Telly that bridges the Pond
HBO announced today that Tamara Lawrance has been cast in the title role of Get Millie Black, the new limited series co-production between HBO and the UK’s Channel 4.
Crikey. The British Royal family is about the get the send-up treatment in The Windsors, the new comedy soap opera from Channel 4.
Butterfly, the television drama series based on the BOOM! Studios comic books of the same name, has been picked up by Channel 4.
Soon to join The Amazing Race and Survivor at CBS is the new reality competition series Hunted, as intense to watch as it is for the folks who go on the run to avoid being captured.
The dystopian drama Black Mirror is a cult favorite with Netflix viewers in the US. Now the streaming giant is set to bring new episodes to telly.
Channel 4 and AMC have just confirmed that they have recommissioned the critically-acclaimed sci-fi show, Humans, for a second series. (Yay!)
Derek, the bittersweet comedy nominated for a 2014 National Television Awards nominee for Best Comedy, will complete its run with a one-off special.
Another Scandinavian drama is being remade for American and British television. This time, it isn’t a police procedural crime drama, but a sci-fi thriller: Humans.
Oh, look — Derek’s wearing a different colored sweater! And he’s coming back to Netflix! Yay!
Multiple award winner The IT Crowd has gotten a new, albeit brief, lease on life, as Channel 4 has commissioned a one-off special of this cult comedy.