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News

The Daily News will return in September. Or maybe August

Internet TV

Logan Browning and Brandon P Bell to star in Netflix’s Dear White People
Trailer for season 2 of Narcos
Teaser for Netflix’s Marvel’s Iron Fist
Teaser for Netflix’s Marvel’s Defenders
Teaser for Netflix’s Marvel’s Luke Cage
Netflix renews: Daredevil

New UK TV shows

BBC One green lights: Andrew Davies adaptation of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables

US TV

Trailer for season 6 of Teen Wolf
Trailer for season 2 of Blunt Talk
Trailer for season 3b of The Last Ship
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Paget Brewster to return to Criminal Minds

New US TV shows

Groundswell Productions developing: adaptation of Greg Rucka’s Black Magick
Sony developing: adaptation of Rick Remender’s Deadly Class
Trailer for Fox’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show

New US TV show casting

Nicole Richie to replace Kimrie Lewis-Davis in NBC’s Great News
Malik Yoba to recur on ABC’s Designated Survivor

News: Vinyl cancelled; Scot Squad renewed; more Major Crimes; Poison Ivy recast; + more

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Film trailers

Trailer for Jack Reacher 2
Trailer for Keeping Up With The Joneses, with Jon Hamm and Gal Gadot

Internet TV

Johnny Simmons to star in Netflix’s Girlboss
Rob Morgan to recur on Netflix’s Godless

UK TV

BBC Scotland renews: Scot Squad

New UK TV shows

ITV Encore green lights: vigilante paedophile killings drama [subscription required]

US TV

Eight more episodes for Major Crimes
HBO cancels: Vinyl
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Maggie Geha replaces Clare Foley on Gotham
Archie Panjabi to recur on Blindspot
Brian Austin Green joins Rosewood
Vanessa Ferlito joins NCIS: New Orleans
Will Chase and Aubrey Peeples leave Nashville

New US TV shows

HBO developing: comedy adaptation of Curtis Sittenfeld’s Prep
Trailer for HBO’s Divorce
A24 developing: fake 80s Romanian cop show Iron Fisting
NBC green lights: pilot of organised crime family comedy The Baby, with Seann William Scott

New US TV show casting

Nicole Ari Parker to replace Regina Taylor on ABC’s Time After Time
Dustin Ingram to recur on CMT’s Million Dollar Quartet

News: Damien cancelled; Ewan McGregor joins Fargo; Thor: Ragnarok’s new stars; + more

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Film casting

Cate Blanchett, Jeff Golblum, Karl Urban and Tessa Thompson confirmed for Thor: Ragnarok
Michael Keaton joins Spider-Man: Homecoming

Film trailers

New trailer for Star Trek: Beyond

Internet TV

Carrie-Anne Moss to appear on Netflix’s Marvel’s Iron Fist
BBC Three renews: Witless

UK TV

S4C to relaunch its HD service

UK TV show casting

Tony Robinson to be a regular on Man Down

US TV

US TV show casting

Ewan McGregor joins Fargo

News: Netflix’s Bigfoot Town, Travelers; Willem Dafoe joins Justice League; Two Doors Down renewed; + more

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Film casting

Willem Dafoe joins Justice League

Canadian TV/Internet TV

Showcase and Netflix green light: Quantum Leap meets Continuum show Travelers, starring Eric McCormack

Internet TV

Kat Foster to star in Amazon’s Jean-Claude Van Johnson
Ashley Liao promoted to regular on Fuller House
Todd Grinnell to co-star in Netflix’s One Day At A Time
Netflix green lights: Bigfoot Town

UK TV

BBC Two renews: Two Doors Down

New UK TV shows

MyAnna Buring, Ben Batt, David Leon et al to star in BBC One’s In The Dark

US TV

Monday ratings

News: Castle purges; Scott & Bailey to end; interactive Twilight Zone; Marley’s Ghosts renewed; + more

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Internet TV

Jessica Stroup and Tom Pelphrey join Netflix’s Marvel’s Iron Fist
Naomi Watts to star in Netflix’s Gypsy
Kevin Bacon to star in Amazon’s I Love Dick
Netflix green lights: dramatisation of Brazil’s anti-corruption investigation Operation Car Wash

UK TV

ITV cancels: Scott & Bailey
Gold renews: Marley’s Ghosts

US TV

Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Stana Katic and Tamala Jones fired from Castle
Ulrich Thomson to recur on The Blacklist
Reiko Aylesworth to guest on NCIS

New US TV shows

CBS developing: interactive Twilight Zone
FX redeveloping: 1980s cocaine drama Snowfall

New US TV show casting

Walter Goggins to replace Joe Manganiello on History’s Six
Anika Noni Rose to star in BET’s The Yard
Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson to star in adaptation of The Barbary Coast
John C McGinley to star in IFC’s Stan Against Evil

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Reviewing the best and worst media from around the world for 17 years

News: Daredevil renewed; many Marvel trailers; BBC1’s Les Mis; + more

News: Vinyl cancelled; Scot Squad renewed; more Major Crimes; Poison Ivy recast; + more

News: Damien cancelled; Ewan McGregor joins Fargo; Thor: Ragnarok’s new stars; + more

News: Netflix’s Bigfoot Town, Travelers; Willem Dafoe joins Justice League; Two Doors Down renewed; + more

News: Castle purges; Scott & Bailey to end; interactive Twilight Zone; Marley’s Ghosts renewed; + more

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

Please watch I Walk Through Moscow – and I’m quoted!

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