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The Enemy Within, Blood & Treasure acquired; Arthur’s Treasured Volumes recovered; + more

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Internet TV

Pico Alexander joins Apple TV+’s Dickinson
Sung Kang to recur on Apple’s Lisey’s Story
Will Yun Lee returning for season 2 of Netflix’s Altered Carbon

French TV

Stéphane Bern to star in France 3 TV movie, guest on France 2’s L’art du crime (The Art of Crime)

UK TV

Trailer for ITV’s White House Farm
Trailer for Sky One’s Cinderella: After Ever After
5USA acquires: NBC (US)’s The Enemy Within
Syfy UK acquires: CBS (US)’s Blood & Treasure
BBC One green lights: adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love, with Lily James
Channel 5/Ten (Australia) green light: deadly nanny drama Breathless, with Charlie Brooks and Brett Tucker
Five episodes of ITV’s Arthur’s Treasured Volumes recovered

US TV

Teaser for season 10 of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm
Final trailer for season 8 of Showtime’s Homeland
Teaser for season 2 of TBS’s Miracle Workers

New US TV shows

Teaser trailer for DC Universe’s Stargirl
Trailer for HBO’s Avenue 5
Showtime green lights: series of LA Lakers drama
The CW developing: millennial OCD comedy Obsessed
Fox developing: friends rediscovering each other comedy Re-Friended, with Franchesca Ramsey and Shamikah Christina Martinez

New US TV show casting

Paul Schulze to recur on CBS’s Tommy

Aidy Bryant and Lolly Adefope in Hulu's Shrill

Shrill acquired; Anne With an E cancelled; + more

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The Daily News will return on Thursday

Internet TV

Teaser for Apple TV+’s Truth Be Told
Dane Dehaan joins Apple TV+’s Lisey’s Story

Canadian TV

CBC/Netflix cancel: Anne With An E

UK TV

StarzPlay rolls out app
BBC Three acquires: Hulu (US)’s Shrill
Green Door Pictures developing: adaptation of Derek Owusu’s Teaching My Brother To Read

US TV

Teaser for season three of Freeform’s Grown-ish

New US TV shows

Teaser trailer for AMC’s Dispatches From Elsewhere
Trailer for Paramount’s 68 Whiskey
CBS developing: adaptation of Stacey Abrams’ Never Tell
Freeform developing: struggling songwriter drama Demo
NBC developing: self-explanatory comedy The Last Video Store

Black Summer renewed; new Doctor Who guest stars; Les espions de la terreur adaptation; + more

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Internet TV

Joan Allen to co-star in Apple TV+’s Lisey’s Story
Netflix renews: Black Summer

French TV

Tetra Media Studio developing: mini-series adaptation of Matthieu Suc’s Les espions de la terreur as Mirage

UK TV

Stephen Fry and Lenny Henry to guest on BBC One’s Doctor Who
Channel 5 developing: new adaptations of Richard Llewellyn’s How Green is My Valley and Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist

US TV

Teaser for season 2 of TBS’s Miracle Workers

US TV show casting

David Cross joins NatGeo’s Genius
Cory Hardrict, Joel Steingold and Salvador Chacon to recur on Showtime’s The Chi

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: pilot of LA private school comedy Valley Trash
CBS redeveloping: Bait and Tackle
Searchlight developing: adaptation of Mark Seal’s The Man in the Rockefeller Suit
Showtime developing: adaptation of Stephanie Land’s Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will To Survive

New US TV show casting

Holly Hunter joins NBC’s LA mayor comedy

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

Preacher, Street Legal cancelled; Killing Eve renewed; a new Walking Dead spin-off; + more

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Internet TV

Tenika Davis to recur on Netflix’s Jupiter’s Legacy
Apple green lights: adaptation of Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story, with Julianne Moore

Canadian TV

CBC cancels: Street Legal

French TV

Incognita developing: adaptation of Nippon TV (Japan)’s Mother and Woman – My Life for My Children

International TV

Pimienta Films (Mexico) developing: adaptation of Miguel Ángel Molfino’s Perfect Monsters

UK TV

Yellow Bird developing: adaptation of Anna Ekberg’s Den hemmelige kvinde as The Secret Woman

US TV

AMC cancels: Preacher
BBC America renews: Killing Eve

US TV show casting

Tony Dalton joins AMC’s Better Call Saul

New US TV shows

AMC green lights: series of ‘next generation’ Walking Dead spin-off

New US TV show casting

Vincent D’Onofrio to recur on CBS All Access’s Interrogation

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