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Australian TV

FX green lights: adaptation of The Magician as Mr Inbetween

Canadian TV

Global renews: Mary Kills People and Private Eyes
Enrico Colantoni joins Showcase’s Travelers

US TV

Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Sarah Hyland to guest on Freeform’s Shadowhunters

New US TV shows

New trailer for Spike’s The Mist
Trailer for Discovery’s Manhunt: Unabomber

News: Sense8 cancelled; Julia Roberts’ HBO mini-series; Trust Brendan Fraser + more

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Internet TV

Netflix cancels: Sense8

Canadian TV

CBC green lights: adaptation of Lisa Moore’s Caught, with Allan Hawco and Paul Gross

New UK TV show casting

Robson Green, Sue Johnston, Polly Walker et al join BBC One’s Age Before Beauty

US TV

Teaser trailer for season 3 of HBO’s Ballers
Trailer for season 2 of AMC’s Preacher [US only]
Trailer for season 3 of TV Land’s Younger
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Skeet Urich promoted to regular on The CW’s Riverdale

New US TV shows

HBO green lights: mini-series adaptation of Maria Semple’s Today Will Be Different, starring Julia Roberts
HBO developing: adaptation of HOT3 (Israel)’s Euphoria

New US TV show casting

Mark-Paul Gosselaar to star in Fox’s The Passage
Brendan Fraser joins FX’s Trust

News: New Underbelly with Chopper; more Bellevue; Bounty Hunters casting; + more

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Internet TV

Netflix green lights: Turkish-language Ottoman empire fantasy drama

Australian TV

Aaron Jeffery to play Chopper in Nine’s Underbelly: Chopper
Angus McLaren joins Nine’s Doctor Doctor

Canadian TV

CBC developing: second season of Bellevue

New UK TV show casting

Rosie Perez, Robert Lindsay, Charity Wakefield et al join Sky 1’s Bounty Hunters

US TV

Thursday ratings

US TV show casting

Floriana Lima demoted on The CW’s Supergirl

New US TV shows

New trailer for Syfy’s Blood Drive
Hulu developing: adaptation of Twitter account Los Feliz Daycare

When’s that show you mentioned starting again, TMINE? Including Cardinal, El Chapo, Friends from College and Ozark

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Every Friday, I let you know the latest announcements about when new, imported TV shows will finally be arriving on UK screens – assuming anyone’s bought anything, of course.

Another week without acquisitions. What’s the point of that then?

But we do have some premiere dates, at least:

Cardinal (Canada: CTV/Super Écran; UK: BBC Four)
Saturday, June 3, 9pm
Episode reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4-5, 6

El Chapo (Netflix)
Friday, June 16

Friends From College (Netflix)
Friday, July 14

Ozark (Netflix)
Friday, July 21

News: The Get Down cancelled; S Korea’s Miss Marple; CBC’s 2017/8 schedule; + more

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Film trailers

New TV spot and trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming

Internet TV

Amazon developing: historical drama Cleopatra
Netflix cancels: The Get Down

International TV

Good Production (South Korea) developing: adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple stories as Miss Ma
Vera Farmiga and Mel Rodriguez join Channel 4 (UK)/Amazon’s Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams

Canadian TV

CBC’s 2017-2018 schedule

US TV

New trailer for season 7 of Game of Thrones
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Miss Lawrence promoted to regular on Fox’s Star
Mark Sheppard to leave The CW’s Supernatural

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News: Mary Kills People, Private Eyes renewed; The Mist, Manhunt: Unabomber trailers; + more

News: Sense8 cancelled; Julia Roberts’ HBO mini-series; Trust Brendan Fraser + more

News: New Underbelly with Chopper; more Bellevue; Bounty Hunters casting; + more

When’s that show you mentioned starting again, TMINE? Including Cardinal, El Chapo, Friends from College and Ozark

News: The Get Down cancelled; S Korea’s Miss Marple; CBC’s 2017/8 schedule; + more

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