BBC Three has handed out a series order to Starstruck, a six episode comedy series created by and starring 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Rose Matafeo. HBO Max - the soon-to-launch streaming service from WarnerMedia - is on-board as the U.S. broadcast partner. 
Hallmark has handed out an early sixth season renewal to their hit Catherine Bell fronted drama series Good Witch. Original cast member Bailee Madison, who has played Grace Nightingale since season one, will be exiting the series ahead of season six. 
Showtime has released the trailer and key art for the fifth and final season of The Affair, which is set to premiere on the premium cable network on Sunday August 25th. Sky Atlantic yet to announce the UK premiere date. 
Arienne Mandi (Baja), Leo Sheng (Adam), Jacqueline Toboni (Easy) and Rosanny Zayas (Orange is the New Black) have joined the cast of Showtime's The L Word sequel series The L Word: Generation Q as series regulars. 
Reel One Entertainment has hired former Hallmark and Lifetime executive Barbara Fisher to serve as their Executive Vice-President of Scripted Content. “I’m thrilled to be working with Tom Berry and the talented team at Reel One Entertainment”, Fisher said in a statement. “It is an exciting and busy time for the company as we grow our television production slate.” 
Channel 4 has set the cast for The Light. Joanna Scanlan (Getting On), Sidse Babett Knudsen (Westworld), Mark Lewis Jones (Keeping Faith), Genevieve Barr (Press) are set to star opposite Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley) in the four-part drama from Jack Thorne. Showtime has released a teaser trailer for the fifth and final season of The Affair, which is set to premiere on Sunday August 25th at 9/8c. 
David Tennant (Doctor Who), Hayley Atwell (Marvel's Agent Carter) and Lee Ingleby (Inspector George Gently) are set to star in Criminal, Netflix's twelve episode police procedural from George Kay and Jim Field Smith. The series is set to premiere later this year.