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Internet TV

Trailer for part 2 of Netflix’s The Ranch
Amazon developing: dark criminal double life comedy The Problem With Mel Purview

New UK TV shows

ITV/Sundance green light: dating thriller Liar with Ioan Gruffudd and Joanne Froggatt

US TV

US TV show casting

John Legend to guest on Underground
Damon Gupton joins Criminal Minds

New US TV shows

CBS developing: multi-racial family marriage comedy
The CW developing: Dynasty reboot
The Purge spin-off in development
FX green lights: series of 80s cocaine drama Snowfall
ABC developing: Disney theme park mythology show and Indian-American multi-generational drama
Freeform developing: Heath Corson magical invasion drama
NBC developing: adaptation of Telefe Argentina’s Un Año Para Recordar (A Year To Remember)…
…red lights: Mail Order Family

New US TV show casting

Naomi Campbell to recur on Fox’s Star
Olivia Williams and Harry Lloyd to co-star in Starz’s Counterpart

News: Drunk Girl, High Guy; Dear Murderer; full seasons for Designated Survivor and Speechless; + more

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Internet TV

Shea Whigham and Dawnn Lewis to co-star in Amazon’s The Legend of Master Legend
Nia Long to recur on Netflix’s Dear White People

New Zealand TV

TVNZ unveils 2017 schedule, including barrister drama Dear Murderer with Mark Mitchinson

US TV

Full season orders for Designated Survivor and Speechless
Teaser for season 2 of Mercy Street
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Sandra Oh to guest on American Crime
Sam Trammell joins This Is Us
Cameron Scoggins and Joseph David-Jones to recur on Nashville
Ricardo Chavira to recur on Jane The Virgin

New US TV shows

ABC developing: urban professional relocation comedy The Escape…
…and adaptation of TVN Norway’s Neste Sommer (Next Summer)
Comedy Central green lights: series of self-explanatory Drunk Girl, High Guy
Fox developing: AI thriller Girl 10
FX developing: adaptation of Samantha Irby’s B**ches Gotta Eat as Meaty
MGM TV developing: adaptation of Margaret Attwood’s The Heart Goes Last
The CW developing: family deportation drama Casa

New US TV show casting

Elvis Nolasco et al join HBO’s Mogadishu, Minnesota
Jared Harris to star in AMC’s The Terror
Tiffany Hines and Bailey Chase to recur on Fox’s 24: Legacy

News: Boy Meets Girl cancelled; You’re The Worst, High Maintenance renewed; Italian Job TV series; + more

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Film trailers

New trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

Internet TV

Anthony Ramos to star in Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It
Molly Parker to star in Netflix’s Lost in Space

UK TV

Full trailer for series 2 of The Missing
BBC Two cancels: Boy Meets Girl

US TV

HBO renews: High Maintenance
FXX renews: You’re The Worst
Full trailer for season 5 of Arrow
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Brooke Shields to return to The Middle
Wyclef Jean to guest on Law & Order: SVU
Christopher Gorham to recur on The Magicians
C Thomas Howell to recur on Outcast

New US TV shows

ABC cuts four episodes of Imaginary Mary…
…developing: political family comedy with Felicity Huffman
NBC developing: mail order bride comedy Mail Order Family…
…and adaptation of The Italian Job
Fox developing: dance drama The Edge…
…and female-centred legal dramedy The Underlings
Universal Cable developing: anthology series Welcome To Hitchcock

New US TV show casting

Ron Livingston to star in Audience’s Loudermilk
Aden Young exits USA’s Damnation
Garret Dillahunt to star in TNT’s Monsters of God
Jon Seda leaves Chicago PD to join NBC’s Chicago Justice

News: I Love Dick, The Tick, JCVJ green lit; The Strain, Doctor Doctor renewed; + more

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Internet TV

Amazon green lights: series of I Love Dick, Jean-Claude Van Johnson and The Tick
Trailer for Netflix’s The Crown

Australian TV

Nine renews: Doctor Doctor

New UK TV shows

BBC Two green lights: revenge thriller Paula, with Denise Gough, Tom Hughes and Owen McDonnell

US TV

FX renews and cancels: The Strain
NBC orders full season of This Is Us
New trailer for season 2 of Supergirl
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Sean Maguire to return to Once Upon A Time

New US TV show casting

Jeff Ward to star in Syfy’s Channel Zero: The No-End House
Claire Cooper to recur on ABC’s Still Star-Crossed

News: Phantom reunion; BBC Four acquires Deep Water; Alan Cumming is Dr Death; SWAT remake + more

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Theatre

Original cast members returning for Phantom of the Opera‘s 30th anniversary

Internet TV

New trailer for Netflix’s Marvel’s Luke Cage
Netflix acquires: Ukraine’s Servant of the People
Amazon green lights: pot comedy Budding Prospects, with Will Sasso

Australian TV

Ten green lights: pilot of family relationship revelation drama Sisters

Canadian TV

Shomi to close

CBC developing: under-21s football academy drama 21 Thunder

International TV

Ants Multimedia South Africa developing: adaptation of Kenneth Bhengu’s Unyambose Nozinith

UK TV

iPlayer to require login from 2017
BBC Four acquires: SBS Australia’s Deep Water

US TV

Sunday ratings

New US TV shows

NBC developing: former sibling singing group comedy and vengeful philosophy professor comedy AP Bio
TNT green lights: pilot of mixed-race middle-class suburbia dramedy Hinges
Bainframe developing: adaptation of Allen Steel’s Coyote books
CBS developing: adaptation of James Patterson’s Dr Death, with Alan Cumming…
…remake of S.W.A.T.
MTV developing: supernatural social media drama KRawl
Trailer for Audience’s Ice

New US TV show casting

Ian Verdun joins Freeform’s The Deep
Bill Pullman to star in USA’s The Sinner

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