Doctor Who
- Claudia Grant to play Carole Ann Ford in 50th anniversary special
Film
- Pierce Brosnan to star in Craig Ferguson’s Last Man Out
- JJ Abrams working on Half-Life and Portal
Film casting
- Matt Smith, Christina Hendricks and Eva Mendes to star in Ryan Gosling’s How To Catch A Monster
- Jennifer Aniston joins Convention
- Colin Firth joins Before I Go
Canadian TV
- Ratings for the week ending January 27th
UK TV
- Universal Channel acquires Major Crimes
- Fox acquires Monday Mornings
- Freeview could get 10 more HD channels
- Tuesday ratings: The Undateables beats Dallas
US TV
- Chicago Fire gets another episode
- Monday ratings: Smash tanks – down 71% on last year
US TV casting
- Taissa Farmiga returns to American Horror Story
- Donal Logue joins Copper
- Miguel Ferrer promoted to regular on NCIS: LA
- Brooke Langton and John Reardon to guest on Supernatural
New US TV shows
- ABC Family greenlights to series: The Fosters and Twisted
New US TV show casting
- Ellie Kemper to star in Brenda Forever
- Keith David to star in Fox’s Enlisted, Jack McGee joins CBS’s McCarthys
- Dave Annable to star in NBC’s Joe, Joe & Jane, Echo Kellum joins Sean Hayes’ NBC comedy
- Casting on ABC’s Mixology
- David Denman joins CBS’s Beverly Hills Cop
- John Corbett and Miguel Ferrer join NCIS: LA spin-off
