Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Ian J. Ball" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: TV news for March 2-9, 2024 Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2024 16:50:33 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 506 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 00:50:34 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="56dfcac4661e9efec8f05431b7f5f42a"; logging-data="2741277"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19jkqAkrJFZPJjP3nTIVjgA" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:wg8kk8fNeNQhMQEidD2ZKiqQv/U= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 20739 On 3/9/24 2:25 PM, Robin Miller wrote: >     ABC news > > > Tim Allen To Headline ABC Comedy Pilot From Mike Scully & Julie Thacker > Scully  (March 6) > > https://deadline.com/2024/03/tim-allen-star-abc-comedy-pilot-from-julie-thacker-scully-mike-scully-1235847524/ > > ("Shifting Gears centers on Matt (Allen), a stubborn, widowed owner of a > classic car restoration shop. When Matt’s estranged daughter and her > teenage kids move into his house, the real restoration begins.") Commence gnashing of teeth from the commies on Reddit. (Sidenote: From what I have heard, Tim Allen is not a good guy. But the reason to oppose him and his endeavors should be that, not that he may or may not be a "conservative".) >     CBS news > > > CBS Studios NAACP Venture To Develop New Daytime Drama For CBS Called > ‘The Gates’  (March 6) > > https://deadline.com/2024/03/cbs-studios-naacp-venture-developing-new-daytime-drama-cbs-the-gates-1235847660/ > > (the show "would follow the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, > gated community") NBC did the previous soap opera with an AA-focus - it was called... "Generations". Kelly Rutherford was on it!! It went off the air on 1991. > CBS Orders ‘Young Sheldon’ Georgie & Mandy Spinoff Series Starring > Montana Jordan And Emily Osment  (March 5) > > https://deadline.com/2024/03/cbs-orders-young-sheldon-georgie-and-mandy-spinoff-series-1235846411/ Hard pass. > Justin Hartley Series ‘Tracker’ Gets Early Season 2 Renewal By CBS > (March 4) > > https://deadline.com/2024/03/tracker-justin-hartley-renewed-season-2-cbs-1235845019/ For Adam!! > ‘NCIS: Origins’ Finds Its Young Gibbs: Austin Stowell To Star In CBS > Prequel Series  (March 4) > > https://deadline.com/2024/03/ncis-origins-casts-austin-stowell-young-gibbs-prequel-1235845156/ Pass. P.S. Reddit had fun with this, noting that Stowell looks nothing like young Mark Harmon, and has brown eyes instead of blue!, etc. >     CW news > > > ‘The Librarians’ Christian Kane To Reprise Jacob Stone Role In CW > Spinoff ‘The Next Chapter’  (March 4) > > https://deadline.com/2024/03/christian-kane-jacob-stone-the-librarians-the-next-chapter-spinoff-1235845221/ I'm sayin' I beat Robin!! :) >     Fox news > > > ‘Baywatch’ Reboot Lands At Fox With Sizable Commitment  (March 4) > > https://deadline.com/2024/03/baywatch-reboot-fox-1235844073/ Bad idea - a "Baywatch"-inspired show is a lot more likely to do well than a straight "reboot". This show was very much a product of its time, and can't be duplicated again. > Fox Summer Premieres: When To Expect Return Of ‘I Can See Your Voice,’ > ‘Food Stars,’ ‘Masterchef’ & More  (March 4) > > https://deadline.com/2024/03/fox-summer-premiere-dates-2024-game-shows-gordon-ramsay-1235845044/ Exactly why no one watches the nets in the summer! > ‘Doc’: Omar Metwally, Amirah Vann & Scott Wolf Among 6 Cast In Fox > Medical Drama Series  (March 4) > > https://deadline.com/2024/03/doc-fox-drama-series-cast-1235844871/ > > ("Based on the popular Italian series Doc ­Nelle tue mani, which has a > male protagonist, the Fox drama centers on the hard-charging, brilliant > Dr. Amy Larsen (Molly Parker), Chief of Internal Medicine at Westside > Hospital in Minneapolis. After a brain injury erases the last eight > years of her life, Amy must navigate an unfamiliar world where she has > no recollection of patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the > man she loves, or the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away. She > can rely only on her estranged 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers > as a 9-year-old, and a handful of devoted friends, as she struggles to > continue practicing medicine despite having lost nearly a decade of > knowledge and experience.") OK, good cast, and I actually like the premise a lot. If this gets picked up, I may even give it a look. >     NBC news > > > June Diane Raphael To Headline ‘Bewitched’-Inspired Comedy In Works At > NBC, Teaming With ‘Dickinson’ Creator  (March 6) > > https://deadline.com/2024/03/june-diane-raphael-alena-smith-bewitched-something-wicked-comedy-nbc-1235847939/ Dickinson was decent, but this is one where it go wrong in a thousand different ways... >     Cable channel news > > > Owen Teague, Dominic Colón & Margarita Levieva Join Brad Ingelsby’s HBO > Task Force Drama  (March 8) > > https://deadline.com/2024/03/owen-teague-dominic-colon-margarita-levieva-join-brad-ingelsby-hbo-drama-1235849476/ > > ("A crime drama ["Untitled Brad Ingelsby Task Force Project"] based on > an original idea from Mare of Easttown creator Ingelsby, the show is set > in the working class suburbs outside of Philadelphia, where [Mark] > Ruffalo’s FBI agent heads a Task Force to put an end to a string of > drug-house robberies led by an unsuspecting family man.") Well, I liked Levieva a lot (a decade ago!)... > ‘Nine Bodies In A Mexican Morgue’ Greenlit By MGM+; Eric McCormack To > Star In Anthony Horowitz Limited Series  (March 6) > > https://deadline.com/2024/03/nine-bodies-in-a-mexican-morgue-mgm-plus-eric-mccormack-star-limited-series-anthony-horowitz-1235848030/ > > ("Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue follows the tale of nine strangers who > find themselves lost in a remote Mexican jungle after their small plane > traveling from Guatemala to the U.S. crashes. One by one, the survivors > are murdered, leaving the remaining passengers to solve the terrifying > mystery before they too fall victim to the killer") Too bad nobody gets MGM+ > Freeform Announces New Unscripted Series ‘Grand Cayman: Secrets In > Paradise’ & ‘Wayne Brady: The Family Remix’  (March 6) > > https://deadline.com/2024/03/freeform-new-unscripted-series-grand-cayman-secrets-in-paradise-wayne-brady-the-family-remix-1235847587/ Freeform is *dead*! > Candace Cameron Bure Drops Next Movie In Her Eponymous Series on Great > American Family; ‘Just In Time’ To Premiere This Month  (March 5) > > https://deadline.com/2024/03/candace-cameron-bure-presents-next-movie-great-american-family-1235846138/ Zzzzzzzzz... > Ewan McGregor Debuts As Count Rostov In ‘A Gentleman In Moscow’ Trailer > [Showtime]  (March 5) > > https://deadline.com/video/a-gentleman-in-moscow-trailer/ > > ("The series, an adaptation of Amor Towles’ novel of the same name, > follows Count Alexander Rostov (Ewan McGregor), who, in the aftermath of > the Russian Revolution, finds that his gilded past has placed him on the > wrong side of history. Spared immediate execution, he is banished by a > Soviet tribunal to an attic room in the opulent Hotel Metropol and > threatened with death if he ever sets foot outside again.") And they want to make a *series* about this?!! > ‘House Of The Dragon’ Season 2 To Debut In June, Says Warner Bros. ========== REMAINDER OF ARTICLE TRUNCATED ==========