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When’s that show you mentioned starting again, TMINE? Including Dirty Dancing, The Last Tycoon and Midnight, Texas

2 June 2017 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Every Friday, I let 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.

First, a request. UK TV networks – please buy things.

Second, some premiere dates. Although if UK TV networks have stopped buying things, we’re going to run out of those, sooner or later.

Dirty Dancing (US: ABC; UK: Channel 5)
Sunday, June 11, 6.25pm

Midnight, Texas (US: NBC; UK: Syfy)
Thursday, July 27, 9pm

The Last Tycoon (Amazon)
Friday, July 28
Episode reviews: 1

News: Sense8 cancelled; Julia Roberts’ HBO mini-series; Trust Brendan Fraser + more

2 June 2017 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Internet TV

Netflix cancels: Sense8

Canadian TV

CBC green lights: adaptation of Lisa Moore’s Caught, with Allan Hawco and Paul Gross

New UK TV show casting

Robson Green, Sue Johnston, Polly Walker et al join BBC One’s Age Before Beauty

US TV

Teaser trailer for season 3 of HBO’s Ballers
Trailer for season 2 of AMC’s Preacher [US only]
Trailer for season 3 of TV Land’s Younger
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Skeet Urich promoted to regular on The CW’s Riverdale

New US TV shows

HBO green lights: mini-series adaptation of Maria Semple’s Today Will Be Different, starring Julia Roberts
HBO developing: adaptation of HOT3 (Israel)’s Euphoria

New US TV show casting

Mark-Paul Gosselaar to star in Fox’s The Passage
Brendan Fraser joins FX’s Trust

News: Quarry cancelled; Alex Rider, Sin City TV series; + more

1 June 2017 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Internet TV

Holland Roden to star in Amazon’s Lore
Dale Soules promoted to regular on Amazon’s Orange is the New Black

Australian TV

Ten renews: The Wrong Girl

International TV

Juno Temple and Janelle Monae join Channel 4 (UK)/Amazon’s Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams

New UK TV shows

ITV developing: adaptation of Anthony Horowitz Alex Rider books

US TV

Cinemax cancels: Quarry
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Wallace Shawn joins Epix’s Graves
Kristin Chenoweth to guest on TV Land’s Younger
Odette Annable to play Reign on The CW’s Supergirl

New US TV shows

AMC developing: adaptation of Joe Hill’s NOS4A2, global mystery-thriller Pandora and adaptation of Eli Horowitz’s Silent History
New trailer for Fox’s The Gifted
Teaser trailer for HBO’s The Deuce
TWC/Dimension developing: adaptation of Frank Miller’s Sin City

News: Underground cancelled; Steven Seagal’s General Commander; + more

31 May 2017 Rob Buckley Post a comment

International TV

IM Global developing: adaptation of Katie Williams’ The Happiness Machine
SPI International/Filmbox developing: secret paramilitary unit drama General Commander, with Steven Seagal

US TV

WGN America cancels: Underground
Teaser trailer for season 2 of Shooter [US only]
Monday ratings

New US TV shows

Showtime developing: recording studio comedy The Studio

News: New Underbelly with Chopper; more Bellevue; Bounty Hunters casting; + more

30 May 2017 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Internet TV

Netflix green lights: Turkish-language Ottoman empire fantasy drama

Australian TV

Aaron Jeffery to play Chopper in Nine’s Underbelly: Chopper
Angus McLaren joins Nine’s Doctor Doctor

Canadian TV

CBC developing: second season of Bellevue

New UK TV show casting

Rosie Perez, Robert Lindsay, Charity Wakefield et al join Sky 1’s Bounty Hunters

US TV

Thursday ratings

US TV show casting

Floriana Lima demoted on The CW’s Supergirl

New US TV shows

New trailer for Syfy’s Blood Drive
Hulu developing: adaptation of Twitter account Los Feliz Daycare

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