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Month: September 2011
News
Monday’s “lots of American horror” news
Doctor Who
- Torchwood finishes with 3.9m viewers
Awards
- Winners of the Emmys
Film
- James Franco to direct Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God
- Colin Firth to star in The Railway Man
- Sigourney Weaver returning for Avatar 2
British TV
- One million downloads for Sky Go [subscription required]
- FX UK acquires American Horror Story
US TV
- ABC Family renews Make It Or Beak It, cancels State of Georgia, picks up four pilots
- ABC developing Jekyll & Hyde drama
- In Plain Sight‘s Frederick Weller to recur on Blue Bloods
- The Secret Circle gets 3m viewers
- Modern Family‘s Eric Stonestreet to guest on American Horror Story
- MTV picks up two new scripted shows
- ABC buys Jennifer Garner comedy project, while Courtney Cox and David Arquette work on a new comedy
- It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia starts well
Sitting Tennant
Friday’s Sitting Tennant (week 33, 2011)
By jingo, I think summer has arrived. Be happy everyone!
- Hebbie: 235
- Sister Chastity: 220
- Erin C: 110
- Rullsenberg: 55
- Janice: 20
- esgaril: 10
- theriverlady, Toby: 5
Don’t forget Tuesday’s caption competition!
Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below or email me and if it’s judged suitable and doesn’t obviously infringe copyright, it will appear in the “Sitting Tennant” gallery. Don’t forget to include your name in the filename so I don’t get mixed up about who sent it to me.
The best pic in the stash each week will appear on Tuesday and get ten points; the runners up will appear on Friday (one per person who sends one in) and get five points.
You can also enter the witty and amusing captions league table by commenting on Tuesday’s Sitting Tennant photo, the best caption getting 10 points, everyone who contributes getting five points.
Sitting Tennant
Friday’s Sitting Tennant (week 33, 2011)
By jingo, I think summer has arrived. Be happy everyone!
- Hebbie: 235
- Sister Chastity: 220
- Erin C: 110
- Rullsenberg: 55
- Janice: 20
- esgaril: 10
- theriverlady, Toby: 5
Don’t forget Tuesday’s caption competition!
Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below or email me and if it’s judged suitable and doesn’t obviously infringe copyright, it will appear in the “Sitting Tennant” gallery. Don’t forget to include your name in the filename so I don’t get mixed up about who sent it to me.
The best pic in the stash each week will appear on Tuesday and get ten points; the runners up will appear on Friday (one per person who sends one in) and get five points.
You can also enter the witty and amusing captions league table by commenting on Tuesday’s Sitting Tennant photo, the best caption getting 10 points, everyone who contributes getting five points.
US TV
Review: Whitney 1×1
In the US: Thursday, 9:30/8:30c, NBC
This year, we have something of a "battle of the sexes" going on between NBC and ABC. ABC has no fewer than three sitcoms in which men are officially dicks. More on those offences against humour when they air. NBC, which currently has a mandate of trying to attract as many female viewers as possible, has taken a slightly different route and has gone for "men are not all dicks".
Yesterday, we dealt with NBC’s Up All Night, which sees happy couple Christina Applegate and Will Arnett dealing with their new baby, Arnett opting to be a house-husband and not being a dick.
Today, we have Whitney, which sees single-girl-but-in-a-relationship-for-three-years Whitney Cummings (Chelsea Lately and her boyfriend, Alex, navigating the perils of modern relationships. Together. In a non-dickish, quite supportive way in Alex’s case.
How refreshing.
While it’s not brilliantly funny and as I remarked during my review of Up All Night, observational comedy is one thing but it’s only funny if someone’s failed to point out the observation 10 or 20 times already, it does at least raise a few laughs and has the occasionally original thing to say. Here’s a trailer.