Rueben's Ramblings

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Here are the entertainment news items from this past week:

RENEWALS

Amazon Prime has given a second season order to the biblical drama House of David. (Variety)

When Calls the Heart has been given a 13th season renewal by the Hallmark Channel. (TV Line)

Paramount+ has given a season three order to the Sylvester Stallone-led drama Tulsa King. The streaming service has also given School Spirits a third season renewal. (TV Line)

Apple TV+ has given a third season order to Severance. (TV Line)

RELOCATION

NBC will be moving its new Sunday night drama Grosse Pointe Garden Society to Friday nights starting on April 4. This is typically a sign that the network could very well pull the plug on the show and/or not renew it. (TV Line)

NEW TV SHOW NEWS

The latest 9-1-1 spin-off series – 9-1-1: Nashville has landed NCIS: Los Angeles alum Chris O’Donnell in one of the lead roles. He will play Captain Don Sharpe, a rugged fire captain and rodeo rider who runs Nashville’s busiest firehouse with his beloved son. The show will premiere on ABC during the 2025-26 broadcast season. (TV Line)

Four years after the original series came to an end, the Canadian drama Private Eyes will be back with Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson reprising their roles as Matt Shade and Angie Everett. The new “spin-off” (so to speak) will be called Private Eyes West Coast with Matt and Angie solving cases in Victoria, British Columbia. Now leading different lives from their Toronto crime-fighting days, they encounter a world of different cases along with a new group of friends. (Deadline)

The Hallmark Channel is working on a new limited series for the upcoming holidays that will star Mae Whitman, Mary McDonnell and Jane Seymour. The Twelve Dates of Christmas, based on the novel by Jenni Bayliss will follow Saville Row textile pattern designer Kate (Whitman), who lives in the quaint village of Blexford, England next door to her father Mac, who is long-divorced from Kate’s mother Delilah (McDonnell), a globe-trotting American always on an adventure. When not at work, Kate looks after Mac, who’s recovering from a motorbike accident and is inclined to spend his days sitting in his recliner. Unbeknownst to Kate, her best friend Laura signs her up for The 12 Dates of Christmas – a holiday-themed matchmaking program in the days leading up to the holiday featuring carefully curated, yuletide dating experiences, in an attempt to get Kate out of her rut. Lovingly coerced by Laura and longtime best friend Callum, a reluctant Kate ultimately gets into the spirit of the program and is caught off guard when she meets someone who reinvigorates her zest for life. But when Delilah unexpectedly shows up on her doorstep – literally – Kate and Mac’s life and holiday season get upended. Meanwhile, Mac may be embarking on his own romance with local Evelyn (Seymour), a widow who slowly helps him step outside the confines of his house and open his heart. As Kate wends her way through the 12 dates, she takes a circuitous route to romance while also making some important discoveries about herself. (Variety)

TV CASTING NEWS

Janet McTeer has joined the cast of the Guy Ritchie crime drama MobLand that will premiere on Paramount+ starting on March 30. She joins a cast that already includes Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren. The series will center on a London-based Irish crime family headed by Brosnan’s Conrad Harrigan, that’s fighting for power within a global syndicate. Mirren plays his wife, Maeve and Hardy plays Harry Da Souza, the family’s fixer. McTeer will play a Kat, who is as charming as she is violent. Crime bosses from London to Beijing are anxious never to cross swords with her. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Marcia Gay Harden (So Help Me Todd) has joined the cast of the FOX drama Murder in a Small Town for its upcoming second season. She will play the series regular role of Mayor Christie Holman, a beloved figure in the community and also a consummate political operator. She’s still a practicing doctor and has the best interests of the people of Gibsons at heart, but sometimes she lets her personal interests take precedence. She will complicate life for Karl (Rossif Sutherland) and Cassandra (Kristin Kreuk), as she uses the competing priorities of the community to advance her own agenda. (Variety)

LL Cool J will reprise his role of Sam Hanna in an upcoming episode of NCIS. He will appear in the April 21 episode of the long-running series. (TV Line)

Oscar winner Christoph Walz will appear in season five of Only Murders in the Building in a recurring role that is being kept under wraps. (Variety)

Sarah Pidgeon (The Wilds) has been cast as Carolyn Bessette in the upcoming American Love Story anthology series on FX. The first season of this new anthology series will focus on JFK Jr. and his wife Carolyn. (Variety)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Rege-Jean Page (Bridgerton) will star in and produce a new version of Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo. (Deadline and Collider)

That’s it. Enjoy!