TV News Roundup: January 31, 2018

• (01/31) For the upcoming DC streaming service, a Superman-less series METROPOLIS has been ordered straight to series. The show will premiere in 2019.
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• (01/30) USA Network renews SUITS for 8th Season.
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• (01/30) Showtime renews freshman drama, THE CHI for season two.
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• (01/29) Bravo picks up anthology series based on DIRTY JOHN podcast.
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• (01/28) CBS orders pilots for reboots of MAGNUM PI and CAGNEY & LACEY.
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• (01/26) STATION 19 is the name of the spin-off series from GREY'S ANATOMY.
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• (01/26) The CW orders pilot for CHARMED reboot series.
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• (01/26) USA Network series, DAMNATION, cancelled after one season.
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• (01/24) CBS has given a 13 episode commitment to revive the sitcom, MURPHY BROWN, for the 2018-19 season.
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• (01/22) NBC announced that AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and TIMELESS will return on March 11, 2018.
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• (01/22) ION TV will premiere its newest original series, PRIVATE EYES, starring Jason Priestly, on Sunday, February 11, 2018.
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• (01/19) Daytime talk show, STEVE, has been renewed for two more seasons.
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• (01/19) Netflix picks up pop culture/topical series, THE JOEL MCHALE SHOW, and will be released weekly.
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• (01/19) Deadline is reporting that the media company, Lionsgate, is in active talks with Amazon, Verizon and a potentially recombined Viacom/CBS Corp, for a possible merger.
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• (01/19) Freeform renews freshman sitcom, GROWN-ISH, for a second season.
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• (01/17) Amazon cancels ONE MISSISSIPPI, I LOVE DICK and JEAN-CLAUDE VAN JOHNSON.
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• (01/17) Amazon renews THE TICK for a second season.
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