TV Show Updates

ABC Tops Up Season 7 Of 'Black-ish'




ABC announced today that six additional episodes have been ordered for the seventh season of Black-ish, which premiered this past Wednesday. The top-up is no surprise, as the long-running comedy has yet to air a season less than 23 episodes in length.
The extra episodes ordered today bring the show's Season 7 total to 21 episodes, but there is a potential that a few more could still be added as the season progresses.

Black-ish follows patriarch Andre 'Dre' Johnson, who has a beautiful wife, a job he loves, and four kids. They all live in a nice colonial home in the suburbs, but Dre wonders if success has brought too much assimilation to his African-American family.

'Miracle Workers' Renewed For Season 3

The show's anthology format allows it to tell a new story each time out. Season 1 was based on Simon Rich's novel "What in God's Name", while Season 2, subtitled "Dark Ages", featured the same four main cast members in a medieval setting as a group of villagers navigating life in time of inequality and misinformation.
Season 3 of Miracle Workers will be heading out on the Oregon Trail, set in the American West around the mid-1800s with a small-town preacher teaming up with a wanted outlaw and a liberated prairie wife to lead a wagon train west.
Simon Rich, who created the series, will be stepping away from the show going forward. Dan Mirk and Robert Padnick will be taking over as co-showrunners for Season 3, which will return in 2021.

'Archer' Renewed For Season 12

FXX announced today that Archer has been picked up for a 12th season. The good news comes a week before the current season's finale, which will wrap another solid run for the animated comedy.
On the air since 2009, the half-hour series still performs well for the cable network. At over 100 episodes it still draws a healthy audience, with Season 11 tallying 2.43 million viewers each episode across its distribution platforms. That's an increase of 32% compared to last year.
This season saw Archer awaken from his years-long coma to resume his spy work, though the world is quite different now than he remembers it. The show spent the last three seasons in different locales, which included 1940s Los Angeles, a deserted island in 1938, and even outer space.
Look for Season 12 of Archer in 2021.

Ghosts Renewed For Series 3/ Stars provide filming update


Series 2 of Ghosts recently aired on BBC One and iPlayer in September 2020 but attention is already starting to turn to whether Ghosts will be back for series 3. In news that largely flew under the radar, when BBC One renewed the comedy series from the Horrible Histories team for a second season back in May 2019, they also picked up a third season

Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe stated that filming is looking to resume sometime in “the first six months” of 2021, depending on scheduling conflicts.

Channel 4 announce Stath Lets Flats Series 3


Critically acclaimed and BAFTA award-winning comedy, Stath Lets Flats from award-winning writer-performer and comedian Jamie Demetriou (Fleabag) and BAFTA award-winning RoughCut TV has been recommissioned for a third series for Channel 4.

I, Claudius stars in reunion after 44 years


October's edition of BBC's Inside Culture features Classic historian Mary Beard fulfilling a 40-year ambition by reuniting three cast members of 1970s BBC drama I, Claudius - Derek Jacobi, Sian Phillips and Brian Blessed.

Professor Beard described I Claudius as "the only show where the TV version is better than the original novel."

Gentleman Jack Renewed For Season 2 At HBO, BBC

Gentleman Jack has been renewed for season 2 at the BBC and HBO. The show, which aired its first episode in the US and UK last year has already received the go-ahead for the next series.

Work is already underway on series two. Main star Suranne Jones shared an image of herself in character as Anne, on social media, and told fans she's been reading new episodes of the script.

The Other Two moving to a new home

After Comedy Central announced The Other Two was renewed for a second series earlier in the year, there is more news that it is moving to a new home over at HBO Max. The streaming service announced that it will screen the new season of Sarah Schneider and Chris Kelly’s show.

This new move is part of a series of big changes at Comedy Central in recent months, which includes a new partnership between HBO Max and Comedy Central Productions.

Tim Burton is rebooting The Addams Family as a live-action, present day TV series. Although Burton previously developed an animated children's show based on his 1988 film Beetlejuice, this version of The Addams Family would be his first major live-action series.

'Away' Cancelled By Netflix

It is being reported that Netflix has cancelled Away after just one season. The sad news comes the month after the drama released its 10-episode freshman run, which ultimately drew a mixed reception from both viewers and critics.
Set in the near future, the hour-long series stars Hilary Swank as American astronaut Emma Green, who leaves her husband and daughter behind to lead an elite international space crew on a perilous, years-long mission to Mars. The diverse team's extended time away from their families tests their relationships back at home as well as the new ones formed in space. Staying on track - and alive - is paramount, as their pursuit is humanity's most important goal.

'Star Trek: Discovery' Renewed For Season 4



CBS All Access announced today that Star Trek: Discovery has been picked up for a fourth season. The good news comes just one day after the sci-fi drama's Season 3 premiere, which has already been garnering plenty of positive reviews.
The big-budget production has become a solid addition to the streaming service's lineup after a somewhat rocky start. First announced in 2015, it took two years for the series to make its much-anticipated debut in late 2017 due to multiple delays as well as a showrunner change during that time. Now 30 episodes in, the series has found its groove as it eyes the now-certain 50-episode milestone which it will hit before the end of Season 4.

Production on Season 4 will be kicking off in early November, with a premiere later in 2021.

HBO Renews 'The Vow' For Season 2

HBO announced today that The Vow has been picked up for a second season in 2021. The good news comes two days before the documentary series wraps its freshman run, which received a healthy amount of critical praise for its captivating and gripping storytelling.

Season 2 of The Vow will be set against the backdrop of the trial again Raniere, who was convicted in 2019 and is currently awaiting sentencing. Viewers will get a look inside Raniere's innermost circle and the organization's top leadership in the United States and Mexico. It will also chronicle the legal and emotional journeys of the group's founders, supporters, and eventual defectors as new evidence and shocking revelations come to light.

'Black Monday' Renewed For Season 3

Showtime announced today that Black Monday has been picked up for a third season. The good news comes three months after the conclusion of the comedy's sophomore run, which garnered a better critical reception compared to its debut outing.
The half-hour series is named after Monday, October 19, 1987, which was the date of the worst stock market crash in Wall Street's history. The show follows a group of outsiders who went up against the blue-blood, old boys club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the world's largest financial system.
Another 10 episodes of Black Monday have been ordered for Season 3. Production is slated to begin in early 2021, with a premiere expected later in the year.

"Luther" Creator Confirms New Episodes Coming

... but other than that, no details are available.

When pressed for those details, writer Neil Cross said, "I don't know what I'm allowed to say -- which is an answer in itself, isn't it?"

No word on whether or not Luther's psychopathic ex-girlfriend Alice will be back somehow (that death scene looked pretty convincing).

'Dexter' Returning For 2021 Limited Series

Showtime announced today that Dexter will be making a return to television in a limited series revival set to make its debut next year. It has been seven years since the serial killer drama ended its initial run.
The original series followed the story of Dexter, who was orphaned as a young child and raised by a police officer who took notice that he was displaying sociopathic tendencies. To give Dexter an outlet for his twisted urge to kill, he teaches him to target only people who have slipped through the cracks of the justice system. Working as a blood spatter analyst, Dexter is able to cover up his own crimes while hiding in a role where nobody would think to look.
The reboot will see Michael C. Hall reprise his tile role, with Clyde Phillips onboard as showrunner. 10 episodes have reportedly been ordered for an expected return in the Fall of 2021.