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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

What time, TMINE? Including Nowhere Man, The Name of the Rose and Looking for Alaska

4 October 2019 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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

The observant will notice that last week, there was no ‘What time, TMINE?’ That’s not because I forgot but because there were no new acquisitions or premiere dates announced last week – at least, none that I noticed or anyone told me about.

This week, however, we’ve had a few premiere dates announced. And a faux-acquisition…

Oops, I missed it

Netflix has acquired TV3 (Spain)’s Les de l’hoquei (The Hockey Girls). That got announced this morning, but it’s apparently been available since September 20. Oh well.

Anyway, if you like teenage Catalan roller hockey and want to watch something that “addresses the subject of female adolescence in an honest way, with the occasional daring touch,” The Hockey Girls might be for you.

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The Hockey Girls acquired; Florida Girls renewed; Dolph Lundgren spies on TV; + more

4 October 2019 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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

Internet TV

Trailer for season 2 of Netflix’s Plan Coeur (The Hookup Plan)
New teaser trailer for Apple’s Servant
Netflix acquires: TV3 (Spain)’s The Hockey Girls
Alison Pill, Ryan Kwanten, Shahadi Wright Joseph, et al join Amazon’s Them
Richa Shukla joins Netflix’s Never Have I Ever

Scandinavian TV

Art & Bob (Sweden) green lights: adaptation of TVA (Canada)’s Boomerang

UK TV

New trailer for BBC One’s His Dark Materials
Keeley Hawes, Neil Patrick Harris and Olly Alexander to star in Channel 4’s Boys
Two Cities Television developing: adaptation of Jonathan Rugman’s The Killing in the Consulate

US TV

Trailer for season 2 of CBS All Access’s Tell Me A Story
Trailer for season 6 of The CW’s The Flash
Pop renews: Florida Girls

US TV show casting

Colton Haynes to return to The CW’s Arrow
Cynthia Erivo to play Aretha Franklin on NatGeo’s Genius
Joel McHale to recur on NBC’s Will & Grace (spoilers)

New US TV shows

Teaser trailer for Hulu’s Reprisal
ABC green lights: pilot of NFL-players-turned-bakers comedy Cupcake Men
CBS green lights: pilot of spy action drama The International, with Dolph Lundgren
Fox developing: Baltimore symphony orchestra drama Opus, with Nicole Ari Parker
NBC developing: related families drama Forever Family…
…and character-based political drama The Hill
Starz developing: spinoff of Blindspotting, with Jasmine Cephas Jones

New US TV show casting

Bernadette Peters joins The CW’s Katy Keene
Millicent Simmonds to star in Freeform’s Close Up
Garcia and Sol Rodriguez to recur on Freeform’s Party of Five
Jesse Williams to recur on Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere
Cynthia Harris to return, Cloris Leachman to guest on Spectrum’s Mad About You

Dear White People renewed; Looking For Alaska acquired; + more

3 October 2019 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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

Internet TV

Netflix renews and cancels: Dear White People
Ben Barnes, Freddy Carterm Jessie Mei Li et al to star in Netflix’s Shadow and Bone
Amazon developing: Indiana crime drama Middle West

Australian TV

Rupert Penry-Jones, David Lyons and Ryan Corr join Stan’s The Commons

Scandinavian TV

Helena Bergström, Jonas Glans, Suzanne Reuter et al join C More/TV4’s Ture Sventon and the Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

UK TV

BBC Three acquires: Hulu (US)’s Looking For Alaska
Hugh Bonneville joins Gold’s Sandylands

US TV show casting

Mekia Cox joins ABC’s The Rookie

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: pilot of plastic surgery drama Plastics
TBS green lights: series of intoxicated bomb squad drama Obliterated
101 studios developing: adaptation of Peter Hernon and Terry Ganey’s Under The Influence
ABC developing: post false-missile alert comedy This is Not A Drill
Davis Films developing: adaptation of PC Cast and Kristing Cast’s House of Night
Fox developing: disgraced reassigned soldier drama Troubleshooter
Sky developing: adaptation of Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge’s Hunting Whitey
Sony developing: adaptation of photo book The Endings

New US TV show casting

Gaby Hoffmann and Hadley Robinson join HBO’s LA Lakers drama

Grand Hotel cancelled; Claws, JANN renewed; 50 Cent goes to jail; + more

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

Internet TV

Winston Duke to star in Apple’s Swagger
Pauline Etienne, Laurent Capelluto, Nabil Mallat et al join Netflix’s Into The Night
Cornelius Smith Jr, Keeya King, J Alphonse Nicholson et al to recur on Netflix’s Madam CJ Walker

Canadian TV

CTV renews: JANN, Sarah McLachlan, Elisha Cuthbert and Keshia Chanté to guest

US TV

TNT renews and cancels: Claws
ABC cancels: Grand Hotel

US TV show casting

Alexandra Grey to recur on Fox’s Empire
Leah Gibson and Carl Lundsedt to recur on NBC’s Manifest
Mary Kay Place and Elizabeth Rodriguez to recur on Showtime’s Shameless
Julia Goldani Telles to star in Starz’s The Girlfriend Experience
Lolly Adefope to return, Peter Serafinowicz, Jamie Demetriou, Jessica Lowe et al to recur, Fred Armisen, Anna Drezen, Miles Robbins et al to guest on TBS’s Miracle Workers

New US TV shows

AMC green lights: series of legal drama 61st Street and dark comedy Kevin Can F*** Himself
HBO Max green lights: pilot adaptation of DC Comics’ DMZ
ABC developing: millennial single-family comedy My Wife and Kids, with Damon Wayans
CBS developing: sea crimes drama Drift

New US TV show casting

50 Cent to recur on ABC’s For Life
Nat Wolff joins CBS All Access’ The Stand
Natalia Cigliuti to recur on Fox’s Deputy
Cherie Johnson returning for NBC’s Punky Brewster
Linc Hand joins Paramount’s 68 Whiskey

Stranger Things, Motherland renewed; TVPlayer goes French; + more

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

Internet TV

Trailer for season 2 of Netflix’s Insatiable
Sendhil Ramamurthy to recur on Netflix’s Never Have I Ever
Netflix renews: Stranger Things

French TV

Charlie Bruneau, Grégoire Bonnet, Catherine Alric et al join France 2’s Le mensonge (The Lie)

UK TV

Daniel Ings, Leila Farzad and Nathaniel Martello-White join Sky’s I Hate Suzie
BBC Two renews: Motherland
Alchimie acquires TVPlayer, adds 40,000 hours of content

US TV

Teaser trailer for season 2 of Hulu’s Castle Rock

US TV show casting

Christian Kane to guest on The CW’s Supernatural

New US TV shows

Teaser trailer for Freeform’s Everything’s Gonna Be Okay
CBS developing: definitely not Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) PI with a ghost partner drama Soul Survivor
Fox developing: country music family dynasty drama
Universal TV developing: adaptation of Chelsea Handler’s Life Will Be the Death of Me

New US TV show casting

Georgina Reilly to recur on ABC’s The Baker and the Beauty
Maria Gabriele de Faria to recur on Fox’s A Moody Christmas
Arturo Castro joins HBO Max’s Delilah
Sonoya Mizuno to co-star in HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant

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