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FX has renewed Legion for a third season. The drama, which is linked to the X-Men movie franchise, is shown in Australia on Foxtel.
TV Land has renewed Younger for a sixth season, ahead of the fifth season premiere. The show is streamed in Australia on Stan.
FX has renewed Atlanta for a third season. It is shown in Australia on SBS Viceland.
Production of new episodes of The Jerry Springer Show has stopped for now in the US. Repeats and pre-produced episodes of the show will air on The CW from this northern autumn, although the network could order new episodes.
Lucifer, which was axed by Fox last month, has been picked up by Netflix for a fourth season.
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Whenever a daytime show moves to the CW it gets canned. Tyra, Bill Cunningham etc.
American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy has revealed the upcoming eighth season will be a crossover of season one’s Murder House and season three’s Coven.
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NBC is the first broadcaster to reveal premiere dates for the 2018-19 Fall season. Most of its shows will launch in the first week of the season (week of September 23).
September 24: The Voice, Manifest (new)
September 25: The Voice, This is Us, New Amsterdam (new)
September 26: Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD
September 27: The Good Place, Law & Order: SVU
October 4: Superstore, Will & Grace, I Feel Bad
October 12: Blindspot
October 26: Midnight, Texas
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Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby, Peter Rabbit) to star in new HBO drama Lovecraft Country.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/elizabeth-debicki-takes-on-us-prime-time-tv-after-smashing-it-on-the-big-screen/news-story/5c8cccb996f7207fe8e221c6cf0a2dd8
The CW has revealed premiere dates for the 2018-19 Fall season, including the reboot of Charmed.
October 8: The Flash, Black Lightning
October 10: Riverdale, All American (new)
October 11: Supernatural
October 12: Dynasty, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
October 14: Supergirl, Charmed (new)
October 15: Arrow
October 22: Legends of Tomorrow
October 25: Legacies (new)
NBC has axed Timeless for the second and final time. NBC briefly cancelled the show last season before reversing course and ordering a second season. The broadcaster and production company Sony are still in discussions about a two-hour movie to wrap up cliffhanger at the second season finale.
Fox has revealed premiere dates for the 2018-19 Fall season.
September 9: Rel (new)
September 23: 9-1-1
September 24: The Resident, 9-1-1 (regular night)
September 25: The Gifted, Lethal Weapon
September 26: Empire, Star
September 27: NFL Thursday Night Football
September 28: Last Man Standing (new network), The Cool Kids (new), Hell’s Kitchen
September 30: The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy
History has axed military drama Six after two seasons.
TNT and TBS need a LOT more original content. 99% of their schedules, apart from sport, is repeats.
CBS has revealed premiere dates for the 2018-19 Fall season. As posted in Survivor (US) thread, season 37 of reality series kicks off on Wednesday September 26. Without Thursday night NFL for the first time in four years, CBS will rely on its popular comedies and dramas to attract viewers. The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon will launch their new seasons on Monday September 24 before settling on their regular Thursday slots three days later, Bull moves to Mondays while Magnum P.I. and Murphy Brown debuts on September 24 and 27 respectively.
September 24: The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, Magnum P.I. (new), Bull
September 25: NCIS, FBI (new), NCIS: New Orleans
September 26: Survivor: David vs Goliath, Big Brother
September 27: Mom, Murphy Brown (new), S.W.A.T.
September 28: MacGyver, Hawaii Five-O, Blue Bloods
September 29: 48 Hours
September 30: God Befriended Me (new), NCIS: Los Angeles
October 1: The Neighborhood (new), Happy Together (new)
October 3: Seal Team, Criminal Minds
October 7: Madam Secretary
Nominations for this year’s Emmy Awards were announced overnight. Game of Thrones receives 22 nominations, followed by Westworld’s 21 and The Handmaid’s Tale on 20. Aussie Yvonne Strahovski is nominated for a Supporting Actress award for The Handmaid’s Tale.
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown got six nods, including two personally for Anthony Bourdain (who died last month) as executive producer, host and writer.
Sandra Oh has become the first nominee of Asian descent in the leading actress in a drama series, for her role in the BBC America series Killing Eve as a spy hunting a female assassin.
Netflix has the most nominations with 112 (including Creative Emmys), more than any of America’s FTA networks.
Full list of nominations
Strange headline for an Australian audience. I can see very similar headlines being used in US outlets but when the SMH has to explain what it means in the first sentence it seems to defeat the purpose of a headline.