Every week day, I let you know what’s happening in the world of television from around the world
News: BBC One’s gunpowder plot; Brian Pern tribute; new Stephen King drama; + more
New UK TV shows
- BBC Four green lights: Brian Pern tribute
- BBC One green lights: Guy Fawkes drama Gunpowder, with Kim Harington, Daniel West, Liv Tyler et al
New UK TV show casting
- Julia Ormond, Philippa Coulthard, Joseph Quinn et al joins BBC One’s Howard’s End
US TV
- Trailer for season 3 of The Leftovers
- Trailer for season 2 of Animal Kingdom
- Teaser trailer for season 4 of Silicon Valley
- Thursday ratings
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US TV show casting
- Jeremy Luke joins This Is Us
- Maya Erskine to recur on Casual
New US TV shows
- New trailers for Showtime’s Twin Peaks
- Trailer for FX’s Feud
- Trailer for USA’s The Sinner
- Hulu developing: adaptation of Stephen King’s Castle Rock short stories as Castle Rock
New US TV show casting
- Jack Davenport to star in ABC’s Doomsday
- Antonia Thomas to star in ABC’s The Good Doctor
- Sonia Braga to star in ABC’s Las Reinas
- Kimberly Hébert Gregory joins ABC’s Unit Zero
- Saidah Ekulona joins ABC’s Muslim cop drama
- Anna Deveare Smith, Ben Rappaport and Britne Oldford join ABC’s Mother Court drama
- Michael Cudlitz to co-star in ABC’s The Trustee
- James Earl joins CBS’s Hannah Royce’s Questionable Choices
- Bojana Novakovic to star in CBS’s Instinct
- Matt Barr to star in The CW’s Valor
- Anders Holm and Andy Favreau to star in NBC’s gym owner comedy
- Busy Philipps to star in NBC’s The Sackett Sisters
- Matthew Shear joins TNT’s The Alienist
- Alex Meraz to star in WGN America’s Scalped