The news that came out of CBS and CBS All Access press day at the winter Television Critics Association press tour should be best savored with fava beans and a nice chianti: CBS is developing a series based on’ Clarice Starling. Meanwhile, CBS All Access has reneweda, revealing cast and title names for the second go-around of that reboot, and given an early renewal to.The Silence of the LambsThe Twilight ZoneStar Trek: Picard

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HELLO,CLARICE

CBS has given a series commitment toClarice, which will be the untold personal story of Hannibal Lecter’s favorite female FBI agent. The project, which hails from‘sand, opens in 1993. It follows Clarice Starling after the events depicted inas she returns to the field to pursue serial murderers and sexual predators, while also navigating Washington, D.C.’s high-stakes political world.Star Trek: DiscoveryAlex KurtzmanJenny LumetThe Silence of the Lambs

“After more than 20 years of silence, we’re privileged to give voice to one of America’s most enduring heroes – Clarice Starling,” Kurtzman and Lumet said in a statement. “Clarice’s bravery and complexity have always lit the way, even as her personal story remained in the dark. But hers is the very story we need today: her struggle, her resilience, her victory. Her time is now, and always.”

No casting has been announced.

STAR TREK: PICARDSAILS INTO SEASON 2

Talk about warp speed! CBS All Access has renewedStar Trek: Picardahead of its premiere.

The new series, which returnsto his role as famed former USS Enterprise captain Jean-Luc Picard from, premieres January 23 on the streaming channel.Patrick StewartStar Trek: The Next Generation

Executive producer Akiva Goldsman told journalists during the show’s TCA panel that the new series will continue the franchise’s tradition of tackling important social issues — specifically, in this case, class, marginalization and disenfranchisement.

But is it going to be easily accessible for non-Trekkers or those new to the universe?

“This series is very much character-driven,” executive producer Michael Chabon said. It also doesn’t so much deal with the final frontier, executive producer Alex Kurtzman said,? as “the first chapter is really Earth-bound.”

As to whether otherStar Trekcharacters, such as Spock or Pike, will get their own series? Julie McNamara, executive vice president of original content for CBS All Access, told journalists that they have read fans’ concerns online and conversations happen on the regular.

CBS ALL ACCESS RE-ENTERSTHE TWILIGHT ZONE

CBS All Access has also ordered a second season of,and’s reboot ofsocially-conscious sci-fi classic.The Twilight ZoneJordan PeeleSimon KinbergRod Serling’s

Peele will return as narrator for season 2 and will also write an episode of the anthology series. (He and Kinberg share a byline withon the first season’s “Nightmare at 30,000 Feet,” which starred).Marco RamirezAdam Scott

The new season will consist of 10 episodes. Some of the full episode titles and (oftentimes familiar) cast follow in no particular order:

Episode: “Downtime”StarringWritten by Jordan Peele
Morena Baccarin

Episode: “The Who of You”StarringWritten by
Daniel Sunjata
Win Rosenfeld

Episode: “A Human Face”StarringWritten by
Jenna Elfman
Alex Rubens

Episode: “8”StarringWritten by
Joel McHale
Glen Morgan

Episode: “Among The Untrodden”Introducing Abbie Hern and Sophia MacyWritten by
Heather Anne Campbell

Episode: “Meet in the Middle”StarringWritten byand
Jimmi Simpson
Emily C. ChangSara Amini

GOOD FIGHTREADY FOR ANOTHER ROW

CBS All Access hasn’t released a premiere date for the fourth season of, but that hasn’t stopped creators Robert and Michelle King and the cast from teasing what’s in store for the new chapter.The Good Fight

Robert King told journalists at the TCA press day that the new season will deal with mergers similar to what we’ve seen in the media space. Here, the law firm of Reddick, Boseman, and Lockhart has been purchased by a larger international conglomerate that is more concerned about its diversity image.

It will also still be political — not something that’s always easy to do in this fast-paced news cycle.

“At a certain point you lay down your bet that the world is going to be at a certain place by the time the show comes out,” he said.

The new season ofThe Good Fightalso welcomes new characters played byand, and will also welcome back, who appeared on the Kings’ former series.John LarroquetteHugh DancyMichael J. FoxThe Good Wife

Episode titles will also be an ode to FXX’sand will all start with “The Gang …” This is a continuation of last season, where episode titles referencedand started with “The One …”.It’s Always Sunny in PhiladelphiaFriends

NEWS GOT YOU ANIMATED? COLBERT HAS A SOLUTION

Why tune into the news when you can toon in?, along withandand Tim Luecke, will soon premiere the new animated variety seriesTooning Out the News. As its title suggests, the new show will have five- to seven-minute segments as well as a 30-minute weekly episode. Animated characters, headed by one familiar-sounding anchor named James Smartwood, will mock headlines and interview real-world guests and newsmakers.Stephen ColbertLate Show’sChris LichtOur Cartoon President’sRJ Fried

“The minute the imaginators atTooning Out the Newsdecked their bleeding edge ideation bizmeth, I knew that the news jackers were ripe for our freemium growth hack pivot,” Colbert said in a statement. “Let’s go Omnichannel for UTTR! I also couldn’t be prouder to be working with my old friend, James Smartwood. Go get ‘em, Jimbo!”

No premiere date has been announced.

CBS All Access also announced a series order forThe Harper House, an animated comedy created by. According to the logline, it “will follow an overconfident female head-of-a-household as she struggles to regain a higher status for herself executive producer Alex Kurtzman said and for her family of oddballs — after losing her job and moving from the rich side to the poor side of an Arkansas small town. To save money, they’ve moved into their inherited Victorian fixer upper, the historic Harper House.” Neely will executive produce along with Katie Krentz.Brad Neely

INTERROGATIONGETS AN OFFICIAL TRAILER

CBS All Access has released the official trailer for, its true-crime drama that stars,,andand features special guest star.InterrogationPeter SarsgaardKyle GallnerDavid Strathairn Kodi Smit-McPheeVincent D’Onofrio

The 10-episode drama, which premieres February 6, is based on a true case of a young man charged and convicted of brutally murdering his mother — and then spent 20 years fighting his life sentence. Creatorsand?told journalists at TCA that all the episodes will be released at once and that viewers are encouraged to watch them in any order you want as long as you start with “Episode One.” But, Weidemann warns, all of these characters lie at some point in this show.Anders WeidemannJohn Mankiewicz

TUNING IN FORTOMMY?

CBS also released a new trailer for, the upcoming drama that starsas a newly-appointed chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.TommyEdie Falco

Executive producer and showrunnertold journalists during his TCA panel that the show, which was created by, was inspired by the fact that Los Angeles still hasn’t had a female police chief — and neither have New York City or Chicago. He said Attanasio also noticed that female cop dramas focus on relationships while male cop dramas follow action sequences. Given its setting, he saidTommywill also focus on topics like immigration, sexual harassment, and human trafficking.Tom SzentgyorgyiPaul Attanasio

Tommypremieres February 6.

RICHARD LINKLATER’S PAW-SOME NEW DOCU-SERIES

Filmmakersandare developing what could be a purr-fect documentary series for CBS All Access. The as-yet-to-be-titled 10-episode project will be filmed in and around Linklater’s hometown of Austin, Texas and — according to the release — will “provide a window onto the colorful and diverse world of animal rescue through moving, humorous and powerful stories of animals and the humans who love them.”Richard LinklaterBill Guttentag

In addition to Linklater and Guttentag, executive producers includeand Jay McGraw of Stage 29 and Julia Eisenman. Nayeema Raza will co-executive produce.Phil McGraw

A premiere date has not been announced.

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