HBO bringing back The Yogurt Shop Murders for a new series finale / Fox renews Murder in a Small Town / Lizzy Caplan joins The Morning Show
PLUS: Golden Globes says use of A.I. “does not automatically disqualify” a TV show or movie.
HBO bringing back The Yogurt Shop Murders for a new series finale
The four-episode true-crime docuseries that aired last August will return for a fifth and “final chapter” on May 22, titled “The End of Wondering.” The additional episode “will document what happened in the weeks following the events of episode four. The original cutoff was… pretty unfortunate timing,” says The Hollywood Reporter’s Tony Maglio. “Or perhaps it was the popularity of The Yogurt Shop Murders that put a little giddy-up into the investigation. Three weeks after The Yogurt Shop Murders (first) concluded on HBO, the 34-year-old cold case was finally solved. So yeah, nada for 1,768 weeks, then the docuseries runs, and then three weeks later the Austin Police Department (APD) say they have the real murderer: serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers. And he’s dead anyway. Using DNA evidence, Brashers was identified as the killer after the Austin PD got the wrong man — er, men. Well, really they were teens at the time: at various points, the police got confessions from Forrest Welborn, Maurice Pierce, Robert Springsteen and Michael Scott. The confessions are now believed to have been coerced through intensive interview techniques. Springsteen served three years on death row and a decade overall in prison before being exonerated; Scott had previously received a life sentence.” Watch the trailer.
Fox renews Murder in a Small Town for Season 3, with Peter Gallagher joining the cast
Gallagher will appear on the Canadian crime drama series in a season-long arc as Rod Finlayson, who is described as “a charismatic, uber-independent, capable yet unreliable figure, whose arrival at the Gibsons’ marina on his beloved boat sets up a sequence of upheavals that Alberg (Rossif Sutherland) and Cassandra (Kristin Kreuk) will have to grapple with.”
Golden Globes says use of A.I. “does not automatically disqualify” a TV show or movie
The Golden Globes has set its guidelines with the use of artificial intelligence. “The use of artificial intelligence (AI), including generative AI, does not automatically disqualify a work from consideration, provided that human creative direction, artistic judgment, and authorship remain primary throughout the production process,” the new guidelines state. “All submitted work will be evaluated based on the extent to which creative direction, artistic decision-making, and execution originate from credited individuals. AI and similar technologies may be used as part of the production process in the manner described below, but may not replace the core creative contributions of human talent. With any use of AI, Golden Globes Eligibility Committee will review the submission and eligibility determination process and may request additional information or materials to assess the role in the creation of the work. Failure to provide requested information in a timely manner may result in ineligibility.”
Lizzy Caplan joins The Morning Show Season 5
Caplan will play Gwen, a passionate and uncompromising Broadway theater director. Caplan is the latest big name to join Season 5 of the Apple TV drama series, a list that includes Jeff Daniels, Reneé Rapp, Jesse Williams, and Sean Hayes.
Kelly Clarkson returning to The Voice for Season 30
Clarkson, who joined the NBC reality show for Season 14, will join returning judge Adam Levine in Season 30. Clarkson, who has been on and off The Voice, was a judge last season alongside Levine and John Legend.
Ginnifer Goodwin cast on Amazon’s The Probability of Miracles
Goodwin joins Melissa Collazo and Henry Eikenberry, playing the mother of Collazo’s Campbell Cooper, “an acerbic teenager dying of cancer who, after receiving a terminal diagnosis, moves with her mom and younger sister to the town of Promise, where miracles are said to happen.”
The Deadliest Catch is getting a Canadian spinoff
Deadliest Catch: Northern Edge, the Discovery Channel reality show’s first international edition, will follow a new fleet of captains from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, as they take on the frigid North Atlantic to harvest Snow Crab in rough waters.
Marisa Tomei, Kelly Macdonald and David Harewood join Season 2 of HBO and Sky legal drama War
With Dominic West and Sienna Miller starring in Season 1, the George Kay-created War, which was given a two-season order, “has brought in Marisa Tomei (Spider-Man: Far From Home), Kelly Macdonald (Lanterns) and David Harewood (Sherwood) to lead the next case in the returning series alongside Richard Schiff (Clemency), according to Deadline. “Series two has rolled cameras ahead of series one launching later this year. Season 2 will see rival law firms Cathcarts and Taylor & Byrne take on an explosive defamation case.”
Dan Aykroyd boards Netflix’s Ghostbusters animated series as a producer
Aykroyd, who co-wrote and starred in the original 1984 film Ghostbusters, has boarded the Netflix animated series as an executive producer. He joins Jason Reitman, the son of original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman and director of several sequels.
Josh Dallas and Peyton List will play younger versions of The Sinclairs on We Were Liars Season 2
“Meet The Sinclairs, again. Prime Video has assembled the main new cast of We Were Liars Season 2, which flashes back to two and a half decades before the events in the first season,” says Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva. “Josh Dallas (Manifest), Costa D’Angelo (Tell Me Lies), Peyton List (The Rookie), Madison Wolfe (True Detective), Parker Lapaine (House of the Dragon) and Elysia Roorbach (The Pitt) have been tapped as series regulars in the second installment, which draws inspiration form Family of Liars, E. Lockhart’s prequel novel to We Were Liars, on which Season 1 was based. Dallas and List play younger versions of patriarch Harris and matriarch Tipper, while Lapaine, Roorbach and Wolfe portray younger versions of their daughters Carrie, Penny and Bess, respectively.”
Sex, Lies & Videotape’s Peter Gallagher and Andie MacDowell to reunite in independent comedy series The Right Side
Gallagher and MacDowell, who also both appeared in The Player and Short Cuts, will star in “a story about politics as content, family as collateral damage, and the impossible task of loving people you fundamentally disagree with” from creators from Max Talisman and Lynne Kamm, according to Deadline, which adds: “The story begins with a live, on-air announcement that turns a terminal illness into a national spectacle. America’s most beloved conservative TV couple’s carefully curated public persona collides with their very real family when their liberal, podcast-famous kids return home for a network tribute special. Notably, the same kids host a show dedicated to tearing down everything their parents stand for.”
Muster Dogs, an Australian canine reality competition series, is being remade in the U.S.
Production company Wonder Project has acquired the U.S. rights for Muster Dogs and will rename it Wonder Dogs. The competition series “follows six ranchers across America, each raising and training a puppy from the same litter over one year, culminating in a final championship,” per Deadline. “Over the course of a year, the series follows the bond between each rancher and their dog within a real working environment, capturing the patience, discipline, and connection at the heart of the process. As each dog learns to herd and manage livestock, progress is measured through a series of real-world challenges that test skill, instinct, and partnership, culminating in a final working dog competition where one is crowned Wonder Dog champion.”
‘N Sync’s Lance Bass and Joey Fatone to host E!’s Cocktail Wars
The 10-episode mixology competition “pits a group of mixologists against each other for the chance to win $10,000 per episode,” according to Deadline. “Competitors will be judged on flavor combinations and technique. Bass and Fatone will be joined a series of celebrities and an expert judge.”
Savannah Guthrie returns to Today after unexpectedly leaving rarly on Wednesday
Guthrie worried viewers Wednesday when she abruptly left 30 minutes before the end of the show. But Guthrie was back behind the Today desk this morning.
Netflix reportedly lands the NFL’s first-ever regular season game in Australia
The Week 1 game between the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams on Thursday, Sept. 10 from Melbourne Cricket Ground, the largest stadium in Australia, is expected to stream on Netflix, according to The Athletic. NBC is expected to handle production of the game.
The Forsytes adds Gregg Sulkin and Gabriel Antunes for Season 3
They’ll join the returning ensemble for Season 3, which will see the Forsyte family on holiday in the French Riviera.
NBC News names Garrett Haake chief White House correspondent
The NBC News veteran will replace Peter Alexander, who moved to MS NOW.
Dark Side of the Ring Season 7 will do a deep dive into Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling and co-founder and performer Jeff Jarrett
The Vice TV wrestling docuseries returns July 7 with back-to-back episodes.
Ricky Gervais’ adult animated comedy series Alley Cats gets a Netflix premiere date
Premiering Aug. 7, Alley Cats “is a sitcom created by and starring the multi award-winning Ricky Gervaism,” says Netflix. “The adult animation follows the trials and tribulations of a group of feral British cats from all walks of society, who seek companionship while ruminating on everyday life. From the funny to the absurd, the series is packed with Gervais’ signature style of heart and social commentary that audiences have come to expect.”
Larry David and Barack Obama bicker in the teaser for HBO’s Life, Larry, and The Pursuit Of Unhappiness
“I have sat across the table from some of the world’s most difficult leaders, and wrestled with some of the globe’s most intractable problems,” former President Obama says in the trailer. “Nothing has prepared me for working with Larry David.” The two then bicker about whether Obama is an acceptable name to put down as an emergency contact because David doesn’t know anyone else who likes him. Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Unhappiness premieres June 26.
Javier Bardem is smug and shirtless in Apple TV’s Cape Fear trailer
The Oscar winner looks creepy as Max Cady in the full trailer of the thriller series remake, premiering July 31.
Michelle Buteau’s Survival of the Thickest reveals premiere date for its third and final season
Buteau will be joined by Wanda Sykes in Season 3 of her Netflix comedy series, which premieres July 2.
Watch Sam Worthington, Britt Lower and Milo Ventimiglia in Netflix’s trailer for Harlan Coben’s I Will Find You
Worthington plays a man on a truth-finding mission that leads him out of prison and into a world of deceit and despair. I Will Find You premieres June 18.
Rebecca Hall BBC drama The Listeners unveils a Starz trailer and premiere date
The five-part British series, premiering June 12, stars Hall as a popular English teacher who suddenly begins to hear a persistent low hum that no-one else can hear.
It takes a killer to know a killer in Criminal Minds: Evolution’s Season 19 trailer
The Paramount+ drama series returns May 28 with a two-episode season premiere.
Hulu drops the trailer for “wrong-com” Alice & Steve, starring Jemaine Clement and Nicola Walker
Created and written by Sophie Goodhart and premiering June 8, the six-part series follows “Alice (Walker), who is devastated when her best friend Steve (Clement) starts dating her 26-year-old daughter Izzy (Yali Topol Margalith). She’s going to lose her best friend and her daughter in one fell swoop,” according to Deadline. “Alice tries everything she can to end the relationship. Unfortunately for her, Steve’s more than ready for the attack, and what begins as a perfect friendship devolves into an all-out feud.”