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News

Happy Thanksgiving, Americans!

UK TV

Tuesday ratings

New UK TV shows

BBC2 greenlights: Castles In The Sky, with Eddie Izzard and Laura Fraser

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV casting

A returning Hannibal character [spoilers]
Melissa Ponzio to recur on Chicago Fire

New US TV shows

Seven more episodes for ABC Family’s Chasing Life

New US TV show casting

Kirk Acevedo joins SyFy’s 12 Monkeys
Kevin Ryan joins NBC’s Crossbones

Radio 4’s Borgen spin-off, The Time of the Doctor and a trailer for Moonfleet

27 November 2013 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

Doctor Who

Christmas special to be called The Time of the Doctor

Film casting

Max Martini joins 50 Shades of Grey

Trailers

Trailer for Enemies Closer, with Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tom Everett Scott and Orlando Jones
Trailer for Hercules: The Legend Begins

Radio

Radio 4 green lights: Borgen spin-off Outside The Castle

UK TV

iTunes acquires: Bunheads et al
Sunday ratings

New UK TV shows

Details of BBC’s Christmas specials, including Still Open All Hours and Rab C Nesbitt
Trailer for Sky 1’s Moonfleet, starring Ray Winstone

US TV

Sunday cable ratings: Boardwalk Empire down
Monday ratings

US TV casting

John Corbett returns to Parenthood
Adam Brody to guest on New Girl
Mark Valley to guest on Hot in Cleveland

New US TV shows

Extended promo for SyFy’s Helix
NBC adapting: Sky Living’s 30 And Counting
FX developing: The Code

New US TV show casting

Tom Ellis to star in USA’s Rush, Rick Gonzalez to co-star

Lots of Who records, more Longmire, Martin Sheen and The Whale, and Lisa Bonet returns to TV

26 November 2013 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Doctor Who

Ratings record for BBC America
BBC1 showing gets 10.6m viewers
Defeats Hunger Games at the box office in the US. Kind of
Steven Moffat explains everything

Trailers

Clips from Anchorman 2
JFK promo for X-Men Days of Future Past
Trailer for Welcome to the Jungle with Jean-Claude van Damme and Adam Brody

UK TV

Ronan Bennett to write final episode of Wallander [subscription required]
Trailer for series 4 of Mad Dogs

New UK TV shows

Martin Sheen to star in BBC/Animal Planet’s The Whale

US TV casting

Amy Brenneman to guest on Reign

US TV

A&E (officially) renews: Longmire
Sunday ratings

New US TV shows

AMC green lights: Knifeman and Galyntine
New trailer for HBO’s True Detective

New US TV show casting

Lisa Bonet to recur on Sundance’s The Red Road
Wilmer Valderrama joins El Rey’s From Dusk Till Dawn
Eric Dane joins TNT’s The Last Ship

Doctor Who ratings, Sweden’s Crimes of Passion and ITV to move away from crime

25 November 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Day of the Doctor gets 10.6m viewers

Trailers

Trailer for Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac [NSFW]

Canadian TV

Teaser for season 2 of Orphan Black

UK TV

BBC4 acquires: Sweden’s Crimes of Passion [subscription required]
LoveFilm launches on XBox One
ITV to move away from crime dramas
Teasers for Sherlock season 3 and Doctor Who Christmas Special

New UK TV

CBBC green lights: Hetty Feather, World’s End

US TV

Lifetime renews: Witches of East End
Trailer for season 2 of Chosen
Thursday ratings

US TV show casting

Christopher Gorham to guest on Once Upon A Time

New US TV shows

HBO developing: Diablo Cody and Oprah Winfrey’s Moody Bitches
ABC developing: haunted house show

New US TV show casting

Aasif Mandvi joins HBO’s The Brink, Katherine LaNasa joins USA’s untitled Sean Jablonski
Beth Riesgraf, Jessica Szohr, Lauren Stamile and Demetrius Grosse join USA’s Complications
Elisabeth Röhm and JR Ramirez join Starz’s Power
Michelle Forbes to guest on Fox’s Rake

More Y Gywll, Canadian crossovers, Peter Davison’s red button and new Hammer yeti

22 November 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Don’t forget to do a Google search today!
Peter Davison red-button minisode to air on Saturday

Film

Hammer to remake The Abominable Snowman

Trailers

Trailer for Vampire Academy
Trailer for Sabotage, with Arnold Schwarzenegger

Comics

James Marsters writing a Spike comic for Dark Horse

Canadian TV

Rachael Crawford to recur on Continuum [minor spoilers]
Republic of Doyle and Murdoch Mysteries to have crossover episodes

UK TV

S4C renews: Y Gwyll/Hinterland

New UK TV shows

Michelle Gomez to star in Heather’s American Medicine + other pilots

US TV

Trailer for season 2 of Banshee
Wednesday ratings

US TV casting

Odette Annable to recur on Two and a Half Men
Chi McBride to be a regular on Hawaii Five-0
Leah Remini to recur on The Exes
Tom Cavanagh and Rebecca Budig to guest on Blue Bloods

New US TV shows

SyFy developing: The Woods with Liz Phang and Chris Fedak
The Space Vampires/Lifeforce to be turned into a TV series
Comedy Central greenlights: Crazy House pilot
Hemlock Grove creators to adapt The Sun

New US TV show casting

David Bradley to replace John Hurt on FX’s The Strain
Marley Shelton to star in Lifetime’s The Lottery, Noah Bean and Željko Ivanek join SyFy’s 12 Monkeys

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The invention of radar, a returning Hannibal character and the triumph of Rudolph the reindeer

Radio 4’s Borgen spin-off, The Time of the Doctor and a trailer for Moonfleet

Lots of Who records, more Longmire, Martin Sheen and The Whale, and Lisa Bonet returns to TV

Doctor Who ratings, Sweden’s Crimes of Passion and ITV to move away from crime

More Y Gywll, Canadian crossovers, Peter Davison’s red button and new Hammer yeti

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

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and The Essex Serpent