An archive of blog entries about UK TV programmes and production.
Ron Burgundy on Chris Moyles’ Quiz Night
Sunday, 10pm, Channel 4: I’m not Ron Burgundy, but he is.
UK TV
Friday’s punishing news
Film
- Ben Stiller to direct The Mountain based on Edith Wharton’s Summer
- Trailer for The Flowers of War with Christian Bale
- Catherine Zeta-Jones to star in Broken City
- Trailer for Chronicle [US only]
British TV
- Channel 4 closes Comedy Labs
US TV
- Suits‘ former showrunner Sean Jablonski to replace Steven Lightfoot as showrunner on Starz’s Noir
- HBO to adapt Swamplandia
- NBC begins work on Palm Beach soap
- Mitch Pileggi joins Dallas
- Wednesday’s ratings…
- …American Horror Story ratings up
- Community to do a Christmas musical episode
- Fox adapting The Punisher
- Shonda Rhimes sells The Circle to ABC
Web TV
- Joss Whedon to make web series Wastelanders with Warren Ellis
Every Doctor Who regeneration ever
Okay, not every regeneration by a character on Doctor Who (cf Romana, River Song, Cho Je, Borusa, The Master, etc), but all the on-screen regenerations by the Doctor on the TV show Doctor Who (that should keep the pedants at bay, although someone’s bound to mention the Valeyard, that one in Journey’s End…). What’s your favourite? Still loving Caves of Androzani myself, but there’s a lot to be said for Tennant to Smith.
Thursday’s “falling men” news
Film
- Live-action Akira remake gets the green light
- Trailer for A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
- New trailer for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
British TV
- The Body Farm gets 4.6m
- Moving On gets a third series
- BSkyB profits rise
US TV
- New trailer for Alacatraz
- Tuesday night ratings: Man Up! starts poor, Last Man Standing down 17%, Ringer up 14%…
- …which is to get a guest visit from Twin Peaks’ Mädchen Amick
- FX developing a comedy about drone pilots
- Fox launches diverse writers programme
- 3rd Rock‘s French Stewart to guest on Community
- Cybill Shepherd to guest on Franklin & Bash
- Chuck and Gossip Girl execs to adapt Misfits
- NBC buys Sam Raimi pilot
Wednesday’s “Sirens off” news
Film
- Jason Statham to replace Shia LaBoeuf on the Transformers movies?
- All new Avengers for The Avengers 2?
- Anne Hathaway to play Fantine in Les Misérables
- Nicolas Cage joins Black Butterfly
British TV
- The Misfits press pack
- Channel 4’s new and returning US shows
- Sirens cancelled
- ITV buys Channel Television
- Huw Jones’ plans for S4C…
- …and Ian Jones confirmed as chief executive
US TV
- Carla Gugino to recur on Justified
- Sharon Horgan and Laura Solon writing comedies for ABC
- Sarah Silverman to guest on The League
- Amy Sedaris to guest on The Good Wife
- Annabeth Gish and Matt Lauria to recur on CSI
- Monday ratings: Castle, Hart of Dixie, Terra Nova and Hawaii Five-0 up, Two and a Half Men down
- Fox buys CIA drama, family comedy
- Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest to star in The Corrections?
- ABC to adapt Squadra Antimafia – Palermo Oggi
- NBC buys two comedies: Life As I Blow It and Satellites
- ABC to develop Judy Greer comedy
- The CW buys thriller Dare
- Mandy Moore to star in ABC sitcom Us and Them
- The Glades gets a third season
- Bo Derek to guest on Chuck