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International TV

Trevor Eve, Nina Sosanya and Katherine Kelly join Sky 1 (UK)/Cinemax (US)’s Strike Back

US TV

Trailer for season four of Starz’s Power
Tuesday ratings

New US TV show casting

Amanda Lund to star in FX’s Singularity
Hillary Swank to star in FX’s Trust

News: The Detour, Into The Badlands renewed; Powerless cancelled; Teen Titans TV; + more

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Film casting

Jeff Goldblum joins Jurassic World 2

New UK TV shows

BBC One green lights: pilot of Spencer Jones prop comedy Mr Winner
All 4 green lights: builders sitcom Lee & Dean, with Miles Chapman, Mark O’Sullivan, Ramon Tikaram et al

US TV

TBS renews: The Detour
AMC renews: Into The Badlands
NBC cancels: Powerless
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Mark Consuelos joins The CW’s Riverdale
Dulé Hill to recur on USA’s Suits

New US TV shows

Warner Bros to launch DC live-action streaming service, including Teen Titans adaptation as Titans

News: Ransom, Nit I Dia acquired; When Calls The Heart renewed; + more

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Film

Michael Mann to adapt Mark Bowden’s Hue 1968

International TV

IM Global developing: adaptation of Glen Cook’s The Black Company series, with Eliza Dushku
Fox Asia developing: financial mercenaries drama The Trading Floor
Netflix/E4 (UK) green light: dark comedy road trip The End of the F***ing World

Australian TV

Stan green lights: newly single DJ comedy The Other Guy, with Matt Okine

UK TV

Walter Presents acquires: TV3 (Catalonia)’s Nit I Dia (Night and Day)
Universal acquires: CBS (US)/TF1 (France)/Corus Global (Canada)’s Ransom

US TV

Hallmark renews: When Calls The Heart
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Caroline Cave to recur on Syfy’s Van Helsing

New US TV shows

Hulu developing: Ingrid Michaelson semi-biopic The Way I Am
DiGa developing: adaptation of Amy Plum’s Dreamfall
Audience green lights: dysfunctional rock star family comedy Hit The Road, with Jason Alexander
Trailer for Syfy’s Blood Drive

News: The Bureau (US); Mohawk Girls, The Coroner, Home Fires cancelled; Shadowhunters renewed; + more

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Canadian TV

APTN cancels: Mohawk Girls

European TV

Arte (France)/Movistar+ (Spain) green light: island murder-mystery Hierro

Scandinavian TV

Viaplay/Siminn (Iceland) green light: high-level conspiracy thriller Stella Blómkvist with Heida Reed

UK TV

The League of Gentleman anniversary special confirmed
BBC One cancels: The Coroner
ITV cancels: Home Fires

US TV

New US TV shows

Federation Entertainment developing: adaptation of Canal+ (France)’s Le Bureau Des Légendes (The Bureau) and Joan of Arc

US TV show casting

Mark Gibbon to play General Zod on The CW’s Supergirl

New US TV show casting

Melissa Benoist and Julia Garner join Paramount’s Waco

When’s that show you mentioned starting again, TMINE? Including Kevin Can Wait, L&O: LA, Idiotsitter and Mercy Street

21 April 2017 Rob Buckley Post a 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.

It’s been three weeks since the last WTSYMSA, TMINE?, yet oddly, no UK network seems to have acquired any new shows from anywhere in the world in my absence. How odd. I’ve been pointing out the good ones all year, so you’d think they’d know what to get, but apparently not.

However, there have been some premiere dates announced at least, you’ll be glad to hear:

Kevin Can Wait (US: CBS; UK: E4)
Thursday, April 20, 8.30pm (erm, yesterday. Soz)
Episode reviews: 1

Law & Order: LA (US: NBC; UK: 5USA)
Friday, April 21, 9pm (erm, today. Quick!)

Idiotsitter (US: Comedy Central; UK: 5Star)
Sunday, April 30, 11.30pm
Episode reviews: 1

Mercy Street (US: PBS; UK: Drama)
Sunday, May 28, 8pm

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News: Hillary Swank joins Trust; Trevor Eve, Nina Sosanya join Strike Back; + more

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News: Ransom, Nit I Dia acquired; When Calls The Heart renewed; + more

News: The Bureau (US); Mohawk Girls, The Coroner, Home Fires cancelled; Shadowhunters renewed; + more

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