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Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to make Slaughterhouse Rulez

International TV

Lara Pulver joins Amazon/Channel 4 (UK)’s Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams
Sky Atlantic (UK) and HBO (US) green light: sequel to The Young Pope, The New Pope

UK TV

Channel 4 (and not Amazon) acquires: Hulu (US)’s The Handmaid’s Tale

New UK TV show casting

Lara Pulver and David Morrissey to star in BBC Two adaptation of China Miéville’s The City and The City

US TV

Trailer for season 3 of Hulu’s Casual
Monday ratings

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: series of Roseanne revival…
…and Grey’s Anatomy firefighters spin-off
HBO green lights: African-American anthology horror series Lovecraft Country

What have you been watching? Including American Gods, Master of None, Lucifer and The Americans

16 May 2017 Rob Buckley 18 Comments

It’s “What have you been watching?”, my chance to tell you what movies and TV I’ve been watching recently and your chance to recommend anything you’ve been watching.

That flood of new shows I was expected? Hasn’t shown up. Hmmm. Wonder why. Anyway, we’re still on a Tuesday because Sunday is still quite full, plus Upfronts week coverage took a bit of work to put together yesterday.

That means it’s time to look at the regulars, including the latest episodes of American Gods, The Americans, Doctor Who, The Flash, Great News, The Handmaid’s Tale, Lucifer and Silicon Valley. Netflix also released season two of Master of None on Friday and I’ve watched… an episode of it. So I can talk about that, at least, after the jump. See you in a mo.

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More Fox trailers for the Fall 2017-8 season

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Upfronts week continues and slightly uncharacteristically, the networks are releasing trailers for their new shows before as well as after their presentations. Yesterday, we looked at Fox’s trailer for The Gifted, but now it’s released a whole bunch more.

So after the jump, take a gander at:

The Orville – Seth McFarlane’s comedy Star Trek
The Resident – Training Day with doctors
LA to Vegas – office comedy set on planes
Ghosted – comedy The X-Files

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News: Quantico renewed; Scream Queens cancelled; Tennant/Piper Doctor Who reunion; + more

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Internet TV

New trailer for Netflix’s GLOW
Netflix green lights: Australian supernatural crime drama Tidelands

International TV

Kandyse McClure joins Syfy (US)/Netflix’s Ghost Wars
MGM developing: adaptation of Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon spy novels

Audio plays

David Tennant, Billie Piper and Camille Coduri to reunite for Big Finish’s Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures – Volume 2

UK TV show casting

Dove Cameron to recur on Disney Channel UK’s The Lodge

New UK TV shows

BBC greenlights: adaptation of Henry James’ The Portrait of a Lady
Trailer for BBC Two’s Paula

US TV

New teaser for season 2 of AMC’s Preacher [US only]
ABC renews: Quantico
Fox cancels: Scream Queens
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

John Hannah, Alan Tudyk, Amanda Walsh et al join BBC America’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
Cameron Scoggins promoted to regular on CMT’s Nashville
Adam Goldberg and Spencer Grammer to recur on Epix’s Graves
Jessica Meraz and Lourdes Benedicto join TNT’s Major Crimes

New US TV show

Bravo green lights: Anna Wintour-Tina Brown drama All That Glitters

New US TV show casting

Harris Dickinson joins FX’s Trust
Kevin Costner to star in Paramount’s Yellowstone

NBC’s trailers for the Fall 2017-8 season

15 May 2017 Rob Buckley Post a comment

NBC’s upfront session is actually today, but like ABC they’ve already released three of their trailers, so let’s not wait till it’s over. After the jump, then, we’ll be looking at:

Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders (Dick Wolf’s Double Cash-In)
The Brave (The Unit again)
Will & Grace (Old show returns)

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News: The New Pope; Channel 4 acquires The Handmaid’s Tale; a Roseanne revival; + more

What have you been watching? Including American Gods, Master of None, Lucifer and The Americans

More Fox trailers for the Fall 2017-8 season

News: Quantico renewed; Scream Queens cancelled; Tennant/Piper Doctor Who reunion; + more

NBC’s trailers for the Fall 2017-8 season

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