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Internet TV

Amazon green lights: series of I Love Dick, Jean-Claude Van Johnson and The Tick
Trailer for Netflix’s The Crown

Australian TV

Nine renews: Doctor Doctor

New UK TV shows

BBC Two green lights: revenge thriller Paula, with Denise Gough, Tom Hughes and Owen McDonnell

US TV

FX renews and cancels: The Strain
NBC orders full season of This Is Us
New trailer for season 2 of Supergirl
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Sean Maguire to return to Once Upon A Time

New US TV show casting

Jeff Ward to star in Syfy’s Channel Zero: The No-End House
Claire Cooper to recur on ABC’s Still Star-Crossed

News: Phantom reunion; BBC Four acquires Deep Water; Alan Cumming is Dr Death; SWAT remake + more

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Theatre

Original cast members returning for Phantom of the Opera‘s 30th anniversary

Internet TV

New trailer for Netflix’s Marvel’s Luke Cage
Netflix acquires: Ukraine’s Servant of the People
Amazon green lights: pot comedy Budding Prospects, with Will Sasso

Australian TV

Ten green lights: pilot of family relationship revelation drama Sisters

Canadian TV

Shomi to close

CBC developing: under-21s football academy drama 21 Thunder

International TV

Ants Multimedia South Africa developing: adaptation of Kenneth Bhengu’s Unyambose Nozinith

UK TV

iPlayer to require login from 2017
BBC Four acquires: SBS Australia’s Deep Water

US TV

Sunday ratings

New US TV shows

NBC developing: former sibling singing group comedy and vengeful philosophy professor comedy AP Bio
TNT green lights: pilot of mixed-race middle-class suburbia dramedy Hinges
Bainframe developing: adaptation of Allen Steel’s Coyote books
CBS developing: adaptation of James Patterson’s Dr Death, with Alan Cumming…
…remake of S.W.A.T.
MTV developing: supernatural social media drama KRawl
Trailer for Audience’s Ice

New US TV show casting

Ian Verdun joins Freeform’s The Deep
Bill Pullman to star in USA’s The Sinner

News: Victoria renewed; Channel 4 acquires This Is Us; Peter Capaldi to guest on Class; + more

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Doctor Who

Peter Capaldi to guest on Class

Film

Sam Neill joins Thor: Ragnarok

Internet TV

Carolyn Hennesy to recur on Netflix’s Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Brenda Vaccaro and Poorna Jagannathan join Netflix’s Gypsy
Phoebe Dynevor joins Crackle’s Snatch
Trailer for Amazon’s Good Girls Revolt

UK TV

ITV renews: Victoria
Channel 4 acquires: NBC’s This Is Us

US TV

Extended trailer for The Flash season 3
Full season order for Superstore
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings

US TV show casting

Hilarie Burton to guest on Lethal Weapon
Jona Xiao to recur on Being Mary Jane
David Hornsby to guest on New Girl

New US TV shows

ABC developing: Cagney and Lacey-esque team of female detectives drama

News: Magnum PI’s daughter; Odd Mom Out, Dice, El Ministerio del Tiempo renewed; + more

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Internet TV

Hulu developing: adaptation of Matt Hawkins and Bryan Hill’s Postal

European TV

TVE Spain renews : El Ministerio del Tiempo (The Ministry of Time)

US TV

Bravo renews: Odd Mom Out
Showtime renews: Dice
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Murray Bartlett to recur on Nashville

New US TV shows

Showtime developing: interfering movie star comedy Keeping It Real, with Walton Goggins
NBC developing: white family moving to black area comedy There Goes The Neighborhood
ABC developing: Magnum PI‘s daughter sequel Magnum
Fox developing: medical workplace comedy This Might Hurt
The CW developing: not-dying-after-all drama Life Sentence

News: ITV2 acquires The Great Indoors; Uma Thurman is a TV fixer; Ghost in the Shell teasers; + more

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Film trailers

Five teasers for live action Ghost in the Shell remake

Internet TV

Jeremy Tardy to recur on Netflix’s Dear White People
Teaser for Netflix’s Haters Back Off

UK TV

ITV2 acquires: CBS’s The Great Indoors

New UK TV shows

Synchronicity Films developing: adaptation of Graeme Macrae Burnet’s His Bloody Project

New UK TV show casting

Bella Dayne joins Sky Atlantic/Showtime’s Guerrilla

US TV

Trailer for season 3 of Salem
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Jane Lynch returning to Criminal Minds

New US TV shows

Trailer for Syfy’s Incorporated
MRC developing: adaptation of Stephen King’s Wizard and Glass
CBS green lights: series of Jermaine Fowler comedy Superior Donuts…
…and developing: whistleblower legal drama Perfect Citizen
ABC developing: gay minister family drama Grace
Fox developing: adaptation of Ukraine’s Servant of the People

New US TV show casting

Uma Thurman to recur on Bravo’s My So Called Wife
Stephen Tobolowsky to star in Showtime’s White Famous

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News: I Love Dick, The Tick, JCVJ green lit; The Strain, Doctor Doctor renewed; + more

News: Phantom reunion; BBC Four acquires Deep Water; Alan Cumming is Dr Death; SWAT remake + more

News: Victoria renewed; Channel 4 acquires This Is Us; Peter Capaldi to guest on Class; + more

News: Magnum PI’s daughter; Odd Mom Out, Dice, El Ministerio del Tiempo renewed; + more

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