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[ 22 December 2021 ] The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent: The most Nicolas Cage movie ever?
[ 22 November 2021 ] Unexpectedly, there’s a Russian Film Festival and no one told me
[ 22 October 2021 ] December 2021 at the BFI, including Jack Clayton and Dirk Bogarde at 100
[ 5 October 2021 ] BFI Japan comes to big screens UK-wide this Autumn

Katja Herbers, Aasif Mandvi and Mike Colter in CBS's Evil

Evil, Defending the Guilty renewed; All Rise, The Unicorn et al extended; + more

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Every weekday, TMINE brings you the latest TV news from around the world

Internet TV

Trailer for Netflix’s Mortel
Jared Harris and Lee Pace to star in Apple TV+’s Foundation
Amazon green lights: German mechanic turned lay judge comedy Der Beischläfer (The Bedfellow), with Markus Stoll, Lisa Bitter, Daniel Christensen et al
Austin Crute, Nik Dodani, Andrew Jacobs et al join Netflix’s Trinkets

UK TV

BBC Two renews: Defending the Guilty
BBC developing: Hugh Laurie adaptation of Agatha Christie novel

US TV

CBS renews: Evil, extends All Rise, Bob Hearts Abishola, Carol’s Second Act and The Unicorn

New US TV shows

Fox green lights: pilot of airforce investigator drama Chain of Command
ABC developing: self-explanatory comedy Married With Roommates
The CW developing: Good Christian Bitches high school adaptation
Fox developing: adaptation of Cine.ar (Argentina)’s La chica que limpia (The Cleaning Lady)
NBC developing: eSports friends comedy The Squad…
…social media workplace drama Mavenhood
…and multiple timeline comedy Us & Them

Lord of the Rings’ villain found; Netflix’s S Korean rom-com; The Shelley Society; + more

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Internet TV

Trailer for Amazon’s The Feed
Trailer for season three of Netflix’s The Crown
Joseph Mawle joins Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series
Enrique Murciano, Camron Jones, Jessica Sua et al join Amazon’s Panic
Allie Rae Treharne to recur on Netflix’s Atypical
Netflix green lights: South Korean romantic comedy Crash Landing On You, with Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin

US TV show casting

Ryan Robbins to recur on The CW’s Riverdale
David Anders joins The CW’s Roswell, New Mexico
Meagan Good to recur on Fox’s Prodigal Son

New US TV shows

Trailer for Fox’s 9-1-1: Lone Star
HBO green lights: pilot of young Mary Shelley drama The Shelley Society
NBC developing: adaptation of Sally Hepworth’s The Mother-in-Law

New US TV show casting

Alia Shawkat joins FX’s The Old Man
Rosie Perez joins HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant
Melanie Lynskey to star in Showtime’s Yellowjackets
Chelsea Harris to recur on TNT’s Snowpiercer

Bluff City Law cancelled; Rosehaven renewed; Red Dwarf special; + more

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Australian and NZ TV

ABC renews: Rosehaven
New Zealand MediaWorks to sell Three, ThreeLife and The Edge TV

French TV

Mehdi Nebbou to co-star in TF1’s HPI
Sigourney Weaver and Gérard Depardieu to guest on Dix pour cent (Call My Agent!)
TF1 developing: good cop, bad sister drama, with Tomer Sisley

UK TV

Ralf Little to star in BBC One’s Death in Paradise
Dave green lights: two-hour Red Dwarf special

US TV

NBC cancels: Bluff City Law

US TV show casting

Richard Flood joins ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy
Missi Pyle and Holley Fain to recur on USA’s Dirty John

New US TV shows

CBS developing: double-dad cop drama Bent
Fox developing: adaptation of tvN (S Korea)’s Live

New US TV show casting

Casey Wilson to co-star in HBO Max’s Delilah
Mackenzie Davis and Himesh Patel to star in HBO Max’s Station Eleven
Tony Curran, Keith Machekanyanga, Lamar Johnson et al to recur on Showtime’s Your Honor

What time, TMINE? Including Avlu (The Yard)

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Every Friday, TMINE lets you know when the latest TV shows from around the world will air in the UK

Quite a lot of acquisitions this week, but few of them have premiere dates. We did get one other acquisition this week, but the premiere date is today.

Acquisitions

E4 has acquired for 2020 two shows from the US: NBC’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and CBS’s Man With A Plan
The BBC – maybe BBC Two, maybe BBC Four, maybe BBC Alba – has acquired NRK (Norway)’s Twin
Walter Presents has got his mitts on France 2’s Philharmonia

Premiere dates

Avlu (The Yard) (Turkey: Star TV; UK: Netflix)

Premiere date: Today

Adaptation of Australian favourite Wentworth, relocated to a women’s prison in Istanbul.

Aidan Turner is Leonardo da Vinci; BBC2 finds a Witchfinder; Jim Jefferies is Jim Jefferies; + more

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Internet TV

Trailer for season 3 of Netflix’s Atypical
Natalie Morales to recur on Netflix’s Dead to Me
Sonya Walger and Krys Marshall promoted to regulars on Apple TV+’s For All Mankind
Patton Oswalt joins Amazon’s The Boys
Maxim Baldry to star in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings

Australian TV

Seven and Prime to merge

Italian TV

Sky green lights: adaptation of Niccolò Ammaniti’s Anna

Israeli TV

Yes developing: WeWork-style office comedy Shared Spaces

International TV

Aidan Turner to star in The Alliance (Europe)’s Leonardo
Digiturk (Turkey) green lights: unfairly dismissed professor drama The Choice, with Halit Ergenç, Ozan Güven, Aslı Enver et al
MediaPro (Spain)/Vice Studios (US) developing: crime thriller El Acantilado (The Cliff)

UK TV

BBC Two green lights: self-explanatory comedy The Witchfinder, with Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper

US TV show casting

Trailer for season 3 of USA’s The Sinner
Cara Santana to recur on Starz’s Vida

New US TV shows

Teaser for HBO’s The Outsider
NBC green lights: pilot of Jim Jefferies comedy
CBS developing: Cher-less mystery adaptation of Clueless

New US TV show casting

Greg Kinnear joins CBS All Access’ The Stand
Karrueche Tran to recur on Fox’s Deputy
Elizabeth Grullon to recur on Freeform’s Party of Five
Ben Miles, Joe Tippett, John Douglas Thompson et al join HBO’s Mare of Easttown

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