TV News Wrap-Up: ‘The Good Place’ Ending, Final Season Trailer for ‘Jessica Jones’, ‘Veronica Mars’ to Stream on Hulu
With many shows over for the 2018-2019 season, we’ve officially reached summer TV. The next few months will have lots of highly anticipated new series being released as well as casting news for some of your favorite shows.
As for your consideration panels begin to convene for the upcoming award season it also means some exciting but heartbreaking announcements.
Check out what’s in store for your favorite shows in this week’s TV News Wrap-Up.
Coming Soon
The first three seasons of Veronica Mars will begin streaming on Hulu ahead of the revival. According to Entertainment Weekly, the streaming service will make the first three seasons of the Kristen Bell-headlined series available on July 1st, ahead of the July 26th revival premiere. Giving seasoned Marshmallows and new fans a chance to catch up and refresh, respectively, before the new episodes drop.
The final season trailer for Jessica Jones has dropped. In an Entertainment Weekly interview, creator Melissa Rosenberg teases what’s in store for our favorite P.I. in the third and final season. The final season drops on Netflix June 14th.
Killjoys final season has a premiere date. The Syfy series launches the final season will air July 19th as the heroes attempt to prevent the end of the galaxy one final time. Check out the trailer below.
Cancellations and Renewals
The Good Place will end with Season 4. The Hollywood Reporter broke the story on Friday when Michael Schur made the announcement on Friday that the upcoming season will be it’s last. Schur explained the decision at an Emmy panel saying, “After The Good Place was picked up for Season 2, the writing staff and I began to map out, as best we could, the trajectory of the show. Given the ideas we wanted to explore, and the pace at which we wanted to present those ideas, I began to feel like four seasons — just over 50 episodes — was the right lifespan. At times over the past few years we’ve been tempted to go beyond four seasons, but mostly because making this show is a rare, creatively fulfilling joy, and at the end of the day, we don’t want to tread water just because the water is so warm and pleasant. As such, the upcoming fourth season will be our last.”
Netflix has opted to renew Lucifer for a fifth and final season. A TV Line exclusive report cites fan support as crucial in Netflix’s decision to renew the show. The final episode count remains unknown.
Dead to Me has been renewed for a second season. The Netflix dark comedy’s second outing will likely consist of ten episodes and be slated to return in 2020. TV Line reports that executive Producer Liz Feldman will return to produce the show alongside Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Christie Smith.
Casting News
Jesse Williams has signed a deal to return to Grey’s Anatomy Season 16 and 17. TV Line reports that Williams has received a contract that matches the series two season renewal, along with a pay bump.
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Two cast members from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina have gotten a bump to series regulars for Parts 3 and 4. TV Line has confirmed that Gavin Leatherwood, who plays Nicholas Scratch, and Lachlan Watson who plays Theo Putnam. The two characters showed remarkable growth in Part 2, which aired back in April, with Theo coming out as transgender, and Nicholas scratch becoming Sabrina’s official boyfriend before sacrificing himself as a vessel for Lucifer. Check out review of Part 2, here.
Lee Daniels has confirmed that Jussie Smollett will not be returning to Empire. According to TV Line, after Variety reported that the writers were preparing for Smollett’s return, Lee Daniels responded to the tweet saying, “This is not factual. Jussie will NOT be returning to Empire. -LD” Empire, minus Smollett, will return Tuesday this fall on FOX.
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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.