TV News Wrap-Up: ‘All Rise’ Saved, ‘Law & Order’ Season 21 is Happening, ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ Premiere Date

Cult favorite Babylon 5 is getting the reboot treatment, The Boys is heading to college, and The Witcher will continue to travel the kingdom.

Court is in session, so check out this week’s news!

‘All Rise’ Season 3 Picked up at OWN

• Lola Carmichael’s court will be back in session, as OWN has picked up All Rise for Season 3.
• Deadline reports, star Simone Missick will be back for a 20 episode third season. Joining her are co-stars Wilson Bethel as Mark, Jessica Camacho as Emily, J. Alex Brinson as Luke, Ruthie Ann Miles as Sherri, Lindsay Mendez as Sara, and Lindsey Gort as Quinn.
• Marg Helgenberger, who played Judge Benner, is not currently slated to return, but schedule permitting, the door is reportedly open.
• Ahead of its 2022 premiere, the first two seasons of All Rise will air on OWN. They will also begin streaming on Hulu and HBO Max Dec. 1.

‘Law & Order’ Returns to NBC for Season 21

• After 11 long years, and countless re-watches, the mothership is returning to NBC, as the network has ordered Law & Order Season 21.
• “There are very few things in life that are literally dreams come true,” said franchise boss Dick Wolf in a statement. “This is mine.”
• The network is reportedly in early talks with franchise vets to return. A quick glance at the broadcast schedule, shows several Law & Order favorites currently starring on other Dick Wolf properties like FBI and Chicago Med.
• Law & Order launched a franchise featuring seven different series, including current shows SVU and Organized Crime.
• Law & Order is currently streaming on Peacock. Law & Order: SVU airs Thursdays at 9/8c on NBC, and Law & Order: Organized Crime airs Thursdays at 10/9c at NBC. 

‘The Book of Boba Fett’ Gets December Premiere Date

• Get ready to ring in the new year with Boba Fett’s return to the Tatooine underworld.
• According to Star Wars, The Book of Boba Fett will debut on Disney+ Wednesday, Dec. 29.
• “The Book of Boba Fett, a thrilling Star Wars adventure, finds legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand navigating the galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate.”
• The series was first teased in the post credits scene of The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 8, “Chapter 16: The Rescue.” Boba Fett and Fennec Shand are seen entering Jabba’s palace, killing Bib Fortuna, with Fett then sitting on Jabba’s throne.
• Temuera Morrison stars as Boba Fett with Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand.
• The Mandalorian is streaming on Disney+, with The Book of Boba Fett premiering Wednesday, Dec. 29.

‘The Witcher’ Renewed for Season 3, Universe Expanding

• During its big TUDUM streaming event, Netflix tossed a coin to The Witcher, renewing it for Season 3.
• First Henry Cavill’s Geralt will need to navigate Season 2, as he reunites with old friends like Nivellen, while continuing to watch over Ciri.
• Per the official The Witcher Season 2 description: “Convinced Yennefer’s (Anya Chalotra) life was lost at the Battle of Sodden, Geralt of Rivia brings Princess Cirilla (Freya Allan) to the safest place he knows — his childhood home of Kaer Morhen. While the Continent’s kings, elves, humans and demons strive for supremacy outside its walls, he must protect the girl from something far more dangerous: the mysterious power she possesses inside.”
• In addition to The Witcher: Blood Origin, there will be another anime feature, and a family oriented series.
• The Witcher is now streaming on Netflix, with Season 2 premiering Friday, Dec. 17.

‘Babylon 5’ Reboot in the Works at The CW

• The CW is rebooting another cult favorite, with the network in early development on a new Babylon 5 series with original creator J. Michael Straczynski.
• TVLine reports, the series follows “John Sheridan, an Earthforce officer with a mysterious background, who is assigned to Babylon 5, a five-mile-long space station in neutral space. Babylon 5 serves as a port of call for travelers, smugglers, corporate explorers and alien diplomats at a time of uneasy peace and the constant threat of war. Sheridan arrival triggers ‘a destiny beyond anything he could have imagined,’ when an exploratory Earth company accidentally triggers a conflict with a civilization a million years ahead of us, putting him and the rest of the B5 crew in the line of fire as the last, best hope for the survival of the human race.”
• Straczynski confirmed the news on Twitter writing, “To answer all the questions, yes, it’s true, Babylon 5 is in active development as a series for the CW. We have some serious fans over at the network, and they’re eager to see this show happen. I’m hip deep into writing the pilot now, and will be running the series upon pickup.”
• Babylon 5 followed the crew of a 23rd century space station as they tried to keep the peace. Each season encompassed a year of the crew’s mission between 2257-2262. Following its end, the series continued on in spinoff Crusade, six TV movies, novels, novelizations, and comic books.
• If you’re looking to catch up or re-watch, all seasons of Babylon 5 are streaming on HBO Max, and are also available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video.

Amazon Orders ‘The Boys’ Spinoff to Series

• In this week’s most unsurprising news, Amazon has ordered its college based spinoff of The Boys.
• According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series is “set at America’s only college exclusively for young-adult superheroes (run by Vought International). It’s described as an irreverent, R-rated series that explores the lives of hormonal, competitive superheroes as they put their physical, sexual and moral boundaries to the test, competing for the best contracts in the best cities.”
• Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters (Agent Carter) are set as showrunners. Previously announced cast members include Jaz Sinclair, Lizze Broadway, Shane Paul McGhie, Aimee Carrero, Reina Hardesty, and Maddie Phillips.
• “Much like Mork & Mindy spun off from Happy Days — which is an insane and true fact — our spinoff will exist in the Vought Cinematic Universe, yet have a tone and style all its own. It’s our take on a college show, with an ensemble of fascinating, complicated and sometimes deadly Young Supes,” said The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke. “Michele and Tara are stone-cold geniuses, we’re thrilled to have them steer this ship, and grateful to Sony and Amazon for the opportunity. We love this show and can’t wait for you to see it. Also, Baywatch Nights spun off from Baywatch, and it had vampires. Vampires!”
• Fazekas and Butters were also recently announced as writers/executive producers on Peacock’s new Jekyll & Hyde series, Hide, with David Tennant.
• The Boys Season 2 was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series. The show has wrapped production on Season 3, but no premiere date has been announced yet.

Renewals and Cancellations

• With so many questions following Season 3, Netflix has renewed Sex Education for Season 4. Moordale has been shut down and Maeve is off to study in America, so there’s a lot we need to see resolved. Sex Education is currently streaming on Netflix.
• Tony Hale will continue to pull double duty, as Disney+ has renewed The Mysterious Benedict Society for Season 2.
• “This show has been an absolute thrill to work on,” Hale said in statement. “I’m so thankful to the fans and Disney for the opportunity to keep telling this incredible story.”
• The Mysterious Benedict Society is streaming on Disney+.
• Starz is impressed with new series BMF, because it’s picked up an early Season 2 renewal, per Deadline.
• “Inspired by the true story of two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980’s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in this country,” BMF airs Sundays at 8/7c on Starz.
• Fans will continue to get drawn into the exploits of Billie Connelly, her husband Cooper, and the past she can’t seem to leave behind, as Sex/Life has been renewed for Season 2 at Netflix, per Variety.

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