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Internet TV

The first eight minutes of Netflix’s Stranger Things

US TV

Wednesday ratings

News: Bloodline renewed; Netflix is Disjointed; Behind Enemy Lines redeveloped; + more

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Internet TV

Netflix green lights: series of Chuck Lorre pot comedy Disjointed, with Kathy Bates…
…renews: Bloodline
Renée Elise Goldsberry joins Netflix’s Altered Carbon
ABC (US) relaunches streaming service with original series

US TV show casting

Floriana Lima to play Maggie Sawyer in Supergirl
Sharon Lawrence to recur on Shameless
Sierra McClain to recur on Empire
Todd Lasance joins The Flash [spoilers]
Eddie Cibrian to replace Brian Austin Green on Rosewood

New US TV shows

Fox redeveloping: Behind Enemy Lines
Raffaella Productions developing: series based on Lucinda Riley’s The Seven Sisters books
Storyoscopic Films developing: Gene Roddenberry’s Holoscape

News: Catastrophe renewed; an X-Men TV show; a Miss Fisher movie; + more

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Film

Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries movie in development

UK TV

Channel 4 renews: Catastrophe for two seasons

US TV

Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Ian Gomez to recur on Supergirl
Pearl Thusi joins Quantico

New US TV shows

Fox developing: X-Men TV show

New US TV show casting

Alyssa Sutherland joins Spike’s The Mist

News: Maron to end; Jennifer Esposito joins NCIS; The Secret Agent trailer; a Battlefield TV series; + more

12 July 2016 Rob Buckley Post a comment

New UK TV shows

Trailer for BBC One’s The Secret Agent

US TV

IFC cancels/ends: Maron
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Carrie Coon joins Fargo
Jennifer Esposito joins NCIS, Duane Henry promoted to regular

New US TV shows

Paramount developing: adaptation of Battlefield video game

News: Hunters cancelled; John Barrowman: DC TV Universe regular; Dean Norris joins Girlboss; + more

11 July 2016 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Internet TV

Dean Norris joins Netflix’s Girlboss

US TV

Syfy cancels: Hunters
Thursday ratings

US TV show casting

John Barrowman to be a (potential) regular on The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow and Supergirl
Richard Cabral to return to American Crime
Jake Hoffman to guest on Ray Donovan

New US TV show casting

W Earl Brown and Michael Lindall join WGN America’s Roadside Picnic
Jamie Kennedy joins Lifetime’s Girl From Compton

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News: the first eight minutes of Netflix’s Stranger Things; + more

News: Bloodline renewed; Netflix is Disjointed; Behind Enemy Lines redeveloped; + more

News: Catastrophe renewed; an X-Men TV show; a Miss Fisher movie; + more

News: Maron to end; Jennifer Esposito joins NCIS; The Secret Agent trailer; a Battlefield TV series; + more

News: Hunters cancelled; John Barrowman: DC TV Universe regular; Dean Norris joins Girlboss; + more

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