Re: TV news for March 30-April 7, 2025

On 4/7/25 2:28 PM, Robin Miller wrote:

     Cable channel news
  ‘Wizards Beyond Waverly Place’ Renewed For Season 2 At Disney Channel & Disney+  (March 31)
 https://deadline.com/2025/03/wizards-beyond-waverly-place-renewed- season-2-disney-1236354715/

Anim must be thrilled.  ;p

     Streaming service news--Hulu
  ‘Paradise’ Adds Thomas Doherty To Cast For Season 2  (April 7)
 https://deadline.com/2025/04/paradise-thomas-doherty-cast- season-2-1236360039/

Hmmmmm... :|

Shailene Woodley Joins Hulu’s ‘Paradise’ For Season 2  (March 31)
 https://deadline.com/2025/03/shailene-woodley-cast-paradise-season-2- hulu-1236354689/

Gah!

     Streaming service news--Netflix
  ‘Fubar’ Season 2 Gets Summer Premiere Date; First-Look Images Reveal Carrie-Anne Moss As Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Old Flame  (April 3)
 https://deadline.com/2025/04/fubar-season-2-premiere-date-first-look- netflix-1236358296/

Anyone still planning to watch this?

     Streaming service news--Paramount+
  ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Teaser: First Look At Season 3 Of Paramount+ Series; Premiere Window Set  (April 2)
 https://deadline.com/video/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-trailer- premiere-date/

Well I know Anim won't be watching this!!

     Streaming service news--Peacock
  Leigh Whannell’s ‘Wolf Man’ Sets Peacock Premiere Date  (April 4)
 https://deadline.com/2025/04/wolf-man-streaming-premiere-date- peacock-1236359531/

It's supposed to be terrible. That'll probably induce me to watch.

‘Days Of Our Lives’ Sends Tamara Braun Packing Again  (April 1)
 https://deadline.com/2025/04/days-of-our-lives-tamara-braun- leaving-1236355709/

ASSHOLES!!

     Streaming service news--Prime Video
  ‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel Series Drops First Image Of Lexi Minetree As Elle Woods  (April 2)
 https://deadline.com/2025/04/legally-blonde-series-elle-lexi-minetree- photo-1236357412/

It still blows me away that she got this gig.

‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Season 3: Everything We Know So Far  (March 31)
 https://deadline.com/2025/03/the-summer-i-turned-pretty-season-3- release-date-plot-1235925050/

Well, we know it's the final season, so...

     International series news
  ‘The Capture’ Renewed For Season 3 At BBC  (April 3)
 https://deadline.com/2025/04/the-capture-renewed-season-3-bbc-1236358171/

Is this still on Peacock? I never did get to it...

     Ratings
  Guy Ritchie’s Organized Crime Series ‘MobLand’ Debuts To Record-Breaking Audience On Paramount+  (April 4)
 https://deadline.com/2025/04/mobland-premiere-ratings-paramount-plus- guy-ritchie-1236359651/

Duh.

‘Reacher’ Tops Nielsen Streaming Charts Again With Season 3; ‘Gunsmoke’ Amasses Popularity On Streaming  (April 3)
 https://deadline.com/2025/04/reacher-season-3-nielsen-streaming-ratings- gunsmoke-1236358668/

Duh!
And still amused about "Gunsmoke".

     The business of TV
  Disney Pulling Up Stakes On Fox Lot By End Of 2025; Multiple New Potential Tenants In Talks  (April 2)
 https://deadline.com/2025/04/disney-leaving-fox-lot-2025-california- production-1236357438/

 >:/

Streaming Outlet CNBC+ Debuts On Roku And Apple TV  (April 2)
 https://deadline.com/2025/04/streaming-cnbc-plus-launch-roku-apple- tv-1236357162/

That's dumb.

BBC Says “Unprecedented Funding Challenge” Lies Ahead As Content Spend Set To Fall By $200M  (March 31)
 https://deadline.com/2025/03/bbc-annual-plan-content-budget-drops- funding-challenges-1236354478/

Gosh, gov't-funded TV doesn't work. Who didn't see that coming?!!...

     Other News
  ‘Modern Family’ Star Adam Devine Details Grim Health Prognosis  (April 5)
 https://deadline.com/2025/04/adam-devine-modern-family-details-grim- health-prognosis-1236360385/

Yeah, this threw me for a loop when I heard about it.

Television Critics Association Cancels Summer Press Tour  (April 2)
 https://deadline.com/2025/04/television-critics-association-cancels- summer-press-tour-1236357192/

It sounds to me like TCA is effectively dead.

Kim Delaney Charges Could Be “Reconsidered,” L.A. DA Says After ‘NYPD Blue’ Star Released From Custody Following Domestic Dispute Arrest ­ Update  (April 1)
 https://deadline.com/2025/04/kim-delaney-no-charges-assault-1236356337/

So they're going to go easy on her?... What "two-tiered system of justice"?!!  ;p