The new military drama SEAL Team has been given a full season order by CBS. (Variety)
The NBC summer series The Night Shift has been cancelled after four season. (Variety)
CBS has renewed the summer drama Ransom for a 13-episode second season. (Variety)
DirecTV (specifically AT&T’s Audience Network) has given Mr. Mercedes a 10-episode second season order. (The Hollywood Reporter)
The BET series Being Mary Jane will come to an end in 2018 with a two-hour finale movie. (Variety)
REBOOT NEWS
The WB series Roswell is being rebooted at The CW. The series would follow the daughter of undocumented immigrants who reluctantly returns to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico. There she discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer: he’s an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life. She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance. (Variety)
CASTING NEWS
Actors Oliver Stark (Into the Badlands), Kenneth Choi (American Crime Story) and Rockmond Dunbar (Prison Break) and actress Aisha Hinds (Under the Dome and Underground have joined the cast of the upcoming FOX drama 9-1-1 that comes from Ryan Murphy. The cast also includes Angela Bassett and Peter Krause. The series will explore the high-pressure experiences of police, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives. (The Futon Critic)
Actor Victor Garber will be exiting his series regular role of Martin Stein on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow as he plans to return to Broadway, starring opposite Bernadette Peters in the revival of Hello, Dolly! (The Hollywood Reporter)
Actor Miguel Sandoval (Medium) has landed a series regular role in the planned Grey’s Anatomy firefighter spin-off. He will play Capt. Pruitt in the series that will be set in Seattle, focusing on firefighters from the captain down the ranks to the newest recruit in their personal and professional lives. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Actress Anna Hopkins (Arrow and Defiance) – who will be seen as “baddie” Lilith in Shadowhunters next year – will also have a recurring role in the third season of the Syfy series The Expanse, playing Monica, a charming and savvy journalist who has a way of convincing her subjects to let their guard down. (TV Line)
Actress Ellie Gall (Australia’s A Place to Call Home) has landed the lead role of Catherine Langford in the upcoming premium digital series Stargate Origins. The series will dive deep into the adventures that provide additional context to Catherine’s lifelong fascination with the ancient artifact her father uncovered in the Egyptian desert, revealing a story that sits at the heart of the entire Stargate saga. Actor Connor Trinneer (Stargate: Atlantis alum) will take on the role of Professor Paul Langford, the man whose archaeological dig uncovered the stargate back in 1929. (Stargate Command Press Release)
TRAILERS
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer
Longmire The Final Season: Official Trailer [HD]
NOTE: This will be the sixth and final season of the series.
Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:
5:30 PM: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 movie on Freeform
6:35 PM: Hacksaw Ridge movie on HBO
6:55 PM: Outlander on Starz (Encore)
7 PM: Love Struck Café movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore) Hailey Dean Mystery: Deadly Estates movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair) Avengers: Age of Ultron movie on TNT
7:30 PM: You’ve Got Mail movie on CMT
7:56 PM: Outlander on Starz (Encore)
8 PM: Wisdom of the Crowd on CBS (NEW) Durrells in Corfu on PBS (Season Premiere) Sherlock Holmes movie on BBC America Real Steel movie on FXX
8:58 PM: Outlander on Starz (NEW)
9 PM: NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (NEW) Berlin Station on EPIX (Season Premiere – Hour One) Poldark on Masterpiece on PBS (NEW) The Last Ship on TNT (NEW) Hailey Dean Mystery: Dating is Murder movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (DEBUT) Autumn in the Vineyard movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 movie on Freeform
10 PM: Ten Days in the Valley on ABC (NEW) Berlin Station on EPIX (Season Premiere – Hour Two)
Last night’s primetime line-up was filled with new episodes of all of the Friday night dramas as well as the rest of The CW dramas rolling out.
Here is how all of those dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM Shows: MacGyver (CBS) [NEW] – 6.7 million viewers Once Upon a Time (ABC) [NEW] – 2.8 million viewers Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW) [Season Premiere] – 659,000 viewers
9 PM Shows: Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) [NEW] – 8.3 million viewers Marvel’s Inhumans (ABC) [NEW] – 2.3 million viewers The Exorcist (FOX) [NEW] – 1.5 million viewers Jane the Virgin (The CW) [Season Premiere] – 702,000 viewers
10 PM Show: Blue Bloods (CBS) [NEW] – 8.8 million viewers
What did you watch on TV last night? Please share.
Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:
4:30 PM: Superman Returns movie on TNT
5:30 PM: Paper Towns movie on FXX
6:10 PM: Wanted movie on HBO
7 PM: Berlin Station on EPIX (Reair) All of My Heart: Inn Love movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore) Garage Sale Mystery: Murder By Text movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
8 PM: NCIS: New Orleans on CBS (Reair) The Magnificent Seven movie on EPIX X-Men: Days of Future Past movie on FX X-Men movie on Starz Tomorrowland movie on USA Network
9 PM: Love Struck Cafe movie on Hallmark Channel (DEBUT) Garage Sale Mystery: Murder Most Medieval movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore) Descendants movie on Disney (Reair)
It was another full night of programming on the major networks with all of the Thursday night dramas airing new episodes and The CW rolling out more of its fall programming.
Here is how all of those dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM Shows: Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) [NEW] – 8 million viewers Gotham (FOX) [NEW] – 2.7 million viewers Supernatural (The CW) [Season Premiere] – 2.1 million viewers
9 PM Shows: Scandal (ABC) [NEW] – 5.1 million viewers The Orville (FOX) [NEW] – 3.4 million viewers Arrow (The CW) [Season Premiere] – 1.6 million viewers
10 PM Shows: Chicago Fire (NBC) [NEW] – 6 million viewers How to Get Away With Murder (ABC) [NEW] – 3.9 million viewers
What did you watch on TV last night? Please share.
Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:
5 PM: Independence Day movie on AMC
5:20 PM: Hidden Figures movie on HBO
5:30 PM: Jurassic World movie on FX
6 PM: Perfect on Paper movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
7 PM: A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
8 PM: Once Upon a Time on ABC (NEW) Bridal Wave movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
9 PM: Marvel’s Inhumans on ABC (NEW) Jane the Virgin on The CW (Season Premiere) Outlander on Starz (Encore) Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
There were a lot of programming options on the major networks last night with all of the Wednesday night dramas airing new episodes as well as The CW premiering/debuting more of their programming.
Here is how all of those dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:
8 PM Shows: Empire (FOX) [NEW] – 5.9 million The Blacklist (NBC) [NEW] – 5.6 million Riverdale (The CW) [Season Premiere] – 2.3 million viewers
9 PM Shows: SEAL Team (CBS) [NEW] – 7.9 million viewers Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) [NEW] – 5.7 million viewers Star (FOX) [NEW] – 4.6 million viewers Dynasty (The CW) [DEBUT] – 1.3 million viewers
10 PM Shows: Chicago P.D. (NBC) [NEW] – 6 million viewers Criminal Minds (CBS) [NEW] – 5.9 million viewers Designated Survivor (ABC) [NEW] – 4.6 million viewers
What did you watch on TV last night? Please share.
Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:
5 PM: Men in Black III movie on FX
6 PM: Speed movie on HBO2
6:11 PM: The Patriot movie on Starz
6:30 PM Despicable Me (animated) movie on Freeform Underworld movie on Syfy
7 PM: NCIS on USA Network
7:30 PM: Jurassic World movie on FX Fast Five movie on SpikeTV
8 PM: Supernatural on The CW (NEW) NCIS on USA Network Assassin’s Creed movie on HBO
9 PM: Arrow on The CW (NEW) Van Helsing on Syfy (NEW) NCIS on USA Network The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Reair)
10 PM: Ghost Wars on Syfy (NEW) NCIS on USA Network
We aren’t even at the half-way point for the show’s third season, and already we are getting casting news for season four, which – by the way – just started production this week in Scotland.
Orphan Black alum Maria Doyle Kennedy will take on the role of Jamie’s Aunt Jocasta and actor Ed Speelers (Eragon and Downton Abbey) will play Irishman Stephen Bonnet, a pirate and smuggler.
In the meantime, Outlander season 3 will return with an new, extended episode (74 minutes long) on Starz on Sunday, October 22 at 8/7c.
Not that most fans need to be reminded, but this is the big reunion episode of Claire and Jamie that fans have been waiting a VERRA long time to see.
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