Every week day, I let you know what’s happening in the world of television from around the world
Friday’s “Mary Tyler Moore reunion, F Murray Abraham: hitman & Karen Gillan heads to the US” news
Doctor Who
- Peter Jackson willing to direct Doctor Who for 1 Dalek
- Matt Smith leaving after Christmas??
Comics
- Neil Gaiman returns to Marvel, bringing Angela from Spawn along
Film
- Seth Rogen to direct, produce and star in The Interview by Seth Rogen
Film casting
- Ian McShane, Joseph Fiennes, John Hurt, Rebecca Ferguson and Askel Hennie join Hercules
- Gary Oldman joins Child 44
- Maximiliano Hernandez to return for Captain America 2, Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde to star in Endless Love
Trailers
- New trailer for Star Trek: Into Darkness
UK TV
- Sky green lights: Mr Sloane, with Nick Frost, and Yonderland…
- …confirms third series for Moone Boy
- S4C to develop more digital content
- Only one in ten TV drama series directors are women
- Clip from Life Too Short special
US TV
- Wednesday ratings: ABC sitcoms hit lows
US TV show casting
- F Murray Abraham to guest on Elementary
- Nadine Velazquez to be a regular on Major Crimes
- Karen Gillan joins NTSF:SD:SUV::, David Anders joins Necessary Roughness
- Bob Newhart to guest on The Big Bang Theory
- A Mary Tyler Moore reunion on Hot In Cleveland
- Kevin Dunn to be a regular on Veep
- Ana Walczah joins Teen Wolf
New US TV shows
- HBO green lights: remake of Getting On
- MTV red lights: Hot Mess
- Hallmark green lights: When Calls The Heart…
- …developing My Gal Sunday, Dead Letters
- Fox pushes: Wild Blue
- Showtime developing remake of Hellfjord
- Teaser for AMC’s Low Winter Sun
- First look at NBC’s Hannibal
New US TV show casting
- Matthew Wilkas joins NBC’s Undateable
- David Wilson Barnes joins AMC’s Halt & Catch Fire
- Mamie Gummer joins CBS’s Backstrom, Ashley Williams joins ABC’s Keep Calm & Karey On
- Luka Jones joins NBC’s Holding Patterns, Tonita Castro joins Fox’s Dads