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Your TV Source Roundup: ‘For All Mankind’ Premiere Date, ‘We Own This City’ Trailer, ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Teaser, S.W.A.T. Renewed, ‘Emily in Paris’ Ups Lucien Laviscount, Netflix Orders ‘Glamorous’, and More!

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For All Mankind returns to Apple TV+ June 10. The ten episode third season takes viewers to a new decade, moving into the early ’90s with a high-octane race to a new planetary frontier: Mars. The Red Planet becomes the new front in the space race not only for the US and the Soviet Union, but also an unexpected new entrant with a lot to prove and even more at stake. Our characters find themselves going head-to-head as their ambitions for Mars come into conflict and their loyalties are tested, creating a pressure cooker that builds to a climactic conclusion. 

HBO’s limited series We Own This City will premiere April 25. The series chronicles the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force and the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the expense of actual police work. 

Season three of animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks will premiere later this year. The third season challenges the U.S.S. Cerritos ensigns in (hilarious) ways they could never imagine, starting with a shocking resolution for season two’s epic cliffhanger finale. 

CBS has renewed S.W.A.T. for a sixth season. The cop action drama series stars Shemar Moore, Alex Russell, Lina Esco, Kenny Johnson, Jay Harrington, David Lim, and Patrick St. Espirit. 

Lucien Laviscount has been promoted to series regular in the upcoming third season of Netflix’s Emily in Paris. Laviscount recurred in the second season as a love interest for Emily. 

Netflix has ordered Glamorous to series after previously being developed at The CW. The series follows a gender non-conforming high school graduate who lands the gig of a lifetime interning at the Manhattan cosmetics company whose products he panned on YouTube. Miss Benny will star. 

Walker Scobell has been cast in Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Scobell will play the title character Percy Jackson. The series tells the fantastical story of a 12-year-old modern demigod, Percy Jackson, who’s just coming to terms with his newfound supernatural powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt. Now Percy must trek across America to find it and restore order to Olympus. 

Kiernan Shipka is set to appear in an upcoming episode of The CW’s Riverdale. She reprised her role of Sabrina in an early episode this season. 

Justin Bartha is set to appear in Disney+’s upcoming National Treasure series reprising his role from the films. The series follows Jess, a brilliant and resourceful DREAMer who embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to uncover the truth about her family’s mysterious past and save a lost Pan-American treasure. 

Larry David has confirmed that Curb Your Enthusiasm will return for a twelfth season on HBO. Season eleven wrapped in December 2021. 

Manny Montana has been cast in FX’s Mayans M.C. Montana will appear in the upcoming fourth season which is set to premiere April 19. 

Netflix has canceled On the Verge after one season. The series followed four women, all at different points in their lives, tackling middle age. 

A special new primetime episode of The Price Is Right at Night will air April 25. Rachel Brosnahan will play alongside contestants to raise money for Covenant House. The charity offers support to young people in need, by providing shelter, food, crisis care and more. Additionally, contestants will compete for “marvelous” prizes, including a trip to Paris and a specially themed showcase, as well as cash and cars. 

Peacock has ordered a dark comedic thriller to series titled Based on a True Story. The series is about a realtor, a plumber and a former tennis star whose lives unexpectedly collide, exposing America’s obsession with true crime, murder and the slow close toilet seat. 

CBS has announced three new holiday movies for later this year. Nashville music themed When Christmas Was Young will feature a song by Sheryl Crow. Amanda Kloots will star in Fit For Christmas. Must Love Christmas will also air. 

CNN+ is now available on Roku. The announcement comes two weeks after the launch of the news streamer. 

Peacock is developing a Casper the Friendly Ghost TV series. The live action adaptation will feature a darker tone and will be set in a high school. 

Norah O’Donnell will continue on as anchor of CBS Evening News after signing a new deal with the network. The new deal will keep her at CBS through the 2024 election. 

Jill Hennessy has been cast in Fox’s Accused. She will star in the premiere episode opposite Michael Chiklis. The anthology series features new leads in each episode. 

Hollis Jane Andrews will recur in the current season of ABC’s The Good Doctor. Andrews will play a documentarian. 

Kane Brown has been added as co-host of the 2022 CMT Awards airing April 11 on CBS. Co-host Kelsea Ballerini has tested positive for covid and will be performing her duties from home. Anthony Mackie will also co-host

Samantha Mathis and Norm Lewis have been cast in NBC’s Blank Slate pilot. They join previously cast Matt Passmore, Floriana Lima, Abhi Sinha and Dave Annable.

Comedy special Marlon Wayans Presents: The Headliners will premiere on HBO Max April 21. Five up-and-coming comics join comedy legend Marlon Wayans for an hour of no-holds-barred stand-up. Taped live at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles, Wayans shines the spotlight on actor D.C. Ervin, social media star Tony Baker, niece and stand-up comic Chaunté Wayans, writer Sydney Castillo, and noted “closer” Esau McGraw. 

AMC+’s suspense thriller Moonhaven will premiere June 30. The series follows a lunar cargo pilot and smuggler 100 years in the future who finds herself accused of a crime and marooned on Moonhaven, a utopian community set on a 500 square mile Garden of Eden built on the Moon to find solutions to the problems that will soon end civilization on Mother Earth. A skeptic in Paradise, Bella is sucked into a conspiracy to gain control of the artificial intelligence responsible for Moonhaven’s miracles and teams with a local detective to stop the forces that want to destroy Earth’s last hope before they are destroyed themselves. 

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WE tv’s Commit or Quit with Judge Lynn Toler premieres May 12. Couples in crisis turn to the honorable Judge Lynn Toler for a life altering decision to get married or break up for good. Secrets are exposed, core issues uncovered, and those closest to them give shocking testimony. When it’s all said and done, ultimately, it’s up to the Judge to have them… Commit or Quit!

The Sound of Magic will premiere on Netflix May 6. A magician living in an abandoned theme park makes troubles disappear, and hope reappear, for a disenchanted teen enduring harsh realities.

Lee Arvoy
Lee Arvoy joined the TV Source team in the summer of 2020 as a TV Writer.

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