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Doctor Who

Sylvester McCoy to appear on Doctors
Rusty helped with Merlin
Rusty willing to come back for Doctor Who movie

Awards

The results of the Emmys: good news for 30 Rock, Mad Men and John Adams

Film

Universal turns down Tin Tin…
…but Pegg and Frost will play the Thompson Twins
Stephen Chow to direct and star in The Green Hornet
Nicholas Cage to star in Season of the Witch

US TV

CBS renews Flashpoint
William Fichtner to lead TNT’s Night and Day
Uma Thurman joins A Muppets Christmas
Brendan Fehr to play David Boreanaz’s brother on Bones?

Friday’s product placement news

19 September 2008 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

And River Song was… [spoilers for Christmas special]

Film

Jude Law to play Dr Watson in Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes
Brett Ratner to direct new Conan the Barbarian?Robert Zemeckis to adapt Eoin Colfer’s Airman
Robert Zemeckis to adapt Eoin Colfer’s Airman
David Duchovny and Demi Moore to play product placement family The Joneses
Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau and Jason Bateman to star in Couple Retreat
Luke Wilson and Giovanni Ribisi to star in Internet porn historical Middle Men
Four minutes of Simon Pegg’s How To Lost Friends and Alienate People
William Shatner responds to JJ Abrams

Commercials

Seinfeld and Gates ads pulled

British TV

Rob Brydon’s Arbie to make BBC4 comedy pilot about wealthy Russians
Bill Bailey to leave Never Mind the Buzzcocks
200 complaints about EastEnders paedophile storyline

US TV

SciFi’s Warehouse 13 goes to series
Wade Allain Marcus joins Gossip Girl
Fox orders pilot of un-PC Save Us Then The Whales
ABC has visions of the future with Flash Forward
Shark‘s Sarah Carter joins Dirty Sexy Money

Friday’s product placement news

19 September 2008 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

Doctor Who

And River Song was… [spoilers for Christmas special]

Film

Jude Law to play Dr Watson in Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes
Brett Ratner to direct new Conan the Barbarian?Robert Zemeckis to adapt Eoin Colfer’s Airman
Robert Zemeckis to adapt Eoin Colfer’s Airman
David Duchovny and Demi Moore to play product placement family The Joneses
Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau and Jason Bateman to star in Couple Retreat
Luke Wilson and Giovanni Ribisi to star in Internet porn historical Middle Men
Four minutes of Simon Pegg’s How To Lost Friends and Alienate People
William Shatner responds to JJ Abrams

Commercials

Seinfeld and Gates ads pulled

British TV

Rob Brydon’s Arbie to make BBC4 comedy pilot about wealthy Russians
Bill Bailey to leave Never Mind the Buzzcocks
200 complaints about EastEnders paedophile storyline

US TV

SciFi’s Warehouse 13 goes to series
Wade Allain Marcus joins Gossip Girl
Fox orders pilot of un-PC Save Us Then The Whales
ABC has visions of the future with Flash Forward
Shark‘s Sarah Carter joins Dirty Sexy Money

Thursday’s bloodier news

18 September 2008 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Doctor Who

So what’s David Morrissey doing exactly? (spoiler alert)

Film

20th Century Fox picks up Nicole Kidman’s The Eighth Wonder

Books

Candace Bushnell to write two ‘Carrie Bradshaw: the teenage years’ novels

British TV

Red Dwarf cast reunite for new episodes, John Cleese and Johnny Vaughan get new series – all on Dave
Mutual Friends‘ ratings down to 3.3m
Channel 4 could face £100m annual deficit

US TV

True Blood picked up for second season…
…after its and Mad Men‘s ratings pick up
Jada Pinkett Smith to star in and exec TNT’s Time Heals
The Daily Show‘s Jason Jones to guest on How I Met Your Mother
USA greenlights Iraq war comedy pilot Operating Instructions
Six clips from the first new episode of Heroes
Fringe ratings pick up after House
Matt Lucas to guest star on Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire

Wednesday’s further hitchhiking news

17 September 2008 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Film

Michael Douglas to star in Solitary Man
Photos of Colin Firth, Ben Barnes and Emilia Fox in The Picture of Dorian Gray
Ben Affleck to write, direct and star in adaptation of The Prince of Thieves
Andie MacDowell, Cary Elwes and Brian Cox to star in As Good As Dead

Book

Artemis Fowl author to write sixth Hitchhiker’s Guide

Theatre

Jason Donovan to star in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Burn Notice‘s Jeffrey Donovan to star in Don’t Dress for Dinner

British TV

BBC Worldwide buys 25% stake in Baby Cow
Peter Jackson quits ITV
The Peter Serafinowicz Show gets a Christmas special

US TV

Fox to do contemporary Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
TNT renews Raising the Bar and Saving Grace
Sarah Connor audiences drop to new low
Lori Petty to guest on House
The CW gets its best ever Monday

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