TVLine Items: PLL Promotion, Fox Orders New Medical Drama and More
A Pretty Little Liars beau is sticking around: The HBO Max series has promoted Elias Kacavas, who played Greg in Original Sin, to series regular for Season 2, dubbed Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, our sister site Deadline reports.
Greg is described as “Kelly’s (Mallory Bechtel) fun-loving boyfriend, who finds himself questioning his faith and values” when the show returns.
The first season of HBO Max’s Pretty Little Liars reboot starred Bailee Madison as Imogen Adams, Chandler Kinney as Tabby Haworthe, Zaria as Faran Bryant, Malia Pyles as Minnie “Mouse” Honrada, Maia Reficco as Noa Olivar, Bechtel as Karen/Kelly Beasley, Sharon Leal as Sidney Haworthe, Elena Goode as Marjorie Olivar, Eric Johnson as Sheriff Tom Beasley, Alex Aiono as Shawn Noble and Lea Salonga as Elodie Honrada.
Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets? Well…
* Fox has ordered to series Doc, a medical drama adapted from the Italian series Doc — Nelle tue mani, about “hard-charging, brilliant Dr. Amy Elias, Chief of Internal and Family Medicine at Westside Hospital in Minneapolis,” read the official synopsis. “After a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life, Amy must navigate an unfamiliar world where she has no recollection of patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves and the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away. She can rely only on her estranged 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers as a 9-year-old, and a handful of devoted friends, as she struggles to continue practicing medicine, despite having lost nearly a decade of knowledge and experience.” Magnum P.I. EP Barbie Klingman will serve as showrunner.
* The Apple TV+ limited series The Crowded Room, starring Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Amanda Seyfried (Big Love) and Emmy Rossum (Shameless), is slated to release it first three episodes on Friday, June 9, with a new episode debuting weekly until July 28.
* New episodes of Apple TV+’s Carpool Karaoke: The Series will premiere on Friday, June 23. This season’s star-studded lineup includes model and actress Cara Delevingne, singer Avril Lavigne, comedian Cedric the Entertainer, actress Lea Michele, singer Alanis Morrisette, the cast of Ghosts and others.
* Showtime is not moving forward with its historical drama King Shaka, from executive Antoine Fuqua, despite nearly completing production on Season 1, Deadline reports. The series is expected to be shopped to other outlets.
* Netflix has ordered a pilot for Little Sky, a comedy headlined and produced by Nine Perfect Strangers star Samara Weaving, Deadline reports. It marks the first pilot order from the streamer, which is known for handing out straight-to-series orders since it began creating original content in 2011.
Which of today’s TVLine Items pique your interest?
Someone needs to tell Fox they already have a fantastic medical drama! Save The Resident
Agreed. Or rather, just announce The Resident’s fate already one way or the other. The silence is insulting, when Amy keeps saying she hasn’t heard anything from FOX, yet certain events make it look like the show was quietly cancelled. I mean, what is FOX waiting for? Why are they dragging their feet?
I’m not interested in a nearly identical medical show to The Resident. Especially, when new series hardly ever make it past one season in this day and age. Not to mention, FOX has a track record of cancelling shows after one season – Almost Human, Alcatraz to name a few. It’s why I never get into a new show on their network. They already have a great medical show with a solid fanbase.
If FOX has decided to cancel The Resident, just say it already. Stop keeping the showrunner in the dark.
I love that show. But I don’t think I can ever forgive the show for when Nic went into labor and they used a clearly a baby doll.
I think Parma’s twins being fake babies at first was worse. lol
FOX needs to just announce its fate already. They keep promoting it on social media, yet certain events make it look like it was quietly cancelled. Amy says she still hasn’t heard a word from FOX, and the network is silent. Why are they dragging their feet?
It had a good run. With numbers dwindling, i can see why they’d want to try something new.
If FOX has already cancelled The Resident, why won’t they just announce it already? The silence is aggravating. They’ve already announced renewals for a bunch of other shows, and they confirmed Monarch’s cancellation pretty quickly. Not to mention, they are constantly promoting The Resident on social media. If they already cancelled it, why are still promoting it? Just rip off the bandaid already. It’s completely unnecessary to drag this out until May. Why is FOX dragging its feet? Seriously, what are they waiting for?
Does anybody know who from Ghosts and The Afterparty are featured in Carpool Karaoke?
Doc sounds interesting… a different twist to the medical drama genre anyway…
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Maybe OWN will pickup Shaka?
It’s no bargain if OWN picks up any show. Still waiting for the second half of All Rise to be shown. They made a big deal when it was picked up and then only showed half of one new season.
I’m not interested in a new medical show on FOX. I’m already invested in The Resident and if it was canceled they just need to announce it already. Stop leaving everyone hanging.
Doc nelle tue mani is an excellent series. It’s available with English subtitles in Australia, and quite frankly, the original should have just been sold to one of the streamers instead of being remade. So much of the success of Doc has to do with its cast and its setting: it might be very difficult to recreate and sustain, given the dearth of medical dramas past and present.
I love the idea of DOC by Fox. You can create so much from that premise.