Month: May 2017

News: Quantico renewed; Scream Queens cancelled; Tennant/Piper Doctor Who reunion; + more

16 May 2017 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Internet TV

International TV

  • Kandyse McClure joins Syfy (US)/Netflix’s Ghost Wars
  • MGM developing: adaptation of Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon spy novels

Audio plays

  • David Tennant, Billie Piper and Camille Coduri to reunite for Big Finish’s Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures – Volume 2

UK TV show casting

New UK TV shows

US TV

US TV show casting

  • John Hannah, Alan Tudyk, Amanda Walsh et al join BBC America’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
  • Cameron Scoggins promoted to regular on CMT’s Nashville
  • Adam Goldberg and Spencer Grammer to recur on Epix’s Graves
  • Jessica Meraz and Lourdes Benedicto join TNT’s Major Crimes

New US TV show

New US TV show casting

ABC teasers for the Fall 2017-18 season

15 May 2017 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

We’ve already had one trailer from the Fall 2017-18 season today, from Fox. Next up today, we have teasers for ABC’s Fall season, including:

  • Deception (magician solves crimes)
  • Splitting Up Together (divorce rekindles marriage)
  • The Gospel of Kevin (God picks idiot-saviour)
  • The Mayor (rapper accidentally becomes mayor)
  • For The People (lawyers go to court)
  • The Good Doctor (savant does surgery)
  • Ten Days in the Valley (TV producer loses daughter)
  • The Crossing (US refugees escape future-war)
  • Marvel’s Inhumans (superheroes use powers)

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A trailer for Fox’s The Gifted

15 May 2017 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

It’s proper Upfronts week! None of those also-ran networks this week, just the big boys. In a bit of break from tradition this year, some of them are releasing trailers before their actual Upfront sessions. But since we only really care about the trailers anyway, let’s no hold back – let’s watch them now, rather than on the scheduled Upfront day.

First up is Fox’s The Gifted, Matt Nix’s new show set in the X-Men universe. 

Watch out – there be superpowers ahoy…

No Tomorrow
US TV

Resolution for Frequency and No Tomorrow

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As we discussed on Friday, normally, when shows get cancelled following a cliffhanger, that’s that. Sometimes, a showrunner will fess up and explain what the plans were for subsequent seasons, but often, they’ll keep schtum while they shop the show around and then give up.

So a little kudos to The CW which has actually gone to the trouble of funding mini-conclusions to two of its recently cancelled shows: Frequency and No Tomorrow. True, you have to have access to The CW app or site to watch them, making it a bit of a bittersweet gift for international viewers, particularly those legitimately watching Frequency on Netflix, for example. But it’s nice of them to do it.

Frequency gets the better treatment, though, receiving an actual filmed epilogue that winds things up. One enterprising fan has posted it online for the rest of world to enjoy, so watch it while you can. Unlike the movie, it doesn’t end with daddy turning up with a shotgun.

No Tomorrow, meanwhile, has simply had its season finale extended on the site with a couple of extra minutes that reveals whether the asteroid struck the Earth and brought humanity to an end as we know it. No, no spoilers.