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Hey All,

Here are the news items for the past week:

RENEWALS

ABC has renewed the drama For Life for a second season; meanwhile the network pulled the plug on The Baker and the Beauty after only one season. (TV Line)

Manifest has been given a third season renewal by NBC. (Variety)

The USA Network has given The Sinner a fourth season renewal, slated to premiere in 2021. There is no decision yet from the USA Network on the future of Briarpatch, however. (Deadline)

DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Amazon has given a series order to a new drama from Jason Katims (the man behind Roswell, Friday Night Lights and Parenthood) based on the Israeli series On the Spectrum that will be a comedic drama about three 20-something roommates on the autism spectrum, striving for the same things that we all desire: to get a job, keep a job, make friends, fall in love, and navigate a world that eludes them. Sosie Bacon (daughter of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick), Chris Pang (Crazy Rich Asians) and Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds) are set to star in the series. (Variety)

MOVIE CASTING NEWS

Actress Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians) and actor Sam Heughan (Outlander) have joined the cast of the upcoming box office period romantic comedy Mr. Malcolm’s List that already includes Freida Pinto, Sope Dirisu and Oliver Jackson-Cohen. Based on the novel of the same name, that is set to be published on July 28, the movie focuses on what happens when Julia (Wu) is jilted by Mr. Malcolm (Dirisu) – London’s most eligible bachelor – after she failed to meet one of the items on his list of requirements for a bride. Julia then enlists her friend Selina (Pinto) to help her take revenge. There is no word yet on what role Heughan or the others will play. (Deadline)

PRIME TIME LINE-UP

NBC has announced its fall TV season. The dramas will air as follows: Manifest on Mondays; This Is Us and New Amsterdam on Tuesdays; Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. on Wednesdays; Law & Order: SVU and the new spin-off drama Law & Order: Organized Crime on Thursdays and The Blacklist on Fridays. Law & Order: Organized Crime will find Christopher Meloni reprising his role of Elliot Stabler, who returns to the NYPD to battle organized crime after a devastating personal loss. Both dramas Good Girls and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist are being held for mid-season. (Variety)

ABC has announced its fall TV season. The dramas will air as follows: The Good Doctor on Mondays; Big Sky (NEW SERIES) on Tuesdays; Stumptown on Wednesdays; Station 19, Grey’s Anatomy and A Million Little Things on Thursdays and The Rookie on Sundays. Big Sky, based on the book series by C.J. Box, is about private detectives Cassie Dewell (Kylie Bunbury) and Cody Hoyt (Ryan Phillippe), who join forces with his estranged wife and ex-cop, Jenny Hoyt (Katheryn Winnick), to search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana. But when they discover that these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, they must race against the clock to stop the killer before another woman is taken. The cast includes Brian Geraghty, Dedee Pfeiffer, Natalie Alyn Lind, Jesse James Keitel and John Carroll Lynch. The drama For Life will premiere later in the season. (Variety)

That’s it. Enjoy!