UK TV

News

The Daily News will return in September. Or maybe August

Internet TV

Logan Browning and Brandon P Bell to star in Netflix’s Dear White People
Trailer for season 2 of Narcos
Teaser for Netflix’s Marvel’s Iron Fist
Teaser for Netflix’s Marvel’s Defenders
Teaser for Netflix’s Marvel’s Luke Cage
Netflix renews: Daredevil

New UK TV shows

BBC One green lights: Andrew Davies adaptation of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables

US TV

Trailer for season 6 of Teen Wolf
Trailer for season 2 of Blunt Talk
Trailer for season 3b of The Last Ship
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Paget Brewster to return to Criminal Minds

New US TV shows

Groundswell Productions developing: adaptation of Greg Rucka’s Black Magick
Sony developing: adaptation of Rick Remender’s Deadly Class
Trailer for Fox’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show

New US TV show casting

Nicole Richie to replace Kimrie Lewis-Davis in NBC’s Great News
Malik Yoba to recur on ABC’s Designated Survivor

News: Black Sails cancelled; The Spy Who Came In From The Cold TV series; + more

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Films

Divergent series to conclude as TV movie and series?
Jim Henson Company adapting Sir Terry Pratchett’s The Wee Free Men

Internet TV

Michael Drayer to recur on Sneaky Pete

New UK TV shows

Channel 4 developing: Peter Kosminsky ISIS drama
Paramount developing: adaptation of John Le Carré’s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

US TV

Starz renews/cancels: Black Sails
Trailer for season 3 of Salem
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Damian Hurley joins The Royals
Tricia Helfer promoted to regular on Lucifer
Daveed Diggs to recur on black-ish
Chris Wood joins Supergirl
Carlos Gomez returns to Madam Secretary
Camryn Manheim, Eric Roberts and Alexandra Grey to guest on Code Black

New US TV shows

Universal developing: adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Michael Reeves’ Interworld series
USA developing: Dwayne Johnson 1980s Venice Beach drama

News: Netflix acquires new Star Trek; young Jane Tennison cast; Arnie Pumps; + more

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Film trailers

Trailer for The Magnificent Seven

Internet TV

Netflix acquires: CBS’s Star Trek reboot

UK TV

BBC launches BBC+ app

New UK TV shows

Sky green lights: Harlan Coben/Danny Brocklehurst drama The Four

New UK TV show casting

Stefanie Martini to play young Jane Tennison in ITV’s Tennison
John Thomson and Sarah Hadland to star in BBC One’s The Moonstone

US TV

Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Tracy Ifeachor, David Lim and Aaron Diaz to recur on Quantico
Taye Diggs to recur on Empire
Benedict Samuel to play Mad Hatter on Gotham

New US TV shows

Arnold Schwarzenegger developing: period Venice Beach gym drama Pump
Gary Goddard developing: Captain Power sequel Phoenix Rising
MTV developing: adaptation of The Escort

News: BBC1’s Man In An Orange Shirt; Chris Hemsworth back for Star Trek 4; + more

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Film casting

Chris Hemsworth returning for Star Trek 4

Internet TV

Max Minghella and Ann Dowd join Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale

New UK TV shows

BBC One green lights: Patrick Gale’s gay love stories Man In An Orange Shirt

US TV

Thursday ratings

US TV show casting

Giles Matthey joins Once Upon A Time

New US TV show casting

Sandrine Holt joins CBS’s MacGyver
Charlie DePew to co-star in Freeform’s Famous In Love
Dane Cook joins Starz’s American Gods

News: Catastrophe renewed; an X-Men TV show; a Miss Fisher movie; + more

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Film

Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries movie in development

UK TV

Channel 4 renews: Catastrophe for two seasons

US TV

Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Ian Gomez to recur on Supergirl
Pearl Thusi joins Quantico

New US TV shows

Fox developing: X-Men TV show

New US TV show casting

Alyssa Sutherland joins Spike’s The Mist

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News: Daredevil renewed; many Marvel trailers; BBC1’s Les Mis; + more

News: Black Sails cancelled; The Spy Who Came In From The Cold TV series; + more

News: Netflix acquires new Star Trek; young Jane Tennison cast; Arnie Pumps; + more

News: BBC1’s Man In An Orange Shirt; Chris Hemsworth back for Star Trek 4; + more

News: Catastrophe renewed; an X-Men TV show; a Miss Fisher movie; + more

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

Please watch I Walk Through Moscow – and I’m quoted!

Ms Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Time Traveler's Wife and The Old Man

Life and Beth and Night Sky

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and The Essex Serpent