 "Yellowstone" ViacomCBS reversed plans to rebrand the Paramount Network as the Paramount Movie Network. The name change was first announced in September 2020, along with a now-canceled plan to air 52 original movies per year. More: - Development on the original films had initially been overseen by Meghan Hooper White, a former A+E Networks executive who departed ViacomCBS back in May 2021.
- The recent breakout success of the Paramount Network drama series "Yellowstone" apparently factored into the company's decision.
- Some Paramount Network shows, such as the reality competition series "Ink Master," have already moved on to the Paramount+ streaming service; others, including "Bar Rescue," will remain in place.
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 2013's "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters" Disney+ ordered a first season for a new series based on author Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" books. The project was first announced in May 2020. More: - Disney will produce the series through its 20th Television studio; the company previously released two films based on the "Percy Jackson" books, in 2010 and 2013.
- Riordan will be more closely involved in the new series than he was in the films, which made several key changes -- including aging up the characters -- that didn't sit well with fans.
- Jon Steinberg ("Black Sails") wrote the pilot and will serve as co-showrunner alongside his producing partner, Dan Shotz; James Bobin ("The Mysterious Benedict Society") will direct the pilot.
- The books center on a 12-year-old boy, Percy Jackson, who discovers that he's a demigod; when he's accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt, Percy travels across the US, meeting other demigods, in a quest to restore order to Olympus.
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DAILY CALENDAR TUESDAY, JANUARY 25 PROMISED LAND: Debut drama series from ABC and creator Matt Lopez ("Gone") centering on the wealthy members of a large, influential Latino family of vineyard owners in California's Sonoma Valley. John Ortiz, Cecilia Suárez, Augusto Aguilera, and Christina Ochoa co-star. Episodes air Mondays on ABC and come to Hulu on Tuesdays. [Hulu] AZIZ ANSARI: NIGHTCLUB COMEDIAN: The comic and "Master of None" creator's fourth stand-up special for Netflix -- his first since 2019's "Right Now" -- was filmed during a surprise gig in New York City. Topics include the pandemic, the presidency, and Ansari's nostalgia for the flip phone era. [Netflix] NEYMAR: THE PERFECT CHAOS: Three-part docuseries from filmmaker David Charles Rodrigues ("Gay Chorus Deep South") profiling Brazilian soccer star Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, better known simply as Neymar. The series features commentary from fellow football icons Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, and David Beckham, among others. [Netflix] ADA TWIST, SCIENTIST: Educational animated series for kids -- from "Doc McStuffins" creator Chris Nee -- about a brilliant 8-year-old who uses her scientific know-how to help her family and friends. Season 2 debuts today. [Netflix] MARCH: Eight-part docuseries exploring marching band culture at historically Black colleges and universities, with a particular focus on The Marching Storm from Prairie View A&M. The series premiere aired on CW on Monday night and hits the app and website today; new episodes will begin streaming on Mondays moving forward. [CW]
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 Dylan McDermott CASTING UPDATES FBI: MOST WANTED: Dylan McDermott will take over the lead role in the procedural series from "Law & Order" creator Dick Wolf. He'll replace Julian McMahon, who starred for three seasons as head of the FBI Most Wanted Unit Jess LaCroix. McMahon's final episode airs on March 8. McDermott will join the cast as a new character. [CBS / Paramount+] THE MIGHTY DUCKS: GAME CHANGERS: Josh Duhamel will join the sports comedy series in its second season, replacing departing star Emilio Estevez. Duhamel will play new character Gavin Cole, a former NHL star who runs an intensive summer hockey institute that's attended by the Ducks players. Estevez -- who previously starred in the "Mighty Ducks" films -- left the series following a contract dispute with Disney and ABC Signature, which may or may not have involved agreeing to follow COVID protocols. [Disney+] MURDER MYSTERY 2: The Netflix comedy sequel added a number of actors to the franchise, including Jodie Turner-Smith, Mark Strong, Mélanie Laurent, Kuhoo Verma, Enrique Arce, Tony Goldwyn, Annie Mumolo and Zurin Villanueva. Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston will reprise their lead roles for the new film; Jeremy Garelick ("The Binge") will take over as director. [Netflix]
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 Netflix and European media company Sky announced plans to co-produce a series for the first time. The two companies will team for the six-part nature docuseries "Predators," which will track various apex predators -- such as polar bears, wild dogs, and pumas -- as they adjust to rapidly-changing habitats. More: - "Predators" will air on the Sky Nature channel in the UK, Germany, and Italy; Netflix will take the remainder of the international rights.
- Though this marks the first joint production between the two companies, Sky hosts the Netflix app on its platform throughout much of Europe.
- The show is one of three documentaries announced this week by Sky, along with "Gabon," a profile of a climate scientist from Manchester who accepted a job as Environment Minister of Gabon; and the true-crime investigation "Death on the Beach," about unexplained deaths on the Thai island of Koh Tao.
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 Milo Ventimiglia NBC acquired a pilot from DiVide Pictures, the production company founded by "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia. The new series, "Hometown Saints," centers on a retired hockey player who returns to Minnesota to coach a girl's high school team. More: - Grainne Godfree ("Secret Invasion") and Derek Elliott ("Scoob!") will write the script and executive produce the pilot along with Ventimiglia and his producing partner, Russ Cundiff.
- Elliott also wrote "Klein," a script that made the 2019 Black List which is currently in development with actor Garrett Hedlund.
- The sixth and final season of "This Is Us" is currently airing on NBC and streaming on Hulu and Peacock.
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 Co-creator Greg Daniels discussed the upcoming "King of the Hill" revival during an interview with Collider. Daniels stressed that the new "King of the Hill" series remains in the development stage, with many details and contracts still in flux. More: - The new series will apparently pick up following a 15-year time jump, with the characters having aged up.
- Daniels and co-creator Mike Judge plan to produce the episodes through their new animation company, Bandera Entertainment.
- The original "King of the Hill" -- a comedy about the Hill family and their neighbors in the fictional town of Arlen, Texas -- aired for 13 seasons, from 1997 through 2010, on Fox.
- Daniels was talking to Collider to promote the upcoming second season of his Netflix live-action comedy series "Space Force."
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- Peacock canceled the mystery series "Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol" -- an origin story about the early career of "Da Vinci Code" symbologist Robert Langdon -- after a single season.
- "Maggie" -- a new comedy series developed for ABC -- will instead debut later this year on Hulu; Rebecca Rittenhouse stars as a young woman whose life is upended by her newly-discovered psychic powers.
- CBS renewed a few comedy series -- including first-year breakout "Ghosts," "The Neighborhood," and "Bob Hearts Abishola" -- for additional seasons.
- An animated film spun off from Ubisoft's "Rabbids" video game franchise -- titled "Rabbids Invasion: Mission to Mars" -- debuts on Netflix next month.
- Netflix's first original feature in Arabic -- a remake of the Italian film "Perfect Strangers" -- is among the platform's most-watched content this week across much of the Middle East, but has drawn controversy and calls for a ban in Egypt.
- In her latest letter to the YouTube community, CEO Susan Wojcicki indicated that the platform may explore NFTs as a potential new revenue source for creators.
- Syfy ordered a first season for a new sci-fi drama series -- "The Ark" -- from "Independence Day" producer Dean Devlin and "Stargate SG-1" writer/producer Jonathan Glassner; the show centers on a mission to colonize alien worlds to ensure humanity's survival.
- According to unnamed sources who spoke with Page Six, HBO Max is seriously considering a second season for the "Sex and the City" spin-off series "And Just Like That," despite a wave of criticism from critics and fans on social media, and the sexual assault allegations against former star Chris Noth.
- FuboTV secured the US rights to stream select matches from the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) over the next six years.
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 |  | Lon Harris is the writer and editor of Inside Streaming and was the very first person to ever write an Inside newsletter. He lives in Los Angeles, California, and also writes about TV and film for Fandom, Screen Junkies, Rotten Tomatoes, Gamma Ray and others. Plus he has a Game of Thrones podcast called "Casterly Talk" and competes on The Movie Trivia Schmoedown as "The Professor." |  | | Editor | Jonathan Harris is a writer for Inside.com. Previously, he wrote for The Huffington Post, TakePart.com, and the YouTube channel What’s Trending. | |
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