Richard Nixon
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Z-Nation renewed; Love cancelled; Netflix’s Watergate; Apple’s RDM space drama; + more

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Australian TV

  • ABC green lights: pilots of comedies Be Your Own Boss, Koala Man, The Angus Project and Why Are You Like This

UK TV

  • Trailer for BBC One’s Little Women

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US TV show casting

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  • CBS developing: commercial space travel workplace comedy Spaced Out
  • NBC developing: Wall Street glass ceiling empowerment drama Shattered Glass
  • Trailer for USA’s Unsolved [US only]
Laurie Davidson as William Shakespeare
Airdates

When’s that show you mentioned starting, TMINE? Including Will

Every Friday, TMINE lets you know when the latest global TV shows will air in the UK

Netflix decided to binge this week, buying up a slew of shows that it’s going to air in January some time. Black Lightning is The CW (US)’s new superhero show – that hasn’t started yet and going on past form, Netflix will probably be showing episodes the day after they air in the US, which would mean it’ll become available starting Wednesday January 17.

Also coming to Netflix in January are Outsiders (US: WGN America) and Underground (US: WGN America), both of which I’ve reviewed elsewhere. Meanwhile, department store-set comedy Superstore (US: NBC) has been acquired by ITV2 and will air some time in 2018.

That just leaves:

Will (US: TNT; UK: Virgin)
Premiere date: Friday, December 29

Baz Luhrmann/A Knight’s Tale-esque retelling of William Shakespeare’s ‘missing years’ after he arrives in London as a young man. A punk-infused adrenaline-rush, the first episode is a genuinely great bit of television, after which everything becomes a lot duller and more pedestrian, and the whole thing gets messed up by an attempt to make Will a secret Catholic rebel. The show was cancelled after its first season of 10 episodes but watch the first if you can and regard it as a mini-movie treat to be savoured in its own right.

Episode reviews: 1, 3

The IT Crowd
News

New IT Crowd remake; Black Lightning, Outsiders, Underground acquired; Frontier renewed; + more

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New US TV show casting

Mr Robot
News

Mr Robot, Give My Head Peace renewed; German Plan B remake; + more

International TV

  • Olivier Martinez to star in Mercenary/Subotica’s action-adventure series Soldiers of Fortune

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New US TV shows

  • NBC developing: interracial brothers-in-law comedy Family’s Family

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Knightfall
US TV

What have you been watching? Including Knightfall, Travelers, No Activity and Mr Robot

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

So much TV, so little time, particularly if you’re stranded in Germany, queuing for three hours to arrange a new flight home and then get a stomach bug on top of a cold. Grrr.

There are also too many boxsets for me to take in: I’m still only on episode 3 of Dark, and I’ve seasons 2 of Professor T, The Crown and Babylon Berlin to hit up, as well as seasons 1 of Godless and She’s Gotta Have It; there’s more due out this week, too, including season 3 of The Tunnel and season 1 of Jean Claude Van Johnson. What should I watch, hey, pop-pickers?

Still, I did manage to watch the first episode of Happy! (US: Syfy), as well as of Knightfall (US: History; UK: History UK), which I’ll discuss after the jump.

Also after the jump, the remaining regulars: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Marvel’s Runaways, Mr Robot, No Activity and a double-helping of Travelers as Showcase in Canada tries to get the finale out before Christmas and Netflix starts airing it in the rest of the world. One of these is for the chop, best beloved, two are about to walk the plank, but which will it be?
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