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Every week day, I let you know what’s happening in the world of television from around the world

Monday’s “Gavin & Stacey US remake finds its Smithy, Mark Pellegrino is Jedikiah and Hill Harper quits CSI: NY for Covert Affairs” news

25 February 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

There’s a possibility the Daily News won’t be around tomorrow, since it might be celebrating its wife’s birthday (if she’s awake). Check in tomorrow to find out.

Film

UK TV

  • ITV to premiere 666 Park Avenue episode on ITV Player [subscription required]
  • TCM acquires Longmire
  • Sky to green light Give Out Girls
  • Robert Emms to star in BBC1’s Atlantis
  • Someone might be leaving Mr Selfridge [spoilers]

US TV

US TV casting

New US TV show casting

  • Tom Green to star in NBC’s Camp, Anjelah N Johnson joins NBC’s About A Boy adaptation
  • Jorge Garcia to star in CBS’s The Ordained, Joe Lo Truglio to be a regular in Fox’s Andy Samberg comedy
  • Ken Jeong to star in ABC’s Spy remake
  • Connor Buckley (no, no relation) to star in Fox comedy, Inbar Levi to be a regular in Fox’s Gang Related
  • Andrea Anders to star in ABC’s Divorce, thus guaranteeing it almost instant death; Dustin Ybarra to play Smithy in Fox’s Gavin & Stacey remake Friends & Family, James Martinez joins CBS’s Intelligence
  • John Stamos to star in NBC’s I Am Victor
  • Yael Grobglas to star in The CW’s The Selection
  • Odette Annable and Bruce Greenwood to star in ABC’s Venice
  • Mark Pellegrino to play Jedikiah in The CW’s The Tomorrow People remake
  • James Van Der Beek to star in CBS’s Friends With Better Lives
  • Henry Ian Cusick to co-star in The CW’s The Hundred, Rhys Coiro joins CBS’s Hostages remake
  • Bridget Regan to star in ABC’s Murder in Manhattan, Angelique Cabral to star in Fox’s Enlisted
  • Peter Riegert to star in Fox’s Dads, Michael Weston to co-star in The CW’s Blink
  • Margo Martindale joins CBS’s Greg Garcia comedy
  • Melanie Lynskey joins HBO’s Togetherness

Friday’s “The American’s 2nd season, NBC finishes 5th, Jack Davenport to star in Breathless and a Fox-Bay reunion” news

22 February 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film casting

Canadian TV

UK TV

  • Jack Davenport to star in ITV’s Breathless
  • Trailer for Broadchurch, with David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Arthur Darvill and Vicky McClure

US TV

US TV casting

New US TV shows

US TV show casting

  • Jesse Lee Soffer to star in NBC’s Hatfields & McCoys, French Stewart to recur on CBS’s Mom
  • Charlie Cox to star in CBS’s The Ordained
  • Chris Egan to play Dorian Gray and Tom Ellis to play Victor Frankenstein in ABC’s Gothica
  • Sheila Vand to star in CBS’s Beverly Hills Cop
  • Mira Sorvino to star in CBS’s Jim Gaffigan comedy
  • Robbie Amell joins The CW’s The Tomorrow People, Ryan Hansen joins CBS’s Bad Teacher, Kim Dickens joins CBS’s Second Sight, and Ashton Holmes and Lou Taylor Pucci join ABC’s Reckless
  • Nicole Beharie to star in Fox’s Sleepy Hollow
  • Daniel Stern to co-star on NBC’s Girlfriend in a Coma
  • Joey McIntyre and Jessica Chaffin join CBS’s The McCarthys, Peta Sergeant returns for second go at The CW’s The Selection

Thursday’s “New Tomorrow Person, a Will Arnett comedy, FX to Crash and Burn and Killing creator’s Cinemax team-up” news

21 February 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film casting

Australian TV

UK TV

US TV

US TV casting

  • Hugh Dillon to be a regular and Aaron Douglas to recur on The Killing
  • Josh Hamilton to guest on Elementary [minor spoilers]

New US TV shows

New US TV show casting

  • June Diane Raphael to star in ABC’s Pulling remake
  • Luke Mitchell to star in The CW’s The Tomorrow People remake, Malese Jow and Titus Makin Jr to co-star in The CW’s Oxygen
  • Marc Blucas to co-star in ABC’s Killer Women
  • Steve Zahen to star in ABC’s Influence
  • Will Arnett to star in CBS’s Greg Garcia comedy
  • David Harewood joins CBS’s Anatomy of Violence
  • Orlando Jones joins Fox’s Sleepy Hollow, Adam Campbell joins ABC’s Mixology
  • Rockmond Dunbar to co-star in ABC’s Doubt, Isiah Whitlock Jr to star in ABC’s The Syndicate remake Lucky 7
  • Matt Craven joins ABC’s The Returned, Brent Morin and Rick Glassman join NBC’s Undateable
  • Tory Kittles to recur on HBO’s True Detective
  • Annie Mumolo to star in ABC’s Middle Age Rage
  • Sung Kang to star in Fox’s Gang Related, Michael Rady to star in CBS’s Intelligence
  • Paget Brewster to star in ABC’s Spy remake, Henry Thomas to star in ABC’s Betrayal

Wednesday’s “Vic and Bob’s new sitcom, bye bye BBC HD, The Bates Motel trailer & much pilot casting” news

20 February 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Film casting

Canadian TV

UK TV

  • Vic and Bob to star in new BBC sitcom
  • Gold commissions first studio sitcom, Us And Them
  • BBC 2 HD to replace BBC HD on all platforms from 26 March
  • Monday ratings: Black Mirror drops slightly

US TV

US TV casting

New US TV shows

New US TV show casting

  • Jason Lee to star in CBS’s Second Sight remake, Rachelle Lefevre to star in CBS’s Under The Dome
  • Maya Kazan joins The CW’s Company Town, George Segal joins ABC’s How The Hell
  • Kirk Ward to star in Amazon’s Zombieland
  • Mandy Moore to star in ABC’s Pulling remake, Eloise Mumford to star in ABC’s Reckless
  • Tate Donovan to co-star in CBS’s Hostages remake
  • Josh Hamilton to star in Bravo’s Rita remake
  • Greg Sulkin to co-star in Fox’s Delirium, Tricia Helfer to star in ABC’s Killer Women remake, Nestor Serrano to star in CBS’s The Ordained and Raza Jaffrey to star in ABC’s Gothica
  • Catherine O’Hara to co-star in Fox’s To My Future Assistant
  • Ari Graynor to star in CBS’s Bad Teacher adaptation
  • Michael Peña to star in Fox’s The List
  • Ramon Rodriguez to star in Fox’s Gang Related, John Ortiz to co-star in Fox’s Rake remake
  • Geoff Stults to star in Fox’s Enlisted

Monday’s “Delia Derbyshire cast, more Mad Fat Diary and Jessica Hynes’ suffragette sitcom” news

19 February 2013 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Doctor Who

  • Sarah Winter to play Delia Derbyshire in anniversary special

French TV

UK TV

New US TV show casting