Jamie Bamber joins Strike Back; Resident Alien adaptation; Lil Dicky comedy; + more

Australian TV

• ABC green lights: ‘slice of life’ inner city serial The Heights

UK TV

• Jamie Bamber and Yasemin Allen join Sky 1’s Strike Back

US TV

• Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

• Raymond Cruz to recur on Epix’s Get Shorty
• Alfonso Herrera to recur on USA’s Queen of the South

New US TV shows

• FX green lights: pilot of Lil Dicky neurotic rapper comedy
• Syfy green lights: pilot of adaptation of Dark Horse’s Resident Alien
• NBC developing: horror drama Cul-De-Sac
• Showtime developing: swingers comedy