Every week day, I let you know what’s happening in the world of television from around the world
Thursday’s bloodier news
Doctor Who
- So what’s David Morrissey doing exactly? (spoiler alert)
Film
- 20th Century Fox picks up Nicole Kidman’s The Eighth Wonder
Books
- Candace Bushnell to write two ‘Carrie Bradshaw: the teenage years’ novels
British TV
- Red Dwarf cast reunite for new episodes, John Cleese and Johnny Vaughan get new series – all on Dave
- Mutual Friends‘ ratings down to 3.3m
- Channel 4 could face £100m annual deficit
US TV
- True Blood picked up for second season…
- …after its and Mad Men‘s ratings pick up
- Jada Pinkett Smith to star in and exec TNT’s Time Heals
- The Daily Show‘s Jason Jones to guest on How I Met Your Mother
- USA greenlights Iraq war comedy pilot Operating Instructions
- Six clips from the first new episode of Heroes
- Fringe ratings pick up after House
- Matt Lucas to guest star on Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire