UK TV

News

The Daily News will return on Tuesday

Film

Paramount developing new Jason and The Argonauts adaptation

Internet TV

Trailer for Netflix’s Master of None

UK TV

Wednesday ratings

US TV

ABC cancels: The Whispers
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Glenn Howerton to recur, John Cho and Malcolm-Jamal Warner to guest on House of Lies
Lindsay Wagner to guest on NCIS
Kurtwood Smith joins Marvel’s Agent Carter

New US TV shows

Fox developing: New Orleans private police force drama…
…political workplace comedy Citizen Floyd
Showtime developing: 90s game show models comedy 36-24-36
CBS developing: socialite FBI drama Jet Set
ABC developing: adaptation of Romeo and Juliet sequel Still Star-Crossed

News: new Wizard of Oz, Frank-N-Furter found, a Cruel Intentions TV show, DisneyLife to launch in UK + more

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Film trailers

Trailer for David O Russell’s Joy, with Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro et al

Internet TV

Hulu renews: Casual
Disney to launch UK streaming service DisneyLife

UK TV

Tuesday ratings

New UK TV show casting

Rufus Sewell, Eve Myles, Peter Firth et al join ITV’s Victoria

US TV

ABC Family renews: Switched At Birth
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Bridget Regan joins The Last Ship
Anne Heche to guest on Quantico

New US TV shows

Fox developing: dance drama with Misty Copeland…
…salacious legal soap Incrimination…
…and time travel comedy In Time
Showtime developing: dramedy adaptation of sports agent play King Liz
NBC developing: Cruel Intentions sequel

New US TV show casting

David Marciano to recur on USA’s Shooter
Laverne Cox to play Frank-N-Furter on Fox’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show remake
Vincent D’Onofrio to play the Wizard in NBC’s Emerald City

News: UKTV on Fire, Dr Ken’s full season, Greece’s Worst Week, Yahoo serious losses + more

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Internet TV

Yahoo Screen loses $42m on Community, Sin City Saints, Other Space

European TV

Greece’s Mega green lights: adaptation of BBC One’s The Worst Week of My Life [subscription required]

UK TV

UKTV launches Amazon Fire app
Monday ratings

New UK TV shows

BBC One developing: global crime drama McMafia
BBC developing: James Wood, Mat Baynton comedy

US TV

ABC gives Dr Ken a full season
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

BD Wong returning to L&O: SVU
Cheryl Hines to guest on The Middle

New US TV shows

New X-Files teaser
Comedy Central green lights: Detroiters, with Jason Sudeikis, Tim Robinson and Sam Richardson
NBC developing: age-gap comedy This Is Happening…
…and drama Casino
ABC developing: Gabriel Iglesias comedy The Fluffy Shop
Fox developing: adaptation of Think Like A Man…
…green lights: pilot of Lee Daniels entertainment drama Star

New US TV show casting

Nia Vardalos joins Epix’s Graves

News: full Star Wars trailer, Gilmore Girls revival, ITV buys UTV, SET gets Younger + more

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Film trailers

Full trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Internet TV

Netflix developing: Gilmore Girls revival

UK TV

Sony Entertainment Television acquires: Younger
ITV buys UTV for £100m
Sunday ratings

US TV

Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Donald Faison to guest on House of Lies

New US TV shows

ABC Family green lights: comedy Baby Daddy
U2K Entertainment developing: five Korean Broadcasting System shows for the US, including Resurrection/Life Again
CBS developing: family comedy Adult Children…
…and 1950s family comedy Dick Ernest
NBC cuts: two episodes of Superstore and Hot & Bothered

New US TV show casting

Alfred Molina, Dylan Baker, Al Madrigal et al to guest on Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here
Carlos Gomez to recur on USA’s Queen of the South

News: Defiance, Rookie Blue cancelled, 800 words renewed, full season for Rosewood + more

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Australian TV

Nine developing: comedy Here Come the Habibs
John Jarratt to return as Mick Taylor for Stan’s Wolf Creek spin-off series
Seven renews: 800 words

Canadian TV

Global cancels: Rookie Blue

UK TV

UK TV show casting

Keith Allen, Jill Halfpenny and Sally Bretton to guest on Death In Paradise

New UK TV shows

Trailer for BBC One’s Cuffs

US TV

Syfy cancels: Defiance
Fox picks up Rosewood for full season
Thursdays ratings
Friday ratings

US TV show casting

Alexandra Metz to recur on NCIS: New Orleans

New US TV shows

Trailer for Cinemax’s Quarry
Saville Productions developing: adaptations of The Kings of Swords and Mr Clarinet
NBC developing: ghost town drama Centralia
CBS developing: third-wheel comedy, comedy adaptation of The Year of Living Biblically…
…comedy Hot Sauce
Fox developing: drama Summer People…
…vigilante drama Watchdog

New US TV show casting

Melanie Papalia joins Audience’s You Me Her
Sebastian Stan, Melissa Leo and Clark Duke join Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here

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News: The Whispers cancelled, a Romeo & Juliet sequel, undercover FBI socialite drama + more

News: new Wizard of Oz, Frank-N-Furter found, a Cruel Intentions TV show, DisneyLife to launch in UK + more

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News: full Star Wars trailer, Gilmore Girls revival, ITV buys UTV, SET gets Younger + more

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