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Elizabeth Hurley: Tomorrow Person (almost), more modern day Greek gods and the Muppets are Most Wanted

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Doctor Who

A new minisode

Film casting

Colin Firth to star in Christopher McQuarrie’s adaptation of Three To Kill
Giancarlo Esposito to direct and star in Patriotic Treason with Ed Harris

Trailers

Trailer for Muppets Most Wanted

UK TV

ITV renews: Foyle’s War
Tuesday ratings

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV casting

Elizabeth Hurley to recur on The Tomorrow People

New US TV shows

Michael Chiklis’ Pantheon being developed as a TV show
HBO developing: Always Outnumbered follow-up The Right Mistake, with Laurence Fishburne
A new trailer for CBS’s Intelligence

del Toro’s The Strain picked up, Monty Python reunited and a Back to The Future reunion

20 November 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

David Tennant introduces The Day of the Doctor

Comics

A Dexter mini-series by Jeff Lindsay

Theatre

Monty Python to reunite on stage

UK TV

14 more channels added to Sky Go [subscription required]

US TV

USA cancels: Necessary Roughness
Monday ratings

US TV casting

Michael Wincott joins 24: Live Another Day
Robert Gant to recur on The Tomorrow People
Katrina Law to recur on Arrow as a DC character [spoilers]
Christopher Lloyd to guest on The Michael J Fox Show
Aarti Mann to guest on Suits

New US TV shows

FX greenlights: series of Guillermo del Toro’s The Strain
HBO adapting: F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Last Tycoon
The CW developing: terrorist sleeper cell drama

New US TV show casting

Bill Murray joins HBO’s Olive Kitteridge
Casting on FX’s Braddock & Jackson and a CBS comedy

RTD’s Banana and Cucumber, It’s A Wonderful Life 2, and Breaking Broadchurch

19 November 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Pics from the 50th anniversary special
Two more clips

Film

Oh FFS. It’s A Wonderful Life 2

Film casting

Annabeth Gish joins Somnia, Robert Patrick joins Bruce McDonald’s Hellions

New UK TV shows

Russell T Davies to write Banana and Cucumber for Channel 4/E4
Micky Flanagan developing a sitcom based on his life
Trailer for BBC2’s Legacy

US TV

Sunday ratings

US TV casting

Nicholas Lea to recur on Arrow
Marla Sokoloff to recur on The Fosters

New US TV shows

Fox developing: Wunderland
FX developing: Desperadoes
NBC greenlights: Bad Judge pilot
Trailer for USA’s Sirens remake, with Dennis Leary
The Flash to get CW pilot

New US TV show casting

Bonita Friedericy joins Lifetime’s Unreal
Anna Gunn to co-star in Fox’s Broadchurch remake Gracepoint

AMC’s Preacher, Netflix saves The Killing again and Whitechapel cancelled

18 November 2013 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Film casting

Famke Janssen joins Kickback

Trailers

Clip from 47 Ronin

International TV

HBO Europe increasing original shows

UK TV

ITV cancels: Whitechapel

New UK TV show casting

Vincent Franklin joins Jonathan Strange

US TV

Promo for season 4 of Shameless
Netflix renews: The Killing
Thursday ratings
Thursday cable ratings: Ground Floor starts low
Friday ratings

US TV casting

Aly Michalka to recur on Two and a Half Men
Fred Armisen to guest on Super Fun Night
Michelle Trachtenberg to guest on NCIS: LA
Emily Swallow to be a regular on The Mentalist
Jason Ritter to return to Parenthood

New US TV shows

AMC adapting: Preacher
CBS green lights: How I Met Your Dad pilot
FX green lights: Jen with Jen Kirkman
Promo for IFC’s Spoils of Babylon

New US TV show casting

Casting on ABC’s The Assets

John Oliver leaves The Daily Show, FX developing Rasputin series and more This Is Jinsy guests

15 November 2013 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Trailers

Trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s Noah
Trailer for Randall Wallace’s Heaven Is Real

Canadian TV

NBC and Global TV developing: Working The Engels

UK TV

Fox acquires: Endgame…
…Mob City and more Braquo

UK TV casting

Stephen Fry, Rob Brydon, Olvia Colman et al to guest on This is Jinsy

US TV

John Oliver leaving The Daily Show for HBO
AMC renews: Hell on Wheels
Tuesday ratings

US TV casting

JoAnna Garcia Swisher to guest on The Mindy Project

New US TV shows

FX developing: Rasputin limited series…
…and adaptation of Spain’s The Red Band Society
The CW developing: Star Crazy with George Lopez
Promo for TNT’s Mob City
Full trailer for Fox’s Almost Human

New US TV show casting

Jack Black and Tim Robbins to star in HBO’s The Brink
La La Anthony joins Starz’s Power
Stuart Wilson to guest on NBC’s Crossbones

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Elizabeth Hurley: Tomorrow Person (almost), more modern day Greek gods and the Muppets are Most Wanted

del Toro’s The Strain picked up, Monty Python reunited and a Back to The Future reunion

RTD’s Banana and Cucumber, It’s A Wonderful Life 2, and Breaking Broadchurch

AMC’s Preacher, Netflix saves The Killing again and Whitechapel cancelled

John Oliver leaves The Daily Show, FX developing Rasputin series and more This Is Jinsy guests

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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