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[06/25/21 - 11:31 PM]
Development Update: Friday, June 25
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
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BOYS, THE (Amazon) - Laurie Holden is the latest to recur on the new season as the supe known as Crimson Countess. No other details were given. (Variety.com)
CHICAGO FIRE (NBC) - Hanako Greensmith's Violet Mikami will return as a regular for the series' 10th season. (TVLine.com)
EMERGENCY NYC (Netflix, New!) - Yulari Films has landed a "Lenox Hill" spin-off series at the streamer which will "extend beyond just one hospital and will follow multiple departments within New York City's health system. The in-depth look at one of the city's most complex operations shows the interweaving function of transplant and pediatric trauma units; ambulance and helicopter emergency teams and more." Adi Barash and Ruthie Shatz will direct and executive produce. (Variety.com)
GOOD FIGHT, THE (Paramount+) - CCH Pounder is slated to recur on the current season as Vinetta, "a devout Chicago native who has seen crime increase in her neighborhood and hopes to bring back justice." (TVLine.com)
GOOD GIRLS (NBC) - The network has pulled the plug on the series after four seasons. A contingency plan "to move the show to Netflix also did not pan out," ending its best chance of finding a new home. (Deadline.com)
HALO (Paramount+) - Steven Kane will exit as showrunner following the long-in-the-works series' freshman run. Kane "has been in Budapest now for the past two years and wishes to return stateside for personal reasons," indicated said report. (Variety.com)
MADAME X (HBO Max, New!) - Angela Robinson is developing a potential series at the streamer based on DC Comics heroine Madame Xanadu, "a clairvoyant who uses tarot cards to tell the future, she can levitate objects, teleport and banish minor demons. She is immortal, never aging and unable to be killed in any manner, thanks to her deal with Death." Jeryl Prescott played said role in the short-lived "Swamp Thing" series. Bad Robot Productions' J.J. Abrams and Ben Stephenson are also on board to executive produce for Warner Bros. Television with the company's Rachel Rusch Rich as a co-executive producer. (Deadline.com)
RAY DONOVAN FEATURE-LENGTH FILM (Showtime) - David Patrick Kelly has scored a role on the follow-up film as Matty Galloway, "a long-time friend of Mickey's (Jon Voight)." (Deadline.com)
REHEARSAL, THE (UNTITLED NATHAN FIELDER PROJECT) (HBO) - Nathan Fielder's latest effort for the pay channel - "set in a world where nothing seems to ever work out as you had hoped, Nathan Fielder gives people the opportunity to rehearse for their own lives" - has been ordered to series. Fielder is writing, directing, starring in and will executive produce alongside Christie Smith and Dan McManus of Rise Management. (Deadline.com)
SERPENT QUEEN, THE (Starz) - Ray Panthaki is bound for the Samantha Morton-led period drama as Charles Guise, "the sinister Catholic Cardinal who loves taking things from the Protestants under the guise of raising funds for war and to fund their families louche lifestyles. Charles is intelligent, politically deft, athletically gifted and devastatingly handsome." (Deadline.com)
STAIRCASE, THE (HBO Max) - Olivia DeJonge has been cast as Caitlin Atwater, "Kathleen Peterson's biological daughter," in the upcoming limited series. (Deadline.com)
WE OWN THIS CITY (HBO) - Darrell Britt-Gibson, Rob Brown, McKinley Belcher III and Larry Mitchell are the latest bound for the limited series from David Simon and George Pelecanos. Britt-Gibson will play Jemell Rayam, "one of the most brazen offenders caught up in the eventual federal corruption case"; with Brown as Maurice Ward, "another plainclothesman with the task force who was among the first to cooperate with prosecutors"; Belcher as Momodu "G Money" Gondo, "an 11-year BPD veteran and member of the task force, implicated in robberies, overtime fraud and other corrupt acts and was involved in protecting a heroin operation run by Antonio "Brill" Shropshire"; and Mitchell as Scott Kilpatrick of Baltimore County's Narcotics Unit, "who with David McDougall began the casework on drug overdoses that set the GTTF probe in motion." (Deadline.com)
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[06/17/26 - 07:41 AM]
Video: MGM+ Debuts Official Trailer, Key Art and New Photos for Gritty Drama Series "The Westies" Starring Academy Award-Winner J.K. Simmons
The eight-episode series will premiere with two episodes on Sunday, July 12, followed by a weekly release on MGM+ in the U.S., the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia.
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[06/17/26 - 07:07 AM]
Tony Dokoupil and Nischelle Turner to Host "The Great American Block Party 250," A Star-Studded Primetime Celebration of America to Air July 4 on CBS at 8:00 PM
The special will feature exclusive performances by Zac Brown Band, Jon Batiste, Goo Goo Dolls and The War and Treaty, with additional performers to be announced.
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[06/17/26 - 03:01 AM]
Netflix Begins Production on "Criminopatia"
The documentary series adapts the universe and perspective of one of Spain's leading voices in the analysis and storytelling of true crime.
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[06/17/26 - 12:01 AM]
Netflix Reveals First Look and Date for Dutch Series "The Perfect Lie"
The drama series, based on the best-selling novel "The Dinner Club" by Saskia Noort, will be available worldwide on September 10, 2026.
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[06/16/26 - 04:11 PM]
FIFA World Cup 2026 Opens to +152% Surge in Viewership Through First 12 Matches
Brazil-Morocco averaged 10,019,000 viewers Saturday on FOX.
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[06/16/26 - 03:45 PM]
ESPN Delivers Most-Watched Stanley Cup Final Since 2019, Capping Its Most-Watched Stanley Cup Playoffs Ever
Game 6 of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final averaged 5.9 million viewers on ABC, making it the most-viewed Game 6 since the same 2019 Final, and peaked with 7.2 million viewers in the 10:45 p.m. ET quarter hour.
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[06/16/26 - 03:22 PM]
FOX Sports Nets Record 10,019,000 Viewers for Brazil-Morocco FIFA World Cup 2026 Group Stage Telecast
Coverage reached a peak audience of 13,119,000 viewers from 7:45-8:00 PM ET.
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[06/16/26 - 02:16 PM]
USMNT Opener Reaches New Heights with 18 Million Viewers Across FOX, FOX One and Tubi
The telecast reached a peak audience of 21,526,000 viewers from 10:45-11:00 PM ET.
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[06/16/26 - 01:44 PM]
Bang! Bang! ABC and ESPN Scored Most-Watched NBA Finals Since 1998
Saturday's NBA Finals Game 5 on ABC delivered an average audience of 24.5M viewers and peaked with 33M viewers watching the closing moments of the New York Knicks Championship victory.
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[06/16/26 - 12:12 PM]
ESPN Unveils Star-Studded Summer Lineup for Women's Sports Sundays Presented by TJ Maxx
Debuting Sunday, June 21, the new franchise will deliver nine consecutive weeks of marquee women's sports programming across ESPN, ESPN2, the ESPN App, Disney+ and ESPN Deportes, featuring the WNBA and NWSL's biggest stars in premium national windows.
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[06/16/26 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10: Week of June 8 - "Office Romance" Enamors Viewers to No. 1 in This Week's Top 10
"The Witness" climbed to the No. 1 spot on the English TV list, collecting 10.1 million views.
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[06/16/26 - 12:01 PM]
Next on Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN - July 2026
Newly announced premieres include "Abandoned" (July 1), "Soy Luna: Let's Roll Again" (July 24), and "Locker Diaries: Descendants" (July 25).
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[06/16/26 - 10:31 AM]
Netflix Renews "Funny AF with Kevin Hart" for a Second Season
Season two is expected to release in 2027 and will include live episodes with real-time voting where members decide the winner.
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[06/16/26 - 10:15 AM]
From Screen to Survival: Prime Video Announces Premiere Date for "The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls"
The new series, hosted by Bear Grylls, premieres August 9, 2026, on Prime Video with all six episodes available at launch.
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[06/16/26 - 10:00 AM]
Oxygen's "The Real Murders of Atlanta" Returns for Season 4, Premiering Saturday, July 11 at 8PM ET/PT
The series is back with 10 all-new episodes exploring shocking homicide cases from the indisputable cultural capital of the South.
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