Streaming TV

News

Film casting

Benedict Wong to play Wong in Doctor Strange

Canadian TV

Josh Donaldson to guest on Vikings

Internet TV

Walter Presents gets 1m views [registration required]

UK TV

Sky Atlantic to be exclusive home of Showtime dramas, including Twin Peaks and Billions

US TV

Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Amanda Brooks to recur as Sharon Tate on Aquarius
Debby Ryan to guest on The Mysteries of Laura
Marilyn Manson to guest on Salem
Jennifer Beals to recur on The Night Shift

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: pilot of imaginary friend family comedy…
…and Romeo and Juliet sequel Still Star-Crossed
NBC green lights: pilot of Eric Kripke/Shawn Ryan’s Legends-of-Tomorrow-alike Time
HBO green lights: series of house guest comedy Crashing
Trailer for Showtime’s The Girlfriend Experience
Showtime developing: fishmonger comedy Monger

News: Netflix’s Altered Carbon; Captain Awesome on Devious Maids; Room boy becomes Last Man; + more

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Internet TV

Reginal Hall to star in Hulu’s Crushed
Netflix green lights: series adaptation of cyberpunk noir Altered Carbon

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Brandon Jay McLaren to recur on Chicago Fire, Ryan McPartlin to recur on Devious Maids
Meagan Good to recur on Code Black
Jacob Tremblay to guest on The Last Man on Earth

New US TV shows

Mission Control Entertainment developing: adaptation of New Orleans period drama Empire of Sin

News: Wonder Woman footage; Citizen Khan, Boy Meets Girl renewed; David Simon’s porn series; + more

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Film trailers

First footage from Wonder Woman
Trailer for Suicide Squad

Internet TV

Clayne Crawford to recur on Amazon’s David E Kelley legal drama

UK TV

Charlotte Moore to become BBC controller, TV channels and iPlayer
BBC One renews: Citizen Khan
BBC Two renews: Boy Meets Girl

UK TV show casting

Casting on Inside No 9

US TV

US TV show casting

Martin Starr to return to Hawaii Five-0
Jon Cryer to return to NCIS, Laura San Giacomo to guest

New US TV shows

USA green lights: adaptation of Norway’s Øyevitne as Eyewitness
CBS green lights: Nancy Drew series, adaptation of ABC Australia’s Upper Middle Bogan…
…and long-distance relationship sitcom My Time/Your Time based on web series 7P/10E
HBO green lights: series of David Simon’s porn drama The Deuce
The CW developing: romantic dramedy I Do Crew

New US TV show casting

Juliet Rylance, Stephanie Leonidas and Gabriel Bateman join CBS’s American Gothic
Johnathon Schaech to play Jonah Hex on The CW’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

News: Jessica Jones, Kimmy Schmidt, Empire, Scream Queens renewed; Prison Break, 24 to return; Watch is now W; + more

18 January 2016 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Film casting

Connie Nielsen to play Hippolyta in Wonder Woman

Internet TV

Trailer for Netflix’s Love
Teaser for Netflix’s Fuller House
Netflix renews: Marvel’s Jessica Jones and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Netflix developing: Punisher spin-off from Daredevil

International TV

Trailer for Shaw Media/ITV/Fox’s Houdini & Doyle

UK TV

Watch rebranding as W to attract female audience
BBC acquires: Fox’s American Crime Story

US TV

Fox renews: Empire and Scream Queens
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings

US TV show casting

Boris Kodjoe to recur on Code Black

New US TV shows

HBO’s Westworld (temporarily?) stops production
Fox green lights: revival of Prison Break…
…new 24: Legacy without Jack Bauer

New US TV show casting

Tracy Morgan to star in FX’s post-prison rehabilitation comedy
Tim Curry joins Fox’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show

News: C4’s Loaded, E4’s Foreign Bodies, Gold’s Rebel; Playing House renewed; collective dreams at USA; + more

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Internet TV

Amazon Instant Video to air Mozart in the Jungle for free this weekend
Netflix green lights: Colleeen Ballinger-Evans comedy series Haters Back Off

New UK TV shows

Channel 4 green lights: adaptation of Israel’s gaming millionaires comedy Mesudarim as Loaded
E4 green lights: backpacking comedy Foreign Bodies
Gold green lights: adaptation of The Oldie‘s rebel pensioner cartoon as The Rebel with Simon Callow

US TV

USA renews: Playing House
Wednesday ratings

New US TV shows

Trailer for Syfy’s Hunters
Sony developing: adaptation of period black cop drama Darktown
Fox green lights: pilot of female baseball pitcher drama Pitch with Kylie Bunbury
USA green lights: series of collective dreaming drama Falling Water

New US TV show casting

Adam Lambert joins Fox’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Debra Messing joins ABC’s Dirty Dancing

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News: Romeo & Juliet sequel; Wong to play Wong; Sky gets Twin Beaks, Billions; + more

News: Netflix’s Altered Carbon; Captain Awesome on Devious Maids; Room boy becomes Last Man; + more

News: Wonder Woman footage; Citizen Khan, Boy Meets Girl renewed; David Simon’s porn series; + more

News: Jessica Jones, Kimmy Schmidt, Empire, Scream Queens renewed; Prison Break, 24 to return; Watch is now W; + more

News: C4’s Loaded, E4’s Foreign Bodies, Gold’s Rebel; Playing House renewed; collective dreams at USA; + more

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