Netflix reveals Shadow and Bone premiere date (TV news brief)

In today’s TV news round, Netflix announced the “Shadow and Bone” premiere date and Amazon Prime Video announced the “Tell Me Your Secrets” premiere date.

CASTING

OWN announced Lyriq Bent, Joseph Callender, Michel Curiel, LaMonica Garrett, Nigel Gibbs, Leonard Harmon, Candace B. Harris, Gray Hawks, Joe Holt, Kelly Jacobs, Khalil Johnson, Braelyn Rankins, Saycon Sengbloh and Amanda Tavarez joined their next drama series “Delilah”In recurring roles. In addition, the directors announced by OWN for the series will include Ayoka Chenzira and Crystle Roberson. The new series comes from Craig Wright and follows its main character (played by Maahra Hill) after leaving a prestigious law firm to raise children. Now, she takes on cases often ignored, representing underprivileged groups and facing the powerful and privileged. But this time, she is facing her best friend and fellow lawyer Tamara (Jill Marie Jones)

DATES

MTVin “Ghosted: Love Gone Missing”Will return every night February 8 with five new episodes as part of the “Love Gone Wrong” week leading up to Valentine’s Day, Variety learned exclusively. The week-long event will feature romantic comedies like “Couples Retreat, ”“Just friends, ”“Mr and Mrs Smith, ”“The break up“AND”The wedding singer, ”Along with episodes of“Catfish: the TV show. “To end the week, the broadcaster goes on the air”Ghost”For 24 hours. “Ghosted: Love Gone Missing” presents the co-hosts Rachel Lindsay and Travis Mills helping broken-hearted people to track and confront their lost loves to get the closure they need. Watch a teaser below.

Amazon Prime Videopsychological drama of “Tell me your secrets”It will debut February 19. The show comes from Bruna Papandrea, creator and writer Harriet Warner, Casey Haver and John Polson, who also directs. The 10-episode series revolves around characters with a frightening past: Emma (Lily Rabe) was once close and personal to an assassin, John (Hamish Linklater) is a former serial predator looking for redemption, Mary (Amy Brenneman) is a grieving mother determined to find her missing daughter and Peter (Enrique Murciano) is a therapist who works with criminals. As each of them is pushed to the edge, the line between the victim and the perpetrator becomes blurred. See a trailer below.

Netflixin “Canine Intervention, ”A six-part series that follows the renowned Oakland dog trainer Jas Leverette while running one of the best dog training centers in California, he will make his debut February, 24. Using their special techniques, each episode will depict Leverette working with a variety of dogs and their owners to correct behavioral problems in their Cali K9. See a trailer below.

CBS‘new comedy “Al United States, ”From executive producers Chuck Lorre, David Goetsch and Maria ferrari, will debut April 1. Parker Young and Adhir Kalyan star as a Navy veteran struggling to readjust to civilian life and the interpreter who served with his unit and arrived in the country to start a new life, respectively. Elizabeth Alderfer, Dean Norris, Kelli Goss and Farrah Mackenzie also star.

Netflixfantasy drama series, “Shadow and Bone, ”Based on the author Leigh Bardugothe trilogy of the same name and “Six of Crows”Duology, will debut April 23. The eight-episode series centers on a humble soldier and orphan Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li) with newly discovered powers that try to save your home from a powerful force of evil. With the Shadowfold threat on the horizon, she must train with an elite army of magical soldiers known as Grisha to enhance her powers. The series also stars Freddy Carter, Ben Barnes, Archie Renaux and Amita Suman. See several initial images below.

NBCthe special miniseries on real crimes in three parts, “The widower, ”From the producers of“Dateline NBC, ”Will air on the network for three consecutive nights, starting February 18th in 10 pm “The Widower” reveals the story behind one of the country’s most complex murder investigations through exclusive access to the alleged killer’s evasive methods.

HBO Maxin “Haute Dog”Will return with new episodes February 4th. Each episode of the competition series features three coaches facing creative challenges for the “Best in Show” title and a $ 10,000 prize. Featuring the best pet stylists, the challenges involve pampering dogs on all kinds of themes, like royalty, superheroes and fairy tales. “Haute Dog” is presented by Matt Rogers and presents judges Jess Rona, a celebrity dog ​​stylist and actor-comedian-writer-producer Robin Thede. Watch a new teaser below.

AMCin “Fear the walking dead”Will return with new episodes for the second half of season 6 in 11th of April. Keith Carradine, John Glover and Nick Stahl will join the cast and Aisha Tyler is set to direct an episode. The return of the series begins as Morgan (Lennie James) offer to free the remaining members of the group becomes more daring and Virginia (Colby Minifie) is increasingly desperate to find her sister and protect the settlements. The episodes depict new alliances, falling relationships and changing loyalty.

EXECUTIVE NEWS

Nexstar Media Group rang Bernadette Aulestia to its board of directors, with immediate effect. Aulestia will serve as a Class I Board Member and will run for election at the 2022 annual shareholders’ meeting and will also serve on the board’s compensation committee. She has more than 20 years of senior leadership experience in strategic planning, operations, distribution and development of marketing plans for Latin American, black and Asian consumers, previously serving as president of global distribution for HBO.

David Scott is joining ABC news as correspondent for the Investigative Unit based in New York, where he will focus on long reporting projects. Scott previously worked as a corresponding producer on the HBO show “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel”.

Starz promoted Karen Bailey, who previously served as senior vice president, the original executive vice president of programming. Based in the company’s Santa Monica office, Bailey will expand its leadership role with the original team and continue to lead the network’s inclusion initiatives, such as overseeing the development and production of programs such as “Foreign, ”“P-Valley“AND”American gods. ”Bailey joined the company in 2006 as an executive producer.

Trevor Noahin Day Zero Productions promoted Gabby Nowack to the creative executive, developing and producing both in cinema and television and in all areas of comedy, and hired Ashley Dizon as the director of development. Nowack has been on Day Zero since 2019; before that, she worked at WGN America, WME and Red Hour Productions. Dizon recently worked as an executive at 101st Street Entertainment, working on series like “Magnum PI”, “MacGyver” and “Hawaii Five-0”, the latter for which she also co-wrote two episodes.

LATE NIGHT

Tonight, Naomi Watts and Leslie Odom Jr. will appear in “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” While Rami Malek, Bridget Everett and Jesus Trejo will be in “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. “”Late night with Seth Meyers“will display Stanley Tucci, Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak. Amanda Gorman will be tonight’s guest at “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. “

ACQUISITIONS

The CW picked up the one hour dessert competition series “Great Chocolate Showdown, ”For his US debut later this year. Showing on Food Network Canada, the program follows 10 bakers facing creative chocolate-based challenges to impress a panel of judges that includes TV personality and author of successful cookbooks Anna Olson, award winning cake designer Cynthia Stroud and pastry chef Steve Hodge.