BBC Three has handed out a second season renewal to Daisy Haggard and Laura Solon's comedy drama Back To Life. Six episodes have been ordered for the show's second season. Showtime, who recently aired season one state-side, are on-board to co-produce season two. 
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. 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. 
Showtime has released a short teaser trailer for their upcoming Roger Ailes limited series The Loudest Voice, which is set to premiere state-side on Sunday June 30th. 
Mickey Malkovich is making a comeback. Noel Fisher, who exited Shameless as a regular after the fifth season, has signed on to return to the Showtime series for its upcoming tenth season. Technically, More4 still holds UK rights to Shameless but have not put the series on the schedule since season five in 2016. Netflix UK continues to release new seasons every autumn, but due to contractual restrictions are a couple of seasons behind. The streaming service has thus far made the first seven seasons available, with season eight set to follow later this year. 
Hannibal star Hugh Dancy is joining Showtime's counter-terrorism drama Homeland in a recurring role for its upcoming eighth and final season. Production on the final season is now underway ahead of a premiere later this year. He will play John Zabel, a savvy Washington consultant who joins the White House as a new foreign-policy advisor to the President and a formidable opponent to Saul Berenson. Dancy joins a returning cast that includes Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson and Beau Bridges as President Warner. 
The Big Bang Theory star Melissa Rauch has been tapped for a guest starring role in Showtime's 1980s Wall Street comedy Black Monday. Rauch, best known for her role as Bernadette on the hit CBS comedy, will play Shira, the loving wife of trader Keith (Paul Scheer).