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Call The Midwife, Agatha Raisin, Man Like Mobeen, Endeavour renewed; Charlotte Rampling’s DNA; + more

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Internet TV

Teaser for Netflix’s When They See Us
Josh Radnor joins Amazon’s The Hunt
Rebecca Hall to star in Amazon’s Tales From The Loop

French TV

France Ô green lights: South Pacific police drama OPJ, Pacifique Sud, with Yaëlle Trules, Antoine Stip, Nathan Dellemme et al [in French]
Mother Production developing: 90s lesbian nightclub drama Purple

Scandinavian TV

RÚV (Iceland) green lights: series of divorce comedy Pabbahelgar (Happily Never After)
Zik Zak (Iceland) developing: international sports gender prejudice drama Backfire
Charlotte Rampling, Anders W Berthelsen, Zofia Wichlacz et al to star in TV2 (Denmark)’s DNA

UK TV

BBC One renews: Call the Midwife
BBC Three renews: Man Like Mobeen
ITV renews: Endeavour
BBC One green lights: new Alan Partridge series
ITV green lights: series of local radio comedy Glass Houses, with Dawn French, Mark Heap, Julie Hesmondhalgh et al

US TV

Acorn renews: Agatha Raisin

US TV show casting

Chrissy Metz to guest on NBC’s Superstore
Sohvi Rodriguez promoted to regular on TNT’s Animal Kingdom

New US TV shows

MGM developing: adaptation TC Boyle’s The Tortilla Curtain

New US TV show casting

EJ Bonilla to star in ABC’s Until the Wedding
Michael Emerson joins CBS’s Evil
Seth Rogen to guest on CBS All Access’ The Twilight Zone
Cheyenne Haynes and Haley Tju join The CW’s The Lost Boys
Fernanda Andrade and Aaron Moten join Fox’s neXt
Freddie Stroma and Hayley Magnus joins NBC’s Like Magic
Chloe Wepper, David Alpay and Brooke Smith join NBC’s Prism
Justin Bartha and Geoffrey Owens join Syfy’s (Future) Cult Classic

When’s that show you mentioned starting, TMINE? Including Speechless and Pose

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Acquisitions

A new one this, with BBC Alba (yes, that the Scottish-language one) picking up Gaelic love triangle drama Grace Harte from Ireland’s TG4.

Premiere dates

Speechless (US: ABC; UK: E4)
Premiere date: Monday, March 11, 7:30pm

‘Spunky mum’ Minnie Driver constantly fights to ensure that her disabled son is heard in school and in life. The show obviously has a good deal of background knowledge about the difficulties involved, but while it’s funny and smart at first, it runs out of profound things to say by about the fourth episode.

Episode reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4

Pose (US: FX; UK: BBC Two)
Premiere date: Thursday March 21, 10pm

Set in the 1980s, Pose explores the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in New York: the ball culture world, the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe and the downtown social and literary scene. The cast includes Even Peters, Kate Mara, James Van Der Beek, Mj Rodriguez, Dominique Jackson, Indya Moore, Hailie Sahar, Angelica Ross. Billy Porter, Charlayne Woodard, Ryan Jamaal Swain and Dyllon Burnside.

The series has already been renewed for a second season and made TV history by assembling the largest cast of transgender actors in series regular roles ever for a scripted series, as well as the largest recurring cast of LGBTQ actors ever for a scripted series.

Death in Paradise renewed; Turn Up Charlie, Osmosis, Pure, The Bay, Arrested Development, Fosse/Verdon trailers; + more

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Internet TV

Trailer for Netflix’s Turn Up Charlie
Trailer for Netflix’s Osmosis
Trailer for season 5b of Netflix’s Arrested Development
Erin Darke to star in YouTube’s It’s a Man’s World
Netflix green lights: series adaptation of Ann M Martin’s The Baby-Sitters Club books
Amazon developing: adaptation of Jo Piazza’s Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win, with Julia Roberts

Canadian TV

Teaser for season 2 of Super Channel’s Pure

French TV

France 2 green lights: triple couple comedy drama Une belle histoire (A Beautiful Story), with Sébastien Chassagne, Tiphaine Davot, Louise Monot et al

German TV

Dreamtool Entertainment developing: adaptation of Siegfried Lenz’s Der Überläufer (The Turncoat) [subscription required]

UK TV

Trailer for ITV’s The Bay
Amanda Payton joins Sky’s Code 404
BBC One renews: Death in Paradise, Aude Legastelois promoted to regular
BBC Three green lights: semi-autobiographical sitcom Ladhood with Liam Williams

US TV show casting

Tyson Ritter promoted to regular on AMC’s Preacher

New US TV shows

Trailer for FX’s Fosse/Verdon
Syfy green lights: series adaptation of Dark Horse’s Resident Alien, with Alan Tudyk
AMC developing: new The Walking Dead spin-off
Oakhurst development: drama adaptation of Lois Beachy Underhill’s The Woman Who Ran For President: The Many Lives of Victoria Woodhull

New US TV show casting

Carlos Gomez, Lisa Vidal and Dan Bucatinsky joins ABC’s The Baker and the Beauty
Olivia Thirlby to star in ABC’s Until the Wedding
Adelaide Clemens to co-star in, Russell G Jones and Olivia Lucy Phillip join CBS’s Tommy
Sarah Hay, Cheyenne Haynes and Haley Tju join The CW’s The Lost Boys
Eve Harlow joins Fox’s neXt
Kyla Pratt joins Fox’s Patty’s Auto
Timothy Hutton joins Fox’s Sisters adaptation
Barry Sloane and Michael Luwoye to co-star in NBC’s Bluff City Law

What have you been watching? Including Ófærð (Trapped)

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Ms Fisher and Steed — Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries

This week’s reviews

So I didn’t quite manage to find time to watch and review ABC (Australia)’s The Heights, as promised, but elsewhere I did review the first episodes of:

Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries (Australia: ABC)
Whiskey Cavalier (US: ABC)
The Enemy Within (US: NBC)

Orange Wednesday also brought reviews of The Breaker Upperers (2018), Hunter Killer (2018) and Velvet Buzzsaw (2019).

New shows

As usual, I’ve no idea what’s coming up in the schedules, but I’ve just started watching Il Miracolo (The Miracle) (Italy: Sky; UK: Sky Atlantic), so I’ll probably be reviewing the first episode (but maybe not both seasons) before the next WHYBW.

The regulars

After the jump, we’ll be talking about: Corporate, Doom Patrol, The Magicians, Magnum P.I., Miracle Workers, Ófærð (Trapped), The Orville, The Passage and Star Trek: Discovery, as well as the season finale of Cavendish. One of these poor souls is going to be purged from the queue – which do you think it’ll be?

Continue reading “What have you been watching? Including Ófærð (Trapped)”

Star Trek: Discovery, Strike Back, Brooklyn Nine-Nine renewed; Ray Liotta joins The Sopranos prequel; + more

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Film

Ray Liotta joins Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark

Internet TV

Trailer for season 2 of Amazon’s The Tick
Trailer for season 2 of Netflix’s The OA
Teaser for Netflix’s Ares
Arden Myrin promoted to regular on Netflix’s Insatiable

TVP1 (Poland) green lights: adaptation of Ałbena Grabowska’s Stulecie Winnych (Our Century)

UK TV

BBC and ITV agree on UK version of streaming service BritBox

US TV

CBS All Access renews: Star Trek: Discovery
Cinemax renews and cancels: Strike Back
NBC renews: Brooklyn Nine-Nine

US TV show casting

Adam Brody to guest on ABC’s Single Parents
Angus Macfadyen to play Aleister Crowley in CBS All Access’ Strange Angel
Joshua Orpin to play Superboy in DC Universe’s Titans
Titus Welliver to guest on NBC’s L&O:SVU

New US TV shows

Fox green lights: Beverly Hills, 90210 revival with Jason Priestley, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling et al
FX green lights: deluded rapper comedy

New US TV show casting

Alanna Ubach joins ABC’s Hannah Simone comedy
Mike Vogel to star in ABC’s Triangle
Michael Chernus to co-star in CBS’s Tommy
Parker Young join CBS’s The Us Project
Reid Scott joins CBS All Access’ Why Women Kill
Jacqueline Grace Lopez to star in The CW’s Jane the Novela
Odette Annable to star in Fox’s Adam & Eve
Stephen Dorff to star in Fox’s Deputy
Jason Biggs to star in Fox’s Geniuses
Clancy Brown, Ashley Aufderheide and Robert Bailey Jr join NBC’s Emergence
Amaury Nolasco and Dohn Norwood to co-star in Starz’s Hightown

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Premiere dates

Speechless (US: ABC; UK: E4) Premiere date: Monday, March 11, 7:30pm

Pose (US: FX; UK: BBC Two) Premiere date: Thursday March 21, 10pm

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Speechless (US: ABC; UK: E4)
Premiere date: Monday, March 11, 7:30pm

Pose (US: FX; UK: BBC Two)
Premiere date: Thursday March 21, 10pm