Every week day, I let you know what’s happening in the world of television from around the world
Friday’s “not very impressive Torchwood trailer” news
Doctor Who
- Trailer for Torchwood: Children of Earth
Film
- Tom Wilkinson and Ciaran Hinds join The Debt
- Timothy Hutton joins Roman Polanski’s The Ghost
- All four stars sign up for Sex and the City 2
- Sally Hawkins to star in We Want Sex (Equality)
Theatre
- Michael Bogdanov’s theatre company to fold after staging Thorn Birds musical
- Les Dennis to star in Priestley comedy
British TV
- ITV Wales dropping signing on Wales Tonight
- Good ratings for Minder
- Ian Hart to star in Virgin 1 web drama
- Amy Nuttall signs up for Hotel Babylon
- BBC Four doing a Japan season in March
- Kim Thomson joining Emmerdale
- ITV and Shine form a partnership. More series like Demons anyone?
US TV
- Hayden (sort of) denies she wants out from Heroes
- Life on Mars‘ ratings plummet in new slot
- Caprica to premiere on DVD
- Joss Whedon’s future plans
- The CW picks up Vampire Diaries and Body Politic; CBS picks up The Big D
- Eli Stone‘s Loretta Devine joins Legally Mad
- Burn Notice‘s Jeffrey Donovan gets a raise
- Networks looking for new crime dramas and procedurals like The Mentalist
- Krysten Ritter joins Gossip Girl spin-off
- How LA is made to look like DC for 24
- Cupid now down to seven episodes
- Cliffhanger planned for Terminator: TSCC
