‘Umbrella Academy’ Season 4 Cast Teases ‘Sexy, Wacky’ Final Installment of Netflix Series

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Noah Hawley‘s “Alien” series at FX has filled out its main cast with six new additions, Variety has learned exclusively. Babou Ceesay (“Guerrilla,” “Damilola”), Jonathan Ajayi (“Wonder Woman 1984,” “Noughts and Crosses”), Erana James (“Uproar,” “The Wilds”), Lily Newmark (“Pin Cushion,” “Sex Education”), Diêm Camille (“Washington Black,” “Alex Rider 3”), and Adrian Edmondson (“War & Peace,” “A Spy Among Friends”) have all been cast in the series. They join previously announced cast members Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, David Rysdahl, Samuel Blenkin, and Adarsh Gourav.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The Max series based on DeuxMoi’s novel “Anon Pls” has attached Diablo Cody and Ryan O’Connell to serve as writers, Variety has learned from sources. As initially reported in May 2022, the project is currently set up at Max with a script-to-series commitment. It is being developed as a one-hour drama series via Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Reid Scott is set for a series regular role in Season 23 of “Law & Order,” Variety has learned. Exact details on the character Scott will be playing are being kept under wraps, aside from the fact he will be portraying an NYPD detective. The news comes a week after it was announced that Jeffrey Donovan would not be back for the new season of the long-running (and recently revived) procedural.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Lee Sung Jin, the creator of the critically acclaimed Netflix series “Beef,” has signed a multi-year overall deal with the streamer. The deal covers both film and television projects that Lee (also known as Sonny Lee) may develop. As is customary with such announcements, financial terms were not disclosed.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “The Penguin” is heading back into production. The Max-DC series, which stars Colin Farrell in a spinoff of the film “The Batman,” is set to return to shooting now that the SAG-AFTRA strike has been settled. Production on the series will resume the week after Thanksgiving, Variety has learned.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Amazon is making a limited series about Prince Andrew’s disastrous interview with Newsnight journalist Emily Maitlis, Variety has learned. Production is underway in the U.K. on the three-part series, titled “A Very Royal Scandal.” Michael Sheen will star as Prince Andrew, while Ruth Wilson will play Maitlis.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter With the strikes that shut down Hollywood over, NBC is setting midseason premiere dates for much of its scripted lineup. The Dick Wolf universe of shows — “Chicago Med,” Chicago Fire,” “Chicago P.D.,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU” and “Law & Order: Organized Crime” — are all poised to return. New episodes of the “One Chicago” shows will debut Wednesday, Jan.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The “Ted” series coming to Peacock has set its premiere date. The seven-episode event series, which serves as a prequel to the two “Ted” films, will debut on Peacock on Jan. 11.

Leigh Bardugo, author of the bestselling Grishaverse novels that inspired the Netflix series Shadow and Bone, has reacted to news of the series cancellation after two seasons. The series had developed a devoted fan following and also spawned a video game franchise for the streamer, but disappointed in viewership.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “9-1-1: Lone Star” Season 5 will not return to Fox until Fall 2024, Variety has confirmed. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, the fifth season of the spinoff series will consist of 12 episodes. Fox will use “Lone Star,” it’s highest-rated drama, to launch its new shows “Doc” and “Rescue: Hi-Surf,” both of which were ordered earlier this year but have yet to begin production.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “SEAL Team” will conclude with the upcoming Season 7 at Paramount+. The military drama series was renewed for a seventh season back in January. Production on the final season is slated to begin in December.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Young Sheldon” will end its run at CBS with its upcoming Season 7. The “Big Bang Theory” prequel series is set to return on Feb. 15, with the one-hour series finale set to air on May 16.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Praise Petey” has been canceled after just one season at Freeform. Series creator Anna Drezen shared the news in an Instagram post on Nov. 13.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The “Dead Boy Detectives” series is officially set to air on Netflix after originally being set up at Max. The show, based on characters created for DC by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner, was originally ordered to series at Max back in April 2022. However, it was reported earlier this year that it would be moving to Netflix due to the fact it did not fit the new direction for Max-DC content being spearheaded by James Gunn and Peter Safran.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Starz is going back to gladiator school, with the network greelighting the new series “Spartacus: House of Ashur.” The series will see Nick Tarabay return as Ashur, while original “Spartacus” series creator Steven S. DeKnight onboard as executive producer and showrunner.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Tucker Tooley Entertainment has acquired the TV rights to a pair of books about First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis with plans to develop them into a limited series. Variety has learned exclusively that the company has acquired the rights to the books ““Jackie: Public, Private, Secret” and “Jackie, Janet and Lee,” both written by by J. Randy Taraborrelli.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Reacher” Season 2 has an official premiere date at Amazon Prime Video, with the streamer also dropping the first trailer for the new season of the popular series. The second season of “Reacher” will debut with the first three of its eight episodes on Dec. 15.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Josh Andrés Rivera is set to play Aaron Hernandez in “American Sports Story” at FX, Variety has confirmed. “American Sports Story” was originally ordered at FX back in August 2021. It is designed to be a scripted anthological limited series focusing on a prominent event and/or figure in the sports world, but seen through today’s lens and told through multiple perspectives.

It was just announced that the upcoming fourth season of Superman & Lois will be it’s last!

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Letterkenny” will end with its upcoming 12th season at Hulu and Crave. The announcement of the final season came along with the premiere date for the Canadian comedy’s last episodes, which will drop all at once on Dec. 25 on Crave and Dec.