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LOS GATOS: Netflix has greenlit a sixth season of Longmire, which will be its last.

LONDON: Entertainment One (eOne) has inked a raft of deals for the crime-solving procedural Private Eyes, which stars Jason Priestley (Call Me Fitz, 90210) and Cindy Sampson (Rookie Blue).

LONDON: Carnival Films, producer of such hit dramas as Downton Abbey, has appointed Joanna Strevens as its new head of development.

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has given the freshman drama Timeless a full-season order of 16 episodes, airing in the Monday 10 p.m. slot.

NEW YORK: World Screen Newsflash’s Mansha Daswani caught up with co-stars Tom Riley and Mamie Gummer about the roles they play in The Collection, the research that went into the time and setting the drama depicts, and the art of fashion. Watch the interview, which has subtitles available, here.

LOS ANGELES: FOX has picked up a full second season of the crime drama Lucifer, bringing the total order to 22 episodes for the 2016-17 season.

MONTREAL: Quebecor Content has secured the French-language rights for the new Kiefer Sutherland-led drama series Designated Survivor from Les Films Séville, a subsidiary of Entertainment One (eOne).

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: Production has begun in New York City on The Good Fight, the spin-off of The Good Wife that is set to premiere next year.

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: Amybeth McNulty has been cast in the lead role of Anne Shirley in the new Netflix and CBC series Anne, based on Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic novel Anne of Green Gables.

LONDON: ITV's upcoming four-part drama Little Boy Blue will recreate the moment when the parents and brother of Rhys Jones lined up in front of the crowd at Goodison Park to pay tribute to the murdered 11-year-old schoolboy.