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This Country renewed; Living Biblically cancelled; Charité acquired; Amazon’s Utopia remake; + more

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Internet TV

Netflix acquires: ARD/Das Erste (Germany)’s Charité
Trailer for Netflix’s The Innocents
Amazon green lights: series remake of Channel 4’s Utopia
…developing: adaptations of Jonathan Hickman’s East of West and Transhuman

UK TV

Trailer for ITV’s Innocent
BBC Three renews: This Country

US TV

CBS cancels: Living Biblically
Wednesday ratings

New US TV shows

Hulu green lights: series of period adults in middle school comedy PEN15
Paramount green lights: series adaptation of The First Wives Club

New US TV show casting

Tyne Daly joins CBS’s Murphy Brown
Gino Vento to recur on FX’s Mayans MC

Seven Seconds, Taken cancelled; Let’s Get Physical acquired; This Close, six CBS shows renewed; Nat Geo’s Ebola drama; + more

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Internet TV

Teaser for season 2 of Netflix’s GLOW
Cary Elwes and Jake Busey join Netflix’s Stranger Things
Netflix cancels: Seven Seconds
Netflix green lights: series of Julian Fellowes invention of football drama The English Game; DJ comedy Turn Up Charlie, with Idris Elba; Amsterdam demon period drama; French supernatural thriller Mortel; German series The Wave; and Italian witchcraft series Luna Nera

UK TV

E4 acquires: Pop TV (US)’s Let’s Get Physical
Trailer for Sky Atlantic’s Patrick Melrose

US TV

CBS renews: Blue Bloods, Bull, Hawaii Five-0, MacGyver, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, and Madam Secretary
Sundance Now renews: This Close
NBC cancels: Taken
Tuesday ratings

New US TV shows

Cinemax green lights: series of “one last job” world-class thief drama Jett, with Carla Gugino
National Geographic green lights: series adaptation of Richard Preston’s The Hot Zone…
…developing: secret service agents series The White House Detail and Syrian refugee series Ten Borders
Syfy green lights: series adaptation of Image Comics’ Deadly Class
Blumhouse developing: adaptation of serial squatter/murderer article Worst Roommate Ever

The 20th Man, The Peripheral adaptations; Netflix enters The Order; BET, OWN, Comedy Central’s new shows; + more

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Internet TV

Netflix green lights: series of secret magic society monster drama The Order, with Jake Manley, Sarah Grey, Matt Frewer, Max Martini and Sam Trammell
Amazon developing: adaptation of William Gibson’s The Peripheral

Australian TV

Roadshow Rough Diamond developing: adaptation of Tony Jones’ war crimes thriller The Twentieth Man

UK TV

Iain Glen, Keeley Hawes, Fiona Shaw and Anupam Kher join BBC One’s Mrs Wilson

US TV

Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Domenick Lombardozzi and Lola Glaudini join Showtime’s Ray Donovan

New US TV shows

BET green lights: series of sexual chemistry app drama The Archer Connection and professional sports drama Games Divas Play
OWN green lights: series of multigenerational family saga Ambitions
Comedy Central developing: 20-something rapper comedy Awkwafina, overzealous church-league basketball comedy Robbie, and competitive friends comedy Kevin vs Josh
Paramount developing: police brainwashing drama

US Wrong Mans; Doctor Blake without Doctor Blake; Netflix’s vampire wars; + more

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Internet TV

Netflix green lights: series adaptation of IDW’s vampire drama V-Wars, with Ian Somerhalder

Australian TV

Seven green lights: Doctor Blake Mysteries TV movie… without Craig McLachlan

International TV

Federation (France) and Drama Team (Israel) green light: series of cheating death mystery drama The Grave

US TV

Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Mark Hamill and Kathy Bates to guest on CBS’s The Big Bang Theory

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: Goldbergs spin-off series with AJ Michalka, Tim Meadows and Bryan Callen
Pop green lights: pilot of best friends’ marriage of convenience comedy Arranged
Showtime green lights: pilot of adaptation of BBC One’s The Wrong Mans, with Ben Schwartz

HBO Nordic’s Beforeigners; On My Block, NCIS renewed; Kyle Chandler joins Catch-22; + more

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Internet TV

Netflix renews: On My Block

Scandinavian TV

HBO Nordic green lights: future refugees sci-fi drama Beforeigners (Fremvandrerne)

US TV

US TV show casting

Michael McGrady joins NBC’s Chicago PD

New US TV show casting

Kyle Chandler joins Hulu’s Catch-22

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Seven Seconds, Taken cancelled; Let’s Get Physical acquired; This Close, six CBS shows renewed; Nat Geo’s Ebola drama; + more

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The 20th Man, The Peripheral adaptations; Netflix enters The Order; BET, OWN, Comedy Central’s new shows; + more

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HBO Nordic’s Beforeigners; On My Block, NCIS renewed; Kyle Chandler joins Catch-22; + more

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