Re: TV news for May 18-26, 2024

On 5/26/24 9:53 PM, Robin Miller wrote:

     CW news
  ‘Wild Cards’ Renewed For Season 2 At The CW & CBC  (May 23)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/wild-cards-renewed-season-2-the-cw-cbc-1235928416/

Too bad the f***ers couldn't do the same for "The Spencer Sisters"!!  >:/

‘Walker’ Canceled By CW After 4 Seasons; Jarred Padalecki Reacts To “Tough Piece Of News”  (May 21)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/walker-canceled-cw-4-seasons-1235926564/

Ha ha ha ha!

     NBC news
  ‘Night Court’s India de Beaufort Exiting Ahead Of Season 3  (May 21)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/night-court-india-de-beaufort-exiting-season-3-cast-1235926655/

Sucks, 'cos I like her...

     Cable channel news
  ‘Industry’: HBO Reveals Third Season Return Date For Series Featuring Kit Harington In New Role  (May 21)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/industry-third-season-return-date-hbo-1235924900/

I had totally forgotten that this was renewed...

‘Yellowstone’ Begins Production On Part 2 Of Fifth & Final Season [Paramount Network]  (May 20)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/yellowstone-production-begins-season-5b-kevin-costner-1235924293/

 >:/

     Streaming service news--Amazon Freeve
  ‘High School’ Canceled After 1 Season By Amazon Freevee  (May 23)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/high-school-canceled-no-season-2-amazon-freevee-1235929240/
  ‘Primo’ Canceled By Amazon Freevee After One Season  (May 21)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/primo-canceled-amazon-freevee-after-one-season-1235925197/

Can we please just finally acknowledge that Freevee is *dead*!?!!

     Streaming service news--Apple TV+
  Kyle MacLachlan, Fiona Shaw & Edmund Donovan Join Apple Thriller ‘Echo Valley’  (May 22)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/echo-valley-movie-casts-kyle-maclachlan-fiona-shaw-edmund-donovan-1235924321/
 ["Written by Brad Ingelsby ('Mare of Easttown'), the film centers on Kate Garretson (Julianne Moore), who is reeling from a personal tragedy and spends her days boarding and training horses at Echo Valley Farm, 22 secluded, picturesque acres in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Late one night, her wayward daughter, Claire (Sydney Sweeney), arrives at her doorstep, frightened, trembling, and covered in someone else’s blood, and the story becomes about just how far a mother will go to save her child."]

Oh, f*** it! I am in, for Sweeney!

Vince Vaughn & Bill Lawrence’s ‘Bad Monkey’ Gets Premiere Date At Apple TV+; First Photos  (May 20)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/vince-vaughn-bill-lawrence-bad-monkey-apple-premiere-date-photos-trailer-1235924348/
 ["Based on Carl Hiaasen’s bestelling novel, 'Bad Monkey' tells the story of Andrew Yancy (Vaughn) who has been bounced from the Miami Police department and is now a health inspector in the Keys. But after stumbling upon a case that begins with a human arm fished up by tourists, he realizes that if he can prove murder, he’ll be back in. He just needs to get past a trove of Floridian oddballs and one bad monkey."]

Is this a comedy?...

     Streaming service news--Disney+
  Marvel Vision Series Greenlit At Disney+ With Paul Bettany To Reprise Role  (May 22)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/marvel-vision-series-disney-plus-paul-bettany-1235927405/

I would watch that.

     Streaming service news--Max
  ‘The Girls On The Bus’ Canceled By Max After One Season  (May 24)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/the-girls-on-the-bus-canceled-max-1235940431/

Benoist (rhymes with "moist") strikes again!!

     Streaming service news--Netflix

F*** Netflix!!

     Streaming service news--Paramount+
  ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Series Casts Holly Hunter In Lead Role (May 21)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/star-trek-starfleet-academy-holly-hunter-1235926060/

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Genesis Rodriguez Joins ‘Lioness’ Season 2  (May 20)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/genesis-rodriguez-lioness-season-2-1235924690/

SUH-weet!!!  :)

     Streaming service news--Prime Video
  Lorenza Izzo To Lead Opposite Diego Boneta In Prime Video Comic Book Series ‘El Gato’  (May 23)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/lorenza-izzo-cast-prime-video-series-el-gato-1235929025/
 ["'El Gato' follows Frank Guerrero (Boneta), who returns home to Mexico after the death of his father and finds himself neck-deep in a nest of vipers ­ his estranged family ­ who are vying for control of his father’s business empire. But Frank’s grief is interrupted when he learns his only inheritance, a seemingly worthless parcel of land on the border, sits atop the lair of a famous costumed vigilante—his father, “El Gato.” Now, Frank is in the crosshairs. To survive, he’ll have to solve mysteries decades in the making and unravel the truth about his father’s connections to a modern-day terror plot."]

This is a weird premise....

Dove Cameron & Avan Jogia To Star In Prime Video Thriller Series ‘Obsession’  (May 23)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/dove-cameron-avan-jogia-to-star-obsession-series-prime-video-1235928563/
 ["Written and executive produced by Lisa Zwerling and Karyn Usher, the show is based on Catherine Ryan Howard’s 2021 international bestseller '56 Days.' The story follows Oliver (Jogia) and Ciara (Cameron), who, after meeting randomly in a supermarket, fall for each other fast, and dangerously hard. 56 days later, homicide investigators arrive at Oliver’s apartment to find an unidentified body — brutally murdered and intentionally decomposed. Did he kill her? Did she kill him? Intercutting between an intense single day in the present investigation and the twisted trajectory of the young lovers’ affair in the past, the series is both a crime story and an erotic, psychological thriller."]

I like this, and am interested - it's just too bad it stars Dove Cameron (though, if she's EVOL!!1!, at least they got that part right!)

     International series news
  Canadian Drama ‘The Spencer Sisters’ Canceled After 1 Season By CTV (May 21)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/canadian-drama-the-spencer-sisters-canceled-no-season-2-ctv-1235926166/

F**kers.  >:/

     The business of TV
  Paramount, Charter Extend Carriage Deal With Hotly Anticipated Multiyear Agreement That Includes Paramount+  (May 23)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/paramount-global-charter-communications-ink-carriage-deal-1235929099/

Interesting that this was different than the Disney deal (e.g. no channels dropped). But as long as I keep getting Pee+ with Showtime out of this, I'm A-OK!!

Comcast Sets Price Of StreamSaver Bundle  (May 21)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/comcast-streamsaver-bundle-price-1235925543/
 ["Comcast has offered more details about its Xfinity StreamSaver bundle of Apple TV+, Netflix and Peacock, including its starting price of $15 a month"]

Too many ads...

FAST Channel Growth Rate Slows In U.S. As Sector Matures, But New Report Still Finds An Array Of Almost 2,000 Unique Outlets  (May 20)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/fast-channels-us-growth-rate-streaming-1235924255/

Still too many.

     Other News
  Alec Baldwin Will Still Stand Trial For Fatal 2021 ‘Rust’ Shooting, New Mexico Judge Rules  (May 24)
 https://deadline.com/2024/05/alec-baldwin-to-stand-trial-rust-shooting-1235939444/

Hang 'im!!!