This is a list of various TV mandates for 2023 for streamers and networks.
PERSON OF INTEREST
Person of Interest‘s series finale is the best of all possible endings, staying true to the emotional, philosophical, and technical heart of the show’s five seasons.
Person of Interest runs probabilities in its penultimate episode. A spy caper, an action/adventure, and a mystery plot all come to a head in “.exe” leading up to the series finale.
Person of Interest seamlessly weaves a high-stakes mystery with some old faces. Shaw, John, and Fusco work their case while Harold and the Machine discuss scientific ethics. The episode hits just the right mix of cheese and smarts to make it an ideal example of what this show can do.
Person of Interest belabors the point with its sci-fi ethics lectures to push Harold to the brink. As a narrative turn just before the ultimate climax, it works but feels heavy-handed.
Person of Interest works on cleaning up dangling plot threads this week in “Sotto Voce.” A case of the week turns into a tangle of series mythology, gang wars, and character development situations.
A double dose of Person of Interest provides two equally good sci-fi philosophy lessons. “QSO” explores the nature of free will and intelligence, while “Reassortment” looks at population dynamics and the ethics of following unethical orders. It’s deep, but it’s fun while it does it.
Person of Interest takes on a fun fluffy case where the gang lets their hair down. Meanwhile, all the plot pieces move into position for the rest of the season.
Person of Interest takes a mundane case of the week and interweaves it with every plotline that the season is juggling in “ShotSeeker.” Mafia, mystery, and warring artificial intelligences all mix together to create an enjoyable, relevant cocktail.
Shaw is back on Person of Interest in an appropriately action-packed, torture-filled psychological thriller of an episode. It’s absolute perfection.
The Machine sets John on a collision course with his old CIA boss as Person of Interest delivers a quality case of the week without forgetting its ultimate goals.
Person of Interest uses a glitch in the Machine to contemplate human nature when she turns against her allies. This show just gave a disembodied artificial intelligence her own character-focused episode and it was glorious.
Person of Interest begins its fifth and final season where it left off, complete with its usual doses of action, adventure, and the ethical implications of technology. All in all, a promising start without shifting the series’ paradigm too drastically.
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A recap of the week’s TV casting news!
A recap of the week’s TV news!
A recap of the week’s TV casting news!
This week’s casting news!
A mid-day recap of today’s TV casting news!
A daily recap of pilot and series castings!
A recap of Sales, Pick-ups, Attachments, Exits, Deals, Renewals, Cancellations & More, as the fall season swings in motion.
A MONSTER-SIZED recap of the latest Sales, Pick-ups, Attachments, Exits, Deals, Renewals, Cancellations & More, as the upfronts near!
4 Networks continue to expand the buying season, while Sony TV locks up four creatives in 2/7s, and two showrunners join shows, while GK and Valhalla set to create Deadwood on the Ocean!
7 Networks – 17 Shows – 18 Actors… All TV.
19 shows – 27 actors. Pilot season continues!
18 shows cast 21 stars, as Marcia Gay Harden shows up to Smother, Jim Caviezel signs on to star in a project from JJ Abrams and Jonah Nolan, Anjelica Huston is the latest to star in a Spielberg effort, 17th Precincnt adds yet another Battlestar alum, while Wonder Woman snags a friend, and John Stamos lands on a Law & Order run.
Dawson makes his TV return for ABC’s “Bitch”, Michael Emerson signs on for another JJ Abrams project, NBC finalizes a deal for the next Wonder Woman, and another nine land starring roles as pilot season rages on.
IFC renews one only 3 episodes in, while ABC taps two directors, and CBS and CW each grab one of their own.
CBS gets into the JJ Abrams/Jonah Nolan show, Cinemax picks up “24 meets Call of Duty”, and Fox snags a medical drama from NBC. Meanwhile, ABC adds a couple directors, Cinemax adds 3 directors for previously mentioned, CW adds 1 for OC reunion project (of sorts), Fox adds a pair of brothers for Council of Dads, and NBC adds David Slade for Inception-like pilot, and Jeffrey Reiner to bring a certain princess superhero to life!
