Outlander is staying put on Amazon. Amazon Prime Instant Video UK has picked up exclusive rights to further seasons of the Starz period drama after extending their licensing deal with international distributor Sony Pictures Television. The show's second season will premiere on Amazon in the UK in 2016, with episodes being made available to stream within 24 hours of their initial broadcast on Starz. 
Outlander has found its Mother Hildergarde. Vicious star Frances de la Tour has been cast as the commanding Mother Superior in the upcoming 13 episode second season of Starz's hit period drama Outlander, which is currently in production in Scotland for a 2016 premiere. 
Jon Cassar is heading to Wicked City. The veteran TV director has joined ABC's Los Angeles set 1980s period drama as director and executive producer, TVWise has learned. 
Syfy UK is bolstering their Summer line-up with a slate of Star Trek feature films. The NBCU backed channel has unveiled plans to air the first six Star Trek films, featuring the cast of the original series including William Shatner and the late Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley, from early July. 
Atlantis star Aiysha Hart has joined the cast of BBC Two's Line Of Duty in a guest starring role as Detective Sergeant Sam Railstone; while The Americans star Annet Mahendru has joined the cast of Fox's six episode X-Files Revival. Mahendru will play Sveta, a victim of alien abduction. 
Lifetime UK has snapped up the pay-TV rights to Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig's upcoming TV movie A Deadly Adoption, TVWise has learned. The two-hour film will debut in the channel's Thursday night 9pm Lifetime Drama Specials block on August 6th.