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LONDON: Season two of the Arctic-set thriller Fortitude will see Dennis Quaid (Far from Heaven), Parminder Nagra (ER), Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones), Robert Sheehan (Misfits) and Ken Stott (The Missing) join the cast.

UNIVERSAL CITY: Dick Wolf has inked a new overall deal with NBCUniversal that extends their relationship through 2020, coming as the network has renewed Law & Order: SVU and Chicago Med.

LOS ANGELES: Netflix and Warner Bros. Television are bringing a Gilmore Girls revival featuring the original lead stars, Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel, to the streaming service.

LOS ANGELES: Following on the success of The Royals, E! has greenlit a second scripted series, The Arrangement.

LOS ANGELES: Netflix is bringing back House of Cards for a fifth season in 2017, though creator and showrunner Beau Willimon will not return.

MONTREAL: Quebecor Content has acquired the rights for the drama series Limitless from CBS Studios International to deliver to French Canadian viewers.

TORONTO: Global has a new Canadian original drama series coming to its schedule in 2017, Mary Kills People.

LOS ANGELES: Sharon Hall, who developed such series as Masters of Sex and Breaking Bad, has been named president of Endemol Shine Studios.

CULVER CITY: Crackle is building up its slate of original scripted content with the addition of Start Up, a new drama starring Martin Freeman.

LOS ANGELES: The X-Files made its highly anticipated return to TV on FOX on Sunday night, launching with 16.2 million total viewers and a 6.1 rating.