 According to Variety, a new season of "Black Mirror" is in development at Netflix. Season 5 of the darkly comic sci-fi anthology series debuted back in June 2019. More: - Casting is apparently now underway for the show's sixth season.
- Variety reports that, like Season 5, each of the new episodes will be "cinematic in scope."
- This will be the first "Black Mirror" season to debut following Netflix's overall deal with creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones' company, Broke and Bones; the rights to the series remain partly under the control of Banijay Group.
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 Fox's "9-1-1," "The Resident" NBC, ABC, and Fox released programming line-ups for the 2022-2023 TV season, but Fox stopped short of unveiling a full fall schedule. The announcements arrive in time for the networks' upfront presentations, where they'll showcase new and returning shows for potential advertisers. More: - Fox has yet to decide on the fates of two of its tentpole drama series: "9-1-1" and "The Resident."
- The network did announce renewals for the spinoff "9-1-1: Lone Star," along with the freshman comedy "Welcome to Flatch" and the returning sitcom "Call Me Kat"; previously announced renewals include "The Cleaning Lady," "The Simpsons," "Bob's Burgers," and "Family Guy."
- Fox also announced the debut missing persons procedural series "Alert," from "The Blacklist" vet John Eisendrath and producer Jamie Foxx.
- NBC left several full nights of programming untouched, including its Tuesday slate (featuring "The Voice," "La Brea," and "New Amsterdam"), Wednesday's "One Chicago" line-up, and Thursday's run of "Law & Order" series.
- Last year, NBC introduced no new fall comedies; this year, it will debut "Lopez vs. Lopez" alongside the return of "Young Rock" for a third season.
- NBC's new take on "Quantum Leap" will air at 10 pm on Mondays, following "The Voice."
- ABC renewed five shows ahead of upfronts: "Big Sky," "A Million Little Things," "The Conners," "Home Economics," and "The Wonder Years."
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DAILY CALENDAR MONDAY, MAY 16 DIAMOND HANDS: THE LEGEND OF WALL STREET BETS: Documentary feature from MSNBC Films and NBC News Studios about the day traders of Reddit's r/WallStreetBets community, and how they challenged the financial industry's conventional wisdom by buying up GameStop stock in early 2021. Zack Canepari and Drea Cooper ("Flint Town") directed. [Peacock] QUEEN SUGAR: Season 6 of the drama series, based on the 2014 novel by Natalie Baszile, aired on cable's OWN last year and comes to Hulu today. The show will conclude after its upcoming seventh season. The story centers on the lives of three siblings from rural Louisiana; Rutina Wesley, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, and Kofi Siriboe co-star. [Hulu] VAMPIRE IN THE GARDEN: Anime series from Japan's Wit Studio ("Attack on Titan") about the friendship that forms between a human girl and a vampire queen, despite an ongoing war between their two races. [Netflix] THE TRUTH WILL OUT (DET SOM GÖMS I SNÖ): The Swedish crime drama series stars Robert Gustafsson as police detective Peter Wendel, who pulls together an elite team of investigators to reopen and solve old murder cases. Season 2, which debuts in the US today on Acorn TV, finds Wendel's team hunting for a collection of unknown murderers after a notorious serial killer is revealed as a fraud. [Acorn TV]
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 The Peterson family Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and Matthieu Belghiti -- the creators of the original "Staircase" true-crime docuseries -- asked HBO Max to amend an upcoming episode of its scripted adaptation or add a disclaimer to the series noting that it was only "inspired" by real events. Specifically, Lestrade and Belghiti object to the scripted show's depiction of the docuseries' crew, and in particular, the personal relationship between subject Michael Peterson and editor Sophie Brunet. More: - De Lestrade told Vanity Fair that his team gave the scripted show's creator, Antonio Campos, complete access to their archives, and now feel "betrayed."
- Campos has not responded to the allegations.
- De Lestrade also noted that, though the HBO Max series shows Peterson and Brunet becoming close while making the docuseries, in fact, their personal relationship started much later.
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 "The Circle" According to Deadline, Netflix plans to begin live-streaming a number of unscripted shows and stand-up specials. The format will likely debut on reality competition series, such as "The Circle" or the upcoming "Dance 100." More: - Deadline indicated that future editions of the "Netflix is a Joke" comedy festival could also feature live-streamed performances.
- Another option for the platform could be live-streamed reunion specials, such as the upcoming "Selling Sunset" fifth season retrospective.
- Disney+ announced plans to begin live-streaming episodes of the reality competition series "Dancing with the Stars," which will move over to the platform from ABC later this year.
- Obviously, live sports remain an area of interest for Netflix and consumers, but Deadline indicates those plans are not part of this new directive.
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 Geeked Week 2022 trailer Netflix's next "Geeked Week" promotional event kicks off on June 6. The streamer will share news and debut images, trailers and more for high-profile series including "Stranger Things," "The Umbrella Academy," "Arcane," and "Sandman." More: - Each weekday during "Geeked Week" will be devoted to a different theme: Monday will center on Japanese content, Tuesday is dedicated to film news, Wednesday will focus on animation, Thursday is solely devoted to "Stranger Things" updates, while Friday will highlight video games.
- 2022 Geeked Week "hosts" will include Jacob Bertrand, Jaeden Martell, Ella Purnell, Tiffany Smith, Felicia Day, and Mari Takahashi.
- The 2022 Geeked Week trailer features the first glimpse of Gwendoline Christie in character as Lucifer Morningstar from "Sandman."
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 Actors David Tennant and Catherine Tate will return to the "Doctor Who" franchise for the show's 60th anniversary celebrations. Tennant starred as the Tenth incarnation of The Doctor on the BBC sci-fi series from 2005 to 2010; Tate portrayed his companion, Donna Noble, beginning in 2006. More: - Scenes featuring the duo, who were last seen together 12 years ago on the show's 2010 New Year's Day special, will air next year.
- Russell T. Davies -- who served as showrunner during the Tenth Doctor era -- returns to the franchise next year along with newly-announced Fourteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa.
- Tennant reprised his role as the Tenth Doctor for the show's 50th anniversary special -- "The Day of the Doctor" -- in 2013.
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 Apple released a trailer for the third season of the alternate history series "For All Mankind." The 10-episode Season 3 kicks off on June 10. More: - The series takes place in a world where the hotly-competitive global space race continued after the 1969 moon landing.
- Season 3 jumps forward in time to the 1990s, and finds the U.S. and Soviet Union plotting missions to Mars.
- The cast includes Joel Kinnaman, Shantel VanSanten, Jodi Balfour, Sonya Walger, and Krys Marshall; Edi Gathegi joins the ensemble for Season 3.
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 "Prey" Hulu released trailers for the upcoming films "Prey" and "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande." FX also dropped a trailer for the action thriller series "The Old Man"; episodes will stream on Hulu the day after they air on TV. More: - "Prey," the latest installment of the "Predator" action sci-fi franchise, comes from "10 Cloverfield Lane" filmmaker Dan Trachtenberg.
- The plot centers around a lone Predator arriving in Comanche territory 300 years ago; the cast features mostly Native and First Nation's actors, including Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Stormee Kipp, Michelle Thrush, and Julian Black Antelope.
- "Prey" hits Hulu on August 5.
- "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande" debuted at this year's Sundance Film Festival; Emma Thompson stars as a widow who forms a surprising connection with the considerably younger sex worker (Daryl McCormack) she has hired.
- The film debuts on Hulu on June 17.
- "The Old Man" -- based on a 2017 novel by Thomas Perry, and starring Jeff Bridges as a former CIA operative who goes on the run after years in hiding -- premieres on FX on June 16.
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- "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" vet Stephanie Beatriz joined the cast of Peacock's series adaptation of the "Twisted Metal" video games; she'll play a tough car thief named Quiet who forms an unlikely bond with Anthony Mackie's character, John Doe.
- Hulu canceled the stop-motion animated comedy series "M.O.D.O.K." -- based on the Marvel Comics supervillain -- after a single season.
- According to the latest edition of Empire magazine, Netflix is apparently already working on prequel and sequel films based on the upcoming action thriller "The Gray Man," starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans.
- Apple released a trailer for the upcoming Skydance Animation feature "Luck," featuring the voices of Eva Noblezada, Simon Pegg, Jane Fonda, and Whoopi Goldberg.
- "Sopranos" vet Edie Falco joined the cast of the upcoming Peacock comedy series "Bupkis" as the mother of Pete Davidson's lead character.
- CNN Films and HBO Max ordered a documentary feature profiling rock and roll trailblazer Little Richard from "All In" director Lisa Cortés.
- Sony is developing a new animated series based on the classic '90s sitcom "Married...With Children," with all four original cast members set to return; "Family Guy" vet Alex Carter will write the series and serve as showrunner.
- Reba McEntire will join the cast of ABC's thriller series "Big Sky" for its upcoming third season; she'll play Sunny Brick, a backcountry outfitter whose clients frequently seem to go missing.
- During its first presentation to advertisers for Upfront Week, YouTube executives pointed to a new study highlighting the platform's emotional relevance in the lives of its users.
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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 and editor who lives in Los Angeles. | |
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