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Year of the Rabbit, Superstore renewed; Altered Carbon, Liar trailers; + more

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Internet TV

Trailer for season 2 of Netflix’s Altered Carbon
JanLuis Castellanos joins Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why
Abraham Lim, Jessica Collins, Ian Meadows et al join Netflix’s Clickbait
Jenna Rosenow to recur on Netflix’s Firefly Lane

Australian TV

ABC green lights: psychiatric hospital drama Wakefield, with Rudi Dharmalingam, Mandy McElhinney, Geraldine Hakewill et al

Canadian TV

CBC green lights: early 40s female detectives comedy Lady Dicks, with Meredith MacNeill and Adrienne C Moore
APTN green lights: relocated Indigenous family drama Unsettled

International TV

JTBC (S Korea) developing: remake of BBC One’s The Split

Nordic TV

Agnes Lindström Bolmgren, Kjell Bergqvist, Helen Sjöholm to star in C More/TV4 (Sweden)’s Bäckström

UK TV

Trailer for season 2 of ITV’s Liar
Lisa Dwan, Lorcan Cranitch, Charlene McKenna et al join BBC One’s Bloodlands
Channel 4 renews: Year of the Rabbit

US TV

NBC renews: Superstore

US TV show casting

Kwame Patterson to recur on FX’s Snowfall

New US TV show casting

Hunter King to star in ABC’s Prospect
Odette Annable to star in ABC’s Thirtysomething(else)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw joins Disney+’s Loki
Jonathan Tucker to star in NBC’s Debris

Van Helsing renewed; The Game revival; Crimson Rivers trailer; + more

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Internet TV

Teaser trailer for season 2 of Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico
Joan Cusack and Mary Holland to recur on Amazon’s Homecoming
Morfydd Clark joins Amazon’s Lord of the Rings
Patrick Sabongui and Brendan Taylor to recur on Netflix’s Firefly Lane
Freddie Stroma, Sarah Stiles, Jillian Mueller et al join Netflix’s NASCAR comedy

French TV

Trailer for season 2 of Les Rivières pourpres (The Crimson Rivers)

US TV

Syfy renews (and cancels): Van Helsing

US TV show casting

Luis Jose Lopez to recur on CBS’s SEAL Team

New US TV shows

CBS developing: Texas family business comedy, with Iliza Shlesinger…
…and adaptation of Lynda La Plante’s Cold Shoulder
The CW developing: celebrity spy drama Infamous…
…revival of The Game
Disney+ developing: adaptation of Turner & Hooch
NBC developing: adaptation of Steve Jackson’s No Stone Unturned
Village Roadshow developing: adaptation of Shamim Sarif’s The Athena Protocol

New US TV show casting

Keena Ferguson to recur on BET’s Sistas
Uzo Aduba joins HBO Max’s Americanah

Dan Aykroyd and John Goodman on ABC's The Conners

More Channel 5 Agatha Christie movies; Blues Brothers, Cheers, Drew Carey show reunions; + more

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Trailer for Netflix’s Daybreak
Trailer for Netflix’s Living With Yourself
Yael Yurman joins, Jon Ecker and Brandon Jay McLaren to recur on Netflix’s Firefly Lane
Justin Theroux to star in Apple TV+’s Mosquito Coast
Apple TV+ green lights: adaptation of Gregory David Roberts’ Shantaram, with Charlie Hunnam…
…Richard Roxburgh and Radhika Apte to co-star

Australian TV

Jessica Marais exits Nine’s Halifax: Retribution

European TV

Joyn (Germany) green lights: political thriller Dignity
SRG SSR (Switzerland) developing: UN corruption drama Alpha
Clemens Schick, Michael McElhatton and Thomas Kretschmann join Sky Deutschland’s Das Boot (The Boat)

UK TV

Channel 5 green lights: Agatha Christie crime dramas Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar and Agatha and the Death of X

US TV

Trailer for season 7 of NBC’s The Blacklist

US TV show casting

ABC’s ‘cast from the past‘ week to feature Cheers, The Drew Carey Show and other reunions
Langston Kerman joins, Lennon Parham and David Koechner promoted on ABC’s Bless This Mess
Dan Aykroyd to guest on ABC’s The Conners
Birgundi Baker promoted, Luke James, La La Anthony and Lil Rel Howery to recur on Showtime’s The Chi
Constance Zimmer to recur on Showtime’s Shameless
Ashlie Atkinson joins USA’s Mr Robot

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: pilot of dysfunctional divorce lawyer sisters comedy with Cheryl Hines and Rachael Harris
Fox developing: LA political drama City Hall
Showtime red lights: The Kingkiller Chronicle

New US TV show casting

Jay Baruchel joins Fox’s A Moody Christmas
Amy Brenneman to co-star in FX’s The Old Man
Alexander Ludwig to star in Starz’s Heels

Alan Cumming and Bojana Novakovic in CBS's Instinct

Vienna Blood acquired; The Heights renewed; Instinct, Krypton cancelled; + more

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Internet TV

Damon Herriman joins Amazon’s Underground Railroad
Sarah Chalke to co-star, Ben Lawson joins Netflix’s Firefly Lane

Australian TV

ABC renews: The Heights

UK TV

BBC Two acquires: ZDF (Germany)/ORF (Austria)’s Vienna Blood
ITV green lights: chalk and cheese crime drama Invisible, with Robert Lindsay, Tala Gouvela, Jason Watkins et al…
…Who Wants to be a Millionaire? crime drama Quiz, with Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Sheen, Sian Clifford et al

US TV

CBS cancels: Instinct
Syfy cancels: Krypton
Teaser for season 6 of HBO’s Silicon Valley
Trailer for season 3 of Fox’s 9-1-1

US TV show casting

Katrina Law joins CBS’s Hawaii Five-0
Ronda Rousey to recur on Fox’s 9-1-1
Keesha Sharp to recur on Fox’s Empire
Casting on HBO’s The Nevers
Jessica Hecht, Parisa Fitz-Henley and Eddie Martinez join USA’s The Sinner

New US TV shows

Fox developing: adaptations of Ten (Australia)’s Mr Black…
…and Eén (Belgium)’s De Twaalf as The Twelve
HBO green lights: series adaptation of Skate Kitchen as Betty
NBC developing: adaptation of St Elmo’s Fire
Showtime developing: adaptation of Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast

New US TV show casting

Joe Holt to recur on AMC’s Walking Dead spin-off
Niecy Nash to recur on FX’s Mrs America
Piper Perabo joins Showtime’s Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

Pennyworth acquired; Pop’s Best Intentions; + more

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The Daily News will return on Monday

Internet TV

Phoebe Dynevor, Regé-Jean Page, Jonathan Bailey et al to star in Netflix’s Bridgerton
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan to star in Netflix’s Mindy Kaling comedy
Netflix green lights: adaptation of Kristin Hannah’s Firefly Lane, with Katherine Heigl

UK TV

StarzPlay acquires: Epix (US)’s Pennyworth

US TV show casting

Carrie-Anne Moss and Danielle Campbell to star in CBS All Access’ Tell Me A Story
Angelica Ross joins FX’s American Horror Story: 1984

New US TV shows

Pop TV green lights: coming of age comedy Best Intentions

New US TV show casting

Alexa Mansour, Nicolas Cantu and Hal Cumpston to star in AMC’s new Walking Dead spin-off
Tony Goldwyn to guest on HBO’s Lovecraft Country
Rory Cochrane, Shane Callahan, Craig Tate et al join Hulu’s Reprisal

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