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Friends’ sisters reunited; Old Man Samuel L Jackson; Chris Pine’s TV show; Animal Kingdom, Angie Tribeca, Harlots renewed; + more

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The Daily News will return on 4th September. Have a nice August!

Film trailers

New trailer for IT
Trailer for Rob Reiner’s LBJ, with Woody Harrelson

Internet TV

Trailer for Amazon’s Comrade Detective

French TV

Canal+ green lights: adaptation of Joann Sfar’s L’Eternel as Monsters’ Shrink

International TV

Trailer for AXN’s Absentia with Stana Katic
Hulu (US) – and maybe ITV Encore (UK) – renew: Harlots

US TV

TNT renews: Animal Kingdom
TBS renews: Angie Tribeca
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Desmond Harrington joins CBS’s Elementary
Mario Bello joins CBS’s NCIS
Garcelle Beauvais to recur on E!’s The Arrangement
Johnny Pemberton and Brendan Jennings to recur on FXX’s You’re The Worst
Chris Messina to recur on Hulu’s The Mindy Project
Bobby Cannavale joins TBS’s Angie Tribeca

New US TV shows

Van Jones/Macro developing: smart, sexy political drama Indivisible
Fox 21 developing: adaptation of Thomas Perry’s The Old Man as Old Man, with Samuel L Jackson
Media Res developing: morning TV show drama, with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon
Showtime developing: 90s Boston crime drama City on a Hill
TNT green lights: limited series of Fauna Hodel biopic One Day She’ll Darken, with Chris Pine

New US TV show casting

Keith David to recur on Freeform’s Marvel’s New Warriors
Elizabeth Lail to star in Lifetime’s You

News: Crazyhead cancelled; This Country renewed; Syfy’s book adaptations; young Meemaw found; + more

19 July 2017 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Internet TV

Carla Gugino joins Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House
Amazon developing: adaptation of Jardine Libaire’s White Fur
Trailer for Netflix’s Atypical
Teaser trailer for Netflix’s Suburra
BBC Three renews: This Country
Audrey Fleurot joins Netflix’s Safe

UK TV

E4 cancels: Crazyhead

US TV

Trailer for season 3 of Starz’s Outlander [US only]
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Zoe McLellan joins ABC’s Designated Survivor
Nick Wechsler to recur on NBC’s Shades of Blue
Michelle Hurd joins Fox’s Lethal Weapon
Jake Weber, Linus Roache and Maury Sterling promoted to regulars on Showtime’s Homeland

New US TV shows

OWN developing: modern-day power couple light drama Love is ___
Syfy developing: adaptations of Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Cycle, Hugh Howey’s Sand, Kurt Vonnegut’s Sirens of Time and Roger Zelazny’s Lord of Light

New US TV show casting

Annie Potts to play Meemaw on CBS’s Young Sheldon

News: Showtime goes to Guantanamo; Mr Mercedes teaser; Netflix’s Elite Spanish murder-mystery; + more

14 July 2017 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Internet TV

Netflix green lights: Spanish private school murder-mystery Elite

US TV

Wednesday ratings

New US TV shows

Teaser trailer for Audience’s Mr Mercedes
Showtime green lights: lawyer-detainees Gitmo drama Guantanamo

What have you been watching? Including You are Wanted, Twin Peaks, GLOW and Ronny Chieng

11 July 2017 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

It’s “What have you been watching?”, my chance to tell you each week what movies and TV I’ve been watching recently and your chance to recommend anything you’ve been watching. Anything good?

Summer’s nearly here. Ignore the sunshine that may (or may not) be outside your window, because the true signs of summer are new TV shows arriving on our screens. Things should be hotting up by the end of the month, but already this week I’ve covered Will (US: TNT) and Snowfall (US: FX) and passed a third-episode verdict on Riviera (UK: Sky Atlantic).

But we’re not quite there yet, so although I’ll be looking at the usual regulars after the jump, I’ve been filling my empty days with some more catch-up TV. So follow me after the jump where not only will we be talking about the latest episodes of GLOW, Ronny Chieng – International Student and Twin Peaks, I’ll also be chatting about the tail end of You Are Wanted. See you in a mo…

Continue reading “What have you been watching? Including You are Wanted, Twin Peaks, GLOW and Ronny Chieng”

News: Phil Davis in a caravan; sequel to Usodno Vino; teaser for Netflix’s Ozark; + more

4 July 2017 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Internet TV

Teaser for Netflix’s Ozark

Pop TV (Slovenia) green lights: sequel to Usodno Vino (Taste of Love) [subscription required]
SBE (Italy) developing: adaptation of Dylan Dog

New UK TV shows

BBC green lights: pilot of caravan park comedy Static, with Phil Davis

New UK TV show casting

Anthony Head, Matthew Lewis, Emmett J Scanlon et al join ITV’s Girlfriends

US TV

Sunday ratings

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News: Showtime goes to Guantanamo; Mr Mercedes teaser; Netflix’s Elite Spanish murder-mystery; + more

What have you been watching? Including You are Wanted, Twin Peaks, GLOW and Ronny Chieng

It’s “What have you been watching?”, my chance to tell you each week what movies and TV I’ve been watching recently and your chance to recommend anything you’ve been watching. Anything good?

News: Phil Davis in a caravan; sequel to Usodno Vino; teaser for Netflix’s Ozark; + more

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New UK TV shows

New UK TV show casting

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