Day: 18 September 2012

Doctor Who

• A Town Called Mercy gets best ratings for Doctor Who since 2010

Film

• Sony working on Manimal movie
• Dexter‘s Aimee Garcia joins Robocop

Trailers

• Trailer for Mike Newell’s Great Expectations, with Helen Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes et al

Canadian TV

• Kristin Lehman to star in Motive, New Kids on the Block’s Joel McIntyre to guest star
• Tatiana Maslany to star in Orphan Black

UK TV

• Sunday ratings: Downton Abbey starts with 8.6m viewers

US TV

• P Diddy to guest star on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Sunday’s ratings: Boardwalk Empire starts with 2.9m viewers
• Teaser trailer for season 2 of Girls
• Teaser trailer for season 2 of Enlightened

New US TV shows

• Howard Gordon sells Vigilant superhero show to Fox
• Laura Prepon and Taylor Schilling to star in Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black
• ABC having another go at adapting Pulling
• The CW adapting Embrace
• ABC Family orders pilots of Terminals, Phys Ed and Continuing Fred
• Annie Potts to star on Paging Dr. Freed