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Internet TV

Teaser for season 2 of Netflix’s Master of None

US TV

HBO renews: Crashing
FX renews: Legion
CBS All Access renews: The Good Fight
Saturday ratings

US TV show casting

Missy Peregrym joins Syfy’s Van Helsing

New US TV shows

NBC developing: intercontinental relationship drama Long Distance
Fox amber lights: The Beast
New trailer for Starz’s American Gods

New US TV show casting

Amy Hill joins ABC’s single dad comedy
JoAnna Garcia Swisher joins ABC’s The Gospel of Kevin
Eric Winter joins ABC’s Las Reinas
Sharon Leal to star, Sheaun McKinney to co-star in CBS’s hate crimes pilot
John Larroquette to star in, Mandell Maughan joins CBS’s Me, Myself & I
Jessica Paré joins CBS’s Navy SEAL drama
Monica Potter to co-star in CBS’s Wisdom of the Crowd
Christine Lahti replaces Rita Wilson in Fox’s Controversy
Eva Longoria, Andy Richter, Ken Marino et al join Fox’s Type-A
Nikki M James joins NBC’s extreme event medical drama
Jenny Wade joins NBC’s Redliners
Allen Maldonado to co-star in TBS’s Tracy Morgan series

News: Aber Bergen renewed; Baskets acquired; no more The Replacement; + more

15 March 2017 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Scandinavian TV

TV3 (Norway) renews: Aber Bergen

UK TV

Fox UK acquires: FX’s Baskets
No second series for BBC One’s The Replacement

UK TV show casting

Laurence Fox joins ITV Encore’s The Frankenstein Chronicles

US TV

Narges Rashidi to recur on Starz’s The Girlfriend Experience
Keir O’Donnell to recur on Showtime’s Ray Donovan

New US TV shows

The Russo Brothers developing: adaptation of Valiant’s Quantum and Woody

New US TV show casting

Tommy Bastow and John D’Leo join ABC’s The Crossing
J August Richards joins ABC’s The Gospel of Kevin
Hillary Anne Matthews joins ABC’s Start Up
Parvesh Cheena and Ayden Mayeri join ABC’s Unit Zero
Jim Caviezel to star in CBS’s Navy SEAL drama
Natalia Tena and Jake Matthews join CBS’s Wisdom of the Crowd
Christina Ochoa to star in, Nigel Thatch and Corbin Reid join The CW’s Valor
Sullivan Jones, Virginia Kull and Louis Cancelmi join Hulu’s The Looming Tower
Jane Lynch to co-star in NBC’s Relatively Happy
Donald Faison and Ken Kirby join NBC’s Spaced Out

News: Murdoch Mysteries, Lemony Snicket renewed; new Doctor Who trailer; Young Sheldon series; + more

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Theatre

Waiting For God: the stage show

Internet TV

Netflix renews: Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

Canadian TV

CBC renews: Murdoch Mysteries

UK TV

Trailer for season 10 of BBC One’s Doctor Who
Smack The Pony team reunite for Red Nose Day

US TV

Trailer for season 6 of HBO’s Veep

US TV show casting

Krysta Rodriguez to recur on ABC’s Quantico
Susan Sarandon to recur on Showtime’s Ray Donovan

New US TV shows

Paramount developing: adaptation of Diksha Basu’s The Windfall
CBS green lights: series of Big Bang Theory prequel Young Sheldon

New US TV show casting

Rochelle Aytes joins ABC’s Doomsday
Richard Schiff joins ABC’s The Good Doctor
Elaine Tan joins ABC’s Salamander
Glynn Turman joins CBS’s Brothered Up
Khandi Alexander to co-star in CBS’s Instinct
Jay Harrington to star in CBS’s SWAT
Lance Barber joins CBS’s Young Sheldon
Elizabeth Perkins and Madison Davenport to co-star in HBO’s Sharp Objects
Jeff Daniels joins Hulu’s The Looming Tower
Marley Shelton and Casey Johnson join NBC’s Drama High

News: The Halcyon cancelled; The 100, Good Karma Hospital, Schitt’s Creek renewed; + more

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Canadian TV

CBC renews: Schitt’s Creek

UK TV

ITV cancels: The Halcyon…
…renews: The Good Karma Hospital
Fox UK acquires: new Prison Break
Sky On Demand acquires: Blood & Oil
Netflix UK acquires: Guilt

US TV

US TV show casting

Ed Sheeran to guest on Game of Thrones
Bobby Cannavale joins Mr Robot

New US TV shows

Emmett/Furla developing: adaptation of Nik Richie’s Sex, Lies, and the Dirty
Ovation TV developing: adaptation of Joshua Knelman’s Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives Through the Secret World of Stolen Art as Hot Art
CBS amber lights: Latino cop family drama

New US TV show casting

Bernard Jones joins ABC’s city mayor comedy
Lombardo Boyar joins ABC’s Rob Riggle single dad comedy
Peter Cambor joins ABC’s Unit Zero
Romany Malco to co-star in, Nishi Munshi joins CBS’s Brothered Up
Toni Trucks joins CBS’s Navy SEALs drama
Jeananne Goosen joins CBS’s The Get
Christine Adams to co-star on The CW’s Black Lightning
Marc Blucas joins The CW’s Searchers
Michael Urie to star, Ursula Parker and Miguel Pinzon join Fox’s Amy’s Brother
Saycon Sengbloh and Griffin Freeman join Fox’s Controversy
Nick Peine joins NBC’s AP Bio
Casting on NBC’s Drama High
Ben Lawson to star in, Eddie Shin joins NBC’s What About Barb?
Gil Birmingham, Irene Bedard and Chaske Spencer join WGN America’s Scalped

When’s that show you mentioned starting again, TMINE? Including Blood & Oil, Prison Break, Halfworlds and American Gods

10 March 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.

Just a few announcements this week. Did you know Shudder even existed in the UK? I didn’t…

Blood & Oil (US: ABC; UK: Sky Box Sets)
Available now
Episode reviews: 1, 3

Prison Break (US: Fox; UK: Fox UK)
April (probably the week of the 4th)

Halfworlds (HBO Asia; UK: Shudder)
Thursday, April 6th

American Gods (US: Starz; UK: Amazon Prime)
Monday, May 1st

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News: Legion, The Good Fight, Crashing renewed; new American Gods trailer; + more

News: Aber Bergen renewed; Baskets acquired; no more The Replacement; + more

News: Murdoch Mysteries, Lemony Snicket renewed; new Doctor Who trailer; Young Sheldon series; + more

News: The Halcyon cancelled; The 100, Good Karma Hospital, Schitt’s Creek renewed; + more

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The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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