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James Burke only got one shot at this and if he’d messed up in any way…

James Burke had only one chance to nail this scene. A clip from the 1978 BBC television show Connections, season 1, episode 8, “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry” which could be considered the best timed shot in television history https://t.co/lI8g0g1uji pic.twitter.com/SRzFvVmgty

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I’m Dying Up Here cancelled; Dad’s Army remakes; Netflix’s 3 new sci-fi shows; + more

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Every weekday, TMINE brings you the latest TV news from around the world

Internet TV

Netflix green lights: sci-fi dramas The I-Land, with Kate Bosworth, Alex Pettyfer and Natalie Martinez, October Faction and Warrior Nun

International TV

Connect3 Media developing: adaptation of Chris Petit’s The Butchers of Berlin
Ink Factory developing: adaptation of Lara Prescott’s We We Never Here
Sid Gentle Films developing: adaptation of Bella Heesom’s Rejoicing at Her Wondrous Vulva The Young Woman Applauded Herself

UK TV

BBC to remake lost Dad’s Army episodes

US TV

Showtime cancels: I’m Dying Up Here
Trailer for season 2 of The CW’s Dynasty

US TV show casting

Angela Kinsey to guest on ABC’s Splitting Up Together

New US TV shows

Teaser for Showtime’s Black Monday
CBS green lights: pilot of father-daughter comedy Generation Gap

New US TV show casting

Erik Palladino, Sky P Marshall and Taylor Kalupa to recur on ABC’s The Fix
Jennifer Beals joins DC Universe’s Swamp Thing

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Month: October 2018

Possibly the best timed TV moment in history

I’m Dying Up Here cancelled; Dad’s Army remakes; Netflix’s 3 new sci-fi shows; + more

Every weekday, TMINE brings you the latest TV news from around the world

Internet TV

International TV

UK TV

US TV

US TV show casting

New US TV shows

New US TV show casting

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

Please watch I Walk Through Moscow – and I’m quoted!

Ms Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Time Traveler's Wife and The Old Man

Life and Beth and Night Sky

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and The Essex Serpent