TV News Roundup: 'Lanterns' Future Dims, Druski's 'SNL' Draws 2-Year High

Previously on Matt's Inside Line.... I answered Reader Qs about #OneChicago, Transformers, The Rookie and other shows... relayed news of more reunions for Mark Harmon's Gibbs (and recapped Origins' latest Lala reveal)... and was bewitched like many of you by a Doomsday-teasing VisionQuest finale bonus scene that the press hadn't gotten to see in advance. Here's a handy recap of a few other Tuesday headlines.

◼️ Now nearly six weeks since its finale dropped — and amidst the shake-up going on at DC Studios, which will no longer be co-run by James Gunn — Lanterns' future reportedly is looking not-so-bright. Insiders told Variety that HBO's grounded space cops drama hasn't "quite" been "capturing the zeitgeist," and thus is looking iffy for a Season 2 renewal.

'Lanterns' Finale Draws Series High of 10.5 Million Viewers With Official Renewal Still TBD

As the DC Studios production awaits word on Season 2, it closed out Season 1 on a high note.

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◼️ Taye Diggs (All American) will star as wise man Balthasar in The Chosen: The Three Kings, the final chapter in the religious drama's Christmas trilogy (airing Monday, Dec. 14 on Fox). Piter Marek (Girls5eva) and Rahul Rai co-star as as Melchior and Gaspar, while Sara Anne and Raj Bond play Mary and Joseph. Watch a promo:

◼️ Skye's Pup Squad, a spinoff of the paw-pular Paw Patrol, is on track to debut on Nickelodeon in March 2027. In the 2D-animated series, "Skye and her best friends embark on an all-girl-pup road trip traveling along the trails of Rescue Ridge. When one of the Ridge’s animals is in trouble, Skye makes sure the Pup Squad is 'rescue ready!'"

Live-Action 'Stranger Things' Spinoff Reveals Title, Release Timetable and First Teaser

It's Stranger Things Day, and Netflix's gift to you is fresh intel on a live-action spinoff.

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◼️ Acorn TV's hit crime drama Art Detectives, starring and executive produced by Stephen Moyer, will return with a two-part special premiering Monday, Dec. 7 and Monday, Dec. 14, before officially launching its six-episode Season 2 sometime in 2027. Here's a trailer:

◼️ Megan Thee Stallion is coming out for a encore on NBC's The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins. The rapper and She-Hulk dance party partner will reprise her role as Denise — the divorced mom and mailwoman that Daniel Radcliffe’s Arthur Tobin crushes on — in the TCA-Approved comedy's Season 2 finale. Reggie Dinkins airs Mondays at 8:30/7:30c.

TV News Roundup: 'Blue Eye Samurai' Returns, 'SNL' Surges

Good morning! Here's a curated catch-up on Tuesday's TV headlines.

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◼️ Per LateNighter, this weekend's Druski-hosted Saturday Night Live drew 5.6 million total viewers (with a beefy college football lead-in), up 8% from Inde Navarrette's well-watched Halloween outing to mark a two-year high.

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