‘Severance’ attaches a third season — and we won’t have to wait nearly as long for it to arrive

Therese Odell

1 year ago

Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

I’m not going to say anything about Sunday’s episode of White Lotus in the event that you somehow haven’t watched it yet. I’m just going to leave this here:

Sam Rockwell sitting off camera in Thailand before Mike White asks if he wants to give a monologue#WhiteLotus pic.twitter.com/JdjELJ9DqW

— T (@teewatterss) March 17, 2025

And look at HBO out here on the socials …

Happy 45 years, Nightline!

Hold up, HOLD UP: Love is Blind‘s Sara and Joey are now dating? And Monica is pissed?

General Hospital needs to cast Justin Bruening as Michael Knight’s son and Alexa Havin’s new love interest immediately.

That time Steve Martin destroyed Tina Fey:

“Something I think about a lot, and I fall short of it constantly, but a million years ago, I was a writer still at SNL and I remember Steve Martin came to do something on the show,” Fey said. “He wasn’t hosting, but he came to the show and he had just been on Letterman the night before. I said, ‘Oh my gosh, you were so funny on Letterman last night,’ and he just very matter-of-factly said, ‘Oh, well, you have to kill every time.’ And that has haunted me every day since.”

I’m not a fan of his, but I genuinely appreciate Chuck Lorre admitting that Penny’s character in the early days of The Big Bang Theory was “one-dimensional” and that he didn’t really understand her brilliance. Hopefully, it will help other young TV writers DO BETTER.

Why did it take ten years for the second season of Wolf Hall? Well, it’s complicated, but COVID is definitely a part of it.

Apple TV+ is losing HOW MUCH MONEY? Y’all need to get a subscription, some of our best TV is over on that platform.

Speaking of great TV, I haven’t watched the Severance finale yet, so shhh. But good news: we won’t have to wait nearly as long for season three as we did for season two.

Bella Ramsey has emptied up about their autism.

Oh, this is interesting: it sounds like actors might not receive residuals on legacy shows when they’re picked up by streamers like Netflix. I hadn’t really thought about it but I guess it makes sense that if you signed a contract before the streamers existed, there’s no way you’d receive residuals from them down the road, no matter how popular your show might be there.

Gwyneth Paltrow knows there’s plenty nonsense to go around.

Know your television history, children.

Ah … memories.

Jason Brown, a former college coach is suing Netflix for $30 million for “portraying him in a false and offensive light through selective editing and misrepresentation” on Last Chance U.

Tracy Morgan says it was food poisoning that caused him to throw up on the Knicks’ court the other day. I hope that’s all it is and that he’s feeling much better.

Love is dead.

Renewals

Severance has been renewed for a third season on Apple TV+.
Tulsa King has been renewed for a third season on Paramount+.
School Spirits has been renewed for a third season on Paramount+.
House of David has been renewed for a second season on Prime Video.
Sherri has been renewed for a fourth season on Fox stations.
Extra has been renewed for a 32nd season on Fox stations.
Abolish Everything! has been renewed on Nebula.

Cancellations

The Sex Lives of College Girls has been cancelled after three seasons on Max.
Solar Opposites will end on Hulu after six seasons.
River City has been cancelled at BBC after 23 years.

In Development

The W, a comedy set in the WNBA, is being developed at Peacock.
A Snowfall spinoff series has received a pilot order at FX.
The Westies, a series about the notorious New York Irish gang of the nineteenth century, is in the works at MGM+.
The Twelve Dates of Christmas, a Christmas limited series starring Mae Whitman, Mary McDonnell, and Jane Seymour, has been greenlit at Hallmark.
Magic City: An American Fantasy, a docuseries about a popular Atlanta strip club, has been acquired by Starz.
Susan McCauley’s Ghost Hunters novels are being adapted into a TV series.
When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion is being adapted into a TV series by … Macy’s.
FBI: CIA will no longer be introduced as a backdoor pilot at CBS, but is still close to receiving a straight-to-series order.
David Simon has signed a two-year first-look deal with HBO.

Casting News

Steve Schirripa is joining the cast of Dexter: Resurrection on Paramount+ with Showtime. David Magidoff is also joining the series.
Stephen Moyer, Retta, Gina Gershon, Elizabeth Lail, Arian Moayed, André De Shields, Alyssa Milano, Mary-Louise Parker, and Ethan Slater will guest star on Elsbeth on CBS.
J. Alphonse Nicholson and Sherman Augustus have joined Lanterns on HBO.
David Costabile will guest star on Suits LA on NBC.
Jewel Staite is joining Resident Alien on Syfy and USA.
LL Cool J will guest star on NCIS on CBS.
Pej Vahdat is joining Tracker on CBS.
Janet McTeer has joined the cast of Mobland on Paramount+.
Daniel Cosgrove is joining General Hospital on ABC.
Lili Reinhart will star in Fake Wedding at Amazon MGM.

Mark Your Calendar

CBS has announced their season finale dates:

Matlock: April 17
Fire Country: April 25
NCIS: Sydney: April 25
NCIS: Origins: April 28
Poppa’s House: April 28
The Equalizer: May 4
The Neighborhood: May 5
NCIS: May 5
Ghosts: May 8
Elsbeth: May 8
Hollywood Squares: May 9
Tracker: May 11
Watson: May 11
The Amazing Race: May 15
Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage: May 15
S.W.A.T.: May 16
FBI: International: May 20
FBI: Most Wanted: May 20
FBI: May 20
Survivor: May 21

G20 debuts on Prime Video on April 10.

Happy Gilmore 2 will premiere on Netflix on July 25.

The Narrow to the Deep North will premiere on Prime Video on April 18.

Duster premieres on Max on May 15.

Black Snow returns on AMC+ on April 24.

Ghost Adventures returns on Discovery Channel on April 16.

The Buccaneers returns on Apple TV+ on June 18.

Vanderpump Villa returns on April 24.

The Carters: Hurts to Love You will premiere on Paramount+ on April 15.

The Street Where I Live premieres on Visplay on April 3.

America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation returns on Prime Video on April 1.

bref.2 will begin streaming on Hulu on March 26.

Meet the Khumalos premieres on Netflix on April 11.

The Glass Dome debuts on Netflix on April 15.

Revelations premieres on Netflix today.

A Complete Unknown will begin streaming on Hulu on March 27.
Big Mouth will return on Netflix on May 23.
The Chi will return on Paramount+ With Showtime on May 16; on Showtime on May 18.
Harry Wild returns on Acorn TV on May 5.
CNBC Sport: On the Record debuts on CNBC on March 29.
Highly Favored will debut on Impact TV+ on April 10.

R.I.P.

Wings Hauser, Actor on The Young and the Restless, China Beach, Roseanne, Beverly Hills, 90210, Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, A Soldier’s Story, and others, and the father of actor Cole Hauser

Mark Dobies, Actor on Guiding Light and Days of Our Lives

Jan Schwieterman, Good Burger actor

Jack Lilley, Actor on Little House on the Prairie

George Bell, America’s Tallest Man, Harlem Globetrotter and actor on American Horror Story

Lenny Schultz, Stand-up comedian

Jesse Colin Young, Youngbloods singer

WATCH THIS

FRIDAY

Severance: Who even knows where this bonkers (wonderful) show is going. Season finale. Apple TV+

Wicked: Did you ever wonder about the Wicked Witch’s college years? Streaming premiere. Peacock

Happy’s Place: Bobbie and Emmett compete over who is the better protector in the season finale. 7 p.m., NBC

SATURDAY

Sing Sing: A man imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, finds meaning in a theater group in prison. Streaming premiere. Max

The Bad News Bears: This is why your Gen X friends are the way they are. 7 p.m., TCM

SUNDAY

Wolf Hall: Season two picks up following Anne’s execution, and Henry VIII’s fury at his daughter Mary. Season premiere. 8 p.m., PBS

Lucy Worsley Investigates: Bloody Mary: Speaking of Princess Mary, this series explores whether she deserved her infamous reputation or if she was just a strong woman with power in a man’s world. 7 p.m., PBS

David Blaine: Do Not Attempt: Blaine takes his schtick on the road. Series premiere. 8 p.m., National Geographic

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