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Iron Fist cancelled; Lethal Weapon extended; Name of the Rose trailer; + more

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Tamara Taylor and JC MacKenzie to star in Neflix’s October Faction
Dylan McDermott joins Netflix’s The Politician
Trailer for Netflix’s The Kominsky Method
Netflix cancels: Marvel’s Iron Fist

International TV

Endemol developing: political thriller El Asesor (The Advisor)
Trailer for Rai (Italy)’s The Name of the Rose

French TV

M6 developing: adaptation of Antena 3 (Spain)’s Vis a vis (Locked Up) [in French]
France Télévisions developing: self-explanatory Josephine & Napoleon, with Bérénice Bejo

Scandinavian TV

Marlowfilm developing: adaptation of Carsten Jensen’s We, the Drowned

Spanish TV

La 1 green lights: adaptation of Agustín Martínez’s Monteperdido as La Caza. Moneperdido
Movistar + developing: adaptation of Julia Navarro’s Dime quien soy (Tell Me Who I Am)
Dlo/Magnolia developing: drama El inmortal, 1970s El País drama, Catholic Church young love drama Líbranos del mal

UK TV

ITV green lights: police procedural Wild Bill, with Rob Lowe
Sky1 acquires: Acorn (US)’s Agatha Raisin…
…green lights: parenting paradox sitcom Breeders, with Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard
Channel 4 green lights: anthology series with Samantha Morton, Vicky McClure and Gemma Chan

US TV

Fox extends: Lethal Weapon

New US TV shows

ABC developing: female basketball coach drama Trailblazer…
…undocumented Iranians comedy Americanized;
…and multi-generational Latinx family restaurant comedy with Danny Trejo

New US TV show casting

Rarmian Newton and Darby Camp to recur on AMC’s NOS4A2
Shannon Kane and Perri Camper to recur on BET’s American Soul
RJ Walker and Paula Newsome to recur on BET’s Boomerang
Seth MacFarlane, Sienna Miller, Simon McBurney et al join Showtime’s The Loudest Voice in the Room

Lost in Space, Agents of SHIELD renewed; a Doom Patrol series; Guillermo del Toro Netflix horror anthology; + more

15 May 2018 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Internet TV

Netflix renews: Lost in Space…
…green lights: series of Guillermo del Toro horror anthology 10 After Midnight

European TV

TimVision developing: adaptation of Edoardo Nesi’s 1970s Italian economic boom drama Infinite Summer

UK TV

Toby Stephens, Keeley Hawes, Timothy Spall et al to star in BBC Two’s Summer of Rockets

US TV

ABC renews: Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Jennifer Love Hewitt joins Fox’s 911

New US TV shows

DC Universe green lights: series adaptation of Doom Patrol
Freeform green lights: series of Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists

Kimmy Schmidt cancelled; Matt Berry – vampire flatmate; Greyzone acquired; Poldark renewed; + more

4 May 2018 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

Internet TV

Michelle Fairley, David Thewlis, Nina Toussaint White et al join Amazon’s The Feed
Facebook green lights: series of beauty pageant dark comedy Queen America, with Catherine Zeta-Jones
Helen Bonham Carter to play Princess Margaret, Jason Watkins to play Harold Wilson in Netflix’s The Crown
Netflix cancels: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

International TV

France Télévisions (France), RAI (Italy) and ZDF (Germany) green light: series of Leonardo da Vinci drama Leonardo, Dubai espionage series Mirage, period Venetian crime drama Eternal City [in French]

UK TV

Walter Presents acquires: TV2 (Denmark)/TV4 (Sweden)’s Greyzone
BBC One renews: Poldark
Miriam Margolyes to guest on BBC One’s Call The Midwife
Universal Channel to become Universal TV

US TV

Trailer for season 5 of Starz’s Power
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Carrie Coon, Natalie Paul and Hannah Gross join USA’s The Sinner

New US TV shows

Trailer for AMC’s Dietland [US only]
Trailer for FX’s Pose [US only]
Trailer for Paramount’s American Woman
FX green lights: series adaptation of What We Do In the Shadows, with Matt Berry, Kayvan Novak, Natasia Demetriou and Harvey Guillen

New US TV show casting

Wunmi Mosaku to star in HBO’s Lovecraft Country
Daniel David Stewart, Austin Stowell, Rafi Gavron et al join Hulu’s Catch-22

Seven Seconds, Taken cancelled; Let’s Get Physical acquired; This Close, six CBS shows renewed; Nat Geo’s Ebola drama; + more

19 April 2018 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Internet TV

Teaser for season 2 of Netflix’s GLOW
Cary Elwes and Jake Busey join Netflix’s Stranger Things
Netflix cancels: Seven Seconds
Netflix green lights: series of Julian Fellowes invention of football drama The English Game; DJ comedy Turn Up Charlie, with Idris Elba; Amsterdam demon period drama; French supernatural thriller Mortel; German series The Wave; and Italian witchcraft series Luna Nera

UK TV

E4 acquires: Pop TV (US)’s Let’s Get Physical
Trailer for Sky Atlantic’s Patrick Melrose

US TV

CBS renews: Blue Bloods, Bull, Hawaii Five-0, MacGyver, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, and Madam Secretary
Sundance Now renews: This Close
NBC cancels: Taken
Tuesday ratings

New US TV shows

Cinemax green lights: series of “one last job” world-class thief drama Jett, with Carla Gugino
National Geographic green lights: series adaptation of Richard Preston’s The Hot Zone…
…developing: secret service agents series The White House Detail and Syrian refugee series Ten Borders
Syfy green lights: series adaptation of Image Comics’ Deadly Class
Blumhouse developing: adaptation of serial squatter/murderer article Worst Roommate Ever

The Tick renewed; I Love Dick, JCVJ, One Mississippi cancelled; + more

18 January 2018 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Internet TV

Amazon cancels: I Love Dick, One Mississippi and Jean-Claude Van Johnson…
…renews: The Tick
Anthony Starr, Chace Crawford, Dominique McElligott et al join Amazon’s The Boys
Apple green lights: adaptation of Curtis Sittenfeld’s You Think It, I’ll Say It, with Kristen Wiig
Netflix acquires: Endemol’s Nicky Jam: El Ganador

International TV

Telemundo green lights: prison drama El Recluso (The Inmate)
MarVista developing: adaptation of Sarah Tarkoff’s Sinless

Sebastian Koch, James Cosmo, Richard Sammel et al join Rai’s The Name of the Rose

UK TV

Channel 4 developing: Peter Kosminsky cyberwar drama The Undeclared War

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Vandit Bhatt to recur on ABC’s Quantico
Lena Waithe to guest on NBC’s This is Us
Nicole Ari Parker and Stefania LaVie Owen to recur on Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here

New US TV shows

AMC developing: Southern family dramedy Aim High
Endeavor Content developing: adaptation of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury

New US TV show casting

Rupert Friend joins CBS All Access’ Strange Angel
Seamus Dever joins DC’s Titans
Hector Elizondo and Holland Taylor to star in NBC’s Guess Who Died
Jimmie Saito to recur on Starz’s Sweetbitter

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