‘Bosch’ Final Season To Premiere In June (TV News Roundup)

Amazon Prime Video announced that the final season of “Bosch” will premiere on June 25.

All eight episodes will launch at once. Based on the best-selling Michael Connelly novels, the show has been the streamer’s longest running series so far.

The new season kicks off when a 10-year-old girl dies in an arson fire, prompting Detective Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) to risk everything to bring her killer to justice despite opposition from powerful forces.

The cast also includes Jamie Hector, Amy Aquino, Madison Lintz and Lance Reddick. “Bosch” is executive produced by Welliver, Elle Johnson, Pieter Jan Brugge, Henrik Bastin, Michael Connelly and Eric Overmyer.

Also in today’s TV news roundup:

PARTNERSHIPS

The ATX Television Festival announced the additions of HBO’s upcoming new series “The White Lotus” and “In Treatment,” as well as HBO Max’s new comedy “Hacks,” a Season 3 discussion of “Titans” and a theme panel entitled “New Voices: Launching a First Series” to its 2021 lineup. “The White Lotus” will be the festival’s closing night programming event, with a screening and panel, while “In Treatment’s” event will be an official Emmy FYC co-presentation featuring moderator Dr. Siri Sat Nam, co-showrunners Jennifer Schuur and Joshua Allen, and cast members Uzo Aduba, Anthony Ramos, Quintessa Swindell, John Benjamin Hickey and Liza Colón Zayas. The “Hacks” panel will welcome co-creators and co-showrunners Lucia Aniello, Jen Statsky and Paul W. Downs, who also acts in the series, as well as stars Hannah Einbinder and Carl Clemons-Hopkins. “New Voices: Launching a First Series” will include Konrad Kay and Mickey Down from HBO’s “Industry,” Crystal Moselle from HBO’s “Betty,” and Christina Lee from HBO Max’s “Made for Love.” This year’s ATX Television Festival is taking place virtually from June 11 to 20.

INITIATIVES

MPAC Hollywood Bureau and the Blackhouse Foundation announced its participants for its screenwriting program for Black Muslim writers. The participants are Maram Ahmed, Desha Dauchan, Aiman Mimiko, Thembia S. Mshaka, Malikah A. Shabazz, Maria Warith Wade, Nadra Widatalla and Sekinat Jumai Yusuf. The program runs May 17 to June 4 as an opportunity for the participants to gain the tools and experience needed to advance their careers as TV writers. It aims to help the writers tell authentic, intersectional stories with nuanced depictions of Black Muslims — a sector that makes up 20 percent of the American Muslim population, but remains underrepresented on screen. Walt Disney TV creative talent development and inclusion vice president Donna Michelle Anderson; writer, actress and producer Fanshen Cox; director and editor Qasim Basir and director-producer-writer Hanelle Culpepper will serve as instructors.

LATE NIGHT

“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” will have on Keegan-Michael Key, Zoey Deutch and Conway the Machine featuring Ludacris & J.I.D, while Chris Rock, Samira Wiley and Morray will appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” will feature Seth Rogen, Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert and Jon Randall, and Anthony Mackie and Jean Smart will be on “Late Night With Seth Meyers.” Ben Platt will appear on “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” and Natalie Wynn will be on “A Little Late with Lilly Singh.”

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