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The Beast in Me has to earn its second season
Netflix has renewed a drama originally billed as limited. Emmy recognition can explain the decision; the next story still has to justify reopening Aggie Wiggs’s world.
A Different World needs room for its new students
The sequel brings Hillman’s familiar faces back alongside a new class. Its strongest material may be the students’ relationships, if the legacy cast leaves them enough space.
Jimmy Smits gives Daryl Dixon’s final season a question of home
Jimmy Smits joins the final season as a doctor and former Navy officer. His teaser greeting, “Welcome home, son,” turns a first look into a question about Daryl’s destination.
Stabler’s return gives SVU’s 600th episode a job to do
Chris Meloni will return as Elliot Stabler for SVU’s 600th episode. The reunion will matter most if it gives Benson and Stabler something new to reckon with.
Peacock ordered three more seasons of The Traitors. My worry is the casting pool
Peacock ordered three more seasons of The Traitors the day before its civilian spin-off premiered on NBC. At least four more seasons are coming; I wonder about the celebrity casting pool.
