US TV

Royal Pains/White Collar/Burn Notice/Psych crossover alert!

USA Network

The USA Network, building on last year’s successful Royal Pains/Burn Notice crossover promo, is doing it again this year but far more ambitiously. Not only is there another Royal Pains/Burn Notice crossover promo, they’re also crossing over White Collar and Psych as well.

Here’s the Royal Pains/Burn Notice one – three of the five White Collar, Burn Notice and Psych crossovers after the jump.

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Thursday’s “mad dog” news

Doctor Who

Film

Theatre

British TV

  • Luther gets 5.6m viewers
  • Max Beesley, John Simm, Philip Glenister and Marc Warren to star in Sky 1’s Mad Dogs
  • Warner Bros to launch movie service on BT Vision [subscription required]

US TV

Question of the week: how much should TV respect religion?

Can’t see anything going wrong with this question, can you?

So here’s the thing: a robust, post-Enlightenment society needs to be able to critique and question anything, including religions – that much is a given. But should TV be one of those things that critiques it? If it, is there a line TV shouldn’t cross, and if so, where is it? Is comedy allowed to satirise religions? In short:

How much should TV respect religion?

As always, leave a comment with your answer or a link to your answer on your own blog.

Wednesday’s long-Lost news

Film

British TV

US TV