Lifetime’s veteran drama Army Wives, which was the network’s longest running drama series and was used to launch several other original dramas, has been cancelled after seven seasons, the network has announced. In addition, Lifetime has announced that they are planning a two-hour retrospective special with cast members to honor the series which will air early next year.
Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy The Vampire Slayer), Roxanne McKee (Game of Thrones), Luke Allen-Gale (Captain America) and Shivani Ghai (The Bible) have joined the cast of Syfy’s upcoming 90 minute pilot Dominion, with production on the drama set to begin later this month in Cape Town, South Africa. They join previously announced cast members Christopher Egan (Kings), Alan Dale (24) and Tom Wisdom (Above Suspicion).
The BBC has released a second trailer for the season of upcoming dramas on BBC One as part of their Autumn/Winter line up.
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In what is one of the most high profile drama buys of this development season, Fox has picked up Gotham, a drama about the origins of Gotham City Police Commissioner James Gordon, with a straight-to-series order.
HBO has sealed a deal with Sky Vision – the recently launched international distribution division of satcaster BSkyB – to acquire US and Canadian broadcast rights to Sky Living’s upcoming six episode comedy series Doll & Em. The series, which hails from Dolly Wells & The Newsroom star Emily Mortimer, is slated to launch on Sky Living in 2014 and will be launched to international buyers at MIPCOM 2013 by Sky Vision.
FX has renewed their freshman drama series The Bridge for a second season. The series has received an order of 13 episode for its second season, which is expected to air on FX in 2014.
Starz has put into development Gringo, a new hour-long drama project which hails from Spartacus alums Aaron Helbing & Todd Helbing and is inspired by the non-fiction book The Shadow Catcher by highly decorated U.S. Immigration Officer Hipolito Acosta.
Oscar nominee Vanessa Redgrave – who recently wrapped production on BBC Two’s adaptation of the Diane Setterfield novel The Thirteenth Tale – has joined the cast of ABC’s upcoming 13 episode limited series The Black Box.