UK TV

News

Doctor Who

Steven Moffat ‘clarifies’ season seven’s schedule
Another Torchwood teaser

Film

Teaser for the InBetweeners movie
Matt Damon to direct Father Daughter Time
Paul Greengrass to direct Tom Hanks in Somali pirate drama
Fringe writer to write Daredevil script

British TV

Sky increasing original-programme budget to $1bn

Canadian TV

CBC unveils its 2011-12 season

US TV

White Collar and Covert Affairs start well
Rob Schneider comedy gets a new pilot
Trailer for Suits

Wednesday’s “Who when?” news

8 June 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Doctor Who back for 14 episodes with Matt Smith – but when?

Film

Tron: Legacy sequel gets a writer
Chris O’Dowd joins Knocked Up spin-off

British TV

Chloe Sevigny to star in Paul Abbott’s Hit and Miss
Casting on Paula Milne’s White Heat

Canadian TV

Superchannel acquires Falling Skies
Being Erica – season four starts production [spoilers]

US TV

Laurence Fishburne leaving CSI
David Mazouz joins Touch
Britany Snow and Aml Ameen leaving Harry’s Law
Madchen Amick and Dana Ashbrook to guest on White Collar
SyFy working on connected video game and TV show called Defiance
Dan Harmon begins a four-part talk through of the second season of Community

Tuesday’s “now with added Tennant” news

7 June 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Salt 2 is a go
Doug Liman’s Luna is a go, too
Olivia Munn to star in The Baby Makers
A lot more David Tennant in the next Fright Night trailer

Books

Conan Doyle’s first novel, The Narrative of John Smith, to be published

British TV

New S4C boss is Huw Jones
Press pack for Channel 4’s Sirens

US TV

Jaimie Alexander to recur on Covert Affairs
The first six minutes of season four of True Blood
Jim Parsons to guest on iCarly
Teaser for Showtime’s Web Therapy with Lisa Kudrow

Review: Doctor Who – 6×7 – A Good Man Goes To War

6 June 2011 Rob Buckley 12 Comments

In the UK: Saturday 4th June, 6.45pm, BBC1/BBC1 HD. Available on the iPlayer
In the US: Saturday 11th June, 9pm/8c, BBC America

Well, we’re here already – the previously almost unheard of on these shores “mid-season finale”. Finally, we’re going to get some answers about River Song, understand what’s been happening all this season with Amy, learn who eye-patch woman is, see Rory grow a vestigial scrotal sack for almost a minute and finally discover what happens at the fabled “Demon’s Run”.

Except for viewers in America, who have their own programming. Tee hee.

Continue reading “Review: Doctor Who – 6×7 – A Good Man Goes To War”

Monday’s “Party Down reunion” news

6 June 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Super 8 promo
Matthew Macfadyen joins Anna Karenina
Bruce Almighty and Dumb and Dumber sequels planned

Theatre

Graham Linehan rewrites The Ladykillers for the stage with Peter Capaldi, Ben Miller and James Fleet

British TV

BBC4 to ditch drama and comedy in favour of arts programming
HBO and BBC working on five-part WWI mini-series Parade’s End with Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall
Candy Cabs cancelled

Canadian TV

Ad market recovering

US TV

Trailer for season two of Covert Affairs
Love Bites‘s ratings bite
Cable ratings
Party Down cast to reunite on Childrens Hospital

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

Thursday’s clarification news

Wednesday’s “Who when?” news

Tuesday’s “now with added Tennant” news

Review: Doctor Who – 6×7 – A Good Man Goes To War

Monday’s “Party Down reunion” 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