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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
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9-1-1: LONE STAR (FOX) - Co-star Sierra McClain has exited the series "amid rampant speculation that this is the show's final chapter." The report notes the cast is under options until production on the new season wraps July 19, meaning a formal decision about the show's future may come prior to its actual fifth season premiere. (Deadline.com, 6/7)
ALL AMERICAN: HOMECOMING (The CW) - The network has opted against ordering a fourth season of the series, making its upcoming third season its last. "We want to thank the cast, crew, producers, NK, Marqui and everybody at Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television for their hard work and dedication in telling these important stories for three incredible seasons," the network said in a statement. The upcoming final season is the best yet and we cannot wait to share it with fans beginning on Monday, July 8." (Deadline.com, 6/5)
ALL HER FAULT (Peacock) - Emmy winner Sarah Snook is set to topline the upcoming drama: "In Chicago, Marissa Irvine arrives at 14 Arthur Avenue, expecting to pick up her young son Milo from his first playdate with a boy at his new school. But the woman who answers the door isn't a mother she recognizes. She isn't the nanny. She doesn't have Milo. And so begins every parent's worst nightmare." Minkie Spiro has also signed on to direct and executive produce the debut installment alongside Megan Gallagher, Nigel Marchant, Gareth Neame, Joanna Strevens, Jennifer Gabler Rawlings and Christine A. Sacani. (Deadline.com, 6/3)
BALDWINS, THE (TLC, New!) - The network has commissioned a new reality series featuring actor Alec Baldwin, his wife Hilaria and their seven children. Tom Forman and David Metzler are executive producing the project, due next year, for Terminal B TV. (Deadline.com, 6/4)
BETTER SISTER, THE (Amazon) - Maxwell Acee Donovan, Kim Dickens, Corey Stoll and Bobby Naderi have all landed roles on the Jessica Biel/Elizabeth Banks-led series. Donovan will play Ethan, "17, who adores his loving mother Chloe (Biel) and has a complicated relationship with his overachieving, overbearing father, Adam (Stoll). When he's swept up in a family tragedy, his mother can no longer protect him, and he's forced to face his fears head on." Dickens will portray Nancy Guidry, "a detective investigating Adam's (Stoll) murder, Guidry sees more than anyone else in the room, and isn't afraid to tell you all about it." Stoll plays Adam, "who has muscled his way from a local boy in Ohio to the white shoe law firms of New York City, but finds it difficult to embrace the high-class life his wife Chloe (Biel) has built around them. A devoted father, he worries about the impact their new wealth has on his son Ethan." And Naderi plays Matt Bowen, "the younger partner of Nancy Guidry, a detective investigating the murder of Chloe's husband Adam. Matt approaches things with a kinder style, but that softer approach doesn't entirely mask his profound ambition." (Deadline.com, 6/4)
BIG LITTLE LIES (HBO) - A proposed third season of the series is inching closer to reality with Nicole Kidman telling Vanity Fair: "We're moving fast and furious. Liane [Moriarty] is delivering the book. We're in good shape." (Variety.com, 6/6)
BLACK RABBIT (Netflix) - Morgan Spector is bound for the limited series as Campbell, "a high powered lawyer." (Deadline.com, 6/6)
BLUE BLOODS (CBS) - Brian Robbins, co-CEO of Paramount Global, told shareholders this week that "Blue Bloods" is among the properties of which "new franchise extensions are coming" to the company. No other specifics were given. (Deadline.com, 6/4)
CHAD POWERS (Hulu) - Steve Zahn, Perry Mattfeld and Frankie A. Rodriguez have all been cast in Glen Powell-led comedy series. Zahn will play Jake Hudson, "the charismatic Head Coach of the show's flagging college football program. He's about to be put out to pasture when along comes the talented oddball Chad Powers (Powell) - and with him, one last shot at glory." Mattfeld then is Ricky, "a promising new assistant on the sideline of her father's embattled college football team. She's as sharp as she is tough, and becomes immediately suspicious of the team's odd new quarterback, Chad Powers." Rodriguez portrays Danny, "the team mascot, a young actor on campus who will do absolutely anything to make his big dreams come true. He strikes up a friendship with Chad Powers that could wind up helping or destroying them both." (Deadline.com, 6/6)
CHALLENGER, THE (Amazon, New!) - Kristen Stewart is attached to play famed astronaut Sally Ride in a limited series at the streamer based on the book "The New Guys" by Meredith E. Bagby about the first American woman to fly in space. Maggie Cohn is penning the project with Stewart, Bagby, Kyra Sedgwick, Valerie Stadler, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey also executive producing for Big Swing Productions, Amblin Partners and Nevermind. (Deadline.com, 6/7)
CHICKEN SISTERS, THE (Hallmark Channel) - Ektor Rivera has joined the cast of the original series as Sergio. (Variety.com, 6/4)
COUNTDOWN (Amazon) - Jessica Camacho will star opposite Jensen Ackles in the drama series as Amber Oliveras, "a Special Agent, Drug Enforcement Agency with 14 years on the job. Undercover in multiple operations. She's a badass who won't take crap from anyone. She's intrigued by this new opps team and though she seems to do well enough on her own, it'll be a nice change of pace working with others." (Deadline.com, 6/7)
CREEP TAPES, THE (New!) - Duplass Brothers Productions has completed production on an independently produced series based on the Netflix original films "Creep" and "Creep 2": "the series is based on a collection of video tapes in the secret vault of the world's deadliest and most socially uncomfortable serial killer, who hires his victims to film him for the day under false pretenses. Each episode exposes a new victim from one of the fabled 'Creep Tapes.'" Mark Duplass, Patrick Brice, Chris Donlon, Jay Duplass and Mel Eslyn are among the featured auspices. (Deadline.com, 6/4)
CRIMINAL (Amazon) - John Hawkes, Pat Healy, Taylor Selé and Logan Browning are the latest to board the comic-book-turned-TV-series. Hawkes is set as Sebastian Hyde, "a hard man who is six months out from a stroke, and now walks with a cane. Once the biggest shark in the shark tank, Hyde is now showing his humanity a bit - maybe a bit too much. The owner of a gambling club, the kind of man whose name is accompanied by fear, Hyde can be both amused by someone one minute, and a ruthless enforcer the next." Healy will play Seymour, "a veteran thief and one-time part of Leo's (Charlie Hunnam) dad's crew, Seymour does what he has to stay alive and get rich while trying to survive in the criminal world." Selé is Royal, "the manager of Sebastian Hyde's gambling club, and he is sharp-dressed and menacing. Royal is ruthless and will do whatever he needs to protect himself and move forward in the underworld." And Browning will play Jenny, "an Internal Affairs detective with a dry sense of humor and an absurdly calm demeanor. She presents as an even-tempered woman who appears to be without a care in the world. Jenny is very smart; her father was a criminal and she loves her job - which gives her the right to question, harass, terrify and imprison cops all day long. Jenny was raised with Leo (Hunnam) as her playmate/buddy/blood brother for life." (Deadline.com, 6/7)
FOUR SEASONS, THE (Netflix) - Erika Henningsen has been cast in the film-turned-comedy series, which also features Tina Fey, Steve Carell and Colman Domingo. No character details were given. (Variety.com, 6/6)
FRASIER (REBOOT SERIES) (Paramount+) - Yvette Nicole Brown and Greer Grammer will each guest on the new season. The former will play the sister to Olivia, the character played by Toks Olagundoye: "Monica is described as "part haughty professor, part Nancy Drew, the brilliant, biting, and delightfully deadpan Monica is Olivia's perfect older sister. She has everything Olivia has and everything Olivia wants - and never misses a chance to remind her." The latter is "Roz Doyle's (Peri Gilpin) daughter Alice all grown up. Now in her late twenties, friendly, outgoing Alice has inherited more than some of her mother's free-spirited ways. Having just moved to Providence to study architecture, Alice is eager to catch up with Frasier's son Freddy (Jack Cutmore-Scott) - and complicate whatever romantic plans he may have." (Deadline.com, 6/4; Variety.com, 6/4)
GABBY'S DOLLHOUSE (Netflix) - Darren Criss is lending his voice to the upcoming 10th season, due August 5, as Marty the Party Cat, "the latest Gabby Cat who lives in the newly unveiled "Party Room." Marty can use his Party Tail to magically change the look of the Party Room to fit any occasion and loves to sing, dance, play games, and throw confetti." (Deadline.com, 6/4)
GEN V (Amazon) - Hamish Linklater is bound for the show's sophomore season as Cipher, described as "the charismatic and charming newly-appointed Dean of Godolkin University. Trained as a scientist, he's politically brilliant, and has the trust and admiration of officials at the highest level." (Variety.com, 6/4)
GUMBY KIDS (New!) - Bento Box Entertainment is developing both "an animated kids version of the show" as well as an "adult animated iteration" based on the classic character. Deeki Deke is attached to pen the former incarnation: "In the show, Gumby is the friendly, green, shapeshifting architect and city planner for Gumbtasia, a new city open to all outcasts, misfits and dreamers from nearby fantastical lands. Determined to build a Gumbtasia that works for everybody, Gumby often winds up in the center of conflict and chaos - but nobody is more adept at adapting than a shapeshifter." Stephen Davis and Still Entertainment's Will Davis will also executive produce. (Deadline.com, 6/6)
HIGH POTENTIAL (ABC) - Rob Thomas has stepped down as showrunner of the upcoming drama as part of an "amicable" split. (Variety.com, 6/5)
HOSTEL (New!) - Paul Giamatti is attached to star in a TV take on the films of the same name "described as being a "modern adaptation" and an "elevated thriller" that's also a "reinvention" of the horror franchise that launched in 2006 and spawned two sequels." No plot details were given. Eli Roth, Chris Briggs and Mike Fleiss are all on board to executive produce for Fifth Season with Roth directing from a script by Roth and Briggs. (THR.com, 6/4)
I LOVE THAT FOR YOU (Showtime) - Executive producer Jessi Klein has signed a two-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television where she'll develop new series projects. (Deadline.com, 6/6)
LAST OF US, THE (HBO) - The show's sophomore run will consist of seven episodes. (Deadline.com, 6/5)
MIKE JUDGE'S BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD (Comedy Central) - MTV Entertainment Studios has renewed the series for a third season, which will premiere on the network in 2025. Seasons one and two originated on sibling Paramount+ before making their linear premieres on Comedy Central. Season two begins airing Wednesday, July 10 at 10:00/9:00c with "Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe" bowing on said network the week prior. (Deadline.com, 6/5)
MISSING YOU (Netflix) - The Harlan Coben adaptation has added Ashley Walters as Josh Buchanan, James Nesbitt as Calligan and Matt Jay-Willis as Darryl. They'll join the previously announced Rosalind Eleazar, Jessica Plummer and Richard Armitage in the five-part series. (Variety.com, 6/5)
OBSESSION (Amazon) - Dorian Missick and Karla Souza have both joined the upcoming thriller series. Missick will play Karl: "Disorganized and in the midst of a horny midlife crisis, Karl Connelly's life appears to be a chaotic mess. But despite his reckless habits and short-fused temper, he is a gifted detective and unflinchingly honest and loyal to the people he cares about." And Souza portrays Lee Reardon, "a dedicated, experienced Boston homicide detective who, despite many flaws in the system, is a deep believer in justice. But she's harboring a dark secret that challenges everything she stands for and threatens to destroy the most important relationship in her life." (Deadline.com, 6/7)
OFF COLOR (Amazon, New!) - Owen Thiele is set to create and star in a semi-autobiographical comedy at Amazon MGM Studios: "He's gay and Black, they're all Jewish, his mom should be on Real Housewives and his cousin's a former party girl turned Rabbi-in-training. The comedy is about a son who doesn't want to grow up, a mother who has no intention of letting him, and a dad who's probably faking a nap in the other room so he doesn't have to engage." Brian Gallivan will serve as showrunner with Thiele, Kent Alterman, Sarah Babineau, Ilana Glazer and Susie Fox also executive producing for Good Walk Entertainment. (THR.com, 6/5)
SIGMA FORCE (Amazon, New!) - Matt Cirulnick is spearheading a TV series at the streamer based on James Rollins's techno-thriller novels: "Sigma Force is a globe-trotting thriller series centered around a top secret U.S. Government counter terrorist program. The division is made up of Special Forces operatives who leverage expert military and scientific training to handle global counterterrorism efforts and investigate scientific matters that could pose a threat to the United States." Leonardo DiCaprio, Phillip Watson, Marina Grasic and Bobby Morgan will also executive produce for Amazon MGM Studios, Appian Way Productions, Oakhurst Entertainment and Talaria Media. (Deadline.com, 6/6)
ST. DENIS MEDICAL (NBC) - Stephen Schneider will recur on the newcomer as the hospital chaplain Steve. (Deadline.com, 6/5)
STOLEN IDENTITY (NBCUniversal, New!) - Objective Media Group is developing a new unscripted format at the company: "This social experiment asks if you could steal someone's identity. 12 strangers live together but only six are who they say they are. The other six have stolen their identities and have to convince everyone of their assumed identity. Can they work together to avoid deception and outlast the competition, even though if they make it to the final, only one of them can win? In an age when our identities are so easily stolen, this is the show where we are putting trust, truth, and deception to the ultimate test." No auspices or target network were given. (Deadline.com, 6/6)
UNINTERRUPTED'S TOP CLASS TENNIS (Amazon, New!) - The streamer has commissioned a new installment of the "Top Class" franchise from The SpringHill Company that will "follow four junior tennis players as they make their way to the Orange Bowl, a competition that could make our break their careers as tennis pros." The four-episode series will be executive produced by 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens as well as LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Jamal Henderson, Philip Byron, Wendy Goldberg and showrunner Nikki Spetseris. (THR.com, 6/7)
UNTITLED RACHEL SENNOTT PROJECT (HBO) - Odessa A'zion, Jordan Firstman, Miles Robbins and True Whitaker have all joined the Rachel Sennott-led comedy pilot in which "a codependent friend group reunites, navigating how the time apart, ambition and new relationships have changed them." No character details were given. (Deadline.com, 6/5)
WATSON (CBS) - Rochelle Aytes has joined the cast of the Morris Chestnut-led drama series as Mary Morstan, "one of the best surgeons on the East Coast, and the Medical Director of the hospital. She is equally adept at being a voice of reason for and serving reality checks to her ex-husband, Dr. Watson (Chestnut). She has great respect for Watson and, while she appreciates his sleuthing when it comes to medical mysteries, she can also become irritated by his unorthodox approach to the business of medicine." Her casting comes as the actress exits "S.W.A.T." as a series regular. (Deadline.com, 6/4)
WAYWARD (Netflix) - Toni Collette has signed onto the limited series as Leanne, "the headmistress at Tall Pines." (Deadline.com, 6/5)
WHITE COLLAR (USA Network) - Jeff Eastin is spearheading a revival of the former network staple with Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay and Tiffany Thiessen attached to reprise their roles. No plot details were given about the Fox Television Studios-based project, which is speculated as landing on Hulu. (Variety.com, 6/6)
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