Re: TV news for Jan. 11-18, 2025

anim8rfsk wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 1/18/25 9:54 PM, Robin Miller wrote:
 

CBS news
 
 

 
 
 

‘Hollywood Squares’ Gets Special Airing After AFC
Divisional Playoff Game On CBS
 
https://deadline.com/2025/01/hollywood-squares-afc-divisional-playoff->>> cbs-1236256567/

 
[finger!]

 
With both hands
 
 

 
 

Fox news
 
 
‘Murder In A Small Town’ Renewed For Season 2 By Fox
(Jan. 16)
 
https://deadline.com/2025/01/murder-in-a-small-town-renewed-season->>> fox-1236258861/

 
Anim says Robin beat me on this... But he lies!!  ;p
 

 
She beat you savagely. Almost as savagely as you deserve.
And then we mocked it. And then we mocked you.
 
 

 
 

NBC news
 
 

 
 

Cable channel news
 
 

 

Nick Tarabay Returns To The Arena In ‘Spartacus: House
Of Ashur’ Teaser As Starz Sets Fall Premiere  (Jan. 15)
 
https://deadline.com/video/spartacus-house-of-ashur-teaser-trailer->>> premiere/

 
I am actually very interested in this - too bad it's on
Starz...
 

 
Nobody gets Starz
 
 

 

Streaming service news--Apple TV+
 
 

 
 

Streaming service news--Disney+
 
 
Disney+ Cancels Extraordinary & Shardlake, Streaming
Service Rep Gives Statement  (Jan. 17)
 
https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1907265-extraordinary-shardlake->>> disney-plus-canceled

 
No surprises here.
 
In fact, I'm kind of expecting Disney+ to eventually get
out of original scripted series entirely...

 
I don’t think I could name one of them.
 
Oh, wait, did the wizards revival ever go past the pilot?
 

 
 

Streaming service news--Hulu
 
 
‘Paradise’: Hulu Shares New Trailer For Sterling K.
Brown Drama About Secret Service Man Suspected Of
Killing President  (Jan. 16)
 
https://deadline.com/2025/01/dan-fogelman-drama-paradise-hulu->>> trailer-1236176153/
 
[“'Paradise' is set in a serene, wealthy community
[inhabited by some of
the world’s most prominent individuals. But this
tranquility explodes when a shocking murder occurs and a
high stakes investigation unfolds.” The cast includes
James Marsden (as the President), Julianne Nicholson,
Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Michelle Meredith,
Cassidy Freeman Gerald McRaney, Krys Marshall, Charlie
Evans and Jon Beavers.]

 
I may end up watching this...

 
Yeah, there’s enough interesting in the cast. And I still
get free Hulu…
 

 
 

Streaming service news--Max
 
 

 
 
 

Streaming service news--Netflix
 
 
Netflix’s ‘With Love, Meghan’ Delayed As Duchess Of
Sussex Focuses On L.A. Wildfire Relief Efforts  (Jan.
12)
 
https://deadline.com/2025/01/netflix-with-love-meghan-delayed-wildfire->>> relief-1236255034/

 
You know, Netflix - you really are known by whom you
associate with!!  :p
 

 
In this case, it’s obvious
 

 

Streaming service news--Paramount+
 
 

 
YaY!!
 

‘Frasier’ Canceled By Paramount+ After 2 Seasons;
Revival Will Be Shopped By CBS Studios  (Jan. 17)
 
https://deadline.com/2025/01/frasier-canceled-paramount-plus-no->>> season-3-shopped-new-home-1236260286/

 
Probably not a surprise.

 
The surprise was how bad it was
 
 

 

 

 

Streaming service news--Peacock
 
 

 
 

Streaming service news--Prime Video
 
 
‘The Wheel Of Time’ Adds 5 To Season 3 Cast  (Jan. 15)
 
https://deadline.com/2025/01/the-wheel-of-time-season-3-cast->>> additions-1236256859/

 
Kind of looking forward to season #3 of this...

 
I gave up after the pilot
 
 

 
 

Streaming service news--Other services
 
 
Fox Adds Tubi To Its Super Bowl Formation, Setting Live
4K Simulcast On Free Streaming Outlet  (Jan. 15)
 
https://deadline.com/2025/01/fox-super-bowl-tubi-free->>> livestream-4k-1236257925/

 
Really? 4k?! Cool!!
 
(Now if only Fox would put its (full) series like "Animal
Control" on Tubi!!...)

 
Robin beat you to this on the Facebook and we even
commented that it was something you’d like
 
And tagged you and everything
 

 
 

Obituaries
 
 

 

Leslie Charleson Dies: ‘General Hospital’ Actress Was 79
 (Jan. 12)
 
https://deadline.com/2025/01/leslie-charleson-dies-general-hospital->>> actress-age-79-1236255077/

 
I commented about this on Reddit - she looked very frail
in her last appearance which was late 2023. OTOH, she had
a good run, and was pretty active on the show until about
2020-ish.

 
She used to be on my mom‘s soap and I think Donna Mills
was her sister?
 

That would be "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" on CBS.

Would you believe that Donna Mills played a nun? At least
in the early months of the show before she left the convent
and got out of the habit.

It only lasted a few years, tucked into the afternoon lineup
with As the World Twirls.

Nyssa, who also watched the soap back then