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Film
- Clips from Terminator: Salvation
- Amy Adams to star in adaption of The Ten Best Days of My Life
- Len Wiseman to adapt adaptation of Atlantis Rising
- Hancock 2 definitely happening
- Anna Faris lines up two new comedies
Commercials
- US Burger King ads attract complaints
German TV
- TMG making English-language version of Moby Dick
British TV
- ITV rebrands catch-up service as ITV Player
- iPlayer hits 300m views
- Beehive debuts to poor ratings
- Discovery to launch crime channel in the UK
- Eoin Colfer's Half Moon Investigations becomes a CBBC series
- Coming of Age recommissioned
- …as is Spooks
US TV
- Gossip Girl spin-off to be launched within an episode…
- …and an old character returns
- Joseph Fiennes and John Cho join cast of Flash Forward
- Heroes, Chuck and T:TSCC's ratings improve, while Samantha Who? struggles
- ABC cuts order for Cupid episodes to just nine
- Miranda Richardson to co-star in AMC political thriller
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December 5, 2008 | Reply
I can't believe they've recommissioned Coming Of Age, one of the worst sitcoms ever. It makes Two Pints of Lager seem like Fawlty Towers. I am hardly the target audience but I refuse to believe that anyone enjoys this. E4 has shown that funny programmes aimed at teenagers can be smart too, such as Skins and the rather good Inbetweeners. I thought cancelling Phoo Action was the start of BBC3 realising they can't palm off any old rubbish anymore. In the immortal words of Smash Hits, must we throw this filth at our pop kids?
December 5, 2008 | Reply
BBC3's track record on sitcoms is very poor, with a few exceptions mostly targeted at adults (eg Pulling - I hear - and Gavin & Stacey). Clone went right downhill within five minutes of the second episode. Let's not consider Grown Ups too closely either.
December 5, 2008 | Reply
Isn't it kind of early to talk about spinoffs for Gossip Girl? Leaving aside the whole backdoor pilot thing almost never working (case in point when Gilmore girls tried to launch a series with Milo Ventimiglia's character going to live with his parents - not only did the pilot not fly, but it was also the first episode of the series to be Not Good), The O.C. was more of a hit and no one ever said "Hey, why don't we give Melinda Clarke her own series?" They could at least wait until the second season's practically over like Beverly Hills 90210 did before Melrose Place began.
Why not just spinoff America's Next Top Model instead? America's Next Top Model: What Happened Next? America's Next Top Model: Battle Of The Champions (sic) ?
December 5, 2008 | Reply
"Why not just spinoff America's Next Top Model instead?"
They are: Operation Fabulous.
Agreed, re: spin-off launching episodes being bad, although I quite enjoyed the CSI: Miami and CSI: NY spin-off episodes. However, Gossip Girl's doing reasonably well and they've tried spinning off Smallville countless times already...