Caffeine – TV News – January 31st Edition

TV News

I hope you’re in the mood to read about pilot orders this Sunday, as we’ve got a ton of them in this week’s TV news. But first, a long-awaited announcement …

The Gilmore Girls revival at Netflix is finally officially official!

Season 2 of Stitchers will premiere on March 22nd.

Renewed: Billions, House of Cards

Cancelled: Finding Carter

Creator Beau Willimon is leaving House of Cards.

Ordered to series:
Crackle: Tech drama Start Up starring Adam Brody and Martin Freeman
E!: Hollywood drama The Arrangement
eOne: Assisted suicide drama Mary Kills People

Pilot orders:
ABC: Misfit friendship comedy Chunk & Bean, logic-related family comedy Square Roots, soccer comedy Dream Team, legal drama Conviction, 1970s Model Wars soap Model Women, Kevin Williamson time travel drama Time After Time, alternate history drama Spark, a legal drama from Reese Witherspoon, Cuban Macbeth drama The Death of Eva Sofia Valdez, Shondaland wedding comedy Toast, an untitled gender-swapped Will & Grace, small-town mayor comedy Hail Mary, Gabriel Iglesias semi-autobiographical comedy The Fluffy Shop, crime drama Notorious, comedy The Second Fattest Housewife in Westport
CBS: Football comedy The Kicker, magazine comedy The Great Indoors
The CW: A Frequency reimagining, a Kevin Wiliamson parapsychology drama, modern Archie Comics series Riverdale, historical supernatural drama Transylvania, romantic comedy No Tomorrow, an untitled Roanoke-on-Mars drama
Fox: Tech billionaire police drama A.P.B., Williamson/Plec FBI drama Recon, medical procedural Zoobiquity
Hulu: Supernatural drama Citizen, coming-of-age thriller When the Street Lights Go On

In development:
ABC: Historical event series Watergate
Showtime: An adaptation of Super Sad True Love Story from Ben Stiller

Pilot directors:
Time: Neil Marshall
Untitled Adam F. Goldberg imaginary friend comedy: Shawn Levy

Guest stars!
Code Black: Odell Beckham Jr., Beau Bridges, Cameron Boyce
Dr. Ken: Jim Rash
The Flash: Allison Paige
Law & Order: SVU: Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs
Life in Pieces: J.B. Smoove, Martin Starr
Major Crimes: Julie Ann Emery
New Girl: Sonequa Martin-Green
Reign: John Barrowman

Returns:
Gotham: Jada Pinkett Smith
Legends of Tomorrow: Stephen Amell

Casting:
24: Legacy: Corey Hawkins, Miranda Otto
American Gods: Ricky Whittle
American Gothic: Virginia Madsen
Fear the Walking Dead: Daniel Zovatto, Arturo Del Puerto
The Infamous: Bokeem Woodbine
The Interestings: Gabriel Ebert
The Jury: Archie Panjabi
Lopez: Alexie Gilmore
Marvel’s Most Wanted: Delroy Lindo
Mr. Robot: Grace Gummer
The Originals: Taylor Cole
Outlander: Sophie Skelton
Queen Sugar: Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Kofi Siriboe, Omar J. Dorsey
A Series of Unfortunate Events: Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes
Shut Eye: KaDee Strickland
Six: Dominic Adams
The Strain: America Olivo
UnREAL: Monica Barbaro, Denee Benton, Michael Rady, Gentry White
Untitled Kevin James comedy: Taylor Spreitler
Untitled Matt Hubbard comedy pilot: Chris Smith, Elizabeth Ho
Untitled Woody Allen Amazon series: Woody Allen, Elaine May, Miley Cyrus

(Image courtesy of Showtime.)

About Kate

Kate Linnea Welsh is a New Hampshire-based writer and taxonomist. (No, that doesn't involve dead animals.) In addition to her weekly column, "Caffeine", she recaps Haven and The Last Kingdom for The Televixen. She writes about other TV shows, books, and more at her blog. She'd love to talk to you on Twitter: @katelinnea