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Doctor Who

Worlds in Time playable in early preview

Film

Trailer for 21 Jump Street
Trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Hank Azaria, Chris Noth and Robert Patrick join Lovelace

British TV

Trailer for Mad Dogs series 2
Another Misfits star is off [spoilers]
Sky Arts acquires original Israeli version of In Treatment, BeTipul
Netflix secures BBC content for 2012 UK launch
The top-rated TV shows of 2011

Canadian TV

CTV acquires The River

US TV

NBC buys family comedy from Twitter personality Kelly Oxford
HBO renews Enlightened, cancels Hung, Bored to Death and How To Make It In America

Tuesday’s “WTF? John Cleese to guest on Whitney?” news

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Film

German trailer for The Avengers with extra footage
Trailer for Salmon Fishing In The Yemen with Ewan McGregor
Trailer for The Dark Knight Rises
Trailer for Wrath of the Titans
Trailer for the trailer for Prometheus

British TV

Black Mirror ends on 870k viewers
Someone’s leaving Misfits [spoilers]

Canadian TV

Canada to scrap local TV fund?

US TV

WTF? John Cleese to guest on Whitney
Edwin Hodge to recur on Cougar Town [minor spoilers]
Download all of Pan Am from iTunes for free
The Playboy Club‘s Naturi Naughton joins The Client List
Extended preview of Smash
Sunday cable ratings: Homeland finale sets record, Dexter ends on a high

Monday’s “multiple renewals” news

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British TV

No new Miranda until autumn 2012
Twenty Twelve to get a third series
This is Jinsy gets a second series
Misfits gets a fourth series [subscription required]
Channel 5 ditched Freeview HD plans

Canadian TV

Combat Hospital cancelled
Canadian drama fund extended

US TV

Matthew Del Negro to recur on Ringer
General Hospital‘s Julie Mond to guest on House [minor spoilers]
NBC acquires comedy drama about a reality show
John Wells adapting Australian film Animal Kingdom for Showtime
Friday ratings: Grimm dips, Chuck down
FX orders 80s spy drama The Americans to pilot

Friday’s “Who goes there?” news

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Doctor Who

Departures on Doctor Who [spoilers]

Film

Party Down movie to film in summer?
Trailer for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

British TV

SET, CBS Action and NDTV added to Virgin line-up

US TV

Alicia Silverstone to recur on Suburgatory
Fox buys single-dad comedy starring Josh Wolf
Thursday ratings: CSI up, I Hate My Teenage Daughter down

Thursday’s “historic female spy” news

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Doctor Who

No two-parters for series seven

Film

Trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator
Teaser trailer for The Expendables 2
Keanu Reeves’ Man of Tai Chi a go

British TV

Misleading Sky Anytime+ ad banned
Second series of Sky 1’s Spy ordered

Spanish TV

Antena 3 merges with La Sexta

US TV

Teaser trailers for HBO’s Girls
USA developing show about the US’s first female detective and spy, Kate Warne
Pilot casting
HBO developing Beat the Reaper with Leonardo DiCaprio
Jane Fonda joins Aaron Sorkin’s newsroom drama
Tuesday ratings: Glee, New Girl down a bit, Last Man Standing drops 19% to series low

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