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Netflix acquires La Mante; TVNZ goes Danish; Sky Italia’s Django; + more

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Internet TV

Shakira Barrera joins Netflix’s GLOW
Facebook green lights: series of high school students drama Five Points, with Kerry Washington
Netflix acquires: TF1 (France’s) La Mante (The Mantis)

Canadian TV

Bron Studios developing: adaptation of Sara Blaedel books [subscription required]

European TV

Sky Italia developing: Spaghetti Western TV series Django and Eurozone crisis drama The Devils

New Zealand TV

TVNZ green lights: new life for Danish criminal drama Straight Forward

Trailer for Channel 4’s The End of the F***ing World

US TV

Teaser trailer for season 3 of UnREAL
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Malcolm McDowell to guest on NBC’s Chicago Med

New US TV shows

CBS developing: Asian-American basketball family comedy Big Men
Comedy Central green lights: series of struggling siblings comedy The Other Two and ensemble Chicago workplace comedy South Side
The CW developing: adaptation of KC Archer’s School for Psychics

The Name of the Rose adaptation; Upstart Crow renewed; Liv Tyler joins Harlots; + more

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Internet TV

Trailer for Netflix’s Godless

International TV

Liv Tyler joins Hulu (US)/ITV Encore’s Harlots
Komixx Entertainment developing: adaptation of Kelly Anne Blount’s Captured

European TV

Rai (Italy) green lights: adaptation of Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, with John Turturro, Rupert Everett and Damien Hardung

Swedish TV

SVT (Sweden) green lights: adaptation of Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg’s The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules, with Line Renauld

UK TV

BBC Two renews: Upstart Crow

US TV

Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Paul Adelstein to recur on Bravo’s Imposters
Dax Shepard to guest on Fox’s Ghosted

New US TV shows

ABC developing: housewife PI protégé drama
The CW developing: dead brother/live sister cop drama Dead Inside
NBC redeveloping: Nancy Drew
Trailer for TNT’s The Alienist

New US TV show casting

Peter Facinelli to recur on CBS’s S.W.A.T.
Owen Teague joins Hulu’s Locke & Key

Roswell, Blue Crush reboots; Tim Minchin – Squinter; + more

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Internet TV

Sara Tomko, Chris Ashworth and Justine Lupe to recur on Amazon’s Sneaky Pete
Alice Krige and Jared Harris to recur on Amazon’s Carnival Row
Trailer for Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It

Australian TV

Jacki Weaver, Tim Minchin, Miranda Tapsell et al join ABC’s Squinters

UK TV

Paddy Considine, Jessica Raine, Bel Powley et al join BBC One’s Informer

US TV

CBS orders full season of SEAL Team
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Shemar Moore to return to CBS’s Criminal Minds

New US TV shows

ABC developing: female ‘mad as hell’ comedy…
…adaptation of RCN (Colombia)’s La ley del corazón as Big Law
CBS developing: adaptation of Meg Gardiner’s UNSUB
The CW developing: reboot of Roswell
Fox developing: soapy car racing drama Victory Lane
Freeform developing: adaptation of Andrew Shaffer’s Tapped
NBC developing: twentysomething foster children comedy Like Friends…
…and reboot of Blue Crush
Atlas/Amblin developing: adaptation of Astrid Holleeder’s Judas

New US TV show casting

Edwina Findley to recur on The CW’s Black Lightning
Aisha Hinds, Rockmond Dunbar, Kenneth Choi et al join Fox’s 9-1-1

Doctor Doctor renewed; Being Mary Jane to conclude; a Legend quits; + more

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Internet TV

John Ales to recur on Amazon’s Sneaky Pete
Ellie Gall, Connor Trinneer, Salome Azizi et al to star in Stargate Command’s Stargate Origins
Trailer for season 6 of Netflix’s Longmire

Australian TV

Nine renews: Doctor Doctor

UK TV

David Morrissey joins BBC Two’s The League of Gentlemen

US TV

BET’s Being Mary Jane to conclude with TV movie
Trailer for season 2 of Hulu’s Freakish
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Maria Doyle Kennedy and Ed Speleers join Starz’s Outlander
Anna Hopkins to recur on Syfy’s The Expanse and Freeform’s Shadowhunters
Victor Garber leaving The CW’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

New US TV shows

ABC developing: self-discovery comedy The Mighty Quinn
ABC green lights: pilot of self-explanatory comedy The Real Fairy Godmother, with Kristin Chenoweth
Fox developing: pilot of illegitimate inheritance family comedy Bastards
NBC developing: self-explanatory comedy Ex-Stepmom
Paramount developing: adaptation of Bergsveinn Birgisson’s The Black Viking
TNT developing: adaptation of Jarett Kobek’s I Hate The Internet

New US TV show casting

Miguel Sandoval to star in ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy spin-off
Andrew Koji, Olivia Cheng, Jason Tobin et al join Cinemax’s Warrior
Michael Irby to star in FX’s Mayans MC

Last Jedi trailer; Matt Berry’s Victorian Sweeney; + more

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Film trailers

Trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Internet TV

Trailer for Netflix’s Mindhunter

German TV

NDR developing: fact-based crime drama by Stefan Kolditz [subscription required]

UK TV

Channel 4 green lights: pilot of Victorian Sweeney comedy, with Matt Berry

US TV

Fox orders more episodes of Star
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Nick Viall to guest on ABC’s Speechless
Rachel Skarsten to recur on Bravo’s Imposters
Jonny Coyne to recur on NBC’s The Blacklist
Scott Bryce to guest on NBC’s Chicago PD

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: pilot of adoption family drama Heartland…
…developing: genius widower procedural Acquired and desert island family drama New World
E! green lights: pilot of dark comedy #Fashionvictim

New US TV show casting

Simon McBurney to recur on Carnival Row
Laura San Giacomo joins TNT’s Highland

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