Living Biblically has been yoinked off the schedule at CBS, giving me a good reason to update my renew/cancel gallery over at Chron.com. You’re going to have to dig through a bunch of slides of shows that have already been renewed to get to the good stuff, but it’s in there.
Tina Fey just addresses those 30 Rock reboot rumors and kinda shoots them down, but not entirely, so I’m just going to go light a candle and continue to hope.
Jane the Virgin‘s season finale is tonight, and you’re just going to have to trust me on this one: but someone over at TV Guide got a looksee at it and published an article about the finale’s “shocking twist.” TV Guide pulled down the article, but the link, I’m afraid, spoils the twist. Do not click on this link or even hover over it if you don’t want to be spoiled, but for those of you who love a good spoiler … hover away.
Westworld returns this Sunday, yeehaw! Things that won’t happen in season two: asteroids, ice cream, dance numbers. Also, this robot.
Scandal’s series finale was last night, and, wait … is Olivia Pope the President of the United States? And here’s what didn’t make it into the episode.
Olivia Pope was good at her job, here are a bunch of characters who are TERRIBLE at theirs.
Homeland’s final season is not going to be based on Trump, which, good, we all need a break. (And hopefully by the time it airs, he won’t be around, anyway. A girl can dream.)
I bet you can’t guess what Game of Thrones‘ most expensive set was.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is going to do an entire Avengers week because synergy.
Oh, wait, could CBS buy CNN? MAYBE. I GUESS. I really don’t know, but it might make for an elegant solution of Trump’s Justice Department makes Time Warner shed CNN to merge with AT&T.
Cheddar is coming to Hulu for those of you who know what Cheddar is.
If you’re enjoying Lost in Space this link’s for you.
Time’s Up
At panel celebrating the anniversary of Scarface, Al Pacino and Brian De Palma were asked about their work, Michelle Pfieffer was asked about her weight. THIS. THIS IS THE PROBLEM RIGHT HERE. (At least the audience recognized this was bullshit, booing the question, and one person yelling out, “Seriously?”)
Meet Trina Robbins, comics’ badass feminist pioneer. Related, people are SO MAD about the new (and kinda great) Nancy comic strip.
Renewals
- Cooper’s Treasure has been renewed by Discovery.
Cancellations
- Living Biblically has essentially been canceled. (see above)
In Development
- First Wives Club is definitely coming to Paramount Network.
- PEN15 has been picked up by Hulu.
- East of West and Transhuman are both being developed by Amazon.
- The Rapture is being turned into a TV series.
Casting News
- Tyne Daly is joining Murphy Brown.
- Erica Hill is moving from HLN to CNN.
- Gino Vento is joining Mayans MC.
- Game of Thrones is casting these eight small roles.
Mark Your Calendar
- Safe, a series that looks like a British Taken starring Michael C. Hall (who does a decent British accent, but there weren’t any British actors they could have hired?), debuts on May 10.
- Strange Angel will debut on CBS All Access on June 14.
- Anon, a freaky-looking Netflix film starring Clive Owen and Amanda Seyfried, debuts on May 4.
- The Gong Show returns on ABC on June 21.
- SciJinks will debut on the Science Channel on May 16.
- Janelle Monae’s Dirty Computer will air on MTV and BET on April 26.
- Motherland, a British comedy from the creator of Catastrophe (and starring one of my favorite comedic character actors, Lucy Punch) will debut on Sundance Now on May 10.
- For Our Lives: Parkland will debut on Freeform on April 30.
- Eat, Drink, Haggle will debut on the Travel Channel on April 21.
- 1968 will debut on CNN on May 27.
- Food Network Star will return on Food Network on May 27.
- Here are your Sunday Night Football and Thursday Night Football schedules.
WATCH THIS
FRIDAY
Jane the Virgin: It’s already the finale? It’s already the season finale! 8 p.m., The CW
Dope: Season two. Netflix
Meghan Markle: An American Princess: Brace yourself, the royal wedding is coming. 9 p.m., CBS
SATURDAY
Harry Potter marathon: You know. 8 a.m., HBO
The Letdown: An Australian comedy about what motherhood is REALLY like. Netflix
SUNDAY
Westworld: KILL ‘EM ALL, WYATT. Season premiere. 8 p.m., HBO
Into the Badlands: Sunny returns to the Badlands in the season premiere. 9 p.m., AMC
The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Reunion, Part 3: The ladies fight one last time. 7 p.m., Bravo
Fear the Walking Dead: “A troubled survivor finds unexpected allies.” Hmm, Who could they be tlaking about? 8 p.m., AMC
Timeless: Robert Johnson. 9 p.m., NBC
Late Night: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: (Friday): James Marsden, Coyote Peterson Watch What Happens Live (Sunday): Gizelle Bryant, Wendi McLendon-Covey
| FRI. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | Once Upon a Time (new) |
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (new) |
20/20 (new) |
| CBS | MacGyver (new) |
Hawaii Five-0 (new) |
Meghan Markle: American Princess (new) |
| CW | Dynasty (new) |
Jane the Virgin (new) |
Local |
| FOX | MasterChef Junior (new) |
Local |
| NBC | Blindspot (new) |
Taken (new) |
Dateline (new) |
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| SAT. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 |
| ABC | American Idol (repeat) |
News/Local |
| CBS | Ransom (new) |
NCIS (repeat) |
48 Hours (new) |
News/Local |
| FOX | NASCAR (live) |
News/Local |
| NBC | NHL Hockey (live) |
News/Local | Saturday Night Live (repeat) |
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| SUN. | 6:00 | 6:30 | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | America’s Funniest Home Videos (new) |
American Idol (new) |
Deception (new) |
| CBS | 60 Minutes (new) |
Instinct (new) |
NCIS: Los Angeles (new) |
Madam Secretary (new) |
| FOX | Bob’s Burgers (repeat) |
Bob’s Burgers (new) |
The Simpsons (new) |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (new) |
Family Guy (new) |
The Last Man on Earth (new) |
Local/News |
| NBC | Dateline (new) |
Little Big Shots (new) |
Genius Junior (new) |
Timeless (new) |