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Joe Otterson TV ReporterNetflix has ordered the hybrid comedy series “Saturday Morning All Star Hits” from Kyle Mooney and Ben Jones.The series will feature a combination of adult animated segments as well as live-action. It is described as a celebration of all that is 80s and 90s television.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe legal drama “Reasonable Doubt” at Onyx Collective on Hulu has cast Tim Jo, McKinley Freeman, and Angela Grovey in series regular roles.The trio join previously announced series lead Emayatzy Corinealdi. In the series, viewers will judge Jax Stewart (Corinealdi) for her questionable ethics and wild interpretations of the law until they’re the one in trouble.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterParamount Plus has ordered the series adaptation of the true crime podcast “Happy Face.”The show was first announced as being in development at the streamer in September 2020, when it was still known as CBS All Access.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “One Piece” live-action series at Netflix has cast five of its main roles.Iñaki Godoy (“Go, Youth!,” “Who Killed Sara?”), Mackenyu (“Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter,” “Pacific Rim: Uprising”), Emily Rudd (“Fear Street,” “Hunters”), Jacob Romero Gibson (“Greenleaf,” “All Rise”) and Taz Skylar (“Boiling Point,” “Villain”) will all star in the series.Godoy will play Monkey D. Luffy, with Mackenyu set to play Roronoa Zoro.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSister has signed a first-look TV deal with producer, writer, and director Tobias Lindholm.Lindholm has already set up his first project for development under the deal — the limited series “The Best of Us,” with “Succession” star Jeremy Strong attached to star.“We are fortunate to have Jeremy as a partner with Tobias on ‘The Best of Us;’ and we look forward to their thoughtful and human depiction of those heroes that serve on the frontlines for the greater good,” said

Joe Otterson TV ReporterABC is developing a single-camera comedy inspired by the life of Alanis Morissette.Titled “Relatable,” the project hails from co-creators Elizabeth Beckwith and Christopher Moynihan, with Beckwith writing the pilot. Moynihan will serve as showrunner, with both also executive producing.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe upcoming David E. Kelley crime drama “The Missing” at Peacock has cast Jeff Wilbusch in the lead role.The series, which Variety exclusively reported had been ordered at the streamer, is based on the Dror A.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Perry Mason” Season 2 at HBO is building out its cast.Katherine Waterston (“Inherent Vice,” “Alien: Covenant”) is joining Season 2 as a series regular, while Season 1 star Diarra Kilpatrick is being upped to series regular. Peter Mendoza (“NCIS,” “Shooter”), Hope Davis(“Your Honor,” “Love Life”), Jon Chaffin(“BMF,” “The Haves and the Have Nots”), Fabrizio Guido (“Mr.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJed Mercurio and Jimmy Mulville’s HTM Television has signed a multi-year first-look deal with 20th Television.Mercurio’s latest series, “Bodyguard” and “Line of Duty,” have both broke ratings records for UK television drama.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” will debut its record-breaking 15th Season in December.The comedy series returns on Dec. 1 on FXX, with new episodes then available to stream the following day on FX on Hulu.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJohn Skipper and Dan Le Batard’s Meadowlark Media has signed a multi-year first-look deal with Apple.Under the deal, Meadowlark will produce documentary and unscripted series for the streamer. Meadowlark was launched in January, with the company at that time announcing an initial focus on sports content.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterEugene Levy is set to host and executive produce a new travel series for Apple.“The Reluctant Traveler” will see Levy visit some of the world’s most remarkable hotels, as well as explore the people, places and cultures that surround them. Self confessedly not your average travel show host, he’s agreed the time is right for him to broaden his horizons.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe first trailer for “The Book of Boba Fett” has dropped, with the Disney Plus series teasing the titular bounty hunter’s rise to prominence in the galactic underworld.In the trailer, Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) and Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) set about establishing themselves as major players amongst the gangster of the “Star Wars” universe, using the palace of Fett’s former employer, Jabba the Hutt, as their base of operations.One scene teases Fett and Shand being

Joe Otterson TV ReporterLila Byock has signed a two-year overall deal with ABC Signature, Variety has learned exclusively.Byock spent five years on the editorial staff of The New Yorker magazine.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Three-Body Problem” series at Netflix has officially added a dozen cast members, Variety has learned.The cast now includes: Jovan Adepo (“Watchmen,” “When They See Us,” “Fences”), John Bradley (“Game of Thrones,” “Moonfall,” “Marry Me”), Tsai Chin (“Lucky Grandma,” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”), Liam Cunningham (“The Last Voyage of the Demeter,” “Game of Thrones,” “Hunger”), Eiza González (“Baby Driver,” “I Care A Lot,” “Ambulance”), Jess Hong

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJon Hamm will voice the lead character of the new Fox animated comedy series “Grimsburg.”The series, which is slated to debut on the broadcaster in 2023, will see Hamm play Marvin Flute, maybe the greatest detective ever to catch a cannibal clown or correctly identify a mid-century modern armoire. But there’s one mystery he still can’t crack — his family.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe Amazon YA pilot “Shelter” has added three new cast members, Variety has learned exclusively.Adrian Greensmith, Abby Corrigan, and Sage Linder have all joined the pilot, which is based on the first novel in Harlan Coben’s Mickey Bolitar book trilogy.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterFX has ordered a new comedy pilot from Peter Tolan, Variety has learned exclusively.Titled “Belated,” the half-hour project is about an unexpected intergenerational friendship between Owen, a recently out man in his 40s, and Clay, a 17-year-old trans teen, as Owen and his ex-wife and children attempt to find their new normal. Tolan will write, direct, and executive produce the pilot via The Cloudland Company.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterPeacock has given a straight-to-series order to a new crime drama that hails from David E. Kelley, Variety has learned exclusively.The one-hour series is titled “The Missing,” based on the Dror A.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterIMDb TV has greenlit the comedy series “Primo” from Shea Serrano and Michael Schur.The show was originally announced as being in development at the Amazon-owned streamer in May. The single-cam series is inspired by Serrano’s life growing up in San Antonio, TX.