Limited series The Big Cigar premieres May 17 on Apple TV+. Based on the magazine article of the same name by Joshuah Bearman, the series tells the incredible true story of Hollywood revolution meeting social revolution. It’s a wild caper about Black Panther founder Huey P. Newton escaping from the FBI to Cuba with the assistance of famed producer Bert Schneider in an impossibly elaborate plan – involving a fake movie production – that goes wrong every way it possibly can.  Black Twitter: A People’s History premieres May 9 on hulu. Based on Jason Parham’s WIRED article “A People’s Histor ..read more

Roku is expanding tentpole Roku Original series The Great American Baking Show and Honest Renovations by greenlighting brand-new seasonal specials for both franchises and ordering an early season-three renewal for The Great American Baking Show. The second seasons of both franchises will debut later this year. The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday Special will return for its third iteration with the deliciously entertaining holiday treat of celebrities in competition for charity. The Great American Baking Show: Big Game Special will invite viewers to join fan-favorite athletes and ..read more

CBS has canceled So Help Me Todd and CSI: Vegas. So Help Me Todd ran for two seasons. CSI continuation series CSI: Vegas ran for three seasons.  Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore have been cast in Greg Daniels upcoming comedy series set in the world of The Office. The new series which is in development will focus on a new office environment in the vein of the original series.  Adult Swim will air a two hour block of their adult swim SMALLS April 26 at midnight. Following the special, the pilot episode of Eggland will air at 2AM. Robert and Elizabeth realize they’ve forgotten ..read more

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards.  The Daytime Emmy® Awards telecast will be presented live on Friday, June 7, at 8 PM EDT / delayed PT, on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+*. The Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle Emmy® Awards will be presented on Saturday, June 8, and streamed on The Emmys® apps and at watch.TheEmmys.tv. The ceremonies will take place at the Westin Bonaventure Los Angeles. “We are happy to once again honor the cre ..read more

Netflix has renewed The Witcher for a fifth and final season as production on the fourth begins. Seasons 4 and 5 will film back to back and adapt the remaining of Sapkowski’s books, Baptism of Fire, The Tower of the Swallow and Lady of the Lake, promising to offer an epic and satisfying conclusion to Netflix’s hit fantasy drama. After the shocking, Continent-altering events that close out season three, the new season follows Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri who are faced with traversing the war-ravaged Continent and its many demons apart from each other. If they can embrace and lead the groups of mi ..read more

Apple TV+ has renewed For All Mankind for a fifth season. The streamer has also ordered a spinoff series Star City. The new series is a propulsive, paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humanity forward.  The third and fina ..read more

Season three of Hacks premieres May 2 on Max. A year after parting, Deborah Vance is riding high off the success of her standup special while Ava pursues new opportunities back in Los Angeles.  Limited series A Man in Full premieres May 2 on Netflix. When Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker faces sudden bankruptcy, political and business interests collide as Charlie defends his empire from those attempting to capitalize on his fall from grace. The six episode series is based on the novel by the late Tom Wolfe and stars Jeff Daniels, Diane Lane, Tom Pelphrey, Aml Ameen, Chanté Adams ..read more

CBS has officially ordered a new daytime soap titled The Gates. The drama series follows the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community and will launch January 2025. The specific time period, launch date and other series details will be announced at later dates. The series was developed from a joint venture between CBS Studios and the NAACP.  ABC has renewed The Rookie for a seventh season. John Nolan, once the oldest rookie in the LAPD, has used his life experience, determination and sense of humor to keep up with rookies 20 years his junior. Nolan feels like it can’t get ..read more

Paramount+ has renewed Star Trek: Strange New Worlds for a fourth season. The renewal comes ahead of the third season. The series is based on the years Captain Christopher Pike manned the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise. The series follows Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock, Number One and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the starship, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.  CBS has renewed The Talk for a fifteenth and final season. The series will wrap up in December. The network is developing a new daytime soap which would follow the live ..read more

CBS has renewed S.W.A.T. for an eighth season. The news comes as a surprise as season seven was previously billed as the final season, following the initial cancellation after season six. With the renewal, the network is not referring to the new season as a final season, leading to potential future seasons down the line.  Season three of Bridgerton premieres May 16 on Netflix. The new season sees Penelope Featherington finally giving up on her long-held crush on Colin Bridgerton after hearing his disparaging words about her last season. She has, however, decided it’s time to take a husban ..read more