Thoughtless Revivals, Casting, Premiere Dates and Renewal TV News

ABC is working on a 'revival' of Designing Women.' Which is funny, considering the show was brought about to take advantage of the demographic that was flocking to watch The Golden Girls back in the day when the shows aired.

Hulu is working on reviving Veronica Mars, and in the process, also nabbed all previous episodes of the show.

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Us and Them, which had a very very short run on Fox, (Fox canned it after only seven episodes, has moved to Sony's Crackle streaming service as of October 1st.

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John Legend will be joining Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine on the next edition of The Voice.

We all know that Julie Chen exited The Talk... additionally industry insiders fully expect her to not be returning to host Big Brother if/when it is renewed. Which is interesting, considering all the developments that have been going on with her husband, Les Moonves.

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Absentia was renewed for a second season by Amazon.

Greenleaf was renewed for a fourth season by OWN.

Harlots was renewed by Hulu for a third season.

MasterChef got the nod for season 10 by Fox.

The Deuce was renewed for a third season by HBO, but it will be it's final season.

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Check out these premiere dates of some select shows...

October 12 - Amazon: The Romanoffs

October 14 - AMC: AMC Visionaries: Eli Roth’s History of Horror

October 25 - Sundance TV: Deutschland 86 (S2)

October 26 - Netflix: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

October 28 - Netflix: Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj

November 17 - Sundance TV: Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle

December 5 - CNBC: Deal or No Deal

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