TV Bits: Female Marvel ABC Show, ‘Room 104’ Renewed, Robert Zemeckis Heads To TV, And More
By Ben Pearson/Aug. 25, 2017 3:30 pm EST
— Jean-Claude Van Damme (@JCVD) August 25, 2017
A Marvel TV executive recently revealed that Marvel is working with ABC on a female-focused series that’s described as “Jessica Jones-esque.” Based on what we know of The Inhumans so far (read: that it looks abysmal), they’ll have to forgive me for not being excited about another Marvel show being developed for a traditional broadcast network.
I haven’t had a chance to check out the Duplass Brothers’ new HBO anthology series Room 104 yet, but here’s some good news for those of you who dig it: Variety reports that HBO has officially ordered a second season. The show has a cool concept – each episode is set in the same location, but features a different cast and scenario – so I’m excited to catch up with this and see what they do in season 2.
Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbit director Robert Zemeckis is heading to the small screen. He’ll executive produce a TV series for NBC called Manifest from creator Jeff Rake, and the high concept series has shades of Lost and The Leftovers:
Look who dropped in to #Riverdale for a visit! Worlds colliding!! Can a crossover be far behind?? pic.twitter.com/E8Jf7UW3L2
— RobertoAguirreSacasa (@WriterRAS) August 24, 2017
Don’t get too excited just yet. While this image seems to indicate a Supergirl/Riverdale crossover is on the way, ScreenCrush points out that it’s more likely that it’s just a promo for The CW, the home network of both shows.
Entertainment Weekly has four new photos from the upcoming third season of Starz’s Outlander. I don’t watch this series, but the caption that accompanied this photo makes it seem like there’s a hell of a lot going on here:
Netflix has been more inclined to cancel series lately, but they’ve renewed their football reality series Last Chance U for a third season. The story will move from Mississippi to a community college in Kansas.
Whoop! Thanks for watching y’all. https://t.co/KR8v58POmZ
— chris o’dowd (@BigBoyler) August 23, 2017
We’re practically drowning in renewals over here. Not one to be left out, Epix has renewed its freshman crime series Get Shorty (based on the Elmore Leonard novel) for a second season. 10 brand new episodes will debut sometime in 2018.
And we’ll leave you with new trailers for the second seasons of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and The Shannara Chronicles, respectively:
Dirk Gently returns to BBC America on October 14, 2017, and Shannara season 2 moves from MTV to Spike TV on October 11, 2017.
