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Alias Grace trailer; Helen Mirren retired cop drama; Nat Geo returns to Mars; + more

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Teaser trailer for Netflix’s Alias Grace
Zara Knighton joins Netflix’s Santa Clarita Diet

New UK TV shows

Guy Hibbert developing: drama with Helen Mirren as a retired detective in Jordan

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Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Emilie de Ravin to return to ABC’s Once Upon A Time

New US TV shows

IDW developing: adaptation of James Murray and Darren Wearmouth’s Awakened

New US TV show casting

Robert Gossett and Isaac Keys to recur on Crackle’s The Oath
Esai Morales, Roxy Sternberg, Gunnar Cauthery et al join National Geographic’s Mars
Lily Rabe and Enrique Marciano to star in TNT’s Deadlier Than the Male

The Doctor Who Christmas trailer has arrived: Twice Upon A Time

24 July 2017 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Nice use of CGI to mix up Bradley and Hartnell, Bill’s back, and some epic The Tenth Planet recreation. No Jodie Whittaker, unfortunately. Oh yes, and Mark Gatiss is in it.

It’s Twice Upon A Time and it’s hitting your screens at Christmas.

Amazon’s Julia Roberts series; HBO’s alternate US history; Teen Wolf reboot; + more

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Internet TV

Amazon green lights: two seasons of Sam Esmail Homecoming adaptation, with Julia Roberts
New teaser trailer for season 2 of Stranger Things

International TV

Suranne Jones to star in HBO (US)/BBC One’s Gentleman Jack (formerly Shibden Hall)
Hakeem Kae-Kazim to play Zeus on Netflix/BBC One’s Troy: Fall of a City

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Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Mykelti Williamson to recur on NBC’s Chicago PD, Wendell Pierce to guest
Eloise Mumford to recur on NBC’s Chicago Fire
Lena Dunham to guest on FX’s American Horror Story
Forest Whitaker to recur on Fox’s Empire
Mitch Pileggi to return to Fox’s The X-Files
Ian Anthony Dale promoted to regular, Meaghan Rath and Beulah Koale join CBS’s Hawaii Five-0

New US TV shows

MTV developing: Teen Wolf reboot, Faith Evans biopic mini-series and showbiz comedy drama Calabasas
HBO green lights: alternative history drama Confederate

New US TV show casting

Sarah Dumont, Billy Malone and Aaron Abrams to recur Crackle’s The Oath
Zach McGowan to recur on USA’s Damnation

News: Crazyhead cancelled; This Country renewed; Syfy’s book adaptations; young Meemaw found; + more

19 July 2017 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Internet TV

Carla Gugino joins Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House
Amazon developing: adaptation of Jardine Libaire’s White Fur
Trailer for Netflix’s Atypical
Teaser trailer for Netflix’s Suburra
BBC Three renews: This Country
Audrey Fleurot joins Netflix’s Safe

E4 cancels: Crazyhead

US TV

Trailer for season 3 of Starz’s Outlander [US only]
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Zoe McLellan joins ABC’s Designated Survivor
Nick Wechsler to recur on NBC’s Shades of Blue
Michelle Hurd joins Fox’s Lethal Weapon
Jake Weber, Linus Roache and Maury Sterling promoted to regulars on Showtime’s Homeland

New US TV shows

OWN developing: modern-day power couple light drama Love is ___
Syfy developing: adaptations of Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Cycle, Hugh Howey’s Sand, Kurt Vonnegut’s Sirens of Time and Roger Zelazny’s Lord of Light

New US TV show casting

Annie Potts to play Meemaw on CBS’s Young Sheldon

The line-up for BBC Comedy and BBC North’s 2017 Salford Sitcom Showcase

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BBC Comedy Commissioning and BBC North are running their Salford Sitcom Showcase again this year on Thursday 27 July. Comedian and broadcaster Ted Robbins will host the event, spotlighting new comedies in development. There will be a range of events on the programme, from a live staged reading of a new project in development starring Sian Gibson (Car Share) to a screening of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer’s ‘new’ show, Vic & Bob’s Big Night Out, to a chat with TV’s Philomena Cunk, Diane Morgan.

This year BBC North, BBC Comedy Commissioning and BBC Writersroom are announcing the introduction of a new bursary for Northern female comedians. Aimed at writers/performers, the Caroline Aherne Bursary for Funny Northern Women will award £5,000 to the successful applicant to enable them to fund future development, alongside the guidance of an experienced BBC commissioning editor. The Bursary will be launched at the Salford Sitcom Showcase and full details on how to apply will be available on the BBC Writersroom website from 27 July.

Details of the shows audiences will be able to see on the day are after the jump.

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