BBC America Renews Orphan Black for Fourth Season
Get ready, Clone Club, because Orphan Black is coming back next year. BBC America has renewed the sci-fi drama starring Tatiana Maslany as four distinct – but identical – clones for a 10-episode fourth season. Season 3 of the hit series is currently only three episodes in, but has already drastically changed the show by introducing a set of male clones into the mix. Tune in Saturdays at 9pm on BBC America to see just how the Project Leda girl clones plan to deal with their newfound Project Castor brothers. [Zap2it]
The CW Orders ‘Legends of Tomorrow,’ ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,’ ‘Cordon’
The CW has finalized its 2015-2016 schedule, picking up Legends of Tomorrow, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Cordon to series. The Arrow/Flash spinoff, now officially titled Legends of Tomorrow, will follow time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill, Doctor Who), who having seen the future assembles a disparate group of heroes and villains, including The Atom (Brandon Routh), Firestorm (Victor Garber), Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller), Heatwave (Dominic Purcell) and Caity Lotz (who will presumably still play Sara Lance), to confront an unstoppable threat to time itself.
Then in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Rebecca Bloom (Rachel Bloom) is a successful, driven, and possibly crazy young woman who impulsively gives up everything – her partnership at a prestigious law firm and her upscale apartment in Manhattan – in a desperate attempt to find love and happiness in that exotic hotbed of romance and adventure: West Covina, Calif.
And finally in The Vampire Diaries showrunner Julie Plec’s newest series Cordon, when a mysterious and deadly epidemic breaks out in Atlanta, a vast urban quarantine is quickly enforced, forcing those stuck on the inside to fight for their lives while local and federal officials desperately search for a cure. The drama stars David Gyasi; Christina Moses, Chris Wood, Kristen Gutoskie, Claudia Black (Farscape), George Young, Hanna Mangan Lawrence and Trevor St. John. [TVLine]
The CW Renews ‘iZombie’; Cancels ‘Hart of Dixie’ and ‘The Messengers’
Looks like The CW’s keeping brains on the menu next year. iZombie from Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas has been renewed for a second season. The new Rose McIver starring drama joins Arrow, The Flash, Jane The Virgin, Reign, Supernatural, The 100, The Vampire Diaries and The Originals on the network’s already packed 2015-2016 schedule. Meanwhile, Hart Of Dixie and The Messengers were cancelled today, leaving a few spots open for this year’s crop of pilots. [TVLine]
‘Supergirl’ Drama Picked Up to Series at CBS
Look, it’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s Supergirl coming in for a landing at CBS. The new series starring Glee alum Melissa Benoist as Kara Zor-El has officially received a series order, despite earlier rumors that the show might be moving to the more superhero-friendly The CW. However, there’s still no word on where the Greg Berlanti drama will end up on the network’s schedule. Mehcad Brooks, Calista Flockhart, Chyler Leigh and David Harewood will also star, while Laura Benanti, Dean Cain and Helen Slater are due to guest star in the pilot. [TVLine]
Now, if most of the TV-watching world would wake up and recognize the talent of the amazing Tatiana Maslany!
She is definitely talented and deserves more awards recognition, but the show’s storylines are so convoluted at this point.
I haven’t started S3 yet, still waiting to binge at the end. I could’ve done without the male clone and more answers, but I’m hooked on seeing how it plays out at this point.