Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for this past week:

RENEWALS

Westworld has been renewed for a third season by HBO. (Variety)

McMafia has been renewed for a second season by BBC One, but the network has not yet made a decision on a renewal. (Deadline)

The Handmaid’s Tale has been given a third season renewal by Hulu. (Variety)

CBS All Access has given The Good Fight a third season order. (Variety)

FOX has renewed Empire for season five. (Variety)

NBC has given New Amsterdam a series order, the first pilot to be picked up for the 2018-2019 TV season. The series is inspired by Bellevue the oldest public hospital in America. It will follow the brilliant and charming Dr. Max Goodwin (Ryan Eggold from The Blacklist), the institution’s newest medical director who sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care. The cast includes Freema Agyeman (Doctor Who), Janet Montgomery (Salem), Jocko Sims (The Last Ship), Anupam Kher (Sense8) and Tyler Labine (Deadbeat and Reaper). (Variety)

CASTING NEWS

Actor Paul Blackthorne will not be returning to The CW superhero series Arrow for the show’s 7th season this fall. (Entertainment Weekly).

Actress Vanessa Morgan and actor Charles Melton have been promoted to series regulars for the next season on The CW drama Riverdale. (TV Line)

Actress Carrie Coon (Fargo) will appear in the second season of the USA Network series The Sinner, where she will play a formidable, mysterious woman who struggles between upholding the ideals of the community she leads and fulfilling her own desires. (Variety)

Actress Michelle Monaghan (The Path) has been cast in the 10-episode Netflix drama Messiah, which chronicles the world’s reaction to a man (Mehdi Dehbi from Tyrant) who emerges from the Middle East creating a groundswell of followers who claim he is sent from God. Other people question whether he is what they say he is or rather a dangerous fraud bent on dismantling the world’s geopolitical order, causing civil havoc as he beguiles the world’s media and its audience. Monaghan will play Eva Geller, a highly specialized US intelligence officer who pits her wits and years of experience against Al-Masih (Dehbi). (Variety)

Actress and Tony Award winner Laura Benanti (Supergirl) will appear in two episodes of the TV Land dramedy Younger, which returns for its 5th season on June 5. She will play a self-made billionaire named Quinn who pitches a book to Millennial on her every-woman-for-herself approach to business. (TV Line)

That’s it. Enjoy!