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Film

First clip from The Thing
Chloe Moretz and Blake Lively in clip from Hick

British TV

BBC picks six sitcoms to develop
Freesat hits two million customers

Canadian TV

William Shatner to guest on Rookie Blue

US TV

Sons of Anarchy gets highest ratings ever
CHiPs‘ Robert Pine to guest on Parks and Recreation
Taxi‘s Marilu Henner to cameo on Unforgettable
Chuck‘s Ryan McPartlin to guest on I Hate My Teenage Daughter
JoAnna Garcia to recur on Royal Pains
Gossip Girl promo
Trailer for season six of Dexter
TNT orders Scent of the Missing pilot about crime-solving dog
House promo
Alphas gets a second season

Thursday’s “romancing the peacock” news

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Film

Trailer for Moneyball with Brad Pitt
Trailer for The Double with Richard Gere
Olivia Munn joins Magic Mike
Taylor Lautner and Dwayne Johnson to play David and Goliath?

British TV

Channel 5 beating ITV in the ratings
4oD getting 3.4m viewers

Canadian TV

Ratings for last week

US TV

Kevin McNally to guest on Supernatural
Transporter TV series loses its showrunners
Jason Priestley joins Bag of Bones
A Blues Brothers TV show?
The Shield‘s Benito Martinez and David Rees Snell to guest on Sons of Anarchy
Knight Rider‘s Justin Bruening to guest on CSI:NY
Greek‘s Scott Michael Foster to recur on The River
Bill Lawrence and Greg Malins sell girl band comedy pilot to CBS
Greg Berlanti cop drama gets pilot at CBS
Cinemax developing vigilante drama, Sandbox
Attack the Block‘s John Boyega to star in Da Brick
NBC to adapt Romancing The Stone

Thursday’s “not Ideal” news

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Doctor Who

50th anniversary celebrations to be “huge”

Film

Mark Steven Johnson to direct Autobahn
Trailer for The Darkest Hour
New trailer for The Killer Elite
Trailer for In Time
No Sex and the City prequel – at least with Michael Patrick King

British TV

Misfits‘ Ruth Negga to star in Shirley Bassey: A Very British Diva
Ideal cancelled
Shaun Evans to play young Inspector Morse

Canadian TV

Jewel Staite to star in Highland Gardens

US TV

CBS to drop Flashpoint?
Dan Castellaneta to guest on Parks and Recreation
The CW orders more eps of Gossip Girl, 90210, Supernatural and Nikita
ABC orders Kirstie Alley pilot
Michael Rapaport and Ed Burns to star in HBO’s 40
Ray Romano to guest on The Middle

Tuesday’s “Tits in the Pits” news

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Doctor Who

Future Torchwood depends on Rusty’s schedule
Karen Gillan joins Not Another Happy Ending

Film

Trailer for Like Crazy

British TV

PBS planning a British channel
UKTV to launch three more HD channels on Sky, joins Sky Anytime+
Penn & Teller: Fool Us finishes on 3m viewers
Downton Abbey to run for six or seven series? [subscription required]
Sky Atlantic acquires first Australian show [subscription required]

Canadian TV

Russell Crowe to guest on Republic of Doyle

US TV

Breaking Bad shopping around for a new home
Starz working on Tits in the Pits
William Baldwin to recur on Hawaii Five-0
The Playboy Club losing Hefner narration
Knight Rider‘s Justin Bruening to recur on The Ringer
Against The Wall gets 1.8m viewers
ABC Family orders 22 more episodes of Switched At Birth
Carrie-Anne Moss to recur on Chuck
Lucy Liu to recur on Southland
Trailer for Spartacus: Vengeance
Molly Parker joins The Firm

Thursday’s “more Canadian TV” news

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Film

Trailer for New Year’s Eve
Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel join Danny Boyle’s Trance
Teaser trailer for Battleship
Simon Pegg signs on for A Fantastic Fear of Everything

British TV

The Hour drops to 1.9m viewers
ITV to trial additional pay content online…
…gets revenues of £1.03bn for 1st six months of 2011
Virgin Media grows 3.9%

Canadian TV

Regulator renews licences but requires more home-grown investment

US TV

A SHIELD TV series?
Mike Doyle to recur on A Gifted Man
Jericho‘s Alicia Coppola to guest on Suits
The Unit‘s Max Martini to recur on Revenge
Glen Mazzara signs up as Walking Dead showrunner

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