News

News

Doctor Who

Gillian Anderson to cameo in Doctor Who?

Film

Robert Rodriguez to reboot the Predator series
Alicia Silverstone and Amy Heckerling working on Clueless sequel?
Joseph Gordon-Levitt joins Christopher Nolan’s Inception
Denzel Washington to star in YA Tony Scott film?
Omid Djalili to star in David Baddiel movie
Robert de Niro and Edward Norton to star in Stone

Theatre

Gary Wilmot to take over from Jimmy Osmond in Chicago

British TV

All change for ITV’s channel execs
BBC1 to adapt Julie Gregson’s East of the Sun
MySpace to launch online drama series Freak

US TV

ABC renews shows including Lost
Pedro Almodovar working on English language series version of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
USA Network picks up White Collar
Video preview of the Chuck finale
Kaley Cuoco pulls out of Grey’s Anatomy finale

Thursday’s not making the Grade news

23 April 2009 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

Pic of Mel Gibson in Edge of Darkness
Kevin Macdonald to develop and direct adaptation of Asimov’s The End of Eternity
Elizabeth Banks to star in Forever 21
James Marsden to star in remake of Straw Dogs

Theatre

£4m of funding cut by Budget

British TV

Michael Grade to step down as chief exec of ITV1
Jonathan Creek to return again for Easter special
BBC2 looking for big US shows
Some forthcoming BBC2 shows, including a clip of Psychoville
First British sitcom filmed in Africa

Canadian TV

CBC announces Fall/Winter line-up including Being Erica and The Border

US TV

Evan Rachel Wood to be queen vampire in True Blood
ABC to pick up Canadian co-prod Copper
Sons of Anarchy gets a second season

Thursday’s not making the Grade news

23 April 2009 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

Film

Pic of Mel Gibson in Edge of Darkness
Kevin Macdonald to develop and direct adaptation of Asimov’s The End of Eternity
Elizabeth Banks to star in Forever 21
James Marsden to star in remake of Straw Dogs

Theatre

£4m of funding cut by Budget

British TV

Michael Grade to step down as chief exec of ITV1
Jonathan Creek to return again for Easter special
BBC2 looking for big US shows
Some forthcoming BBC2 shows, including a clip of Psychoville
First British sitcom filmed in Africa

Canadian TV

CBC announces Fall/Winter line-up including Being Erica and The Border

US TV

Evan Rachel Wood to be queen vampire in True Blood
ABC to pick up Canadian co-prod Copper
Sons of Anarchy gets a second season

Wednesday’s singing blonde news

22 April 2009 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

Arnie willing to appear in Terminator film if he doesn’t have to do anything
Angelina to star in adaptations of Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta books
Demetri Martin to appear in Moneyball
Noel Clarke, Ray Winstone, Mackenzie Crook, Olivia Williams and Toby Jones join Andy Serkis in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Jason Statham to star in remake of The Mechanic?

Radio

Alex Zane quits XFM

Theatre

Sheridan Smith and Duncan James to star in Legally Blonde: The Musical

British TV

Ashes to Ashes back with 7m viewers

US TV

BBC America acquires Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show and The Inbetweeners
Samantha Who? yanked from schedules but may yet return
ABC trying to acquire The New Adventures of Old Christine from CBS again

Tuesday’s six-year plan news

21 April 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Christian Bale ready to join Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter
Third Dan Brown film being prepared before book even published

British TV

Sky One picks up first-run rights to House
iPlayer goes HD

US TV

Which pilots are likely to be picked up for series so far
Which series are likely to be cancelled
NBC close to picking up Debra Messing comedy
Sex and the City writer to create Modern Love for HBO
In The Motherhood and Samantha Who? cut by a week
CSI movie in the works
Prison Break ratings rubbish
Joss Whedon has six-year plan for Dollhouse

About TMINE

The Medium is Not Enough is dedicated to finding the best and worst TV and movies from around the world, with daily news, views and exclusive reviews. There’s a bit of a bias towards the latest and greatest US TV, but we also cover Canadian, Australia, New Zealand, European, Scandinavian, Israeli, and modern and classic UK TV, ranging from new Doctor Who to old Z Cars, and BBC Four to S4C. We also cover TV events run by the BFI, BAFTA and Institut français du Royaume-Uni. Add in competitions and an archive of reviews stretching back 16 years and you’ve one of the best sites on the web for media lovers.

Mark Carroll My goodness, I'm so sorry to learn of your loss, from what you share above it's clear that you were very lucky to have found each other. I liked learning over the years a little of what...
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
TMINE Thank you It’s been a devastating time for all of us but it’s been amazing how much love and support have been sent our way by people who knew Sarah as well as those who didn’t. I’m very...
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
JustStark Oh no. I’m so so sorry. What a wonderful person and you were so lucky to find each other. How cruel this world can be. Please accept condolences beyond my mere words.
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
Pinky's Mom I watched this show first run back in the 80s. Surprisingly arch and intelligent, it held me with its graphic-novel style storytelling. Little on TV appealed to me back then, and that fact hasn't...
Lost Gems: Max Headroom (1985-1988) · 2 years ago
TMINE Agreed re: Three Body Problem. Reading ahead in the Wikipedia rundown for the novels, it does feel there are more exciting things ahead in the next season than there were in this season. Let's...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
Mark Carroll Goodness, I didn't even recognize Keiko. We watched and enjoyed it but for me it very much had the sense that it's promising more than we've yet seen, where I'd be a lot more...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Managed to watch some more TV! Apple TV+: Lessons in Chemistry. Adaptation of the bestseller about a discriminated against, possibly autistic chemist in the US in the 50s who ends up being a TV chef...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Watching Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen TV series on Netflix. It's actually not bad. Nothing extraordinary and not as good as his movie of the same name, but a pretty decent cast and some actual nuance...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE The Richard Chamberlain version loomed large in my teenage years. Almost life-changing. Although the difference between that version and this version is a bit like the difference between the...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Yep, Andor is great. A little slow at first but after about episode 3, it's absolutely blinding
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago

The Medium is Not Enough

Reviewing the best and worst media from around the world for 17 years

Friday’s Xciting cameo news

Thursday’s not making the Grade news

Thursday’s not making the Grade news

Wednesday’s singing blonde news

Tuesday’s six-year plan news

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

Life and Beth and Night Sky

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and The Essex Serpent