US TV

News

Doctor Who

No two-parters for series seven

Film

Trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator
Teaser trailer for The Expendables 2
Keanu Reeves’ Man of Tai Chi a go

British TV

Misleading Sky Anytime+ ad banned
Second series of Sky 1’s Spy ordered

Spanish TV

Antena 3 merges with La Sexta

US TV

Teaser trailers for HBO’s Girls
USA developing show about the US’s first female detective and spy, Kate Warne
Pilot casting
HBO developing Beat the Reaper with Leonardo DiCaprio
Jane Fonda joins Aaron Sorkin’s newsroom drama
Tuesday ratings: Glee, New Girl down a bit, Last Man Standing drops 19% to series low

Wednesday’s “losing Paradise” news

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Film

Denzel Washington to be The Equalizer?
Trailer for Rock of Ages
Winona Ryder replaces Maggie Gyllenhaal on The Iceman
Paradise Lost put on hold

US TV

Another trailer for season 3 of Justified
Trailer for season 2 of Breakout Kings
Hulu acquires BBC3’s Mongrels
Steve Carell to guest on The Simpsons
The League gets a fourth season
Sunday cable ratings: Boardwalk Empire does well (big spoilers), Luck does poorly…
…but A&E’s mini-series Bag of Bones does well
William Devane to guest on Revenge

US TV

Alex Breckenridge talks about American Horror Story and her name

13 December 2011 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Well, I’ve been singing her praises for ages now but thanks to American Horror Story, a lot of people are actually starting to know who I’m talking about now. Here’s a very brief interview with her where she talks about all kinds of things including photography and doing voices for Family Guy.

I miss her doing comedy – follow her on Twitter: she’s very funny.

George Takei tries to broker star peace by attacking vampires

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William Shatner attacks Star Wars. Carrie Fisher attacks Star Trek and William Shatner. William Shatner attacks Carrie Fisher. It seems only George Takei can bring about peace – by acknowledging a greater enemy.

Tuesday’s “end of time?” news

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Film

Trailer for Men in Black 3
Trailer for Perfect Sense with Eva Green and Ewan McGregor
Hot Fuzz 2 to start filming next year?

British TV

Sky Living acquires Unforgettable
3G BBC iPlayer iPhone app now available

Canadian TV

CTV acquires Charlie Sheen’s Anger Management

US TV

Jennifer Beals to guest on Castle
Sunday ratings: Once Upon A Time hits new low
Anastasia Griffith to co-star in BBC America’s Copper
Eva Longoria sells Vega v Vega to The CW

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Alex Breckenridge talks about American Horror Story and her name

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Tuesday’s “end of time?” news

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