Re: TV news for April 13-20, 2024

On 4/20/24 3:35 PM, Robin Miller wrote:

     ABC news
  Phillipa Soo Joins Joshua Jackson & Don Johnson In Ryan Murphy Drama Series ‘Dr. Odyssey’ For ABC  (April 16)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/phillipa-soo-cast-ryan-murphy-abc-1235886285/

Ryan Murphy? - HARD PASS!!

‘The Rookie’ Renewed For Season 7 By ABC  (April 15)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/the-rookie-renewed-season-7-abc-nathan-fillion-1235886091/

I'm sayin' I beat Robin!!  ;p

     CBS news
  ‘So Help Me Todd’ Creator Reacts To Series Cancellation: “Best Professional Experience Of My Life”  (April 19)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/so-help-me-todd-creator-reacts-cbs-cancellation-skylar-astin-1235890675/
  ‘CSI: Vegas’ & ‘So Help Me Todd’ Canceled By CBS  (April 19)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/csi-vegas-so-help-me-todd-canceled-cbs-1235890517/

I might have beaten Robin here too!  :)

CBS Renews ‘Elsbeth’ For Season 2  (April 18)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/cbs-renews-elsbeth-season-2-1235889263/

OTOH, you got me on this one! - I didn't care enough to let Adam know that his favorite new show would be back...

CBS Orders ‘The Gates’ To Series; Daytime Sudser That Centers On A Black Family To Debut In January  (April 15)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/cbs-orders-the-gates-to-series-daytime-soap-premiering-january-2025-1235886082/

Called it!

CBS To Rebroadcast Billy Joel Concert After ‘Piano Man’ Debacle  (April 15)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/billy-joel-cbs-piano-man-1235886032/

Bwa ha ha ha ha!!

     CW news
  The CW Opts Not To Renew Affiliation Deals With Scripps-Owned Stations In Seven Markets  (April 19)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/the-cw-affiliation-deals-scripps-stations-broadcast-tv-network-1235890547/

Yeah, gotta love how The CW is spinning this that "they dropped Scripps!1!" when it is almost certainly the other way around!!

     Fox news
  Seth MacFarlane On Ending ‘Family Guy’: “I Don’t See A Good Reason To Stop, People Still Love It”  (April 16)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/seth-macfarlane-ending-family-guy-1235887729/

How about 'cos you've lost the thread?!...

     NBC news
  NBCUniversal Launches Personalized NextGen TV Broadcasts On Four NBC And Telemundo Stations  (April 15)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/nbcuniversal-personalized-broadcasts-nbc-telemundo-stations-nab-1235886069/

Yeah, I read this - sounds like much ado about nothing.

     Cable channel news
  Sterlin Harjo’s FX Pilot ‘The Sensitive Kind’ Adds Five To Cast  (April 18)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/the-sensitive-kind-pilot-adds-killer-mike-four-others-1235889300/
 ["'The Sensitive Kind' is described as a Tulsa noir about a guy (Ethan Hawke) who knows too much. As previously announced, Keith David, Siena East, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Shepherd, Tracy Letts, Kyle Maclachlan and Macon Blair will also star."]

Good cast. But probably not enough to get me to watch...

FX Assembles Cast For ‘Snowflakes’ Comedy Pilot  (April 16)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/snowflakes-cast-fx-comedy-pilot-1235887243/
 ["Snowflakes is a twenty-something ensemble comedy following a group of codependent housemates — Billie (Freyer), Samir (Elassal), Anton (Thiele), Issa (Rao) and Paul Baker (Innanen) — trying to be good people, despite being neither 'good' nor 'people' yet."]

This sounds like something I'd hate!!

Tyler Perry Re-Ups Deal With BET Media, Gets New Seasons For 9 Series, Including ‘Sistas’ & ‘The Oval’  (April 16)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/tyler-perry-deal-bet-sistas-the-oval-renewed-house-of-payne-assisted-living-1235886435/

[sigh...]
Wake me up when he finally does an "Alex Cross" followup!

     Streaming service news--Apple TV+
  ‘For All Mankind’ Renewed For Season 5; Apple Expands Universe With Spinoff Series ‘Star City’  (April 17)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/for-all-mankind-renewed-season-5-apple-tv-spinoff-series-star-city-1235887717/

Still haven't gotten to this, and I have no idea when I will.... [shrug]

Emma Thompson & Ruth Wilson To Star In Apple TV+ Series ‘Down Cemetery Road’ Based On Book From ‘Slow Horses’ Scribe Mick Herron  (April 16)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/down-cemetery-road-emma-thompson-ruth-wilson-to-star-apple-series-1235886108/
 ["The show centers on Sarah Tucker (Wilson), who becomes obsessed with finding a neighbor girl who disappeared in the aftermath of a house explosion in a quiet Oxford suburb. After enlisting the help of private investigator Zoë Boehm (Thompson) in her quest, the pair find themselves in a complex conspiracy that reveals that people long believed dead are still among the living, while the living are fast joining the dead."]

Sounds more like something for PBS...

     Streaming service news--Disney+
  Beatles’ 1970 ‘Let It Be’ Doc Will Stream On Disney+ After Decades In Hiding  (April 16)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/beatles-let-it-be-disney-plus-1235886870/

OK?...

     Streaming service news--Hulu
  Margaret Qualley Exits Hulu’s Amanda Knox Limited Series  (April 16)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/margaret-qualley-exits-amanda-knox-limited-series-hulu-1235887303/

Smart move on Qualley's part. My guess is that this project is going nowhere fast now...

     Streaming service news--Max
  ‘Pretty Little Liars: Summer School’ Drops Season 2 Trailer [Max] (April 18)
 https://deadline.com/video/pretty-little-liars-summer-school-season-2-trailer/

Anim (bitches!) can catch me up on what happened in season #1!!  ;p

‘Peacemaker’ Season 2 Starts Filming & James Gunn Shares Photo From The Set [Max]  (April 13)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/peacemaker-season-2-starts-filming-james-gunn-photo-set-1235884435/

Cool.

     Streaming service news--Netflix
  Netflix Lands Series ‘Calabasas’ From Kim Kardashian, Marlene King And Emma Roberts Following Bidding War  (April 20)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/calabasas-netflix-kim-kardashian-marlene-king-emma-roberts-1235888244/
 ["In the vein of The O.C. and Beverly Hills 90210, Calabasas follows Via, a 16-year-old sheltered Midwestern Catholic school girl whose world is turned upside down when her family moves and she’s forced to transfer to the fast world of Calabasas High where nothing is as it appears and where everyone is trying to be someone else. It’s a place where dreams come true … but not without complications and sometimes unforeseen consequences."]

Sounds like a "miss" to me, esp. if Netflix is doing it...

Abel Gance’s ‘Napoléon,’ Restored Over 16 Years, To Open Cannes Classics Before Heading To Netflix  (April 18)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/abel-gance-napoleon-cannes-classics-netflix-1235889370/
 ["Celebrated by scholars for its technical and aesthetic innovations, [the silent film] 'Napolean' premiered at the Paris Opera on April 7, 1927, in the presence of French President Gaston Doumergue before embarking on a world tour. The film’s original reels were thereafter scattered across the globe, some lost or destroyed. The film was then recut — with 22 different versions known to date. 'Napolean' has not been shown in its original [seven-hour] version, known as the 'Grande Version,' since 1927."]

Geezus - why is this going to Netflix, instead of Max?!!

‘The Witcher’ Renewed For 5th & Final Season At Netflix  (April 18)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/the-witcher-renewed-canceled-end-season-5-1235889124/

Well, good of them to properly end it.
But I am *out* without Cavill.

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Series Moves To Netflix  (April 18)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders-netflix-1235888355/

[roll]

‘Wednesday’ Season 2: Everything We Know About The Cast, Premiere Date & More  (April 16)
 https://deadline.com/feature/wednesday-season-2-everything-we-know-1235796717/

Remember, folks - this premiered in *2022*. Now season #2 won't be released until 2025 (at the earliest?!!).

     Streaming service news--Paramount+
  ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ Star David Oyelowo, Showrunner Chad Feehan Say Bass Is Riding Off Into The Sunset [Paramount+]  (April 14)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/lawmen-bass-reeves-david-oyelowo-chad-feehan-contenders-tv-1235885199/

Another show I may take a look at over summer...

     Streaming service news--Prime Video
  ‘Fallout’ Renewed For Season 2 At Amazon  (April 18)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/fallout-renewed-season-2-amazon-1235889742/

Cool. (Did I beat Robin on this?!  ;>  )

     International series news
  Emily VanCamp To Lead Canadian TV Drama About Former Sex Worker Turned Litigator  (April 16)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/emily-vancamp-prejudice-celeste-parr-1235885913/
 ["In Prejudice, VanCamp plays Liesl Wellington, a rising Toronto litigator whose career and marriage to a senator are thrown into upheaval when her past as a sex worker is publicly exposed. Scorned by her field and social circle, she launches her own law firm dedicated to defending the likewise silenced and delegitimized."]

I think I beat Robin here too! I'm having a good week!!  :D

     Ratings
  ‘Quiet On Set’ Bests ‘The Last Of Us’ To Become Max’s Most Successful Title Ever On Nielsen Streaming Charts  (April 18)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/quiet-on-set-3-body-problem-road-house-viewership-nielsen-streaming-1235889664/

I hear it's garbage.

     The business of TV
  Netflix Shocker ­ Streamer Will Stop Reporting Quarterly Subscriber Numbers In 2025  (April 18)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/netflix-will-stop-reporting-quarterly-subscriber-numbers-2025-1235889568/

The only reason to do this is if you are sure subscriber numbers are about to level off, and likely decline.
Of course, all of the Netflix apologists on Reddit were singing Netflix's praises, but this move signals nothing by weakness and angst about the future from the jerks!

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Sees 2023 Pay Package Push $50 Million (April 18)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/netflix-co-ceo-ted-sarandos-2023-pay-package-1235889604/

Asshole!

Viaplay Launching On Prime Video Channels After Shutting Down U.S. Streaming App  (April 17)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/viaplay-prime-video-channels-launch-1235887096/

Huh?! How does that work!

Max Readies Norwegian Original ‘MILF Of Norway’ Ahead Of Europe Launch (April 15)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/max-norway-milf-of-norway-europe-launch-1235885699/
 ["MILF of Norway follows Lene (Mariann Hole), a woman in the middle of midlife crisis who unexpectedly becomes an internet porn star."]

[roll]

TCM Sets Up Shop On Fandango At Home, Offering Free Streams Of Select Classic Movies Through The End Of May  (April 15)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/tcm-fandango-free-streaming-classic-movies-1235885810/

Hmmmm... I should take a look at this. (Though I already have Max, so this is only of worth to me if they have some movies that Max doesn't, or offer them in 4k which I no longer get on Max.)

‘Suits’ To Make Its Broadcast Debut This Fall On MyNetworkTV In The Wake Of Its 2023 Streaming Explosion  (April 15)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/suits-broadcast-tv-debut-mynetworktv-streaming-netflix-1235885978/

Great, so now I can watch it in "Glorious" 480i! AIIIEEEEEEEE!!!

     Other News
  'Rust' armorer sentenced to 18 months in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin (April 15)
 https://news.yahoo.com/rust-armorer-faces-sentencing-fatal-113248153.html

She sounds like a real scumbag - shocking that someone like that was working in Hollywood!!!

The Raquel Welch Collection Auction Highlighted By Knock-Off Of Her Iconic ‘One Million Years B.C.’ Faux Fur Bikini  (April 13)
 https://deadline.com/2024/04/raquel-welch-collection-auction-1235883718/

:(