News
- The big news this week was the cancellation of ABC's Roseanne, after series lead and head Writer Roseanne Barr's racist tweet. Before the cancellation, Wanda Sykes had left her role as a Writer on the series. Now the the cancellation has set in, talk has turned to a possible spin-off, with Sara Gilbert's Darlene taking over as the series lead.
- After Hulu passed on the series, Netflix has picked up an adaptation of Joe Hill's graphic novel Locke and Key. The series is being developed by Joe Hill and Carlton Cuse (LOST), and is not a continuation of the pilot that Hulu passed on. The Netflix iteration will have a new cast, and a new Director for its own pilot episode.
- Carly Wray and Lila Byock (The Leftovers) are developing the anthology series You Know You Want This, based on an upcoming short story collection from Kristen Roupenian, for HBO. Series will explore gender and sex politics across various genres.
- FX has ordered a pilot for a comedy about and starring Rapper/Comedian Lil Dicky. The series is being developed by Jeff Schaffer (The League).
- SyFy has ordered a pilot for a series based on Dark Horse comic Resident Alien.
- Freeform has ordered a pilot for Motherland, a military fantasy series from Eliot Laurence (Claws).
- Freeform is also developing a comedy to be produced by Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) with the working title Pippa Smith: Grown-Up Detective.
- Netflix is making an animated series about Drag Queen Super Heroes titled Super Drags.
- NBC is developing the next project from the Creator of the Scream TV series Brian Sieve. The series, which comes from Blumhouse Television is a horror drama titled Cul-De-Sac.
- Ava DuVernay (A Wrinkle in Time) is developing a comedic series about the early life of Colin Kaepernick.
- After NBC passed on the pilot, Canada's Bell Media has come to save the day for the Bad Boys spin-off series LA's Finest. Sony is currently negotiating with Charter to be the US distributor.
- Get Out Writer/Director Jordan Peele has signed a first look pact with Amazon, just over a year after his pact with Sonar Entertainment.
- Big shake-ups over at The Walking Dead as both Andrew Lincoln and Lauren Cohan are leaving the long running zombie series, and fan favorite Norman Reedus is in talks for a huge pay day to take over for Lincoln as the face of the series.
- 3 big castings for American Gods, as Dean Winters (30 Rock) takes on the role of Mr. Town, Devery Jacobs (Another WolfCop) as Sam Black Crow, and Kahyun Kim (Shameless) takes over for Gillian Anderson as Media's successor New Media.
- Uma Thurman (Kill Bill) will be leading the cast of Netflix's upcoming supernatural series Chambers.
- Raymond Cruz (Breaking Bad) has joined the cast of Epix series Get Shorty.
- Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica) has joined the cast of the British military action series Strike Back.
- Cherry Jones (The Handmaid's Tale) and F. Murray Abraham (Homeland) have joined the cast of Chimerica.
- Kelsey Grammer (X-Men) has joined the cast of Fox's legal drama Proven Innocent.
- Zendaya (Spiderman: Homecoming) has joined the cast of HBO's Euphoria.
- Wally West will not be a frequent part of season 4 of Legends of Tomorrow as Keiynan Lonsdale will not be a series regular on the show.
- Sadly, Toonami has announced that, though FLCL Progressive is currently airing in the US with an English dub, the Japanese subtitled version has been delayed until November.
- Amazon's absurdly expensive The Lord of The Rings series, which focuses on a younger Aragorn, will run for 5 seasons.
- The TV reboot of Heathers, which was previously delayed for a significant amount of time following the Parkland Florida shooting, has now been completely scrapped by The Paramount Network. Viacom, the parent company of the production is now looking for a possible new home for the series.
- Renewals: Younger at TV Land, The Rain at Netflix, Mary Kills People (for a 3rd and final season) at Lifetime, and Legion at FX.
- Cancellations: Besides the high profile cancellation of Roseanne at ABC, Shadowhunters has been canned at Freeform with the order of a 2 hour finale to wrap up the series.
Trailers
The Sinner - USA
12 Monkeys - SyFy
Super Drags - Netflix
Preacher - AMC
Insecure - HBO
Orange is the New Black - Netflix
Snowfall - FX
100 Code - WGN
Sharp Objects - HBO
Our Cartoon President - Showtime
Power - Starz
The Ranch - Netflix
3% - Netflix
Podcast
The Weekly Set Podcast Episode 158
Lost in Space Season 1 Episodes 8-10
Legion Season 2 Episode 9
Westworld Season 2 Episode 6
The Ol' Switcheroo Episode 8
E3 Predictions
Articles
It's Good to Watch Bad Movies
Alejandro Balderas ponders the benefits of bad cinema in The Total Screen's first film related article.
Schedule
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2018
Younger – TV Land
Teachers – TV Land
Humans – AMC
Face Off – SyFy
Wednesday, June 6th, 2018
Condor – AT&T/DirecTV
Impulse - YouTube Red
Thursday, June 7th, 2018
American Woman – Paramount
Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger – Freeform
Nashville - CMT
Friday, June 8th, 2018
Sense8 - Netflix
The Hollow - Netflix
The Staircase - Netflix
Sunday, June 10th, 2018
Claws – TNT
Tuesday, June 12th, 2018
The Bold Type – Freeform
Thursday, June 14th, 2018
Marlon – NBC
Strange Angel - CBS All Access
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce - Bravo
Friday, June 15th, 2018
Goliath - Amazon
12 Moneys - SyFy
The Ranch - Netflix
Voltron - Netflix
Sunday, June 17th, 2018
The Affair – Showtime
Deep State – Epix
Shades of Blue – NBC
La balada de Hugo Sánchez - Netflix
Monday, June 18th, 2018
Marvel's Spider-Man - Disney XD
Tuesday, June 19th, 2018
Drunk History – Comedy Central
Love is ____ - OWN
Wednesday, June 20th, 2018
Yellowstone – Paramount
Young & Hungry – Freeform
Thursday, June 21st, 2018
Queen of the South – USA
Shooter – USA
Detroiters - Comedy Central
Take Two - ABC
Next of Kin - Sundance Now
Friday, June 22nd, 2018
Luke Cage – Netflix
Sunday, June 24th, 2018
Preacher – AMC
Endeavour - PBS
Monday, June 25th, 2018
Salvation - CBS
Tuesday, June 26th, 2018
Secret City - Netflix
Friday, June 29th, 2018
GLOW - Netflix
Churchill’s Secret Agents: The New Recruits - Netflix
Kiss me First - Netflix
La Forêt - Netflix
Paquita Salas - Netflix
A Very English Scandal - Amazon
Sunday, July 1st, 2018
Power – Starz
The Tunnel: Vengeance - PBS
Mostly 4 Millennials - Adult Swim
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