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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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[06/10/26 - 01:49 PM]
23.8M Viewers! ABC and ESPN Deliver Largest NBA Finals Game 3 Audience Since 1998
Through three games, the 2026 NBA Finals is ABC and ESPN's second most-watched ever, averaging 19.1M viewers.
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[06/10/26 - 12:01 PM]
Top 10 Most-Watched Prime Original Films & Series for the Week of June 1
"Off Campus," "Spider-Noir," "The Boys," "Clarkson's Farm," and "Citadel" led all original series worldwide.
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[06/10/26 - 11:00 AM]
Video: AMC Global Media Drops Thrilling Trailer for Season Three of "The Walking Dead: Dead City" Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan
In addition to Cohan and Morgan, season three also stars Jimmi Simpson, Raúl Castillo, Aimee Garcia, Logan Kim and Michael Emery.
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[06/10/26 - 10:29 AM]
Edgar Ramirez Joins "Task" Season 2
Reporting for duty.
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[06/10/26 - 10:21 AM]
NBC Reveals Season Two Cast for Hit Reality Adventure Series "Destination X"
The roster is inclusive of fan-favorite Bravolebs, Bombshells and reality competition superstars.
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[06/10/26 - 10:01 AM]
Video: "Worst Neighbor Ever" - Official Trailer - Netflix
You think you know your neighbors? Think again. This new series features firsthand accounts of violence, intimidation, and harassment that are more shocking than ever.
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[06/10/26 - 10:01 AM]
HBO Original Documentary "The Welcome Table" Debuts June 23
From the United States to the Caribbean, Italy, Kenya, Peru, Brazil, and Australia, the film traces the devastating human consequences of a changing climate - from hurricanes and floods to droughts, rising seas, and the impact of extractive industries on Indigenous communities.
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[06/10/26 - 09:58 AM]
Video: Starz Drops Pulse-Pounding First Teaser Trailer for Upcoming Crime Drama "Fightland"
"Fightland" premieres Friday, July 31 with new episodes available to stream weekly on Fridays only on the Starz app, and all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms.
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[06/10/26 - 09:31 AM]
Video: "Would You Rather: Decide to Survive" - Official Trailer - Prime Video
The series comes to Prime Video on the June 26.
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[06/10/26 - 09:08 AM]
NBC Sports Delivers 2nd-Largest Final Round Audience for U.S. Women's Open Since 2014
Coverage averaged 1.3 million viewers across NBC and Peacock.
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[06/10/26 - 09:01 AM]
Roku Originals Heats Up "Summer Sparks" Scripted Feature Starring Jesse Metcalfe and Kathryn Davis
"Summer Sparks" welcomes all to Camp Evergreen, where a summer cook-off means laughter, connection, and a little romance.
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[06/10/26 - 09:01 AM]
A Summer of Suspense, Seduction and Obsession Begins as FX's "The Shards" Premieres on August 5 on FX and Hulu
Set against the vivid backdrop of 1980s Los Angeles, the series follows a group of privileged high school seniors at an elite prep school as they navigate identity, sex, jealousy, obsession and the dangers lurking beneath the surface of American adolescence.
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[06/10/26 - 08:01 AM]
HGTV Heats Up Summer with New Series "Worst Yard on the Block" and "Extreme Buyers Club" and New Seasons of Popular Titles This July
Other premieres include "Renovation Resort Showdown," "Holmes on Homes: Building a Legacy," and "Ugliest House in America."
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[06/10/26 - 08:01 AM]
"Toy Story 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20" Airs Friday, June 12, on ABC, Streams Next Day on Disney+ and Hulu
This new special charts the studio's journey from making shorts and TV commercials to becoming an animation-industry superpower - told by those who lived it.
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[06/10/26 - 07:31 AM]
Peacock to Exclusively Stream Colleen Hoover's "Reminders of Him" Beginning July 10
The unforgettable story of love, loss and the courage to start over stars Maika Monroe, Tyriq Withers, Rudy Pankow, Lainey Wilson and more.
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