Plus, Syfy Orders Horror Series Revival, Lionsgate Tells Shohei Ohtani’s Story, and Exploding Kittens Official Trailer.
Seen at the end of the inaugural cycle, Peri Gilpin will reprise her role as Roz Doyle in the second season of the revival of Frasier. The announcement from Paramount + comes on the occasion of the start of filming of the new episodes, with the clarification that this time the actress will stop for longer, reprising the recurring role she played in the 11 seasons of the original series.
This isn’t the only good news. James Burrowswho directed hundreds of episodes of Cheers and the spin-off Frasier, will also return in the second season as director of two episodes, after directing the first two of the revival. The announcement is also accompanied by a video shared through the social profiles of the platform that shows the protagonist Kelsey Grammer heading towards the set on a bicycle, while the series’ theme song plays in the background Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs.
Ted renewed for a second season
Ted will continue to say and do the wrong thing on television! The comedy prequel to the 2012 film of the same name about a cheeky living teddy bear has been renewed for a second season at Peacock. Created, written, directed, produced and performed by Seth MacFarlanethe same as the film and its sequel, Ted is set 19 years before those stories, in 1993. Ted’s moment of fame has passed, leaving him to live with his best friend John Bennett (Max Burkholder) in a working-class home in Boston, with her parents and cousin. Ted may not have a good influence on John, but when the moment calls for it, he is willing to get involved and take risks to help his friend and his family.
For the series “Castings that make the heart beat”, the winner of two Emmys Kristen Johnston she reunited with the co-creator of Mom Chuck Lorre in the sitcom that the latter is preparing for Netflix with Susan McMartin. The untitled series, of which the streaming service has already ordered 16 episodes, follows the comedian Leanne Morgan as a woman whose life takes an unexpected turn when her husband, with whom she has been together for 33 years, leaves her for someone else. Starting over when you’re a grandmother and going through menopause isn’t exactly what she planned to do, but with the help of her family, she’ll face this new chapter with grace, dignity, and Jello salad. Johnston will play Carol, the protagonist’s diametrically opposed sister. Twice divorced and childless, despite their differences, Carol is fiercely loyal to her sister.
Syfy orders Revival, TV series based on the horror comic of the same name
The American network Syfy has ordered a new TV series: Revival, adaptation of the horror comic of the same name created by Tim Seeley (texts) and Mike Norton (art). Set on a miraculous day in rural Wisconsin, when the dead suddenly rise from their graves, not as zombies but looking and behaving exactly as they once did, Revival follows officer and single mother Dana Cypress as she faces a mysterious and brutal murder while she herself must make sense of the chaos in a city gripped by fear and confusion, where everyone, living and undead, is a suspect.
A TV series will tell the story of the scandal involving Shohei Ohtani
The production studio Lionsgate Television is developing a TV series focused on the betting scandal involving the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball champion Shohei Ohtani. The project, in the hands of Scott Delman (Station Eleven) And Albert Chen, will trace Ohtani’s rise as a baseball star, something that led him to a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Dodgers, the largest in team history, only to find himself engulfed in controversy after the allegations against his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara just one day after the start of the 2024 MLB season. Mizuhara was accused by Ohtani’s representatives of stealing large amounts of money from him to repay debts owed to a bookmaker. Just hours before Lionsgate’s plan was announced, the man had pleaded guilty.
Happy Face: Also in the cast is Damon Gupton
The star of Black Lightning Damon Guptacurrently on TV with The prize of destinyhas signed with Paramount+ for a recurring role in Happy Face, crime drama inspired by the true story of Melissa Moore, daughter of serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson. She also joined the recurring cast Momona Tamada (Avatar: The Legend of Aang). Second DeadlineGupton will play Elijah, who has been on death row since he was convicted of murder in 1995. He has always maintained his innocence, but he is alone when the serial killer Happy Face (Dennis Quaid) gets involved in his case that the world starts listening. Two months after his execution, Elijah must deal with a feeling he let go of a long time ago: hope. Tamada will play fifteen-year-old Eva, Hazel’s childhood best friend (Khiyla Aynne), Melissa and Ben’s daughter (Annaleigh Ashford And James Wolk). She moved away from Hazel and into the clique of popular girls. But she’s a big fan of true crime and when she discovers that her old friend has a connection to Happy Face, she and the rest of the group invite Hazel among them.
Exploding Kittens: The official trailer for the Netflix animated series
Although there is still no debut date, other than a generic July, Netflix has released the official trailer of its new animated series for an adult audience Exploding Kittens, an adaptation of the strategic card game of the same name. Because the Earth sucks, God (the voice of the star of Lucifer Tom Ellis) is fired and sent to the planet to reconnect with humanity. But there’s a problem. He is trapped in the body of a chubby house cat. And, like him, also the Devil.
