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[11/03/23 - 11:51 PM]
Development Update: Week of October 30-November 3
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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1944 (Paramount+, New!) - The streamer has commissioned another installment in Taylor Sheridan's "Yellowstone" franchise from MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios. No details were given beyond the title. (Deadline.com, 11/2)
2024 (A.K.A. NEW YELLOWSTONE SEQUEL) (Paramount+) - The proposed sequel series, which now has "2024" as its working title, will premiere following the conclusion of "Yellowstone." Unconfirmed reports suggest Matthew McConaughey is expected to anchor the series, succeeding Kevin Costner, alongside various actors from the original series. (Deadline.com, 11/2)
AMERICAN SPORTS STORY (FX) - Josh Andrés Rivera has been tapped to play Aaron Hernandez while Patrick Schwarzenegger is set as Tim Tebow, Hernandez's former teammate at the University of Florida, in the debut installment of Ryan Murphy's anthology series, which charts the rise and fall of NFL superstar Aaron Hernandez and explores the connections of the disparate strands of his identity, his family, his career, his suicide, and their legacy in sports and American culture. (Deadline.com, 11/3)
BACK TO THE FRONTIER (Max, New!) - Magnolia Network has set up a reality series at the streamer in which "families will leave the 21st century behind to live as 1800s pioneers in this bold social experiment that will test their strength, stamina and sense of humor." It's targeted for 2024. (Variety.com, 11/2)
CHAPELWAITE (Epix/MGM+) - Co-creator Jason Filardi posted to social media that the series will not return for a second season. Development of a potential sophomore run began in February of 2022 but ultimately never moved forward. (@JasonFilardi, 11/3)
CHICAGO FIRE (NBC) - Taylor Kinney's Kelly Severide is expected to return full-time to the series for its upcoming 12th season. (Deadline.com, 10/31)
DATELINE NBC (NBC) - David Corvo is stepping down as Senior Executive Producer of the newsmagazine at the end of the year. He'll however remain with NBC News as an adviser on various projects. (Deadline.com, 11/1)
FOURTH WING (Amazon, New!) - Amazon MGM Studios is looking to bring Rebecca Yarros's fantasy book series "The Empyrean" to television: "The book introduces readers to the brutal world of Basgiath War College, where there is only one rule: Graduate or Die. Our 20-year-old protagonist, Violet Sorrengail, expected to live a quiet life among books and history. But she's put on an entirely different path when her tough-as-talons general of a mother orders her to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. If the fire-breathing beasts don't kill her, one of her fellow riders just might." Outlier Society's Michael B. Jordan is attached to executive produce the project, an adaptation of the first book, as are Yarros and Liz Pelletier of Entangled Publishing. (Deadline.com, 10/30)
HBO/MAX ORIGINAL SERIES (HBO/Max) - Casey Bloys, the chairman of HBO, gave target dates for various original series during a press event in New York on Thursday: "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (February 2024), "Dune: Prophecy" (formerly "Dune: The Sisterhood," Fall 2024), "Euphoria" (TBA 2025), "The Franchise" (TBA 2024), "Hacks" (Spring 2024), "House of the Dragon" (early summer 2024), "Industry" (Summer 2024), "Jerrod" (Spring 2024), "The Jinx" (Spring 2024), "The Last of Us" (TBA 2025), "My Brilliant Friend" (Summer 2024), "The Penguin" (Mid-to-Late 2024), "Pretty Little Liars: Summer School" (formerly, "Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin," Spring 2024), "The Regime" (Spring 2024), "The Sex Lives of College Girls" (Spring 2024), "The Sympathizer" (Spring 2024), "Tokyo Vice" (Spring 2024), "True Detective" (January 14, as previously announced), "Welcome to Derry" (TBA 2025) and "The White Lotus" (TBA 2025). (TVLine.com, 11/2)
HUMAN VS HAMSTER (Max, New!) - Magnolia Network has booked "a light and irreverent competition show where groups of people go head-to-head with hamsters in scaled games of strength, smarts and agility to find out, 'who is the superior species: humans or hamsters?'" at the streaming service for 2024. (Variety.com, 11/2)
JOE PICKETT (Paramount+) - The streamer has canceled the series after two seasons. (Variety.com, 10/31)
JUDY JUSTICE (Freevee) - Scott Koondel's Sox Entertainment is slated to offer Judy Sheindlin's court series to local TV stations for a fall 2024 launch in syndication. (Deadline.com, 10/31)
POLTERGEIST (Amazon, New!) - Amazon MGM Studios is in early development on a TV series version of the horror film franchise. Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey will executive produce for Amblin Television. No writing or directing auspices were given. (Variety.com, 10/30)
PRISON BREAK (REBOOT SERIES) (Hulu, New!) - Elgin James is spearheading a new incarnation of the former FOX staple. No details were given other than it is not expected to focus on the characters from the original series. Paul Scheuring, Dawn Olmstead, Marty Adelstein and Neal Moritz are also slated to executive produce for James's 20th Television-based Sierra Drive banner. (Deadline.com, 11/2)
ROLLER JAM (UNTITLED ROLLER DANCING COMPETITION SERIES) (Max) - Magnolia Network previously announced series, due in 2024, has been detailed as "the top roller-skating crews in the country compete to see who will be crowned America's best roller dancing team." (Variety.com, 11/2)
SECOND CHANCE STAGE (Max, New!) - Magnolia Network has landed "a talent competition that offers contestants who have pushed their dreams aside a second chance at their big break" at the streamer for 2024. (Variety.com, 11/2)
SESAME STREET (Max) - The show's 56th season, due in 2025, will feature a creative overhaul: the series will "drop the "magazine"-style format it has long used in favor of two longer, more narrative-driven segments, which will be paired with a new animated series, Tales From 123. The new format will feature two 11-minute story segments, with the new animated series sandwiched in between them." (THR.com, 10/30)
UNDERDOG, THE (NBC, New!) - The network is developing a domestic take on STV Studios' game show format "that sees social media influencers compete in a popularity contest alongside one person without an online following." The company's Josephine Brassey will presumably executive produce for Universal Television Alternative Studios. (Deadline.com, 11/1)
UNTITLED ROMANTIC DRAMA (Starz) - The Joshua Jackson/Lauren Ridloff-led series from Ava DuVernay, which was given a script-to-series commitment for three seasons back in May of 2022, is no longer moving forward at the pay channel. Filming had begun "in Wilmington, N.C., in March but was paused in May due to the WGA strike." It's not clear how much had been completed of the project and/or if producer Warner Bros. Television plans to shop it elsewhere. The report adds, "Starz decided not to move forward with the series following DuVernay's decision to walk away after her overall deal with Warner Bros. TV came to an end in May." (Variety.com, 11/2)
WELLMANIA (Netflix) - Star Celeste Barber took to social media with the news Netflix has canceled the series after one season. (@celestebarber, 10/30)
YELLOWSTONE (Paramount Network) - The show's final episodes are now targeted to premiere on Paramount Network in November 2024. (Deadline.com, 11/2)
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· 1944 (PARAMOUNT PLUS)
· AMERICAN SPORTS STORY (FX)
· BACK TO THE FRONTIER (HBO MAX)
· CHAPELWAITE (EPIX)
· CHICAGO FIRE (NBC)
· CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (HBO)
· DATELINE NBC (NBC)
· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· DUNE: PROPHECY (HBO)
· EUPHORIA (HBO)
· FOURTH WING (AMAZON)
· FRANCHISE, THE (HBO)
· HACKS (HBO MAX)
· HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (HBO)
· HUMAN VS HAMSTER (MAX)
· INDUSTRY (HBO)
· IT: WELCOME TO DERRY (HBO)
· JERROD CARMICHAEL REALITY SHOW (HBO)
· JINX, THE: THE LIFE AND DEATHS OF ROBERT DURST (HBO)
· JOE PICKETT (PARAMOUNT PLUS)
· JUDY JUSTICE (AMAZON)
· LAST OF US, THE (HBO)
· MADISON, THE (PARAMOUNT PLUS)
· MY BRILLIANT FRIEND (HBO)
· PENGUIN, THE (HBO)
· POLTERGEIST (AMAZON)
· PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: ORIGINAL SIN (MAX)
· PRISON BREAK (FOX)
· PRISON BREAK (REBOOT SERIES) (HULU)
· REGIME, THE (HBO)
· ROLLER JAM (MAX)
· SECOND CHANCE STAGE (MAX)
· SESAME STREET (NETFLIX)
· SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS, THE (MAX)
· SYMPATHIZER, THE (HBO)
· TOKYO VICE (MAX)
· TRUE DETECTIVE (HBO)
· UNDERDOG, THE (NBC)
· UNTITLED ROMANTIC DRAMA (STARZ)
· WELLMANIA (NETFLIX)
· WHITE LOTUS, THE (HBO)
· YELLOWSTONE (PARAMOUNT)
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[03/11/26 - 01:44 PM]
Academy Award Winner Tommy Lee Jones Joins Season Two Cast of "The Lowdown" Coming to FX and Hulu
Jones joins previously announced Betty Gilpin in the next season, which begins production this spring in Tulsa.
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[03/11/26 - 01:22 PM]
Lifetime Announces Two New "Ripped from the Headlines" Films for Spring
Nancy Travis and Stana Katic are among the featured talent.
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[03/11/26 - 01:00 PM]
FOX Entertainment Studios Signs Development Commitment with Frankie Quinones for New Comedy Series
Quiñones is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian and actor known for his viral character, "Creeper" and for starring in the Hulu comedy series "This Fool."
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[03/11/26 - 11:30 AM]
ESPN Delivers Most-Watched Women's College Basketball Regular Season Since 2008-09
ESPN networks were home to six of the top 10 women's college basketball regular season games across all networks this season and 29 of the top 30 on cable.
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[03/11/26 - 11:01 AM]
98th Oscars Rounds Out Show Presenters
Rose Byrne, Nicole Kidman, Jimmy Kimmel, Delroy Lindo, Ewan McGregor, Wagner Moura, Pedro Pascal, Bill Pullman, Lewis Pullman, Channing Tatum and Sigourney Weaver are all on tap.
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[03/11/26 - 10:05 AM]
Josh Gates Returns with an All-New Season of "Expedition Files," Revealing Striking New Revelations Behind History's Biggest Mysteries
The series is returning with a brand-new season on Wednesday, April 1 at 9pm ET/PT on Discovery Channel.
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[03/11/26 - 10:01 AM]
HBO Original Comedy Special "Color Theories by Julio Torres" Debuts March 27
In his second HBO comedy special, Peabody-winner Julio Torres presents a helpful guide to understanding the world through his playful interpretations of colors.
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[03/11/26 - 09:31 AM]
Video: MLB Opening Night: Yankees vs. Giants - Official Trailer - Netflix
The 2026 Major League Baseball season leads off on Netflix, with Yankees vs. Giants in a star-studded opener live at Oracle Park in San Francisco.
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[03/11/26 - 09:01 AM]
Date & Cast Announcement: Hulu's "Love Overboard"
Produced by Alex Cooper's Unwell Productions and Jeff Jenkins Productions, "Love Overboard" premieres Thursday, March 26 with all nine episodes on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally.
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[03/11/26 - 09:01 AM]
Nikki Glaser Returns to Host "The 84th Annual Golden Globes" Airing Sunday, Jan. 10, 2027 on CBS and Paramount+
Glaser said, "I'm thrilled to host the Golden Globes for a third time, not only because it's the greatest gig I've ever had, but because my sister has three kids and now we will be equal in the eyes of my parents and the Lord."
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[03/11/26 - 07:04 AM]
"#SKYKING," the Gripping New Documentary Set to Make Its World Premiere at SXSW 2026, Premieres on Hulu April 14
The feature-length documentary tells the story of Richard "Beebo" Russell, who captured the world's attention when he stole a commercial plane and took off on a flight that would come to embody the dreams and despair of the American working class, while offering a look at the US mental health crisis.
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[03/11/26 - 07:02 AM]
New Episodes of "Rick and Morty" Premiere May 24 on Adult Swim
Get ready to portal-jump back into the multiverse - Adult Swim's #1 series returns with a season that's bigger, bolder, and more ambitious than ever.
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[03/11/26 - 07:01 AM]
"Friday Night Baseball" Returns to Apple TV on March 27 for Its Fifth Season
Highlights include the storied New York Subway Series matchup between the Yankees and Mets, plus multiple appearances by reigning National League MVP Shohei Ohtani and the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
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[03/11/26 - 06:47 AM]
Matt Vasgersian Joins NBC Sports as a Play-by-Play Voice for "MLB Sunday Leadoff" on Peacock and NBCSN
Vasgersian, who spent the last five years as a Los Angeles Angels TV play-by-play voice, will continue his role at MLB Network, a position he has held since its inception in 2009.
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[03/11/26 - 06:31 AM]
Video: "The Hawk" - Lonnie Hawkins Character Reveal - Netflix
One of the greatest names in golf history (that you're somehow only just hearing about), American hero Lonnie "The Hawk" Hawkins is Will Ferrell's newest original character.
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