TV News Wrap-Up: ‘Westworld’ Gets Eerie Season 3 Trailer, ‘Whiskey Cavalier’ Officially Canceled, ‘Orange Is The New Black’ Final Season Premiere Announced
It’s been a turbulent few weeks closing out upfront season, but there is still plenty of good TV to look forward to. Take a look at some the new teasers that dropped this week, and some that have received coveted renewals in this week’s TV-News Wrap-Up.
Teasers and Spoilers
Westworld looks like another show in the latest Season 3 trailer. Although Season 3 won’t premiere until 2020, the first Season 3 teaser features Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) narrating his navigation of the world outside of the park. Paul is a Season 3 regular but no other information has been released about the character he’ll be playing.
Showtime has revealed the official poster and title for the upcoming renewal of The L Word. According to TV Line, the official title will be The L Word: Generation Q and the eight-episode series will star Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig and Leisha Hailey from the original series and will feature their alter egos amongst, “a new generation of self-possessed LGBTQIA characters experiencing love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks and success in Los Angeles.”
There’s a new movie trailer for the Downton Abbey film. The trailer for the follow-up film was released on Tuesday and the movie will be released internationally September 13th before making its debut in American theaters on September 20th.
The first teaser for Orange is the New Black‘s final season has dropped. Although there isn’t a hint about the plot, the nostalgic trailer features the cast singing the Regina Spektor theme-song “You’ve Got Time,” before the debut date: July 26th appears on the screen.
Casting News
Anna Kendrick will star in an anthology comedy series called Love Life. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kendrick will be teaming up with Paul Feig for a ten-episode scripted series that will be amongst the first originals on WarnerMedia’s forthcoming streaming platform. Love Life will follow, “…the journey from first love to last love and how the people we’re with along the way make us into who we are when we finally end up with someone forever. Each season will follow a different protagonist’s quest for love with each half-hour episode telling the story of one of their relationships.
Cancellations and Renewals
Whiskey Cavelier remains canceled despite attempts at resurrection. Deadline reports that the freshman drama is now “fully and finally” canceled. After the cliffhanger in Whiskey Cavalier Season 1 Episode 13, “Czech Mate,” it looked like ABC might take a second look at the series, but the network has opted not to visit the option of a Season 2.
NBC has canceled A.P. Bio. Creator Mike O’Brien broke the sad news on Twitter on Friday encouraging fans to watch the four remaining episodes. “I’m intensely sad to announce that AP Bio will be ending after this season. This has been my favorite project of my life and that’s because of the amazing writers, cast and crew. As most canceled shows probably feel, I think we were just hitting our stride and everyone was still loving the work, so this is very hard,” O’Brien tweeted.
Gentleman Jack is getting a Season 2. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the BBC and HBO series, based on the life of Anne Lister from BAFTA-winning creator of Happy Valley, Sally Wainwright has been recommissioned. Starring Suranne Jones, it follows a unique 19th-century figure who kept extensive diaries detailing her openly lesbian lifestyle days before the term existed. Gentleman Jack became BBC’s best launch for a new drama this year with the first episode drawing in 5.6 million viewers.
photo: Matt Squire/HBO
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Lauren Busser
Lauren Busser is an Associate Editor at Tell-Tale TV. She is a writer of fiction and nonfiction whose work has appeared in Bitch Media, Popshot Quarterly, Brain Mill Press Voices, and The Hartford Courant.