News

News

[ 22 December 2021 ] The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent: The most Nicolas Cage movie ever?
[ 22 November 2021 ] Unexpectedly, there’s a Russian Film Festival and no one told me
[ 22 October 2021 ] December 2021 at the BFI, including Jack Clayton and Dirk Bogarde at 100
[ 5 October 2021 ] BFI Japan comes to big screens UK-wide this Autumn

News: Time Traveling Bong, Hugh Laurie’s Chance, The Crown, Damien trailers, Younger, Broad City renewed + more

7 January 2016 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Internet TV

Teaser for season 2 of Netflix’s Daredevil
Trailer for Netflix’s The Crown
Teaser for Netflix’s The Get Down
Hulu green lights: two-season adaptation of Chance, with Hugh Laurie

US TV

House of Lies first TV show to film in Cuba since the 50s
BET renews: Being Mary Jane
TV Land renews: Younger
Comedy Central renews: Broad City for two seasons
Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Enrico Colantoni to recur on iZombie

New US TV shows

History green lights: Navy SEAL drama SIX…
…Knights Templar drama Knightfall
National Geographic developing: trafficking thriller Blood Ivory
Trailer for A&E’s Damien
TV Land green lights: pilot of failed comedians comedy Nobodies
Comedy Central green lights: self-explanatory mini-series Time Traveling Bong

News: Jekyll and Hyde, Girls cancelled, The Royals renewed, Netflix’s Trollhunters, RTL goes international + more

6 January 2016 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Internet TV

Netflix green lights: series of psychological thriller Gypsy
Netflix green lights: Guillermo del Toro’s Trollhunters

European TV

Germany’s RTL to launch RTL International

UK TV

ITV cancels: Jekyll and Hyde

US TV

E! renews: The Royals
HBO renews and cancels: Girls
Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Paul Sorvino to play John Stamos’ father on Grandfathered
Jenna Fischer to recur on The Mysteries of Laura
Michael Weatherly leaving NCIS

New US TV shows

New promo for The CW’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
Trailer for FX’s Baskets
Fox developing: action-packed car theft cop drama Boost Unit
Syco Entertainment developing: adaptation of sex club memoir Behind The Mask

New US TV show casting

Alexander Skarsgard, Shailene Woodley, James Tupper et al join HBO’s Big Little Lies
Rachel Keller to star in FX’s Legion

News: Wallander joins The Fall, Yahoo Screen to shut, Rocky Horror casting, I Loved Lucy + more

5 January 2016 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Theatre

Sandra Dickinson to star in I Loved Lucy

Internet TV

Yahoo Screen to shut
Lily Collins to star in Amazon’s The Last Tycoon
Teaser trailer for Netflix’s Love

UK TV

Sunday ratings

UK TV show casting

Krister Henriksson , Richard Coyle, Aisling Bea et al join The Fall

US TV

Trailer for season 4 of Vikings
Trailer for season 2 of Agent Carter
Sunday ratings

US TV show casting

Robbie Amell to return to The Flash [spoilers]

New US TV show casting

Victoria Justice and Ryan McCartan to star in Fox’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show ‘reimagining’
Derek Wilson promoted to regular on AMC’s Preacher

News: BBC One and Two’s 2016 shows, The Expanse, Full Circle renewed, Netflix’s Mindhunter + more

4 January 2016 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Happy New Year! Hope you had a good ‘un! Here’s what’s new and what you might have missed in the past two weeks…

Canadian TV

Teaser for season 4 of Orphan Black

Internet TV

Netflix developing: David Fincher and Charlize Theron’s FBI serial killer thriller Mindhunter
Michelle Yeoh to recur on Marco Polo

UK TV

BBC One renews: Ordinary Lies
New Year’s ratings

New UK TV shows

BBC One and Two green light: Requiem, Howards End, Press, Broken, The Replacement, Woman In White, Black Earth Rising and Paula

US TV

Syfy renews: The Expanse
IFC cancels: Benders
DirecTV renews: Full Circle, adds Dougray Scott and Kim Raver
New Year’s Eve ratings

New US TV shows

Teaser for A&E’s Damien

News: Harry Potter casting, Sunny D series, gay rights mini-series, BBC to outsource more productions + more

22 December 2015 Rob Buckley Post a comment

The Daily News will return on January 4th 2016. Happy holidays!

Theatre

Casting on Harry Potter and The Cursed Child

UK TV

BBC to tender out 40% of in-house productions

New UK TV shows

BBC Three green lights: series of Sunny D

US TV

Sunday ratings

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: gay rights movement mini-series When We Rise…
…developing: rags-to-riches attorney drama Please Don’t Go
New trailer for The CW’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

About TMINE

The Medium is Not Enough is dedicated to finding the best and worst TV and movies from around the world, with daily news, views and exclusive reviews. There’s a bit of a bias towards the latest and greatest US TV, but we also cover Canadian, Australia, New Zealand, European, Scandinavian, Israeli, and modern and classic UK TV, ranging from new Doctor Who to old Z Cars, and BBC Four to S4C. We also cover TV events run by the BFI, BAFTA and Institut français du Royaume-Uni. Add in competitions and an archive of reviews stretching back 16 years and you’ve one of the best sites on the web for media lovers.

Mark Carroll My goodness, I'm so sorry to learn of your loss, from what you share above it's clear that you were very lucky to have found each other. I liked learning over the years a little of what...
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
TMINE Thank you It’s been a devastating time for all of us but it’s been amazing how much love and support have been sent our way by people who knew Sarah as well as those who didn’t. I’m very...
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
JustStark Oh no. I’m so so sorry. What a wonderful person and you were so lucky to find each other. How cruel this world can be. Please accept condolences beyond my mere words.
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
Pinky's Mom I watched this show first run back in the 80s. Surprisingly arch and intelligent, it held me with its graphic-novel style storytelling. Little on TV appealed to me back then, and that fact hasn't...
Lost Gems: Max Headroom (1985-1988) · 2 years ago
TMINE Agreed re: Three Body Problem. Reading ahead in the Wikipedia rundown for the novels, it does feel there are more exciting things ahead in the next season than there were in this season. Let's...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
Mark Carroll Goodness, I didn't even recognize Keiko. We watched and enjoyed it but for me it very much had the sense that it's promising more than we've yet seen, where I'd be a lot more...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Managed to watch some more TV! Apple TV+: Lessons in Chemistry. Adaptation of the bestseller about a discriminated against, possibly autistic chemist in the US in the 50s who ends up being a TV chef...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Watching Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen TV series on Netflix. It's actually not bad. Nothing extraordinary and not as good as his movie of the same name, but a pretty decent cast and some actual nuance...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE The Richard Chamberlain version loomed large in my teenage years. Almost life-changing. Although the difference between that version and this version is a bit like the difference between the...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Yep, Andor is great. A little slow at first but after about episode 3, it's absolutely blinding
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago

The Medium is Not Enough

Reviewing the best and worst media from around the world for 17 years

News: Time Traveling Bong, Hugh Laurie’s Chance, The Crown, Damien trailers, Younger, Broad City renewed + more

News: Jekyll and Hyde, Girls cancelled, The Royals renewed, Netflix’s Trollhunters, RTL goes international + more

News: Wallander joins The Fall, Yahoo Screen to shut, Rocky Horror casting, I Loved Lucy + more

News: BBC One and Two’s 2016 shows, The Expanse, Full Circle renewed, Netflix’s Mindhunter + more

News: Harry Potter casting, Sunny D series, gay rights mini-series, BBC to outsource more productions + more

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