not Returning To Yellowstone
[Paramount Network]  (June 20)

After he got fired, he decided to resign?

Kevin Costner "Disappointed" In Handling Of Yellowstone Exit Rumors:
"Nobody On Their Side Ever Stepped Up To Defend What I Did For Them"
[Paramount Network]  (June 19)

You fucked them over?

PBS' A Capitol Fourth To Be Hosted By Alfonso Ribeiro; Lineup Includes
Smokey Robinson, Fantasia, Darren Criss And Sheila E.  (June 18)

Why did Gary Sinese get fired?

Sam Neill Joins Eric Bana In Netflix Limited Series 'Untamed'  (June 21)

https://deadline.com/2024/06/sam-neill-netflix-limited-series-untamed-eric-bana-1235979693/

Rosemarie DeWitt Joins Netflix Limited Series Untamed  (June 21)

https://deadline.com/2024/06/rosemarie-dewitt-untamed-netflix-1235979992/

["'Untamed' is a character-driven mystery-thriller that follows Kyle
Turner (Eric Bana), a special agent for the National Parks Service who
works to enforce human law in nature's vast wilderness. The
investigation of a brutal death sends Turner on a collision course with
the dark secrets within the park, and in his own past."]

Um, I think this is Script B37T with cliches 137 and 431, but in an
all-new setting.

Homicide: Life On The Street Coming To Streaming, David Simon Says
(June 18)

https://deadline.com/2024/06/homicide-life-on-the-streets-streaming-nbc-music-rights-1235977582/

["'Homicide: Life On the Street' is coming to streaming, according to
David Simon, author of 'Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets,' the
book on which the show created by Paul Attanasio was based. In a new
post on social media, Simon said that NBC had cleared the music used on
the series, and it would be coming to a streaming platform, with
NBCUniversal's Peacock the logical home."]

Lemme guess: Re-licensing cost four times as much as the entire
production budget in the first place.

Tatiana Maslany To Star In ‘The Nightbeast’ Pilot For Amazon MGM Studios
 (June 17)

Playing all the characters?

https://deadline.com/2024/06/tatiana-maslany-star-in-the-nightbeast-pilot-amazon-mgm-studios-1235975905/

["follows a young mother who is unsatisfied with her seemingly perfect
suburban life, so she begins an affair with the boogeyman in her son’s
closet ­ a surprisingly sexy man called the Nightbeast. But this
harmless affair she thought to be a figment of her imagination begins to
have unexpected consequences, as her two worlds increasingly begin to
collide in this seductive, darkly comedic tale."]

Hah! I hope they pull off the comedy.

Taylor Wily Dies: Hawaii Five-0 Actor Was 56  (June 21)

The shrimp guy? Sorry to hear that.

Longtime ‘Jeopardy!’ Host Alex Trebek Memorialized On U.S. Postal
Service Forever Stamp  (June 21)

Alex, I'll take Will this letter be delivered on a timely basis for
$200.