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TMINE’s Daily Global TV News: Chyłka, Odwróceni, Szadź, Far From Home acquired; Mr Mercedes rescued; Innocent renewed; + more

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Streaming TV

Trailer for Amazon’s Small Axe
Amazon developing: Iraqi immigrants drama Desert People, with Alia Shawkat
Netflix acquires: Nigeria’s Far From Home, with Funke Akindele
Sarah Jones, Giovanni Ribisi and Alexia Landeau join Netflix’s On the Verge

French TV

TF1 green lights: adoption drama Renaissances, with Claire Keim, Pierre-François Martin Laval, Jessyrielle Massengo et al

UK TV

Trailer for BBC Two’s Black Narcissus
Walter Presents acquires: TVN (Poland)’s Chyłka (The Disappearance), Odwróceni (The Sins Of The Fathers) and Szadź (Angel Of Death)
ITV renews: Innocent

US TV

Peacock rescues: Audience’s Mr Mercedes
DC Universe to close, all programmes to move to HBO Max

New US TV shows

CBS developing: adaptation of BBC Three’s Witless

New US TV show casting

Kyle Massey, Keraun Harris, Philip Bolden et al join AMC’s Millennials
Phillipa Soo and Jake McDorman to recur on Hulu’s Dopesick

No Good Nick cancelled; more Cantona cop movies; Black Narcissus, Last of the Mohicans adaptations; + more

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Internet TV

Netflix cancels: No Good Nick…
…developing: series with Jane Lynch and Cyndi Lauper

French TV

France TV Slash renews: Skam France
France 2 green lights: series adaptation of TV movie Disparition inquiétante (Ominous Disposition), with Sara Forestier and Pierre Rochefort
France 3 green lights: series adaptation of Eric Cantona cop TV movie Le Voyageur (The Traveller), Rachida Brakni to guest

Scandinavian TV

Alexander Karim, Olle Sarri and Anki Larsson join SVT’s We Got This

UK TV

BBC One green lights: series adaptation of Rumer Godden’s Black Narcissus, with Alessandro Nivola and Gemma Arterton
Playground developing: adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales, including The Last of the Mohicans

US TV

Trailer for season 2 of Hulu’s Misery
Trailer for season 15 of The CW’s Supernatural

US TV show casting

Dylan Walsh to recur on CBS’s Blue Bloods

New US TV shows

Trailer for Freeform’s Party of Five
Trailer for HBO’s Watchmen
ABC green lights: child rescue aftermath drama Backlash
CBS green lights: pilot of brother-sister fun family funeral home comedy Fun
TBS green lights: pilot adaptation of David Kushner’s The Players Ball

New US TV show casting

Aaron Lazar to replace Steven Pasquale in Fox’s Filthy Rich
Lupita Nyong’o to star in HBO Max’s Americanah
Bobby Moynihan joins NBC’s Ted Danson LA mayor comedy

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TMINE’s Daily Global TV News: Chyłka, Odwróceni, Szadź, Far From Home acquired; Mr Mercedes rescued; Innocent renewed; + more

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

Streaming TV

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UK TV

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New US TV shows

New US TV show casting

No Good Nick cancelled; more Cantona cop movies; Black Narcissus, Last of the Mohicans adaptations; + more

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

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