‘Perry Mason’ Season 2 Adds Seven to Cast, Including Katherine Waterston and Peter Mendoza

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAnthony Anderson will be returning to NBC’s “Law & Order” for its much-anticipated Season 21, reprising his role as Detective Kevin Bernard with a one-season contractual commitment.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO has officially ordered The Weeknd’s drama series “The Idol,” Variety has learned.The Weeknd will star in the six-episode series, which was first announced as being in development in June, as well as serving as the co-creator.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Dead Boy Detectives” pilot at HBO Max has found its main cast, Variety has learned exclusively from sources.George Rexstrew, Jayden Revri (“The Lodge”), and Kassius Nelson (“Last Night in Soho,” “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”) will star in the three lead roles.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterBefore the in-ring action kicked off at Survivor Series at the Barclays Center on Sunday night, WWE hosted an upfront presentation for advertisers that laid out the company’s wide appeal with audiences.“We have massive reach and broad distribution available in over 900 million homes, 180 countries, 28 languages, and — in a non-pandemic era — over 500 live events [per year],” said Stephanie McMahon, WWE’s chief brand officer.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe upcoming NBC series “The Endgame” has added Karl Josef Co and Massiel Mordan to its cast.The duo join previously announced series leads Morena Baccarin and Ryan Michelle Bathé.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Sinner” will end with Season 4.The drama series has aired on USA Network since 2017, with Season 4 having debuted on Oct. 13.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Queen Sugar” has been renewed for Season 7 at OWN, with that season set to be the show’s last. Writing on the new season has begun, with production set to begin in early 2022.“To everything, there is a season,” said series creator Ava DuVernay.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Party Down” revival has officially been ordered to series at Starz, Variety has confirmed.In addition, original series stars Adam Scott, Jane Lynch, Ken Marino, Martin Starr, Ryan Hansen and Megan Mullally have all signed on to return to the six-episode limited series.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterViewers have watched over 166 billion minutes of CBS programming through the first seven weeks of the 2021-2022 broadcast season, according to Nielsen total day most current data.That number covers all dayparts, with approximately 59 billion of those minutes coming from CBS primetime entertainment programming. CBS sports programming, namely the NFL on CBS, accounts for 45 billion.

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 Reporter“Star Trek: Prodigy” has been renewed for Season 2 at Paramount Plus.Series executive producer Heather Kadin had previously said the show would return for a second season, but it had not been officially confirmed until now. The renewal news comes after the show has aired only three episodes, including the two-part series premiere.New episodes of the first half of Season 1 will continue to roll out weekly on Thursdays through Nov.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Wu-Tang: An American Saga” has been renewed for Season 3 at Hulu, which will also be the show’s last.The news comes just over one week after the finale of Season 2 of the show, which is based on the true story of the pioneering rap group.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Fantasy Island” has been renewed for Season 2 at Fox.A modern reimagining of the original 1970s series, the Fox version takes place at a luxury resort, where literally any fantasy requested by guests is fulfilled, although they rarely turn out as expected. Roselyn Sanchez stars as Elena Roarke, a descendant of the iconic Mr.

HBO has added seven cast members to the second season of its four-time Emmy-nominated detective noir series Perry Mason. Katherine Waterston has come aboard as a series regular, joining six new recurring castmembers Hope Davis, Jon Chaffin, Fabrizio Guido, Peter Mendoza, Onohoua Rodriguez and Jee Young Han. In addition, Diarra Kilpatrick who played Clara Drake in Season 1, has been upped to series regular.

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 Reporter“Hanna” will end with its upcoming third season at Amazon, Variety has confirmed.The drama, based on the 2011 film of the same name, was renewed for Season 3 back in July 2020. The new season is scheduled to debut on Nov.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Heels” has been renewed for Season 2 at Starz.Production on the second season will begin in 2022. In addition, Trey Tucker and Robby Ramos have been promoted to series regulars for Season 2.

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

Netflix’s Spanish adaptation of its hit original movie “Bird Box” is coming together.Cast and a handful of early details were announced for the previously announced project from Àlex and David Pastor.

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.