UK TV

News

Australian TV

ABC Australia ends: Please Like Me

UK TV

BBC Three acquires: RTÉ Ireland’s Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope

US TV

Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Jamie Chung to recur on Casual
Amanda Leighton to guest on This Is Us
Emma Caulfield to guest on Fear The Walking Dead

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: pilots of 90s spin-off from The Goldbergs with Bryan Callen…
…and Carol Burnett landlady comedy Household Name
CBS green lights: pilot of family comedy Hannah Royce’s Questionable Choices
Fox green lights: sibling comedy pilot Amy’s Brother
The CW green lights: military conspiracy theory drama Valor

New US TV show casting

Charlie Rowe and Jacqueline Byers to star in CBS’s Salvation
Casting on Hulu’s Marvel’s Runaways
TR Knight to recur as J Edgar Hoover on National Geographic’s Genius

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Global Internet TV

Amazon developing: another alternate universe drama

New UK TV

Diane Morgan developing: different sisters sitcom

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Ernie Hudson joins Angie Tribeca
Vanessa Morgan, Malese Jow, Gentry White et al join The Shannara Chronicles

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: pilot of 20-something co-worker comedy Real Life
Lionsgate developing: John Wick prequel series
Hulu developing: adaptation of Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass
ABC green lights: pilots of marriage improved by divorce comdy Splitting Up Together, dentist military family comedy Charlie Foxtrot…
…and Miami crime family drama Las Reinas

New US TV show casting

Ben Esler and Natalie Hall join ABC’s Reba McEntire drama
Caitlin McGee joins ABC’s Libby & Malcolm
Kenneth Choi to star in NBC’s Kourtney Kang mixed-race Philadelphia family comedy

News: Peter Capaldi to regenerate; The Good Place, Mozart in the Jungle, Red Oaks, Endeavour renewed; + more

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Doctor Who

Peter Capaldi to leave in Christmas special

Global Internet TV

Amazon renews: Mozart in the Jungle and Red Oaks

International TV

Leven Ramblin to star in NBCU/RTL Germany/TF1 France’s Gone

Scandinavian TV

Viaplay/TV3 green light: Copenhagen underworld legal series The Lawyer

UK TV

Trailer for series 3 of Broadchurch
ITV renews: Endeavour

US TV

Trailer for season 2 of Animal Kingdom
NBC renews: The Good Place
OWN extends: The Haves and the Have Notes and If Loving You Is Wrong
OWN cancels: Love Thy Neighbor and For Better or Worse
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Gary Young and Charlie Hiett to recur on Outlander
Eva Longoria to guest on Empire
Paris Jackson to guest on Star
Serinda Swan to recur on Ballers

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: pilots of Mexican-American cop drama…
…hate crimes procedural
OWN green lights: House of Payne spin-off The Paynes
Fox green lights: pilots of investigative thriller Controversy and dark medical drama The Resident…
…and workplace comedies Type A and LAX->Vegas

New US TV show casting

Brendan Gleeson and Harry Treadaway to star in Network’s Mr Mercedes
Olivia Holt and Aubrey Joseph to star in Freeform’s Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger
Nathalie Kelley to star in The CW’s Dynasty
Michael Nouri and Ben Weber join Discovery’s Manifesto

What have you been watching? Including Fortitude, The Magicians, The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

30 January 2017 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

It’s “What have you been watching?”, my chance to tell you what movies and TV I’ve been watching recently and your chance to recommend anything you’ve been watching.

There were a few new shows on our global TV screens last week. I reviewed Canada’s offerings, Mary Kills People (Global) and Cardinal (CTV/Super Écran), last week and this week, I’ll be looking at the US’s output, Detroiters (Comedy Central) and Riverdale (The CW), as well as anything else that emerges onto our screens this week.

A few more oldies returned to the schedules, too, so after the jump, as well as Lethal Weapon, Lucifer, Man Seeking Woman, Six and Timeless, I’ll be revealing my thoughts on that latest from DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and The Flash, as well as the start of the new series of Fortitude and The Magicians, and those final two episodes of The Crown that I never quite got round to watching…

Continue reading “What have you been watching? Including Fortitude, The Magicians, The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow”

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New UK TV shows

Channel 4 green lights: pilot of Richard Herring multiple universe sitcom Everything Happens For No Reason
BBC One green lights: identity theft whistleblower thriller Trust Me, with Jodie Whittaker, Emun Ellioot, Sharon Small et al

US TV

Thursday ratings

Friday ratings

New US TV shows

NBC green lights: pilots of “extreme event” medical series…
…and brother-and-sister wingmen comedy Happy Peppers
CBS green lights: Navy SEAL secret missions drama
The CW green lights: pilots of Dynasty reboot, brother-and-sister supernatural quest Searchers
ABC green lights: pilot of light “mission to save the world” drama The Gospel of Kevin
Fox green lights: pilot of adaptation of Behind Enemy Lines

New US TV show casting

Amanda Detmer joins ABC’s Reba McEntire drama
Justine Lupe joins Audience’s Mr Mercedes, to recur on FX’s Snowfall
Breeda Wool joins Audience’s Mr Mercedes
Tahar Rahim to star in Hulu’s The Looming Tower
Manny Montana joins NBC’s Good Girls

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News: BBC3 acquires RTÉ Ireland’s Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope; Please Like Me to end; + more

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News: Peter Capaldi to regenerate; The Good Place, Mozart in the Jungle, Red Oaks, Endeavour renewed; + more

What have you been watching? Including Fortitude, The Magicians, The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

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