Stranger Things

CBS All Access green lights: The Good Wife spin-off series with Christine Baranski and Cush Jumbo
Teaser trailer for CBS All Access’ Star Trek
Amazon Prime (UK) acquires: AMC’s Preacher
BBC Three acquires: ABC Australia’s Cleverman

UK TV

A&E to launch UK Freeview channel

US TV

Tuesday ratings

New US TV shows

Adult Swim green lights: Rob Croddry period comedy The Hindenburgh Explodes!
TNT green lights: young William Shakespeare series Will…
…and modern-day civil war pilot Civil
Extended trailer for OWN’s Greenleaf

New US TV show casting

Niecy Nash joins TNT’s Claws

News: The Brink unrenewed, seasons for Life In Pieces, The Grinder, Dr Phil is Grandfathered + more

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Internet TV

Matthew Modine joins Netflix’s Stranger Things

UK TV

Monday ratings

New UK TV shows

Channel 4 green lights: adaptation of Butterfly…
…developing with AMC: Tom Moran sci-fi mystery drama White Rabbit [subscription required]
Trailer for BBC Two’s London Spy

US TV

NBC cuts Truth Be Told by three episodes
HBO unrenews: The Brink
CBS gives Life In Pieces a full season
Fox gives The Grinder a full season
Saturday ratings
Sunday ratings
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Joe Manganiello to guest on Mom
Dr Phil to guest on Grandfathered

New US TV shows

CBS developing: female magician cop drama Smoke & Mirrors
ABC developing: adaptation of Brazilian TV’s The Party…
…and Shondaland nanny comedy

News: Killjoys and Dark Matter renewed, Dracula’s brides series, Dr Jekyll joins Penny Dreadful and more

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Film casting

Vince Cassel to play the villain in new Bourne movie
Karen Gillan joins The Circle

Film trailers

Trailer for The Danish Girl, with Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander
Trailer for Risen, with Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton and Peter Firth
Trailer for Macbeth, with Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard

Canadian TV

Space renews: Killjoys and Dark Matter

Internet TV

Ross Partridge and Cara Buono join Netflix’s Stranger Things
Dean Cain to recur on Netflix’s Lady Dynamite

UK TV

Monday ratings

UK TV show casting

Shazad Latif to play Dr Jekyll on Penny Dreadful, Patti LuPone to return
Jon Hamm to guest on Toast of London

US TV

Promo for season 3 of Chicago PD
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Sarah Carter to recur on Hawaii Five-O
Max Beesley to guest on Homeland
Julie Claire to guest on Scandal
Eric Stoltz to guest on Madam Secretary

New US TV shows

CBS developing: drama based on Gloria Allred’s life
NBC developing: brides of Dracula soap Brides

New US TV show casting

Iggo Goldberg to play Red Tornado on CBS’s Supergirl

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