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The new Doctor Who companions; a Magnum PI reboot; + more

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UK TV

Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill join BBC One’s Doctor Who; Sharon D Clark to recur

US TV

New US TV shows

ABC developing: single parents friends comedy…
…five uncles comedy…
…and getting married drama Vows
CBS developing: Magnum PI reboot
The CW developing: haunted house drama Epiphany
Fox developing: single mum self-discovery comedy Emma’s At Her Dad’s

New US TV show casting

Raoul Trujillo joins FX’s Mayans MC

When’s that show you mentioned starting, TMINE? Including Ghosted, Marvel’s The Punisher, Jean-Claude Van Johnson, Fresh Off The Boat and La Mante (The Mantis)

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Every Friday, TMINE lets 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

Quite a few acquisitions this week, but only one for which we don’t have an exact airdate: Kanal 5 (Denmark)’s Gidseltagningen (Below The Surface), which will air some time next year on BBC4.

Oddly, we already had a premiere date for Netflix’s Godless (November 22), but we didn’t have a trailer until now, so let’s fill in that gap right now:

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Mum, Two Doors Down, Casual, Better Things renewed; Punisher, Jean-Claude Van Johnson trailers; + more

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Internet TV

Trailer for Amazon’s Jean-Claude Van Johnson
New trailer for Netflix’s Marvel’s The Punisher

International TV

Oded Fehr and James Ransone join Hulu (US)/Channel 4’s The First

UK TV

BBC Two renews: Mum…
…and Two Doors Down (with cast changes)

US TV

Hulu renews: Casual
FX renews: Better Things
Trailer for season 6 of CMT’s Nashville
Wednesday ratings

New US TV shows

ABC developing: cop drama/family soap based on James Patterson’s Michael Bennett books
BET green lights: series of legal aid drama In Contempt, with Erica Ash
CBS developing: self-explanatory drama Whistleblower…
…and adaptation of BBC Two’s We The Jury
The CW developing: adaptation of Project 13
Fox green lights: pilots of father/adult daughters comedy Daddy Issues…
…and NYPD counter terrorism drama Operation Nexus…
…developing: Native American family comedy Reservations
NBC green lights: pilot of adaptation of TV4 (Sweden)’s Halvvägs till himlen as Close To Heaven
Showtime green lights: series of legal thriller Your Honor

New US TV show casting

Steve Buscemi replacing Owen Wilson as God in TBS’s Miracle Workers

Le clan Bonaparte; Salvation, Alone Together and Pure renewed; + more

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Internet TV

Trailer for season 2 of Netflix’s Lady Dynamite

International TV

LisaGay Hamilton joins Hulu (US)/Channel 4’s The First
Entertainment One developing: adaptation of Crosswind

Canadian TV

Super Channel renews: Pure [subscription required]

French TV

France 2 developing: historical drama Le clan Bonaparte

US TV

CBS renews: Salvation
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Marsha Thomason to guest on ABC’s The Good Doctor
Bahram Khosraviani to recur on NBC’s The Brave
Paul Guilfoyle to guest on NBC’s Blindspot, return to CBS All Access’ The Good Fight

New US TV shows

ABC developing: neighbourhood move comedy White Dave
Fox green lights: pilots of long-distance single father comedy with Lil Rel Howrey…
…and Tennessee comedy based on Nate Bargatze’s life
Anonymous developing: Alfonso Cuarón horror drama with Casey Affleck
HBO developing: adaptation of Wally Lamb’s I Know This Much is True, with Mark Ruffalo
Freeform renews: Alone Together
NBC developing: Caribbean embassy comedy and tech workplace romcom Venice Beach Venture
Trailer for DirectTV’s The Ballad of Lefty Brown
Teaser for Showtime’s The Chi

New US TV show casting

Ryan Potter to star in Titans
John Ellison Conlee joins Syfy’s Tremors

Netflix acquires La Mante; TVNZ goes Danish; Sky Italia’s Django; + more

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Internet TV

Shakira Barrera joins Netflix’s GLOW
Facebook green lights: series of high school students drama Five Points, with Kerry Washington
Netflix acquires: TF1 (France’s) La Mante (The Mantis)

Canadian TV

Bron Studios developing: adaptation of Sara Blaedel books [subscription required]

European TV

Sky Italia developing: Spaghetti Western TV series Django and Eurozone crisis drama The Devils

New Zealand TV

TVNZ green lights: new life for Danish criminal drama Straight Forward

UK TV

Trailer for Channel 4’s The End of the F***ing World

US TV

Teaser trailer for season 3 of UnREAL
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Malcolm McDowell to guest on NBC’s Chicago Med

New US TV shows

CBS developing: Asian-American basketball family comedy Big Men
Comedy Central green lights: series of struggling siblings comedy The Other Two and ensemble Chicago workplace comedy South Side
The CW developing: adaptation of KC Archer’s School for Psychics

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New US TV show casting

When’s that show you mentioned starting, TMINE? Including Ghosted, Marvel’s The Punisher, Jean-Claude Van Johnson, Fresh Off The Boat and La Mante (The Mantis)

Every Friday, TMINE lets 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

Mum, Two Doors Down, Casual, Better Things renewed; Punisher, Jean-Claude Van Johnson trailers; + more

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Le clan Bonaparte; Salvation, Alone Together and Pure renewed; + more

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Netflix acquires La Mante; TVNZ goes Danish; Sky Italia’s Django; + more

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The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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