TV News: Pitt, Dealer, Cary, Fear, Winds

The Pitt
HBO Max has revealed that the second season premiere of its medical drama “The Pitt” drew 5.4 million U.S. viewers, a 200% increase in viewership compared to its series debut – one of the biggest season-over-season jumps for a returning show. The growth follows a strong awards season for the show, which won Best Drama Series for both the Emmys and the Golden Globes. [Source: Variety]

The Dealer
“Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has revealed details of his new character-driven Netflix crime drama series “The Dealer”. Jung So-min, Ryoo Seung-bum, Lee Soo-hyuk, and Ryu Kyung-soo star while Choi Young-hwan directs the show, which is now in production.

The story follows a brilliant casino dealer whose life changes when a housing scam destroys her wedding plans. Her journey pulls her into a dangerous underworld where every move could cost her freedom, love, or even her life. [Source: TV Line]

Untitled Alex Cary Series
Dakota Fanning will star as an undercover agent of the U.S. Department of the Treasury in a new and untitled Apple TV series created by Emmy-winner Alex Cary (“Homeland”). Fanning, Julie Gardner and Brittany Kahan Ward executive produces.

Fanning plays a mole operating within a multi-billion-dollar international conglomerate with powerful political and criminal tentacles. She becomes conflicted between her mission and a belief that her principal target, the heir apparent to all that corrupt power, is at his core a good man and worthy of her love. [Source: Deadline]

Fear Not
Paramount+ has given the green light for the true crime limited series “Fear Not” with Anne Hathaway attached to star and executive produce for MGM Television. The story deals with a prolific serial killer and the unlikely bond he formed with the devout last woman he ever kidnapped.

Based on the Vanity Fair article “True Crime, True Faith” with Bash Doran (“Foster Dade”) penning the series adaptation. Adam Shulman, Johnathan Rice, Steve Stark, Helen Eastbrook and Stacey Levin also executive produce. [Source: Variety]

Dark Winds
AMC has released the official fourth season trailer for its acclaimed drama “Dark Winds,” with the new run premiering on February 15th. Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon and Jessica Matten star.

In the eight-episode run, a search is underway for a missing Navajo girl – an urgent case that takes the team to the ‘gritty terrain’ of 1970s Los Angeles, where an obsessive killer’s ties to organised crime turn the investigation into a race against time.