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Katja Herbers, Aasif Mandvi and Mike Colter in CBS's Evil

Evil, Defending the Guilty renewed; All Rise, The Unicorn et al extended; + more

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Internet TV

Trailer for Netflix’s Mortel
Jared Harris and Lee Pace to star in Apple TV+’s Foundation
Amazon green lights: German mechanic turned lay judge comedy Der Beischläfer (The Bedfellow), with Markus Stoll, Lisa Bitter, Daniel Christensen et al
Austin Crute, Nik Dodani, Andrew Jacobs et al join Netflix’s Trinkets

UK TV

BBC Two renews: Defending the Guilty
BBC developing: Hugh Laurie adaptation of Agatha Christie novel

US TV

CBS renews: Evil, extends All Rise, Bob Hearts Abishola, Carol’s Second Act and The Unicorn

New US TV shows

Fox green lights: pilot of airforce investigator drama Chain of Command
ABC developing: self-explanatory comedy Married With Roommates
The CW developing: Good Christian Bitches high school adaptation
Fox developing: adaptation of Cine.ar (Argentina)’s La chica que limpia (The Cleaning Lady)
NBC developing: eSports friends comedy The Squad…
…social media workplace drama Mavenhood
…and multiple timeline comedy Us & Them

Bluff City Law cancelled; Rosehaven renewed; Red Dwarf special; + more

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Australian and NZ TV

ABC renews: Rosehaven
New Zealand MediaWorks to sell Three, ThreeLife and The Edge TV

Mehdi Nebbou to co-star in TF1’s HPI
Sigourney Weaver and Gérard Depardieu to guest on Dix pour cent (Call My Agent!)
TF1 developing: good cop, bad sister drama, with Tomer Sisley

UK TV

Ralf Little to star in BBC One’s Death in Paradise
Dave green lights: two-hour Red Dwarf special

US TV

NBC cancels: Bluff City Law

US TV show casting

Richard Flood joins ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy
Missi Pyle and Holley Fain to recur on USA’s Dirty John

New US TV shows

CBS developing: double-dad cop drama Bent
Fox developing: adaptation of tvN (S Korea)’s Live

New US TV show casting

Casey Wilson to co-star in HBO Max’s Delilah
Mackenzie Davis and Himesh Patel to star in HBO Max’s Station Eleven
Tony Curran, Keith Machekanyanga, Lamar Johnson et al to recur on Showtime’s Your Honor

What time, TMINE? Including Avlu (The Yard)

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Quite a lot of acquisitions this week, but few of them have premiere dates. We did get one other acquisition this week, but the premiere date is today.

Acquisitions

E4 has acquired for 2020 two shows from the US: NBC’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and CBS’s Man With A Plan
The BBC – maybe BBC Two, maybe BBC Four, maybe BBC Alba – has acquired NRK (Norway)’s Twin
Walter Presents has got his mitts on France 2’s Philharmonia

Premiere dates

Avlu (The Yard) (Turkey: Star TV; UK: Netflix)

Premiere date: Today

Adaptation of Australian favourite Wentworth, relocated to a women’s prison in Istanbul.

Man With A Plan, Zoey’s Playlist, Avlu acquired; Sunnyside cancelled; The Outpost, Apple TV+ shows renewed; + more

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Internet TV

Netflix acquires: Star TV (Turkey)’s Avlu…
…developing: adaptation of Rachel Cohn’s and David Levithan’s Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares
Apple TV+ renews: For All Mankind, Dickinson, Little America and Home Before Dark
Zahra Bentham and Mouna Traoré to recur on Netflix’s Madam CJ Walker

International TV

Applause (India) renews: Hostages
Reel One (Canada), Element 8 (US) and La Sabotière France developing: anthology adaptation of Mary Higgins Clark’s books

Australian TV

Trailer for 9GO!’s Metro Sexual

German TV

Joyn green lights: adaptation of ABC (Australia)’s Diary of an Uber Driver, with Kostja Ullmann

Scandinavian TV

Josefin Asplund, Alexej Manvelov, Gustav Lindh et al to star in C More’s Top Dog

UK TV

E4 acquires: NBC (US)’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and CBS’s Man With A Plan
ITV green lights: dead husband had secrets drama Finding Alice, with Keeley Hawes

US TV

Trailer for final season of NBC’s Will & Grace
NBC extends and cancels: Sunnyside
The CW renews: The Outpost

US TV show casting

Renée Elise Goldsberry joins CBS’s Evil

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: pilot of eSports comedy
HBO Max green lights: series of Grease spin-off Grease: Rydell High
HBO developing: adaptation of Claire Lombardo’s The Most Fun We Ever Had
Sony TV developing: adaptation of Jodi Picoult’s A Spark of Light, with Joey King

New US TV show casting

Heather Graham joins CBS All Access’ The Stand

Philharmonia acquired; Agent Hamilton renewed; UK and Canadian Call My Agent! remakes; + more

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Internet TV

Apple TV+ green lights: adaptation of Donald L Miller’s Masters of the Air

French TV

Mimie Mathy and Franck Dubosc to guest on Dix Pour Cent! (Call My Agent!)
Canal+ developing: biopic Marie-Antoinette

International TV

Mel Raido, Tommy Bastow, Samuel Jodan et al to star in ZDF (Germany)’s/Fuji (Japan)’s The Window
AMC (US), RTE (Ireland), ZDF (Germany) and TV2 (Norway) green light: Irish environmental comedy-drama The South Westerlies, starring Orla Brady, Patrick Bergin, Eileen Walsh et al
Headline (UK) and Bron (Canada) developing: adaptations of France 2’s Dix Pour Cent! (Call My Agent!)

Italian TV

BIM Production and Publispei green lights: Dario Argento horror series Longinus

Scandinavian TV

TV4 (Sweden) renews: Agent Hamilton

UK TV

Walter Presents: France 2’s Philharmonia

US TV show casting

Cas Anvar to recur on ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder
Raymond Lee to recur on Fox’s Prodigal Son
Raven-Symoné to recur on Freeform’s The Bold Type
Andy Allo to recur on NBC’s Chicago Fire
Dulé Hill and June Diane Raphael to recur on Showtime’s Black Monday

New US TV shows

ABC developing: Mandy Moore-inspired drama ’90s Popstar
The CW developing: female MMA drama American Fighter

New US TV show casting

Katherine McNamara, Eion Bailey and Hamish Linklater join CBS All Access’ The Stand
Jade Albany to recur on NatGeo’s The Right Stuff and Parmount’s 68 Whiskey

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