Year: 2022

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Crewed Spaceflight New Shepard

Blue Origin NS-20

  • March 31, 2022

Blue Origin NS-20Blue Origin launches the New Shepard suborbital flight NS-20, the fourth crewed flight of the vehicle. Passengers on this flight are Marty Allen, Sharon Hagle, Marc Hagle, Jim Kitchen, George Nield, and Gary Lai. Lai is the designer of the New Shepard vehicle.

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Arrowverse (DC) Franchises Television

CW cancels Legends, Batwoman

  • April 29, 2022

The CW Network logoTelevision network The CW, which has enjoyed nearly a decade of success with a slate of popular Greg Berlanti-produced series based on DC Comics properties, announces the unexpected cancellation of two of those shows, Legends Of Tomorrow and Batwoman. With the network up for sale by the two studios holding ownership stakes, Warner Bros. and Paramount/CBS, the cancellations may be the result of a desire to streamline the schedule and make room for less effects-and-stunt-heavy programming that will appeal to potential buyers (the most likely of which at the time of these cancellations is budget-conscious television station group Nexstar). Legends Of Tomorrow had recently completed its seventh season on the air, while Batwoman had only recently completed its third season. This leaves only three DC Comics-derived series on the CW’s schedule, The Flash (entering its ninth and final season) and Superman & Lois; the already-filmed third season of Stargirl will air at a date yet to be determined (but has traditionally aired in a summer timeslot).

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Doctor Who Franchises Television

Ncuti Gatwa is the Doctor

  • May 8, 2022

Ncuti GatwaThe BBC announces that 29-year-old actor Ncuti Gatwa will be the fourteenth actor to take on the lead role of Doctor Who, following Jodie Whittaker’s departure in a special episode yet to air in 2022. He is best known for his role in the Netflix series Sex Education, The transition to a new Doctor also includes the transition to returning showrunner Russell T. Davies, who was largely responsible for returning Doctor Who to television in 2005 and left the series in 2009 after four seasons. The first new episodes under Davies will not be broadcast until 2023.