International TV

An archive of blog entries about international TV programmes and production, including co-productions and shows from countries other than usual

Weeds
News

BH90210 cancelled; a Weeds sequel; new Amazon French originals; + more

8 November 2019 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

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

Internet TV

  • D’Arcy Carden to star in Amazon’s A League of Their Own
  • Rachel Griffiths to star in Amazon’s The Wilds
  • Glenn McCuen, Michael Park, Gideon Emery et al to recur in Netflix’s Dash & Lily
  • Jeff Perry, Arian Moayed, Anders Holm et al join Netflix’s Inventing Anna
  • Amazon green lights: French school going co-ed period drama Voltaire, Mixte and French Cold War romance Operations Totems
  • Netflix green lights: limited series adaptation of Tembi Locke’s From Scratch, with Zoe Saldana…
  • …developing: Noel Fielding magic record player show

International TV

UK TV

US TV

US TV show casting

New US TV shows

  • FX moves Mrs America, Devs, The Old Man and A Teacher to Hulu…
  • …green lights: Native American housing project teenagers series Reservation Dogs
  • BET+ green lights: 30something black men drama Tyler Perry’s Bruh, with Barry Brewer, Mahdi Cocci, Phillip Mullings Jr et al, and The Oval spin-off Tyler Perry’s Ruthless, with Stephanie Charles, Anthony Bless, Bobbi Baker James et al
  • ABC developing: adaptation of Yes She Can…
  • …soulmates a street apart rom-com, with Georgia King…
  • …and undercover federal agent thriller Invisible
  • CBS developing: family secret comedy Extended Family
  • Starz developing: sequel to Showtime’s Weeds

New US TV show casting

Mrs Fletcher
US TV

What have you been watching? Including Mrs Fletcher

7 November 2019 Rob Buckley 15 Comments

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For All Mankind
Apple TV+’s For All Mankind

This week’s reviews

Oops. Yes, I know WHYBW is supposed to be on Wednesdays and Orange Thursdays on Thursdays. I didn’t forget. I just had to work late yesterday. Can you imagine that?

Anyway, it’s here now and tomorrow will be a slightly belated Orange Thursday, I hope. More on that in a mo, though.

This week, however, TMINE did manage to review for your delight all of season two of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and everything new kid on the block Apple TV+ has given us so far of For All Mankind.

Doctor Sleep (2019)

What’s coming this week

I’m going to try to do Orange Thursday, tomorrow, work willing. Up on the cinema bill is Doctor Sleep (2019) plus whatever I decide to watch tonight.

We’re a bit light for new TV shows this week, however, which means I’ll be turning my viewing eye over the weekend to consider some of the streaming backlog: Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, See and Dickinson; Amazon’s Modern Love; the second seasons of Netflix’s The Hookup Plan and The Kominsky Method; and season one of Beau Séjour (Belgium: Éen; UK: Walter Presents). Maybe I’ll only manage one show, but let’s aim for two.

I might also give the BBC a call and see if they’ll let me preview Vienna Blood. That might be nice, hey? It doesn’t start until the 25th, though, so I might wait. There’s probably an embargo, too.

But brace yourselves, because less than two weeks after the arrival of Apple TV+, we’re going to see another giant wade into the TV streaming pool next Tuesday in the US: Disney is plussing itself, too, to give us Disney+. That’ll offer us the likes of Star Wars: The Mandalorian amongst other things.

I’ll be reviewing that, I suspect.

HBO’s Watchmen

The regulars

Of last night’s TV, I’ve only watched Treadstone, so let’s save this week’s Stumptown to next Wednesday. Otherwise, with Evil taking Halloween off, this week’s viewing queue is: Engrenages (Spiral), Mr InBetween, Mr Robot, Silicon Valley, Titans, Total Control, Treadstone and Watchmen. And last week’s Stumptown.

See you after the jump, together with a brief reviewette of HBO’s Mrs Fletcher.

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Narcos vs Zombies
News

Narcos vs Zombies acquired; Superstore extended; + more

6 November 2019 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

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

Internet TV

French TV

  • Dany Boon to guest on France 2’s Dix pour cent (Call My Agent!)

UK TV

US TV

US TV show casting

New US TV shows

Star Trek Shorts
US TV

What have you been watching? Including Star Trek: Short Treks

30 October 2019 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

It’s “What have you been watching?”, your chance to recommend to fellow TMINE readers anything you’ve been watching this week

Impulse Season 2
Impulse

This week’s reviews

Since I took the radical move of having a day off on Friday (and most of Thursday), it’s been a slightly reviews-light week this week. However, I did cover the whole of season two of Impulse (YouTube), which you should definitely watch. Never mind the width – feel the quality.

The Morning Show
The Morning Show

What’s coming this week

The aforementioned day off meant I actually had some time to watch a couple of movies this week, so Orange Thursday tomorrow will be taking in both Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) and Terminator: Dark Fate (2019).

Friday is, of course, November 1, but it’s also the beginning of Fall 2019 – Part Three, since as well as Amazon giving us the second season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Apple is finally launching its Apple TV+ streaming service with no fewer than four new series: The Morning Show, See, Dickinson and For All Mankind.

Which of those will be Boxset Monday and/or Tuesday, I can’t say, but I suspect it’ll be either Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan or For All Mankind. Or both.

And I still might get round to watching season one of Modern Love (Amazon), season two of The Hookup Plan (Netflix), season one of Beau Séjour (Belgium: Éen; UK: Walter Presents) or season two of The Kominsky Method (Netflix).

Another new show starting within the next week is His Dark Materials (UK: BBC One), but I’ll probably skip that. You never know though.

Mr InBetween
Mr InBetween

The regulars

Bar Stumptown, which took a day off last week, too, it’s the usual usual after the jump: Batwoman, Engrenages (Spiral), Evil, Magnum PI, Mr InBetween, Mr Robot, Titans, Total Control, Treadstone and Watchmen. I also watched a couple of Star Trek: Short Treks. And joining all of them is the returning Silicon Valley.

That’s a lot, isn’t it? Time for a cull…

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The Queen in Pennyworth
US TV

What have you been watching? Including Engrenages (Spiral) and Pennyworth

23 October 2019 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

It’s “What have you been watching?”, your chance to recommend to fellow TMINE readers anything you’ve been watching this week

HBO (US)’s Watchmen

This week’s reviews

My iPad is repaired (more or less). Productivity has returned.

This week, I’ve reviewed three new shows: the first episodes of Treadstone (US: USA; UK: Amazon) and Watchmen (US: HBO; UK: Sky Atlantic), as well as the entire first season of Living With Yourself (Netflix). They were all pretty good shows, too, which was a bonus.

The Kominsky Method
Netflix’s The Kominsky Method

What’s coming this week

I’ve not watched any movies this week at all again. Sorry. More sorry – there’s not much new TV coming our way, although there are going to be a few new returning shows, at least.

That means Boxset Monday/Tuesday is going to be one of the usual intended suspects, I suspect: season two of Impulse (YouTube), season one of Modern Love (Amazon), season two of The Hookup Plan (Netflix) or season one of Beau Séjour (Belgium: Éen; UK: Walter Presents). Joining that crew is season two of The Kominsky Method (Netflix), so we’ll see how it goes.

Epix (US)’s Pennyworth

The regulars

It’s the usual usual after the jump: Batwoman, Evil, Magnum PI, Mr InBetween, Mr Robot, Stumptown, Titans and Total Control. With Pennyworth available as of today on StarzPlay in the UK, I thought I’d finish off the final two episodes in one go. I’ve even had time to watch three episodes of Engrenages (Spiral).

Let’s talk about all of them after the jump. Before that, guess which one has been promoted to the regulars list.

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