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Internet TV

Lyriq Bent to star in Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It

UK TV

E4 acquires: CBS’s Kevin Can Wait

New UK TV shows

Clip from E4’s Crazyhead

US TV

FX renews: American Crime Story
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Gina Gershon to guest on Empire
Billy Gardell to guest on New Girl
Torrey DeVitto to return to Pretty Little Liars

New US TV shows

NBC developing: DNA hacking thriller C.R.I.S.P.R.
Fox developing: adaptation of ITV’s Benidorm as The Big Package
Featurette on Showtime’s Twin Peaks
CBS developing: young couple podcast comedy Totally Laime
ABC developing: adaptation of Equity

New US TV show casting

Morena Baccarin to guest on Showtime’s Mating

News: Cold Feet, Bosch renewed; Timeless, Channel Zero acquired; BrainDead, American Gothic cancelled; + more

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Internet TV

Amazon renews: Bosch
Hulu renews: Difficult People
YouTube Red green lights: pilot of adaptation of Steven Gould’s Impulse and time-travelling insurance agents drama Lifeline
Cleo Anthony joins Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It
Netflix green lights: autism comedy Atypical with Jennifer Jason Leigh, Keir Gilchrist and Michael Rapaport

Scandinavian TV

TV2 Denmark developing: adaptation of Anna Grue’s Dan Sommerdahl books

UK TV

5* acquires: Syfy’s Channel Zero
E4 acquires: NBC’s Timeless
ITV renews: Cold Feet

New UK TV shows

BBC developing: adaptation of Ian McGuire’s The North Water

US TV

CBS cancels: BrainDead and American Gothic
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Janel Moloney joins American Crime
Marika Dominczyk to guest on Grey’s Anatomy
Brett Tucker to recur on The Americans, Marta Milans to recur on No Tomorrow

New US TV shows

TBS green lights: Tracy Morgan ex-con comedy
Pacific Standard/Anonymous Content developing: adaptation of Kate Andersen Brower’s First Women
Teaser for HBO’s Big Little Lies
Freeform developing: Indian-American odd couple comedy Brown Girls
CBS orders full seasons of Bull, MacGyver and Kevin Can Wait…
…developing: pararescue procedural Jumpmen
The CW developing: adaptation of Alyssa Milano’s Hacktivist

New US TV show casting

Kristoffer Joner joins TNT’s Let The Right One In
Scott Cohen joins Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here, David Paymer to guest

News: Scream, The Walking Dead, Van Helsing, Love Child renewed; Chuck Lorre’s Bonfire of the Vanities; + more

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Internet TV

Amazon developing: Chuck Lorre adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s Bonfire of the Vanities
Netflix UK acquires: ABC Australia’s Glitch
DeWanda Wise to star in Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It
Casting and promotions on Stranger Things

Australian TV

Nine renews: Love Child

New UK TV shows

Buccanner Media developing: adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s Crime with Dougray Scott
BBC One developing: rom-com Edith with John Cleese

US TV

MTV renews: Scream
AMC renews: The Walking Dead
Syfy renews: Van Helsing
Thursday ratings

New US TV shows

NBC developing: legal drama Reversible Error
CBS developing: American football family comedy The Whole Nine
Electus developing: adaptation of Singapore’s The Musical Kitchen

New US TV show casting

Thea Sofie Loch Næss joins HBO’s Mogadishu, Minnesota

News: War of the Worlds, Rainmaker, Cazalet Chronicles, Alistair Maclean adaptations; racoon-wrangling; + more

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Internet TV

Joel David Moore to star in Amazon’s Budding Prospects
Delroy Lindo joins CBS All Access’ Good Wife spin-off

Canadian TV

CBC green lights: Racoon-wrangling family comedy Crawford

European TV

Sky Italia developing: football corruption, Arab Spring and financial crisis dramas [subscription required]

Scandinavian TV

Viaplay green lights: porn drama Veni Vidi Vici

New UK TV shows

Dancing Ledge Productions developing: adaptations of Alistair Maclean novels
ITV green lights: series of dramas Trauma, Girlfriends, White Dragon and Next of Kin
Sid Gentle Films developing: adaptation of Elizabeth Jane Howard’s The Cazalet Chronicles

US TV

Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Leonard Roberts to recur on The Magicians, Beth Lacke to recur on Frequency

New US TV shows

MTV developing: adaptation of HG Wells’ War of the Worlds
CBS developing: adaptation of John Grisham’s The Rainmaker
Fox developing: undercover cop family drama Kin

New US TV show casting

Thomas Kretschmann and Benjamin Wadsworth to star in TNT’s Let The Right One In

News: Amber Heard’s new look; ITV2’s new comedies; Lethal Weapon’s new episodes; TNT’s new nightmares; + more

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International TV

Green Door Pictures developing: Congo family feud drama Brazza

New UK TV shows

ITV2 green lights: family sitcom All About The McKenzies and grime mockumentary Dropperz

US TV

Fox orders full season of Lethal Weapon
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Malcolm-Jamal Warner to guest on Lethal Weapon
Jimmy Smits to guest on Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Frank Whaley to recur on Empire
Rose Leslie to star in CBS All Access’ Good Wife spin-off

New US TV shows

TNT green lights: pilot of comedy horror anthology Nightmare Time

New US TV show casting

Darius McCrary to recur on Fox’s Star

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News: Benidorm (US); E4 acquires Kevin Can Wait; C.R.I.S.P.R. is coming; + more

News: Cold Feet, Bosch renewed; Timeless, Channel Zero acquired; BrainDead, American Gothic cancelled; + more

News: Scream, The Walking Dead, Van Helsing, Love Child renewed; Chuck Lorre’s Bonfire of the Vanities; + more

News: War of the Worlds, Rainmaker, Cazalet Chronicles, Alistair Maclean adaptations; racoon-wrangling; + more

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