International TV

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

Michelle Yeoh in Star Trek Discovery
News

Michelle Yeoh Star Trek spin-off; Matthew Rhys is young Perry Mason; + more

15 January 2019 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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

Film

  • Vera Farmiga and Jon Bernthal join Sopranos prequel movie The Many Saints of Newark

Internet TV

International TV

  • tvN (Korea) green lights: adaptation of Netflix’s Designated Survivor, crime thriller Confessions, romance drama Her Private Life, fantasy drama WWW and historical fantasy drama Asdal Chronicles

Scandinavian TV

  • YLE (Finland) green lights: series of 1970s Chilean asylum drama Invisible Heroes, with Pelle Heikkilä, Ilkka Villi, Sophia Heikkilä et al

UK TV

US TV

  • NBC to launch streaming service in 2020

US TV show casting

New US TV shows

New US TV show casting

Streaming TV

What have you been watching? Including A Ghost Story for Christmas, Plan Coeur and Counterpart

9 January 2019 Rob Buckley 10 Comments

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

And we’re back in the room. Yes, TMINE’s back for 2019 and WHYBW is back on Wednesdays again. All is right in the world, non?

Runaways
Marvel’s Runaways

This week’s reviews

Obviously, TMINE’s been back for a few days now and I’ve done not one but two full boxsets this week:

  • Season 1 of Bloom (Australia: Stan)
  • Season 2 of Marvel’s Runaways (US: Hulu; UK: Syfy)

How impressive is that? Feel free to peruse their wisdom at your leisure.

Kevin Eldon in Cavendish
The actor Kevin Eldon

New shows

Both Canada and the US have started firing up their mid-season shows and offering previews of some forthcoming ones as well. As a result, between now and next WHYBW, I should be serving up reviews of:

  • Coroner (Canada: CBC; UK: Universal) – Serinda Swan and Roger Cross in a crime procedural adaptation of MR Hall’s novels
  • Cavendish (Canada: CBC) – comedy about two brothers who return to look after their ailing father, The Actor Kevin Eldon
  • Project Blue Book (US: History) – Aidan Gillen and Michael Malarkey investigate UFO sightings in the 50s. Not related to this show at all.
  • Deadly Class (US: Syfy) – adaptation of the graphic novel that sees Benedict Wong teach kids how to kill in the 80s
  • Black Monday (US: Showtime; UK: Sky Atlantic – probably) – Don Cheadle in a scathing satire of Wall Street in the 80s

And anything else that pops up, such as ABC (US)’s Schooled, which starts tonight (although that’s a spin-off from The Goldbergs so maybe not). Sex Education is on Netflix from Friday, so I might boxset it.

That’s a pretty full schedule, though, and as Deadly Class and Black Monday don’t air in the US for a couple of weeks, I might postpone them until nearer the time.

Plan Coeur
Plan Coeur

The regulars

After the jump, it’ll be just the usual regulars, as well as what I watched over Christmas: three full episodes of Counterpart, the remaining four episodes of Plan Cœur (The Hookup Plan), the penultimate episode of Happy Together and the season finale of Titans, as well as 2018’s A Ghost Story For Christmas. See you in a mo…

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Roswell New Mexico
News

Japanese 24 remake; NYPD Blue originals return; Luke Wilson joins Stargirl; + more

9 January 2019 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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Internet TV

  • Trailer for season 5 of Netflix’s Grace and Frankie

International TV

US TV show casting

New US TV shows

New US TV show casting

Champaign ILL
Streaming TV

What have you been watching? Including Champaign ILL, Timeless and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

21 December 2018 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

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

Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas! Yes, just before TMINE goes off on its week-and-a-half-long Christmas break, I thought I’d leave you with one final present – a second WHYBW! Yes, it’s a Christmas miracle.

Travelers

This week’s reviews

There was a decent release of new boxsets this week, but season 3 of Travelers was the only thing I managed to both watch and review, as I was away at a wedding last weekend. I do hope to catch up with season 2 of 4 Blocks, the rest of Plan Cœur and a few other shows at some point, but I’m not 100% sure that’ll be over the Christmas break, seeing as I’m not a member of the Royle Family. But we’ll see.

There’s also some good stuff out today on Netflix, including The Protector, so I might end up watching something surprising. And Hulu’s just boxsetted the entire second season of Marvel’s Runaways, so I’ll probably watch at least a few episodes of that before we’re reunited in 2019.

Plus Syfy (US) has just released a preview of the first episode of Deadly Class, so I’ll have that to talk about when I get back. It’s US only, but it’s here, if you want to watch it, too, and can:

The Timeless finale
The Timeless finale

New shows

But that doesn’t mean I’ve watched nothing else but Travelers. YouTube Premium’s Chicago ILL came out recently and I’ll be talking about that after the jump. Oddly, this year, US TV has been taking a leaf out of UK TV’s book and has given us some Christmas specials. Timeless came back for a feature-length conclusion and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina also gave us a suitably festive tale of cannibalism and ritual sacrifice for the solstice. Praise Satan. We can talk about that after the jump, too.

Happy Together

And the regulars… sorry, regular…

Most shows have already had their mid-season finales, but there are a few stragglers left. Frustratingly, Titans‘s final episode is tonight, so that’ll have to wait until 2019 before I talk about the final arrival of Batman to the programme. That means, I’ll be talking about Happy Together… and that’s it. Huh.

And no, I’ve still not watched the final two episodes of Doctor Who.

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Ray Donovan
News

Ray Donovan renewed; Cardinal, Medici trailers; + more

21 December 2018 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

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

The Daily News will return in January. Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Internet TV

  • Trailer for season 2 of Netflix’s Medici
  • Sivan Alyra Rose, Lilliya Reid, Nicholas Galitzine et al join Netflix’s Chambers
  • Johnny Weir, Sarah Wright Olsen, Will Kemp et al join Netflix’s Spinning Out
  • Clara Wong to recur on Netflix’s The I-Land

International TV

Canadian TV

  • Trailer for season 3 of CTV’s Cardinal

US TV

US TV show casting

New US TV shows

New US TV show casting

  • Joy Osmanski, Neil Hopkins and Nelson Lee join DC Universe’s Stargirl