International TV

News

Film trailers

Trailer for Spider-man: Homecoming

Internet TV

Robert Patrick joins Amazon’s Lore

International TV

Dramacorp/Isolani Pictures developing: oxygen-less future sci-fi drama Rare
Channel 4/AMC (US) renew: Humans

UK TV show casting

Aidan Gillen and Charlie Murphy join BBC Two’s Peaky Blinders

New UK TV shows

ITV green lights: political crime thriller Next of Kin, with Archie Panjabi and Jack Davenport

US TV

Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Billy Eichner joins FX’s American Horror Story

New US TV show casting

Ryan Hansen to guest on CBS’s Real Life
Andrea Londo joins FX’s Mayans MC
Sonja Sohn and Jenn An to recur on Showtime’s The Chi

News: David Boreanaz – Navy SEAL; key presidential anthology series; Nazi hunters; + more

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Film trailers

The first four minutes of Ghost In the Shell

Internet TV

Adam Busch to recur on Netflix’s Altered Carbon

International TV

Paramount (US)/Telefe (Argentina) developing: Nazi hunter drama Cazadores (Hunters)

Canadian TV

CBS renews: Heartland

New UK TV show casting

Carey Mulligan to star in BBC One’s Collateral
Timothy Spall et al join Channel 4’s The Commuter

US TV

Trailer for season 3 of The CW’s iZombie
Trailer for season 3 of FX’s Fargo
Monday ratings
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Katie McGrath promoted to regular on The CW’s Supergirl
Ashley Judd joins Epix’s Berlin Station
John Cho joins Hulu’s Difficult People

New US TV shows

History developing: key presidential moments anthology show The Commanders

New US TV show casting

Beau Garrett joins ABC’s The Good Doctor
Shalim Ortiz joins ABC’s Las Reinas
Berto Colon joins ABC’s The Trustee
Chris Sacca to guest on ABC’s Start Up
Amy Brenneman to star in CBS’s The Get
Kyle Howard to star in CBS’s Hannah Royce’s Questionable Choices
David Boreanaz to replace Jim Caviezel on CBS’s Navy SEAL drama
Ricardo Chavira to replace Nestor Serrano on CBS’s Mission Control
Jaleel White joins CBS’s Me, Myself and I
Kristen Johnson joins CBS’s Real Life
Brianna Brown to guest on The CW’s Dynasty
Sawyer Barth joins Fox’s Amy’s Brother
Valerie Cruz joins Fox’s The Resident
JJ Feild and Latarsha Rose join NBC’s extreme event medical series
Rodney To joins NBC’s Redliners
Jahking Guillory to recur on Showtime’s The Chi
Luke James, Aisha Hinds and Letoya Luckett joiun USA’s Unsolved: The Murders of Biggie and Tupac

News: Fleabag, Detroiters, Big Bang Theory, Shut Eye renewed; Detroiters, Manhunt: UNABOMBER acquired; + more

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The Daily News will return on Thursday

Internet TV

Amazon developing: Oliver North mini-series, with Colin Farrell
BBC Three renews: Fleabag [subscription required]

International TV

Karga Seven green lights: adaptation of Jason Goodwin’s The Janissary Tree mysteries

UK TV

Discovery UK acquires: Discovery (US)’s Manhunt: UNABOMBER
Comedy Central UK acquires: Comedy Central (US)’s Detroiters

US TV

CBS renews: The Big Bang Theory for two seasons
Comedy Central renews: Detroiters
Hulu renews: Shut Eye
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Anne Dudek to recur on The CW’s The Flash
Penelope Cruz to star in FX’s Versace: American Crime Story

New US TV shows

Bad Robot developing: 80s dramedy based on the life of RuPaul

New US TV show casting

L Scott Caldwell joins ABC’s The Trustee
Omar Metwally to co-star in CBS’s hate crimes drama
Peyton List joins CBS’s Mission Control
Brian Stokes Mitchell joins CBS’s Perfect Citizen
Irene Choi joins The CW’s Insatiable
Sharif Atkins joins Fox’s Amy’s Brother
Chris Messina joins HBO’s Sharp Objects
Peter Sarsgaard to star in Hulu’s The Looming Tower
Tommy Flanagan joins NBC’s Redliners

When’s that show you mentioned starting again, TMINE? Including Blood & Oil, Prison Break, Halfworlds and American Gods

10 March 2017 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Every Friday, I let you know the latest announcements about when new, imported TV shows will finally be arriving on UK screens – assuming anyone’s bought anything, of course.

Just a few announcements this week. Did you know Shudder even existed in the UK? I didn’t…

Blood & Oil (US: ABC; UK: Sky Box Sets)
Available now
Episode reviews: 1, 3

Prison Break (US: Fox; UK: Fox UK)
April (probably the week of the 4th)

Halfworlds (HBO Asia; UK: Shudder)
Thursday, April 6th

American Gods (US: Starz; UK: Amazon Prime)
Monday, May 1st

News: Mercy Street cancelled; Baskets renewed; a Hanna TV series; + more

10 March 2017 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Internet TV

Mena Massoud joins Amazon’s Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan

International TV

Teaser trailer for Showtime (US)/Sky Atlantic’s Guerrilla
NBCUniversal International developing: adaptation of Hanna

US TV

PBS cancels: Mercy Street
FX renews: Baskets
New trailer for season three of AMC’s Better Call Saul
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Noah Taylor, Pip Torrens and Julie Ann Emery join, Malcolm Barrett, Ronald Guttman and Justin Prentice to recur on AMC’s Preacher
Rachel Bilson and Kaitlin Doubleday join CMT’s Nashville
Jane Lynch to guest on CBS All Access’s The Good Fight

New US TV shows

Showtime red lights: Mating

New US TV show casting

Steve Zahn to star in, Rob Campbell joins ABC’s The Crossing
Rachel Crow and Summer Parker to co-star in ABC’s The Goldbergs spin-off
Larenz Tate to star in, Neil Sandilands joins ABC’s Salamander
Levi Fiehler joins CBS’s Mission Control
Kristin Chenoweth to co-star in CBS’s Perfect Citizen
John Berchtold joins Discovery’s Manhunt: The UNABOMer
Anthony Edwards to co-star in Fox’s Controversy
Adeel Akhtar joins Fox’s Ghosted
Sarah Bolger to co-star in FX’s Mayans MC
Josh Radnor to star in, Damon Gillespie joins NBC’s Drama High
Sean Astin to star in TNT’s The Alienist

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News: Humans renewed; Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer; + more

News: David Boreanaz – Navy SEAL; key presidential anthology series; Nazi hunters; + more

News: Fleabag, Detroiters, Big Bang Theory, Shut Eye renewed; Detroiters, Manhunt: UNABOMBER acquired; + more

When’s that show you mentioned starting again, TMINE? Including Blood & Oil, Prison Break, Halfworlds and American Gods

News: Mercy Street cancelled; Baskets renewed; a Hanna TV series; + more

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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Ms Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Time Traveler's Wife and The Old Man

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