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On 5/26/24 9:53 PM, Robin Miller wrote:

>      CW news
> 
> 
> ‘Wild Cards’ Renewed For Season 2 At The CW & CBC  (May 23)
> 
> https://deadline.com/2024/05/wild-cards-renewed-season-2-the-cw-cbc-1235928416/

Too bad the f***ers couldn't do the same for "The Spencer Sisters"!!  >:/

> ‘Walker’ Canceled By CW After 4 Seasons; Jarred Padalecki Reacts To 
> “Tough Piece Of News”  (May 21)
> 
> https://deadline.com/2024/05/walker-canceled-cw-4-seasons-1235926564/

Ha ha ha ha!


>      NBC news
> 
> 
> ‘Night Court’s India de Beaufort Exiting Ahead Of Season 3  (May 21)
> 
> https://deadline.com/2024/05/night-court-india-de-beaufort-exiting-season-3-cast-1235926655/

Sucks, 'cos I like her...


>      Cable channel news
> 
> 
> ‘Industry’: HBO Reveals Third Season Return Date For Series Featuring 
> Kit Harington In New Role  (May 21)
> 
> https://deadline.com/2024/05/industry-third-season-return-date-hbo-1235924900/

I had totally forgotten that this was renewed...

> ‘Yellowstone’ Begins Production On Part 2 Of Fifth & Final Season 
> [Paramount Network]  (May 20)
> 
> https://deadline.com/2024/05/yellowstone-production-begins-season-5b-kevin-costner-1235924293/

 >:/


>      Streaming service news--Amazon Freeve
> 
> 
> ‘High School’ Canceled After 1 Season By Amazon Freevee  (May 23)
> 
> https://deadline.com/2024/05/high-school-canceled-no-season-2-amazon-freevee-1235929240/
> 
> 
> ‘Primo’ Canceled By Amazon Freevee After One Season  (May 21)
> 
> https://deadline.com/2024/05/primo-canceled-amazon-freevee-after-one-season-1235925197/

Can we please just finally acknowledge that Freevee is *dead*!?!!


>      Streaming service news--Apple TV+
> 
> 
> Kyle MacLachlan, Fiona Shaw & Edmund Donovan Join Apple Thriller ‘Echo 
> Valley’  (May 22)
> 
> https://deadline.com/2024/05/echo-valley-movie-casts-kyle-maclachlan-fiona-shaw-edmund-donovan-1235924321/
> 
> ["Written by Brad Ingelsby ('Mare of Easttown'), the film centers on 
> Kate Garretson (Julianne Moore), who is reeling from a personal tragedy 
> and spends her days boarding and training horses at Echo Valley Farm, 22 
> secluded, picturesque acres in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Late one 
> night, her wayward daughter, Claire (Sydney Sweeney), arrives at her 
> doorstep, frightened, trembling, and covered in someone else’s blood, 
> and the story becomes about just how far a mother will go to save her 
> child."]

Oh, f*** it! I am in, for Sweeney!

> Vince Vaughn & Bill Lawrence’s ‘Bad Monkey’ Gets Premiere Date At Apple 
> TV+; First Photos  (May 20)
> 
> https://deadline.com/2024/05/vince-vaughn-bill-lawrence-bad-monkey-apple-premiere-date-photos-trailer-1235924348/
> 
> ["Based on Carl Hiaasen’s bestelling novel, 'Bad Monkey' tells the story 
> of Andrew Yancy (Vaughn) who has been bounced from the Miami Police 
> department and is now a health inspector in the Keys. But after 
> stumbling upon a case that begins with a human arm fished up by 
> tourists, he realizes that if he can prove murder, he’ll be back in. He 
> just needs to get past a trove of Floridian oddballs and one bad monkey."]

Is this a comedy?...


>      Streaming service news--Disney+
> 
> 
> Marvel Vision Series Greenlit At Disney+ With Paul Bettany To Reprise 
> Role  (May 22)
> 
> https://deadline.com/2024/05/marvel-vision-series-disney-plus-paul-bettany-1235927405/

I would watch that.


>      Streaming service news--Max
> 
> 
> ‘The Girls On The Bus’ Canceled By Max After One Season  (May 24)
> 
> https://deadline.com/2024/05/the-girls-on-the-bus-canceled-max-1235940431/

Benoist (rhymes with "moist") strikes again!!


>      Streaming service news--Netflix

F*** Netflix!!


>      Streaming service news--Paramount+
> 
> 
> ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Series Casts Holly Hunter In Lead Role 
> (May 21)
> 
> https://deadline.com/2024/05/star-trek-starfleet-academy-holly-hunter-1235926060/

:/

> Genesis Rodriguez Joins ‘Lioness’ Season 2  (May 20)
> 
> https://deadline.com/2024/05/genesis-rodriguez-lioness-season-2-1235924690/

SUH-weet!!!  :)


>      Streaming service news--Prime Video
> 
> 
> Lorenza Izzo To Lead Opposite Diego Boneta In Prime Video Comic Book 
> Series ‘El Gato’  (May 23)
> 
> https://deadline.com/2024/05/lorenza-izzo-cast-prime-video-series-el-gato-1235929025/
> 
> ["'El Gato' follows Frank Guerrero (Boneta), who returns home to Mexico 
> after the death of his father and finds himself neck-deep in a nest of 
> vipers ­ his estranged family ­ who are vying for control of his 
> father’s business empire. But Frank’s grief is interrupted when he 
> learns his only inheritance, a seemingly worthless parcel of land on the 
> border, sits atop the lair of a famous costumed vigilante—his father, 
> “El Gato.” Now, Frank is in the crosshairs. To survive, he’ll have to 
> solve mysteries decades in the making and unravel the truth about his 
> father’s connections to a modern-day terror plot."]

This is a weird premise....

> Dove Cameron & Avan Jogia To Star In Prime Video Thriller Series 
> ‘Obsession’  (May 23)
> 
> https://deadline.com/2024/05/dove-cameron-avan-jogia-to-star-obsession-series-prime-video-1235928563/
> 
> ["Written and executive produced by Lisa Zwerling and Karyn Usher, the 
> show is based on Catherine Ryan Howard’s 2021 international bestseller 
> '56 Days.' The story follows Oliver (Jogia) and Ciara (Cameron), who, 
> after meeting randomly in a supermarket, fall for each other fast, and 
> dangerously hard. 56 days later, homicide investigators arrive at 
> Oliver’s apartment to find an unidentified body — brutally murdered and 
> intentionally decomposed. Did he kill her? Did she kill him? 
> Intercutting between an intense single day in the present investigation 
> and the twisted trajectory of the young lovers’ affair in the past, the 
> series is both a crime story and an erotic, psychological thriller."]

I like this, and am interested - it's just too bad it stars Dove Cameron 
(though, if she's EVOL!!1!, at least they got that part right!)


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