UK TV

Trailer for season 2 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Sweden’s Viaplay green lights: comedy PI series Swedish Dicks, with Keanu Reeves, Peter Stormare, Traci Lords, Eric Roberts, et al

New UK TV shows

Trailer for BBC One’s Undercover
Channel 4 green lights: pilot of Dennis Kelly/Sharon Horgan dinner party comedy The Circuit

US TV

Freeform renews: Shadowhunters
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Chris Noth joins Tyrant
Casting on UnReal

New US TV shows

Trailer for Syfy’s Hunters
CBS yellow lights: Sensory
Cinemax renews: Outcast

New US TV show casting

Steven Weber to star in ABC’s Model Woman
Christopher Jackson joins CBS’s Bull
Christopher Mint-Plasse joins CBS’s The Great Indoors
JB Smoove joins CBS’s The Kicker
Justin Cornwell to co-star in CBS’s Training Day
Joshua Sasse to star in The CW’s No Tomorrow
Chad Michael Murray to star in CMT’s Million Dollar Quartet
Daniel Coonan, Annie Read and Essa O’Shea join Discovery’s Harley and the Davidsons
Joelle Carter to co-star in NBC’s Chicago Justice
Peter Gallagher joins NBC’s Cruel Intentions
D’Arcy Carden to be a regular on NBC’s Good Place

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Internet TV

Netflix developing: aging college friends comedy
Erik Stocklin joins Netflix’s Haters Back Off
CW Seed developing: series of Beerfest

UK TV

BBC and ITV developing Netflix-style video streaming service

New UK TV shows

Trailer for ITV’s Maigret Sets A Trap
ITV green lights: series of Euro conspiracy-thriller Paranoid
Rhod Gilbert developing: sitcom based in Llanbobl

US TV

WGN America renews: Outsiders
The CW renews: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Flash, Arrow, The Vampire Diaries, Supernatural, The Originals, iZombie, Jane The Virgin, The 100 and Reign
Freeform cancels: Switched At Birth
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings
Saturday ratings

US TV show casting

Kesha, Kelsea Ballerini and Thomas Rett to play themselves on Nashville
Main cast to return for season 2 of Scream Queens
Tiffany Dupont to recur on Murder In The First

New US TV shows

Freeform developing: warrior Sleeping Beauty drama adaptation of A Wicked Thing

New US TV show casting

Jeimy Osorio to be a regular on ABC’s The Death of Eva Sofia Valdez
Sam Neill to star in AMC’s The Son, Henry Garrett, Zahn McLarnon, Paola Nunez and Sydney Lucas join
Antonia Thomas and Rege-Jean Page to star in ABC’s Spark
Jordin Sparks to recur on ABC’s Time After Time
Odette Annable to star in CBS’s Bunker Hill
Danielle Savre to be a regular on CBS’s Four Stars
Julie Benz to co-star in CBS’s Training Day
Alyssa Milano joins CBS’s What Goes Around Comes Around
Amy Pietz to be a regular on The CW’s No Tomorrow
Justin Kirk to star in Fox’s APB, Eric Winter to co-star
Patton Oswalt to star in Fox’s HR
Sarah Wayne Callies to return for Fox’s Prison Break
Nazneen Contractor to star in NBC’s Chicago Justice
Bryce Cass to be a regular on NBC’s Cruel Intentions
Andrea Anders to star in NBC’s Crunch Time
Josh Segarra joins NBC family comedy
Marycarmen Lopez to be a regular on OWN’s Queen Sugar

News: Royal Pains cancelled; new Captain America trailer; The Tick remake; + more

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Film trailers

New trailer for Captain America: Civil War

Internet TV

Trailer for Netflix’s The Ranch
Amazon green lights: pilot of The Tick remake

UK TV

Teaser trailer for series 3 of Plebs

New UK TV shows

BBC developing: more John Le Carré dramas, Stephanie Meyer TV series [subscription required]…
…launches landmark comedy season…
…commissions contemporary comedies from Sharon Horgan and Graham Linehan [subscription required]

New UK TV show casting

Jane Seymour, Jessica Hynes, Shaun Parkes et al join Sky 1’s Hooten & The Lady

US TV

USA cancels: Royal Pains
Wednesday ratings

New US TV shows

MRC developing: Nicole Holofcener comedy with Amy Ryan
Teaser trailer for HBO’s Vice Principals

New US TV show casting

Shane Harper joins ABC’s Dirty Dancing
Paul Walter Hauser joins ABC’s The Fluffy Shop
Nikki DeLoach joins ABC’s The Jury
Austin Hébert joins ABC’s Spark
Freddy Rodriguez to co-star in CBS’s Bull
Patrick Brammall to reprise role, Poppy Montgomery to star in CBS’s Furst Born
Jessica Chaffin and Diana Maria Riva join CBS’s Matt LeBlanc comedy
Izzie Steele and Langston Kerman join CBS’s My Time/Your Time
Matt Passmore replaces Bailey Chase on The CW’s paranormal pilot
America Olivo and Mark Leslie Ford to be regulars on The CW’s Mars project drama
Clayne Crawford to star in Fox’s Lethal Weapon
Ali Larter replaces Elisabeth Shue on Fox’s Pitch
Nick Wechsler to star in Fox’s Recon
Craig Ferguson, Kyle Howard and Kellee Stewart join NBC’s Crunch Time
Diallo Riddle joins NBC’s Marlon
Cote de Pablo to star in Syfy’s Prototype

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Film trailers

International trailer for Ghostbusters

Internet TV

Amazon developing: series adaptation of True Skin
Ismael Cruz Cordova joins Hulu’s Citizen
Holt McCallany to star in Netflix’s Mindhunter
Vimeo green lights: Jake & Amir comedy Lonely and Horny

UK TV

Viceland to launch in the UK on Sky and Now TV

New UK TV shows

BBC Four green lights: Moving On spin-off Going Forward with Jo Brand…
…and missing episode comedy series The Lost Sitcoms
Marnie Dickens developing: Rebekah Staton and Suranne Jones Regency London series

US TV

CBS renews: Supergirl, Limitless, Code Black, Life in Pieces and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
PBS renews: Mercy Street
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Amanda Schull to recur on Murder In The First

New US TV shows

FX green lights: 10-episode limited series of Danny Boyle’s Getty kidnapping drama Trust

New US TV show casting

Anna Paquin to star in ABC’s Broken
Daniel DiTomasso joins ABC’s Conviction
Gareth Reynolds joins ABC’s Hail Mary
Zuleikha Robinson, Lashana Lynch,…
…Torrance Coombs, Ebonée Noel and Wade Briggs join ABC’s Still Star-Crossed
Steven Bauer to co-star in CBS’s Four Stars
Christine Ko to star in CBS’s The Great Indoors
Ross Butler, Daniel Yang and Cody Kearsley join The CW’s Riverdale
Amrita Acharia joins The CW’s Transylvania
Ashley Thomas and Zayne Emory join Fox’s 24: Legacy
Leighton Meester to star in Fox’s Making History
Bob Balaban joins Fox’s Pitch
Yasmin Kaur Barn to star in Fox’s Recon
Augustus Prew, Rick Yune and Steve Mouzakis to recur in Fox’s Prison Break
David Koechner, Megyn Price and Sarah Stiles to co-star in CBS’s Superior Donuts

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