TV NEWS: 9-1-1, "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff, "Roswell," "The Walking Dead" and Much More..

9-1-1 got a second season renewal nod from FOX already. (It's not a bad show at all, even if Angela Bassett seems a little too over-the-top for me. It's nice to see Peter Krause have a new role that is quite different from his Parenthood role. It's always good to see Connie Britton in a good show.)

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The Grey's Anatomy spinoff series will be titled Station 19! The spinoff will follow Dr Ben Warren (Jason George) in his new life as a firefighter.  The 10-episode season will premiere with a two-hour series premiere on Thursday, March 22...  oh! SPOIL-ER!!!  Crumbs, too late.

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A Roswell Reboot is headed for the CW. Yea, reboot... and they haven't given it a title yet...
"After reluctantly returning to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico, the daughter of undocumented immigrants discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer: he’s an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life. She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance."

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The Walking Dead was renewed for a ninth season Season by AMC. I guess that answers the question about if Robert Kirkman would be taking the show with him to Amazon, where he's moving his production house to. Though, to be honest, if this next season is anything like the last, I'm out of here. They did almost nothing but mail it in. The script that is.

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In other TV news...


American Rust had its series order pulled by USA.

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Meryl Streep is joining HBO's Big Little Lies in 2019.

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Helen Mirren will star as Catherine the Great on HBO.

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Charmed (revival) got a pilot order from The CW.

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Cosmos is coming back for a third season on Fox or Nat Geo.

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Damnation was cancelled by USA.

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A Murphy Brown "revival" is coming out of the unoriginal department of CBS...

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A Party of Five reboot was ordered by Freeform.

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Sneaky Pete's second season on Amazon Prime returns on Friday, March 9

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Stan Against Evil will be taking the place of Portlandia on IFC, once Portlandia comes to a close.

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The Story of God is coming back for a third season on National Geographic.

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Timeless second season will be premiering on NBC on Sunday, March 11

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Trading Spaces is getting revived by TLC... because we can't come up with anything better!!!

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Vampira was renewed for a second season by Disney Junior.

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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was renewed for Disney/ABC stations.

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