US TV

An archive of articles about US television programmes and production.

Monday morning post-weekend, worried-about-global-warming news

16 April 2007 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

That was a little too hot, don’t you think?

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  • There’s going to be a new series of The Mr Men
  • Drop the Dead Donkey‘s writers turn to semi-improv comedy for the BBC [free registration required]

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Friday’s funky news

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  • If the footie over-runs, Saturday’s episode will be postponed by a week, not shown afterwards.

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Thursday news

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  • Barbarella is back
  • Brendan Fraser is back for The Mummy 3, but Rachel Weisz isn’t
  • Iron Man‘s suit revealed
  • Get Smart will be how smart? At least the cone of silence is back

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  • Lewis Black gets a court show parody to accompany The Daily Show and The Colbert Report
  • Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Owen Wilson’s failed superhero pilot hits YouTube. Sounds an awful lot like Northstar in premise, mind.
  • Universal is planning a Simpsons ride in Florida
  • Jay Mohr gets the chance to escape from Ghost Whisperer with his own pilot
  • Katee Sackhoff gets a time-travelling TV movie
  • David Beckham gets a Prison Break tattoo
  • The producers of 24 have sent the South Park team a suitcase nuke

Mid-week news special

11 April 2007 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

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  • Cracking final episode of Life on Mars, wasn’t it? How’s Ashes to Ashes going to work then? Oh. I see. [spoilers]

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Tuesday’s post-Easter news

10 April 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Everyone have a nice Easter? Not too many hot cross buns, I hope.

Doctor Who

  • The Shakespeare Code (which I still haven’t watched. Sorry) got ratings of 6.8 million, peaking at 8.1 million

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Radio

  • Lauren Laverne quits XFM [free registration required]

British TV

  • HBO and the BBC are teaming up to film plays, starting with Caryl Churchill’s A Number starring Tom Wilkinson and Rhys Ifans
  • Will Ferrell would love to be on Extras

US TV

  • Spoilers for the second season of Kyle XY
  • Brit Stephen Moyer’s found himself a new pilot, after losing Company Man
  • Drive is mostly green-screen work
  • Traveler is finally going to air on May 30
  • Why 30 Rock has been renewed and Studio 60 won’t be
  • A US version of British show Top Gear is being developed
  • Andy Barker PI has been cancelled