US TV

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Friday’s “New BBC DG, new commissions for BBC1, BBC3, Channel 4 and E4, and UKTV’s extra Freeview slot” news

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Happy 49th birthday to Doctor Who!

Audio plays

Robert Llewellyn to star in A Brief History of Time Travel

UK TV

Tony Hall is the new BBC DG
BBC1 commissions What Remains, The Escape Artist, The Great Train Robbery, Happy Valley, By Any Means and more Inspector George Gently
BBC3 commissions Way To Go
Channel 4 orders third series of Fresh Meat
E4 orders third series of PhoneShop
UKTV gets an extra Freeview slot

US TV

Wednesday ratings

Thursday’s “Chevy Chase out of Community, and BBC4’s year of comedy, including Parks & Recreation” news

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Film

James Corden to star in School for Santas
Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg to write Star Wars movies

Trailers

Trailer for Dark Skies with Keri Russell
Trailer for Snitch with The Rock, Susan Sarandon, Michael Kenneth Williams et al
Trailer for Bryan Singer’s Jack The Giant Slayer with Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci et al

UK TV

BBC4 announces a year of comedy, including the acquisition of Parks and Recreation
ITV and Channel 5 keep their licences for another five years

US TV

Chevy Chase out of Community
Trailer for season four of Cougar Town
Sunday cable ratings
Tuesday ratings: comedies down, Vegas up

US TV casting

Dennis Farina to guest on New Girl

Wednesday’s “Boss cancelled, another CSI/CSI:NY crossover and Hugh Laurie is Blackbeard?” news

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Film

Christopher Meloni to star in White Bird in a Blizzard

Radio

Benedict Cumberbatch returning for Cabin Pressure

UK TV

BBC2 acquires HBO’s Family Tree

US TV

Boss cancelled
Another CSI/CSI:NY crossover
Amanda Setton off The Mindy Project, Anna Camp demoted to recurring, new character on the way
Monday ratings

US TV casting

Brian Dennehy to guest on The Big C
The Wire‘s Chad Coleman to guest on The Walking Dead [spoilers]
Hugh Laurie to play Blackbeard in NBC’s Crossbones?
The Office‘s Ellie Kemper to guest on The Mindy Project

New US TV shows

Fox developing pot legalisation show The Happy Tree

New US TV casting

Mia Kirshner to guest on Graceland

Tuesday’s “Hannibal casting, trailers for Smash and Shameless, and Scott & Bailey casting” news

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Films

The Strange Case of Mr Hyde to be adapted

Film casting

Lou Diamond Phillips to star in The Boys of Eloy

Trailers

Trailer for Broken, starring Tim Roth and Cillian Murphy
Trailer for This is 40 with Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Megan Fox et al

UK TV

Nicola Walker and Tracie Bennett to guest on Scott & Bailey

US TV

Trailer for season 2 of Smash
Trailer for season 3 of Shameless
Sunday DVR ratings

New US TV shows

Trailer for David E Kelley’s Monday Mornings
NBC acquires The Messed Uptons…
… and developing a comedy for Kenan Thompson
CBS developing spiritual drama

New US TV show casting

Veep‘s Anna Chlumsky to guest on Hannibal…
…Raul Esparza to play Dr Chilton
Minor pilot casting

Vice President Joe Biden’s Parks and Recreation appearance

19 November 2012 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Joe Biden cameoed on NBC’s Parks and Recreation last week. Everyone keeps raving about the show, but having watched the video, I’m still not seeing the funny, probably because Ron Swanson’s not in it. Anyone else ‘get’ it?

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Friday’s “New BBC DG, new commissions for BBC1, BBC3, Channel 4 and E4, and UKTV’s extra Freeview slot” news

Thursday’s “Chevy Chase out of Community, and BBC4’s year of comedy, including Parks & Recreation” news

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Tuesday’s “Hannibal casting, trailers for Smash and Shameless, and Scott & Bailey casting” news

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