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Internet TV

Yahoo Screen loses $42m on Community, Sin City Saints, Other Space

European TV

Greece’s Mega green lights: adaptation of BBC One’s The Worst Week of My Life [subscription required]

UK TV

UKTV launches Amazon Fire app
Monday ratings

New UK TV shows

BBC One developing: global crime drama McMafia
BBC developing: James Wood, Mat Baynton comedy

US TV

ABC gives Dr Ken a full season
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

BD Wong returning to L&O: SVU
Cheryl Hines to guest on The Middle

New US TV shows

New X-Files teaser
Comedy Central green lights: Detroiters, with Jason Sudeikis, Tim Robinson and Sam Richardson
NBC developing: age-gap comedy This Is Happening…
…and drama Casino
ABC developing: Gabriel Iglesias comedy The Fluffy Shop
Fox developing: adaptation of Think Like A Man…
…green lights: pilot of Lee Daniels entertainment drama Star

New US TV show casting

Nia Vardalos joins Epix’s Graves

News: full Star Wars trailer, Gilmore Girls revival, ITV buys UTV, SET gets Younger + more

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Film trailers

Full trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Internet TV

Netflix developing: Gilmore Girls revival

UK TV

Sony Entertainment Television acquires: Younger
ITV buys UTV for £100m
Sunday ratings

US TV

Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Donald Faison to guest on House of Lies

New US TV shows

ABC Family green lights: comedy Baby Daddy
U2K Entertainment developing: five Korean Broadcasting System shows for the US, including Resurrection/Life Again
CBS developing: family comedy Adult Children…
…and 1950s family comedy Dick Ernest
NBC cuts: two episodes of Superstore and Hot & Bothered

New US TV show casting

Alfred Molina, Dylan Baker, Al Madrigal et al to guest on Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here
Carlos Gomez to recur on USA’s Queen of the South

News: Defiance, Rookie Blue cancelled, 800 words renewed, full season for Rosewood + more

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Australian TV

Nine developing: comedy Here Come the Habibs
John Jarratt to return as Mick Taylor for Stan’s Wolf Creek spin-off series
Seven renews: 800 words

Canadian TV

Global cancels: Rookie Blue

UK TV

UK TV show casting

Keith Allen, Jill Halfpenny and Sally Bretton to guest on Death In Paradise

New UK TV shows

Trailer for BBC One’s Cuffs

US TV

Syfy cancels: Defiance
Fox picks up Rosewood for full season
Thursdays ratings
Friday ratings

US TV show casting

Alexandra Metz to recur on NCIS: New Orleans

New US TV shows

Trailer for Cinemax’s Quarry
Saville Productions developing: adaptations of The Kings of Swords and Mr Clarinet
NBC developing: ghost town drama Centralia
CBS developing: third-wheel comedy, comedy adaptation of The Year of Living Biblically…
…comedy Hot Sauce
Fox developing: drama Summer People…
…vigilante drama Watchdog

New US TV show casting

Melanie Papalia joins Audience’s You Me Her
Sebastian Stan, Melissa Leo and Clark Duke join Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here

News: more The Grinder and Grandfathered, Outnumbered to return, Hulk heads to Ragnarok + more

16 October 2015 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Chuck Russell to direct adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hulk joins Thor: Ragnarok

Internet TV

Hulu green lights: psychic crime series Shut Eye
1620 media green lights: comedy Inside the Extras Studio, with Barry Bostwick
Ali Ahn to recur on Hulu’s The Path
NBC launching ‘Netflix for comedy’ Seeso

UK TV

Outnumbered to return for 2016 special episode
Wednesday ratings

New UK TV shows

ITV green lights: James Nesbitt killer dentist drama [subscription required]

US TV

Six more scripts for Grandfathered and The Grinder
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Powers Boothe to recur on Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD
Adam Croasdell to guest on Once Upon A Time

New US TV shows

ITV Studios America developing: adaptation of Bull Mountain
CBS developing: 20-something comedy Squad Goals
MTV developing: home-schooling comedy #blessed and aspiring YouTube stars comedy Click Bait
HBO green lights: Issa Rae comedy pilot Insecure
Relativity TV adapting: Hack/Slash
FX green lights: series of Donald Glover rap drama Atlanta

New US TV show casting

Casting on MTV’s Little Darlings and another, untitled comedy
Priscilla Fala joins Audience Network’s You Me Her
Aaron Tveit to star in CBS’s BrainDead

News: a Die Hard prequel, Supergirl flies on Sky1, My Best Friend’s Wedding’s TV series + more

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Film

Die Hard 6 to be a prequel/origin story

UK TV

Sky1 acquires: Supergirl
BBC Three renews: Murder in Successville
Tuesday ratings

New UK TV shows

Channel 4 developing: new Mitchell & Webb sitcom

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Nick Offerman to guest on Brooklyn Nine-Nine

New US TV shows

ABC developing: comedy The Hustle based on Sean Combs’ assistant…
…thriller Black Stiletto and untitled romantic mystery…
…adaptation of forthcoming futuristic YA book series The Thousandth Floor…
…comedy based on My Best Friend’s Wedding…
… and murder-mystery drama Personal Motives based on Telecinco Spain’s Motivos Personales
NBC developing: supernatural drama Zone of Silence
Showtime green lights: Cameron Crowe comedy Roadies
FX developing: adaptation of Y: The Last Man…
…and X-Men series Legion
Fox developing: X-Men series Hellfire
Trailer for WGN America’s Outsiders

New US TV show casting

Sela Ward replaces Susan Sarandon on EPIX’s Graves
Shantel VanSanten joins USA’s Shooter

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