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UK TV

S4C funding frozen

New UK TV shows

ITV green lights: police and organised crime drama The Level
BBC One green lights: dramatisation of Rillington Place murders as Rillington Place

US TV

Teaser trailer for season 4 of The Americans
Supergirl/The Flash crossover confirmed for March
WGN America cancels: Manhattan
Tuesday ratings

New US TV shows

USA red lights: Tim Kring supernatural drama The Wilding
HBO red lights: Lewis and Clark mini-series
Syfy green lights: series of futuristic all-powerful corporations drama Incorporated
CMT green lights: adaptation of birth of rock ‘n’ roll musical Million Dollar Quartet

New US TV show casting

Barry Sloane to star in History’s Six
Emily Rios to star in A&E’s The Infamous

News: pilots for MacGyver reboot, Cruel Intentions sequel; Fortitude adds stars; + more

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Internet TV

Isabella Rossellini and David Zayas to co-star in Hulu’s Shut Eye
Megyn Price to recur on The Ranch
Joel Kinnaman joins House of Cards
Dominique McElligott joins Amazon’s The Last Tycoon

International TV

G-Base developing: adaptation of A Darker Shade of Magic
Roma Downey developing: adaptation of faith and family 22-book series Redemption

UK TV show casting

Dennis Quaid, Parminder Nagra, Michelle Fairley, Robert Sheehan and Ken Stott join Fortitude

US TV

Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Tanaya Beatty joins The Night Shift

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: pilots of MacGyver reboot and Dr Phil drama Bull
NBC green lights: pilots of actress-lawyer buddy comedy Me & Mean Margaret, next generation sequel to Cruel Intentions, and Vladimir Caamaño and Sebastian Maniscalco biopic comedies
Fox green lights: spoiled kids/hard-living aunt comedy
New teaser trailer for A&E’s Damien

New US TV show casting

Sarah Goldberg to co-star in HBO’s Barry
Stephanie Sigman to star in ABC’s Presence

News: Naomi Watts joins Twin Peaks; CBS’s Training Day series; L&O:SVU, Chicago Med renewed; + more

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International TV

Thunderbird developing: adaptation of Israel’s Street Justice for the US and Canada

US TV

NBC renews: Law & Order: SVU and Chicago Med
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Keiko Agena to guest on Grimm

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: pilot of adaptation of Training Day…
…and wild teenagers, formerly wild parents comedy What Goes Around Comes Around

New US TV show casting

Naomi Watts, Tom Sizemore and David Lynch join Showtime’s Twin Peaks

News: Gilmore Girls go-ahead; Finding Carter cancelled; Archie Comics TV show pilot; + more

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Canadian TV

Teaser trailer for CHCH/Syfy’s Wynonna Earp

Internet TV

Gabriel Ebert to star in Amazon’s The Interestings
KaDee Strickland to co-star in Hulu’s Shut Eye
Netflix green lights: Gilmore Girls revival with original cast
Richard Coyle, Tom Riley, Frances de la Tour and Mamie Gummer to star in Amazon’s The Collection

US TV

US TV show casting

Jada Pinkett Smith to recur (again) on Gotham
Jim Rash to guest on Dr Ken
Grace Grummer to recur on Mr Robot
Casting on UnReal

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: pilot of digital magazine adventure reporter comedy The Great Indoors
Teaser trailer for Syfy’s Hunters
E! green lights: Scientology-esque movie star marriage drama The Arrangement
The CW green lights: pilots for Frequency adaptation, bucket list couple dramedy No Tomorrow, Archie Comics adaptation Riverdale, period monster drama Transylvania, disappearing Mars colonists drama and untitled paranormal drama

New US TV show casting

Chris Smith and Elizabeth Ho to star in NBC’s inter-racial Missouri family comedy
Archie Punjabi to star in ABC’s The Jury

News: more House of Cards; Mary Kills People; a steampunk soap; Shadow Moon cast; + more

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Canadian TV

Global green lights: underground euthanasia drama Mary Kills People

Internet TV

Netflix renews: House of Cards

US TV

Trailer for season 2 of 12 Monkeys
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Daniel Zovatto to recur on AMC’s Fear The Walking Dead
Sophie Skelton joins Outlander

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: pilots of family comedy The Second Fattest Housewife in Westport…
…and criminal law and media drama Notorious, wedding toast flashback comedy Toast, adaptation of Austrian fake miracle comedy Braunschlag as Hail Mary, lesbian/straight mail dating comedy, driver at home comedy The Fluffy Shop…
…and HG Wells time machine drama Time After Time, divorce attorney and sister drama, sexy supernatural revenge drama The Death of Eva Sofia Valdez, and steampunk soap Spark
CBS green lights: annoying footballer comedy The Kicker

New US TV show casting

Ricky Whittle to star as Shadow Moon in Starz’s American Gods

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