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[ 5 October 2021 ] BFI Japan comes to big screens UK-wide this Autumn

Champions, Six cancelled; green lights for Bad Mothers, Wu Assassins, Oblivious and The Valhalla Murders; + more

2 July 2018 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

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Internet TV

Netflix green lights: series of chef-assassin martial arts drama Wu Assassins, with Iko Uwais and Byron Mann

Australian TV

Nine green lights: series of ‘perfect mothers’ murder drama Bad Mothers, with Jessica Marais

HBO Europe green lights: series of 80s Czech spy drama Oblivious

Scandinavian TV

Hedda Stiernstedt, Alida Morberg, David Nzinga et al join TV3 (Sweden)’s Svartsjön (Black Lake)
RÚV (Iceland) green lights: series of serial killer drama The Valhalla Murders, with Nína Dögg Filippudóttir and Björn Thors

US TV

History cancels: Six
NBC cancels: Champions
Thursday ratings

US TV show casting

Alanna Ubach to recur on FX’s Snowfall

New US TV show casting

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II joins HBO’s Watchmen
Marque Richardson to recur on TNT’s Tell Me Your Secrets

Scot Squad renewed; Russell Crowe is Roger Ailes; France 3’s Soupçons; + more

26 June 2018 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Every weekday, TMINE brings you the latest TV news from around the world

Internet TV

Gloria Estefan to guest on Netflix’s One Day at a Time
Tomer Capon joins Amazon’s The Boys
Toni Collette, Merrit Wever and Kaitlyn Dever to star in Netflix’s An Unbelievable Story of Rape
YouTube Premium green lights: series of 90s undercover pyramid scheme investigation comedy On Becoming a God in Central Florida, with Kirsten Dunst

French TV

France 3 green lights: series of affair thriller Soupçons (Suspicions), with Julie Gayet, Bruno Debrandt, Thomas Jouannet et al [in French]

UK TV

Trailer for Sky1’s A Discovery of Witches
BBC Scotland renews: Scot Squad
Rory Kinnear, Liz White, Paul Ryan et al join Channel 4’s Brexit

US TV

Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Nicole Ari Parker promoted to regular on Fox’s Empire

New US TV shows

Showtime green lights: series adaptation of Roger Ailes biography The Loudest Voice in the Room, with Russell Crowe

New US TV show casting

Hugo Speer and Sharon Small to star, Bailey Patrick joins Acorn’s London Kills
Sam Jaeger to star in CBS All Access’ Tell Me a Story

Timeless, Nobodies cancelled; The Terror renewed; Reverie, Future Man acquired; + more

25 June 2018 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Every weekday, TMINE brings you the latest TV news from around the world

Internet TV

Erin Doherty to play Princess Anne on Netflix’s The Crown
Amazon/Atresmedia (Spain) green light: series of relationship comedy Pequeñas coincidencias (Little Coincidences)

Scandinavian TV

SVT (Sweden) green lights: series of three-part period relationship drama Systrar (Sisters)

UK TV

Trailer for season 5 of BBC One’s Luther
Syfy acquires: NBC (US)’s Reverie and Hulu’s Future Man
BBC One green lights: series of German/Brit detectives in Spain action drama The Mallorca Files…
…and Harry Hill sitcom The Harry Hill sitcom, with Jennifer Saunders

US TV

AMC renews: The Terror
NBC cancels: Timeless
TV Land cancels: Nobodies
Thursday ratings

US TV show casting

Nathalie Kelley exits The CW’s Dynasty
Courtney Ford promoted to regular on The CW’s Legends of Tomorrow
Dan Lauria and Ashley Romans to recur on Showtime’s Shameless

New US TV shows

Syfy developing: adaptation of Clive Barker’s Night Breed

New US TV show casting

Victor Williams to replace Tim Meadows on CBS’s Happy Together

Gladbeck, Mr Sunshine acquired; Roseanne-free Roseanne spin-off; Dear White People renewed; + more

22 June 2018 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Internet TV

Teaser for season 2 of Netflix’s Ozark
Netflix acquires: Hwa&Dam Pictures (Korea)’s Mr Sunshine…
…renews: Dear White People
Apple green lights: series of adaptation of Canal+’s Calls

International TV

Nevision and Lionsgate developing: 70s geopolitical thriller Oil

Australian TV

ABC/YouTube green light: series of Superwog [subscription required]

UK TV

BBC Four acquires: ARD (Germany)’s Gladbeck (54 Hours)
David Morrissey joins BBC’s Good Omens

US TV

Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Lisa Edelstein to recur on ABC’s The Good Doctor

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: series of Roseanne Barr-free Roseanne spin-off The Conners
Paramount developing: adaptation of Shari Lapena’s The Couple Next Door
SERA Films developing: adaptation of Harold Schechter’s Hell’s Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men

Jon Bernthal’s Walking Dead return; RTÉ’s comedy pilots; Netflix’s 60s Spanish heroin drama; + more

19 June 2018 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Internet TV

Netflix green light: 1960s Spanish heroin trafficking drama Hache
Emmett Scanlan to recur on Amazon’s Lore

European TV

RTÉ (Ireland) green light: pilots of comedies Headcases, Dad, Handy and The South Westerlies

UK TV

Tom Hollander to star in BBC One’s Baptiste
ITV green lights: series of psychological thriller Cheat, starring Katherine Kelly and Molly Windsor, with Tom Goodman-Hill, Adrian Edmondson, Peter Firth et al

US TV

Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Jon Bernthal to return to AMC’s The Walking Dead
Jessica Parker Kennedy promoted to regular on The CW’s The Flash
Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Glenn Morshower promoted to regulars on Fox’s The Resident
Madeline Wise to recur on HBO’s Crashing

New US TV shows

Hulu green lights: pilot of femme fatale revenge drama Reprisal

New US TV show casting

Jacob Artist and Chris Aquilino to recur on Starz’s Now Apocalypse
Xavier Samuel joins TNT’s Tell Me Your Secrets

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