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News: Castle purges; Scott & Bailey to end; interactive Twilight Zone; Marley’s Ghosts renewed; + more

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Internet TV

Jessica Stroup and Tom Pelphrey join Netflix’s Marvel’s Iron Fist
Naomi Watts to star in Netflix’s Gypsy
Kevin Bacon to star in Amazon’s I Love Dick
Netflix green lights: dramatisation of Brazil’s anti-corruption investigation Operation Car Wash

UK TV

ITV cancels: Scott & Bailey
Gold renews: Marley’s Ghosts

US TV

Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Stana Katic and Tamala Jones fired from Castle
Ulrich Thomson to recur on The Blacklist
Reiko Aylesworth to guest on NCIS

New US TV shows

CBS developing: interactive Twilight Zone
FX redeveloping: 1980s cocaine drama Snowfall

New US TV show casting

Walter Goggins to replace Joe Manganiello on History’s Six
Anika Noni Rose to star in BET’s The Yard
Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson to star in adaptation of The Barbary Coast
John C McGinley to star in IFC’s Stan Against Evil

News: The Durrells, Fear The Walking Dead renewed; Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens TV show; Mr Robot teaser trailer; + more

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Australian TV

Craig McLachlan, Hamish Blake, Kerry Armstrong et al join Ten’s The Wrong Girl

Internet TV

Callum Keith Rennie joins Man In the High Castle

International TV

Neil Gaiman developing Good Omens TV series

UK TV

ITV renews: The Durrells

US TV

AMC renews: Fear The Walking Dead
Hallmark renews: When Calls The Heart
Teaser trailer for season 2 of Mr Robot
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings

US TV show casting

Ella Thomas to recur on Mistresses, Christopher J Hanke to recur on Devious Maids
Jodie Comer to star in The White Princess
Anthony Michael Hall joins Murder In The First
Jewel Staite to guest on Castle

New US TV shows

Trailer for AMC’s Feed The Beast

New US TV show casting

Clara Rugaard joins ABC’s Still Star-Crossed
Paul Chahidi and Christine Tawflik join Fox’s Chad: An American Boy

News: Pick acquires Slasher; The Mist TV series; Tales From The Crypt returns;

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Internet TV

Amazon developing: Bob Dylan-inspired drama Time Out of Mind
Jackie Earle Haley to co-star in Amazon’s The Tick

UK TV

Pick acquires: Chiller’s Slasher

US TV

Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Erik Palladino, Paul Schulze and Malcolm-Jamal Warner to recur on Suits
Frankie Adams joins The Expanse

New US TV shows

TV One green lights: sneaker mogul drama Sneaker Pawn
Spike green lights: series of adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist
RatPac developing: adaptation of The Swans of Fifth Avenue with Bryce Dallas Howard
History amber lights: Six, Joe Manganiello leaves
TNT green lights: horror block, including series of Tales From The Crypt, pilot of Time of Death, development of Creatures

New US TV show casting

Dee Rees and Tommy Schlamme join ABC’s When We Rise
Crispin Glover and Jonathan Tucker join Starz’s American Gods
Tone Bell replaces Langston Kerman and Utkarsh Ambudkar on CBS’s My Time/Your Time

News: Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce renewed; Ioan Gruffudd joins UnREAL; Bounce renewals; + more

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Internet TV

Diane Farr to recur on Hulu’s Chance

US TV

Bounce renews: Saints & Sinners, Mann & Wife, Family Time and In the Cut
Bravo renews: Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce for three seasons
Tuesday’s ratings

US TV show casting

Ioan Gruffudd joins UnREAL
Lesley Nicol to recur on The Catch

New US TV show casting

Brett Goldstein to star in HBO’s A Lot

News: New Girl, Man Seeking Woman renewed; BBC Simenon adaptation; Broadchurch casting; + more

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Internet TV

Adam Long joins Hulu’s When The Lights Go On

Australian TV

Zoe Bentoura, Matt Nable et al to star in Nine’s Hyde and Seek

UK TV show casting

Sarah Parish, Charlie Higson, Georgina Campbell et al join Broadchurch

New UK TV shows

BBC developing: adaptation of Georges Simenon’s The Blue Room

US TV

FXX renews: Man Seeking Woman
Fox renews: New Girl
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Tony Curran to guest on Elementary

New US TV show casting

Angel Bonanni to recur on Fox’s Shots Fired
Patricia Scanlon to recur on FX’s Better Things

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News: Castle purges; Scott & Bailey to end; interactive Twilight Zone; Marley’s Ghosts renewed; + more

News: The Durrells, Fear The Walking Dead renewed; Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens TV show; Mr Robot teaser trailer; + more

News: Pick acquires Slasher; The Mist TV series; Tales From The Crypt returns;

News: Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce renewed; Ioan Gruffudd joins UnREAL; Bounce renewals; + more

News: New Girl, Man Seeking Woman renewed; BBC Simenon adaptation; Broadchurch casting; + more

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