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Monday’s “NBC sees sense” news

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Doctor Who

Yes, there will be Who on Christmas Day
Children in Need to include preview of Christmas Day ep

Film

Orci and Kurtzman to produce Doc Savage
District 9 director to make another sci-fi movie
January Jones and Diane Kruger join Liam Neeson in Unknown White Male
Pre-production starts on Mad Max 4

Theatre

Kim Cattrall to star in Private Lives

British TV

Extra £25.5m allocated by BBC Trust for children’s services
Question Time gets 8m viewers
BSkyB revenues up
Channel 4 ad for Heroes-like Misfits

US TV

The first eight minutes of V
TV Land to start making sitcoms
ABC wins ratings battle on Thursday
NBC working on Nola Rising and Ordinary People
Benjamin Bratt returning to Law and Order for an episode
NBC picks up Community, Parks and Recreation and Mercy for full seasons
Damages‘ David Costabile joins Breaking Bad
Jeff Dunham sets Comedy Central ratings record
Ugly Betty and Dollhouse slip in the ratings

Friday’s charging Hulu news

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Film

DreamWorks to adapt Ghost in the Shell
Wicked novels to be adapted into a series
Iain M Banks’ Culture to be filmed

Music

Bon Jovi to take up residency in the O2 from 2010

British TV

NCIS: LA premiere gets 505k viewers
News at Ten to lose Big Ben

US TV

In Treatment to get a third season?
Wednesday’s ratings
NBC orders three comedies, one starring Adam Carolla
Hulu to start charging
Angie Harmon to star in TNT’s Rizzoli
Two regulars fired from Melrose Place
Kristen Bell and Jane Lynch to return to Party Down

Thursday’s “House of Se7en Cards” news

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Doctor Who

Pics of the new TARDIS interior (kind of)

Awards

Results of Canada’s Geminis

Film

Pinewood expansion blocked
Trailer for Season of the Witch, starring Nic Cage and Ron Perlman

British TV

Shane Allen to become head of comedy at Channel 4
EastEnders to get a web spin-off
UK dramas need better-looking actors to sell to the US
Casting on BBC3’s Lip Service

US TV

Full season pick-up for Vampire Diaries, five more episodes for Melrose PLace
Adult Swim orders live-action comedy Eagleheart from Conan O’Brien
Rob Corddry to star in a pilot for The WB
Tuesday night ratings
Sebastian Roche joins Fringe as a villain
BBC’s House of Cards to be adapted by David Fincher
Life‘s Sarah Shahi to star in USA Network pilot Facing Kate
Dollhouse pulled off the schedule for November, to air back-to-back in December
Jerry O’Connell to guest on Eastwick
Steve Buscemi and Stanley Tucci to produce drama for HBO

Monday’s “you looking at Odin?” news

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Doctor Who

David Tennant’s Hamlet to air on Christmas Day

Film

Robert de Niro and Jude Law join Thor?
Jackie Earle Haley to play the villain in Green Lantern?
John Ashton to return to Beverly Hills Cop franchise?
What’s up with Deadpool, Wolverine 2 and Magneto
Laura Dern joins Little Fockers

Theater/Theatre

Alan Rickman’s production of Strindberg’s Creditors to run in New York
Eoin Colfer to write swing musical

British TV

TVCatchup comes to the iPhone
Press pack for Minority Report-ish Paradox
Amanda Burton to join Waterloo Road
Tories to ‘rip up’ Royal Charter

Canadian TV

Canwest launching a new channel

US TV

Ratings: 30 Rock down 27% on last year, FlashForward recovers and more
Victoria Beckham to appear on Gossip Girl?
Two networks looking at Southland
Fox picks up comedy Rehab
Simpsons contest lets fans create new character
Sarah Michelle Gellar’s HBO pilot dead?
Elisabeth Moss to guest on Mercy

Friday’s Microsoft’s evil news

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Film

Ian Somerhader to star in Cradlewood
Ryan Reynolds to cross-dress

British TV

Dave to create comedians version of Wife Swap
All-female sketch show added to C4’s Comedy Showcase
Peter Moffat creating British version of Heimat and developing Silk
Oliver Postgate’s son blocks new Bagpuss
Gina McKee joins Vera
Oh God. It’s BBC3’s Hotter Than My Daughter
Lucy Pilkington leaves Virgin Media
Digital UK apologies to Devon for giving it Welsh TV
True Blood slightly down in the ratings
Hermione Norris joins A Bouquet of Barbed Wire

Canadian TV

CBC developing half-hour comedy Fancy

US TV

Wednesday night ratings
Eastwick a success for ABC?
The Good Wife‘s show runner leaves
Casting on NBC’s backdoor pilot The Mountain
Tricia Helfer to guest on Two and a Half Men
Clip of Family Guy‘s Windows 7 special. Dear God

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