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The BBC’s Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud, Zoe Saldana’s Rosemary’s Baby and Channel 5’s Suspects trailer

9 January 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

UK TV

Tuesday ratings

New UK TV shows

BBC developing: The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud [subscription required]
Trailer for Channel 5’s Suspects
S4C’s Ysbyty Hospital to premiere episodes online

US TV

Tuesday ratings
Tuesday cable ratings: Being Mary Jane gets 3.3m viewers

New US TV shows

NBC green lights: Marry Me pilot
Hulu green lights: Deadbeat and The Hotwives of Orlando

New US TV show casting

Zoe Saldana to star in NBC’s Rosemary’s Baby

Anna Friel’s Odyssey, Channel 4’s exodus, Backstrom’s reprieve and Denis Leary’s Sex&Drug&Rock&Roll

8 January 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film casting

Olivia Thirlby to star in The White Orchid

UK TV

Channel 4 removes all its shows from YouTube
History UK acquires Vikings [subscription required]

US TV show casting

Aisha Tyler to guest on Modern Family
Michael Huisman promoted to regular on Game of Thrones
Drea de Matteo promoted to regular on Sons of Anarchy
Keegan-Michael Key to guest on The Middle

US TV

Monday ratings

New US TV shows

Fox green lights: Backstrom
ABC green lights: Jeff Lowell romcom
FX green lights: Denis Leary’s Sex&Drug&Rock&Roll

New US TV show casting

Brandon Routh to recur on Fox’s Enlisted
Anna Friel to star in NBC’s Odyssey

HBO to remake Canal+’s Hard, NBC picks up Mr Robinson, and ABC reunites Garth and Spelling

7 January 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Trailers

New trailer for The Legend of Hercules

UK TV

Sunday ratings

US TV

Trailer for season 2 of House of Cards
Sunday ratings

New US TV shows

HBO to remake Canal+’s Hard
NBC green lights: Mr Robinson
ABC green lights: Young and Hungry and Mystery Girls

The Mighty Boosh film, Only Fools and Horses returns and 15 mins of RTD’s Helix

6 January 2014 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

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Film

The Mighty Boosh planning tour and film

Trailers

Trailer for Veronica Mars

UK TV

Only Fools and Horses to return for Sports Relief
Trailer for Sherlock’s His Last Vow
Trailer for series 2 of The Bletchley Circle
Thursday ratings

New UK TV shows

BBC1 green lights: comedy Monks

US TV

Trailer for season 4 of Shameless
2013 best year ever for BBC America
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings

New US TV shows

The first 15 minutes of SyFy’s Helix
New trailer for HBO’s True Detective
Main titles for CBS’s Intelligence

New US TV show casting

Bonnie Dennison to star in Fox’s Brian Hubbard comedy

David Mamet’s 7 Deadly Sins, Cybill Shepherd to play Trophy Wife Sr and How To Get Away With Murder

20 December 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

The Daily News will return on Monday 6th January 2014. Happy holidays, news readers!

Film casting

Ali Larter to star in The Diabolical

Trailers

Trailer for Wally Pfister’s Transcendence with Morgan Freeman, Johnny Depp et al
Trailer for The Other Woman with Cameron Diaz et al
Teaser trailer for The Expendables 3

UK TV

Trailer for season 2 of Mr Selfridge

US TV

Wednesday ratings

New US TV shows

Fox developing: David Mamet’s Seven Deadly Sins
Teaser trailer for WGN America’s Salem
ABC green lights: pilots of Sea of Fire and How To Get Away With Murder

New US TV show casting

Michael Peña joins Fox’s Gracepoint
Cybill Shepherd to play Malin Akerman’s mother on Trophy Wife
Judy Davis joins 24: Live Another Day
Eric Ladin joins HBO’s The Brink

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The BBC’s Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud, Zoe Saldana’s Rosemary’s Baby and Channel 5’s Suspects trailer

Anna Friel’s Odyssey, Channel 4’s exodus, Backstrom’s reprieve and Denis Leary’s Sex&Drug&Rock&Roll

HBO to remake Canal+’s Hard, NBC picks up Mr Robinson, and ABC reunites Garth and Spelling

The Mighty Boosh film, Only Fools and Horses returns and 15 mins of RTD’s Helix

David Mamet’s 7 Deadly Sins, Cybill Shepherd to play Trophy Wife Sr and How To Get Away With Murder

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