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[ 22 December 2021 ] The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent: The most Nicolas Cage movie ever?
[ 22 November 2021 ] Unexpectedly, there’s a Russian Film Festival and no one told me
[ 22 October 2021 ] December 2021 at the BFI, including Jack Clayton and Dirk Bogarde at 100
[ 5 October 2021 ] BFI Japan comes to big screens UK-wide this Autumn

Strange Angel, MST3K cancelled; First Wives Club renewed; + more

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Internet TV

Netflix cancels: Mystery Science Theater 3000
Julio Macias, Jesse Posey, Hunter Reese Peña et al to recur on Netflix’s Selena: The Series

Australian TV

See Pictures/Apogee Pictures: developing adaptation of Emily Bitto’s The Strays

Scandinavian TV

TV4/C More (Sweden) developing: Nobel brothers biopic (subscription required)

UK TV

Teaser trailer for BBC One’s Gavin & Stacey Christmas special
Trailer for series 2 of ITV’s Bancroft
BBC Scotland green lights: pilots of The Scotts, Group and Daly Grind
Sky green lights: comedy drama In Bed with Tracey Emin, with Morgana Robinson
Walter Presents developing: English-language adaptations of foreign dramas
AwesomenessTV joins Pluto TV

US TV

BET+ renews: First Wives Club
CBS All Access cancels: Strange Angel

US TV show casting

Laith Nakli promoted to regular on Hulu’s Ramy

New US TV shows

Fox developing: young guardian family comedy Tough Love

New US TV show casting

Joe Lo Truglio joins CBS’s A Higher Loyalty
David Meunier to recur on Hulu’s Marvel’s Helstrom
Mamie Gummer to guest on NatGeo’s The Right Stuff

Canadian Hardy Boys; The Politician renewed; Revenge sequel; + more

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Internet TV

Trailer for Apple TV+’s Servant
Netflix renews: The Politician

Canadian TV

YTV green lights: adaptation of Franklin W Dixon’s The Hardy Boys, with James Tupper

UK TV

Channel 4 joins Britbox
Diana Rigg, Matthew Lewis and Nigel Havers join Channel 5’s All Creatures Great and Small
BBC One green lights: NI crime thriller Bloodlands, with James Nesbitt
ITV developing: adaptation of Lindsey Davis’ Falco novels

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: pilot of women’s early prison release comedy Freedom
…developing: sequel to Revenge
BCDF developing: adaptation of Anthony Ryan’s A Raven’s Shadow series
The CW developing: female Kung Fu reboot
Fox developing: government agent family comedy G-Men

New US TV show casting

Scoot McNairy, William Sadler and TR Knight join CBS’s A Higher Loyalty
Shannon Chan-Kent to recur on Freeform’s Good Trouble
Daniel Cudmore to recur on Hulu’s Helstrom

Pure acquired; Sky to adapt Beau Séjour; Tahar Rahim is In Treatment; + more

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Internet TV

Trailer for Apple TV+’s Servant
Trailer for Netflix’s The Witcher
Leslie Mann to star in Amazon’s The Power
Julia Garner, Anna Chlumsky, Katie Lowes et al join Netflix’s Inventing Anna
Amazon developing: adaptation of Ronald Malfi’s Bone White
Stargate Command to close

French TV

Tahar Rahim, Edouard Baer, Mélanie Thierry et al to star in Arte’s En thérapie (In Treatment)

UK TV

Virgin acquires: CBC (Canada)’s Pure
BBC Two green lights: minimum age of responsibility drama Responsible Child, with Michelle Fairley, Tom Burke and Stephen Campbell Moore
Sky developing: adaptation of Éen (Belgium)’s Hotel Beau Séjour

New US TV shows

Trailer for Showtime’s Work in Progress
ABC developing: post-Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich drama Rebel
CBS developing: FBI serial killer hunter drama Cascadia
Fox developing: Mexican-American conservatives comedy Sanchez, Ohio…
…and self-explanatory comedy Building Security
NBC developing: HG Wells-inspired drama Wellsville

New US TV show casting

Steven Pasquale and Oona Chaplin join CBS’s A Higher Loyalty
Shiri Appleby and Yvette Nicole Brown join Disney+’s Big Shot
David Wilmot joins HBO Max’s Station Eleven
Tawny Cypress and Jasmin Savoy Brown join Showtime’s Yellowjackets
Corbin Reid and Andrea Bordeaux join Starz’s Run The World
Sean Bean joins TNT’s Snowpiercer

Khalifa Mysteries, Grass King adaptations; Belgravia trailer; + more

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The Daily News will return on Monday, as I quite fancy having a day off tomorrow

Internet TV

Noah Emmerich, Fred Willard and Jessica St Clair join Netflix’s Space Force
Someone will recur on Netflix’s You (spoilers)

UK TV

Teaser trailer for ITV’s Belgravia
Michaela Cole, Weruche Opia, Paapa Essiedu et al to star in BBC One’s January 22nd
Lu Corfield, Anna Leong Brophy, Noorul Choudhury et al join BBC One’s Last Tango in Halifax
Left Bank developing: adaptation of Paul Sussman’s The Khalifa Mysteries

US TV show casting

Sean Pertwee to guest on Fox’s Prodigal Son
Lela Loren to recur on Starz’s American Gods

New US TV shows

Legendary developing: adaptation of Boom! Studios Grass Kings

New US TV show casting

Sarah Snook, David Costabile, Sonya Cassidy et al join AMC’s love/science anthology drama
Zosia Mamet joins HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant
Peter Coyote to star in CBS’s A Higher Loyalty
Freddie Prinze Jr joins NBCUniversal’s Punky Brewster

Harrow, Five Bedrooms renewed; Firefly, Life Unexpected reunions; + more

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Internet TV

Trailer for Apple TV+’s Truth Be Told
Clive Owen joins Apple TV+’s Lisey’s Story
Jena McKinnon, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, Lena Urzendowsky et al to star in Amazon’s We Children From Bahnhof Zoo
Amazon developing: adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House

Australian TV

ABC renews: Harrow
Ten renews: Five Bedrooms

UK TV

Sunetra Sarker, Claire Keelan and Gemma Jones to guest on ITV’s Cold Feet
Someone’s leaving BBC One’s Death in Paradise [spoilers]
Picture Perfect developing: adaptation of Allison Pataki’s Sisi novels

US TV show casting

Alan Tudyk to guest on ABC’s The Rookie
Wayne Brady to recur on The CW’s Black Lightning

New US TV shows

CBS green lights: pilot of marine veteran, Afghan interpreter comedy The United States of Al
FBI developing: female FBI agents drama
HBO developing: reboot of Maniac Cop
NBC developing: self-explanatory drama Wildfire
Starlings Television developing: adaptation of Viaplay (Sweden)’s Honour and S Korea’s Trap

New US TV show casting

Fivel Stewart, Anthony Kevyan, Karin Konoval et al join Freeform’s Close Up
Colin Woodell joins HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant
Holly Hunter to play Sally Yates in CBS’s A Higher Loyalty adaptation
Britt Robertson, Kristoffer Polaha, Austin Basis et al to recur on Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere

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namkoin Gonna throw in possibly the very last gasp for more intelligent children's drama not mentioned here: 'Life Force', made by Peter Tabern's Childsplay Television (who also produced the Cooper-penned...
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Review: Above Suspicion · 2 months ago
Mike Lofton Her coquettish glances, peekaboo bangs, & inability to follow orders, all the while assuming a sanctimonious attitude wore on me. Some plots had us saying; no, no, experienced police wouldn't do...
Review: Above Suspicion · 2 months ago
Christopher Marriott OK so it's been over a decade since this article was written but damn does it stand up haha. I JUST discovered "breakout kings" &, am only halfway thru episode 2, yet I'm saying "why the hell did...
Third-episode verdict: Breakout Kings · 2 months ago
Mark Carroll Ha, yes, he's from Glasgow, which is where I now live. (-: It might be illuminating to see who was doing the criticizing, sometimes people seem to guess wrongly in imagining what others think....
Lost gems: Chocky · 4 months ago
Linda Pirie I totally agree. After all, a lot of us work alongside colleagues of the opposite sex without falling for them. A lot of TV programmes and films like to add in a storyline like that just for...
Lost gems: Chocky · 4 months ago
Mark Carroll I'm glad you enjoyed it. I do often wonder about actors who seemed good in things, then I didn't notice them subsequently. And, yes, plenty of good entertainment without bad language, sex or...
Lost gems: Chocky · 4 months ago
Linda Pirie I was a child in primary school when this series was broadcast, but I don't remember watching it, or even hearing about it at the time... I spotted it on video in a local store in 2002, and after...
Lost gems: Chocky · 4 months ago
Tannedhaggis Watching first episode and put off already as Rex doesn’t seem to have a GPS on his collar. How is that possible for police dog?
Review: Hudson & Rex 1×1 (Canada: CityTV) · 4 months ago
Mark Carroll Wow, that is even less television than I. I did like Sandman, will be glad to watch the next season, plenty more good than bad, and adapted to the screen rather better than I feared, also not much...
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Canadian Hardy Boys; The Politician renewed; Revenge sequel; + more

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Pure acquired; Sky to adapt Beau Séjour; Tahar Rahim is In Treatment; + more

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New US TV shows

New US TV show casting

Khalifa Mysteries, Grass King adaptations; Belgravia trailer; + more

Every weekday, TMINE brings you the latest TV news from around the world

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UK TV

US TV show casting

New US TV shows

New US TV show casting

Harrow, Five Bedrooms renewed; Firefly, Life Unexpected reunions; + more

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Australian TV

UK TV

US TV show casting

New US TV shows

New US TV show casting

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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Ms Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Time Traveler's Wife and The Old Man

Life and Beth and Night Sky

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and The Essex Serpent