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British TV

No new Miranda until autumn 2012
Twenty Twelve to get a third series
This is Jinsy gets a second series
Misfits gets a fourth series [subscription required]
Channel 5 ditched Freeview HD plans

Canadian TV

Combat Hospital cancelled
Canadian drama fund extended

US TV

Matthew Del Negro to recur on Ringer
General Hospital‘s Julie Mond to guest on House [minor spoilers]
NBC acquires comedy drama about a reality show
John Wells adapting Australian film Animal Kingdom for Showtime
Friday ratings: Grimm dips, Chuck down
FX orders 80s spy drama The Americans to pilot

Tuesday’s “end of time?” news

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Film

Trailer for Men in Black 3
Trailer for Perfect Sense with Eva Green and Ewan McGregor
Hot Fuzz 2 to start filming next year?

British TV

Sky Living acquires Unforgettable
3G BBC iPlayer iPhone app now available

Canadian TV

CTV acquires Charlie Sheen’s Anger Management

US TV

Jennifer Beals to guest on Castle
Sunday ratings: Once Upon A Time hits new low
Anastasia Griffith to co-star in BBC America’s Copper
Eva Longoria sells Vega v Vega to The CW

Monday’s “old Doctor Who episodes returned” news

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Doctor Who

Galaxy Four, episode 3, and The Underwater Menace, episode 2, have been returned to the archives
Doctor Who games coming to PlayStation

Film

George Clooney to make film about the Smothers Brothers
Trailer for Battleship

British TV

5* acquires The Lying Game and Gilmore Girls
Channel 5 acquires Thundercats remake [subscription required]

Canadian TV

TV Ontario orders 13 episodes of Hard Rock Medical
Lost Girl gets a third season

US TV

Thursday ratings: Grimm does as well as normal, but better than Prime Suspect did…
and does about the same on Friday, while Chuck does slightly better
Castle to get an extra episode
Pilot casting
Lifetime cancels Against The Wall
The opening fight scene from Spartacus: Vengeance
Jim Beaver returning to Justified
Alanis Morissette to guest on Up All Night

Stop the CBC smackdown!

6 December 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

This, apparently, is what will happen to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation if it’s privatised. Well, if the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting are to be believed anyway.

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Friday’s “First Day of Advent” news

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Film

Julia Roberts to produce and star in Second Act
Alice Eve joining Star Trek 2

Comics

Nicolas Cage’s Superman comic becomes the most expensive ever

British TV

BBC3 commissions and re-commissions series including Him & Her
The South Bank Show to return on Sky Arts
DCI Banks to get a second series [subscription required]
David Morrissey to star in C4 riots drama [subscription required]
Sue Perkins developing a comedy-drama [subscription required]

Canadian TV

YTV developing Dark Horse
Netflix acquires The Hour

US TV

David Milch to develop projects at HBO based on William Faulkner titles
Vampire Diaries‘ Sara Canning to guest on Supernatural
Netflix acquires The Hour
Chuck’s Ryan McPartlin to guest on Hot In Cleveland
Ernie Hudson to guest on Hart of Dixie
Gloria Estefan to guest on Glee?
Lifetime orders 10 more episodes of Army Wives

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