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[02/12/18 - 11:23 PM]
Development Update: Monday, February 12
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
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CLAWS (TNT) - Sheryl Lee Ralph will recur on the upcoming season as Matilde Ruval, "the Haitian mother of Desna's (Niecy Nash) love interest Gregory Ruval (Jimmy Jean-Louis), a benevolent and caring mother to her son, with more going on than meets the eye." (Deadline.com)
GREATEST AMERICAN HERO, THE (ABC) - Hannah Simone ("New Girl") has scored the title role in the single-camera comedy pilot, about Meera Patel, a 30-year-old woman who loves tequila and karaoke and has spent her life searching and failing to find meaning, much to the chagrin of her traditional Indian-American family. An inexplicable event occurs that will change the course of Meera's life forever: she is entrusted with a super suit to protect the planet. Meera may have finally found purpose, but the world has never been in more unreliable hands. (Deadline.com)
HISTORY OF THEM (CBS) - Comedian Chris Powell has booked a role on the comedy pilot as Isaac, "a smart, funny, former athlete and millionaire with a sweet apartment in downtown Portland where he lives with his two best friends, Adam (Brett Dier) and Vikram (Amit Shah)." (Deadline.com)
ORVILLE, THE (FOX) - Jessica Szohr has been tapped as a new regular on the series' second season. (@TheOrville)
PREACHER (AMC) - Betty Buckley and Colin Cunningham have both joined the cast while Jeremy Childs and Liz McGeever are slated to recur on the new season. Buckley will play Gran'ma, "a spiritist with true powers, who can cast spells and even bring back the dead (for a price)"; with Cunningham as TC, "a man born of the bayou and the loyal caretaker and soldier for Gran'ma"; Childs as Jody, "the enforcer for Gran'ma and the only man Jesse's never beaten in a fight"; and McGeever as Christina, who "has a face that lures customers in for her family business." (Deadline.com)
RE-ESTABLISHED (Comedy Central, New!) - Roy Wood, Jr. ("The Daily Show with Trevor Noah") is attached to star in a new comedy at the cable channel about "a parole officer willing to bend the rules to help the parolees on his watch, much to the chagrin of his partner and everyone else in his life." Ark Angel's Trevor Noah, 5 Mutts' Aaron McGruder and Mainstay Entertainment's Norman Aladjem and Derek Van Pelt will also executive produce the half-hour alongside South Park and Princeton Productions' Wood, Jr., who conceived the idea. (Deadline.com)
ROOKIE, THE (ABC) - Richard T. Jones ("Wisdom of the Crowd") is the latest to board the Nathan Fillion-led drama as Sergeant Wade Grey, "the station's Watch Commander, who becomes a nemesis to Fillion's forty-year-old rookie." Said role is presumably in second position to the CBS drama, which is not expected to return. (Deadline.com)
SALVATION (CBS) - Melia Kreiling and Ashley Thomas are both bound for the show's sophomore run as Alycia Stavros, "a brilliant scientist with a mysterious past who may hold the key to the planet's future"; and Alonzo Carver, "a DC detective who refuses to let the impending threat of Armageddon interfere with his hunt for justice," respectively. (Deadline.com)
SHOOTER (USA) - Felisha Terrell has scored a recurring role on the new season as Carlita, "a seasoned military operative who was trained at the same Atlas facility as several of Bob Lee's adversaries. When the unexpected death of her commander sets her termination in motion, she's forced to stray from her highly disciplined code." (Deadline.com)
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[03/08/21 - 11:24 AM]
Amazon Prime Video Achieves Massive Royal Opening Weekend with the Launch of "Coming 2 America"
The sequel is the #1 streamed movie of this weekend, with the #1 opening weekend of any other streaming movie in 2021 thus far, and #1 opening weekend of any streaming movie in the past 12 months (post-COVID theater closures), per 3rd party Screen Engine/ASI's weekly PostVODTM ranking.
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[03/08/21 - 11:19 AM]
USA Network's "Queen of the South" Will Return for a 10-Episode Fifth and Final Season on Wednesday, April 7
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[03/08/21 - 11:00 AM]
Video: AMC+'s Exclusive Series "Cold Courage" Premieres Thursday, March 11
The first three episodes premiere Thursday, March 11 on AMC+, with subsequent episodes released every Thursday.
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[03/08/21 - 10:29 AM]
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The film is a no-holds-barred, inside account of the U.S. women's national team's ongoing fight for equal pay as told by Megan Rapinoe, Jessica McDonald, Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O'Hara, Sam Mewis and others.
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[03/08/21 - 10:21 AM]
HGTV Celebrates Europe's Luckiest Winners in New Series "My Lottery Dream Home International"
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[03/08/21 - 10:01 AM]
Sunday's Broadcast Ratings: "Oprah with Meghan and Harry" Special Puts CBS on Top
The Eye dominates the evening in both total viewers and adults 18-49.
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[03/08/21 - 10:01 AM]
WWE Network to Launch on Peacock March 18
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[03/08/21 - 10:01 AM]
Kim Kardashian, Gal Gadot, Robert Downey Jr., Millie Bobby Brown, Charli D'Amelio, BTS, Hailey Bieber, Addison Rae, Sofia Vergara, David Dobrik, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tiffany Haddish and More Scheduled to Appear at Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards 2021
Hosted by Kenan Thompson, and featuring show-stopping performances from Justin Bieber, Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards 2021 will air live on Saturday, March 13.
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[03/08/21 - 09:07 AM]
"Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special" Delivers Broadcast Television Event - 17.1 Million Viewers
CBS spins the numbers for Sunday, March 7.
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[03/08/21 - 08:15 AM]
Peacock Continues to Expand Original Programming with Drama Series "Dime Quien Soy: Mistress of War" Launching Today
The series tells the story of Amelia Garayoa, a Spanish socialite who is suddenly plunged into the world of international espionage.
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[03/08/21 - 07:28 AM]
"Deliciousness" Returns for Another One-Week Special Event Monday, March 22 on MTV
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[03/08/21 - 07:04 AM]
Fox Corporation Partners with SeeHer & Launches "She's a Hero" Initiative
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[03/08/21 - 07:01 AM]
Video: "Family Reunion" Part 3 - Official Trailer - Netflix
The McKellans may be tight on funds, but the family's never lacking in love as they power through heartache, loss and adversity of all kinds this season.
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[03/07/21 - 10:31 PM]
Video: "Aelay" - Official Trailer - Samuthirakani, M. Manikandan & Madhumathi - Tamil Film - Netflix India
After the death of his father Muthukutty, Parthi returns to his village to perform the last rites.
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[03/07/21 - 06:59 PM]
New Japanese Film "My Dearest, Like a Cherry Blossom" (working title)
The Netflix film is a tale of love that encapsulates the transience and beauty of cherry blossoms based on a bestselling novel of the same name in Japan by Keiichi Uyama from Shueisha, produced by Kei Haruna.
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