News

Netflix acquires: New Zealand’s TV One’s Rhys Darby/Stephen Merchant mockumentary Short Poppies
Shaun Evans to star in Amazon’s Cosmopolitan adaptation

UK TV

BBC3 renews: Bad Education, Bluestone 42, Some Girls
Sky and FX to partner on comedies
ITV renews: Benidorm, Johnny Vegas to return
Sky1 renews: Trollied
Wednesday ratings

New UK TV shows

Trailer for Channel 4’s The Devil’s Whore sequel New Worlds
BBC3 green lights: 600 Days and Top Coppers

New UK TV show casting

Rhys Ifans to star in S4C’s Under Milk Wood adaptation Dan y Wenallt

US TV

White Collar to get six episode final season
Wednesday ratings

US TV casting

Kevin McKidd to guest on Franklin & Bash
Hal Linden to guest on 2 Broke Girls
Patton Oswalt to guest on Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD

New US TV shows

IFC green lights: Fred Armisen, Seth Meyers, Bill Hader fake documentary series
Trailer for TNT’s The Last Ship

New US TV show casting

Tracey Ullman to star in CBS’s Good Session
Eric André, Britt Lower and Maya Erskine to be regulars in FX’s Man Seeking Woman
Patricia Wettig joins The CW’s Identity
Leah Renee to guest on NBC’s Mission Control
Victor Rasuk to be a regular in CBS’s Kevin Williamson drama

News: Netflix reunites Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, NBC renews 3 shows, Doug Liman’s Splinter Cell + more

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Film

Doug Liman to direct Splinter Cell with Tom Hardy

Internet TV

PlayStation green lights: Powers adaptation
Netflix green lights: Grace and Frankie with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin
Sam Shepard to co-star in Netflix thriller
Garret Dillahunt to star in Amazon’s Hand of God

UK TV

BBC2’s 50th anniversary celebration programmes
Sky Living drops Supernatural, Cougar Town
BBC2 renews: Line of Duty
Sky1 acquires: About A Boy, Star-Crossed
Tuesday ratings

US TV

NBC renews: Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Grimm
Trailer for season 7 of Mad Men
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Treat Williams to guest on CSI

New US TV shows

Trailer for ABC Family’s Chasing Life
Trailer for ABC Family’s Mystery Girls, with Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth
FX green lights: Billy Crystal’s Ulveson and Herngren adaptation The Comedians
TV Land green lights: Teachers adaptation
TBS developing: Jackass Of All Trades

New US TV show casting

Sharon Gless to co-star in ABC’s Saint Francis
Desmond Harrington to play Alan Shepard in ABC’s Astronaut Wives Club
Victor Garber and Sonya Walger join Starz’s Power
Maggie Q to star in CBS’s Kevin Williamson drama pilot
Leslie Odom Jr joins NBC’s State of Affairs, Rebecca Corry joins NBC’s One Big Happy
Sara Chase, Lauren Adams join NBC’s Tooken, Debra Monk joins NBC’s Feed Me

News: More House of Fools, 11 minutes of Captain America 2, Comedy Playhouse returns + more

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Film

Sofia Coppola to direct The Little Mermaid
Joe Cornish to direct Section 6

Trailers

The first 11 minutes of Captain America: Winter Soldier

UK TV

BBC2 renews: House of Fools
Monday ratings

UK TV show casting

Angela Griffin joins Lewis

New UK TV shows

BBC1 to bring back Comedy Playhouse
Trailer for More4’s Mammon

US TV

Another Game of Thrones trailer
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Betsy Brandt joins Masters of Sex
Michael A Goorjian to guest on Covert Affairs
Franka Potente to recur on The Bridge
Heather McComb to recur on Ray Donovan

New US TV shows

CBS amber lights: Taxi 22
Teaser for FX’s Fargo
Trailer for MTV’s Faking It

New US TV show casting

David Cross to guest on Fox’s Dead Boss
Sally Hawkins and Catherine Keener join FX’s Charlie Kaufman comedy How and Why
Macy Gray to recur on Fox’s Empire
Ethan Peck et al join NBC’s Feed Me

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