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It’s not too surprising that this prequel to The Big Bang Theory should end up on said show’s UK home. It’s also unsurprising that’s it not really very funny at all, given the quality of its predecessor. What is surprising is that it’s actually quite sweet, more a dramedy about what it’s like being a genius growing up in Texas and going to High School when you’re just nine years old. What gags there are come from Jim Parsons’ voice over, but if you go into it thinking of it as a 1990s Physics Wonder Years, you might actually find a few decent things to enjoy.

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Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman in The Killing

V – The Movie; Hanna’s Killing reunion; Freema’s the doctor; Jennifer Garner goes Camping; + more

9 February 2018 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

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Desilu Studios developing: V – The Movie

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Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman to star in Amazon’s Hanna
Amazon/Virgin Media developing: adaptation of Nick Clark Windo’s The Feed
Cody Fern joins Netflix’s House of Cards

US TV

Trailer for ABC’s Scandal/How To Get Away With Murder crossover
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Felicity Huffman to recur on Epix’s Get Shorty, Sarah Stiles promoted to regular

New US TV shows

Trailer for CW Seed’s Cupid’s Match
ABC green lights: pilot of high-end resort workplace comedy
Fox yellow lights: The Passage, fires Alicia Donadio, Peter Jaxon and Sarah Fisher
FX developing: small-town Catholic high school thriller The Body
NBC green lights: pilot of Hitchcockian thriller Suspicion

New US TV show casting

Sophia Bush and Matt Walsh to guest on ABC’s Alex, Inc.
Melissa O’Neill to star in ABC’s The Rookie
Jennifer Garner to star in HBO’s Camping
Freema Agyeman and Anupam Kher join NBC’s Bellevue hospital drama

Marvel's Jessica Jones - Krysten Ritter and David Tennant

Young Offenders renewed; Jessica Jones season 2 trailer; Uma Thurman returns to Imposters; + more

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Hart Bochner to recur on Amazon’s Too Old to Die Young
Trailer for season 2 of Netflix’s Marvel’s Jessica Jones

Scandinavian TV

Jakob Oftebro to star in TV4 (Sweden)’s Hamilton

UK TV

BBC Three renews: The Young Offenders

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Virginia Kull to recur on Audience’s Mr Mercedes
Uma Thurman to return to Bravo’s Imposters
Úrsula Corberó to recur on Crackle’s Snatch
Allison Dunbar to recur on Crackle’s StartUp
Raul Esparza leaves, Philip Winchester joins NBC’s L&O:SVU

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CBS green lights: pilot of ‘best friends from camp’ romcom 25

New US TV show casting

Eric Winter and Afton Williamson to co-star in ABC’s The Rookie
Doug Jones, Beanie Feldstein, Jake McDorman et al join FX’s What We Do in The Shadows
Frankie Faison, Michaela McManus and Jerod Haynes join NBC’s The Village

Anna Torv in Foxtel (Australia)'s Secret City

Secret City, Le bureau, Inside No.9 renewed; Once Upon A Time cancelled; Arnie’s Western; + more

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Internet TV

New trailer for Netflix’s Everything Sucks!
Amazon developing: event Western series Outrider, with Arnold Schwarzenegger

Australian TV

Foxtel renews: Secret City

French TV

Canal+ renews: Le bureau des légendes

UK TV

BBC Two renews: Inside No.9
Red Planet developing: adaptation of Joanna Cannon’s Three Things About Elsie and Denim drag queen girl band dramedy
Lookout Point developing: adaptation by Andrew Davies of John Updike’s Rabbit series
Joseph Quinn joins BBC One’s Les Misérables

US TV

ABC cancels: Once Upon A Time
Trailer for season 2 of CBS All Access’ The Good Fight
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Scott Speedman joins ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy
Jason Alexander to guest on CBS’s Young Sheldon
Kade Wise and Chet Hanks to recur on Fox’s Empire
Mamie Gummer to recur on HBO’s True Detective
Eric Johnson joins History’s Vikings

New US TV shows

Fox green lights: pilot of newlywed rural relocation family comedy Bless This Mess

New US TV show casting

David Giuntoli to star in ABC’s A Million Little Things
Alec Baldwin leaves ABC’s former TV star comedy
Caitlin McGee joins CBS’s History of Them
Christopher Lloyd to co-star in NBC’s Guess Who Died
Moran Atias joins NBC’s The Village

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Young Sheldon (US: CBS; UK: E4) Premiere date: Thursday, February 22, 8.30pm

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Young Sheldon (US: CBS; UK: E4)
Premiere date: Thursday, February 22, 8.30pm