‘Industry’ Renewed for Season 2 at HBO

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“B Positive” has been picked up for a full season at CBS.The show will now run through the entire 2020-2021 broadcast season. The news comes after just five episodes of the show have aired on CBS, with the series debuting on Nov.

Kate Aurthur editorThe day after “The Flight Attendant” season finale premiered on HBO Max, the streaming service announced Friday it was renewing the Kaley Cuoco-starring series, which appears anecdotally to be the nascent streaming service’s first-word-of-mouth hit. The stylish, eight-episode dramedy thriller premiered to strong reviews on Nov.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Locke and Key” has been renewed for Season 3 at Netflix.In addition, series executive producer and co-showrunner Meredith Averill has signed an overall deal with Netflix for TV and other projects.News of the renewal comes ahead of the debut of the show’s second season, which is set to launch in 2021. Production is wrapping on Season 2 this week in Toronto, with production on Season 3 set to kick off in early 2021.

HBO Max has renewed the Kaley Cuoco series The Flight Attendant for a second season, it was announced today by Casey Bloys, Chief Content Officer, HBO and HBO Max.

HBO Max has ordered a second season of holiday dating series 12 Dates of Christmas.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“AP Bio” has been renewed for Season 4 at Peacock.The series moved to the streaming service for its third season after being canceled at NBC.The show revolves around a disgraced Harvard philosophy scholar, played by Glenn Howerton, who is forced to return to Toledo, Ohio, and work as an Advanced Placement biology teacher at the local high school. Patton Oswalt, Lyric Lewis, Mary Sohn, Jean Villepique and Paula Pell round out the adult cast.“A.P.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Servant” has been renewed for Season 3 at Apple ahead of the Season 2 premiere.Season 2 of the series will drop on Apple TV Plus on Jan. 15, with new episodes dropping weekly.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO Max is honoring a request by Dave Chappelle to remove “Chappelle’s Show” from the streaming service at the end of this year.Casey Bloys, chief content officer of HBO and HBO Max, made the revelation during the keynote conversation on day one of Variety’s Virtual FYCFest.“We had a conversation with Dave.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterCasey Bloys is exploring a whole new range of programming options as he takes the creative reins at HBO Max.Bloys has been at the helm of HBO programming for a few years now, but was promoted to chief content officer of HBO and HBO Max back in August.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMarvel series “Helstrom” has been canceled at Hulu after one season, Variety has learned.The move to cancel the series was not a surprising one, as “Helstrom” was the last live-action show produced by the now defunct Marvel Television unit under Jeph Loeb.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterChris Messina is set for a lead role in the upcoming HBO Max pilot “Verbatim,” Variety has learned.The project is based on Brett Weiner’s New York Times Op Docs Series that screened at Sundance in 2014 and 2016.

Hulu just announced that The Handmaid’s Tale is going to get a fifth season – and this is before the fourth season even premieres!

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” has been renewed for four additional seasons by FX, which means the show will shatter its own record as the longest-running live action comedy of all time.“Always Sunny” will now run for at least 18 seasons. It was previously renewed for Season 15 back in May.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Handmaid’s Tale” has been renewed for Season 5 at Hulu.The announcement was made Thursday as part of the Disney Investor Day presentation. In its first three seasons, the drama was nominated for 54 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning 15.

Mickey Down and Konrad Kay’s banking drama Industry will return for a second season on HBO. The premium cabler has renewed the series, which follows a group of young graduates competing for a limited number of permanent positions at a leading international bank in London. Industry is produced by Bad Wolf (His Dark Materials) for HBO and BBC.

John Wilson will be filming in the streets again for a second season of his left-field non-fiction series after HBO renewed How To With John Wilson.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA “True Blood” reboot is in the early development stages at HBO, Variety has confirmed with sources.Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Jami O’Brien are attached to write the script and executive produce, with original series creator and showrunner Alan Ball also attached to executive produce.