UK TV

News

Film casting

Maggie Star to star in The Lady in the Van adaptation

Trailers

Another trailer for Brett Ratner’s Hercules with The Rock, Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell et al

Internet TV

Richard Kind to co-star in Amazon’s Red Oaks, Jenessa Grant and Joseph David Jones join Amazon’s Hysteria

UK TV

Monday ratings

US TV

Monday ratings

US TV show casting

Corey Stoll and Laila Robins join Homeland
Malin Akerman returning to The Comeback

New US TV shows

Showtime developing: Robert Downey Jr produced 1980s rehab drama

New US TV show casting

Brian Van Holt joins SyFy’s Ascension
Molly Shannon, Chris Parnell and Yvette Nicole Brown to guest on USA’s Benched

News: Joan Collins returns to Benidorm, You’re The Worst trailer, US The Returned casting + more

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UK TV show casting

Joan Collins to return to Benidorm

US TV

US TV show casting

Jason Ritter to guest on Girls
Ever Carradine to recur on Major Crimes

New US TV shows

Trailer for FX’s You’re The Worst

New US TV show casting

Kevin Alejandro, Sophie Lowe and Mat Vairo join A&E’s The Returned remake…
…as does India Ennenga
Constance Zimmer joins Lifetime’s Un-Real
Parker Young and Keith David join DirecTV’s Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight

News: Channel 4’s Catastrophe, The Smoke cancelled, Sonja Sohn’s an Original + more

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Trailers

Trailer for Snowpiercer with Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, et al
Trailer for Kill The Messenger with Jeremy Renner

UK TV

Sky 1 cancels: The Smoke
Saturday ratings

New UK TV shows

Channel 4 green lights: series of Catastrophe with Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney

US TV

Thursday ratings

US TV casting

Jonathan Keltz promoted to regular on Reign
Sonja Sohn to recur on The Originals
Keith Powell joins The Newsroom

New US TV show casting

Peter Fonda joins AMC’s Galyntine

News: Danny McBride returns to HBO, Amazon acquires Extant, more Jane The Virgin + more

29 May 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

The Daily News will return on Monday

Trailers

Trailer for This Is Where I Leave You with Tina Fey and Jason Bateman

Internet TV

Melora Hardin joins Amazon’s Transparent

UK TV

Amazon acquires: CBS’s Extant

US TV

Tuesday ratings

US TV show casting

Ben Robson joins Vikings
Steve Kazee to recur on Shameless

New US TV shows

An extended trailer for The CW’s Jane The Virgin
HBO green lights: Danny McBride’s Vice Principals
Full trailer for FX’s The Strain
E! red lights: Songbyrd

New US TV show casting

Rob Morrow joins A&E’s Texas Rising

Digital media use in the UK and US

28 May 2014 Rob Buckley Post a comment

A moderately interesting infographic for a change, involving a survey of 4,000 people in (both?) the US and UK to gauge their behaviours, habits and lifestyle choices surrounding the consumption of entertainment. Click on it to make it bigger

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News: Robert Downey Jr’s rehab drama, Malin Akerman comes back to The Comeback + more

News: Joan Collins returns to Benidorm, You’re The Worst trailer, US The Returned casting + more

News: Channel 4’s Catastrophe, The Smoke cancelled, Sonja Sohn’s an Original + more

News: Danny McBride returns to HBO, Amazon acquires Extant, more Jane The Virgin + more

Digital media use in the UK and US

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