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Lauréna Thellier joins TG1’s Une affaire française (A French Affair)
France 3 green lights: self-explanatory mini-series Les aventures du jeune Voltaire (The Adventures of Young Voltaire), with Valérie Bonneton et al

US TV show casting

Ryan Michelle Bathe to recur on CBS’s All Rise
Kelsey Grammer to recur on CBS’s Carol’s Second Act

New US TV shows

Hulu developing: adaptation of Judy Blume’s Summer Sisters
Peacock developing: freedom fighter and fan comedy Fan Girl

New US TV show casting

Liza Lapira joins CBS’s Equalizer
Amanda Warren joins CBS’s Ways and Means
Stella Baker to star in The CW’s Republic of Sarah
Coolio joins HBO Max’s Vegas High
Molly Shannon to co-star in Showtime’s Big Deal
Michael Rooker joins Showtime’s The President is Missing
Mekai Curtis to star in Starz’s Power Book III: Raising Kanan
Sarah Gadon to co-star in USA’s Evel

Perpetual Grace LTD cancelled; Åtta månader adaptation; + more

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Internet TV

Trailer for season 2 of Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico
Sarah Shahi to star in Netflix’s Sex/Life
Apple TV+ green lights: series of magical town 1940s musical comedy, with Cecily Strong
Netflix/Canal+ green light: series of daring 40-something LA-set female comedy On the Verge, with Julie Delpy
Netflix green lights: series of country singer turned nanny comedy Country Comfort, with Katharine McPhee and Eddie Cibrian…
…seven original Spanish TV shows

Canadian TV

CTV green lights: series of parents’ lost lives comedy Children Ruin Everything

European TV

TV Joj (Slovakia)/Czech Television green light: Central European legends and folklore drama The Exorcist

Nordic TV

TV4/C More green lights: series adaptation of Magnus Montelius’s Åtta månader (Eight Months)

Spanish TV

Shine Iberia et al developing: adaptation of Miguel Bosé bioseries

US TV

Trailer for season 3 of NBC’s Good Girls
Epix extends and cancels: Perpetual Grace LTD

US TV show casting

Anthony Okungbowa and Bayo Akinfemi promoted to regulars on CBS’s Bob ♥ Abishola

New US TV shows

Teaser trailer for HBO’s The Plot Against America
ABC green lights: series of procedural thriller The Big Sky…
…and pilot adaptation of Emily Bleeker’s Wreckage
Amblin developing: adaptation of The Washington Post’s At War with with the Truth
The CW green lights: pilots of Kung Fu reboot and independent town drama Republic of Sarah…
…red lights: The Game
Fox green lights: pilot remake of BBC Three’s This Country
Starz green lights: series of Harlem female friends comedy Run the World
HBO Max developing: coming-of-age drama Afro.Punks

New US TV show casting

Harry Richardson, Thomas Cocquerel and Jack Gilpin join HBO’s The Gilded Age
David Krumholtz to star in USA’s Evel

Kingdom, Jerk renewed; Grisham-verse series cancelled; Neighbours spin-off acquired; + more

6 September 2019 Rob Buckley 7 Comments

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

Internet TV

Trailer for season 2 of Amazon’s Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
Goran Visnjic and Claudia Doumit to recur on Amazon’s The Boys
Gary Sinise joins Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why
Netflix renews: Kingdom…
…green lights: Korean supernatural action drama The School Nurse Files, sci-fi romance My Holo Love, high school conflict drama Extracurricular and Park Narae: Glamor Warning
Apple developing: teacher dramedy Mr Corman, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Australian TV

Trailer for Ten’s Part-Time Private Eyes

UK TV

BBC Three renews: Jerk
My5 acquires: Ten (Australia)’s Neighbours: Erinsborough High

US TV show casting

Wentworth Miller to recur on CBS’s Madam Secretary
Ken Kirby to recur on The CW’s Dynasty
David Alan Grier to recur on Fox’s The Resident
Chelsea Rendon to recur on Showtime’s Shameless

New US TV shows

New trailer for The CW’s Nancy Drew
Teaser for Spectrum’s Mad About You
Hulu red lights: The Rainmaker and Rogue Lawyer
ABC developing: soapy New Orelans musical drama House of the Rising Sun
USA developing: limited series Evel Knievel biopic Evel, with Milo Ventimiglia

New US TV show casting

Julia Jones joins Disney+’s Star Wars: The Mandalorian

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