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[ 22 November 2021 ] Unexpectedly, there’s a Russian Film Festival and no one told me
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[ 5 October 2021 ] BFI Japan comes to big screens UK-wide this Autumn

News: BBC4 acquires Cardinal; Universal acquires Chicago Justice; Scandal, Grey’s, HTGAWM renewed; + more

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Global Internet TV

Chris Redd joins Netflix’s Disjointed
Trailer for Amazon’s The Patriot

Canadian TV

Viceland green lights: series adaptation of Fubar

UK TV

Universal Channel acquires: NBC’s Chicago Justice
BBC Four acquires: Canada CTV’s Cardinal
Steve Coogan developing: new Alan Partridge show

US TV

ABC renews: Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings
Saturday ratings

New US TV shows

Fox developing: modern-day Bible stories The Scroll…
…green lights: pilot of live, live, die medical drama The Beast

New US TV show casting

Bridger Zadina, Olly Rix and Malachi Kirby join Syfy’s The Machine
Jack Cutmore-Scott to star in ABC’s Deception
Sarah Shahi to star in NBC’s Reverie
Elizabeth Gillies to star in The CW’s Dynasty
William Miller joins The CW’s Searchers
Bridgit Mendler to star, Isiah Whitlock joins Fox’s Thin Ice

When’s that show you mentioned starting again, TMINE? Including Crashing, High Maintenance, Taken, You Are Wanted and Girlboss

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Every Friday, I let you know the latest announcements about when new, imported TV shows will finally be arriving on your screens – assuming anyone’s bought any, of course.

It’s splurge time! Lots of acquisitions and premiere dates this time, although today’s big one – BBC Four’s first ever Canadian acquisition, Cardinal – doesn’t have a fixed date yet.

Crashing (US: HBO)
Sky Atlantic: February 21, 10.10pm
Reviews: Hasn’t aired yet

High Maintenance (US: HBO)
Sky Atlantic: February 23, 10pm
Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4-5, 6 (one of the Global Top 13 of 2016!)

Taken (US: NBC)
Amazon UK: February 28
Reviews: Hasn’t aired yet

Wanted (You are Wanted) (Germany: Amazon)
Amazon UK: March 17
Reviews: Hasn’t aired yet

Girlboss (Netflix)
Netflix UK: April 21
Reviews: Hasn’t aired yet

News: Dexter is The Crown’s JFK; Jack Whitehall: Bounty Hunter; Channel Zero renewed; + more

10 February 2017 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Global Internet TV

Trailer for Netflix’s Dear White People
Michael C Hall to play JFK, Jodi Balfour to play Jackie in Netflix’s The Crown

European TV

TNT Comedy Germany green lights: life insurance swindle comedy Arthurs Gesetz (Arthur’s Law)

UK TV

Channel 4 renews: Damned

New UK TV shows

Sky 1 green lights: series of action adventure comedy Bounty Hunters, with Jack Whitehall and Rosie Perez

US TV

Trailer for season 2 of Underground
Syfy renews: Channel Zero for two seasons
MTV cancels: Loosely Exactly Nicole and Mary + Jane
Wednesday ratings

New US TV shows

Trailer for Starz’s The White Princess
HBO developing: dark musical comedy series Edison, with John Roberts
CBS green lights: pilot of adaptation of Israel’s Wisdom of the Crowd

New US TV show casting

Annie Wersching, James Marsters, Ever Carradine et al join Hulu’s Marvel’s Runaways
Blair Redford to star in Fox’s X-Men drama
Dan Byrd joins ABC’s Doomsday

News: The OA, Love, Travelers, Delicious renewed; Babylon Berlin, Taken, Genius, Crashing and High Maintenance acquired; + more

9 February 2017 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Global Internet TV

Amazon green lights: series of Nicola Winding Refn’s LA crime samurai drama Too Old To Die Young
Teaser for Netflix’s Girlboss
Teaser for season 3 of Netflix’s Grace & Frankie
Netflix renews: The OA, Love…
…acquires: Turkey’s Black Money Love, 20 Minutes, Love is in the Air and Behzat C
Patricia Clarkson and Campbell Scott join Netflix’s House of Cards

Canadian TV

Showcase renews: Travelers

UK TV

Sky1 renews: Delicious
Sky acquires: Sky Deutschland/ARD Germany’s Babylon Berlin
Amazon acquires: NBC’s Taken
Sky Atlantic acquires: HBO’s Crashing and High Maintenance
National Geographic UK acquires: National Geographic US’s Genius

New UK TV show casting

Daniel Mays to star in BBC Two’s Against The Law

US TV

Teaser for season 3 of Angie Tribeca
Spike to become the Paramount Network
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Jodie Turner-Smith promoted to regular on The Last Ship

New US TV shows

ITV Studios developing: Jessica Chastain 60s women not-astronauts drama Mercury 13
HBO green lights: series of Jesse Armstrong’s global-media-family drama Succession
Heyday Television developing: adaptation of Karen Blixen’s Out of Africa

New US TV show casting

Elizabeth Reaser, Trieste Kelly Dunn and Brian D’Arcy James join Discovery’s Manhunt: The UNABOMer (aka Manifesto)
Robert Wisdom and Q’orianka Kilcher join TNT’s The Alienist
Tiffany Boone and Alex R Hibbert join Showtime’s The Chi

News: Wolf Creek renewed; Iron Fist trailer; Nathan Fillion to play author-detective; + more

8 February 2017 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Global Internet TV

Yara Martinez promoted to regular on Amazon’s The Tick
Trailer for Netflix’s Marvel’s Iron Fist

Australian TV

Stan renews: Wolf Creek

US TV

Promo for season 4 of The Originals
New trailer for season 5 of The Americans [US only]
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Nathan Fillion to guest on Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Esai Morales to recur on Chicago PD

New US TV shows

ABC developing: adaptation of Luvvie Ajayi’s I’m Judging You: The Do Better Manual
NBC green lights: pilot of Charlaine Harris spy drama Redliners
CBS green lights: pilots of meddling families comedy Distefano…
…and adaptation of AJ Jacobs’ The Year of Living Biblically as Living Biblically

New US TV show casting

Jennifer Finnigan to star in CBS’s Salvation

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News: BBC4 acquires Cardinal; Universal acquires Chicago Justice; Scandal, Grey’s, HTGAWM renewed; + more

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News: Dexter is The Crown’s JFK; Jack Whitehall: Bounty Hunter; Channel Zero renewed; + more

News: The OA, Love, Travelers, Delicious renewed; Babylon Berlin, Taken, Genius, Crashing and High Maintenance acquired; + more

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