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[09/23/21 - 11:16 PM] Development Update: Thursday, September 23 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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CROWN, THE (Netflix) - Khalid Abdalla has been cast as Dodi Fayed in the fifth season of the series, who will play opposite Elizabeth Debicki's Diana, Princess of Wales. Salim Daw has also been cast as Dodi's father, "billionaire and former Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed." (Variety.com)
DERRY GIRLS (Netflix) - Creator Lisa McGee took to social media with the news the upcoming third season of the British series will be its last. (@LisaMMcGee)
ENDGAME, THE (NBC) - Co-creator Jake Coburn has signed a first-look deal with Universal Television, home to his recently ordered NBC series. (Deadline.com)
GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE, THE (Hulu) - The upcoming series has tapped the following to recur: Chinasa Ogbuagu as Teresa Adams, "a fearless prosecutor in the District Attorney's office"; Kelly AuCoin as Scott Gordon, "the Fairhaven detective who is dogged in his investigation of Michelle Carter"; Scott William Winters as Eric Dawicki, "close friends with Co and the Roy family"; Kristin Griffith as Janice Roy, "Co's mother, Coco's grandmother"; Ella Rubin as Natalie Gibson, "a friend of Michelle's from school"; Megan Lawless as Riley Anderson, "Coco's best girl-friend"; John Henry Ward as Adrian Peters, "Michelle's friend from school"; Leah Thompkins as Paige Roy, "Coco's youngest sister"; and Callie McClincy as Hayden Carter, "Michelle's younger sister." (Variety.com)
MAYANS MC (FX) - Frankie Loyal, Joseph Lucero, and Vincent Vargas - who recur as Hank Loza, Neron "Creeper" Vargas, and Gilly Lopez, respectively - have been named regulars for the upcoming fourth season. (Deadline.com)
MONARCH (FOX) - Martha Higareda and Emma Milani are the latest additions to the musical drama. Higareda will play Catt Phoenix, "the stunning and unpredictable mother of 17- year-old Ana Phoenix, a talented young singer and who is trying to get signed to the Roman Family's record label. Catt harbors a deep-seated grudge against the Romans, Nicky in particular, and her presence creates quite a stir in Austin." And Milani joins the cast as Ana Phoenix, "the sweet, wide-eyed daughter of Catt with a beautiful voice, who is a recent TikTok sensation with her modern, Spanish language interpretation of Albie Roman's first hit song." (Deadline.com)
SHELTER (Amazon) - Jaden Michael has scored the lead role on the YA pilot: "It tells the story of high school junior Mickey Bolitar (Michael) as he navigates his new life with a mom in rehab, a dead father, an annoying aunt, and a new school in New Jersey with a camel as its mascot. And a creepy old lady who may or may not be a ghost just told him on his way to school that his father isn't dead. Then Mickey meets and falls for Ashley Kent, another new student who's lived through her own tragedy. But when Ashley goes missing, Mickey searches for her and learns that everything she told him was a lie and that he is in serious danger unless he gets to the bottom of what happened to her and his father." (Variety.com)
WALKER (The CW) - Jensen Ackles has signed on to direct the seventh installment of the series' second season, which stars his former "Supernatural" castmate Jared Padalecki. (TVLine.com)
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[10/07/25 - 03:52 PM] FOX Sports' ALDS Coverage Up 14% Year-Over-Year Across FOX and FS1 3,187,000 viewers tuned in on average for the first four games of the 2025 ALDS across FOX and FS1.
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[10/07/25 - 03:10 PM] "College GameDay Built by The Home Depot" Delivers Second Most-Watched Regular Season Episode Ever; ESPN & ABC Score Three of Week 6's Top Four Games ABC's telecast of Vanderbilt at Alabama on Saturday averaged 6.4 million viewers.
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[10/07/25 - 02:54 PM] College Football on FOX Scores Big in Week Six In Week 6, "Big Noon Saturday" scored 4,627,000 viewers for Michigan's 24-10 win over Wisconsin on FOX - the most-watched noon game on any network.
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[10/07/25 - 02:54 PM] ESPN Scores Most-Watched Game 1 of the WNBA Finals in 28 Years Coverage averaged 1.9 million viewers, up 62% from last year.
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[10/07/25 - 02:40 PM] "America's Game of the Week" on FOX Roars in Week 5 as Most-Watched Telecast of the Week on Any Network 20,333,000 average viewers on average tuned into the network for Week 5.
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[10/07/25 - 12:49 PM] FOX Sports Acquires U.S. Rights to the 2026 World Baseball Classic FOX is set to air seven games, including three Pool B games featuring the United States team, two Quarterfinals games and the World Baseball Classic Championship Game on Tuesday, March 17 from Miami's loanDepot Park.
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[10/07/25 - 11:31 AM] Video: "Molly-Mae: Behind It All" Series 2 Part 1 - Official Trailer - Prime Video A new chapter in her story begins.
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[10/07/25 - 11:08 AM] Friends Furrever: Prime Video Announces Cast for Upcoming Animated Series "Kevin" from Aubrey Plaza, Joe Wengert, and Dan Murphy Series regulars include Jason Schwartzman, Aubrey Plaza, Whoopi Goldberg, John Waters, Amy Sedaris, Gil Ozeri, and Aparna Nancherla.
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[10/07/25 - 11:01 AM] Netflix Gives Fans a First Look at Laboon in "One Piece" Season 2 Netflix's epic high-seas pirate adventure returns for Season 2 - unleashing fiercer adversaries and the most perilous quests yet.
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[10/07/25 - 11:01 AM] ESPN Unveils Prolific 2025-26 SEC Men's Basketball Schedule, Beginning Nov. 3 More than 200 linear games will air across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, SEC Network, ESPNU, ESPNews and the all new ESPN app.
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[10/07/25 - 10:23 AM] First Look at Catherine Zeta-Jones in Prime Video Revenge Thriller "Kill Jackie" Zeta-Jones stars as Jackie Price, the glamorous art dealer whose lethal past as an international drug smuggler resurfaces when a squad of the world's most terrifying assassins, The Seven Demons, come after her.
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[10/07/25 - 09:11 AM] Kate Scott Named USA Network's Lead Play-by-Play Voice for Upcoming WNBA Coverage Scott, who enters her fifth season as the TV play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia 76ers, will anchor USA Network's season-long coverage of the WNBA through the Playoffs and WNBA Finals.
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