News

Channel 4 developing: adaptation of Radio 4’s female parliament comedy Men About The House…
…green lights: series of space station comedy The Cloud
BBC One green lights: adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials…
…Mark Billingham’s complex female detective drama In The Dark

US TV

Extra episodes for Blindspot, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD and L&O:SVU
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Keegan-Michael Key, Ed Weeks and Brianna Baker to guest on House of Lies
Greg Germann to guest on Once Upon A Time

New US TV shows

NBC developing: brother and sister private detective workplace comedy…
…adaptation of ITV’s post-car crash drama Collision
CBS developing: adaptation of futuristic zombie cop book Dead Mann Walking…
…CIA time travel drama Recall…
…and FBI Scientific Response Unit drama
Fox developing: robot overlords drama 244 Degrees of Freedom
Showtime’s Twin Peaks delayed to 2017

News: new Star Trek online, Lewis cancelled, (Vanessa) Van Helsing series, Greatest American remake + more

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Film casting

Michael Stuhlbarg to play Nicodemus West in Doctor Strange

Internet TV

Tidal green lights: Brooklyn street-life drama Money & Violence
CBS All Access green lights: new Star Trek series

UK TV

ITV cancels: Lewis
Saturday ratings

New UK TV shows

BBC Two developing: adaptation of The Secret Rooms

US TV

Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Greg Finley to recur on iZombie

New US TV shows

TBS green lights: series of Alia Shawkat mystery comedy Search Party
Fox green lights: put pilot of Greatest American Hero remake…
…developing: megachurch drama
Syfy green lights: (Vanessa) Van Helsing
The CW developing: sci-fi slave romance series Tempest

News: a Preacher promo, Cold Feet, Y Gwyll, The Walking Dead, Longmire renewed + more

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Film casting

Sandra Bullock to star in Ocean’s Eleven reboot

Internet TV

Wil Wheaton joins Powers
Netflix renews: Longmire

New Zealand TV

TV One green lights: Catching The Black Widow

UK TV

ITV renews: Cold Feet
S4C renews: Y Gwyll/Hinterland
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings
Saturday ratings

New UK TV shows

Trailer for BBC One’s War & Peace

US TV

US TV show casting

Elisabeth Rohm to recur on The Last Ship
BD Wong to play Hugo Strange on Gotham…
…Kristen Hager to play Nora Fries
Linda Lavin to guest on Mom

New US TV shows

NBC develops: adaptation of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
CBS developing: adaptation of CBC’s Mr D
Fox developing: black step-dad comedy
ABC developing: Ryan Reynolds-produced family comedy
New promos for Fox’s Lucifer
Trailer for AMC’s Preacher

New US TV show casting

Victoria Justice to recur on Fox’s Cooper Barrett’s Guide To Surviving Life
Milana Vayntrub, John Gemberling, Justin Chon et al join Comedy Central’s Overanalyzers
Greer and Spencer Grammer to guest on CBS’s Rush Hour

News: more Muppets, less Lookinglass, Heaven is for Real on TV, iPlayer coming to Apple TV + more

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Canadian TV

CBC green lights: series of comedy Workin’ Moms with Catherine Reitman

Internet TV

Netflix green lights: series of 13 Reasons Why with Selena Gomez

UK TV

BBC to develop iPlayer app for new Apple TV
Wednesday ratings

US TV

ABC adds three more episodes to The Muppets
Wednesday ratings

New US TV shows

ABC developing: terrorism crime drama based on Ray Kelly
Fox cuts two episodes from Lookinglass
NBC developing: sequel series to Heaven Is For Real…
…adaptation of Charlaine Harris’ Midnight, Texas

New US TV show casting

Jennifer Jason Leigh joins Showtime’s Twin Peaks
Clea DuVall joins USA’s Brooklyn Animal Control

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