News

Chris Lowell to recur on Netflix’s GLOW
Wendell Pierce, Dina Shihabi and Ali Suliman join Amazon’s Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
Netflix acquires: The CW’s Riverdale, Freeform’s Beyond and Audience’s You Me Her
Trailer for Sense8‘s Christmas special

French TV

Federation/Authentic Prod developing: adaptation of Michel Bussi’s Le Temps est Assassin (Time is a Killer)

UK TV

All4 acquires: Mr Student Body President
BBC Two renews: Two Doors Down

US TV

Teaser for season six of Girls
Trailer for season six of Homeland
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings
Saturday ratings

US TV show casting

Mary Holland to recur on Veep
Hari Dhillon to recur on This Is Us

New US TV shows

Teaser for Showtime’s Twin Peaks
TBS developing: ‘Love Boat in space’ comedy Moon Cruise, with Michael Ian Black
Trailer for The CW’s Riverdale
Fox developing: consumer robotics drama Familiar
Universal Cable developing: adaptations of podcast Homecoming…
…and Metropolis
NBC developing: reboot of Single White Female
ABC green lights: adaptation of Korea’s Somewhere Between
Teaser for CBS All Access’ The Good Fight

New US TV show casting

Carrie Preston joins CBS All Access’ The Good Fight

When’s that show you mentioned starting again, TMINE? Including Search Party, The Whispers, Legion and The Great Indoors

16 December 2016 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 your screens – assuming anyone’s bought any, of course.

Quite a few new shows have been acquired or given proper premiere dates this week, you’ll be glad to hear:

Search Party (US)
All4: December 26th 2016 (reviews: 1-2)
The Great Indoors (US)
ITV2: January 9th 2017 (reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
The Whispers (US)
Sky On Demand: January 13th 2017 (reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-13)
Falling Water (US)
Amazon: January 15th 2017 (reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Legion (US)
Fox UK: 9pm, February 9th 2017 (reviews: it hasn’t started in the US yet)
24: Legacy (US)
Fox UK: 9pm, February 14th 2017 (reviews: it hasn’t started in the US yet)

News: Sky acquires The Whispers; Haters Back Off renewed; The Honeymooners reboot; + more

16 December 2016 Rob Buckley Post a comment

International Internet TV

Trailer for season 1 of Amazon’s Sneaky Pete
Clare-Hope Ashitey joins Netflix’s Seven Seconds
Netflix renews: Haters Back Off
Mina Sundwall joins Netflix’s Lost In Space

UK TV

Sky acquires: ABC’s The Whispers

New UK TV shows

Sister Pictures developing: adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s The Power

US TV

Trailer for season 2 of The Path
Trailer for season 2 of Billions
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Hannah Waddingham and Faran Tahir join 12 Monkeys

New US TV shows

CBS developing: remake of The Honeymooners
NBC developing: brother co-worker comedy
Freeform green lights: series of platonic best friends comedy Alone Together
Annapurna Pictures developing: adaptation of Maria Semple’s Today Will Be Different, with Julia Roberts

New US TV show casting

Lyndsy Fonseca and Elizabeth Cappuccino to star in Syfy’s The Haunted

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