Women on the Verge
News

13 Reasons Why renewed; W’s Women on the Verge; adaptations of La Niña, When Heroes Fly, the Rockton mysteries; + more

Internet TV

Canadian TV

UK TV

  • Sarah Lancashire, Sinéad Cusack and Paul Ready join BBC Two’s MotherFatherSon
  • W green lights: series adaptation of Lorna Martin’s chaotic-lived thirtysomething women comedy drama Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown as Women on the Verge, with Kerry Condon, Nina Sosanya and Eileen Walsh

US TV

New US TV shows

The Americans
US TV

What have you been watching? Including The Americans

It’s “What have you been watching?”, your chance to recommend anything you’ve been watching this week

June’s here, which means the summer TV season is beginning in the US (and the winter season in Australia). It’s quite a long season mind, with new shows starting all the way through to August (those that dare brave TMINE’s holiday wrath, anyway), so brace yourself for lots of new shows over the next few months. Woo hoo!

Elsewhere, as well as mopping up the whole of the first season of Netflix’s Safe in one go, I’ve reviewed the first episodes of Reverie (US: NBC) and Picnic at Hanging Rock (Australia: Showcase; UK: BBC Two). I’ll be covering the first couple of episodes (at least) of movie spin-off Mystery Road (Australia: ABC) this week and I might even manage to watch Dietland (US: AMC; UK: Amazon), too, given the first two episodes are already available in the UK. Anything after that will be a bonus (eg Cobrai Kai, Movie Monday) – in particular, Succession (US: HBO; UK: Sky Atlantic) looks dull and worthy, despite the presence of Brian Cox (the other one), but I’ll try to squeeze it in, at least.

However, I definitely won’t be watching Ryan Murphy’s trans-friendly 80s New York drama Pose (US: FX) because of the golden TMINE motto: “Tough on musicals, tough on the cause of musicals.”

However, the remnants of the spring season are still with us, so after the jump, Bron/Broen (The Bridge), Legion and Westworld, as well as the series finale of the already-missed The Americans.

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No Activity Christmas Special
News

Joss Whedon’s former girl detective; No Activity Christmas special; Viaplay’s Den inre cirkeln; + more

Internet TV

Australian TV

  • Stan green lights: series of cold case crime drama The Gloaming and youth-restoring plant drama Bloom, and No Activity Christmas special

Scandinavian TV

  • Viaplay (Sweden) green lights: series adaptation of Per Schlingmann’s I maktens öga as The Inner Circle (Den inre cirkeln), with Niklas Engdahl,  Nanna Blondell and Ebba Hultkvist Stragne

US TV

US TV show casting

New US TV shows

  • Freeform green lights: magical military fantasy drama Motherland and Joss Whedon former kid sleuth comedy Pippa Smith: Grown-up Detective

New US TV show casting

  • Danielle Campbell to star in Kevin Williamson’s Tell Me a Story
  • Zandaya to star in HBO’s Euphoria, Storm Reid, Maude Apatow, Eric Dane et al to co-star
  • Avan Jogia to star in Starz’s Now Apocalypse
The Detail
News

Mary Kills People, Younger renewed; Shadowhunters, The Detail cancelled; American Gods recasts Media; + more

Film trailers

  • Trailer for Steve McQueen’s adaptation of Lynda La Plante’s Widows

Internet TV

Canadian TV

UK TV

US TV

US TV show casting

  • Kahyun Kim replaces Gillian Anderson, Dean Winters and Devery Jacobs join Starz’s American Gods

New US TV shows

  • Clip from Britbox’s Bletchley Circle: San Francisco

New US TV show casting

  • Liana Liberato, Haley Ramm, Ajiona Alexus et al join Hulu’s Light as a Feather
Imposters
News

Legion renewed; Imposters cancelled; Heathers pre-cancelled; Father Ted – the musical; + more

Theatre

Canadian TV

French TV

UK TV

  • Sherdian Smith, Alison Steadman and Sinead Keenan to star in BBC One’s Care
  • Alessandro Nivola, Cherry Jones, Sophie Okonedo, F Murray Abraham et al join Channel 4’s Chimerica

US TV

New US TV shows

New US TV show casting