It was AMC’s turn at the TCA press tour yesterday:
Thora Birch is joining The Walking Dead as Gamma, and she could really use a bath.
More on Monday.
In non-AMC and Hulu news:
The Robert Mueller hearings drew 13 million viewers, and Fox News had the most viewers (after being falsely accused — including by yours truly — of not broadcasting them).
Orange Is the New Black has established The Poussey Washington Fund, which will support “eight preexisting non-profit advocacy groups who focus on criminal justice reform, protecting immigrants’ rights, ending mass incarceration and supporting women who have been affected by it. For more information, please visit: crowdrise.com/PWF.”
Bachelor in Paradise is coming. Here’s how to follow all the pretty dummies’ Instagram accounts.
Lucifer’s final season will have 16 episodes, not 10.
There is a secret Gossip Girl tour in New York City, and it’s free.
Riverdale‘s Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse want y’all to know that they ARE NOT broken up. OK.
Ryan Murphy has some feelings about the Democratic candidates.
The Good Place writer and Emmy chaser, Megan Amram, has tweeted “Today was the day Donald trump finally became president” more than 800 times, and some guy scraped each tweet to analyze what time of day it was posted and how many likes, retweets, and replies each tweet received. For some reason.
For the last 800 days, @meganamram has posted this tweet every day. So I scraped those 800 tweets and put it in a spreadsheet to make some charts, like a normal person. pic.twitter.com/pvGOfhXAV6
— Andy Baio (@waxpancake) July 24, 2019
Renewals
- Baroness Von Sketch Show has been renewed at IFC.
- Muppet Babies has been renewed for a third season at Disney Junior.
- Amanda to the Rescue has been renewed for a second season at Animal Planet.
Cancellations
- Will & Grace will end after this third (or eleventh) season on NBC.
In Development
- Three Women is being developed at Showtime.
- Delilah has been ordered at HBO Max.
- When The Street Lights Go On is being developed for Quibi.
- Farmhand and Of Two Minds are being developed at AMC.
- BBC America has ordered Eden, a six-part nature series.
- The Mystery of the 1957 Gay Wedding Photos is being developed into a docuseries.
- Amazon is doing several British stand-up specials, including one for Rob Delaney.
- Children Ruin Everything is being developed for Canadian broadcasters.
- The Bay, a Gavin & Stacey Christmas special and Death in Paradise have been added to BritBox.
Casting News
- Jeff Bridges will star in the FX drama The Old Man.
- Paul Giamatti will appear in Lodge 49 on AMC.
- Xosha Roquemore and Alano Miller will star in the OWN series Cherish the Day.
- Jackée Harry, Alexandra Breckenridge, and Robert Buckley will star in the Hallmark Movie, Love in Store.
- Ciara, David Dobrik and Debbie Gibson will be the judges of America’s Most Musical Family on Nickelodeon, with Nick Lachey to host.
- Steven Pasquale is joining the cast of Filthy Rich on Fox.
- Keir O’Donnell is joining Project Blue Book on History.
- Julee Cerda is joining the cast of Blindspot.
Mark Your Calendar
- Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik will debut on Comedy Central on September 6.
- Into the Dark: School Spirit will debut on Hulu on August 2.
- A Love Island marathon will be running on Pop TV beginning tomorrow.
- Succession returns on HBO on August 11.
- A Little Late With Lilly Singh will premiere on NBC on September 16.
- CNN will hold a Democratic Presidential Candidate Town Hall about climate change on September 4.
- MSNBC will host a two-day Climate Forum 2020 on September 19-20.
- Truth About Murder with Sunny Hostin will debut on Investigation Discovery on October 22.
- CMA Fest will air on ABC on August 4.
- The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park will air on AMC and Sundance on September 13.
- Hunt for Eagle 56 will debut on Smithsonian on September 22.
- Hip Hop: The Songs That Show America will debut on AMC on October 13.
- AMC’s horror marathon, FearFest, will begin on October 13.
- Growing Up Hip Hop: New York will return on VH1 on August 29.
- In Pursuit with Joe Walsh will debut sometime in Investigation Discovery sometime in early 2020.
- Travel Channel has announced the dates for their Ghostober event.
- Ted Bundy: Mind of a Monster will debut on Investigation Discovery on August 18.
R.I.P.
Gabe Khouth, Actor best known for his role as Sneezy/Tom Clark on Once Upon a Time
WATCH THIS
FRIDAY
Orange Is the New Black: The seventh and final season. Netflix
The Boys: Based on the comic book of the same name, this new series follows a team of vigilantes who take down corrupt superheroes. Expect a lot of naughtiness from this series, including explicit language and violence. Series premiere. Amazon
Light as a Feather: Some teenage girls start dying off after playing “Light as a Feather” in this new horror series. Series premiere. Hulu
SATURDAY
Widows: Four women left widowed hatch a scheme to steal $5 million to pay back a crime boss in this action film starring Viola Davis and Michelle Rodriguez. 6:45 p.m., HBO
V.C. Andrew’s Heaven: Kelly Rutherford, Julie Benz, Daphne Zuniga, and Jason Priestley star in this adaptation of one of V.C. Andrew’s novels. 7 p.m., Lifetime
Share: In this new drama, a teenager tries to piece together what happened to her from a video that is being passed around showing her being assaulted. 9 p.m., HBO
SUNDAY
Pennyworth: Batman’s butler gets his own origin story in this new series. Series premiere. 9:10 p.m, Epix
NOS4A2: Vic tries to save a loved one from Christmasland in the season finale. 8 p.m., AMC
Shark Week: It begins. 12 a.m., Discovery Channel
Late Night:
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: (Friday): John Leguizamo, Ricky Gervais, Candice Thompson
- Watch What Happens Live (Sunday): Laverne Cox, Tituss Burgess
| FRI. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (new) |
20/20 (new) |
| CBS | Love Island (new) |
Hawaii Five-0 (repeat) |
Blue Bloods (repeat) |
| CW | Masters of Illusion (new) |
The Big Stage (new) |
The Outpost (repeat) |
Local |
| FOX | First Responders Live (repeat) |
MasterChef (repeat) |
Local |
| NBC | American Ninja Warrior | 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 | Shark Tank (repeat) |
Press Your Luck (repeat) |
Card Sharks | News/Local |
| CBS | Million Dollar Mile (live) |
48 Hours (new) |
48 Hours (new) |
News/Local |
| FOX | So You Think You Can Dance (repeat) |
Beat Shazam (repeat) |
News/Local |
| NBC | Bring the Funny (repeat) |
Dateline | 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 (repeat) |
Celebrity Family Feud (new) |
The $100,000 Pyramid (new) |
To Tell the Truth (new) |
| CBS | 60 Minutes (new) |
Big Brother (new) |
Instinct (new) |
The Good Fight (new) |
| The CW | Local | Pandora (repeat) |
Local |
| FOX | Last Man Standing (repeat) |
Last Man Standing (repeat) |
The Simpsons (repeat) |
Bob’s Burgers (repeat) |
Family Guy (repeat) |
What Just Happened?! With Fred Savage (new) |
Local/News |
| NBC | Hollywood Game Night (repeat) |
Track and Field (live) |
America’s Got Talent (repeat) |