Kristen Wiig will return the sketch comedy series that made her a star. She set to host Saturday Night Live on Nov. 19, marking her second time as host of the show. The xx will be the music guests, promoting their upcoming album I See You.
ESPN Films have announced another 30 for 30 documentary in the works. This Was the XFL will explore the ill-fated football league that made “He Hate Me” a star. The film will be directed by Charlie Ebersol, son of onetime NBC Sports exec Dick Ebersol who launched the league with wrestling titan Vince McMahon in 2001. Deadline reports the film will premiere on ESPN on Feb. 2, three days ahead of the Super Bowl.
The CW is giving one of their series a few more “tomorrows,” as DC’s Legends of Tomorrow‘s current season has been expanded by four more episodes. TV Line reports that the Season 2 order will now reach 17. The show is currently the fourth highest rated series on the network.
The Good Fight continues to add to its cast with more familiar faces. TV Line reports that Zach Grenier and Jerry Adler will reprise their roles as David Lee and Howard Lyman when The Good Wife spinoff starts in February. The show will debut on CBS before moving over to the networks CBS All Access online channel.
While the long awaited sequel to the 1996 film Trainspotting is set to arrive on the big screen in 2017, author Irvine Welsh reveals that he has penned other stories for the characters in the film that he would potentially like to see air on TV. “Basically, I’ve plans for all of them, all in various kinds of schedules and adaptations,” said Welsh to NME (via Dark Horizons). “It’s all ruling on cable TV. Cable TV has some interesting developments. We’re working on all these different kinds of things.”
Speaking of film adaptations for TV, the Hollywood Reporter reveals that ABC is exploring a potential workplace comedy based on the ’70s film Car Wash. Kenny Leon (Hairspray Live, The Wiz Live) will direct the pilot and would also co-executive produce should the show get picked up.
The murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. grabbed headlines in the ’90s. Now, nearly two decades later, they will serve as the basis for the new USA pilot Unsolved. EW reports the series will pull from the experiences of LAPD detective Greg Kading, who investigated the murders and penned a book about both cases. The People vs. O.J. Simpson director Anthony Hemingway is set to direct the pilot and executive produce the series if it gets picked up.
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