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Internet TV

Jeff Goldblum, Amy Sedaris, Fred Armisen et al to guest on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

International TV

Aleksei Serebryakov to star in Russian remake of House

UK TV

Sky 1 acquires: USA’s Colony
E4 renews: Drifters

UK TV show casting

Griff Rhys Jones, Matt Di Angelo, Angela Griffin et al join Ordinary Lies

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Jose Moreno Brooks to recur on Baby Daddy
Noah Wyle to return to The Librarians
Nia Vardalos joins The Catch

New US TV shows

TLC green lights: series of Tyler Perry trailer-park return drama Too Close To Home
NBC green lights: live version of A Few Good Men
TV Land developing: purgatory comedy Elsewhere

New US TV show casting

Anthony Stewart Head joins Freeform’s Guilt
Sheila Vand joins Fox’s 24: Legacy
Jill Hennessy to recur on Fox’s Shots Fired
Tawny Cypress joins NBC’s Blacklist spin-off

News: A Blacklist spin-off; Lost Sitcoms cast; The Dark is Rising series; Lego Batman; + more

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Film trailers

New trailer for The Lego Batman Movie

Internet TV

Stacey Oristano to guest on Netflix’s Gilmore Girls

UK TV show casting

Navid Negahban to recur on Mistresses

New UK TV shows

Sky developing: adaptation of Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising series

New UK TV show casting

Casting on BBC Four’s The Lost Sitcoms

US TV

Monday ratings

New US TV shows

NBC developing: The Blacklist spin-off with Famke Janssen and Edi Gathegi
Tandem developing: PI-celebrity witty crime series Take Two

New US TV show casting

Samuel Barnett to star in BBC America’s Dirk Gently
Cynthia Addai-Robinson replaces Emily Rios on USA’s Shooter

News: CBS and Fox renewals; Lucky Man, Not Going Out renewed; Neil Cross’ Ripley adaptations; + more

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Film trailers

Teaser trailer for The Lego Batman Movie

Internet TV

Trailer for season 2 of Powers
Nina Arianda joins Amazon’s Trial

UK TV

Sky1 renews: Stan Lee’s Lucky Man
BBC One renews: Not Going Out

UK TV show casting

Liv Hewson to recur on Top of the Lake

New UK TV shows

Teaser trailer for ITV’s Victoria
Neil Cross to adapt Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels

US TV

Fox renews: The Last Man on Earth, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
CBS renews: Blue Bloods, NCIS: LA, NCIS: NO, Hawaii Five-0, Madam Secretary, Elementary, Scorpion, Mom and 2 Broke Girls
HBO cancels: Togetherness
Trailer for season 3 of The Last Ship
Wednesday ratings
Thursday ratings

US TV show casting

Daman Wayans Jr returning to New Girl
Kelly Rutherford to recur on Quantico
Lynda Carter to guest on Supergirl
Cas Anvar joins The Strain

New US TV shows

Bravo green lights: series of marrying conwoman dramedy My So Called Wife
Caitlin McGee and Eugene Cordero to be regulars on NBC’s Crunch Time
Fox yellow lights: APB
The CW redeveloping: adaptations of The Notebook and Weaveworld
Spike yellow lights: Red Mars adaptation

New US TV show casting

Tattiawna Jones to star in ABC’s lesbian-straight friends comedy
Oded Fehr and Fernanda Andrade join ABC’s Marvel’s Most Wanted
Jaime Lee Kirchner joins CBS’s Bull
Addison Timlin to star in CBS’s MacGyver, Michelle Krusiec joins
Ariana Molkara joins Fox’s Chad: An American Boy
JR Bourne and Toby Hemingway join Syfy’s Prototype
Ryan-James Hatanaka joins NBC’s Chicago Justice
Simu Liu to recur on NBC’s Taken
Parisa Fitz-Henley and Yul Vazquez to be regulars on NBC’s Midnight Texas

News: Netflix gets Scrotal Recall; Sarah Clarke joins NCIS; TNT gets Claws; + more

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The Daily News will return on Tuesday

Film trailers

Trailer for Bridget Jones’s Baby
Trailer for Whit Stillman’s Love & Friendship

Internet TV

Johnny Ortiz joins Hulu’s Citizen
Netflix acquires, green lights: series of dream-life comedy Maniac
Netflix acquires, renews: Scrotal Recall

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Sarah Clarke joins NCIS
Sandrine Holt, Michael Maize, Dorothi Fox and Luke Robertson to recur on Mr Robot

New US TV shows

TNT acquires, green lights: pilot of nail salon dramedy Claws

New US TV show casting

Enrique Murciano joins ABC’s Broken
Oded Fehr and Fernanda Andrade joins ABC’s Marvel’s Most Wanted
Rachel Hurd-Wood joins ABC’s Spark
John Ross Bowie to star in ABC’s Speechless
Christine Horn joins ABC’s straight-lesbian friendship comedy
Bojana Novakovic and Jackson Davis join CBS’s Four Stars
Billy Gardell to co-star in, Keir O’Donnell joins CMT’s Million Dollar Quartet
Jesse Rath to be a regular on The CW’s No Tomorrow
Gail O’Grady joins NBC’s Miranda’s Rights
Sean Harris, Yetide Badaki and Bruce Langley join Starz’s American Gods

News: Peter Serafinowicz is the new Tick; Elijah Wood joins Dirk Gently; I Live With Models renewed; + more

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Internet TV

Peter Serafinowicz to star in Amazon’s The Tick
Kelli Mayo and Ben Winchell join Hulu’s When The Street Lights Go On
Mae Whitman to cameo on Netflix’s Gilmore Girls

UK TV

Comedy Central renews: I Live With Models

US TV

Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Richard Belzer to return to L&O:SVU
Eric Sheffer Stevens and Rebecca Naomi Jones to recur on Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll

New US TV shows

TNT developing: Detroit legal drama Conviction

New US TV show casting

Bruce Greenwood joins ABC’s Dirty Dancing
Tom Stourton joins ABC’s Hail Mary
Dan Hildebrand joins ABC’s Still Star-Crossed
Elijah Wood to co-star in BBC America’s Dirk Gently
Lenny Venito and Gary Valentine joins CBS’s Kevin James comedy
Taylor Zakhar joins NBC’s Cruel Intentions
James Paxton and Gil Bellows to star in USA’s Eyewitness

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